Québec

Québec puts you at the head of a powerful family determined to leave its mark by building the city of Québec. Across four centuries you'll construct prestigious buildings and landmarks, but construction alone isn't enough. You must also gain influence in religion, politics, commerce and culture as you compete to shape the city in your colours.

A game takes place over four centuries, with each player taking 5 to 7 turns per century. On each turn, players choose one of these actions:

1. Start a new building with their architect
2. Complete part of a building
3. Send a worker to a zone of influence
4. Take a leader card

Contributing to the city's many buildings earns players influence with the authorities of the time, and helps build the famous La Citadelle.

At the end of each century, players score for the workers they've placed in the five zones of influence. Québec's distinctive majority rule means the player with the majority in a zone cascades half their workers into the next zone, where they can score again. Keep the majority there and they cascade again, creating a potentially devastating ripple effect. Players must fight for majorities while also raising the most prestigious buildings.

After the fourth century, players score the buildings they completed, and the player with the most points wins.