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In addition, you must be on good terms with the powerful bishop, who can help you in your quest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe object of the game is to score the most Victory Points. You win Victory Points by winning any of the 5 categories: Illuminators, Scribes, Manuscripts, Scrolls, and Supplies. You win a category by having the highest total number of workers (Scribes, Illuminators) or resources (Manuscripts, Scrolls, Supplies) in that category. This is determined by the numbers in the upper left corner on the cards. At the start of the game, each category is worth 3 Victory Points. As the game progresses, the values on the Value Board will change and some categories will become worth more or less Victory Points than others. The game is divided into 2 stages: a Donation stage and an Auction stage. During the Donation stage, players acquire free cards according to an established plan. In the Auction stage, players purchase cards in auction rounds. 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Constant interactivity between the players, intelligent questioning and dynamic intrigue make Mystery of the Abbey the game of choice for an hour of fun with friends and family alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Days of Wonder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050198217082,"sku":"ZBG-DOW7001","price":31.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/Mystery-of-the-Abbey.jpg?v=1760985253"},{"product_id":"the-hen-commandments","title":"The Hen Commandments","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hen Commandments is a chicken-based religion-building party game. Players are disciples of the Holy Chicken, who has been sent to earth to redeem humankind. Her commandments appear encoded on a series of eggs and it's your job as a devout disciple to not only work out the true meaning of the message, but to convince all the other disciples that your reading is the correct and only Truth. The Judgement: All the other disciples become judges for the round, and vote on which disciple gave the most compelling explanation of the commandment. The Reward: The disciple who gets the most votes is rewarded with 2 pieces of corn. Or, if the vote is split, those disciples get 1 piece of corn each. Canonisation: Play ten rounds, each time revealing a new commandment. The disciple who has collected the most corn is made into a Saint and rewarded with the record of all 10 commandments so they can go forth and start their own sect of Heninism. It's a simple, creative, funny group game that scales well and plays out in about 45 minutes. The cool thing is that while each disciple is competing to have their individual opinion heard and recorded, together, you collaboratively create what is essentially a new religion in the course of a game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\t\tBLOG\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn another of our regular board game spotlights, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/the-hen-commandments\/\"\u003eZatu Games\u003c\/a\u003e knocks back a tall frosty one at 10am, despite what Jasmine’s been saying. It just feels right, almost as right as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/the-hen-commandments\/\"\u003eThe Hen Commandments\u003c\/a\u003e, the 2015 release from publisher Terrorbull Games and designer Andrew Sheerin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Game\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich came first, the hen-based theme or the winning pun? Had history played out differently, maybe we’d all be sitting down to macho-religious fusion game ‘The Men Commandments’, Chinese businessman’s daily planner ‘The Chen Commandments’, or passive-aggressive temporal confusion ‘The When Commandments’. But here we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/the-hen-commandments\/\"\u003eThe Hen Commandments\u003c\/a\u003e is a party game that casts players as followers of poultry messiah ‘the Holy Chicken’. 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With words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers whose virtues were also chosen by others then become judges, and vote on which of the speakers gave the most compelling sermon. The winning speaker gets two points, represented in this case by corn. A tie gives each speaker one point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a thematically appropriate ten rounds, the one with the most corn wins, which is also true of famine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Publisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.terrorbullgames.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTerrorbull Games\u003c\/a\u003e is a UK based board game publisher founded in 2005. They pride themselves on making board games that tackle big important issues whilst maintaining an air of the ridiculous. 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But be wary, a second faerie of a given tribe negates your score - and more than two plunges your score into the negatives. Seek only the highest ranking faerie from each tribe for the strongest alliance possible. But each tribe has a unique power and the ability to manipulate faeries from around the table, including your own. Gaining the upper hand will be both chaotic and devious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo set up before the game, players decide which six faerie tribes to use in the game from the 13 suits included in the box. They can be mixed and matched so game play varies from game to game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn each round, all players are dealt three cards. But interestingly, they are not yours, they are your opponents. You look at them, decide the order in which to stack them - and therefore in which order your opponent will later encounter them, then pass that stack in the direction of play. 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