Expeditions

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• Setup
  • • Each player gets:
      • A random mech mat at the corresponding mini.
      • Starting cards: A character card and its matching companion. Place these in your "hand area" next to your mat (left).
      • Gain the tokens in 1 color:
        • 4 glory tokens (stars) -- place them on your mat.
        • An action token (cube) -- place it on the refresh space on your mat.
        • 1 silicone base for your mech
      • Gain power and guile tokens and place these on the zero space of the track on your mat.
      • 2 player aid cards.
    • Place the basecamp board with each player's mech next to it.
    • Separate the location tiles into their 3 locations, (S)outh, (C)entral, and (N)orth.
      • Shuffle the South tiles and place them as shown on the bacecamp board face up.
      • Repeat the above with the Central and North tiles, but place these tiles face down.
    • Place 1 map token on each of the face down locations.
    • Shuffle the meteorite, item, and quest cards into a single deck. Place 1 card from the deck in each of the 5 open spaces in the board (as shown on the basecamp board). Set the deck to the side face down.
    • Create a supply of workers, coins, and map tokens.
    • Fill the bag with all corruption tokens except the value 20 token.
    • Randomly pick a 1st player.
• Gameplay

  • A turn consists of either taking actions or refreshing.

    • You begin your turn by shifting your action token.
    • If you take actions, you must perform all exposed actions (that you are able to).
    • With the exception of the refresh turn and the 1st turn after a refresh, your action token must stay in the Move/Play/Gather box.
    • When you start your turn on the refresh action, shift your token to the left and take all 3 actions. On your next turn, you will shift the token to 1 of the Move/Play/Gather spaces and take the 2 showing actions.
    • The game ends when someone plays their 4th star.
  • Move

    • Move your mech to another unoccupied space within range.

      • Basecamp is adjacent to 3 locations for the 1st move of the game.
        • You cannot move back to basecamp after the 1st move.
      • Normal range is 1-3 spaces.
      • You cannot end your movement on a space with another mech.
      • You may move through a space with another mech.
      • You cannot move to one of the spots with cards (these are not locations).
      • If you cannot legally move, stay where you are and count it as taking the move action.
      • If you move onto a face down location, your movement ends.
        • Gain the map token.
        • Flip the location face up.
        • Draw corruption tokens from the bag, 1 at a time, until the total value of the tokens is >= to the value shown on the location.
          • The tokens are placed in the order drawn, with the 1st token on the bottom.
          • The tokens cover the right hand action space.
          • If the location with the "20" is revealed, instead place the 20 token on the location.
          • If the corruption bag is empty, just stop drawing tokens and leave the location as is.
  • Play

    • Take 1 card from your hand area (left of your mat) and place it to your active row (right of your mat). If you already have cards there, place the new one to the right.

      • In any order, you may:
        • Gain the card's core value (upper left).
        • Place a matching worker on the card to activate its ability (bottom).

      Gain Core Value

      • Some cards have conditions based on the number of stars or melded meteorites.
      • When gaining power/guile, move the appropriate token on the track. You may never have more than 10 of either.

      Activating Abilities

      • "Cards you control" may be in either your hand or active row.
      • Any ability that refers to a token, card, worker, or mech applies only to items in your possession, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
      • Some abilities have conditions. e.g. a minimum number of melded meteorites.
      • Each card may only hold 1 worker.
      • Any reference to a card's color pertains to the color of worker printed on it.
      • "Previous" refers to the card to the left of the card in the active row.
      • "Face-up" cards are the cards in the board area. Adjacent face up cards are those adjacent to your mech.
      • Items (instant and ongoing)
        • Instant benefits are printed above the worker space.
        • Ongoing benefits are active while the card is in your active row (with a worker on it).
        • If you trigger a card with an instant and ongoing ability, you can resolve them in any order.
        • If there is a cost, you must pay the cost 1st.
      • "Rescue" a card by returning it to your hand from the active row. If it has a worker on it, return it to your mat.
      • Gained and discarded cards go to the right-most space in your active row.
        • Gained/discarded cards do not grant any benefit and you cannot play a worker on them.
        • Cards may only be discarded from your hand.
      • If the card has an "OR" clause, you may only activate 1 of the 2 abilities.
      • "Trashing" cards returns them to box.
      • If a card activates another cards ability, do not place another worker.
        • If the activated ability has an ongoing ability, it only applies to the end of the current turn.
      • "Solve": Your mech must be at a location matching a quest you control (hand or active row). Pay the cost shown on the right hand side of the card to get the benefit below the red arrow.
        • The quest is slid under the top of your mat.
        • You may only solve 4 quests during the game.
        • You may solve a quest whether or not the location has corruption.
        • If you gain a map token as a benefit, gain it from the supply.
      • "Vanquish": Pay the cost of the top-most corruption token in your mech's location and gain the corruption token.
        • You may repeat this to gain more than 1 corruption token for a single vanquish action.
        • Removing the final corruption will reveal a new benefit that can be gained during a Gather action.
        • The values/colors of the corruption and the benefit space underneath are public info.
        • If the corruption is destroyed by some other means, return it to the bag.
        • Location 20 has the 20 value corruption token. It requires both 10 guile and 10 power to defeat it.
  • Gather

    • When you take a Gather action, gain the exposed benefits at your mech's location.

      • Each icon is a separate benefit. If they are separated by a "/" ("or"), you may only choose 1 of the benefits.
      • Gain a face up card: You may gain any of the face up cards. If instead it is gaining an adjacent face up card, take one adjacent to your mech.
        • Immediately replace any cards taken with a new card from the deck.
          • If the deck is ever empty, shuffle the discard to form a new deck.
        • When you gain a card, add it to the right of your active row.
      • Sweep: Remove any number of face up cards and place them in the discard pile next to the deck. Replace any of the swept cards with new ones.
      • Gain a worker: Gain the worker from the supply and place it on your mat.
        • Workers are limited in supply.
        • Workers on your mat are "available".
      • Gain a benefit from an adjacent location: Gain only 1 of the benefits from an adjacent location.
      • Activating an adjacent card's ability: Activate a card adjacent to your mech. Do not place a worker. If it is an ongoing ability, it's only active until the end of your turn.
      • Play a card from your hand: Follow the standard rules for playing a card.
      • Refresh cards and workers: Return active cards to your hand and return all workers on those cards to your mat. Do not move your action token to the refresh space.
      • Rescue: Return a card from your active row to your hand. If there is a worker on it, return it to your mat.
      • Map token: Gain a map token from the supply.
        • Map tokens are limited.
      • Upgrade: Tuck an item card from your hand or active row under the right side of your mech mat so that the ability is showing, but the worker is covered.
        • Instant benefits are ignored and only ongoing abilities now matter for the tucked cards.
        • The ongoing ability is active for the rest of the game.
        • You are limited to 4 upgraded cards.
        • If a worker was on the card when upgraded, return it to your mat.
      • Meld: Tuck a meteorite card from your hand or active row under the bottom of your mat so that only the meld bonus is visible.
        • Immediately gain the meld bonus of all melded meteorites, including the newly melded card.
        • You are limited to 4 melded cards.
        • If a worker was on the card, return it to your mat.
        • Having a number of melded meteorites can trigger additional benefits on other cards.
      • Boast: Choose 1 (and only 1) glory category on the basecamp board for which you've met (or exceeded) the goal and you don't have a star on it, and place a star on it.
        • The number of stars placed can give you additional benefits on other cards you play.
  • Refresh
    • • When you take a refresh turn, return all cards in your active row to your hand and all workers back to your mat.
      • Put your action token on the Refresh space on your mat.
        • On your next turn, you will move it to the space to the left of the refresh space and take all 3 actions.
        • After the above turn, you must move your action token to 1 of the Move/Play/Gather spaces.
      • If you get a refresh benefit, only return your cards and workers, do not move your action token.
• End of the Game

  • The game end is triggered when a player places their 4th star on the basecamp. Each player takes 1 additional turn including the player who placed the 4th star.

    Final Scoring

    • The number of coins you have.
    • The coin value on each upgraded item (bottom right corner).
    • Each corruption scores $2, including the "20" token.
    • Each glory token scores an amount equal to the number of quests solved. e.g. each star would be worth $6 if you solved 1 quest.

    Quests	Value
    0	$5
    1	$6
    2	$8
    3	$10

    The player with the most money wins. If there is a tie, the player with greater sum of all glory categories wins -- add up the total number of quests, melds, upgrades, etc. This includes adding up items for categories without stars. If there is still a tie, the players share the victory.

• Mech Abilities
  • • Tatanka: You may solve, upgrade and meld up to 5 times each.
    • Marsh Strider: Your movement range is 1-4 spaces (instead of 1-3).
    • Odin's Wrath: You may trash a map token to gain either 1 power, 1 guile, or $1. This must be map tokens in your supply.
    • Lumberjack: Whenever you vanquish, reduce the cost of the 1st corruption of each color by 1. For the "20" corruption tile, this reduces it to 18 (9 of each).
    • Highlander: You may gain cards directly to your hand (instead of the active row).
• Glory Categories

  • Symbol	Description
    	Solve 4 quests
    	Meld 4 meteorites
    	Upgrade 4 items
    	Vanquish the corruption from location 20
    	Have at least 7 corruption tokens (this doesn't include the value 20 token)
    	Have at least 8 cards in your control (this doesn't include upgrades, melds, or solved quests)
    	Have at least 7 workers or 5 map tokens (you still can only place 1 star here)

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