FLASHBACK FRIDAY – Duhr: The Lesser Houses – Devious Weasel Games – Review
1 day ago Matthew Kearns
Instigate scandal, create suspicion, implicate your enemies to lead your House to victory!
John Doe
MeepleGamers

The Lesser Houses of Duhr are at war. Not your typical clash of swords but these battles are waged behind the curtains with intent to destroy each others’ credibility and public appearance. As the head of one of these lesser houses, direct your minions to instigate scandals, create suspicion, and implicate your enemies such that the public will support your bid for inclusion as one of the Greater Houses of Duhr.


Goal
When there one or fewer Houses of Favored status, be the player with the highest score.
Setup
Each player takes on a random House. Shuffle the Conspiracy cards of the Houses in play and deal one to each player. Deal one Scandal card to each player. Deal two Suspicion cards of a player’s House to a given player and shuffle together the remaining Suspicion cards of the Houses in play to form the Web of Suspicion. Deal four cards from the Web of Suspicion to each player. Determine the first player.
Turns
There are two phases during each player’s turn: Action and Acquire.
During the Action Phase, players can perform one of the following House Actions: Raise a Suspicion, Create a Scandal, Trigger an Event, Use an Ability, and Make a Masterstroke. While your House status is Favored, you may also choose one of these other actions: Reveal a Conspiracy, Second House Action.
The results of these actions are aimed at causing disfavor in the opposing Houses, leading to their downfall and your House’s ascendency.
Additional Info
Loss of favor can lead to a change in your House’s status. When a House has five cards played in front on them, they become Disfavored. When three or more of those cards are revealed, the House’s status is now Villfied.
As a Villain, the actions taken by a player are different. They don’t hold cards but perform one of the following actions: Defame, Expose, or Scandalize. Though they can come back from being Villains but their real goal is to pull the others down with them as their final score is dependent upon the number of Villains when end of game conditions occur.






The game has been sitting on my shelf for some time now, waiting for me to get a group big enough to play. But we are not the most adept at games requiring bluffing or To get the most out of the game requires players to wheel’n’deal, the “social” part of the “social combat”. If your group is up for games that incorporate interaction with the people to play the game as a facilitating mechanic, then this would be good for you. Unfortunately it’s not a game that my group excels at or prefers but we hope that you’ll have a good time with this one.

Matthew Kearns
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