Sharing The Spoils: A Game Of Thieves.pdf

Overview:
Players take on the roles of thieves who successfully robbed an art museum. The goal is to amass the most loot (points) over four rounds while collecting alibis to avoid getting caught by the police.

Setup:
- Loot tiles (Sketches, Sculptures, Antiquities, Paintings) sorted into four stacks.
- Guard Dog figure placed in the middle for the first round.
- Cards shuffled and dealt five to each player, with the rest forming a face-down draw pile.

Gameplay:
- The game is divided into four rounds (raids), played in clockwise order starting from the player who visited the museum most recently.
- On each turn, a player plays a card from their hand and takes the corresponding loot tile (or any tile if none matches).
- After taking a tile, players draw one new card to replenish their hand.
- Special cards:
- Number Cards: Take a matching tile or steal from another player if none are available.
- Guard Dog Card: Allows the owner to potentially keep stolen tiles from other players.
- Greedy Thief Card: Steals a single tile directly from the middle without regard for ownership.
- Boss Card: Provides significant points but requires a specific high-value tile from the same raid to keep.
- Alibis: Certain tiles have white dots (alibis). Players collect alibis during each raid. Fewer alibis at the end mean getting caught or losing loot in two-player games.

End of Game:
- After four rounds, players count their points (Boss tiles worth 5 points each).
- If tied, players with fewer alibis are eliminated until a winner remains.
- The player with the most points wins!