San Juan (Second Edition)
San Juan (Second Edition) Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Object of the Game
- Game Contents
- Game Setup (Basic Game)
- Game Play
- The Roles
- A New Round
- GAME END
- The Buildings
- The Production Buildings (multi-colored)
- The City Buildings (beige background)
- Smithy – builder phase
- Gold Mine – prospector phase
- Archive – councillor phase
- Poor House – builder phase
- Black Market – builder phase
- Trading Post – trader phase
- Well – producer phase
- Market Stand – trader phase
- Crane – builder phase
- Chapel – beginning of a round
- Tower – beginning of a round
- Aqueduct – producer phase
- Carpenter – builder phase
- Prefecture – councillor phase
- Market Hall – trader phase
- Quarry – builder phase
- Library – all phases
- Buildings That Only Earn Victory Points
- SETUP VARIATION
- Expansion: "The New Buildings"
- Rules Summary
- Credits
Object of the Game
The game is played over several rounds. Each round, players take turns selecting one of the five roles (prospector, trader, builder, producer or councillor). While each player has the opportunity to perform the action of each role, only the player who chooses the role can also take the special privilege associated with it. Manufacture goods like coffee or tobacco, and then trade them for money. Use the money to construct buildings to make your city more prosperous.
The player who best adapts to the ever-changing game will earn the most victory points and be the winner!
In San Juan, each card can serve several functions: sometimes it represents a building (when placed face-up in front of you), sometimes it represents money (when part of your hand), and sometimes it represents a good (when covering a production building).
Game Contents
- 110 cards (42 production buildings and 68 city buildings)
- 1 governor card (identifying the starting player for each round)
- 5 role cards (builder, producer, trader, councillor, prospector)
- 5 trading house tiles (showing 5 numbers in a vertical line)
- 1 scoring pad + 1 pencil (to keep track of victory points)
Expansion ("The New Buildings"):
- 33 cards (4 production buildings and 29 city buildings)
- 1 cathedral card
These rules are organized into two parts: the main body of the rules and the rules summary (located in the vertical boxes along the right). Read through the main body of the rules first. They include detailed examples and cover special situations that may arise during game play. Once you have learned the game, use the summary boxes to re-familiarize yourself with the rules.
Game Setup (Basic Game)
- Choose a starting player, and give this player the governor card.
- Lay out the 5 role cards next to each other in the center of the table.
- Shuffle the 5 trading house tiles and place them face down in a stack next to the role cards.
- Remove one indigo plant from the deck for each player. Shuffle the remaining cards and place them face down next to the role cards, forming a supply pile.
- Give each player:
- One indigo plant, placed face up in front of the player on the table.
- Four cards, drawn from the top of the deck and kept in hand, hidden from the other players.
- Put the score pad and pencil aside, they are only needed to score victory points at the end of the game.
Place the role cards, trading house tiles, and shuffled deck of cards in the middle of the table. Give each player one indigo plant and four cards from the supply pile.
Game Play
The game is played over several rounds (usually between 11 and 14).
Round of play: The starting player (with the governor card) begins the round by taking one of the role cards from the center of the table, placing it nearby on the table, and performing the action (and privilege) associated with the role. The next player, in clockwise order, performs the action associated with the role, and this continues until each player has performed the action once.
Next, the player to the left of the governor looks at the remaining roles, chooses one, places it nearby on the table, and performs the action (and privilege) associated with it. In clockwise order, all players perform this role's action.
This repeats until all players have chosen role cards, and each player has performed the associated actions.
This ends the round. All used role cards are placed back in the center of the table, and the governor card is passed to the next player in clockwise rotation. The new governor begins the next round of play.
Note: In a 2-player game, after each player has selected a role, the governor selects a second role (and players perform the associated action), before ending the round. Thus, in each round, 3 of the 5 roles are selected, in the order of governor - second player - governor.
The Roles
Each role has an associated action and privilege. All players, in turn, take the action associated with the role, but only the player who chose the role can take its associated privilege (exception: the prospector role does not have an action, only a privilege). In general:
- The player who chooses the role takes the action (and/or privilege) first, and then play continues in clockwise order.
- Each player, in turn, must select a role, but may choose not to perform the action and/or privilege. Other players, on their turn, may also choose not to perform the action associated with the role; their turn is skipped.
- Once a player has chosen a role and taken the role card, no other player may choose that role during the same round.
The five role cards show the following:
| Role | Action | Privilege |
|---|---|---|
| Producer | Each player can produce one good | Producer can produce one additional good |
| Prospector | None | Prospector draws one card |
| Builder | Each player can build one building | Builder pays one card less |
| Trader | Each player can sell one good | Trader can sell one additional good |
| Councillor | Each player draws 2 cards and chooses 1 to keep | Councillor draws an additional 3 cards |
Builder (Builder phase: everyone builds a building)
During the builder phase, players are allowed to build one building. To build, players take a card from their hand, lay it face up on the table in front of them (where it remains for the rest of the game), and pay the construction costs (indicated by the numbers on the top corners of the card) by discarding the appropriate number of cards from their hands into the discard pile. As a result of the privilege, the player who chooses this role, the Builder, pays one card less than indicated (see example below).
The Builder builds first. Then, in clockwise order, all other players may build one building each, if they choose to.
Complete details for all buildings and their functions are listed in the Building section at the end of the rules.
Note: A player may build more than one of the same production building (e.g. sugar mill or coffee roaster), but never more than one of the same city (beige) building.
Notes:
- The smithy, the crane, the poor house, the black market, the carpenter, the quarry, and the library have rules that are in exception to the instructions described above.
- The cost of a building can never fall below 0, no matter how many privileges a player has.
Example: Jaden is the Builder (privilege = 1 off the building cost) and owns the smithy (= 1 off the building cost) and the library (double the role privilege), for a total of 3 off the building cost. He chooses to build a sugar mill (cost = 2). He may not keep the surplus card when paying for the sugar mill, but gets a reduction of 2.
Form a discard pile to the right of the role cards. Discarded cards are always left upside down, and the pile is slightly "messier" so that it will not be confused with the draw pile (see picture).
When the draw pile runs out, reshuffle all discarded cards to create a new draw pile.
Producer (Producer phase: everyone produces goods)
The player who selects this role (the Producer), begins goods production. The Producer draws a card from the draw pile and, without looking at it, places it face down on any production building that doesn't already have a card on it (i.e. on any empty production building). The Producer's privilege then allows the Producer to repeat this action with any other empty production building.
Once the Producer has completed the action and privilege, the other players can then produce goods, by drawing a card from the supply pile and placing it on their empty production building. Players that do not possess empty production buildings cannot produce goods during the producer phase. The cards laid down on the production buildings represent goods (see figure at right), and can be sold in any subsequent trader phase.
Note: Players can never have more than one "goods" card on a production building.
Notes:
- The aqueduct, the library, and the well have rules that are in exception to the instructions described above.
- In this phase, players can play simultaneously; turn order is of no importance.
Trader (Trader phase: everyone sells goods)
The player who selects this role (the Trader) turns over the top trading house tile, which determines the price of the goods to be sold. The Trader can sell one good for the role's action, and a second good for the role's privilege.
To sell a good, the Trader takes the "goods" card from one production building, places it face down on the discard pile (without looking at it), and then draws from the draw pile the number of cards equal to the price of that good, as shown on the trading house tile (see example). The Trader repeats this action for the role's privilege.
Once the trader is finished selling goods, the remaining players may sell goods at the prices indicated on the trading house tile, if they can. When all players have had the opportunity to sell goods once, the Trader puts the trading house tile face down under the pile (note: the sequence of the five trading house tiles does not change during the game).
Each trading house tile shows five numbers in a vertical line: from top to bottom, the price of indigo, sugar, tobacco, coffee and silver. The five tiles show the following prices:
| Good | Tile 1 | Tile 2 | Tile 3 | Tile 4 | Tile 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price of indigo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Price of sugar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Price of tobacco | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Price of coffee | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Price of silver | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Notes:
- The trading post, market stand, market hall, and library have rules that are in exception to the instructions described above.
- Even if there are no goods sold during a trader phase, the top trading house tile must still be placed on the bottom of the pile.
- In this phase, players can play simultaneously; turn order is of no importance.
Example: Devin is a trader; he possesses the market stand and the market hall. He turns over the top trading house tile (see figure at the right), and announces that he would like to sell three goods (1 for the trader action, 1 for the trader privilege, and 1 for the market stand). He takes the goods cards from his indigo plant, tobacco storage, and silver smelter, and discards them (without looking at their reverse sides). He then draws cards from the supply pile according to the prices listed on the trading house tile: 1 card for the indigo, 2 cards for the tobacco, 3 cards for the silver, and 1 for the market hall (= 7 cards). Play then proceeds to the next player in clockwise rotation.
Councillor (Councillor phase: everyone draws cards)
The player who selects this role (the Councillor) draws 5 cards from the draw pile (2 cards for the action and 3 additional cards for the privilege), looks at them, chooses one to keep, and discards the remaining 4 cards.
When the Councillor is finished, each of the other players takes 2 cards from the draw pile, chooses one to keep and discards the other.
Notes:
- The archive, the prefecture, and the library have rules that are in exception to the instructions described above.
- In this phase, players can play simultaneously; turn order is of no importance.
Prospector (Prospector phase: no action)
The player who selects this role (the Prospector) draws 1 card to keep as the role's privilege. Since there is no action associated with this role, the prospector phase is now over.
Note: The gold mine and the library have rules that are in exception to the instructions described above.
A New Round
After each player has selected a role, and all players have taken the corresponding actions, the round is over. The used role cards are put back in the center of the table, and the governor card is passed to the player to the left. The new Governor reminds the owners of a chapel to put one of the cards from their hands under their chapel, if they want. After that, the Governor ensures that no player (including the Governor) has more than 7 cards in their hand (*). All players who have more than 7 cards must discard cards (any that they wish) until they have only 7 left. Exception: Owners of a tower may keep up to 12 cards.
Note: During a round, players may hold more than 7 cards in their hands. Enforcing the 7-card limit only occurs at the beginning of a new round!
*Note: Players must always show others how many cards are in their hands, though not the contents of those cards.
GAME END
The game ends immediately at the end of the builder phase in which one player has built a 12th building. Do not continue the round to the end.
Players total their victory points, using the score pad:
- + The sum of the victory points of all their buildings (using the number on the bottom of the cards)
- + One victory point for each card placed under a chapel
- + The sum of the victory points for the triumphal arch, guild hall and city hall
- + The victory points for the palace (this must be done last)
The winner is the player with the most victory points. If two or more players are tied, the tied players add the number of cards in their hands + the number of cards on their production buildings - whoever has the most, wins!
The Buildings
The Production Buildings (multi-colored)
There are 5 different production buildings:
- Indigo plant (10x)
- Sugar mill (8x)
- Tobacco storage (8x)
- Coffee roaster (8x)
- Silver smelter (8x)
A player may own more than one of the same type of production building. Production buildings produce goods for their owners (i.e. indigo, sugar, tobacco, coffee and silver).
The City Buildings (beige background)
There are 24 different city buildings. There are 3 of each kind, with the exception of the four 6-cost buildings, which have only 2 of each kind.
Each city building:
- May be built only once by each player.
- Has a function which can be used by the player only after the builder phase in which it has been built (it can be used in a later phase in the same round).
Note: The building's function is optional, i.e. the owner does not need to use it.
Smithy – builder phase
In the builder phase, the owner of a smithy pays one card less than indicated for a production building. The smithy's function cannot be used when building a city building.
Gold Mine – prospector phase
After the Prospector's privilege has been taken, the owner of a gold mine draws the top 4 cards from the supply pile:
- If the cards all show different construction costs, the player keeps the cheapest card, and discards the remaining three.
- If at least 2 of the cards show the same construction cost, all four cards must be discarded – no cards are kept.
Examples: If Marie, the owner of a gold mine, draws a:
- library (5), carpenter (3), smithy (1) and tobacco storage (3), then she must discard all four cards.
- quarry (4), gold mine (1), tobacco storage (3) and library (5), then she adds the gold mine to her hand, and discards the other three.
Archive – councillor phase
In the councillor phase, players who have built an archive draw their cards as usual, but then may discard any cards. The discarded cards could be cards that were just drawn, or cards that were already in their hand!
Example: Nicole is the Councillor and owns a prefecture and an archive. She adds 5 cards from the supply into her hand, and then discards any 3 cards.
Poor House – builder phase
After building a building, if the owner of a poor house has 0 cards or 1 card left, then that player can draw 1 card from the supply to keep.
Notes:
- If the player also owns a carpenter (see below), the player first receives a card for the carpenter. If the player still has only 1 card left, the player can then draw another for the poor house.
- If the player does not build during the builder phase, the player receives no card for the poor house.
Black Market – builder phase
In the builder phase, if the owner of a black market builds any building, the player may take up to 2 goods (from built production buildings) and discard them. For each discarded good, the price of the building is reduced by one card.
Example: Marie owns a black market, and decides to build a library (5). She discards one goods card from her indigo plant and one from her tobacco storage, and pays 3 cards from her hand.
Trading Post – trader phase
The owner of a trading post may sell 1 additional good during the trader phase.
Example: Devin owns a trading post, and sells:
- Up to 2 goods if he is not the Trader.
- Up to 3 goods if he is the Trader.
- Up to 4 goods if he is the Trader, and also owns the library.
Well – producer phase
In the producer phase, if the owner of a well produces at least 2 goods, then that player draws a card from the supply pile to keep (whether the player is the Producer or not).
Market Stand – trader phase
In the trader phase, if the owner of a market stand sells at least 2 goods, then that player draws 1 additional card from the supply pile to keep (whether the player is the Trader or not).
Crane – builder phase
During the builder phase, the owner of a crane may cover one constructed building by putting a new building card over the existing one, so that the old one is out of play. This reduces the price of the new building by the building cost of the covered building.
Notes:
- A covered building immediately loses its function.
- A player can build on top of any building except a crane.
- If a player covers a production building with a good on it, the good is lost, and must be discarded. If the chapel is covered, the cards remain under it and are still counted as victory points at the end of the game.
- A player may choose to re-build a building that had been previously covered by a crane.
- A player may not cover a building with the same building.
Examples:
- Nicole covers her chapel (3) with a palace (6), and needs only to pay 3 cards to build it.
- Jaden covers his coffee roaster (4) with a statue (3) and pays nothing; he does not keep the 1 card difference!
Chapel – beginning of a round
At the beginning of each new round, before the Governor checks that players are under the 7-card (and/or 12-card) limit, the owners of a chapel may put one card from their hand face down under the chapel. Each of these cards is worth 1 victory point at the end of the game (the text / victory points listed on the cards under the chapel are irrelevant).
Notes:
- Players do not need to tell each other how many cards they have placed under their chapel.
- If there is a building covering the chapel (i.e. by means of the crane), you do not get an extra victory point for the building covering the chapel, only for the cards underneath the chapel.
Tower – beginning of a round
The owner of a tower may keep up to 12 cards (instead of up to 7 cards) at the beginning of each new round. The player decides which cards to discard, discarding cards until there are 12 remaining.
Aqueduct – producer phase
In the producer phase, the owner of an aqueduct may produce 1 additional good.
Example: Marie owns an aqueduct. She produces:
- Up to 2 goods if she is not the Producer.
- Up to 3 goods if she is the Producer.
- Up to 4 goods if she is the Producer, and she owns the library.
Carpenter – builder phase
In the builder phase, if the owner of a carpenter builds a city (beige) building, then that player may, after paying the construction costs, take one card from the draw pile to keep. The carpenter's function does not apply when building a production building.
Note: The player does not draw a card immediately after building a carpenter, only when constructing the next city building.
Prefecture – councillor phase
In the councillor phase, the owner of a prefecture keeps 2 cards instead of 1.
Examples: Nicole owns a prefecture. She keeps:
- 2 of 2 cards, if she is not the Councillor.
- 2 of 5 cards, if she is the Councillor.
- 2 of 8 cards, if she is the Councillor and she owns a library.
If she also owns an archive, she takes all the cards into her hand before she discards.
Market Hall – trader phase
In the trader phase, if the owner of a market hall sells at least one good, then that player receives one card more than indicated on the trading house tile. If the player sells more than one good, the player still only receives one extra card.
Example: Sarah owns a market hall and sells 1 sugar (price = 1) and 1 coffee (price = 2). She draws 4 cards, adding them to her hand.
Quarry – builder phase
In the builder phase, the owner of a quarry pays 1 card less when building a city building. The quarry's function cannot be used when building a production building.
Example: Nicole is the Builder and owns a quarry. She builds a crane (cost = 2) for free.
Library – all phases
The owner of a library may double the privilege of any role selected. The doubled privileges for the 5 roles are:
- Councillor: receive a selection of 8 cards;
- Builder: pay 2 cards less when building;
- Producer: produce up to 3 goods;
- Trader: sell up to 3 goods;
- Prospector: receive 2 cards from the draw pile.
Examples:
- Jaden is the Councillor and owns the archive, the prefecture and the library. He takes 8 cards into his hand, and discards any 6.
- Devin is the Builder and owns the quarry and the library. He pays 3 cards less when building a city building.
Note: In a 2-player game, a library may be used by its owner only once per round. If the Governor uses the library when choosing the first role in the round, the Governor may not use it when choosing the second role in the round – and vice versa!
Buildings That Only Earn Victory Points
The following city buildings do not have special rule changing effects, but earn victory points at game end:
The Three Monuments – game end
There are three of each type of monument, and each type is worth a different number of victory points.
- Statue (3 VP)
- Victory Column (4 VP)
- Hero (5 VP)
Note: A player may build a statue and a victory column, but not two statues!
The Four "6-Cost" Buildings
There are two of each type of "6-cost" building.
Guild Hall – game end
At the end of the game, the owner of a guild hall earns 1 additional victory point for each production building built and 1 victory point for each type of production building built.
Example: At game end, Nicole owns 3 indigo plants, 1 sugar mill and 2 tobacco storages. She receives 9 victory points for her guild hall.
City Hall – game end
At the end of the game, the owner of a city hall receives 1 additional victory point for each city building built.
Example: At game end, Jaden owns the poor house, aqueduct, carpenter, chapel, quarry, library, statue, palace and city hall. He receives 9 additional victory points.
Triumphal Arch – game end
At the end of the game, the owner of a triumphal arch receives additional victory points for monuments built: 4 victory points for 1 monument, 6 victory points for 2 monuments, 8 victory points for all three monuments.
Example:
- Devin owns a statue, a hero and a triumphal arch, and receives 6 additional victory points at the end of the game. If he also owned a city hall, he would earn an additional 4 victory points for these 4 buildings.
Palace – game end
At the end of the game, the owner of a palace receives one additional victory point for every 4 victory points scored. After calculating all other victory points, the palace owner divides the total number of victory points by 4, and (rounding down) adds that number of victory points to the total.
Example: Marie owns a palace, and (before calculating points for her palace) has a subtotal of 34 victory points. For the palace, she adds another 8 victory points, resulting in 42 total victory points.
SETUP VARIATION
After a few games, you may try the following variation in game setup. Players draw 4 cards each to start, then the starting player takes one more card (= 5 cards), the second player in clockwise rotation takes two more (= 6 cards), the third takes three more (= 7 cards) and the fourth takes 4 more (= 8 cards).
Players look at their cards, and decide which 4 to keep, discarding the rest. Play continues as before.
Variations: 1st/2nd/3rd/4th player takes 5/6/7/8 cards. Players discard back to 4 cards, then begin play.
Expansion: "The New Buildings"
Contents: 33 cards (10 city buildings and 4 production buildings) + 1 cathedral card
Setup: Shuffle the 33 new cards (with a violet border) with the cards from the basic game. Place the cathedral face up next to the role cards. Follow the rules for the basic game.
Guard Room – beginning of a round
At the beginning of the round, the owners of a guard room may keep up to 7 cards in their hand, but those who do not own a guard room may only keep up to 6 cards. The owner of a tower may always keep up to 12 cards.
Office Building – beginning of a round
At the beginning of a round, owners of an office building may discard 1 or 2 of the cards from their hand first, and then draw the same number of cards from the draw pile, adding them to their hands.
Note: At the beginning of a new round, follow this order when performing the functions of your city buildings: 1. office building, 2. chapel/bank, 3. guard room/tower.
Hut – trader phase
In the trader phase, the owner of a hut draws one card from the supply if no good was sold by any player during this phase.
Tavern – builder phase
At the end of any builder phase (after the builder phase in which the tavern was built), the owner of a tavern draws 1 card from the supply only if that player owns the fewest city buildings + production buildings (that is, if no player has fewer buildings, and at least one player has more buildings).
Park – builder phase
If the owner of a park builds over the park (using a crane), the cost of new building is lowered by up to 6, instead of 3.
Example: Nicole builds over her park with a library (cost = 5), and pays nothing. Jaden builds over his park with a cathedral (cost = 7) and pays 1 card. If Jaden were also the Builder, or if he also had a quarry, he would build the cathedral for free.
Customs Office – councillor phase
At the beginning of the councillor phase, each player that owns a customs office draws 1 card from the supply and places it on the customs office (face down, without looking at it), as a good. When a player chooses to sell this good in a trader phase, the player draws 2 cards from the supply for this good (the current trading house tile does not affect this price).
Note: The same rules apply for this good as for the other goods in the game, i.e. there can only be at most 1 good on a customs office; the good can be exchanged on the black market for 1 card; the good is counted for the market stand, market hall, etc.
Bank – beginning of the round
Only once in the entire game, at the beginning of a round before the Governor checks the player's card limit, the owners of a bank may take any number of cards from their hand and place them face down under their bank. At the end of the game, each of these cards is worth 1 victory point. See "Chapel" for more details.
Harbor – trader phase
In the trader phase, the owner of the harbor sells goods by placing one card face down (without looking at it) under the harbor rather than discarding it. Each card under the harbor is worth 1 victory point at the end of the game. See "Chapel" for more details.
Goldsmith – prospector phase
In each prospector phase, the owner of a goldsmith draws and reveals the top card from the supply pile. If the revealed card is a city building or production building that no player has yet built (including the current player), then the goldsmith owner may keep the card. Otherwise, the card is discarded.
Residence – game end
At game end, the owner of a residence scores victory points for having sets of 3 different buildings with the same building costs. For the first group of 3 different buildings, the player scores 4 victory points, then 3 for the second, etc.
Example:
- Marie owns the following 11 buildings at the end of the game: 2 indigo plants (1), a sugar mill (2), a black market (2), a well (2), 2 tobacco storages (3), an aqueduct (3), a palace (6), a guild hall (6), and a residence (6). She scores 4+3=7 additional victory points (for the 3 different 2-cost buildings and the 3 different 6-cost buildings) for her residence. The three 3-cost buildings do not score any points, as they are not all different.
- Devin owns the following 12 buildings at the end of the game: 2 indigo plants (1), an archive (1), a gold mine (1), a guard room (1), a customs office (1), a carpenter (3), a tobacco storage (3), an aqueduct (3), a palace (6), a city hall (6), and a residence (6). He scores 4+3+2+1=10 additional victory points (since the 2 indigo plants can be used to make 2 different sets of 1-cost buildings).
Cathedral – builder phase
At the beginning of the game, the cathedral is placed next to the role cards in the middle of the table. During the builder phase, any player can choose to build the cathedral instead of building one of the cards from their hand. Since players can only build one building during the builder phase, this is the only building that player can build during this phase. At the end of the game, the cathedral scores its owner victory points for 6-cost buildings that were built by other players: 4 victory points for the first 6-cost building, 3 VP for the second, etc.
Example: Devin owns the cathedral. His opponents have built the following six 6-cost buildings: both guild halls, both city halls, 1 residence, and 1 palace, so he scores 4+3+2+1+0+0=10 VP.
The cathedral card (cost 7) reads: "Cathedral — Owner earns 4-7-9-10 victory points at game end for 1-2-3-4+ opponent-owned '6-cost' buildings."
Rules Summary
(The summary boxes printed in the vertical margin alongside the main rules.)
Object of the Game: Over a series of rounds, players take turns choosing a role and taking its corresponding action, trying to build the most profitable buildings. The player with the most victory points at the end of the game is the winner!
Setup: Place the role cards, trading house tiles, and shuffled deck of cards in the middle of the table. Give each player one indigo plant and four cards from the supply pile.
Game Play: The Governor begins the round by selecting a role. All players (in clockwise order) perform its action. The next player selects a role and all players perform its action. The round continues until all players have selected a role. At the end of a round, the player to the left of the Governor takes the governor card and begins the next round.
2-player game: Each round, a role is chosen first by the Governor, then the second player, then the Governor again.
Roles: Each role (except prospector) has an associated action. Only the player who choses the role can perform the privilege in addition to the action.
- Builder Role: Each player can build one building. The Builder pays one card less.
- Producer Role: Each player can produce a good on 1 empty production building. The Producer may produce goods on 2 empty production buildings.
- Trader Role: Each player may sell one good; the Trader may sell two goods.
- Councillor Role: The Councillor draws 5 cards and keeps 1; other players draw 2 cards and keep 1.
- Prospector Role: The Prospector takes one card from the draw pile. There is no other action.
A New Round:
- Return the used role cards to the middle of the table.
- Pass the governor card to the left.
The new Governor:
- reminds chapel owners to put a card under the chapel
- ensures no player has more than 7 cards (or 12 for a tower owner)
- begins the new round
Game End: The game ends when any player has built a 12th building. Players total their victory points:
- + VPs for buildings
- + 1 VP per card under the chapel
- + VPs for triumphal arch, guild hall, city hall
- + VPs for palace (last)
The player with the most VPs wins!
5 Production Buildings: Indigo plant, Sugar mill, Tobacco storage, Coffee roaster, Silver smelter. 24 City Buildings.
Credits
The author and publisher thank Richard Borg and Tom Lehmann for their suggestions and all test players for their help editing and testing this game.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us at:
Ravensburger USA, Inc. 1 Puzzle Lane Newton, NH 03858 www.Ravensburger.com
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