Game Overview

In Bohemians, you take on the role of an artist in 19th-century Paris. You strive to gather inspiration and create masterpieces while struggling against hunger and social decline (poverty).

Objective: Collect the most Studio Points (Victory Points). Be careful: accumulating too much poverty leads to point deductions or failure at the end.

Game Flow

The game is played over several rounds, each consisting of three phases:

1. Waking Phase

• Draw Cards: Each player draws cards from their deck (standard: 5 cards).
• Create Daily Plan: Arrange your cards in a row. The sequence determines how you use resources (inspiration) and which actions you perform.

2. Day Phase

Players execute their actions in turn:

• Narrate Your Day: Cards are activated from left to right.
• Actions:
  • Collect Inspiration: Gain markers of different colors.
  • Create Work: Use inspiration to purchase Art cards from the display (grants Studio Points).
  • Fulfill Needs: Spend resources to reduce hunger or poverty.
• Interaction: Some cards allow you to influence opponents or reserve cards from the market.

3. Sleeping Phase

• Check Hunger: If you couldn't satisfy your hunger, you receive poverty markers.
• Cleanup: All played cards go to the discard pile. The market is replenished.

Key Concepts

• Habits, Muses & Suffering: Muse cards enhance your actions, while Suffering cards provide negative effects that you must manage or remove.
• Poverty: A high poverty level is dangerous. it acts as a penalty during final scoring.

End of the Game

The game ends when the Art card deck is empty or a player completes a certain number of masterpieces.

• Scoring: Add up the Studio Points from your artworks.
• Deductions: Subtract points based on accumulated poverty markers.
• The artist with the highest total score wins!