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Object of the Game

Be the first to score ten (10+) or more points with your buildings and victory points you acquire.

First Turn

On the first turn you may trade up to all of your coins for basic goods (wood, grain, clay, stone, and/or cotton) as long as they are available. The first player starts with three (3), second four (4), third (5) etc.

Game-play

On your turn you must choose to either Produce or Trade' You have a set hand limit of seven (7) cards in your hand.

  • Produce a single basic good (wood, wheat, clay, stone, or cotton)
  • Produce a single trade good by revealing or expending one or more other goods (as shown in the Conversion Chart in the lower right)
  • Trade a number of goods for other goods / buildings of equal (or lesser) cost
  • Additionally, each building you own may perform its action once per turn - before or after you produce or trade

Expended "trade" goods go into the discard pile to the right of the deck and replacement cards are placed in the freed spots. Basic goods returned to the stacks at the bottom of the board.

After your turn, it proceeds to the next player.

This repeats until the winning condition are met. A player has ten (10+) or more victory points.

Trading

Each good has a value in the bottom center-right, this is its trade value/cost. This value (and any other cards) may be used to purchase at any trade value. Any items to the left also indicate what items can be consumed to "produce" the good in which case the Produce action should be taken.

Producing

A good may be produced if it is on the left side of the board (separated by the deck) by using another good (or sometimes goods). the right of the deck indicates discarded cards, and while the discard may be checked you may not produce an item that is there Optionally you may always produce for a single (basic good) available on the bottom row - this is inefficient but sometimes necessary If you have multiple choices to produce, you can only select one to produce per turn, however some buildings allow you to do additional actions

Buildings

Buildings are worth 1-3 Influence Points (VPs). Most buildings have an additional ability (a limited extra trade/consume phase), which is either one of the trades on the Conversion Chart or a trade of one or more specific goods for a given number of additional Influence Points. If the conditions on the top of the card are met you will have the option to play the card once during your turn, either before or after you Trade or Produce.

The Goods

Basic Goods

First Level (Beige)

All Basic Goods have trade value 1. The numbers after each good are the quantity available with 4/3/2 players.

Wood (5/4/3)
Expend two (x2) to produce Paling
Expend to produce Coal
Expend with Grain to produce Sheep
Expend with Clew to produce Fishing Rod
Wheat (3/3/2)
Expend to produce Flour
Expend with Wood to produce Sheep
Expend with Clay Brick to produce Cow
Clay (3/3/2)
Expend with Grain to produce Cow
Expend to produce Clay Brick
Stone (3/2/2)
Expend to produce Stone Brick
Expend to produce Fish
Expend with Coal to produce Beam
Cotton (2/1/1)
Expend to produce Clew

Trade Goods

2nd Level (Blue)

Paling (wooden boards) (Value 5, Quantity 2)
Expend Paling to produce Barrel
Coal (Value 3, Quantity 3)
Expend with Stone to produce Beam
Expend with Flour to produce Bread
Expend to produce Butcher Shop
Flour (Value 3, Quantity 2)
Expend with Coal to produce Bread
Sheep (Value 5, Quantity 2)
Reveal to produce Clew
Expend to produce Steak
Cow (Value 5, Quantity 2)
Reveal to produce Milk
Expend to produce Steak
Clay Brick (Value 3, Quantity 3)
Stone Brick (Value 3, Quantity 2)
Expend with Clay to produce Wall
Expend to produce Sawmill
Fish (Value 5, Quantity 1)
Clew (yarn) (Value 3, Quantity 2)
Expend with Wood to produce Fishing Rod
Expend to produce Cloth

3rd Level (Purple)

All 3rd level trade goods are unique (have quantity 1)

Barrel (Value 8)
Beam (Value 8)
Bread (Value 11)
Meat (Value 8)
Leather (Value 8)
Milk (Value 4)
Wall (Value 8)
Fishing rod (Value 8)
Reveal to produce Fish
Cloth (Value 6)

The Buildings

Once you have a building a process will be "automated" for you, provided you have the necessary good(s) and the good is available on your turn. The buildings automation may only be done once during your turn. A building is "produced" by expending the good(s) listed at the bottom right in lieu of trading for its "cost".

Cost 6 (1 VP)

Dairy
If you have a cow you may produce a milk. Produce stone brick to make a dairy.
Mill
If you have a grain then you may produce a flour. Produce clay brick to make a mill.
Quarry
If you have a stone then you may produce a stone brick. Produce clay brick to make a quarry.


Cost 8

Cost 12

Anatomy of Card

  • Bottom center - the cost of the card
    • Each board represents one method of obtaining the card
    • If an icon includes the card outline, it is merely revealed, otherwise it is expended
    • If there are two icons, both must be paid
    • The right-most icon is the purchase price, which is paid by expending goods (or gold, on the first turn of the game)
  • Bottom right (small) - total copies of card in the deck
  • Upper left (Goods Only) -- small icon and trade-in value of card
  • Top (Buildings Only) - "Automated" Action which may be performed once a turn, if the inputs are owned and the output is available