Collect Goods, Nab Bad Guys, and Play Tricks with Jekyll and Hyde Thanks to Mandoo Games

In Merchant of Dunhuang, we are powerful merchants in Dunhuang who want to have the strongest power. To do that, we should control the supply of valuable goods, which means we need to use various people in the market to collect information and to use their skills. Be the lord of Dunhuang market with the help of little birds!

To begin play, set up eight character tiles on the table, all of which have different skills. The character tiles are double-sided with different characters on each side, so 16 characters in total. Goods cards have a value from 1 to 10, with only one card with value 1 and ten cards with value 10. On your turn:

—Move the "camel" on the current character tile to the next tile. If you want to move more, pay coins to move further.
—Pick up the goods card on the tile to add it to your shop (in front of you) or your warehouse (your hand).
—Use the character skill on the tile or collect three coins.

Depending on the the number of goods in your shop, you can take the corresponding majority token. The game ends either:

(1) When no more cards are in the deck, at which point a majority token is worth 1 victory point, and the majority of each goods in their warehouse(hands) is worth points equal to the goods' value, or
(2) When any player has four different goods in hand and has collected four majority tokens, at which point they win the game immediately.

In the partnership-trick taking game Black Swan, the seventh card played in a round wins the trick. On their turn, players can play a single card or combinations (straight, pair, triplets). The seventh card played wins the trick. Some cards count as positive, some negative, and some nothing.

To win, Jekyll must keep his identity secret over three rounds of play, while Hyde must reveal that identity. To set up, place the game board in the middle of the table, with the identity token on the first space of Hyde's side of the board. Shuffle the 25 cards, then deal ten to each player as their hand. The deck consists of cards in three suits (each numbered 1-7) as well as four potion cards. Players then exchange as many cards as the number of the current round.

The starting player plays a card as a lead, then the opponent must play a card of the same suit, if possible. Whoever plays the higher card takes both cards as a trick. After the tenth trick, players compare the number of tricks they won in this round, then move the identity token on the board as many spaces as the difference between those two numbers.

If the identity token arrives at the end of the track, Hyde wins immediately. However, if the identity token is still in the middle of the track after the third round, Jekyll wins.