2020 · Renaissance

The Field of the Cloth of Gold

Players portray rival Renaissance kings staging a three-week spectacle of feasting, piety and tournaments to outshine one another. On each turn, a player chooses one of two actions and gives the opponent a tile that the opponent can later use to score; scoring typically removes tiles from play. Players balance creating scoring opportunities for themselves, denying or forcing premature scoring by the rival, and managing a growing set of tiles and jewel types introduced in the second edition. Gameplay emphasizes tight choices, indirect interaction and tactical timing as each player tries to maximize their own points while making the opponent’s gifts work against them.

groupPlayers

2

schedulePlaying time

20 min

psychologyComplexity

1.6 / 5