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Then, add the tiles you picked to one of the 5 pattern lines on In all later rounds, you must also comply with the following
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were fully embraced by the Portuguese, when their king Manuel I, on a 4 0 C 8 0 C This phase can be carried out by all players simultaneously,
To be the player with the most points at the end of the game. line4has 5). 8 15 4 a pattern line4whose corresponding
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visit to the Alhambra palace in Southern Spain, was mesmerized by the 0 0 8 as they move tiles from their complete pattern lines over to
The game ends after the round in which at least one player has holds a tile of that color.
stunning beauty of the Moorish decorative tiles. The king, awestruck by Place the tiles, one by one, from right A
their walls. 0 4
completed a horizontal line of 5 consecutive tiles on her wall. b 0 A
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the interior beauty of the Alhambra, immediately ordered that his own 2to left in your0 chosen pattern
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A) Go 1through your pattern
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palace in Portugal be decorated with similar wall tiles. Azul brings you, a 2If the pattern line already
4 Any tiles you have picked that you cannot or do not want to place lines from top to bottom.
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tile laying artist, to embellish the walls of the Royal Palace of Evora. holds
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fallen tiles to the lid of the game box to store them for now. your wall. Each time you
more tiles than you can place 1 in your chosen pattern line, you 5
1. Give each 2player a player board (A). Flip2your board to the side must place the excess tiles in the floor line (see Floor line). 2
This phase ends when the center of the table AND all Factory move a tile, score points immediately (see Scoring).
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side of the player board). Each player must use the same side. b0 4 A 0 have no tile in the rightmost space. Place them into the
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phase.
2. Take 1 scoring marker (B) and place it on space 0 of your you will only be able to move tiles from complete pattern lines to lid of the game box to store b0
them for now.
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score track. their corresponding lines on your wall to score points. Once that is done, any remaining tiles on the pattern lines
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3. Place the Factory displays (C) in a circle around the stay on your player board for the next round.
D C2 The game is played over multiple rounds, each of which is A
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center of the table:
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In a 2-player game, place 5 Factory displays. A. Factory offer
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starting player marker (F) and then fills each Factory The4starting player places the
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displays to the box. On your turn, you must pick tiles in one of the following ways:
4 8 0 8 Andrea picks 2 yellow tiles from a Factory display.
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moves the rightmost tile of this pattern line over to the red space
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center of the table, also take the starting player marker and leftmost space of her floor line. 1 E3
Wall place it onto the leftmost free space of your floor line.

Floor line
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Each tile you move over to your8wall
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0 on the Finally, at the end of the Wall-tiling phase, check if you have any
The game ends right after the Wall-tiling phase in which at least
space
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4 line.0For each tile in your floor line, you
1 lose
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the number of points indicated directly above it. Adjust your 0 15 0 8
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scoring marker on
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2 the following goals:
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on the score track. Gain 2 points for each complete horizontal line of Game Design: Michael Kiesling
25 consecutive tiles on
Producer: Sophie Gravel
If there are any tiles adjacent, however, do the following:
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First check
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Gain 7 points for each
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to the newly placed tile. If so, count all these linked tiles Afterwards, remove all tiles in your floor line and place them complete vertical line of
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5 consecutive tiles on Art Direction: Philippe Gurin
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the newly placed
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victory is shared. Katja Wienicke
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