Wayfarers of the South Tigris: Tides of Trade

Expansion for Wayfarers of the South Tigris

Wayfarers of the South Tigris: Tides of Trade Rulebook

Table of Contents

Components

4 Player Board Extensions
2 Double-sided Main Board Extensions
35 Various Cards (marked with an Overseer icon)
6 Trader Tiles
32 Red Worker Upgrade Tiles (16 Tops and 16 Bottoms)
4 Hourglass Tiles
1 Pink Upgrade Tile

Cards included: 1 Scheme, 8 Water, 3 Space, 8 Land, 2 Inspiration, 13 Townsfolk (including 10 Overseers).

Setup

Set up Wayfarers of the South Tigris as described in the original rulebook, with the following changes:

Place the 2 Main Board Extensions side by side at the left end of the original Main Board Sections. Use either side of each Extension for variety between plays.
Shuffle all new Cards into their respective piles. The 10 Overseer Cards are a new type of Townsfolk Card, which will be explained in detail later. For now, shuffle these in with all the other Townsfolk Cards.
Place the Trader Tiles onto the matching spaces of the Main Board Extensions. With 3-4 players, include the 2 duplicate Tiles. Stack each matching pair onto their respective space. With fewer players, return the duplicates to the box (use only 1 of each unique Trader Tile).
Separate the Worker Upgrade Tiles by type (A = Tops / B = Bottoms), shuffling each set separately. Create 4 stacks of Tops, and 4 stacks of Bottoms. The number of Tiles in each stack should be equal to the number of players in the game. For example, in a game with 3 players, there should be 3 Upgrade Tiles in each stack.

Place each stack faceup onto 1 of the corresponding A or B spaces of the Main Board Extensions. Return all other Worker Upgrade Tiles to the box. Notice how the Tops and Bottoms should line up, like 2 halves of a single domino.
Place the new Pink Upgrade Tile onto its space of the Main Board Extension.
Give each player 1 Player Board Extension and 1 Hourglass Tile. They should place their Extension to the left of their Player Board, and keep their Hourglass Tile nearby with its empty side faceup.

Red Influence

Players can now gain and spend Red Influence. This works just like Influence of the original 3 colours. Red Influence is kept on the new Red Minaret illustration of the Main Board Extensions.

The Influence icon (the one showing Black, Yellow and Blue Influence) still only allows players to gain either Black, Yellow, or Blue Influence. Not Red!

The Influence-move icon (the one showing an arrow between Black, Yellow and Blue Influence) allows players to move Influence from Black, Yellow, or Blue to any other Guild, including to Red. This will be one of the main ways for players to increase their Influence in the Red Guild.

The player who has the most Red Influence at the game's end will score 5VP.

As with the original Guilds, players can only use the ability of the Red Guild once per turn. This ability allows players to spend 1 Red Influence in place of spending 1 Influence of a different colour (only once!). They can even use this ability if they have no Influence of the other colour.

For example, a player could spend 1 Red Influence as if were Black when journaling to move 1 additional space on the Main Board (using the Black Guild's ability).

As another example, a player could spend 1 Blue Influence and 1 Red Influence (as if it were Blue) when acquiring a Water Upgrade Tile.

New Tags

Each player has 1 Market Icon on their Player Board Extension. This is only referenced by the 10 Overseer Cards in the Townsfolk Draw Pile. This is the only area where Overseer Cards can be tucked beneath.

Trading Posts are featured on some Land Cards and Water Cards, and on the Player Board Extensions. They are also referenced for scoring on some Space Cards and Inspiration Cards. These have a very similar function and presence in the game to Observatory and Library Tags. There is a new Pink Upgrade Tile featuring a Trading Post, available to players when they would gain a Pink Upgrade Tile.

Card Influence

Tides of Trade brings in a new use for Card Influence. Any time players would gain Card Influence, they can either place Influence on a Card following the original rules, or instead, place it on the large black Ink Well illustration of the Main Board Extensions.

As with Guild Influence, players can spend Card Influence from the Ink Well (not from Cards) for a chosen ability. There are 4 abilities available. Players can only use 1 effect per turn, and only once:

Spend 1 Card Influence, along with 1 Silver to spend 1 fewer Provision.
Spend 1 Card Influence, along with 1 Provision to spend 1 fewer Silver.
When placing a Die, spend 2 Card Influence to act as if that Die had 1 Pigeon, 1 Camel, and 1 Telescope.
Spend 3 Card Influence to either Capture 1 Worker, or gain 1 Red Influence.

Alternative Rules

Before starting the game, players should decide as a group which Card Influence rules to use:

The new rules alongside the original rules.
Just the new rules: Players no longer place Influence onto Cards.
Just the original rules: Players do not place Influence on the Ink Well, or use its abilities.

Player Board Extension

Each player has a new Player Board Extension.

Along the top are 2 new scoring reminders: Players score 3VP for each complete set they have consisting of 1 Observatory, 1 Library, and 1 Trading Post. Players also score 1VP for each 2x2 square in their Caravan covered by Upgrade Tiles.

This area is not a Space Card, and therefore an Inspiration Card cannot be placed above it to double any of the scoring effects mentioned above.

In the middle is a new Caravan area for Worker Upgrade Tiles. This is a 3x2 grid providing space for 1 Worker Upgrade Tile pair (Top and Bottom parts) below each Worker colour.

The bottom half features the Market. While this is not a City or Vista, it is still considered a Land Card for effects that would reference Land Cards.

In the middle of the Market is room for housing a single Trader Tile.

Along the very bottom is a new Dice placement space. A Die of any value can be placed here as an action. This action allows players to either Employ a Trader, or Acquire a Worker Upgrade Tile.

Players can also tuck 1 Overseer Townsfolk beneath their Market. This will provide them with a special ability when they Rest, so long as they have a Trader Tile on their Market at that time.

Important Rule: After resting, players must always return any Trader Tile from their Market, back to the matching space of the Main Board Extensions.

All effects from tucked Overseers should already be familiar from other areas of the game.

Employing a Trader

Any time players gain the ability to Employ a Trader, they may select 1 Trader Tile from those currently available on the Main Board Extensions.

After selecting a Trader Tile, players must pay any costs before resolving any other effects. After resolving all effects, the Trader Tile must be placed onto the player's Market. If they already had a Trader Tile there, that Tile must immediately be returned to the matching space of the Main Board Extensions.

The four unique Trader Tiles are listed below, each with its two sides as printed.

Trader Tile (first unique tile)

Side A: Spend 2 Red Influence to acquire a Space Card with a 3-Silver discount, or acquire an Inspiration Card.
Side B: Spend 2 Red Influence to acquire a Basic, Space, Land or Water Upgrade Tile with a 3-Silver discount, and gain 1 Card Influence.

Trader Tile (second unique tile)

Side A: Spend 2 Red Influence to acquire a Land Card.
Side B: Spend 2 Red Influence to acquire a Water Card.

Trader Tile (third unique tile)

Side A: Spend 1 Red Influence to gain 2 Provisions and Refresh 1 Die.
Side B: Spend 1 Red Influence to gain 2 Silver and acquire a Townsfolk Card, paying any usual costs.

Trader Tile (fourth unique tile)

Side A: Gain 1 Red Influence and acquire a Basic Upgrade Tile, paying the usual costs.
Side B: Gain 1 Red Influence and move 1 Influence.

Editor's note: the printed page labels these tiles only by their artwork, so they are numbered here in printed order (first to fourth) for reference. The numbers are not part of the printed rules.

Acquiring Worker Upgrade Tiles

When acquiring Worker Upgrade Tiles, players must first pay the cost. This is always either 3 Silver or 2 Red Influence.

Each Worker Upgrade Tile is made up of 2 parts (Top and Bottom). These parts were randomized and pieced together during Setup. While they are 2 separate parts, together they are considered just 1 Upgrade Tile for all intents and purposes. After paying the cost to acquire a Worker Upgrade Tile, players must select 1 of the pairs from those available on the Main Board Extensions.

Worker Upgrade Tiles can only be placed onto the new Caravan area of Player Board Extensions. No other Upgrade Tiles may be placed in this Caravan. When placing a Worker Upgrade Tile, players gain the benefit of any icons covered (1 Red Influence or Retrieve a Worker).

From now on, whenever players place the coloured Worker shown above a Worker Upgrade Tile, they may resolve any effects on the Tile in addition to the effects of where they placed the Worker. All these effects may be resolved in any order.

The printed example shows a player who has placed a Worker Upgrade Tile beneath their Yellow Worker space. This immediately gained them 1 Red Influence. When they place Yellow Workers in the future, they will also be able to gain 1 Yellow Influence and 1 Provision.

Acquiring a Worker Upgrade Tile will usually reveal a new pairing of Tiles below. If a stack runs out of Tiles, it remains empty for the rest of the game.

The printed page carries a legend of two colour-band icons (shown as stripes of colour). The first: "This icon includes Worker Upgrade Tiles, despite not showing the red colour." The second: "This icon does not include Worker Upgrade Tiles."

Worker Upgrade Tile Effects

Upgrade Tiles like this have both a cost and an effect. The cost must be paid before resolving the effect. Card Influence for this left Tile can be removed from the Ink Well or from a Card.

These Upgrade Tiles provide some Dice manipulation, such as altering Dice values or Refreshing a Die.

Some Upgrade Tiles provide simple immediate effects, such as gaining Silver, Card Influence, Guild Influence, acquiring Basic Upgrade Tiles, and more.

Tags and VP can also be found on Worker Upgrade Tiles. These function just like those found on other Upgrade Tiles.

This particular Upgrade Tile allows players to ignore all other Workers on a Card when placing Workers of the coloured tied to this Tile. In other words, they can never be blocked.

Editor's note: the printed page shows ten example Tile faces grouped under these headings. The rulebook text does not spell out the value of each individual face, so they are not transcribed here; see the printed page for the artwork.

Dismissing Overseers

When acquiring a Townsfolk Card, players have a new option if there are any Overseers above the Main Board. Rather than acquiring an Overseer to tuck below their Market, players can instead dismiss them to resolve the effects shown in the top-right corner of the Card. Note that this still costs 3 Silver, as shown on each Overseer Card. Dismissed Overseers should be returned to the game box.

All effects from dismissing Overseers should already be familiar from other areas of the game.

Hourglass Tiles

Each player has 1 Hourglass Tile to aid them when they Journal.

Empty Side: If players cannot advance forward when Journaling (or choose not), they may flip their empty Hourglass to its full side. However, this can only be from resolving their first and only movement. They cannot flip their Hourglass if using the Black Guild to move an additional space.

Full Side: While on its full side, players can flip their Hourglass Tile back to its empty side in order to reduce the requirement on an ink splotch by 1 when Journaling. This can be to either lower the printed number by 1, or to prevent spending 1 Influence in cases where Influence must be spent.

Full Hourglasses are also worth 2VP at the game's end.

New Actions & Effects

Some Cities and Harbours have an Influence cost. Dice of any value can be placed here, but players must spend the required Influence before resolving any of the Card's effects. If a tucked Townsfolk Card can provide the required Influence, they may be activated as the Dice is placed (much like how some Townsfolk can provide Assets for Cities and Harbours).

This effect allows players to immediately Capture a Worker, and then place and resolve any Worker from their supply following the normal rules.

Capturing Workers

This can either be resolved like a normal Worker Retrieval (taking a Worker from a Card around the Main Board), or it can be used to take a Worker from an opponent's personal supply. To take a Worker from an opponent's personal supply, players must pay that opponent either 1 Silver or 1 Provision.

Scoring

In addition to the original scoring, players also score for the following:

Secondary Land and Water Tags: 3VP for each complete set of 1 Observatory, 1 Library, and 1 Trading Post. Remember to also count any Tags in the Caravans.
1VP per 2x2 filled square in the Caravans: Each Upgrade Tile may be used to help complete multiple squares. The maximum scoring for the Worker Caravan is 2VP. The maximum scoring for the Dice Caravan is 8VP.

Also be sure to count any VP on Worker Upgrade Tiles when scoring the Caravans.
2VP for having a Full Hourglass.
5VP to the player with the most Influence in the Red Guild.

The printed scoring example shows a player who would score a total of 4VP from the 2x2 filled squares in their Caravans, outlined in white on the printed page.

Solo Play

Setup

Shuffle the new Scheme Card into the Scheme Card Draw Pile. Do not give your opponent a Player Board Extension or Hourglass Tile. There should be 2 Worker Upgrade Tiles per stack, and only 1 of each Trader Tile.

New Scheme Card

If the AI can spend 2 Red Influence, they will do so to gain 1 Inspiration Card. If they do not have the Influence to spend, they will instead gain 1 Worker Upgrade Tile, and 3 Red Influence.

Regardless of which effect they resolved, they will immediately turn over another Scheme Card and resolve that as normal. There is an icon at the bottom of this Scheme Card as a reminder.

Acquiring Worker Upgrade Tiles

The AI will use the same priority rules as for when they acquire Basic (green) Upgrade Tiles. For example, a sum of 4 would target the left-most stack of Worker Upgrade Tiles. They place their Upgrade Tiles on their Caravan as they would any other Upgrade Tile.

Trader Tiles

The AI does not interact with Trader Tiles. However, whenever you would return a Trader Tile, place it below the Main Board Extensions. This Tile is no longer available. Once there are 2 Trader Tiles below the Main Board Extensions, immediately return all those below to their matching spaces, making them available again.

Card Influence

The AI only uses the original Card Influence rules. It does not place Influence on the Ink Well.

Scoring

The AI does not have any additional scoring steps from the original game, aside from potentially controlling the Red Guild for 5VP.

Pink Upgrade Tile

The AI can collect the new Pink Upgrade Tile if looking clockwise from the bottom row.