Action Cards

Bestechung (Bribed Guards) Move the noble at the front of the line to the end of the line.
Burgerliche Unterstutzung (Civic Support) Play this card in front of you. It is worth +1 point for each Green
noble in your score pile.
Burgerstolz (Civic Pride) Move a Green noble forward up to 2 places in line.
Der Idiot (The Idiot) Move a noble forward up to 2 places in line.
Der lange Weg (The Long Walk) Put the guillotine at the other end of the line. Now the last person is first.
Der letzte Marsch (The Last March) - Move a Palace Guard to the front of the line.
Doppelkopf (Double Feature) Collect a second noble from the line.
Durcheinander (Confusion in Line) Randomly rearrange the first 5 nobles in line
Entkommen! (Escape!) Randomly choose 2 nobles in line and discard them. Randomly rearrange the
remaining nobles in line.
Fehlende Kpfe (Missing Heads) Choose a player. They must randomly draw a card from their score pile and
discard it.
Fehlende Untersttzung (Lack of Support) Choose a player. Look through their hand and discard one of their
Action cards.
Flucht nach England (Fled to England) Discard any noble in line.
Fremde Hilfe (Foreign Help) Place this card in front of you. Take an extra action card whenever you collect a
Purple noble.
Freund der Konigin (Friend of the Queen) Move a noble up to 2 spaces backwards in line.
Gemeiner Adliger (Ignoble Noble) Move a noble forward exactly 4 spaces.
Gleichgultiges Volk (Indifferent Public) Put this card in front of you. Any Grey nobles in your score pile are
worth one point each instead of their actual values.
Groe Verwirrung (Mass Confusion) Return all nobles to the deck, shuffle and re-deal a new set.
Herzlose Wachen (Callous Guards) Put this card in front of you. Action cards that alter the line may not be
played. (This includes adding or discarding nobles) You may discard this card at any time.
Informations-austauch (Information Exchange) Exchange hands with another player.

Kirchliche Unterstutzung (Church Support) Put this card in front of you. It is worth +1 point for each Blue
noble in your score pile.
Kleidertausch (Clothing Swap) Choose any noble in line and discard it. Replace it with the top noble from the
noble deck.
Knallharte Zuschauer (Tough Crowd) Place this card in front of another player. It is worth -2 points to that
player.
Mach Schneller! (Tis a Far Better Thing) Move any noble card exactly 3 spaces forward.
Majestat (Majesty) Move a Purple noble up to 2 spaces forward.
Mangel an Glauben (Lack of Faith) Move the foremost Blue noble in line to the front of the line.
Militarische Macht (Military Might) Move a Red noble up to 2 spaces forward.
Militarische Unterstutzung (Military Support) Put this card in front of you. It is worth +1 points for every red
card in your score pile.
Mit Schwung (Rushed job) Choose any player. That player cannot play any Action cards on their next turn.
Nachschub (Extra Cart) Add 3 nobles from the noble deck to the end of the line.
Nach Ihnen (After you) Put the noble at the front of the line into another players score pile.
Ohnmacht (Fainting Spell) Move any noble backwards in line up to 3 spaces.
Politischer Einfluss (Political Influence) Draw 3 extra Action cards without taking a noble this turn.
Positionskampf (Infighting) Choose a player. That player must discard two cards of his choice from his hand.
Rattenplage (Rat Break) Put an action card of your choice from the discard pile into your hand.
Regenpause (Rain Delay) Everyone discards all Action Cards, shuffle deck and deal out entire new hands for
all.
Scharlachroter Racher (The Scarlet Pimpernel) The day ends after you finish your turn. Discard any
remaining nobles in line.
Selbstherrliche Wachen (Opinionated Guards) Rearrange the first four nobles as you wish.
Schicksalsschlag (Twist of Fate) Put any action card in front of any player into the discard pile.
Schubsen (Pushed) Move a noble forward exactly 2 places in line.

Sollen sie doch Kuchen essen! (Let them eat cake!) If Marie Antionette is in line, move her to the front of the
line.
Spte Ankunft (Late Arrival) Examine the top 3 Noble cards from the deck and add one to the end of the line.
So viel Blut (Fountain of Blood) Put this card in front of you. It is worth 2 points.
Stolepern (Stumble) Move a noble forward exactly 1 place in line.
Tritt (Trip) Move a noble backward exactly 1 place in line. You may play another action card this turn.
Verpasst! (Missed!) Choose a player. That player must place the last noble he or she collected at the end of the
line.
Verzahlt (Clerical Error) Choose a player. Collect any noble of your choice from that players score pile. That
player then chooses any other noble from your score pile and collects it.
Volkes Wille (Public Demand) Move a noble of your choice to the front of the line.
Warte mal! (Confusion in Line) Choose a player. Randomly rearrange the line just before that player collect
his or her next noble.
Wer? Ich? (Who me?) Move a noble up to 3 spaces forward in line.
Zwangspause (Forced Break) All other players must discard an action card at random.