Distilled: Africa & Middle East Expansion
Distilled: Africa & Middle East Expansion Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- 6 Distiller Identity Cards
- 6 Signature Ingredient Cards
- 6 Signature Recipe Label Tokens
- 15 Tasting Flight Cards (3 per player)
- 20 Spirit Label Tokens
- 10 Distillery Upgrade Cards
- 10 Premium Market Ingredient Cards
- 9 Premium Market Item Cards
- 8 Flavor Cards
- 6 Distillery Goal Cards
- 4 Solo Goal Cards
- 5 Spirit Award Tokens
NOTE: All expansion components include the Africa & Middle East region icon on them.
Setup
With the exception of new distiller identities and tasting flights, all expansion components can be shuffled in with the main game if so desired, even if you're not playing with the expansion tasting flights. However, certain goals and awards are dependent on spirits' regions:
- Up With the Sun: Collect 3 (region icon) spirit labels. (icon) labels do not count towards this award.
- North and South: Collect 3 (region icon) spirit labels. (icon) labels do not count towards this award.
- The Sun Never Sets: Collect 3 (region icon) spirit labels. (icon) labels do not count towards this award.
- The Lion's Share: Collect 3 (region icon) spirit labels. (icon) labels do not count towards this award.
If you ever draw an award or goal that involves a region not represented in the tasting flight used, discard it and draw again.
For your first game with the expansion, we suggest using Tasting Flight I and its paired distiller identities shown in the Tasting Flight section below.
Scoring
With the addition of the Africa & Middle East region, you can now collect and display more bottles. If you have at least one bottle from 4 different regions displayed in your bottle collection, you score 8 SP. If you achieve this you do not also score the bonus for displaying bottles from 3 different regions.
Because of the bottle collection scoring, you can use bottle-specific goals and awards and region-specific bottles even when playing with a tasting flight that doesn't include that region.
Mechanics
The expansion introduces two new mechanics:
Double Sugars
Ingredients with two sugar icons count as 2 sugars and therefore produce 2 Alcohol when used to distill. Add one Alcohol card for each sugar icon in your washback.
Note: The Distillery Manager specialist effect changes both sugar icons to the new sugar type, not just one icon.
Wild Sugars
The new premium ingredient Glucose Syrup can meet any one sugar requirement. It can be grain, plant, or fruit, player's choice.
Cape Verde's famous tourism market was the inspiration for our Cape Verdean distiller, Evandro Lobo.
Spirits of the Expansion
AKPETESHIE (ak·peh·TESH·ee) Country: Ghana When British colonial rule came to Ghana, the local spirit was outlawed. Locals continued to make it secretly, calling it akpeteshie, which means "they are hiding." This regional unaged moonshine is traditionally made from palm and was legalized in 1962.
ARAK (ur·AAK) Country: Lebanon/Eastern Mediterranean Arak is made with both grapes and the anise seed, thus has a licorice flavor. While clear and unsweetened, the concentration of anise oils will cloud the spirit when diluted. It's traditionally served in a 1:2 ratio with water, served over ice.
BOUKHA (BOO·khuh) Country: Tunisia Boukha (meaning "Angel's Share") is an unaged, unsweetened Tunisian spirit made from figs, thus an eau de vie or brandy. It originated in Tunisia's Jewish community, and is sometimes used in the preparation of fruit salad.
GROGUE (GROHG) Country: Cape Verde Grogue is a clear distillation made from sugarcane, so it is technically a rum. It's made traditionally, using a trapiche (sugarcane press) which can be pulled by oxen, and is sometimes aged. It was illegal until 1900, and is sometimes called grogu or grogo.
Tasting Flights
There are six new tasting flights to choose from. The first three flights (I, J, and K) are the most balanced and are recommended for use in most games. The rest focus on a specific region or spirit type and are intended for experienced players who wish to mix up their game play.
TASTING FLIGHT I: Balanced Play Pairs with: South Africa, Lebanon, Canada, USA, India, Japan, Ghana, UAE, Peru, Mexico, Korea
TASTING FLIGHT J: Balanced Play Pairs with: South Africa, Cape Verde, Scotland, Ireland, India, China, Tunisia, UAE, Sweden, France, Philippines
TASTING FLIGHT K: Balanced Play Pairs with: South Africa, Lebanon, Canada, USA, Scotland, Ireland, Tunisia, UAE, Jamaica, Brazil, Sweden, Italy
TASTING FLIGHT L: Africa & Middle East Spirits Pairs with: South Africa, Lebanon, Cape Verde, Canada, USA, India, Ghana, Tunisia, UAE, Mexico, Korea
TASTING FLIGHT M: Non-Aged Spirits Pairs with: South Africa, UAE, Scotland, Ireland, India, Australia, Ghana, Tunisia, Sweden, England, Philippines, Korea
TASTING FLIGHT N: Aged Spirits Pairs with: South Africa, Cape Verde, Scotland, Ireland, India, China, UAE, Lebanon, Italy, France, Japan
When researching Akpeteshie, we learned about cultural movements in west Africa with restaurateurs focusing on west African cuisine, and mixologists specializing in spirits such as Akpeteshie. This was our inspiration for Ghanaian distiller Afiríyie Oduro.