Virgin Queen Learn before game night

Deep dive · Before Turn 1

Marriage and Patronage

Who should you marry off, and who should you pay?

11:21 · running time

Ticks itself once you've watched nearly all of it.

In a nutshell

  1. Agree a wedding in diplomacy, roll at the end of the turn: 2 dice + both ratings; 12 or more pays off, 8 or less goes wrong, 9 is called off; anything but 9 is married
  2. Valois wedding: +1 VP to France
  3. Philip and Elisabeth de Valois: wed on Turn 1 (not a 9), or Spain draws 1 card less on Turn 2
  4. Queen Elizabeth single at the end of a turn: +1 VP to England (up to 5); The Virgin Queen can break a match
  5. Patronize (2 to 4 CP, an artist and a scientist once a turn each): 2 dice + rating (+1 for 3 CP, +2 for 4 CP); 10 or more scores and he's finished; a patron rated 1 is lost on 7 or 8
The Royal Wedding Table: 12 or more pays off for both powers; 8 or less goes wrong, though the couple still marry. At 2:52.
The Royal Wedding Table: 12 or more pays off for both powers; 8 or less goes wrong, though the couple still marry. At 2:52.
Spain patronizes Titian for 3 CP: 6 and 4 on the dice, plus his rating of 2, plus 1 for the 3 CP box, makes 13, a signature piece worth up to 2 VP. At 9:35.
Spain patronizes Titian for 3 CP: 6 and 4 on the dice, plus his rating of 2, plus 1 for the 3 CP box, makes 13, a signature piece worth up to 2 VP. At 9:35.

Check yourself

No marks, no pressure. Finish the questions and watch the video, and the lesson is ticked whatever your score.

Rules covered

3.2 · 6.1 · 6.2 · 7 · 9.1 · 11 · 21 · 21.1 · 21.2 · 21.3 · 22 · 22.1 · 22.2 · 23.3 · 25.2 · Card #33 · Card #36 · Elizabeth I card · France card · Jilted by Elizabeth Table · Patronage aid · patrons · Royal Wedding aid · Royal Wedding Table · SB p.11 · SB p.17 · SB p.33 · SB p.35 · SB p.7 · Sequence of Play · Spain card