Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Components
4. Setting Up the Game
5. Goal of the Game
6. Sequence of Play
7. Playing the Game
8. Bibliography

Introduction

Background

Components

• Game board (1)
• Power Point coupons in denominations of 1000 to 5000 (100)
• Pawns (5)
• Set of stickers (1)
• Dice (1)
• Box (1)
• Destiny Cards (42):
  • Weapons:
    • 4 Long Sword
    • 4 Spear
    • 4 Halberd
    • 4 Hammer
    • 4 Bow and Arrow
  • Power Points:
    • 5 Hawaiian Pizza
    • 3 Super Hamburger Meal
    • 3 Chicken Drumstick Meal
    • 2 Lobster Meal
    • 2 Turkey and Ham Meal
  • Destiny:
    • Home taken: lose 8000 Power Points
    • Mutiny in the Ranks: lose 6000 Power Points
    • Trapped by Flying Arrows: lose 5000 Power Points
    • [unknown]: lose 5000 Power Points
    • [unknown]: lose 3000 Power Points
    • Tripped by Horse: lose 2000 Power Points or 1 turn.
    • [unknown]

Setting Up the Game

Set up the game as follows:
1. Open the game board and lay it flat on the table.
2. Shuffle the Destiny cards and place them in a pile to the side.
3. Sort out the Power Points coupons into different piles of 1000 to 5000 each (you may store these in the box)
4. Put one each of the stickers showing generals on a pawn.
5. Each player chooses a pawn.
6. Each player receives Power Points as follows:
   • 2 x 1000
   • 2 x 2000
   • 1 x 3000
   • 1 x 4000
   • 1 x 5000
7. Play "Rock, Paper, Scissors" to decide the order of play.
8. Place each player's pawn at the starting point at the lower left corner of the board. Each player will have to follow the arrows to move forward.

Goal of the Game

The game ends after all of the players reach the end and thus make the capture. Then each player counts the number of their remaining Power Points to determine the winner.

Sequence of Play

Play passes clockwise around the table. On his turn, each player rolls the die and moves his pawn that many spaces forward. He must resolve the turn depending on the type of space he lands on.

Playing the Game

1. If during the game, a pawn happens to land on a space reading "Hand of Destiny" [note: the spaces with formation led by the man on a white horse], the owning player must draw the top Destiny card and follow its instructions.

2. If the card happens to be a weapon, then the player may keep it. However, each weapon can only be used once and thereafter is placed in the discard pile.

3. If one lands on a space reading "Get Power Point coupons", then the player receives the corresponding Power Points from "the bank". [Note: these are all of the spaces containing food items, including the Hawaiian Pizza, Chicken Drumstick Meal, Super Hamburger Meal, Lobster Meal, and Turkey and Ham Meal.] Similarly for spaces indicating loss of Power points.

4. If in the middle of the game anyone happens to spend all of their Power Points and cannot afford to pay as required, then they must go back to the start and discard any of the cards they have in hand. They do receive Power Points in the amounts normal for starting the game.

5. The purple spaces containing four characters including the number "1" (horizontal bar) mean, "Lose 1 turn."

6. The bluish space at the top of the second column from left reads "Acquire precious items. Move forward 5 spaces."

7. The yellowish square space further down in the second column reads: "Battle of Bó-wàng Hills I: Li Din: Fighting Power: 5000. Either pay 5000 Power Points to pass through or go back to the start."

8. The pink space which is two below this: [unknown, suspect merely chrome].

9. The yellowish square space in the third column reads: "Battle of Bó-wàng Hills II: Xià Hòu Han: Fighting Power: 6000. Either pay 6000 Power Points to pass through or go back to the start."

10. The pink square space in the third column reads: "Rolling Rock Battle: Gun Shí. Discard any weapon or go back 6 spaces."

11. The higher yellowish tall space in the fourth column reads: "Get surrounded and trapped on the bridge. Unless you discard 'Bows and Arrows', go back 8 spaces."

12. The higher yellowish tall space in the fourth column reads: "Fall into a on the bridge. Either discard 3000 Power Points or lose 1 turn."

13. The round yellowish space in the fourth column reads: "Battle of Xin Ye Chéng (New Wild City): Shu Chu: Fighting power: 7000. Either pay 7000 Power Points to pass through or go back to the start."

14. The wide bluish space in the fourth column reads: "Wooden Man Gate".

15. The Green arrow in the fourth column reads: "First Level: receive 1000 Power Points."

16. The Purple arrow in the fourth column reads: "Second Level: receive 5000 Power Points."

17. The next, blue arrow reads: "Third Level: receive 4000 Power Points."

18. The next, green arrow reads: "Fourth Level: receive 1000 Power Points."

19. The next, blue arrow reads: "Fifth Level: receive 4000 Power Points."

20. The next, green arrow reads: "Sixth Level: receive 3000 Power Points."

21. The next, orange arrow reads: "Seventh Level: receive 2000 Power Points."

22. The next, purple arrow reads: "Eighth Level: receive 5000 Power Points."

23. The next, orange arrow reads: "Ninth Level: receive 2000 Power Points."

24. The next, green arrow reads: "Tenth Level: receive 3000 Power Points."

25. The next, illustrated arrow reads: "War of the White River: Chan Pei: Fighting power: 7000. Either pay 7000 Power Points to pass through or go back to the start."

26. The following, pink arrow reads: "Trapped in Ivy. Either discard a long sword or halberd or go back 1 space."

27. The following, pink arrow reads: "Confusing Rocks: Luàn Shi. Either discard a hammer or go back 6 spaces."

28. The following, yellow arrow reads: "Battle of the Cháng Ban Hills: Han Gán Dào (Long Ledge Hill): Fighting power: 8000. Either pay 8000 Power Points to pass through or go back to the start."

29. The square, pink box in the fourth column from right reads: "Surrounded by the Da Dao battle formation. Either discard a long sword or a halberd or go back 4 spaces."

30. The yellowish square space in the third column from right reads: "Battle of the Chá Bá Bridge (Long Ledge Bridge): Yua Ming. Either pay 9000 Power Points to pass through or go back to the start."

31. The yellowish tall space in the third column from right reads: "Broken Bridge. Either pay 5000 Power Points or lose 2 turns.

32. The next, purple space containing four characters including the number "2" (2 horizontal bars) means, "Lose 2 turns."

33. The square, pink box in the third column from right reads: "Wood crystal blocks the way. Either discard a hammer or halberd or lose 1 turn."

34. The yellowish square space in the second column from right reads: "First Battle of Cè bi (Red Wall): Chéng Lio: Fighting Power: 10000. Either pay 10000 Power Points to pass through or go back to the start."

35. The pink box in the second column from right reads: "Trapped in Chang Jian formation. Either discard a long sword or a spear or go back 10 spaces."

36. The yellowish square space in the first column from right reads: "Second Battle of Cè bi (Red Wall): Chéng Lio: Fighting Power: 10000. Either pay 10000 Power Points to pass through or go back to the start."

37. The yellowish arrow at the top of the first column from right: [unknown, probably pay 8000 Power Points or return to start].

38. The next, pink arrow reads: "Ambused by soldiers. Either discard a long sword or a spear or go back 20 spaces."

39. The next, pink arrow reads: "Bear full brunt of enemy attack. Either pay 6000 Power Points to pass through or go back to the start."

40. The next, yellowish arrow reads: "Chau Chou fights back. Only players possessing 15000 Power Points can pass this point. Otherwise, go back 50 steps."

Bibliography

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (San Kuo Chih Yen-i) by Lo Kuan-Chung: UK · US hardcover · US hardcover · US paperback

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• Games Set in China