Rio Grande Games Bohnanza Princes and Pirates User manual

players: 2–7 age: 13+ length: 60 minutes
With the Pirates expansion, Bohnanza goes to sea. With basic Bohnanza, when players harvested
beans they immediately sold them for gold coins. With Pirates, players may load their harvested
beans onto ships which will deliver them to other markets for higher profits. However, there are
pirates on the sea and they lie in wait in their pirate ships to capture the cargoes of merchant ships
carrying beans.
Pirates must be played with the Bohnanza basic game as this has the components necessary for up to
seven players. Except for changes to the rules described herein, the game is played the same as basic
Bohnanza.
Before combining the bean cards from the basic game and Pirates, remove the cards shown below
based on the number of players in the game.
Each player takes a merchant ship and a harbor card of the same color
and places these in her play area (the space before her on the table).
The harbor cards are the storage places for the gold coins the players
earn during the game.
For each player, place the second merchant ship in her color, the pirate
ship in her color (the flag on the mast), and a 3rd bean field to the side
on the table. Place all other merchant ships, pirate ships, and 3rd bean
fields back in the box.
Overview
Preparation
1
Beans & Ships: 28 Mocha Beans, 26 Pole Beans,
14 merchant and 7 pirate ships in 7 different colors
3rd Bean field cards: 7 new 3rd Bean field cards
Harbor cards: 7 Harbor cards in 7 different colors,
1 La Isla Bohnita harbor card
Contents
82 game cards
8 harbor cards
# of players Basic game with Pirates
2 Cocoa Beans, Garden Beans, Red Beans, Black-Eyed Beans, Soy Beans,
Green Beans, Mocha Beans
3 Cocoa Beans, Garden Beans, Red Beans, Black-Eyed Beans, Soy Beans, Mocha Beans
4 Cocoa Beans, Garden Beans, Red Beans, Black-Eyed Beans, Soy Beans, Mocha Beans
5 Cocoa Beans, Garden Beans, Red Beans, Mocha Beans
6 Cocoa Beans, Garden Beans, Red Beans, Black-Eyed Beans
7 Cocoa Beans, Garden Beans, Red Beans
storage for
gold coins
player‘s harbor
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Place the La Isla Bohnita map in the middle of the table.
Shuffle the bean cards and place them as a supply near
the La Isla Bohnita map. Draw 5 cards from the supply
and place them face-up at the upper right of the map
and draw 5 more cards, placing them face-up at the
lower left of the map as shown to the right. Each set
belongs to one of the two La Isla Bohnita harbors.
Choose a starting player and deal bean cards to the
players. Deal 3 cards to the starting player, 4 cards to her clockwise neighbor, 5 cards to her
clockwise neighbor, and 6 cards to all other players. Remember that new hand cards must always be
added to the back of players’ hands and players may not sort the cards in their hands at any time.
A player’s turn (she is the active player)
consists of the following four phases:
1st phase: plant bean cards
This phase is identical to the basic game
and the player may not place cards from her hand on a ship.
2nd phase: trade, ship, and harvest
As in the basic game, the player draws two cards from the supply and puts them face-up on the
table. The player may now trade/donate, ship, and raid in any order and any number of times.
a) Trade/donate is done just as in the basic game.
b) Ship Shipping to/from Isla Bohnitâ
On a player’s turn, she can sail her ship (loaded or empty) from her home harbor to either La Isla
Bohnita harbor (Bohnbay or Bohnaco). She can also sail from either La Isla Bohnita harbor to the
other or to her home harbor. Players do not actually move their ships only declare their destinations.
And, she can do these actions in any order and as often as she chooses during her turn.
In order to sail from her home harbor to La
Isla Bohnitâ, the player names the ship and
destination harbor to which the ship is to sail.
Then she takes the top-most card of the cards
from the destination harbor and places it on
her ship. The player may then take more beans
of the same kind she just took as long as they
are the “next” top-most cards at that harbor.
The beans on the two Isla Bohnitâ harbors are harvested beans. Players may not plant them on their
bean fields. A ship may have only beans of one kind at the same time.
c) Raid
On her turn, a player with a pirate ship may use her pirate ship to raid merchant ships of other
players. A pirate ship can sail to the home harbors of other players and attack the merchant ships
(not pirate ships) there.
Playing the game
Place beans cards
on the ships
horizontally as shown.
1st phase: plant bean cards
2nd phase: trade/donate, ship, and raid
3rd phase: plant traded and donated beans
4th phase: draw new bean cards
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To go on a raid, the player tells her opponent which merchant ship she is attacking and where.
Her opponent may choose to immediately sell the beans on the attacked ship, thus avoiding the raid.
If she does not choose to do so, the attacking player takes one bean card from the attacked ship,
placing it on her pirate ship, ending the raid.
During her turn the player may attack each merchant ship of each other player only once. The player
may load only beans of one kind on her pirate ship. Captured beans may be reloaded onto one of
the player’s merchant ships at any time.
A player may not:
• raid her own merchant ships.
• load beans from her fields onto her pirate ship
• plant a bean from her pirate ship on a field.
3rd phase: plant traded and donated beans is done just as in the basic game.
4th phase: draw new bean cards
The player draws cards, placing them in
her hand as in the basic game. However, the
number of cards drawn is now based on the
number of players in the game:
If either La Isla Bohnita harbor has no cards at this time, the player draws 5 cards from the supply
and places them face-up on the empty harbor.
Harvest and sell beans
A player may harvest her fields at any time and then may sell them or load them onto one of her
merchant ships. A player may sell her bean harvests and the loads on her merchant and pirate ships
at any time. When she sells the load from a merchant or pirate ship, she must sell the entire load.
However, the sale must earn at least one gold coin, otherwise she may not sell the load. She may
not give the load away.
Note: a player may move the beans from her pirate ship to any of her merchant ships or from one
merchant ship to the other, even if they are not worth any gold coins.
Other player actions
During the game, a player may buy one 3rd bean field, her second merchant ship, and her pirate
ship at any time, including during another player’s turn. Purchased ships and 3rd bean fields may be
used immediately.
• The 3rd bean fields cost 3 gold coins.
• The 2nd merchant ships cost:
- 4 gold coins with two, three, or four players,
- 3 gold coins with five and six players.
• The pirate ships cost 2 gold coins.
two players = two cards
three & four players = three cards
five players = four cards
six & seven players = five cards
The game ends as in the basic game.
End of game
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THE BEAN DUEL
Pirates for two players
For the Bean Duel, the following special rules apply. During preparation, both players take 5 bean
cards as starting hands.
The four phases of the game are changed as follows:
1st phase: plant bean cards
Before or after planting a bean card on a bean field, a player may discard any one card from her
hand. She may do this just once during her turn and only in the first phase.
2nd phase: ship and raid
The player draws three cards instead of two from the supply. Next, if the top-most card on the
discard pile is identical to one of the just-drawn bean cards, the player adds it to the just-drawn
cards. This action is repeated, until the top-most bean card does not match any of the just-drawn
cards.
The player now plants these beans.
Players may only sell beans on their own turns.
Exception: when her merchant ship is attacked, she may sell its load.
3rd phase: draw cards
The player draws two cards from the supply stack.
Gold coins
The players set aside the gold coins they use to buy 3rd bean fields, second merchant ships, and
pirate ships instead of discarding them. They shuffle them with the discard pile when the supply is
exhausted.
The 3rd bean field costs 3 gold coins. The second merchant ship costs 5 gold coins. The pirate ship
costs 2 gold coins.
discard pilethree drawn cards
two cards added:
1) pole bean
2) mocha bean
supply
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players: 1–6 age: 13+ length: 90 minutes
Contents
28 Vine task
cards
4 3rd bean field
cards
1 Castle card 6 Bean figures
in six colors
Bean princes make their way to sleeping beauty in the king’s castle. They wrestle through thick, overgrown bean
vines and must fulfill difficult tasks. The prince who reaches the Castle and has the most gold coins, may kiss
sleeping beauty to awaken her, and win the game.
Princes
must be played with
Ladies
or with
Bohnanza
. Players are expected to know the rules of these games to
play
Princes
.
Using all the cards from
Ladies
(if
Bohnanza
is
used, remove the Coffee, Wax, and Cocoa beans)
and follow the
Ladies
rules to begin the
preparation for
Princes
. When playing
with six players, use the same rules as for
five and remove 8 Vine task cards (randomly)
from the game. When playing with
Ladies
,
use the 3rd bean field cards included with this
expansion (they are not needed when playing
with
Bohnanza
). Separate the Castle card from
the Vine task cards. Shuffle the Vine task cards
and place them face down as a supply in the
middle of the table. Place the Castle card face
down under the stack of Vine task cards. Draw the top 4 Vine task cards and place them face up in a row next to
the stack in the order drawn. Each player selects a bean figure and places his figure next to the first Vine task card
(see illustration). Place unused figures and cards back in the box.
Overview
Preparation
Bean card
discards
Bean figures
Bean figures
Vine task
card stack
Face-up
Vine task cards
Bean card supply
5
The game play of
Princes
has the same four well-known phases and the corresponding actions as in
Ladies
or
Bohnanza
. The intermediate phase and the Vine task cards with the tasks which the players must fulfill are new.
The tasks of the Vine task cards
At any time in the game, regardless of whose turn it is, a player may fulfill a task. A player can fulfill only the
task on the Vine task card where his figure stands. To fulfill a task, the player calls, “Stop!”, and shows the other
players how he completes the task where his figure stands. When a player fulfills a task, he moves his figure
forward to the next Vine task card. If the player has not actually fulfilled the task he claims, his figure remains
where it was.
Gameplay with 3-6 players
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The Vine task cards have tasks which the players must fulfill. Some cards have tasks that can only be fulfilled in
a specific phase, for example, “In Phase 1, any player plays a Stink bean.” (see also example 1). Players can fulfill
other cards by planting or harvesting, for example, “You harvest a bean field worth exactly 2 gold coins.” If a
player has three fields available (has bought a 3rd bean field), and chooses to fulfill the task, “You have exactly
one bean in each of your bean fields.”, the player must have 1 bean in each of his three bean fields.
Paying tribute to “fulfill” a task
During a player’s turn, he can choose to pay tribute to
“fulfill” a task he cannot or chooses not to fulfill in the
normal way. The player pays the top-most gold coin from
his earnings stack, placing it bean-side up on the discard
pile. He may choose to “fulfill” several tasks in his turn in
this way by spending one gold coin per task.
The players may not change the order of the gold coins in
their earnings stacks, and must always pay tribute with the
top-most coin(s).
Hint: a player should consider paying tribute when the
Vine task card where he stands is difficult or impossible
(e.g. “Buy a 3rd Bean field.“ and he already has one).
A player may pay tribute at any time during his own turn, even before planting a bean in Phase 1. The last time
a player may pay tribute during his turn is just before he draws 3 cards in Phase 4. After drawing the 3 cards, his
turn is completed.
Paying tribute between player turns
After the active player has completed his turn by drawing 3 cards, and before the next player begins his turn, all
players (including the player who just completed his turn) may choose to pay tribute to “fulfill” a task or tasks.
During this “intermediate phase”, players may not harvest bean fields.
Players pay tribute in the intermediate phase without order and they may also pay tribute to “fulfill” several
tasks. The intermediate phase ends after all players have paid all tributes they choose. Then the next player
takes his turn.
New Bean vine cards
A) There will always be three face-up Vine task
cards in front of the foremost Bean figure. Thus,
whenever a player moves his Bean figure forward
such that there are fewer than three Vine task cards
in front of his figure, the player immediately draws
cards from the supply stack and places them face-
up in front of the existing Vine task cards until
there are three cards in front of his figure.
B) Players also remove and discard Vine task cards
which all Bean figures have passed.
Hint: to enable the players to better plan for the
end of the game, we suggest that players lay out the
last few cards from the supply (when there are less
than 5 cards remaining in the supply) face-down at
the end of the Vine task card row. The players turn
these cards face-up as needed to have three face-up
cards in front of the fore-most figure.
gold coin
gold coin
A
B
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Example of fulfilling tasks
It is possible to fulfill several tasks in one turn (including paying tribute).
Example 1: the yellow (active) player has two green beans at
the front of her hand. She plants them both on one of her bean
fields which already has green beans. She, thus, fulfills the task,
“In Phase 1, you add 2 beans to one or two existing bean fields.”,
she then pays tribute to fulfill the next task, “All other figures are
ahead of your figure.” as she shares the spot with the blue player
and cannot fulfill it normally, and then can fulfill the next, “In
Phase 1, you plant two beans of the same kind.”, as she is still in
phase 1.
The players should remember to perform the phases in order as the order can be important when fulfilling tasks.
Example 2a: now the red player takes his turn. He plants two Soy beans in an empty field, fulfilling the
task, “In Phase 1, you plant two beans of the same kind.” In phase 2 the red player trades for a Blue bean.
In phase 3 he plants the blue bean fulfilling the task, “You have Blue bean(s) in one of your fields.” and
moves his figure forward. Now, he notices that the green player has two Red beans in one of his fields and he
can fulfill the task, “Any player has at least 2 Red beans planted.”
The same situation with an important difference.
Example 2b: now the red player takes his turn. He plants two Soy beans in an empty field, fulfilling the task,
“In Phase 1, you plant two beans of the same kind.” In phase 2 the red player trades for a Blue bean and
the green player harvests her 2 Red beans. In phase 3 the red player plants the blue bean fulfilling the task,
“You have Blue bean(s) in one of your fields.” and moves his figure forward. However, as the green player
harvested her Red beans in the previous phase, she no longer has them and the red player cannot now fulfill
the task, “Any player has at least 2 Red beans planted.”
Because the yellow player paid tribute to fulfill her second task, the blue player may fulfill this task.
Example 3: the blue player’s figure is behind all other figures, and thus he fulfills the task, “All other figures
are ahead of your figure.”
Whenever the supply is exhausted, shuffle the discards and place them as a new supply. Before shuffling, first
check to see if any player has been hoarding gold coins (in a 6-player game, this is more than 6 and in a 5-player
game, this is more than 7). If this is the case, they must immediately reduce the number of their gold coins to 6
or 7, respectively, by discarding their top-most gold coins (they may not choose which gold coins to discard and
may not choose to pay tribute at this time).
The game ends when a player fulfills the task on the last Vine task card and has in his possession at least 5 gold
coins. He may harvest beans to achieve this amount of gold coins. To show that he has fulfilled the last task and
has at least five gold coins, he places his figure on the Castle card.
If the player does not have the required five gold coins yet, he moves his figure above the Castle card and the
game continues normally until he has the required five gold coins. Then the game ends immediately. It can
happen that another player fulfills the last task and has the required five gold coins before the player who first
reached the Castle does. In this case, the game ends when this occurs.
At game end, all players harvest their bean fields and pay as many gold coins in tribute as they need to move
their figures to the Castle card. They do not need to have five gold coins to move onto the Castle card.
The winner is player who has the most gold coins at the end. Players tied with the most rejoice in their shared
victory.
Example 4: the green player fulfilled the last task and moves her
figure to the space above the Castle card. She has 4 gold coins
and harvests a bean field for another 2, giving her 6 gold coins.
The 6 gold coins is enough for her to move her figure onto the
Castle card and end the game. Now the other players harvest
their fields.
The red player pays 4 gold coins tribute to move his figure to the
Castle and has 4 gold coins remaining. The yellow player has just 5 gold coins which is not enough to reach
the Castle. The green player wins the game!
Game end
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Remove all Garden beans from the deck.
• A player may only harvest bean fields during the player’s own turn.
• A player may only buy a 3rd bean field during the player’s own turn.
• A player may only pay tribute during the player’s own turn.
• When players pay tribute and buy 3rd bean fields, they place the gold coins they pay with back in the
box, instead of being discarded.
• The players may choose to lay out all Vine task cards face down at the start of the game, turning them
face-up when they would add to the row of face-up cards.
• The game consists of the following phases:
Phase 0: the active player looks at the beans his opponent placed in the middle of the table (see phase 3) and
chooses (in any order) which beans to plant on his own fields and which to discard. If the player chooses to plant a
type of bean from the middle of the table, he must plant all of that type. If his opponent did not leave beans in the
middle of the table, this phase is bypassed.
Phase 1: the player plants the first card in his hand and may, but need not, then plant his second card. Before or
after planting a bean card, he may put any card from his hand on the discard pile.
Phase 2: the player draws the top-most three cards from the supply and places them face-up in the middle of the
table. He places beans of the same type in a stack. Next, he takes the top-most cards from the discard pile if they
match any of the bean cards in the middle of the table, stacking them with their matching types.
Phase 3: the player chooses which of these beans (in the middle of the table) he will plant and which he will leave
for his opponent. If he chooses a bean to plant, he must plant all beans of that type.
Phase 4: the player draws the top-most two cards from the supply, placing them at the back of his hand in the
order drawn. Once he draws these two cards, he may no longer pay tribute as his turn is over.
Special case: if the supply is exhausted in phase two and the player was able to draw all three cards, he adds cards
from the discard pile and then shuffles the discard pile as a new supply.
• When the first player reaches the Castle with 5 gold coins both players harvest and sell the beans in their fields,
his opponent pays tribute until he reaches the Castle and the player with the most gold coins is the winner!
There is no phase 0. Otherwise all rules from the two-player
game are used. The Vine task cards and the bean figures are
prepared as shown in the accompanying illustration. The
violet and the red bean figures are neutral. The player only
turns face-up the first 4 Vine task cards. Place the Castle
card as shown. Place the figures on the Vine task cards.
Thus, the player figure always stands on the task which he
last fulfilled.
Before phase 1, the player moves the violet figure forward
to the right. When it arrives at the end of a row, it begins
again at the left of the next row. When it is in the first row,
the player moves it one card forward; in the second row he
moves it two cards forward; in the third and fourth rows, he moves it three cards forward. The red figure begins
in front of the fourth row. The player moves it forward one space when the violet figure (after moving) is in front
of the player’s figure. Otherwise the red figure is not moved. At the end the phase 3, the player discards the cards
from the middle of the table which he did not plant. The player turns face-up the Vine task cards such that there
are always four face-up cards in front of the player’s figure. The positions of the red and violet figures play no role
here. A player wins if his figure reaches the Castle card before both the red and violet figures reach the Castle card
and he has at least five gold coins.
The game for 2 players
Solitaire game
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