Courtisans

Description

--- Courtisans is a cutthroat card game of royal intrigue where players manipulate family influences through backstabbing and strategic card placement to score the most points. Key mechanics include: - *Three-card turns* Players receive and play three cards each turn for influence and scoring. - *Queen's table influence* One card sways a family's status positively or negatively. - *Domain placement* Cards go into own domain and an opponent's, scoring based on end-game family status. - *Variable scoring* Domain cards yield positive or negative points depending on families' final influence. - *Backstabbing tactics* Dirty tricks allowed to spotlight favored families over rivals. Courtisans is a competitive card-placement game set at the queen's banquet, where players vie to leave the best impression amid rampant backstabbing and intrigue to elevate their preferred families. Each turn, players draw three cards: one deployed to the Queen's table to boost or undermine a family's influence, one to their personal domain, and one to an opponent's domain. These domain cards generate points—positive or negative—at game's end, contingent on each family's ultimate status. Victory demands precise card allocation to maximize personal gains while sabotaging foes, ensuring no ploy is too underhanded in pursuit of dominance. ---