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Setup

• The first player gets 3 turmeric, the second and third player get 4 turmeric, the fourth and fifth get 3 turmeric and a saffron.
• Draw 5 cards from the point deck. Place 2*number of players of goin coins on the leftmost point card and the same number of silver on the second.
• Each player gets a collect 2 turmeric and upgrade 2 card as starting hand. Draw 6 cards from the rest of the merchant cards.

Gameplay

• On your turn, you can either play, rest or buy.
• If you play a card from your hand, either collect the spices indicated, upgrade the levels indicated or trade accordingly any number of times.
• If you rest, take back all the merchant cards played by you.
• If you buy a merchant card, put a spice on each card of its left and claim any spices on the bought card.
• If you buy a point card, pay the spices indicated and take it. You also claim a coin on it, if it has any coins.
• The spice ranks from low to high are: turmeric (yellow), saffron (red), cardamom (green) and cinnamon (brown).
• You can only have at most 10 spices at the end of your turn, and must discard any excess.

End of Game

• When a player buys their 5th point card (or 6th in a 2 to 3 player game) the game will end at the end of the round.
• Players score points on their point cards, 3 points for each gold coin, 1 point for each silver coin and 1 point for each spice higher than turmeric (yellow).
• The player with the most points wins. If there is a tie, the player who takes the last turn wins.

Variants

• Golem Edition: Players can also play with the golem edition. In that case, the crystal ranks from low to high is yellow, green, blue and pink.