Fief 1429: Bounty & Disaster Card Summary Play in Card play phase only

As Tallage (Tax) (played by)

Lord: on own Fief
King: on any ungoverned Fief
Pays: +2D per Village
Money p.9

As Tithe: (played by)

Bishop: on own Bishopric
Cardinal: on one governed Bishopric
Pope: on ALL governed Bishoprics
Pays: ALL Mill income
If multiple Tithes on same Bishopric
Tax & Tithe 5x then money goes only to: Bountiful Harvest 5x Good Weather 5x
st nd rd
Use allows Uprising to be 1 Bishop; 2 Cardinal; 3 Pope Play only on Bishopric; ALL Mills pay +1
played against you; may not - Heavy Rain blocks - Famine blocks
play if you played the Tax card - Cancels Famine - Cancels Heavy Rain

Cancelled by Bountiful Harvest

Cancelled by Good Weather

Within Bishopric:
No Movement or Combat
Blocks Bountiful Harvest

Each Lord dies on 1-3 of 1d6

Blocks Good Weather

Exposed to Uprising
Lords just entering must roll
No Mill Income

Half units (exc. Siege eng.) die;

Disasters p.8

player choice; round down

Same if units enter
Newly placed Lords or troops
are NOT affected
Disaster cards are resolved
before “Money” cards except for
Heavy Rain 4x Famine 4x Plague 2x the ones used to cancel Famine or
Play only on Bishopric per 1d6; roll=6 no effect Heavy Rain

Play on village that is under Tax or

•During Movement (1st of 2) to
Tithe or has Famine
escape Siege to adj. village as 1 move
•Roll 1 battle die + 1 bonus hit (2-4)
or make 1 move in Heavy rain
immediately. If allied troops present
•Avoid Battle by passing village w/o
roll against all in order of choice.
permission or Cavalcade or may leave
•Heavy Rain has no effect; may be
village on same route of enemy
played just b4 battle
•During battle to nullify Attacker
•If all troops killed any Lord
Penalty when attacking SH or FC
present dies (no captives) and
Opportunity p.15=17

•Any time to avoid assassination or

all Mills and any Stronghold are
to escape without paying ransom
destroyed; Forts are not affected
Secret Passage 3x Play anytime except during draw phase Uprising 4x •Bishops/Cardinals may put down
Queen/Regent and Crown Prince
Block b4 roll with Secret Passage
Sponsoring Lord gains Assassin

Execute a Lord with Assassin

chit with exposure to Justice
Automatically capture Lord

on 1d6 they die on 1-3

Attempt on any Lord;

marker. Pope, King,

engaged in a battle

are immune

Ambush 1x Assassination 1x Justice 1x See p.15

Fief 1429: Offices; Positions and Avoiding Victory
Gaining Office: Elections; Marriage, Birth and Money
Bishop Pope King
Only male Lords allowed and must not be Captive
Must be unmarried and not excommunicated to stand for office May not have Ecclesiastical title
 May Elect when all Bishopric  Must be a Bishop or Cardinal
 Min 1 Lord must be candidate
villages player controlled  Elected when 2 Cardinals are in
 Min 3 votes & majority to elect
 Votes cast at: play
 Every Titled Lord casts 1 vote
1/Village; 2/Principle village  1 vote cast per Cardinal
 Must include vote of 2 Bishops or 1
2/Bishop (new ones do not vote)  Has 1 vote for King
Cardinal or the Pope
3/Cardinal or Pope
Only Highest Title counts - May annul marriage; King/Queen May grant Fief Title to a qualifying Lord
 Has 1 vote for the King only if no Crown Prince
Queen
Cardinals: not elected - May Excommunicate any 1 Lord  By marriage to Lord or King; she
 Must be a Bishop at any time (or reinstate) keeps Titles
 Office by card draw or buy Biretta  If King dies becomes Regent with
-Must agree to new Cardinal King’s privileges
to gain office
 Casts 3 votes for Bishop  Births Crown Prince if not captive
 Casts 1 for Pope and +1for King and King is alive

Either may attempt to put down an Crown Prince: born (card)

Uprising (see p.5-6)  Auto succeeds on death of a King
If Excommunicated loses offices Not subject to Justice
King or Queen Regent can play Tallage on ungoverned Fief; Bishops/Cardinals/Pope may Tithe governed Bishoprics

In Fief you win with 3VP; 4VP if in an alliance. VP come from each Fief you have plus 1 VP for each of the
Pope and King. So it’s later in the game and someone appears to be heading for the win; what do you do?

• Kill off the King or Pope: each is a VP

• Boot a player out of one of their Fiefs: each Fief held is a VP

• To take away a VP for a Fief you must capture the Fortified City that is created when the Fief 1st formed
 Fortified Cities create an Attacker Penalty of -2 dice in your roll meaning you have to bring a LOT of
troops to bear ≥ 13 points and/or Joan d’Arc who gives a +1 die to your rolls So what to do?
 A Secret Passage card nullifies the Fort’s penalty leaving you to just deal with the garrison
 Avoid immediate combat (allowable when the defenders are in the Stronghold/Fort) and set up a
Siege by adding 1 die Siege Engine. The following turn, the Siege Engine cancels one of the 2 die
penalty. It you continue to the 2nd round of Siege, the penalty is nullified entirely…
 Keep in mind that an attacker has sole right to terminate combat if the defender holes up in a
Stronghold or Fortified city. They must sortie to force combat losing the attack penalty as well.
 The besieged are not allowed to add new levies (but can add a new Lord) but may move units in
from an adjacent village

• Killing a King or Pope: alternatives are limited in both scope and chance of success:
 Plague forces a 50/50 risk of each Lord in a Bishopric to die BUT Plague is randomly assigned
 If the player on the verge of winning has their Lord/King or Lord/Pope in a village easily attacked they
may get killed in battle; it is unclear if their VP counts if they are Captured
 NOTE: If there is a Crown Prince and the King is killed, he immediately becomes King…
 Assassination of the King or Pope Is likely the best bet but has only 50% of success…