Devious Weasel
Dûhr: The Lesser Houses
The monolithic city-state of Dûhr is at once a crucible of emerging and forgotten cultures, a cynosure of commerce, and a titan of military might. Its Great and Lesser Houses rise and fall with the whims of its Family Royal, the Sovereign House Kythidûhr. Amidst the festivals of summer, House Kythidûhr announced its intent to elevate one of Dûhr’s Lesser Houses to Great House status. By autumn’s frosts, the Lesser Houses were deeply embroiled in a fierce battle for the coveted title. Not with soldiers, for that would waste blood and gold, but with the most insidious of political weapons: suspicion and scandal. They attacked each other with aspersions and calumny, well devised and craftily exploited, designed to erode the social standing of their rival Houses and thereby remove them from contention.
Dûhr: The Lesser Houses accommodates 4 to 6 players. Each player is the master of a Lesser House of Dûhr, vying for Great House status. Players take turns using cards in their hand to trigger events, place suspicions and scandals on each other’s House, or activate their own House’s unique ability to affect cards already placed. The accumulation of suspicion and scandal cards on a House card erodes the populace’s favour for that House by raising suggestions of wrongdoing or embroiling it in scandals that incite public outrage.
All Houses begin the game without any suspicions or scandals and favoured by the people of Dûhr. When a House accumulates a combined total of 5 suspicion and/or scandal cards, that House falls into disfavor with the populace. If a disfavoured House ever has 3 or more revealed scandal cards, the House becomes vilified. The game ends immediately when the number of favoured Houses remaining is 1 or none. Whoever has the highest score at that point wins the game. It is possible for a disfavoured or vilified House to outscore a favoured House and win the game!
Additional Info
4 - 6 Players
Play Time 30 Min
Suggested Age: 14+
Complexity Weight: 2.60 / 5
Categories
Bluffing
Card Game
Fantasy
Negotiation
Mechanisms
Hand Management
Take That
Trading
Variable Player Powers
Dûhr: The Lesser Houses accommodates 4 to 6 players. Each player is the master of a Lesser House of Dûhr, vying for Great House status. Players take turns using cards in their hand to trigger events, place suspicions and scandals on each other’s House, or activate their own House’s unique ability to affect cards already placed. The accumulation of suspicion and scandal cards on a House card erodes the populace’s favour for that House by raising suggestions of wrongdoing or embroiling it in scandals that incite public outrage.
All Houses begin the game without any suspicions or scandals and favoured by the people of Dûhr. When a House accumulates a combined total of 5 suspicion and/or scandal cards, that House falls into disfavor with the populace. If a disfavoured House ever has 3 or more revealed scandal cards, the House becomes vilified. The game ends immediately when the number of favoured Houses remaining is 1 or none. Whoever has the highest score at that point wins the game. It is possible for a disfavoured or vilified House to outscore a favoured House and win the game!
Additional Info
4 - 6 Players
Play Time 30 Min
Suggested Age: 14+
Complexity Weight: 2.60 / 5
Categories
Bluffing
Card Game
Fantasy
Negotiation
Mechanisms
Hand Management
Take That
Trading
Variable Player Powers
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