The Duke: Reinforcements – City Troops

About this expansion

The Duke: Reinforcements – City Troops is a two-player expansion for games lasting about 30 minutes, adding alternative troop tiles and new movement icons to The Duke.

Before play begins, each player decides how to mix and match the available city troops with the standard tiles. Players can replace all, some, or none of the listed tiles, and the two sides may make completely different choices. This creates a flexible setup while keeping the selection rules clear.

• Militia can be replaced by the Footman.
• Thief can be replaced by the Assassin.
• Baron can be replaced by the Champion.
• Watch Tower can be replaced by the Longbowman.

When multiple identical tiles are included, such as Militia tiles, replacing one means replacing all of them. Players also cannot include both tiles from a replacement pair, so a side uses either the Thief or the Assassin, not both.

City Troops introduces non-capture movement icons for Moves, Jumps, Slides, and Jump Slides. These icons follow the standard movement rules, with one important restriction: the destination square and every square crossed during the movement must be empty.

A tile belonging to either player cannot occupy a square the active tile is trying to enter or pass through. As a result, these movement icons cannot be used to capture an enemy tile. With its adaptable troop choices and carefully restricted movement options, The Duke: Reinforcements – City Troops offers a focused way to vary each two-player setup.