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Basic Rules of the Standard Mode[edit]          VER COMO SE JUEGA

The standard mode of LTK can be played by 2 to 10 people. Each player plays one of these four roles: Monarch/Ruler (主公), Minister/Loyalist (忠臣), Rebel (反贼) and Defector/Turn-coat (内奸). There can be only one monarch in the game at all times, but the number of ministers, rebels and defectors are determined by the total number of players, as shown in the table on the right. Each player may have 3 or 4 Health points (see below), depending on their character.

• If there are 5 or more players playing, the player playing as the Monarch may increase his/her total Health points by 1.
• At the beginning of the game, each player must draw one “Role Card” to determine his or her role.
  • The player who draws the card “Monarch” must immediately show his or her role card. Others must keep their role card hidden until they are killed in the game.
• When the role card has been distributed and all players know their role, each player draws 4 cards.
• The Monarch begins the first round. He will draw 2 cards from the deck use the cards on hand appropriately.
• When a rebel is killed, the killer draws three cards.
• If the Monarch kills a Minister, the Monarch has to discard all of his cards including equipment cards.

Objectives[edit]

Different roles have different victory conditions:

• Monarch/Ruler: Death of all the rebels and defectors.
• Minister/Loyalist: Death of all the rebels and defectors.
• Rebel: Death of the Monarch (without leaving one Defector as the sole survivor).
• Defector/Turncoat: Death of every other player (including other Defectors), with the last death of the Monarch.

The game ends immediately if:

• The Monarch/Ruler is killed, or
• All the rebels and defectors are killed.

As long as one of the scenarios listed above occur at the endgame, the associated roles can claim victory even if the character has already been killed. In general, the Monarch and his ministers must work together to kill the rebels and defectors, while the rebels can cooperate to kill off the ministers before attacking the Monarch. Meanwhile, the Defector can guise as a minister and help to kill the rebels, before revolting against the ministers and finally confronting the Monarch.

Types of Cards[edit]

LTK consists of a few types of cards, which serve different purposes in the game.

• Role Cards 角色牌 - These cards determine the individual player’s role (Monarch/Ruler, Minister/Loyalist, Rebel or Defector/Turncoat) and his objectives. Aside from the Monarch, other players must keep their role cards secret throughout the game and reveal it when their character is killed in the game.

• Health Cards 体力牌 - These cards serve as an indication of units of health of a player. Players typically use their character cards to cover the health cards such that the remaining points of health are revealed.

• Character Cards 将牌 - These cards determine the character that a player shall be using. The player assumes the allegiance and gender of the character selected, and also acquires the special abilities of that player. All characters in LTK are characters which appear in ROTK.

• Basic Cards 基本牌 - These are playable action cards which can be used on other players or themselves. Basic cards include Kill (杀), Dodge (闪), Peach (桃) and their variations, and can affect the health of a player. Kill is used to cause damage to other players, Dodge is used to deflect a Kill attack (or the player loses 1 point of Health), whilePeach is used to recover 1 point of Health or save a dying character. Basic cards can be identified by a diamond logo behind Chinese characters in the twelve o’clock position of the card.

• Tool Cards 锦囊牌 - These cards are cards which perform strategic actions or can affect multiple players. all strategy cards can be neutralized by a Negate (无懈可击) strategy card. There are also Time-delayed status cards that only take effect during the target player’s turn.

• Equipment Cards 装备牌 - These cards are placed in front of the player and serve to modify distance and range calculations, as well as contribute to attack or defense attributes.

Play[edit]

Placement of Personal Cards in a LTK Game

There are six main phases to playing when it comes to any player’s turn.

1. Initial Phase (Beginning of the turn)
   • Before the judgement phase, certain characters (such as Zhuge Liang or Zhen Ji) may use their special abilities to manipulate their own statuses or the cards in the deck.
2. Judgement Phase
   • Players with Time-delayed status cards directed at them must draw and reveal cards on the deck to judge if they pass or fail certain tests, starting from the last status card played. Failure will result in penalties such as unable to draw cards, unable to play cards, or lose 3 health points from a Lightning attack card. Before the judgement, however, players may reveal aNegate (无懈可击) strategy card to cancel the status cards played on them, and skip the judgement phase.
3. Drawing Phase
   • The player draws two cards from the deck. Characters with special abilities (such as Zhou Yu or Zhang Liao) may use them to take more cards or draw cards from other players.
4. Action Phase
   • Any number of cards may be played, but generally, each player may only use the Kill card once, unless otherwise determined by their character or equipment.
5. Discard Phase
   • After playing, the player will have to discard cards in his hand such that the remaining number of cards is equal to his current Health points.
6. End Phase (End of the turn)
   • At the end of every turn, certain characters (such as Diao Chan or Cao Ren may use their special abilities.

Death[edit]

When a player’s Health points is reduced to 0, he faces imminent death and must instantly take action: he may request to be saved by a Peach card (thus letting other players play the card), or may use one immediately if he has it. If he is successful, his health will be recovered to 1 point. Otherwise, he dies(except some special character like Tai Zhou), and must reveal his role card and discard all other cards. If he is a Rebel and killed by a card from another player, that player may draw 3 cards.

It is possible for a player’s health to have a negative value (such as suffering from a Lightning attack). In this case, the player will need as many Peach cards as he requires to raise his health back to 1 point in order to continue the game (for example, a Health point of -1 requires 2 Peach cards). The abilities of certain cards or characters may involve healing more than 1 points of health, or even prolonged living below 1 Health point.

Point Duels[edit]

Certain special characters (such as Xun Yu) may initiate point duals to unleash their special abilities. This is done when the initiator plays a card, and asks another player to do the same. “Ace” is the smallest value and “King” is the largest value. This is where it is slightly different from Poker numbering. The numerical digit on the upper left corner of the playing card. The player with the larger point value wins. In the case of ties, the initiator of the duel is considered to have “lost” the duel. Suits such as diamonds, hearts, etc. do not matter. Both cards are discarded into the discard deck; players cannot retrieve back the cards into their hands.

Character Allegiance[edit]

All LTK characters are separated into four historically relevant allegiances. They are Shu Kingdom, Wei Kingdom, Wu Kingdom, and Neutral Heroes. In the original LTK, there are no repeated characters. However as later character expansions are introduced, some characters are duplicated in different allegiances. This is because of the complex changes of each historical figure. Some characters, such as Jia Xu, were under the allegiance of different kingdoms through the course of their lives.

With the introduction of the first LTK expansion pack, a new fictional allegiance known as the Demi-Gods was introduced. Demi-God characters are typically very significant characters in ROTK and Three Kingdoms history, and these characters are given abilities that are much more powerful than regular characters. The presence of Demi-God characters can severely imbalance a regular game, and thus most players choose not include Demi-God characters into gameplay. Since Demi-God characters are obtained by chance in expansion packs, Demi-God character cards have become collectible pieces. Prices of single Demi-God cards have been known to equal, or exceed, the price of the whole expansion pack.

In 2011, YOKA released collectible SP cards that comes with every purchase of Zhuo You Zhi 桌游志 magazine, a monthly magazine discussing board and card-games in China. Many SP cards are remakes of existing LTK characters with different allegiances, representing that character from a different time period in his or her career.

Expansion Packs and Collectibles[edit]

As of October 2012, seven different official LTK expansion packs have been released. Two different Collector’s Editions have also been released. Beginning January 2011, ultra-collectible SP cards were released monthly with every purchase of Zhuoyouzhi 桌游志 magazine. As of October 2012, the SP Yang Xiu character released with the inaugural issue of Zhuoyouzhi magazine has been seen to sell for 500 yuan, which is over forty times the original price of the magazine.

Playing card Expansion[edit]

• Battle Expansion Pack 军争篇 – A playing card expansion that includes elemental attribute Basic cards and new Tool cards.

Character Card Expansions[edit]

1. Fire Expansion Pack 火扩展包
2. Wind Expansion Pack 风扩展包
3. Woods Expansion Pack 林扩展包
4. Hills Expansion Pack 山扩展包
5. OverKnight Fame 2011 一将成名 2011
6. OverKnight Fame 2012 一将成名 2012
7. OverKnight Fame 2013 一将成名 2013

Collector’s Editions[edit]

1. Black Collector’s Edition (2010)
2. Red Collector’s Edition (2012)

Variations[edit]

Variations to the original game are played by people from all over China. Many people created different ways of playing LTK with no roles.

1. For 3 players. Two things have to be concern about, you must kill the one that is on your right (that player after your turn) and also try to save to one on your left (the player before your turn). If a player whose position is immediately before you dies, you also lose the game.

2. Country kill (with 5 to 12 players): it has the same rules without the roles. Everyone chooses their character (5 characters to choose from). Few things that are different from the original game. Your objective is to find your ally (whom has the same country and team up to kill other ally. There are no King’s abilities. First, put your character card face down and don’t show it to others. Second, whenever you chooses to use the character’s abilities or flip riskily to let other know who you are. You are permanently face up because your character card has been shown to them and everyone knows which country you are except when flip character abilities.

3. Advanced Country kill: Same on Country kill. Difference are choose from (6 character cards), from those 6 character cards, you choose two character cards with the same Country. During the game, your first Character that is reviled is permanently your gender for the rest of the game.