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Skara Brae

In this tactical resource management game for 1-4 players, you lead a Stone Age community on the Orkney Islands. The goal is to gather resources to support your settlers and manage waste (Midden) to accumulate the most Victory Points (VP).

Gameplay

The game lasts exactly 4 rounds. Each round consists of 3 turns per player.

A turn consists of the following steps:

1. Select Card: Choose 1 available Village Card from the display and resolve it immediately.
2. Assign Workers: Place your Large Worker (and up to 3 Small Workers) on your Action Tiles. Actions are resolved from top to bottom.
3. Retrieve Workers: Collect all workers back for your next turn.

Resources & Waste Management

Resources are stored in your storage area. Each slot holds exactly 1 resource.

• The Slider: If you gain more resources than slots available, the slider moves to the right. This increases waste production and results in negative VP at the end.
• Midden (Waste): Occupies storage slots and can only be removed via the "Clean" action.

Round End & Scoring

After 3 turns, the round ends:

1. Feeding: Each settler without a roof must be fed 1 Food, or they are discarded.
2. Waste Production: Gain Midden according to the slider's position (minus Utensil bonuses).

End of Game: After 4 rounds, points are awarded for played cards (Settlers, Roofs, Stone Balls), track progress, and upgraded Action Tiles. Midden and slider position result in negative points.

Action Tile Overview

Each tile can be activated once by a Small Worker and once by the Large Worker per turn.

Action	Icon	Effect
Gather	🧺	Gain basic resources (Shells, Barley, Seaweed, Wool, Stone, or Wood).
Cook	🍲	Process raw materials into Food or crafting materials (Hides, Bone, Wool).
Furnish	🏺	Spend Wool or Hides to advance on the Furnishing Track (VP multiplier).
Trade	🤝	Exchange resources for Trade Track progress or Goods Tokens.
Clean	🧹	Remove Midden tokens from storage and move the slider to the left.
Craft	🔨	Flip an Action Tile to its upgraded side (better effects & 2 VP).

Village & Special Cards

Type	Effect
Settlers	Placed in rows; trigger immediate harvests and provide ongoing bonuses.
Roofs	Protect settlers from hunger at the end of the round (saving 1 Food).
Utensils	Increase the hearth limit for Cooking or reduce waste production.
Stone Balls	Grant immediate Skaill Knives (wild resource for harvests or VP).