King's Court

Faction Rule

Casus Belli

The first time a piece of yours is slain, distribute X Advantage tokens and X Disadvantage tokens, where X is equal to that piece's point cost. Then, for all subsequent turns you Activate a piece first - regardless of who Re/Activated a piece last the previous turn.

Piece Options

Name (ranked highest to lowest) and quantity allowance	Piece Type	Additional Special Rules	Common Special Rules
His Majesty King Rottgleft XII (1)	King	Harsh edict: At the start of each turn, choose a positional piece option from your opponent's faction - you may only choose a piece option once in a game -  then choose one of the following effects to apply to all pieces on the board of that option until the end of the turn. If a piece of that option would gain any Advantage or Blessing tokens, this King or an ally of the same piece type gains 1 of such a token instead. Pieces of that option cannot Activate until each other piece type on their team has Activated. Pieces of that option roll their dice at Disadvantage this turn and cannot spend their tokens this turn.	Faction Leader
Groom of the stool (0-1)	Joker	Confidant: If this Joker becomes Blessed or would gain any Advantage tokens, your King also gains 1 of those tokens. When the highest ranking enemy on the board gains any Advantage tokens, your King gains 1 Advantage token between Activations. As well, your King cannot be Cursed. Empty the pot:  At the end of this Joker’s Re/Activation, if a Joker card is face up you may turn it face down to transfer all Curse and Disadvantage tokens from an ally to an enemy.	Fool's Endeavour
Spy (0-1)	Queen	Infiltrate and disrupt: At the end of this Queen’s Activation, you may remove it and an enemy non-King piece from the board. After the next Re/Activation, you redeploy the chosen enemy and give them a Disadvantage token. At the start of each turn you must redeploy this Queen if it is removed from the board via this ability; when you do, give a piece of yours an Advantage token.
Captain of the Guard (0-1)	Rook	Prestige: This Rook starts the game with an Advantage token on it for each King, Queen, Knight, Bishop, and Joker on your team. Bodyguard: Ally positionals that are adjacent to this Rook Defend at Advantage. If an ally positional would be Attacked and they are not adjacent to this Rook, you may spend an Advantage token from this Rook to give that ally Advantage on their Defence roll.	Castle
Chaplain (0-1)	Bishop	Faith advisor (Minor Arcana): At the start of this Bishop's Activation, you may reveal the top 5 cards of the deck. Consult the table below to resolve the effect(s) based on the revealed cards. You resolve the effects in any order. Then discard those cards.
Master of the Horse and Hound (0-1)	Knight	Prestige: This Knight starts the game with an Advantage token on it for each Pawn on your team. Recall the hounds: At the end of this Knight’s Activation, you may spend any number of Advantage tokens it has. For each token spent this way, place 1 Pawn of yours into an unoccupied square adjacent to this Knight. Then, you may have one of those chosen Pawns Attack at Advantage or Move during this Knight’s Activation.	Mounted Advantage
Hunting Dog (0-8)	Pawn	This Pawn loses its Promotion rule. Release the hounds: At both the start and end of this Pawn's first Activation, you may place it into an adjacent unoccupied square. Pack tactics: While this Pawn is Attacking an enemy that is adjacent to another allied Pawn, it Attacks at Advantage.	En Passant; Promotion

Faith Advisor table

Card Types	Effect
For every 2 face cards revealed this way…	Bless up to 1 positional on your team.
For every 5 face cards revealed this way…	Bless 1 additional positional on your team.
For every 2 number cards revealed this way…	An ally on the board may be placed into an unoccupied square adjacent to the Chaplain.
For every 5 number cards revealed this way…	An ally adjacent to the Chaplain may Move or Attack. If they do, the Chaplain cannot Move or Attack this Activation.