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Overview

• Players take turns to place volcano tiles and settlements on an island emerging in the South Pacific.
• The first player to build all their buildings of two types wins.

Tile: 3 hexagonal spaces; one volcano and two other terrain types (from most common to least: jungle, clearing, sand, rock, lake).

Settlement: a group of buildings of the same colour on adjacent spaces.

Buildings: temples ​, towers ​, and huts ​

Setup

• Each player receives 3, 2, and 20.
• 12 tiles per player are shuffled face-down into a draw pile.

Game play

Place A Tile

• A tile is randomly selected.
• Select the space and orientation of the volcano.

Expand the landscape

Place the tile touching at least one edge of an existing 1st-level tile.

Volcanic eruption

• Place the volcano space on top of an existing volcano.
• Any ​ covered are destroyed and remain out of play.

Restrictions:

• Must have the volcano in a different direction.
• Must have spaces under both its terrain spaces.
• Cannot destroy ​ or an entire settlement.

Place Buildings

Place buildings on empty terrain space(s) of any one terrain type (not volcanoes):

Note: You are allowed to build in such a way that two of your settlements join together, such that there are more than ​ or ​ in the same settlement.

Beware! If you cannot build, you will be eliminated from the game.

Build a Hut

• Place 1 on a 1st-level space not adjacent to any of your existing settlements.

Build a Temple

• Place 1 adjacent to one of your existing settlements that occupies at least 3 spaces.
• Existing settlement must not already have a ​.

Example

Red player builds 1 on both lake spaces

and ​ on the sand space next turn.

Build a Tower

• Place 1 adjacent to one of your existing settlements and on a 3rd-level (or higher) space.
• Existing settlement must not already have a ​.

Expand a settlement

• Place ​ adjacent to one of your existing settlements on all spaces of that terrain type.
• 1st-level ⇨ 1, 2nd-level ⇨ 2, 3rd-level ⇨ 3.
• Cannot build more ​ than available.

Example

Red player may build either:

• 1 on each lake space or
• 1 on the sand space.

Game end

• The first player to build all buildings of two types wins immidiately.

Tiebreaks

1. Most ​
2. Most ​
3. Most ​

Tiebreak score = 1000 points / ​ + 100 points / ​ + 1 point / ​