Wayfarers of the South Tigris

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• Setup
  • • Place the 3 sections of the board in the center of the table. Use either side of the boards.
    • Shuffle the townsfolk cards and place them in the top left of the board and draw the top 4 cards and place them face up in the slots to the right.
    • Shuffle the space cards and place them in the top right of the board and draw the top 4 cards and place them face up in the slots to the left.
    • Shuffle the land cards and place them in the bottom left of the board and draw the top 4 cards and place them face up in the slots to the right.
    • Shuffle the water cards and place them in the bottom right of the board and draw the top 4 cards and place them face up in the slots to the left.
    • Shuffle the inspiration cards and place them on the right side of the board and draw the top 4 cards and place them face up in the slots below the deck (the deck should be to the right of the space deck).
    • Shuffle the journal tiles and and place 1 face up on each of the empty spaces of the journal track.
    • Place 1 green worker on each space indicated along the middle of the journal track.
    • Place all 10 pink special upgrade tiles on their spaces on the board.
    • Place 1/player of each green, black, yellow, and blue upgrade tiles on their spaces on the board. Return the remaining to the box.
    • Create a supply near the board for silver and provisions.
    • Each player:
      • Takes a random player board
        • Note that the cards printed on the board act like any other cards you acquire during the game.
      • Takes 5 dice in their preferred color
        • Place 2 of the dice in a supply near the minarets on the board.
        • Roll the other 3 dice and place them near your player board.
      • Takes 15 influence in their color
      • Takes 1 player marker in their color and places it on the far left end of the main board
      • Takes 1 yellow and 1 blue worker
    • Determine a 1st player, then distribute starting resources based on player order:
      1. 2 provisions, 3 silver, 1 influence in the blue guild
      2. 2 provisions, 3 silver, 1 influence in the blue and yellow guilds
      3. 2 provisions, 4 silver, 1 influence in the blue and yellow guilds
      4. 3 provisions, 4 silver, 1 influence in the blue and yellow guilds
• Gameplay

  • The game is played over a number of rounds until the end game is triggered by a player reaching 1 of the 5 final spaces on the journal track.

    On your turn, you will do one of the following actions:

    • Place a die
    • Or place a worker
    • Or rest
  • Place a die
    • • Dice are placed onto your player board or onto die spaces on cards you previously acquired.
      • Only 1 die may occupy a space.
      • If the space shows asset requirements, you must have those assets or use abilities to gain them.
        • You may spend 1 blue influence to temporarily gain a ship asset for a single die placement.
        • Assets are shown in your caravan's column matching the value of your die (after any die manipulation).
        • Townsfolk cards will sometimes provide assets.
        • If the die space is blank, you do not need any assets.
      • When using die manipulations to change the die value, the die value does not wrap (6 to 1 or 1 to 6).
        • Die manipulations may be chained.
        • Die manipulations in your caravan do not stack. e.g. if you have 2 "+" icons in a column, you cannot use them to add 2 to your die value. Instead only 1 of the icons may be used.
      • You can use the yellow guild to change the value of 1 or 2 dice.
      • Some spaces have requirements in addition to assets. They will be depicted to the left of the arrow.
      • After placing a die, fulfilling all the requirements, gain the depicted reward (right of the arrow).
        • If you gain the "refresh 1 die" ability, you remove 1 previously placed die from a space, roll it and return it to your supply (you can use it again on a later turn).
          • You can even "refresh" the die you just placed that turn.
          • If you haven't played a die or don't wish to remove 1, you can instead reroll 1 of the dice in your pool.
  • Place a Worker
    • • Basic placement rules:
        • Only 1 green worker may be placed on each townsfolk card.
        • 1 green and 1 yellow worker may be placed on each land card.
        • 1 green and 1 blue worker may be placed on each water card.
        • 1 green, 1 blue, and 1 yellow worker may be placed on each inspiration card.
      • Workers are placed onto 1 of the face up cards around the edges of the main board (except space cards).
      • The action that is printed on the board below/above the card is what is resolved.
      • You may only place a worker if you are able to resolve at least part of the action.
        • You may not place a worker on a card and do nothing.
      • After placing a worker, you may not take any action that would cause you to retrieve that same worker in the same turn.
  • Resting
    • 1. Determine whether abilities can be activated:
         • If you have 0 or 1 die left in your supply, you may activate all your resting abilities.
         • If you have 2+ dice in your supply, no abilities may be activated.
      2. Remove your dice that were placed, then roll all of your dice (including any that remained in your supply).
      3. If you are eligible, you may resolve all your resting abilities in any order.
         • You start with 1 resting ability, but others can be gained from townsfolk cards placed under water cards.
  • End of Turn
    • • Refresh face up cards by sliding cards to fill gaps, then flipping new cards face up to fill the rows.
        • Townsfolk and land cards slide to the right.
        • Space and water cards slide to the left.
        • Inspiration cards slide down.
• Game End
  • • The game end is triggered by a player reaching 1 of the 5 final spaces on the journal track.
      • After that player finishes their turn, all players take 1 last turn, including the player who triggered the game's ending.

    Scoring

    1. Score points based on primary (city, vista, harbour, or open water) tags based on the table below.
       • Remember to count tags in your caravan.
    2. Score space cards and achieved inspiration cards.
       • Players should determine who has the most comet tags.
       • Remember to count tags in your caravan.
    3. Score all printed VP values on upgrade tiles in your caravan.
    4. Score guild majorities: 3 VP to the player with the most influence in each guild.
       • If there is a tie, no one scores any points.

    The player with the most points wins. If tied:

    1. The player with the most black influence wins.
    2. The player with the most yellow influence wins.
    3. The player with the most blue influence wins.
    4. The players share the victory.

    Tag scoring

    # tags	Points
    2=	2
    3=	3
    4=	5
    5=	8
    6=	12
    7=	16
    4≠	5

• Appendix

  • This covers some specific rules for different aspects of the game.

  • Guilds
    • • Guild abilities (spend 1 influence to activate):
        • Black: When journaling, move 1 additional space.
        • Yellow: Increase or decrease dice by a total value of 2.
          • This can be 2 different dice by 1 each or 1 die by a difference of 2.
        • Blue: When placing a die, act as if it had a ship asset.
      • Players may only use each guild's ability at most once per turn.
  • Journaling
    • • Any time you get a journal action, you may move 1 space to the right on the journal track.
        • You must have the indicated tags/items in the ink splotch you wish to progress through.
        • Some spaces have you spend influence to progress.
        • The 1st 2 ink splotches have no requirements.
      • When you move to a new space, collect the reward on the space.
        • Do not remove the journal tile in spaces with a tile.
      • If you land on a space adjacent to a green worker, also take the green worker.
      • Any number of players can share the same space on the journal track.
  • Influence
    • • Influence is placed on either cards or in the guilds.
      • If you want to interact with a card with an influence, you must pay the influence owner 1 silver or 1 provision.
      • "Interacting" includes:
        • Acquiring the card
        • Placing a worker on the card
        • Retrieving a worker from the card
      • Influence spent/removed from a card is always returned to its owner.
      • If you gain an ability that allows you to place influence, but you have none left in your supply, you may instead move an influence from another location.
  • Land/Water/Space Cards
    • • General note: Your starting player board features cards printed on it. These "cards" act like any of the cards that you acquire during the game, which means that you can tuck other cards above/below them as normal.
        • The 1 exception to this is the observatory/library space on your player board (with 4 dice placement spots). This is not technically a "card" for any game elements that may reference them.
      • When acquiring a card with a worker(s) on it, add the worker(s) to your supply.
      • The benefits on cards can never be activated on the same turn they were acquired (except immediate ⚡ effects).

      Land Cards

      • Land cards are placed to the left of your player board.
      • These cards have no inherent cost, but the action being taken to acquire them may have a cost.
      • When acquiring 1 of these cards, you can either take a face up card or draw 3 from the deck and keep 1 (return the others to the bottom of the deck).
        • You must have an available pidgeon symbol or spend 1 provision to use the "deck" option.
      • Some land cards have 1-time immediate effects on the left side of the card (blue bar with a ⚡ symbol).

      Water Cards

      • Water cards are placed to the right of your player board.
      • These cards have no inherent cost, but the action being taken to acquire them may have a cost.
      • When acquiring 1 of these cards, you can either take a face up card or draw 3 from the deck and keep 1 (return the others to the bottom of the deck).
        • You must have an available pidgeon symbol or spend 1 provision to use the "deck" option.
      • Water cards provide immediate effects via the connection links on card edges.
        • Activate anything where a benefit matches a ⚡ symbol.

      Space Cards

      • Space cards must be placed above land or water cards. These provide victory points.
      • Space cards cost silver based on which slot they sit above.
      • They can never have an empty card slot below them.
      • There is only 1 sun and 1 moon card. They are worth 3 VP on their own or 14 VP if you have both.
      • There are 5 planet cards, scoring 1 VP + 1 additional VP per planet tag (including its own).
      • There are 8 comet cards, each worth 1-3 VP.
        • At the end of the game, if a player has more comet tags than anyone else, each comet card is worth 4 VP each instead.
      • There are 21 space cards with stars on them.
      • Some space cards have 1-time immediate effects printed on the right side of the card (blue bar with a ⚡ symbol).
  • Inspiration Cards
    • • Inspiration cards do not have a cost.
      • Inspiration cards must be tucked above space cards.
        • Each space card can only have 1 tucked inspiration card.
      • If you can't tuck the card, or don't want to, it can instead be discarded for the immediate effect printed on the board in the slot it was removed from.
        • Discarded cards should be placed face down at the bottom of the inspiration card stack.
      • These cards will provide VP if the condition(s) on the card are met at the end of the game.
        • Inspiration cards will double the value of the space cards they are placed above (if the condition(s) is met).
  • Townsfolk Cards
    • • Townsfolk cards must be tucked under land or water cards.
      • Townsfolk only provide benefits for the cards they are tucked under (except cards with general abilities, like those that activate during a rest action).
      • When acquiring a card with a worker(s) on it, add the worker(s) to your supply.
      • The benefits on cards can never be activated on the same turn they were acquired (except immediate ⚡ effects).
      • Townsfolk cards require specific tags in order to be acquired.
        • The tags are listed to the right of the name on the card.
        • They may only be tucked under a land/water card featuring at least 1 of the required tags.
      • These cards enhance the cards they are tucked under or provide various other effects.
      • Each land/water card can only have 1 tucked townsfolk card.
      • Townsfolk abilities can be resolved before or after the land/water card's ability.
      • As depicted on your starting star card, each pair of townsfolk card + upgrade tile will score 1 VP at the end of the game.
  • Upgrade Tiles
    • • Upgrade tiles are placed on your caravan to upgrade it.
      • The costs for land/water/space/basic upgrade tiles are shown on the board near where they are kept.
      • Special upgrade tiles do not have a cost, but are acquired through other actions (like advancing on the journal track).
      • When placing upgrade tiles in your caravan:
        • They must fit completely into the caravan (can't hang off).
        • Tiles cannot cover other tiles.
        • Tiles can be flipped.
        • Tiles can never be rotated. All icons must appear un-rotated.
        • Tiles can never be moved or removed after being placed.
        • If you cover a space with an icon, gain the effect shown on the board.
      • Some upgrade tiles have VP printed on them that will score at the end of the game.
      • Pink upgrade tiles also feature tags, which work the same way as tags printed on cards.
        • Primary tags (city/vista/harbour/open water) on upgrade tiles also contribute toward tag scoring at the end of the game.
      • Some tiles show a silver or provision discount icon. When placing a die with these icons, that die's entire action is discounted by whatever is in the matching column.
      • Some tiles show dice manipulation symbols. These allow the die to be altered before placing it.
• Icons

  • Symbol	Description
    	City
    	Vista
    	Harbour
    	Open Water
    	Observatory
    	Library
    	Stars
    	Planet
    	Sun
    	Moon
    	Comet
    	3 VP per set of comet, planet, and star tags
    	Land Upgrade Tile
    	Water Upgrade Tile
    	Space Upgrade Tile
    	Basic Upgrade Tile
    	Special Upgrade Tile
    	Any Upgrade Tile
    	Acquire a basic upgrade tile for free
    	Land Card
    	Water Card
    	Space Card
    	Townsfolk Card
    	Inspiration Card
    	Acquire a Townsfolk card for free
    	Draw 3 of the depicted cards, keep 1, and place the other 2 at the bottom of their deck in any order
    	A set of cards = 1 VP
    	Camel
    	Ship
    	Telescope
    	Pidgeon
    	Place an influence in the depicted guild
    	Spend an influence from the depicted guild
    	Place an influence in any guild
    	Move an influence in any guild
    	Place 1 influence in each guild
    	Place an influence on any face up card. You must pay 1 silver or 1 provision to each player with an influence on the card when you interact with it.
    	Provision
    	Silver
    	Green Worker
    	Green/Yellow Worker
    	Green/Blue Worker
    	Any Worker
    	Retrieve any worker from a face up card
    	Increase/Decrease a Die
    	Refresh a die. You may reroll a placed/unplaced die to be played on a later turn, even the die that was just placed.
    	Gain a new die from the reserve and add it to your supply
    	Your die must have all pictured assets to be placed here
    	Journal
    	Extra Journal (max once per turn)
    	Negate a depicted cost

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