The Coin Tribes’ Revolt

Sympathy / Opposition (Sym / Opp)

Each region uses the local will cards to track the opinion of local tribes in the
area. Line up the triangles on the tracking cards with those on the map cards.
Boudica’s Rebellion Against Rome Orientate the card in landscape when one region is neutral, remove the card
entirely when both regions on one side are neutral:

1 - 4 players : 30 - 60 mins playtime : Ages 12+ ● No card = neutral

● Weak sympathy / opposition = 1 × the population value
● Strong sympathy / opposition = 2 × the population value
Rulesbook
It is 60 AD, Romans have occupied the wild lands of Britannia, and exist in an
uneasy peace with the tribes of the land… When the Iceni king dies, Roman
greed and brutality triggers a rebellion led by the Iceni queen, Boudica, that tears
across the south-east of Britain. With the Roman forces spread elsewhere in
Britain, the revolt could forever change the course of history.

This is an asymmetrical game of warring factions set in the turbulent times

during the early Roman occupation of Britain. It is inspired by the COIN series
of games by Volko Ruhnke (GMT), and attempts to recreate the feel of these
games within the restrictions of the 9 card nano game format. The game can be
played with fewer than 4 players if one or more players control multiple
factions. This also allows for solitaire play.

Components (9 cards, 18 × 12mm dice)

● One action card showing available actions, and a turn tracker on the Example: Left) Top region is neutral, bottom has 4 opposition (2
perimeter which is also used to trigger the reckoning phase. will×2 population). Right) Top region has 2 opposition (2 will×1
● Four map cards population), bottom has 4 sympathy (1 will×4 population).
● Two cards to indicate the local will for the four regions
● Two event cards
● One round timing die Bases
● 16 faction dice, four in each faction colour Moving your faction die to the area marked by the palisade wall in the dashed
● One spare die square denotes building a base.

Regions Multiple factions can have a base in the same region at the same time.

Each map card makes up one region. Three contain cities, with intact and razed
cities denoted by circles and crosses respectively. The large numbers in each
region show the population value used to calculate sympathy/opposition.
Factions
● Romans - The counter insurgency faction, trying to put down the
rebellion. Win condition: Number of intact cities + total sympathy in
all regions ≥ 16
● Iceni - The main insurgency faction under Boudica, inciting
rebellion. Win condition: Sum of population values from all razed
city regions + total opposition in all regions ≥ 11
● Catuvellauni - A large nearby tribe that borders the others. They
have embraced Romanisation after a long struggle and intend to use
all sides to expand their territory and control. Win condition: Number
of regions in Catuvellauni control + total number of units ≥ 15
● Trinovantes - Allies of the Iceni, but also trying to re-expand their
influence after many years of being under the control of
Catuvellauni and Romans. Win condition: Number of regions with
bases + number of regions in Trinovantes control ≥ 5
Influence / Control
The faction dice are used to track units in each region. Each unit is worth 1
influence, and having a base increases a faction’s influence by 2 (there is a
reminder on the map).
A faction has control of a region if they have the greatest influence in that
region. If there is a tie, no one controls the region.
Example: The Trinovantes
build a base and move their die to
the dashed area in the region.
Other factions must expend units
to build a base (Romans and
Catuvellauni) or rely on special
events (Iceni).
Special Events
Events are special actions that can be very powerful, depending on the
circumstances. Each event card has four events on it, two on each side, and
therefore when shuffling, you need to flip and rotating the cards as well. Both
parts of the event are available to any faction that takes it, but the lighter
background is expected to favour the Iceni and Trinovantes, while the darker
background is generally more likely to be useful for the Romans and
Catuvellauni. After each reckoning (when all kept cards are discarded), or
whenever there are no events available, any discarded event cards are shuffled
and laid out as in the starting setup (or with only 1 card, if only 1 is available). If
both cards are kept by players, no events can be taken until the next reckoning.

Example: The first available

event is “Boudica’s Rebellion”
which allows Razing a city
without losing units or, by
taking the card, you can
eliminate tribes when you
battle.

When a player takes an event

action, they perform the action
on the card, or place it in front
of them to use the ongoing
Example: Catuvellauni have 4 (2+2) influence and Romans have 4 bonus. With the first event
(4+0) so no faction controls the left region. Trinovantes have 5 (3+2) taken, the next card “Suetonius
influence in the right region and so have control, beating Iceni with 4 Returns” becomes available.
(4+0) and Catuvellauni with 3 (1+2).
 Setup: The arrangement of the cards at the start of a game showing the initial placement of the faction units and the initial will in the four regions. The event cards
need to be randomised, as does the initiative dice for all the factions. The remainder of the faction dice should be kept to one side for future use.
Playing the game
Turn structure
Setup
To begin the game, place the map cards in the middle of the table as shown in
the setup diagram, with the intact cities (circles) upwards.
Next, place the local will cards either side of the map to indicate public opinion
at the start of the rebellion. The white card is for the left two regions, the grey
card is for the right two regions. Line up the marks on the will cards with those
on the map cards to track the will as shown:
● Neutral around Verulamium
● Strong sympathy around Londinium
● Weak sympathy around Camulodunum
● Strong opposition in the non-city region (top right)
Each player picks a faction, takes the corresponding dice and places them on the
map to reflect starting influence in each region as per the setup image.
Each player rolls one die to determine initiative order, break ties as described
below. This is now their action die and should be placed to the left of the action
card ordered top to bottom as eligible.
The remaining dice are placed to one side ready if they are required.
Shuffle the event cards without looking at them, occasionally flipping them over
and rotating 180º to ensure random events and lay them out above the action
card as shown in the setup image.
Breaking ties
● Each player in the tie must roll the spare die.
● Arrange the initially tied dice so that the player’s die with the
highest tie-breaker roll is positioned highest amongst the tied dice.
Do not change the value of the initial die roll.
● If necessary, repeat until the tie-break rolls are unique, removing
and re-positioning any single winning or losing die any time that a
tie-break is broken.
● Repeat tie-break procedure for any set of tied dice (e.g. if the initial
rolls were 6611, there are two separate tie-breaks to resolve).
● A passed die always beats an ineligible die of the same number
when moving them all to eligible (i.e. no tie-breaker required).
● A previously eligible die (that didn’t get to take an action on the
previous turn) of the same number beats both passed and ineligible
dice. A higher number always wins, regardless of previous location.
● The game is broken up into five periods, each comprising four turns.
This is shown by the numbers around the edge of the action card.
Each period end is marked by the red numbers.
● On the first turn in any period, change the tracking die to read six.
Reduce this value by one each subsequent turn in a period.
● At the start of each turn, roll the spare die. If it matches or exceeds
the number of the turn tracking die or it is the fourth turn in the
period (i.e.4, 8, 12, 16, or 20; the red numbers) execute a reckoning
phase after the turn. If, after a reckoning, there are still turns
remaining in the period, set the turn die to 1 to remind you that the
reckoning has happened, set it to six on the first turn in a new period.
● The 1st eligible player chooses a row on the action selection card
and executes the 1st action.
● The 2nd eligible player executes the second action on the chosen row
of the action selection card, or passes. Passing increases the number
on the action die by two.
● The turn continues until two players have executed actions, or there
are no more eligible players, whichever is soonest.
● All players that have acted then reroll their action dice and move
them to ineligible to the right of the action card, ordered with the
highest number to the top. Tie-breaks are resolved as before.
Example: Turn 2: Catuvellauni are 1st eligible, Romans are 2nd eligible.
Catuvellauni take “Two actions” and the Romans decide to take “One
action”. After taking their turns, these factions move to ineligible and reroll
their initiative while Trinovantes and Iceni move from ineligible to
eligible. The turn tracker die moves on to turn 3,showing a 4. The spare die
rolls a 5! There will be a reckoning at the end of this turn. Turn 3:
Trinovantes are 1st eligible, Iceni are 2nd eligible… etc…
Available actions
Actions and bonus actions are listed in the player aids.
● Two actions + bonus
○ The player can execute one of their actions in up to two
regions.
○ In addition, they may choose an available bonus action to
execute either before or after one of the main actions in
one region. The available bonus actions are listed
underneath each main action on the player aids.
● Two actions
○ The player can execute one of their actions in up to two
regions.
● One action
○ The player can execute one of their actions in one region.
● Event
○ The player can execute an event from the top event card,
and then discard the card.
○ Each event has two options available; the light
background generally benefits the Iceni and
Trinovantes, the dark background generally benefits
Romans and Catuvellauni, but both are available to all
factions.
○ When there are no events available, reshuffle any
discards and lay them out again, as during setup. If both
cards have been taken as “until the next reckoning”
bonuses, there will be no further events available until the
next reckoning when both event cards will be reshuffled
and laid out again.
Reckoning phase
● Check the total score of each player and check for winning
conditions:
○ Romans - Number of intact cities + total sympathy in all
regions ≥ 16
○ Iceni - Sum of population values from all razed city
regions + total opposition in all regions ≥ 11
○ Trinovantes - Number of regions with bases + number of
regions in Trinovantes control ≥ 5
○ Catuvellauni - Number of regions in Catuvellauni
control + total number of units ≥ 15
● If one or more faction has met their winning condition, the faction
who has exceeded their target by the most wins.
● If it is the final reckoning and no faction has met their winning
conditions, the faction who is closest to their target wins.
● If two or more players draw, victory is shared.
If there is no winner:
● The Roman faction can increase sympathy in up to two different
regions in which they have presence: once in any intact city, and
once in any other city.
● Then, shuffle the event cards and lay them back out as in the setup
and continue with the next round.

When executing an action or event, a player may need to adjust the will of the
region in which the action/event took place. This is detailed in the player aids
and on the cards. +X means move the will one step towards X: Additional Notes
×2 Sym  ×1 Sym  Neutral  ×1 Opp  ×2 Opp

+ Opp moves in this direction

Partial actions

+Sym moves in this direction You do not have to do everything when taking an action or event to be able to
do it. You can take “Two actions + bonus” and only take one action and bonus,
+Neutral moves towards the middle for example. Or, for the “Shifting Alliances” event, you may take the “Remove
base …” event even if you already have a base in the region.

When executing an action in multiple regions the order of activation is the
choice of the player.
Bonus actions can be activated at any time during the turn.
Notes on actions
“Tribe/tribes/tribal” refers to any non-roman faction
“Adjacent” is orthogonally adjacent, i.e. not corner to corner.
“Presence” means having one of your faction dice, and therefore units, in a
region
However, you must do at last part of the event to take it. So, you may not take
the “Replace one tribal unit …” part of the “Shifting Alliances” event just to get
the +Sym shift in will, or just to prevent another faction using it.
Negotiation
Factions may find it beneficial to discuss and negotiate over their future plans,
particularly those in loose alliances. However, while promising future actions is
allowed, no promise is binding…

The maximum number of regions in which you can have presence is three.
Therefore, you can’t rally in a fourth region and if you march into a fourth
region, you abandon any units and base (if any) left behind in the activated
region.

● Rally - Maximum units in any region = 6.

● March - You activate the region that the units are moving from.
Each action must activate a different region. However, the units may
all move to the same region. Therefore, “Two actions” will allow
adding up to 4 units to a single region, but there must be at least two
regions with 2 or more units to draw from. Alternatively, a second
action may move units moved during the first action (i.e. to
effectively increase their range).
● Battle - When calculating the result of a battle, always round down
the damage from tribes. For example, if the Trinovantes have 5
units in a region and they battle, they will do 2 damage as each unit
does ½ damage and therefore 5 units do 2½ damage, rounding down
to 2. Romans do 1 damage for every unit so don’t require rounding.
When combining, work out the total damage before rounding. i.e. 3
Iceni units and 3 Trinovantes units battling together will do a
combined total of 3 damage.
● Build - A faction must have at least one unit remaining in a region to
be able to add a base after expending the required number of units.
● Sack - Target of the sack bonus action doesn’t lose any additional
units, just the base.
● Suppress - Romans can choose the destination of the tribal unit
being moved.
APPENDIX
Example couple of rounds
Start of the example turns.
Turn 3: We join the action in turn 3 after all factions have taken one turn and
the board state has changed a little from the setup. There will be no reckoning
this turn as the spare die rolled a 3, which means that there will be one after the
next turn, turn 4.
Iceni are 1st eligible and Trinovantes are 2nd eligible.
The Iceni decide to seize the opportunity at Verulamium. The Romans only
have one unit in this region and so by selecting “Two actions + bonus”, they are
able to march two units into Verulamium and, as they outnumber the Romans,
they can use their bonus to raze the city (losing two units to do so). They only
have units in one region so waste part of their main action, however this is a
good move for them as it also moves the local will one step towards opposition
i.e. from weak sympathy to neutral.
Trinovantes decide to take “One action” rather than the “Special” event. They
battle the Romans around Camuldunum to reduce their ability to do damage to
the Trinovantes in the future. They have three units, and so remove one
Roman unit (i.e. half rounded down).
End of turn 3.
The Iceni and Trinovantes re-roll their initiative and move to ineligible. They
both roll a 4 and so use the spare die to break the tie in favour of the
Trinovantes. The Catuvellauni and Romans move to eligible.
Turn 4: The turn die moves on to 4, and automatically triggers a reckoning at
the end of the turn as there hasn’t been one yet during this period.
Catuvellauni are 1st eligible and take “Two actions + bonus” as they don’t mind
giving the Romans the option of taking the event. If they thought the 2nd eligible
player could negatively impact them with the event, they might consider
forgoing the bonus action and just take “Two actions” instead.
They rally in the Verulamium and Camuldunum regions, adding 2 units to
Verulamium as they are in control here, but only 1 to Camulodunum as they are
not in control. As a bonus, they decide to build a base in Verulamium. They
spend the 2 units they have just added from the Rally action (taking them back
down to 4) and move their die to the dashed base are of the region card.
The Romans are 2nd eligible. The event doesn’t interest them at this stage.
Therefore, rather than take the “One action” option, they decide to pass. This
increases their initiative to 6 and they know they will be 1st eligible next turn,
thus allowing them to take a more powerful action such as “Two actions +
bonus”.
End of the actions during turn 4, start of the reckoning phase.
After turn 4 has been completed, the reckoning phase begins. The current scores
are as follows:
● Romans - Number of intact cities (2) + total sympathy in all regions
(8) = 10. This doesn’t meet their winning condition of 16
● Iceni - Sum of population values from all razed city regions (1) +
total opposition in all regions (2) = 3. This doesn’t meet their
winning condition of 11
● Trinovantes - Number of regions with bases (2) + number of
regions in Trinovantes control (2) = 4. This doesn’t meet their
winning condition of 5
● Catuvellauni - Number of regions in Catuvellauni control (1) +
total number of units (6) = 7. This doesn’t meet their winning
condition of 15
Therefore, no faction has achieved their winning condition, and the game will
continue at least until the next reckoning phase.
After the winning condition check, the Romans get to increase the local will in
up to two different regions in which they have presence, at least one of which
must still be intact. Only the Londinium region has strong sympathy, therefore
the Romans can take maximum advantage during the reckoning, increasing the
sympathy in Verulamuim and Camulodunum, to weak and strong sympathy
respectively. This puts them on a score of 15, just 1 away from the Roman
victory condition. However, even if this will adjustment had moved them to 16
or above, the winning condition is only checked at the start of the reckoning
phase and therefore they wouldn’t be able to win until the next reckoning phase
(assuming they maintain their score).
The Catuvellauni re-roll initiative and move to ineligible while the Romans,
Iceni, and Trinovantes move to eligible. The two special event cards are re-
shuffled and laid out again.
Turn 5: The turn die moves to space 5 and is set to show a 6. A new reckoning
phase is possible as the game has now moved to the second period. The spare
die rolls a 4 and so, unfortunately for the Romans, there will not be another
reckoning straight away. Being 1st eligible and only 1 point away might have
enabled them to force an early victory…
Start of turn 5.
… and so it goes on until a faction has achieved a winning score during a
reckoning phase or the game reaches the final reckoning phase.
The Romans start in a strong position and are most likely to win early…
The Iceni start furthest from their winning condition, but if they start razing
cities they are hard to stop as there is no way to re-build a city…
The Catuvellauni and the Trinovantes have a push-pull contest to control the
most regions and reach a winning position. Trinovantes have a low winning
threshold, but very limited opportunities to score whereas the Catuvellauni
have a high threshold but will find it easier to increase their score.