Emperor's Courtyard is a quick, light tile-laying family game for 2 to 6 players. A game takes approximately thirty minutes to play and has simple rules that only take a few minutes to read or teach. In the game, the Emperor helds a competition to find the best mason of his kingdom. The players will lay tiles to pave the Emperor's courtyard, and get Reward points for a job well done, which consists in completing circles of any of the six existent colors. Later in the game, they will also earn bonus points for adding circles of specific colors to the tiling. The player who collects the most Reward markers will prove to be the Empire's most talented mason and win the competition!