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Is that loud and righteous-sounding guy who refuses to pay any bribe really an honest merchant? Is that poor scoundrel offering a tiny bribe really doing so badly in business that that is all he can afford? The merchants can pull off (or attempt to pull off) all sorts of tricks. The sheriff needs to guess whether the merchants are sneaking in any undeclared goods or contraband. Contraband is placed face-down above the player board. Legitimate goods are placed face-up on both sides of the player board. Some contraband cards count as two or more of legitimate goods, so there can be some surprises at game end. Contraband which makes it past the city gates are kept face-down, and are only revealed at game end. Players compete with one another to sell the most of these four legitimate goods types. This is to allow others to see how much sales you have made. For goods that make it past the customs checkpoint, normal goods are turned face-up and placed next to your player board. Contraband goods are higher valued than normal goods, but the fine is also higher if you get caught. But of course the merchant can mix in other goods and even contraband. If all other cards are of this same good type, then the whole shipment is legal.

When making a customs declaration, the merchant must truthfully report the number of cards and one good type. If you decide to draw from both, you must draw from a discard pile first, and then a draw deck and there is no turning back to a discard pile once you start drawing from a draw deck.

You can draw from a discard pile or a draw deck, or both. Before deciding which goods to transport for the current round, every merchant has one chance to discard some cards and draw the same number of cards. At the start of every round, everyone draws back up to 6 cards, since most players would have attempted to transport some goods in the previous round. There are two draw decks and two discard piles. cash that changes hands through bribes and fines), the value of goods that get past customs, and bonuses for being the largest sellers for each of the four legitimate goods (chicken, cheese, apples and bread). After that you compare wealth to determine who wins. It's all negotiable.Ī number of rounds is played to allow everyone to have two opportunities to be sheriff. The merchant can try to bribe the sheriff, asking him to close one eye, or even asking him to inspect another merchant's goods. Think of it as compensation for not lodging a complaint to the king. However if the sheriff detains a merchant for inspection only to find that he is an honest trader (at least for the current round), the sheriff needs to pay the merchant instead. The fine conveniently goes into the sheriff's pocket. If the merchant is caught bringing in other types of goods, or contraband, he is fined and the illegal goods are confiscated. The merchant declares the type of good he is carrying to the sheriff, and the sheriff decides whether it is necessary to inspect the goods. The law says every merchant can only bring in one type of good.

Every round one player plays the sheriff, which in this game is more like a customs officer to me. Players are merchants (most of the time), and want to bring goods to the city to sell.

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