Endeavor: Age of Sail FAQ
96 questions players ask · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup and Components
- How many population discs does each player get in Age of Sail?
- How do I place the blue action tokens at setup if they are meant to be random?
- Are action tokens kept face up or face down?
- Can I play Age of Sail on the first edition Endeavor board?
- Do the Age of Sail rules replace the original Endeavor rules when playing the first edition?
- What does the 0 column on the Aid reference card mean?
Round Structure and Buildings
- Who picks a building first when I was first player last round?
- Can I build a building above my Industry level?
- Can I own more than one level 5 building?
- Why do some level 5 building tiles lack the no-payment icon?
- What does the City Hall building score?
- What does the Memorial building do?
- Can I act again after passing if something new becomes available?
Actions
- Can the two actions from a building like the Docks go to different regions?
- Can an exploit replace both ship actions of a building that grants two?
- Can I activate a building or spend a blue token without carrying out its action?
- How many discs does each action cost?
- Can I attack just to remove an opponent's disc without placing my own?
- Can I use a blue action token the turn I collect it?
- Do I need a matching building to use a blue action token?
- Can I activate the same building more than once per round?
- Can I fortify the same city more than once?
- Can I ship to a fleet space in Europe or in any open region?
- Where does the disc I use to activate a building go?
Payment Actions
- Can a Payment action free a disc from a building that itself has a Payment action?
- How does a Payment action work?
- Can I chain unlimited actions through payment buildings and tokens?
- Does the Finance (payment) track let me take actions without a building?
- Can a Payment action free the building that just triggered an exploit?
Regions, Presence and Links
- What can I do in a closed region, or in an open region where I have no presence?
- What is a fleet space, and can I ship to one?
- Do I place a disc on a link, and does a link count as presence?
- Can a Governor card be lost or swapped when region control changes?
- How is presence counted for the Draw action?
- Do I need presence to draw a card with Draw value 0?
- Do I lose a card if my presence later drops below its Draw value?
- Can several players have discs in a region's open sea?
- Where is the Abolition of Slavery card and how do I reach it?
Asset Cards, Governors and Hand LimitExpansion
- Does a Governor in the free Governor slot count toward my card limit?
- Can I end the round holding six cards?
- Can I hold a Slavery card beyond my card limit?
- Is the hand limit different from the card limit?
- If discarding lowers my card limit, do I have to discard more?
- If discarding lowers my tracks, do I lose a building that is now above my Industry level?
- Can I discard more cards than my limit requires?
- Can I move a Governor out of the free slot, or discard it?
- Where does a newly won Governor go if my slots are full?
- Can I take any card from the discard pile, not just the top one?
- Do I gain the bonus disc from a level 1 card again if I draw it from the discard pile?
- Does a discarded Slavery card still cost Glory if slavery is never abolished?
- Can I put a Governor on the new level 1 cards with extra card slots?
End of Game and Scoring
Two-Player Game (Silent Fleet)
Exploits
- How much Glory does Letters of Marque give for being alone on a shipping track?
- Can exploit abilities be chained, for example Imperialism's ship into Saltpeter Stockpiles' attack?
- When an exploit action is triggered, do I also perform the normal action?
- Do I need presence in both regions of an exploit to score it?
- Can I play the Exploits with the original Endeavor rules?
- Can I interact with the spaces on an exploit's mini-map beyond its listed abilities?
- Can I attack the locations on the Transit of Venus exploit?
- How do the Dutch East India Company's Cape Town and Batavia cities and fortifying work?
- How does the Dutch East India Company's building upgrade work?
- Can a Saltpeter Stockpiles improved cannon go on a building that already has a disc?
- How does the Spanish Main payment count fortified cities?
- How does Imperialism's ship-then-attack and Blockade token work?
- Can Globalisation swap away a Slavery card from my hand?
- How does the Haitian Revolution exploit treat Slavery cards, Governors and discards?
- Can the Manila Galleons exploit be used every turn?
- Do I get the bonus disc if an exploit lets me gain a level 1 card from the discard pile?
- If I move a Wealth token off my player mat does my Wealth drop?
- How much Glory do set-aside Slavery cards cost when the Haitian Republic forms?
Endeavor: Age of ExpansionExpansion
- Where does the Conscript disc go when a Mobilization triggers an action that places no disc?
- Can a Mobilization use a different action than the one that activated the building?
- Can I Fortify after the alternate Occupy action from a Portugal nation card?
- What is the difference between Conscription and Mobilisation?
- Can the Admiralty's two conscripts be mobilized in one turn or chained?
- Can I mobilize the Conquistadors conscript immediately after drawing the card?
- How much Glory does Declaration of Independence give per fortification?
- How does the Declaration of Independence fortification cancel an attack?
- Does a Memorial trigger twice when attacking a fortified city?
- What does attacking a fortified city cost in discs?
- Can I attack the circle spaces on the Naval Superiority or Military Buildup tiles?
- How is Glory scored for the Naval Superiority and Military Buildup Prominence tiles?
- When can I attach a card to a Merchant Fleet, and can it be removed?
- Can I stack a Slavery card on a Merchant Fleet, or a Merchant Fleet or Crown Charter on another fleet?
- Does the Great Plague make me discard blue trade tokens?
- Do event cards trigger when the Silent Fleet draws them?
- Do conditional point symbols still score on a card reserved under Far East 5?
- Does an ordinary fortification count for the Spanish Main payment?
- Can Dutch East India Company cities be fortified, and exploit spaces like Underground Railroad?
- Can I add Age of Expansion to Age of Sail or the original Endeavor?