Setup

Village Boards

1. Player Color: Each Player selects a Banner color , and matching the color to pick up the following:
   • 1 Village Board
   • 10 Banners Tokens
   • 5 random Milestone Cards (keep hidden for other players)
2. Initial Resources: Place 1 Bread , 1 Timber and 1 Clay in your Storehouse Slots .
3. Dice Tokens: Select any 5 Dice Tokens – and place them in the Dice Slot on your Resource Plot .

City Boards

1. City Boards: Place the Boards marked with accesible on your game area:
   • Chapter Board
   • City Market
   • City Square
2. Chapter Stack: Shuffle the Chapter Cards . Draw 8 random Chapter Cards and place them face-down on the Chapter Board. Reveal the top Chapter Card and apply its effect.
3. City Market Setup: Place 1 resource of each type in the first Slot of both Raw Market and Crafted Market in the City Market, unless the revealed Chapter Card states otherwise.

Organize

1. Token Supply: Place remaining Dice Tokens – and Resources Tokens in accesible piles.
2. Game Guide: Place the Game Guide in sight.
3. Decide Starting Player: Let the Dice determine the Starting Player.

Game Structure

The game is played over a maximum of 8 Chapter Rounds, until a Player has completed 5 Milestones .

Chapter Round

Turn Sequence

1. Chapter Board: The Starting Player places the Chapter Board and the two Dice in easy reach.
2. The Roll: The Starting Player rolls the yellow Dice and places it on the Chapter Board in the matching Dice Slot.
3. Resource Collection: All Players collect the Resource that matches the Dice result and the Dice Token – on the Players Resource Plot . Place the collected Resource in your empty Storehouse Slots .
4. Player Actions: In clockwise order, Players may perform once per Turn, any number of the following actions:
   • Trade: Exchange Resources at the Market or The Smuggler, according to the Trade Ratio. Trades between Players are not allowed.
   • Craft: Convert Raw Resources into Crafted Resources (e.g., Stew , Iron ) in an owned or available Building. See each Building for crafting ratio.
   • Upgrade Plot: Hire Worker , purchase Tool or Horse , and place a Dice Token – in the upgraded Slot.
   • Build: Spend Resources to construct a Building. Place your Banner on the Building to mark ownership. The price of a Building is indicated by Silver (in Village) or Gold (in City) Coins.
     
   • Acquire Milestones: Purchase Milestone Cards . Draw two random cards, keep one, discard the other.
   • Discard Resources: Remove Resources from your Storehouse to free up Slots.
   • When paying, crafting, or discarding, return Resources to Supply piles.
5. When each Player have had the opportunity to perform actions, the Starting Player starts a new Turn with the grey Dice .

A Chapter Round is 10 Turns.

Rations (End of Round)

After the final Turn of the Chapter Round, all Players must feed their Town:

• Cost:
  • 3 Grain / Meat (mix anyhow)
    or
  • 1 Bread / Stew
• Starvation: If a Player cannot pay the Ration cost, that Player is restricted during the next Chapter Round. They may only:
  • Collect food (Grain /Meat )
  • Craft food (Bread /Stew )
  • Trade in the Market or with The Smuggler
  • Receive Payment (also non-food Resources) from City Buildings
  • All other actions are unavailable until the Ration cost is paid
• Recovery: As soon as the Ration is paid, the Player resumes normal play from the next Turn. Starvation does not stack.
• Players are not allowed to deliberately skip Rations or postpone Recovery.

Round Reset

1. New Start Player: The next Player in clockwise order becomes the starting Player.
2. New Chapter: Reveal the next Chapter Card and immediately apply its effect.
3. Market Reset: Reset the City Market to 1 Resource in the first Slot of each row, unless the revealed Chapter Card states otherwise.

A new Chapter Round begins.
Handover the Chapter Board to the next player to throw the Dice.

Boards & Buildings

Buying a Building

• Spend the required Resources matching the Silver or Gold Coins cost.
  
  Note! The Silver and Gold Coins is a price tag, and is not a physical token.
• Place your Banner on the Building to claim ownership.
• A Building cannot be used until purchased by you in the Village, or by any Player in the City Square.

If another Player uses your City Building, you receive payment according to the Resource with the red border on the Building.

If the Owner uses their own Building, no payment is made.

Any Cost with is paid with either Resources above, or below, e.g. pay with 2 Timber or 1 Furniture.

Village

Storehouse

• Items can only be collected if there is an empty Slot.
• You cannot discard Resources during the collection phase; this must be done during your Action phase.
• You can buy a Storehouse extension to increase available Slots.
  

Resource Plot

– Raw Resources: The Plots for Grain, Ore, Clay, and Timber have 4 Slots for Dice Tokens. – Hunting: The Hunting Plot provides both Fur and Meat on a match. It cannot host a Horse upgrade. – Upgrades: Hire Worker, purchase Tool or Horse by placing a Dice Token in the Slots to increase collection chances. The cost to hire a Worker is Silver Coins. Tool and Horse is purchased in the Smithy and Stables respectively. – After a Dice Token has been placed in a Slot, it may not be changed during the game.

Bloomery, Bakery & Cookhouse

After building the Bloomery, Bakery or Cookhouse you may craft the Raw Resource in the purchased Building.
See Resources & Building for details.

City Square

Applies to all City Buildings

• Ownership: One Owner per Building (marked by a Banner ).
• Payments: Owners receive payments when other Players use their Building. The payment is included in the cost, and is indicated by a red border on the Resource .
  As an example, the payment received from crafting in Carpentry is a Timber .
  

Tavern

– The Owner places a Dice Token permanently in the Dice Slot. – If the rolled Dice matches the Tavern’s Dice Token, all other Players must offer the Tavern Owner one Resource of their choice from their Storehouse. This is done after all Players have collected their Resources, and before the starting Player starts with the Actions. The Tavern Owner is responsible for reminding the other Players to pay. – The Tavern owner may only accept resources if they have empty Storehouse Slots. – After this, the game continues as normal.

Brickworks, Carpentry & Tailor’s

After constructing a Building you and other Players may craft the Raw Resource in the Building.
See Resources & Building for details.

Smithy & Stables

When a Player purchases a Tool or Horse, the Player pays the stated cost, and from the cost, the Owner receives payment according to the Resource with the red border.

The Ore (Smithy) and Fur (Stables) cannot be replaced by Iron or Cloak respectively.

Note! If the Tool or Horse is purchased with 1 Crafted Resource instead of 2 Raw, the Owner will receive the Raw Resource payment from the Resource Supply pile.

City Market

Market

– Raw Market: 5 Slots per Resource type. – Crafted Market: 3 Slots per Resource type. – You may not exceed available Slots. – You may not trade for a Resource that is not present. Each Chapter Round begins with 1 Resource in the first Slot.

The Smuggler

– Unlimited supply. – Less favorable trade ratios. – All trades are handled using the Supply piles.

Trade Ratio

The trading ratio is stated on the City Market Board, in the information box at the Raw and Crafted Market, and The Smuggler.

Raw

Crafted

The Smuggler

Resources & Buildings

In rare cases, if the Supply pile runs out of a Resource, the Resource cannot be replaced by another Resource.

Raw Resources may be crafted into specific Crafted Resources in designated Buildings.

Crafting Buildings

RAW RESOURCE (IN)	CRAFT BUILDING	CRAFTED RESOURCE (OUT)
Clay	Brickworks (City)	Brick
Fur	Tailor’s (City)	Cloak
Grain	Bakery (Village)	Bread
Meat	Cookhouse (Village)	Stew
Ore	Bloomery (Village)	Iron
Timber	Carpentry (City)	Furniture

Other City Buildings

In the City a Player can use the Smithy and Stables to produce upgrade goods Tool and Horse respectively.

RESOURCE (IN)	BUILDING	UPGRADE GOODS (OUT)
	Smithy (City)
	Stables (City)

Read more about Tavern here.

Cards

Under the Chapter Appendix, you can read clarifications on Cards.

Chapter Card

– A Chapter Card is revealed at the start of each Chapter Round. – Its effect applies for that Chapter Round only. – Effects are mandatory unless otherwise stated. – Any Chapter Card affecting the Market is only applied to the Market, and not at The Smuggler, if not stated otherwise.

Milestone Card

– All Towns have the same set of Milestone Cards – The Milestones are set in both the City and the Town. – Each Player begins with 5 Milestones, hidden for other players. – Milestones remain hidden until the end of the game. – A Milestone is completed when its conditions are fulfilled.

Acquire new Milestone Card

Since multiple Players can have the same Milestone (City based Milestones), some Milestones will not be possible to complete.
A Player can acquire new Milestone Cards.
When purchasing a Milestone Card, the Player acquires two new cards, and keeps one, and discards the other.

You can purchase Milestone Cards, even though your other Milestone Cards are not blocked.

End of Game & Scoring

Game end

End of Game is triggered immediately when:

• A Player completes 5 Milestone Cards
  or
• The 8th Chapter Round ends

No Rations are required if the game ends in Chapter 10.

In rare cases where a Player completes more than 5 Milestones, the Player need to select the 5 highest rewarded Cards.

Order of Scoring

1. The Player who completed 5 Milestones reveals their cards and calculates points.
2. Remaining Players reveal and calculate points clockwise.
3. The Finisher Bonus
   The Player who completed 5 Milestones gains 1 point for each opponent.
4. Tiebreaker
   The Player who triggered the end of the game wins.
   If not among tied Players, victory is shared.