Yokohama

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• Setup
  • • Select the appropriate game boards based on the number of players shown on their backs.
    • Randomly arrange the boards in a triangle shape (2P: 4 on top, 3P: 5 on top, 4P: 6 on top)
    • Place the score track directly above the play area and the management boards on either side.
    • Shuffle the building site cards and place 1 face up on each location.
    • Shuffle the 5-Power tokens and place 1 face up on each location.
    • Each player takes all of the pieces in their colour.
    • Each player starts with 2 shops and 8 assistants in hand. All other pieces are in their warehouse.
    • Each player gets 1 copper, silk, tea, and fish.
    • Starting player gets 3 Yen, everyone else gets 4 Yen.
    • Shuffle the order cards and return some to the box (2P: 16, 3P: 5, 4P: 0).
    • Deal order cards to the open spaces on the Port and Dock management boards.
    • Deal 2 orders to each player. Each player chooses to keep 1 and return the other to the box.
    • Shuffle the technology cards. Deal 1 to each open space on the Laboratory and Research Center management boards.
    • Select a random A, B, and C achievement card.
    • 2P: Block the indicated spaces on the Church and Customs management boards with a neutral worker.
• Gameplay
  • • A player can have a maximum of 3 order cards in their hand and cannot discard them. Must be completed.
    • When a game end condition is met, finish the current round and then play 1 more full round.
    • Must perform the phases in order.
  • Phase A - Additional Action Phase (First Half)
    • • May perform any number of these actions any number of times.
    • Use Foreign Agent
      • • May only use 1 foreign agent per turn.
        • Turn 1 of your agent tiles face down to show it has been used.
        • Choose an area containing at least 1 of your assistants and not your president.
        • May choose an area that contains another player’s president. Do not need to pay.
        • Carry out steps 3-6 in that area like a normal action phase.
    • Fulfill an Achievement
      • • Place an assistant from your hand onto an achievement whose conditions you meet.
        • If first player to achieve this, score the larger number of points, otherwise score the smaller number.
        • Do not need to spend the indicated resources.
        • Each player may only fulfill each achievement once.
    • Fulfill an Order
      • • Place an order card from your hand face up in front of you.
        • Discard the goods indicated on the order and gain the reward.
        • Check to see if you’ve matched country icons in order to earn a foreign agent (any 2 orders and/or techs with same flag).
  • Phase B - Main Action Phase
    • Step 1 - Placement Step
      • • Choose 1 of the following:
          • Place 1 assistant into each of up to 3 different areas.
          • Place 2 assistants into a single area.
        • Assistants must come from your hand.
        • Cannot place assistants on the Canal.
        • Can place assistants where your president is.
        • For each opposing president in an area, you must pay them 1 yen for each assistant you want to place there. Can’t do this if you can’t pay.
    • Step 2 - Movement Step
      • • Choose 1 of the following:
          • Return your president and all of your assistants from any 1 area (not management board) to your hand. Skip 3-6.
          • Move your president to another area.
        • President must move along a path created by your assistants and must end in a space containing your assistants.
        • Cannot end in a space containing an opposing president.
        • For each opposing president in an area, you must pay them 1 yen to pass through or end there. Can’t do this if you can’t pay.
    • Step 3 - Area Action Step
      • • Perform the action of the area based on your power there.
        • Each piece of your color that is on the action gives +1 power to a maximum of 5.
        • Any opponent with a trading house in that area gets 1 yen from the bank. Never get yen from your own trading houses.
    • Step 4 - 5-Power Bonus (Optional)
      • • If you performed a 5-Power action, take the 5-Power token from the space if it’s available.
        • Immediately gain its bonus then turn the tile face down in front of you.
    • Step 5 - Construction (Optional)
      • • Choose 1 of the following:
          • Construct 1 shop.
          • Construct 1 trading house.
        • Each area may only have 1 shop for each player.
        • Each area may only have 1 trading house.
        • Shop: Choose any open space, place your shop there, and gain the displayed bonus.
        • Shops and trading houses must be built from your hand.
    • Step 6 - Recovery Step
      • • Take back all assistants from the area you used.
  • Additional Action Phase (Second Half)
    • • Identical to Additional Action Phase (First Half).
• End of the Game
  • • Any player has built all 4 of their trading houses.
    • Any player has built all 8 of their shops.
    • Not enough cards to refill management board.
    • Number of assistants placed on the Church management board (2P: 5 including neutral, 3P: 5, 4P: 6).
    • Number of assistants placed on the Customs House management board (2P: 5 including neutral, 3P: 5, 4P: 6).
    • Finish the current round, then play 1 more round.
• Scoring
  • • Player with most assistants on the Church board gets 6 VP. Second gets 3 VP. Break ties with rightmost assistant.
      • If only 1 player has assistants on this board, they get both first and second place VP.
    • Player with most assistants on the Customs board gets 8 VP. Second gets 4 VP. Break ties with rightmost assistant.
      • If only 1 player has assistants on this board, they get both first and second place VP.
    • Player with highest total value in technology cards gets 10 VP. Second gets 5 VP. Break ties closest to start player.
      • If only 1 player has technology cards, they get both first and second place VP.
      • 2P: Dummy player has an ending technology value of 7.5. Each player gets VP based on the number of unique country flags on their order and technology cards. o5 different: 12 VP, 4 different: 8 VP, 3 different: 4 VP, 2 different: 2 VP, 1 different: 0 VP.
    • +1 VP per unused foreign agent.
    • +1 VP per import token.
    • +1 VP per 2 Yen.
    • +1 VP per 3 trade goods.
    • Break ties closest to start player.
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