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Monastery sample game play.
Early evening June 1st 1535: Hampton Court palace
Henry, his wife Catherine and their good friend, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, are at a loose end, so what better way to pass the evening than a game of Monastery? After all who would have guessed that Deutsche Bank will open in 2010 a casino in Las Vegas? Find your next casino to gamble online or casino game strategies at bettingcorp.com.
Henry - being Henry - chooses to play red, and decides that Catherine will be blue and Thomas green.
There being no yellow player, no tiles are placed on the bottom row of the letter grid (MALIS AMEN) and only red, blue and green monks are placed on the crosses. Henry takes the Cemetery, Catherine the Kitchen and Thomas the Bakehouse. Henry is first player and therefore the first Abbot; he takes the Dial, sets the pointer to the first Service round (Matins) and the game begins.
Matins (first service round)
There is no election in the first service round.
Each player then draws three new tiles.
Henry draws a Path (crossroads), the Piggery and the Almonry.
Catherine draws a Path (T shape), the Garderobes and the Library.
Thomas draws a Garden, a Field and the Beehive.
First Study round
Henry’s placement and movement
Movement points available: one standing monk = two movement points
Henry places his Path tile so that it shows its unconstructed face, then moves his monk from the Abbey onto the tile.
Catherine’s placement and movement
Movement points available: two
Catherine places her Path tile adjacent to Henry’s (she can only do this because Henry’s Path tile is fully occupied). She then moves her monk from the Abbey to the empty Path tile, via Henry’s tile (costing two movement points).
Thomas’s placement and movement
Movement points available: two
Thomas places his Garden tile adjacent to the Path, and moves his monk there, at a cost of two movement points.
Henry’s scoring
Henry flips the Path tile to its constructed side and scores one point. He decides to collect a second monk and places it in the Abbey.
Catherine’s scoring
Catherine flips her Path tile. She scores two points (the Path forms part of a group of two Path tiles). She too collects a second monk and places it in the Abbey; she has one point remaining and she uses this to collect a letter Q. She places it on the appropriate space in front of her screen.
Thomas’s scoring
Thomas flips the Garden tile and scores two points. He collects a monk (one point) and a letter A (one point), which he places in front of his screen.
This completes the first study round.
Henry – as the Abbot – moves the pointer on the Dial to the first toil round.
First toil round
Henry’s placement and movement
Movement points available: two standing monks = four movement points
Henry places the Piggery tile adjacent to a Path tile. Note that this is not considered to be adjacent to the Abbey (a toil tile may not be placed adjacent to the Abbey).
His 1st monk moves from the adjacent path tile to the 2-box on the Piggery (one movement point).
His 2nd monk moves from the Abbey to the 1-box on the Piggery via the path tile (two movement points).
Catherine’s placement and movement
Movement points available: two standing monks = four movement points
Catherine places the Kitchen tile at the end of the Path.
Her 1st monk moves from the adjacent Path tile to the 3-box (one movement point).
Her 2nd monk moves from the Abbey to the 1-box (via the two Path tiles at a cost of three movement points).
Note that Catherine has gambled and left the 2-box empty. Will Thomas take the bait and move one of his monks there?
Thomas’s placement and movement
Movement points available: two standing monks = four movement points
Catherine breathes a sigh of relief as Thomas moves his first monk from the garden tile to the 2-box on the Kitchen (three movement points).
His 2nd monk moves from the Abbey to the adjacent path tile.
Thomas now places the Beehive (a feature tile). He places the tile face-up and collects two blessings (because the Beehive is adjacent to two other tiles).
Henry’s scoring
Henry flips the Piggery and scores three points (he has monks in the 2-box and the 1-box).
He takes a third monk and places it in the Abbey.
Catherine’s scoring
The Kitchen is fully occupied, so Catherine scores four points (her monks occupy the 3-box and the 1-box).
She collects a third monk and, because there are no one point letters remaining, she simply receives a blessing.
Note that she does not turn the Kitchen over because Thomas has not yet had the chance to score his monk.
Thomas’s scoring
Thomas scores two points for his monk in the 2-box on the Kitchen, and then flips the tile.
His monk on the Path does not score any points.
Thomas buys a letter B for two points.
Second toil round
Henry’s placement and movement
Movement points available: six
Henry places the Almonry adjacent to the Abbey.
His 1st monk moves from the Abbey to the 4-box on the Almonry (one movement point).
His 2nd monk moves from the Piggery to the 1-box on the Almonry (via the Abbey at a cost of 3 movement points).
His 3rd monk is unable to reach the Almonry, so he leaves it in the Piggery – perhaps he’ll be able to pray there, although it’s not the most glamorous of surroundings!
Note that Henry is keen for the other players to fill up the boxes on the Almonry; if he had placed both his monks in the higher value boxes, it is unlikely that anyone would have joined him there.
Catherine’s placement and movement
Movement points available: six
Catherine places the Garderobes adjacent to the Kitchen (that’s 16th century hygiene for you). Note that the Garderobes is a dual purpose tile and so can be placed adjacent to both grey study and brown toil tiles.
She moves both monks from the Kitchen to fill both the boxes on the Garderobes (one movement point each).
Her 3rd monk moves from the Abbey to the Almonry (one movement point) where both the 2-box and the 3-box are empty. Tempting though it is to place the monk in the 3-box, Catherine opts for the 2-box - she has to make it worth Thomas’s while to fill the final box.
Thomas’s placement and movement
Movement points available: four
Thomas can’t resist the three points on offer.
His 1st monk moves from the path tile into the Almonry (two movement points).
His 2nd monk stays in the Kitchen.
He places his field adjacent to the Piggery.
Henry’s scoring
Henry sets his monk praying in the Piggery for two points. He scores five more points for his monks in the 4-box and 1-box of the Almonry.
He collects a letter L (two points) and a letter I (three points), adding them to his phrase. He has two unspent points and so receives one blessing.
Catherine’s scoring
Catherine scores two points for occupying the 2-box in the Almonry and three points for occupying the 2-box and the 1-box on the Garderobes.
She spends a blessing, and uses the six points to collect a fourth monk.
Thomas’s scoring
Thomas scores three points for occupying the 3-box of the Almonry. All monks have now scored, and so the tile is flipped. He sets his other monk praying in the Kitchen to give him three more points.
He collects a third monk (three points), a letter U (two points) and receives a blessing for the unspent point.
Sext (next service round)
- Both the praying monks – Henry’s in the Piggery and Thomas’s in the Kitchen – are stood up and returned to the Abbey.
- The election for the new Abbot takes place. In the Abbey, Henry has one monk, Catherine one and Thomas two – so Thomas becomes the new Abbot. He takes the Dial from Henry.
- Beginning with Thomas, each player draws two new tiles from the bag.
Henry draws a Garden and a Path to add to go with his Cemetery.
Catherine has the Abbot’s House and a Path, as well as the Library.
Thomas has now got the Bakehouse, a Garden and the Chapter House.
Next study round
Thomas’s placement and movement
Movement points available: six
Thomas places a Garden tile adjacent to the previously placed Garden tile and moves his 1st monk there from the Abbey (one movement point). His 2nd monk in the Abbey moves to the Kitchen (three movement points). His monk in the Almonry stays where it is.
Henry’s placement and movement
Movement points available: six
Curses! Henry had planned to place his Garden tile in exactly the same place as Thomas. He can’t now place it adjacent to either of the two previous Garden tiles because only two Garden tiles can ever be placed in the same group. Henry decides to keep the Garden tile, and instead places his Path tile to extend the existing Path.
His 1st monk moves to the Path tile from the Abbey (three movement points).
His 2nd monk moves from the Almonry to the Abbey (one movement point).
His 3rd monk remains in the Almonry.
Catherine’s placement and movement
Movement points available: eight
Catherine places the Abbot’s House adjacent to the Garderobes.
Her 1st and 2nd monks move from the Garderobes to the Abbot’s house (one movement point each).
Her 3rd monk moves from the Almonry to the Kitchen (using the Secret Way) and then to the Abbot’s house (three movement points).
Her 4th monk moves from the Abbey to the Abbot’s House in similar fashion (three more movement points).
Thomas’s scoring
Thomas flips the garden tile and scores four points (because there are two tiles in this garden group). He scores one point for his monk studying in the Almonry (it is a grey study round), and uses the Almonry’s icon effect to collect another blessing. He decides to set his monk in the Kitchen praying for three points. This does mean he won’t be able to use that monk in the next turn. This gives him a total of eight points.
He collects a letter O (four points) and a letter B (four points) - the latter a very good move as the last letter B is going to cost someone eight points.
Henry’s scoring
Henry flips the Path tile and scores three points (because there are three connected paths in the group). He scores one point for his monk studying in the Abbey. Just as Thomas did, he scores one point for his monk studying in the Almonry and uses the icon effect to receive another blessing. This gives him a total of five points.
He collects a letter A (three points) and receives a blessing (two unspent points).
Catherine’s scoring
Catherine flips the Abbots’ House and helps herself to ten points.
She collects an E (four points), an S (five points) and receives a blessing (one unspent point).
Thomas strokes his chin: perhaps he shouldn’t have been quite so helpful when Catherine was trying to construct the Kitchen. Maybe a little more cooperation with Henry and a little less support for Catherine would be a good idea in the future.
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