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Objective

Create the most valuable Irish county by strategically placing tiles featuring sheep, ruins, whiskey distilleries, and meadows in your 7x7 grid. The player with the most points from territories, resources, and bonuses after 12 rounds wins.

Card & Tile Reference

• Landscape Tiles: Feature various symbols (sheep, ruins, distilleries, meadows). These must be integrated into your county.
• Magical Wheel: Determines in each round which of the five offer stacks you must choose a tile from.
• Bonus Tiles: Awarded to players who are the first to fulfill specific conditions (e.g., largest sheep flock).

Gameplay

The game lasts exactly 12 rounds. Each round consists of the following steps:

1. Drafting Tiles:
   • The active player spins the wheel. The pointer indicates which stack players must choose a tile from (starting with the active player).
   • Once per game, you may "trick" the wheel and choose any available tile instead.
2. Placing Tiles:
   • The new tile must be placed adjacent to at least one previously placed tile or the starting space.
   • Tiles must stay within the limits of the 7x7 grid.
3. Resolving Symbols:
   • Distilleries: When a distillery is completed (surrounded by other fields), you gain whiskey barrels.
   • Ruins: Allow you to activate bonus filler tiles at the end of the game.
   • Sheep: Count as flocks. Only your largest continuous flock scores points at the end.

End of Game & Scoring

After 12 rounds, the final score is calculated:

• Meadows: Score your largest rectangular, gapless area of meadow fields (length x width).
• Sheep: Each sheep in your largest continuous flock is worth 1 point.
• Whiskey: Each collected barrel grants points.
• Ruins: Every 2 ruins allow you to place a 1x1 bonus tile to fill gaps in your grid.
• County Bonus: Points for completely filled rows and columns in your 7x7 grid.
• The player with the highest total score wins.