| DESCRIPTION
A recent war has left all the king's castles in ruin. Only the foundations of
those once magnificent monuments remain. The war not only robbed the king of
his castles, but also of his youth. The now elderly king must choose a successor
from among his sons. He has charged his sons with rebuilding his castles and
promised the throne to the one who can rebuild the tallest and largest castles.
Each prince has 6 knights to supervise the building. Tired of war, the king
requires that the building be done in peace and spirit of co-operation. Thus,
the princes may not attack each other or the castles being built. Two or more
princes may work together on a castle with their knights competing to control
the highest towers of the castle. The king will spend each year in a castle and
will reward knights guarding him accordingly.
Once each year, the king will tour the castles, to judge the progress of each
son. After he finishes the third tour, he will choose his successor and prepare
for death.
MASK TRILOGY
Torres is considered to the informal member of the set of Mask Trilogy games created by Wolfgang
Kramer and Michael Kiesling. All the games featured similar mechanics (Action
Point Allowance System) but different theme. They are identified by the
"mask" in the box cover.
The games forming the Mask Trilogy are
- Tikal
- Java (special-order
from us)
- Mexica (special-order
from us)
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COMPONENTS
1 Game Board
92 Tower Blocks
24 knights
4 scoring markers
1 king
40 Action cards
4 CodeX cards (action summary cards)
3 Phase cards (describe the phases and scoring)
8 Master cards (to be used in the master version)
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