Guide to Grand Austria Hotel number and placing them on the corresponding Action
spaces. Then, the start player takes a turn or passes.
SET-UP
* Place the components (dustbin, dishes, VP markers, rooms
by color) next to the game and action boards.
* Shuffle the Guest cards and place them face-down on their
designated space. Draw 5 and place each one face-up in a
Guest space.
* Shuffle the Staff cards and place them face-down near the
game board.
* Draw a Politics card from A, B, and C and place them on
their designated spaces on the game board.
* Draw an Emperor tile from A, B, and C and place them on
their designated spaces on the game board.
* Place 10 / 12 / 14 dice for 2 / 3 / 4 players on the Action
space. Return unused dice to the box.
*Take the Turn Order tiles for the correct number of players.
* Each player takes an Overview card, Hotel board, and the 6
wooden disks in their color.
*Place one wooden disk on the 0 space of the Emperor
track, the 0 space of the VP track, and one on the 10 space
of your Money track. Set the other three disks aside – you
may use them later to engage in politics.
* Each player takes one of each colored cube – coffee, wine,
cake, and strudel and places them in their kitchen.
* Draw 6 Staff cards and keep them hidden. Optionally, use
the lettered sets (Intro) or Draft (Experience) as written in
the rulebook.
* Place the round marker on space 1 of the Round track.
* Decide which side of the Hotel board to use.
* Randomly determine a start player. The start player
receives Turn Order tile 1. The next clockwise receives Turn
Order tile 2, etc.
* Beginning with the last player and proceeding
counterclockwise, each player chooses a Guest from the
face-up ones and places it in their Café at no cost. After
each choice, slide the remaining Guests to the right and
place a new one on the empty left space.
* Players then prepare up to 3 rooms by taking Room tiles
and placing them on the same-colored spaces of their Hotel
board. You MUST start with the bottom left of your Hotel
board. Subsequent Room tiles MUST be placed
orthogonally adjacent to already placed ones. You pay the
cost associated by moving the disk on your Money track
down.
GAMEPLAY
The game is played over 7 rounds. At the end of rounds 3,5,
and 7, there is an Emperor Scoring. After round 7, there is
also a Final Scoring.
COURSE OF PLAY
At the start of each round, the start player (who has Turn
Order tile 1) takes and rolls the dice, sorting them by
Actions
On your turn, you take the following actions:
1.) Take a Guest from the game board (optional)
2.) Take a die and carry out the corresponding action
(mandatory)
3.) Take any appropriate additional actions
Take a Guest
On your turn, you may take one of the 5 face-up Guests on
the game board and place it in your Café.
Pay the cost associated with the guest as printed on the
game board, moving your disk on the Money track down.
Then place the Guest on a FREE space in your Café.
If ALL spaces in your Café are occupied, you CANNOT take a
Guest.
Slide all remaining Guests on the game board to the right
and place a new Guest from the draw pile in the empty
space at the left.
Take a Die and Carry Out the Action
Choose an Action space with at LEAST one die left and carry
out the action. The NUMBER of dice on the Action space
determines how much you get from the action.
Then, remove the die from the Action space and place it on
the lowest visible number on your Turn Order tile.
The Actions
1 Die – For each die, you can take 1 strudel OR 1 cake. You
cannot take MORE cake than strudel, but other than that
limitation, you can take any combination.
2 Die – For each die, you can take 1 wine OR 1 coffee. You
cannot take MORE coffee than wine, but other than that
limitation, you can take any combination.
IMPORTANT – WHENEVER you receive dishes/drinks, you
can place them IMMEDIATELY on a Guest’s order. Place
any excess in your Kitchen.
3 Die – For each die, you can prepare a room. Take a Room
tile of your choice and place it on your Hotel board
according to these rules:
 Each room MUST be adjacent to an already placed
Room tile.
 The front (bellhop opening door) side MUST be
visible.
  You MUST pay the cost according to the row of the
Room space.
 The color of the room MUST match the color of the
Room space.
If you place a room in the top right part of your Hotel board,
you IMMEDIATELY receive the printed number of VP.
4 Die – For each die, you can advance 1 space on the
Emperor track OR your Money track. You CAN split the total
between the two tracks.
5 Die – You can play EXACTLY ONE Staff card from your
hand. For each die, the cost is reduced by 1 krone. Pay the
remaining cost by moving down on your Money track. The
cost CANNOT be less than 0.
6 Die – Pay 1 krone and choose ANY of the other 5 actions
(1-5). Take the action based on how many dice are on the 6
space and NOT the chosen action number.
Take Additional Actions
Only the first of these is limited to ONCE per turn. All others
can be done ANY number of times. On your turn you can
take the following additional actions:
- ONCE per turn, you can pay 1 krone to add 1 to the
number of dice on the chosen Action space.
- You can pay 1 krone to move up to 3 dishes/drinks from
your Kitchen to the orders on your Guest cards.
- You can place a wooden disk on a Politics card (if able).
- You can use a Staff card you played with a “once per
round” (1x with the circular arrow) effect. If you do, turn it
over, so you don’t accidentally use it again this round.
- You can move a Guest whose order is complete to a free
room. You IMMEDIATELY receive the printed number of VP
and the reward that the Guest provides. Guests can only
move into an unoccupied room of the SAME color. Turn the
room over and place the Guest on the discard pile.
If you turn over the last room in a group, you
IMMEDIATELY receive the Occupancy bonus as marked at
the top of your Hotel board. The Occupancy bonus is
based on the size and color of the group.
After you finish your turn, the player with the lowest VISIBLE
number on their Turn Order tile goes next.
PASSING
Instead of taking a turn, you can simply pass. You may want
to do this if there are dice left on spaces you do not want to
use.
When you pass, you MUST wait until every other player has
either passed or taken TWO actions.
Once that happens, the player with the LOWEST number
still showing on their Turn Order tile takes the remaining
dice from ALL of the action spaces, removes ONE (to the
dustbin) and rolls the rest again, sorting them and placing
them as usual.
That player can then take a turn or pass again. Play
continues in this fashion until all players have covered BOTH
numbers on their Turn Order tiles OR there are NO dice left.
Politics Cards
Each Politics card shows a requirement. As SOON as you
meet the requirement of a Politics card on your turn, you
can place a wooden disk on the highest available space and
you IMMEDIATELY receive the printed number of VP. You
can only place ONE disk per Politics card.
END OF A ROUND
At the end of the 3rd, 5th, and 7th rounds, there is an Emperor
Scoring. After the 7th round and its Emperor Scoring, there
is a Final Scoring.
At the end of each round:
 Turn your Staff cards face-up.
 Pass you Turn Order tile to the next player in
clockwise order.
 The new start player takes the dice and move the
Round maker forward one space.
Emperor Scoring
Each player receives VP for their disk on the Emperor track,
according to the value at the BOTTOM of their space.
Then each player moves their disk BACK a number of spaces
– 3 / 5 / 7 spaces after the 1st / 2nd / 3rd Emperor Scoring.
If your disk ends up in the yellow area (at least space 3), you
receive the Emperor Tile bonus. If your disk ends up in the
black area (the 0 space), you suffer the Emperor Tile
penalty. If your disk ends up in the gray area (space 1 or 2),
you get neither the bonus nor suffer the penalty.
GAME END & FINAL SCORING
After the 7th round, following the Emperor Scoring, there is a
Final Scoring:
 You receive VP for Staff cards that provide them.
 You receive VP for your OCCUPIED rooms: 1 / 2 / 3 /
4 VP for each in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th rows.
 You receive 1 VP for each krone and leftover
dish/drink in your Kitchen.
 You LOSE 5 VP for each guest remaining in your Café.
The player with the most VP is the winner. If tied, the player
with the most dishes, drinks, and krone left is the winner.