Objective

• In Oriflamme (Citadels 2), players play for 6 rounds by playing influence cards and activating them.
• To seize power, you must conspire, fight and deduce how others will play.
• The player with the highest influence after 6 rounds wins!

Setup

• Each player takes 10 cards of their colour and removes 3 randomly.
• Everyone starts with 1 influence.
• The resolution direction is placed.

Game play

• Each round consists of 2 phases.
• After the phases are played, the first player tile is passed to the left.

Placement Phase

• The first player chooses a card and places it face down in the middle of the table.
• The next player places another card to the left or right of all cards already placed.
• You cannot play between cards.
• Starting from the second round, you may place a card on top of your own card already in play.
  • While a card is underneath another card, it cannot be targeted or revealed.
  • It cannot gain influence or use its ability.
• Once everyone has played a card, the placement phase is over.

Resolution Phase

• Starting from the first card, players choose whether to reveal them.
• If the card is not revealed, 1 influence is placed on it.
• If the card is revealed, apply the card's effect and take all influences on it.
• Repeat until the end of the queue is reached.
• Each time you eliminate a card, you get 1 influence.
• Cards in the queue will remain until they are discarded or eliminated.
• Cards in the same family can be stacked.
  • However, a covered card can never be revealed or targeted.

Game End

• The game ends when 6 rounds are played.
• Influences still on the cards do not count.
• The player with the most influence wins.
• In case of a tie, the tied player with the most cards in the influence queue wins.

Abilities of Influences

• Ambush: If revealed by another card, discard that card and gain 4 influence, otherwise, gain 1 influence and discard ambush with any influence on it.
• Archer: Eliminate the first or last card from the queue.
• Assassination: Eliminate any card in the queue. Discard assassination.
• Conspiracy: Gain double the amount of influence on the card. Discard conspiracy.
• Heir: If there are no other cards revealed with the same name, gain 2 influence.
• Lord: Earn 1 influence, plus 1 influence per adjacent card in your family.
• Royal Decree: Move a card wherever you want in the queue. Discard royal decree.
• Shapeshifter: Copy the ability (not the name) of an adjacent card.
• Soldier: Eliminate an adjacent card.
• Spy: Steal 1 influence from a player with a card adjacent to the spy.