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Burn face-up cards
The crowned player randomly discards role cards face-up according to player count (4 players: 3 cards, 5 players: 2 cards, 6 players: 1 card, 7-8 players: 0 cards)
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Burn face-down card
The crowned player discards one additional role card face-down without looking
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Replace King if burned
If the King/Emperor role is among face-up discarded cards, shuffle it back and discard a replacement
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Select your role
Starting with the crowned player, each player secretly chooses one role card and passes the remaining cards to the player on their left
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Discard final card
The last player places the remaining card face-down with other discarded cards
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8-player special rule
The eighth player chooses between the card received from the seventh player and the face-down discarded card
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Call roles in order
The crowned player calls out each role by number, starting from role 1
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Reveal your role
When your role is called, show your role card and begin your turn
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Handle theft
If the Thief targeted your role, immediately give all your gold to the Thief player
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Handle threats
If the Blackmailer placed a threat token on your role, you must resolve it before building by either paying half your gold (rounded down) or refusing and revealing the token
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Gather resources (mandatory)
Choose one: take 2 gold from the bank OR draw 2 district cards, keep 1, and place the other at the bottom of the deck
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Build a district (optional)
Play one district card from your hand to your city and pay its gold cost to the bank
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Respect building restrictions
You may only build one district per turn (unless your role allows otherwise) and cannot build a duplicate of a district already in your city
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Use role ability (optional)
Execute your role's special ability once during your turn at any point unless timing is specified
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Assassin (1)
Name a role to kill; that player skips their entire turn this round without revealing their identity
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Witch (1)
After gathering resources, name a role to bewitch; your turn pauses until that role is called, then you complete your turn using their abilities while they only gather resources
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Magistrate (1)
Place 3 warrant tokens face-down under 3 different role tokens; if the player with the sealed warrant builds a district, confiscate it to your city and refund their gold
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Thief (2)
Name a role (not role 1 or a killed/bewitched role); when that role is revealed, take all their gold
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Spy (2)
Choose a player and name a district type; view their hand, take gold equal to matching cards, and draw that many cards from the deck
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Blackmailer (2)
Place 2 threat tokens face-down under 2 role tokens; threatened players must pay half their gold or risk losing all gold if the threat is real
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Magician (3)
Either exchange all hand cards with another player OR discard any number of cards and draw equal replacements
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Wizard (3)
Look at a player's hand, take one card, and either build it immediately (ignoring build limit) or add it to your hand; you may build duplicates this turn
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Seer (3)
Take one random card from each player's hand, then give each of them one card from your hand; you may build up to 2 districts this turn
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King (4)
Take the crown immediately; earn 1 gold per noble (yellow) district in your city
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Emperor (4)
Take the crown and give it to another player, then take 1 gold or 1 random card from them; earn 1 gold per noble district
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Patrician (4)
Take the crown; draw 1 card per noble district in your city
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Bishop (5)
Your districts cannot be destroyed by role 8; earn 1 gold per religious (blue) district
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Abbot (5)
If not the richest player, take 1 gold from the richest player; earn any combination of gold/cards equal to your religious districts
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Cardinal (5)
When building, you may give cards to another player to take their gold (1 card = 1 gold) to cover costs; earn 1 gold per religious district
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Merchant (6)
Receive 1 extra gold at the start of your turn; earn 1 gold per trade (green) district
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Alchemist (6)
At the end of your turn, receive back all gold spent on building this turn
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Trader (6)
Building trade districts does not count toward your build limit; earn 1 gold per trade district
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Architect (7)
Draw 2 extra cards at the start of your turn; you may build up to 3 districts
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Navigator (7)
Receive either 4 gold or 4 cards; you cannot build any district this turn
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Scholar (7)
Draw 7 cards, keep 1, shuffle the rest back on top of the deck; you may build up to 2 districts
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Warlord (8)
Destroy one district in another player's city by paying 1 gold less than its cost; you may destroy your own district at full cost; earn 1 gold per military (red) district
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Diplomat (8)
Exchange one of your built districts with another player's district, paying the cost difference if yours is cheaper; earn 1 gold per military district
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Marshal (8)
Confiscate a district worth 3 gold or less from another player's city by paying them its cost; earn 1 gold per military district
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Queen (9)
Earn 3 gold if seated next to the player who reveals role 4
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Artist (9)
Place 1 gold on up to 2 of your districts to "beautify" them, permanently increasing their value and cost to destroy by 1
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Tax Collector (9)
All players (except Tax Collector and those with no gold) must pay 1 gold after building; collect all paid taxes during your turn
