Circus
Players send their best artists into the ring to perform an act. If your artist is better than the previous one, then there is a deafening applause which earns you points. The success of this performance is based on which upgrades your artist has. Each cube that matches a cube of the previous performing artist is worth 1 point, but each cube that doesn’t match is worth 2 points. The spectators like variety after all!
- Simple game about circus shows.
- A game in which randomness accords perfectly with tactics.
- Pay attention to which artists you send out onstage. The less upgrades of the same kind your performer and the previous one have, the more victory points you score.
- Circus is a good experience for all companies.
Before you start the game, prepare the arena for the upcoming circus show. Form a row of posters, place three random performers and a game board. The board is for players to mark victory points and upgrades of their circus caravans. Each player receives two artists and four upgrade cards to their hands. When everything is ready, the game starts.
During the rehearsal the active player plays upgrade cards from his hand to buy fancy costumes for his circus performers, rehearse, place ads in search of talents. All upgrades are equivalent, but each upgrade card has its cost. The easies to play the card and the more performers it upgrades at a time, the higher its cost is.
When it’s showtime, choose one of your entertainers and place it in the row with other performers. You score 1 or 2 victory points for each upgrade cube on your artist, who entertains the audience. To be more precise, you score 1 victory point for each upgrade cube your performer has in common with the previous performer, and you score 2 victory points for each upgrade cube which the previous performer lacks. The audience likes the variety, after all! The bottommost example shows that the player will score 5 victory points.
If by the end of the game I’m the only player with performer of one speciality, how many victory points do I score? 3 for the most number of upgrade cubes on that performer and 3 more for being the only player with performer of that speciality. Right?
No, you score only 3 victory points. You cannot score victory points for a single performer twice.
During the advanced play can I use special action and upgrade my caravan during a single turn?
Yes. Using special abilities does not prevent you from upgrading your circus.
The Talent card is the cheapest card among all and can upgrade any number of performers. Isn’t it an overkill?
As soon as the Talent card gives its upgrade cube, it goes to the discard pile.
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