Prestige!

Welcome to the City! You are a band of ne'erdowells - assassins, mercenaries, and thieves - and today marks the start of the three day festival devoted to the Cousin Gods. As the City revels in its worship, the City Watch will be far too busy controlling crowds (and the occasional act of religious zealotry) to bother you and your companions as you complete daring heists, deadly assassinations, and devilish extortions. There is gold to be made over the next three nights, so gather your friends and prepare to execute your Prestiges!

Designed by M R. X. Dentith and released under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license, Prestige! is a game for three to four players (although some rules are provided for both bigger and smaller games). A game of Prestige! takes about 30 to 50 minutes to play, and is suitable for ages 10 and up.

A physical copy of the game will eventually be available from The Game Crafter for USD49.99; the game will always be available for free to print-and-play.

Rules Summary:

A single game of Prestige! consists of three rounds, divided into the Night and the Day.

Setup:

- Each player receives 3 gold, a starting lair, and a hand of 3 Action cards

- Randomly assign roles!

- Setup up the Timer Deck

- Play!

Gameplay:

During the Day players draw and play cards to plan their Prestiges.

During the Night players either play their Prestiges (lair, joint, target and tool [optional]) or any valid cards.

Scoring:

Assassins score gold via their played Targets, Mercenaries score gold via both played Joints and Targets (divided by half), and Thieves score gold via their played Joints.

The winner is the player with the most gold!