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General Questions

• Versions of the game - Which event cards are used in the Duel of the Princes?

  The following event cards are always included in the game: Yule, Invention, Year of Plenty, and Traveling Merchant. From the sets used, add the event cards that do not depict a half moon symbol, then add as many randomly drawn event cards depicting a half moon symbol until a total of 12 event cards is reached.