GUGONG - PANJUN EXPANSION

China, 1571. Despite initial hopeful beginnings, the Longqing Emperor quickly abandoned his duties as a ruler and decided to give more priority to his personal enjoyment. He started to spend more time outside of the Forbidden Palace, residing in his Summer Palace away from the capital where he'd enjoy the company of the court ladies and was known to prefer some of the finer gifts brought to him by his officials. At the same time, his initially peaceful reign started to show some cracks. Peasants were regularly asking to come to the aid of certain government projects, but as pressure grew, so did the contempt amongst those peasants, which led to revolts.

In Pànjūn, you are going to face a new set of challenges that will allow you to add all kinds of great content and variety to the game. The expansion box contains 4 different modules that you can add to your game of Gùgōng. Two of them even add new locations to the board, while the other two will spice your game in a variety of ways. The 4 modules are:

• The Summer Palace: Players travel to the Summer Palace of the Emperor, where they can obtain extra servants, Jade, and even the services of the mysterious Court Ladies. Players will have to score majorities in order to obtain these bonuses, but will also be able to manipulate the results by exchanging specific Gifts with the officials, as word has it the Emperor is collecting a very particular type of Gift.

• The Peasants Revolt: During the Ming Dynasty, peasants revolts were common. Although the Ming Dynasty itself came to power through a peasant revolt, this did not mean that the rulers had any more empathy for the peasants than the previous rulers. Players will gain a lot of support from the peasants in this expansion, but if pushed too far, players will have to work together to avoid their wrath.

• The Palace Stairs: Moving your Envoy towards the Emperor will not be without consequences with this expansion module. Players will be able to choose a longer or shorter path leading towards the Palace of Heavenly Purity. The shorter path will require some achievements, the long path will earn players rewards at first, but when they get close to the Palace, they will have to pay certain taxes or risk seeing their Envoy take steps back.

• Extra Decrees & Gift Cards: Spice up your game with new Decrees and special kinds of Gift Cards, lime the lamp and jade knives, which will add even more variety to your game of Gùgōng!

Contents:

Ages: 12+
Players: 1-5
Game Length: 100 minutes