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Bag of Arrows

Sacco di frecce

4 male pages and 3 archers

The district that lands on this tile must hold a relay sack race with 4 of its pages, assisted by 3 district archers who will determine the start, the finish, and the mid-race changeover. This combination of pages and archers must prevail over the opposing team of the drawn district.

  • The competing archers will position themselves side-by-side and shoot their arrows toward the horse track.
  • The competing pages must complete the sack relay race along the long side of the arena, one by one per district.

GAMEPLAY

  • To start the sack relay race, each district must have its archer hit a target.
  • The page with the sack will run along the long side of the arena and tag another page at the opposite corner, who must return to the starting point.
  • Another archer must hit the target again to start 2 more pages with sacks, different from the previous ones, who will perform the relay again.
  • The game ends with the final archer who must hit the last target to win.
  • The 3 archers will have 3 arrows each (9 in total); therefore, if an archer does not hit the target with all 3, another can take over, but they will not have new arrows to hit the next target.

NOTES

  • The competing pages running with sacks side-by-side cannot disturb each other; they must proceed straight, under penalty of repeating the game.
  • The page passing the sack must have crossed the line with both feet and, after passing it, must not interfere with the opposing district, under penalty of repeating the game.
  • The first archer starting the relay cannot nock the arrow before the starting whistle.
  • Subsequent archers cannot nock the arrow before the page with the sack has crossed the line.
  • If the sack breaks, the game will be repeated from the beginning.

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