Century: Spice Road Fan Site

Setup

1. Shuffle the orange-backed scoring cards and form a stack. A Place five of these cards face-up in a row next to the stack. B

2. Put twice as many gold coins as there are players playing above the leftmost scoring card. C Place the same number of silver coins above the second card from the left. D

3. Among the purple-backed trader cards there are 10 starting cards with a violet frame on the front. E Each player receives a "2 Tumeric" (yellow) and a conversion card as a starting hand. Return the other starting cards back to the box. …

Centuries ago, the lucrative spice trade compelled the prosperous nations of the world to explore alternate routes to the sources of these precious goods. These nations took to the seas to seek out exotic lands.

This led to the discovery of the famed Spice Islands where the most valuable spices in the world were found. These spices were worth more than their weight in gold and some only grew on these islands. This discovery led to further expedition, competition... and later, war. …

Setup

To set up a game of Century, follow these steps in order:

1. Shuffle the Point cards (Golem back) to form a deck A, then draw 5 cards and place them face up in a row to the left of that deck B.

2. Place a pile of copper tokens equal to the number of players x2 above the first (leftmost) Point card C.

   Then place a pile of silver tokens equal to the number of players x2 above the second Point card D. …