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Your cards affect your own board during your own turn. Your production cards apply only to your own production. There is nothing that can affect another player's board. None of your cards' effects apply during another player's turn.

• Any Available Slot: This includes the always-available slot.

• Any Slot Occupied By Another Player: This is any occupied slot, except those occupied by your action tiles. This does not include the always-available slot, because it is never considered to be occupied.
  
  In a four-player game, a slot occupied by you and another player does not count as a slot occupied by another player (because it is occupied by you). …

Components

• 80 Cards in 10 colors
• 1 Scorepad
• 1 Rulebook

Overview

Nowhere is nature's beauty quite so evident as in the resplendent colors of an arboretum. In Arboretum, you create carefully planned paths for your visitors to walk as they take in the colorful explosion of buds and leaves.

The cheerful cherry blossom, the fragrant dogwood, the mighty oak - all have a place in this peaceful haven. But the tranquil setting belies the game's competitive heart.

You must choose which cards to plant in your arboretum and which to keep in hand, as only the most expert curator will win the renown of nature enthusiasts everywhere. …

While the Fellowship covertly seeks to reach Mount Doom, Sauron is searching tirelessly for the Ring-bearers and their Companions. The Dark Lord gathers rumors and sends out spies, hoping to finally reclaim his long-lost treasure. These efforts are represented in War of the Ring by the Hunt for the Ring.

The Hunt Pool

The Hunt Pool is a set of cardboard tiles representing the effects of a successful Hunt. These tiles should be placed in an opaque container at the beginning of the game (such as a cup or similar container), as one tile must be drawn randomly each time the Hunt is successful. …

As the owner of a major fishing company in Nusfjord on the Lofoten archipelago, your goal is to develop and expand the harbor and the surrounding landscape.

Components

General Components:

• 1 Action board
• 1 Ships and Elders supply board
• 100 fish tokens
• 50 wood tokens
• 1 wooden First Player ship
• 1 Banquet Table
• 2 Building supply boards
• 1 Imitation tile
• 132 Building cards
• 18 Elder cards
• 15 First Player tiles
• 18 Ship tiles (6 sloops | 6 cutters | 6 schooners)
• 41 gold coins
• 9 multiplication tiles 3x "5 fish"
• 30 forests

In Each Of The Five Player Colors:

• 1 "Personal Supply" board
• 3 Worker disks
• 1 Elder Council
• 1 Harbor board
• 5 Share tiles

Setup

Central Display

1 Turn the Action board to the appropriate side, according to the number of players (as shown by a symbol, see illustration), and place it on the table. One side is for 1-2 players; the other side is for 3-5 players. …

Fall In New England

Before winter makes its appearance, a particularly warm fall bathes the forest in a golden shimmer. During this Indian Summer, New England blossoms one final time. Treetops are ablaze with countless colors, a living rainbow, with colors ranging from green to orange to red.

The first leaves have begun to fall and our steps along with the diligent squirrels rustle the colorful foliage.

On our walks through the woods we discover all kinds of little treasures. We collect berries, nuts, mushrooms, and feathers. We pause for a moment to watch the shy inhabitants of the forest before we set off towards home where a good game and a hot tea awaits us. …

Object of the Game

Build amazing Bears (and other Monsters) strong enough to eat the horrible Babies when they attack.

Whoever eats the most Babies wins!

Setup - Practice Round

The best way to learn a game is by actually doing stuff. For the next few minutes, you're going to try a quick practice round.

1. Unfold the playmat in the middle of the table.

   
   
   

2. Open Packet 1 (leave Packet 2 in the box for now).

3. Shuffle the cards REALLY WELL.

4. Deal five cards face-down to each player. …

Q: Which is more likely: The Rescue of Machu Picchu or a Spanish Conquest?

A: It is up to the players: If the Incas are working hard and are efficient, it will be easy for them to pay for Priests and Virgins. If they are reluctant to work and take the Moon Tiles early on, a Spanish Conquest is more likely.

As it requires some experience to be efficient, beginners tend to fall victim to a Spanish Conquest more often than experienced players. …

The Chancery expansion adds a new location where Apprentices can gain income and benefits. It also adds a new way to score points with secret end-game scoring goals.

Components

• Chancery board
• 18 dice tiles
• 18 commission cards
• 36 city tokens
• Cloth bag

Additional Setup

Place the Chancery board beside the main board. Place all 18 dice tiles in the cloth bag (along with the Building tiles). Give each player 3 City tokens.

Shuffle the Commission cards and deal 3 cards face down to each player. Each player looks at their cards and chooses 1 to keep. …

The initial setup should take into account a number of factors. Note that a lot of the information below is also applicable whenever a new settlement is built.

Production Value

Before you place settlements, figure out how much the intersection will produce. First, a refresher on the number distribution of two six-sided dice, for those of you unfamiliar with the bell curve. Below is the number of times (out of 36) that a particular number shows up:

So if you have a settlement on a 3/5/10 intersection, the chance that it will produce something that turn will be 2/36 (the chance a three will be rolled) + 4/36 (the chance for the five) + 3/36 (the chance for the ten), or 9 out of 36 in total. …

There are many locations in the beautiful city of Caveborn where you can place your dice in order to perform actions or gain benefits.

Dice Placement

The slots on the board require you to place a die of a certain value. You can only place a die on an open slot. The die fills the slot and remains on it for the remainder of the round. Dice cannot be combined. You may place only one die per turn.

Some locations have a fixed number of available die slots no matter the number of players, while other locations have available slots based on the specific number of players. Instructions are listed on the Setup cards for each player count. …