The Amazing Journey Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Components
• Game Setup
  • Running out of cards
• How to Play
  • Game Turns
• Actions
  • Travel
    • Long Routes
    • Secret Routes
  • Explore
    • Experiences
    • Souvenirs
  • Wait
• Objectives
• Checkpoints
• End of the Turn
• Ending Your Journey
  • Ending Your Journey in More Than 80 Days
• End of the Game
  • Scoring
    • Using the Traveler Pawns for Scoring
    • Visited Regions
    • Experience Tokens
    • Souvenir Tokens
    • Point Tokens
    • Objectives
  • Determining the Winner
• Traveler Powers

Components

• 1 Map board (double-sided: Regular and Fast sides)
• 4 Travel boards
• 16 player pawns (in 8 colors, 2 of each color)
• 1 Exploration die
• 8 Traveler cards
• 4 Journey tokens
• 3 Checkpoint tokens (in 3 colors)
• 70 Location tokens (in 7 colors, 10 of each color)
• 36 point tokens
• 40 Objective cards
• 42 Ticket cards

Game Setup

1. Take the Map board and place it on the table, in reach of all players. Choose whether to play on the Regular or Fast side and place the board with the chosen side up. The Fast side includes longer routes crossing multiple cities, allowing for quicker travel.

2. Give 1 Travel board to each player. Put any unused boards back into the box, they won't be needed.

3. Place 1 Journey token on the first space of the Journey track on each player's Travel board.

4. Assign each player a Traveler card (either randomly or by choice). Each player takes the player pawns that match their Traveler card. Put any unused Traveler cards and pawns back into the box.

   Place your Traveler card with the front side facing up. Each Traveler has a unique ability that can be used during the game. You can find a detailed description of all Traveler powers on page 12.

5. Each player places 1 pawn on day 0 of the Timeline (the track around the outside of the Map board). This will be your Timeline pawn.

6. Take the Location tokens and divide them by color (each color corresponds to one of the 7 Regions on the Map).

7. Shuffle each group of Location tokens separately, then randomly place one token, face down, in each city space in the corresponding Region.

8. Some Location tokens are marked with one of four symbols (triangle, circle, square, or star). Depending on the number of players (see table below), a certain number of symbols must be discarded before starting the game. To do so, randomly choose one symbol and discard all tokens with that symbol from every Region of the map, without looking at them. Repeat this process until you have removed the required number of symbols indicated for the current player count.

   4 players	3 players

Running out of cards

If you need to draw an Objective or Ticket but the deck is empty, shuffle the corresponding discard pile to form a new deck and then draw.

How to Play

In The Amazing Journey, your goal is to travel around the Map, go through the mandatory checkpoints, and get back to the Starting City in no more than 80 days.

The track around the outside of the Map is the Timeline. Each "day" on the Timeline shows 1 or 2 transportation types that will depart on that day, except for the corner spaces of the board, where all 5 types depart.

Each city on the Map is connected to other cities by routes. A route is a continuous path of the same type that connects one or more cities. Transportation routes are associated with a specific transportation type (bus, train, ship, balloon, or airship), indicated by the color and texture of the route. To travel along one of these routes, that transportation type must be departing on your current day (i.e., the day your Timeline pawn is on). There are also Secret routes that are not shown on the Timeline and can only be used by spending Tickets (see Tickets below).

Route types: Bus, Train, Ship, Balloon, Airship, Secret.

Game Turns

A game of The Amazing Journey is played in turns, starting with the first player and going clockwise. A turn consists of performing a series of actions chosen from the 3 available: Travel, Explore, or Wait.

You may also use your Traveler's unique power at any point during your turn—see Traveler Powers below for details. Unless stated otherwise, using your power counts as an action.

Most actions take time and move your Timeline pawn forward along the track. On your turn, you must perform actions until your Timeline pawn is the furthest ahead (or tied for the lead) AND you have performed at least 2 actions.

Actions

Travel

Travel actions allow you to move your Traveler along a route. A single route may pass through several cities and may even branch into multiple paths.

When you perform a Travel action, you do not always have to stop at the first city you reach. You may continue along the same route and stop in any city of your choice connected by that route UNLESS you reach a city along your path that contains a Location or Checkpoint token—in that case, you must end your Travel action there and cannot pass through that city. Passing through multiple cities does not increase the duration in days of the Travel action.

There are two ways to travel: by using the transportation departing on the current day shown on the Timeline or by spending Tickets.

Timeline Departure (duration: 2 days). You can travel along a route if the matching transportation type is departing on your current day (the day indicated by your Timeline pawn). This Travel action always takes 2 days.

Example: Carlo wants to take the route to Perth, but the train does not depart on his current day. He therefore decides to use a Train Ticket: this not only allows him to take that route even though the train is not departing on his current day, but then decides to stop at Athens even though it does not contain a token and the route goes on, because he intends to continue later.

Ticket Departure (duration: 1 day). You may discard 1 Ticket to travel along a route of the type shown on that Ticket, even if there is no matching transportation departing on your current day. This Travel action always takes 1 day, as shown on the Ticket.

You may also discard any 2 Tickets as a wildcard, allowing you to take any route, including Secret ones. This still takes 1 day.

Long Routes

Travel actions using certain routes may take longer than normal, as indicated on the route itself. Add the indicated number of days to the action's duration. Note that for side-crossing routes split across the edge of the map, the increased duration is shown on both segments as a reminder, but is paid only once.

Secret Routes

Secret routes are special routes that have no departures on the Timeline and can only be taken using Tickets (or Traveler powers, see Traveler Powers below). There are specific Tickets that allow you to take a Secret route, or you can always discard any 2 Tickets to take any route, including a Secret one.

Explore

If your Traveler is in a city that has a Location token, the Explore action allows you to collect it.

Explore (duration: roll the die). To collect a Location token, you must roll the Exploration die. The result determines the action's duration in days and may trigger additional effects:

• Takes 4 days, draw 1 Ticket
• Takes 3 days, no additional effect
• Takes 2 days, discard 1 Ticket of your choice (if you have no Tickets, no additional effect)

There are 2 main kinds of Location tokens to collect: Experiences and Souvenirs.

Experiences

There are 5 types of Experience tokens: Adventure, Culture, Food, Party (and a fifth type shown on the tokens).

When you collect an Experience token, place it face down on a matching space in the Experience area of your Travel board. If there is no empty space available, you must either discard the token you just collected or discard one of your existing Experience tokens to make room for the new one.

When you collect an Experience token, you may also play 1 Objective that matches its symbol, if you have one in your hand; whenever you play an Objective, you immediately draw another one from the deck (see Objectives below).

Souvenirs

Souvenir tokens all have a value in points ranging from 0 to 3, but may also have additional effects:

• These tokens are worth 3 points.
• These tokens are worth 2 points; you also draw 1 Ticket when you collect them.
• These tokens are worth 1 point; you also draw 2 Tickets when you collect them.
• Cursed Souvenirs: These tokens are worth no points but are "forced stops": if you enter a city containing a Cursed Souvenir, you must Explore as your next action and collect that token before you can continue with your journey. When you do, you also draw 2 Tickets.

Souvenir tokens must be placed face down in an empty space in the Souvenir area of your Travel board. You must fill each row from left to right, starting from the top row, before placing tokens in the next row. If there is no empty space available (all 6 are full), you may either discard the token you just collected or discard one of your existing Souvenir tokens to make room for the new one.

Your Travel board also shows the Journey track and the Points space, used to track completed Checkpoints and earned points.

Wait

Often, the transportation type you want to use will not be departing on your current day. Wait actions allow you to advance on the Timeline while gaining useful benefits.

There are two possible Wait actions:

Refresh (duration: 1 day). Wait for 1 day. In addition, you may choose to discard both of your Objectives and draw 2 new ones.

Plan (duration: 2 days). Wait for 2 days and draw 1 Ticket. For more details, see Ticket Departure, above.

Objectives

Objectives represent outstanding experiences that you wish to have during your journey. During the game, you will always have 2 Objectives in your hand.

When you collect an Experience token, you may play 1 Objective from your hand that has the matching Experience symbol. Place it face up next to your Travel board. Whenever you play an Objective, remember to immediately draw a new one from the deck to replenish your hand of 2 Objectives.

Each Objective you play is worth 1 point at the end of the game (see Scoring below).

Example: A player plays an Objective matching the Experience token she just collected, earning 1 point at the end of the game. She then immediately draws another Objective to maintain a hand of 2 Objectives.

Checkpoints

Checkpoints are mandatory stops on your journey. All players must pass through the First Checkpoint (marked with a yellow flag), then the Second Checkpoint (marked with a red flag), before finally returning to the Starting City to end their journey. However, each Checkpoint can only be completed starting from its activation day, marked with the corresponding flag on the Timeline track. Reaching a Checkpoint too early has no effect.

Completing a Checkpoint is not an action. A Checkpoint is automatically completed if, after performing any action, you are in the required city and your Timeline pawn has reached the activation day for that Checkpoint.

Completing Checkpoints is mandatory and must be done in order: You may only complete the Second Checkpoint after completing the First, and the Final Checkpoint only after completing both the First and the Second.

The position of your Timeline pawn when you complete a Checkpoint determines how many points you earn for it, as shown on the bars matching the color of that Checkpoint below the days on the Timeline. Take the number of point tokens shown and place them in the Points space of your Traveler board. If your pawn is past the end of the third matching bar, you earn no points for completing that Checkpoint (but you still have to complete it!).

Completing a Checkpoint also allows you to refresh your Traveler's power (see Traveler Powers below).

Each player may only complete each Checkpoint once. To show that you have completed a Checkpoint, move your Journey token forward onto the matching space of the Journey track on your Travel board.

Example: Wolfgang's Traveler is already at the First Checkpoint, but he cannot complete it yet because his Timeline pawn has not reached the activation day for that Checkpoint yet. Yuki's Timeline pawn has reached the activation day when she arrives at the First Checkpoint, so she gained 3 points. Carlo completed the First Checkpoint as well, but he took a bit longer to get there—his Timeline pawn has already entered the second yellow bar—so he only gained 2 points. Paulo's Traveler is still far from the First Checkpoint, but his Timeline pawn is already at day 30, so when he eventually completes the First Checkpoint, it won't give him any points.

End of the Turn

Your turn ends after your Timeline pawn is the furthest ahead on the track (or tied for the furthest position) and you have performed at least 2 actions (if you already performed 2 actions but your Timeline pawn is not the furthest ahead, you must keep playing). Pass the Exploration die to the player on your left, who begins their turn.

Example turn: 1st action: Plan. 2nd action: Travel—still not furthest ahead, needs to take more actions. 3rd action: Travel—now furthest ahead.

Ending Your Journey

Your journey ends when your Traveler reaches the Starting City and you complete the Final Checkpoint. As explained earlier, this cannot occur before your Timeline pawn has passed the activation day for that Checkpoint and you have completed the two previous Checkpoints.

After you complete the Final Checkpoint, lay your Timeline pawn on its side next to the track and remove your Traveler from the Map to indicate that your journey has ended in the number of days shown by your current position on the track. Remember to take the point tokens awarded for the Final Checkpoint. Keep your Traveler handy, as it will be used to record your score at the end of the game (see Scoring below).

You take no further actions, and your turn is skipped while the others continue traveling. Sit back and relax!

Note that the Timeline pawns of players who have already finished are no longer considered when determining which pawn is the most advanced on the Timeline to check whether your turn has ended (If you are the last player still moving, simply keep playing—your turn never ends until you reach the Final Checkpoint!).

Ending Your Journey in More Than 80 Days

If your Timeline pawn passes the 80th day of travel (i.e., completes a full loop back to day 0 on the Timeline and then advances further), you must still continue playing until your Traveler reaches the Starting City. However, when you finally complete the Final Checkpoint, you gain no points for that Checkpoint. In addition, at the end of the game you will lose 1 point for each additional day you needed (see Scoring below).

End of the Game

The game ends once all players have completed the Final Checkpoint. It is now time to calculate the final score and determine the winner!

Scoring

Your final score is the total of the points you have earned from the Experience, Souvenir, and point tokens you collected, the Regions you visited, and the Objectives you played. If it took you more than 80 days to complete your journey, you'll start with a penalty.

Using the Traveler Pawns for Scoring

Place your Travelers on space 0 of the Timeline; they will now be used to calculate your score. Before proceeding, any player who took more than 80 days to complete their journey must move their Traveler backward 1 space for each additional day taken, as a penalty for arriving late.

Example: Catalina ended her journey in 83 days, so her Traveler is moved back 3 spaces as a penalty.

Visited Regions

The Map is divided into 7 Regions, roughly (but not exactly) corresponding to the continents of the real world.

You earn 2 points for each Region from which you have collected at least 1 Location token (either Experience or Souvenir) during the game. Each token shows a letter on its back (from A to G) corresponding to one of the 7 Regions; this can help you track how many different Regions you have visited.

Experience Tokens

For each Experience type, you earn points based on how many tokens of that type you collected during the game:

1 token	2 tokens	3 tokens
1 point	3 points	9 points

In addition, you earn 5 bonus points if you have at least 1 Experience token of every type.

Souvenir Tokens

Reveal all of the face-down Souvenir tokens on your Travel board. You gain points equal to the value shown on each Souvenir token you collected (each is worth from 0 to 3 points).

In addition, you earn points based on the number of completed rows of Souvenir tokens you have on your board:

1 row	2 rows	3 rows
1 point	3 points	6 points

Point Tokens

Add to your total any points gained from resolving Checkpoints (those you placed in the Point space of your Traveler board).

Objectives

You only gain points for the Objectives you played (see Objectives above). Any unplayed cards in your hand must be discarded. For each played Objective, you gain 1 point, as shown in the top-left corner of the card below the Experience type symbol.

Determining the Winner

The player with the most points wins! In case of a tie, the one who took fewer days to get back to the Starting City wins. If the tie persists, the victory is shared.

Traveler Powers

When a power is used, it becomes exhausted: flip the card face down as a reminder. An exhausted power is refreshed whenever that player completes a Checkpoint (see Checkpoints above), after which the card is flipped back face up.

Here is an explanation of each Traveler's power:

• Paulo Papagaio: Perform a Travel action along a Train route even if it is not departing on that day. This action takes 0 days.
• Lisette Lézard: When you perform an Explore action to collect a Souvenir, draw twice as many Tickets as that token would normally grant you.
• Catalina Cazadora: Perform a Travel action along any route even if there is no matching transportation type departing on that day. You must stop on an empty city. This action takes 0 days.
• Buck Puggins: Perform a Travel action along a Ship route even if it is not departing on that day. This action takes 0 days.
• Carlo Caproni: When you perform an Explore action to collect a Cursed Souvenir (0-point), do not roll the die. This action takes 1 day.
• Yuki Usagi: Move your Timeline pawn back 1 day. This does not count as an action.
• Wolfgang Entdecker: Perform a Travel action along a Secret route. This action takes 0 days.
• Hendrika van Dwalen: When you perform a Travel action, you may pass through cities containing tokens as if they were empty.