Century: Eastern Wonders FAQ
43 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Game Setup
- During setup, can you place your starting boat on a tile that already has another player's boat, and do you pay that player?
- With fewer than four players, are all the bonus tiles still put out at setup?
- With fewer than four players, do you still set out four starting cube sets?
- In a two-player game, who chooses starting cubes first?
- Which side of the player board do you use in Century: Eastern Wonders?
- What happens when you run out of outposts of one colour?
- Are the upgrade and Harvest bonus tiles used in From Sand to Sea?
- How many players can play From Sand to Sea?
Move
- Can you pick up cubes left on a market tile if you do not move your boat?
- Do you pay a cube to the other players whose boats are on the tile where you end your move?
- Can you move your boat off a tile and back onto it in the same turn, and does it cost a cube?
- What does the movement bonus tile do, and does it work when you do not move?
- In From Sand to Sea, can your boat move onto a sea tile?
- In From Sand to Sea, can you play a card face up and later discard it to move your boat?
- Does From Sand to Sea give a free first step, as the base game does?
Market
- Can you build an outpost on a market tile and take the market action there in the same turn?
- Can you build an outpost on a market tile and then choose not to trade?
- Can you build an outpost on a market tile now and trade there on a later turn?
- Do you need both your boat and your own outpost on a market tile to trade there?
- When you build an outpost, do you pay the cubes to the supply or to players who already have outposts there?
- How many cubes does an outpost cost when other players already have outposts on that market tile?
- How many outposts can be built on one market tile?
- What does the colour on a market tile tell you?
- Can you take the market action more than once in a single turn?
- If you cannot afford an outpost when you land, can you build it on a later turn without moving?
- Can you use an upgrade bonus tile you gain by clearing a column in the same turn?
- Can you take or own two or more of the same bonus tile, and do their effects add up?
- In From Sand to Sea, when you acquire a Merchant card, do you also take the cubes on it?
Port
- Is the Port action optional, and do other players pay you a cube when they land on your port tile?
- In From Sand to Sea, can you claim a port VP tile on the same turn you complete its cube cost by playing a card?
- Can you move through a port tile and leave a cube there while passing?
- Can players look at their own face-down port VP tiles?
Harvest
Cargo Hold Limit
Game End
- How are the numbers on the player board scored at game end?
- After one player claims their fourth VP tile, do the other players get equal turns before the game ends?
- Is a claimed port VP tile replaced, and does the game end when the starting tiles run out?
- Are bonus tiles worth victory points at the end of the game?
- Do the cubes left in your cargo hold score points at the end of the game?