Turn

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A turn is the period of time during which a player may play and buy cards, and then clean-up for their next turn. Almost all gameplay happens during a turn. Players alternate taking turns until the game ends. If a previous game has been played, the player with the fewest points of that game takes the first turn in the next one; otherwise, the first player should be determined randomly.

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Turn phases

  • Action phase (A): The current player may play 1 Action.
  • Buy phase (B): The current player may play any number of Treasures from their hand and Buy 1 card or Event.
  • Clean-up phase (C): The current player discards all cards in their hand, and all cards in play other than Duration cards (and associated Throne Room variants) that have not yet finished tracking effects, then draws 5 new cards from their deck.

Turn count

It is useful to keep track of how many turns have been played by each player, for a number of reasons:

  • If more than one player has the highest score at the end of the game, the player who took the fewest turns wins. If they took the same number of turns, the game remains a tie. This is partly to remedy first player turn advantage.
  • In strategic discussions, the effectiveness of a strategy is often determined by the average number of turns it takes for it to gain four ProvincesProvince.jpg. A pure Big Money strategy typically does this in 16 turns; adding one or two copies of certain Action cards, such as SmithySmithy.jpg or Jack of all TradesJack of All Trades.jpg, can drop this to anywhere from 14 to 11 turns. This metric is less useful in engine or slog mirrors; the former is more concerned with gaining all (or most) of the Provinces in one or two turns after building up their deck, while the latter is slowed down by powerful Attacks.

Turn order

Whenever an effect happens to more than one player, or multiple effects involving different players try to resolve at the same time, they are resolved in turn order, starting with the player whose turn it is (or the player who last took a turn). This is important particularly with regards to gaining cards: for example, if a player plays WitchWitch.jpg, and there's only one CurseCurse.jpg left, only the player next in turn order gains a Curse.

Extra turns

Three cards (OutpostOutpost.jpg, PossessionPossession.jpg, MissionMission.jpg) allow a player to take more turns than normal, each with its own penalties or restrictions. These extra turns do not add to a player's turn count, and are not used in breaking ties.

Turns happen in turn order - if a player plays Outpost and Possession on their turn, the Outpost turn happens first. The Possession turn is not their turn, but the turn of the next player; they are simply controlling what happens.

Between turns

A few decisions, usually deciding which of multiple extra turns should occur first, take place between turns. In those cases, the player who took the last turn is considered to be in control, and is the one who makes such decisions. It does not matter if that player was Possessed on the previous turn; it is still their decision.


Deck archetypes Big MoneyComboEngineRushSlog
Strategic concepts CollisionCounterCyclingDeadDuchy dancingEndgameGreeningMegaturnMirrorOpeningOpportunity costPenultimate Province RulePayloadPinPiledrivingReshuffleSilver testStop cardSplit advantageStrictly betterSynergyTerminalityTerminal spaceThree-pile endingTurn advantageVictory pointVillage idiot
Rules Blue dog ruleCostDeckGameplayMaterialsNo Visiting ruleStop-Moving rule (previously Lose Track rule) • Supply (Kingdom) • Triggered effectsTurn
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