Object of the Game

Be the first to score ten (10+) or more Influence Points (VPs) by producing buildings and also using your buildings to produce more VPs.

First Turn

On the first turn you may trade up to all of your coins for basic goods (wood, grain, clay, stone, and/or cotton) as long as they are available. The first player starts with three (3), second four (4), third (5) etc.

Game-play

On your turn you must choose to either Produce or Trade You have a set hand limit of seven (7) goods.

• Produce a single basic good (wood, wheat, clay, stone, or cotton)

• Produce a single trade good by revealing or expending one or more other goods (as shown below and in the Conversion Chart in the lower right of the game board)

• Trade a number of goods for other goods / buildings of equal (or lesser) cost

• Additionally, each building you own may perform its action once per turn - before or after you produce or trade

Expended Basic Goods returned to their columns for immediate reuse.

Expended Trade Goods go into the discard pile to the right of their deck.

When a column of Trade Goods is depleted, replacement cards are drawn until there are again five distinct cards, shuffling the discard pile as needed.

After your turn, it proceeds to the next player.

This repeats until the winning condition are met. A player has ten (10+) or more victory points.

Trading

Each good has a value in the upper left, which is its trade value (which is always equal to it purchase price, in the lower center-right). This value (combined with any other cards) may be used to purchase any other available card(s). Either the number of cards you discard or gain must be 1.

Producing

A good may be produced if it is in one of the five columns on the left side of the board by revealing or expending the appropriate good(s).

The piles to the right of the decks show cards that have been previously expended. These cards may be examined at any time, but may not produced.

Note that basic goods do not have a cost, so you may always produce one basic good (among those available on the bottom row). This is inefficient but sometimes necessary.

If you have multiple choices of what to produce, you can only select one per turn. However buildings allow you to perform additional conversions.

Buildings

Buildings are worth 1-3 Influence Points (VPs). Most buildings have an additional ability (a limited extra trade/consume phase), which is either one of the trades on the Conversion Chart or a trade of one or more specific goods for a given number of additional Influence Points. If the conditions on the top of the card are met you will have the option to play the card once during your turn, either before or after you Trade or Produce.

The Goods

Basic Goods

First Level (Beige)

All Basic Goods have trade value 1. The numbers after each good are the quantity available with 4/3/2 players.

Wood (5/4/3)

Expend two (x2) to produce Paling

Expend to produce Coal

Expend with Grain to produce Sheep

Expend with Clew to produce Fishing Rod

Wheat (3/3/2)

Expend to produce Flour

Expend with Wood to produce Sheep

Expend with Clay to produce Cow

Clay (3/3/2)

Expend with Grain to produce Cow

Expend to produce Clay Brick

Expend with Stone Brick to produce Wall

Stone (3/2/2)

Expend to produce Cut Stone

Expend to produce Fish

Expend with Coal to produce Beam

Cotton (2/1/1)

Expend to produce Clew

Second Level Trade Goods (Blue)

Paling (wooden boards) (Value 5, Quantity 2)

Expend to produce Barrel

Expend to build Fishmonger

Expend to build Spinning Mill

Expend to build Cloth Mill

Expend to build Fish Pond

Expend to build Cattle Ranch

Expend with Clay Brick and Cut Stone to build Mansion

Expend with Beam and Wall to build Castle

Coal (Value 3, Quantity 3)

Expend with Stone to produce Beam

Expend with Flour to produce Bread

Expend to build Butcher Shop

Expend to build Clay Brick Factory

Expend with Clay Brick to build Brewery

Flour (Value 3, Quantity 2)

Expend with Coal to produce Bread

Expend to build Masonry

Sheep (Value 5, Quantity 2)

Reveal to produce Clew

Expend to produce Steak

Cow (Value 5, Quantity 2)

Reveal to produce Milk

Expend to produce Steak

Clay Brick (Value 3, Quantity 3)

Expend to build Bakery

Expend to build Foundry

Expend to build Water Mill

Expend to build Sheep Ranch

Expend to build Milk Shop

Expend to build Quarry

Expend with Coal to build Brewery

Expend with Stone Brick to build Bread Store

Expend with Paling and Stone Brick to build Mansion

Cut Stone (Value 3, Quantity 2)

Expend with Clay to produce Wall

Expend to build Sawmill

Expend to build Barrel Factory

Expend to build Leather Factory

Expend to build Charcoal Hut

Expend to build Dairy

Expend with Clay Brick to build Bread Store

Expend with Paling and Clay Brick to build Mansion

Fish (Value 5, Quantity 1)

Expend to build Specialty Shop

Clew (yarn) (Value 3, Quantity 2)

Expend with Wood to produce Fishing Rod

Expend to produce Cloth

Third Level Trade Goods (Purple)

All third level trade goods are unique (have quantity 1)

Barrel (Value 8)

Beam (Value 8)

Expend with Paling and Wall to build Castle

Expend to build Deli

Expend to build Shoe Store

Bread (Value 11)

Steak (Value 8)

Leather (sometimes called Fabric) (Value 8)

Milk (Value 4)

Wall (Value 8)

Expend to build Tailor

Expend to build Restaurant

Expend to build Cheese Store

Expend with Paling and Beam to build Castle

Fishing Rod (Value 8)

Reveal to produce Fish

Cloth (Value 6)

Expend to build Hardware Store

The Buildings

Once you have a building a process will be "automated" for you, provided that you have the necessary input good(s) and that the output good is available. The building may activated only once during your turn. A building can be produced by expending the good(s) listed at the bottom right in lieu of trading for its "cost".

Worth 1VP

Butcher Shop (Expend Coal or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Sheep to produce Steak

Allows you to expend Cow to produce Steak

Brick Factory (Expend Coal or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Clay to produce Clay Brick

Bakery (Expend Clay Brick or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Coal and Flour to produce Bread

Foundry (Expend Clay Brick or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Coal and Cut Stone to produce Beam

Water Mill (Expend Clay Brick or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Grain to produce Flour

Sheep Ranch (Expend Clay Brick or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Wheat and Wood to produce Sheep

Barrel Factory (Expend Cut Stone or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Paling to produce Barrel

Leather Factory (Expend Cut Stone or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Cow to produce Leather

Milk Shop (Expend Clay Brick or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Milk to gain 1VP

Charcoal Hut (Expend Cut Stone or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Wood to produce Coal

Quarry (Expend Clay Brick or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Stone to produce Cut Stone.

Sawmill (Expend Cut Stone or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend 2x Wood to produce Paling

Dairy (Expend Cut Stone or trade in 6)

Allows you to reveal Cow to produce Milk

Masonry (Expend Flour or trade in 6)

Allows you to expend Cut Stone and Clay to produce Wall

Fishmonger (Expend Paling or trade in 8)

Allows you to expend Fish to gain 1VP

Specialty Shop (Expend Fish or trade in 8)

Allows you to trade a level 3 good for other goods (not buildings)

Spinning Mill (Expend Paling or trade in 8)

Allows you to reveal Sheep or expend Cotton to produce Clew

Textile Mill (Expend Paling or trade in 8)

Allows you to expend Clew to produce Cloth

Fish Pond (Expend Paling or trade in 8)

Allows you to reveal Fishing Rod or expend Stone to produce Fish

Cattle Range (Expend Paling or trade in 8)

Allows you to expend Clay and Wheat to produce Cow

Hardware Store (Expend Cloth or trade in 10)

Allows you to expend Leather to gain 2VP

Allows you to expend Beam to gain 2VP

Worth 2VP

Brewery (Expend Clay Brick and Coal or trade in 11)

Allows you to expend Barrel and Wheat to gain 2VP

Bread Store (Expend Clay Brick and Cut Stone or trade in 11)

Allows you to expend Bread to gain 2VP

Deli (Expend Beam or trade in 12)

Allows you to expend Steak to gain 2VP

Shoe Store (Expend Beam or trade in 12)

Allows you to expend Leather and Clew to gain 3VP

Tailor (Expend Wall or trade in 12)

Allows you to expend Cloth and Clew to gain 2VP

Restaurant (Expend Wall or trade in 12)

Allows you to expend Steak and Bread to gain 4VP

Cheese Store (Expend Wall or trade in 12)

Allows you to expend Barrel and Milk to gain 3VP

Worth 3VP

Mansion (Expend Paling, Clay Brick, and Cut Stone or trade in 18)

Has no effect

Worth 5VP

Castle (Expend Paling, Bean, and Wall or trade in 30)

Has no effect

Anatomy of Card

• Bottom center - the cost of the card
  • Each board represents one method of obtaining the card
  • If an icon includes the card outline, it is merely revealed, otherwise it is expended
  • If there are two icons, both must be paid
  • The right-most icon is the purchase price, which is paid by expending goods (or gold, on the first turn of the game)
• Bottom right (small) - total copies of card in the deck
• Upper left (Goods Only) -- small icon and trade-in value of card
• Top (Buildings Only) - "Automated" Action which may be performed once a turn, if the inputs are owned and the output is available