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????? (San Doni) Porte Saint-Denis is a worker placement game set in Paris. The game is designed for four players only. Players send their workers into four triumphal gates to gain or convert resources during action phase, then they spend resources to construct buildings and ramparts during construction phase.

The distinctive features are variable cost and worker availability.

Each gate has six action spots. Five of these spots enable you to gain or convert resources. From the leftmost spot to right, its effect becomes greater.

The cost to send a worker is randomly determined by cost card. There are six spots which corresponds to action spots. From the leftmost spot to right, it becomes more costly. You may place a worker on any vacant spot, but doing so makes all spots rightward cheaper.

You should note that workers you sent to a gate don't return until someone send a worker to the rightmost spot of the gate, in which case the rightmost worker contributes to the gate's influence, earning its owner income per round, and all other workers on the gate return. Then a new cost card is placed.

During building phase, you may spend resources to gain coins, and construct a building and ramparts. Each building has its unique ability, and ramparts grants you victory points. The first player who has passed, takes these actions as many as they desire. Except for coins, all unspent resources are lost at the end of this phase, so you must plan ahead how many resources you need this round and where you should send your workers.

At the end of the game, the highest scorer wins the game.
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