Rusty on the RulesGrand Austria Hotel rules refresher
Get back into Grand Austria Hotel in 11 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.
2015 · 2 min 32 s in the feed
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- How to win
- Basic setup
- Core mechanics
- Gameplay example
Rules quiz
How much of Grand Austria Hotel do you still remember? Each question opens on its answer.
When you take a die from an Action space, what determines how strong that action is?
The number of dice on that Action space, counting the one you take, sets how strong the action is.
What limit applies when you take dishes from Action space one?
You get one strudel or cake per die, but you can never take more cake than strudel.
What happens during an Emperor Scoring after you score the Victory Points shown below your Emperor space?
You move back three spaces in the first scoring, five in the second, and seven in the third, then gain the Emperor tile's bonus on space 3 or higher, suffer its penalty on zero, and get nothing on 1 or 2.
How many times per turn may you pay 1 krone to count an extra die on your chosen Action space?
You may do it only once per turn.
How much does each guest still in your Café cost you at final scoring?
You lose 5 points for every guest still in your Café.