Council of Verona

Verona's feud between Capulets and Montagues has worn everyone out, so Prince Escalus sets up a council to calm things down. You play an influential citizen who uses your influence either to seat characters on that council or to throw them into exile. The scoring comes from the agendas printed on the characters left standing at the end, so the question is always whose agenda you want in the room. Hand management, open drafting and placing influence tokens carry the whole game in about twenty minutes. If you know the Romeo and Juliet story, you get to steer it toward a better or a worse ending, depending on which cards you push in or out.