Andreas Seyfarth

Prospector, captain, mayor, trader, settler, craftsman, or builder?

Which roles will you play in the new world?
Will you own the most prosperous plantations?
Will you build the most valuable buildings?
You have but one goal: achieve the greatest prosperity and highest respect!
This gaol is attained by the player who earns the most victory points!

GOAL Goal

The game is played over several rounds. In each round, each player chooses one of The players go from round to
seven different roles and, thereby, offers all players, in clockwise order, the action round in different roles and
associated with that role. initiate the associated actions.
So, for example, with the settler, players can place new plantations, on which,
with the help of the craftsman, players can produce goods. Players can then sell
Players place plantations and build
these goods to the trading house with the trader or, with the captain, ship them
to the old world. With the money earned from such sales, the players. with the buildings. They produce goods
builder, may build buildings in the city, and so on. and then sell or ship them.
The player who best manages the changing roles with their associated actions and
special privileges, will achieve the greatest prosperity and the highest respect and, The player with the most points at
thereby, win the game. game end is the winner!
The winner is the player who earns the most victory points.

CONTENTS
basic game
Expansion I:
5 player boards each has 12 island spaces and 12 city spaces as
"The new buildings"
well as a summary of the 7 roles
1 game board for the various buildings and the money 2 x 12 small and
1 governor placard indicates the starting player of the round 2 large beige buildings
8 role placards one each of settler, mayor, builder, craftsman, (with violet-ringed spaces for
trader, and captain; and 2 prospectors the colonists)
49 buildings 5 large beige buildings (2 spaces),
Expansion II:
2 x 12 small beige buildings and
"The nobles"
20 colorful production buildings
2 x 6 small and 1 large beige
58 island tiles 8 quarry tiles and 50 plantation tiles: 8 coffee, buildings, 2 small pink buildings
9 tobacco, 10 corn, 11 sugar, and 12 indigo (with red-ringed spaces for
1 colonists ship for the incoming colonists the colonists)
5 cargo ships with 4-8 spaces for goods to send to Spain 20 nobles (red octagonal wooden
1 trading house for selling goods tokens)
100 colonists brown octagonal wooden tokens
50 goods tokens 9 of coffee (dk brown) and tobacco (lt brown),
10 of corn (yellow), 11 of sugar (white)
and indigo (blue) wooden chests
Please find the rules for 2 players
46 VP chips VP (hexagonal; 27 x 1 and 19 x 5 tokens) and the two expansions beginning
60 doubloons golden metal tokens on page 12.

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 PREPARATION (BASIC GAME; 3-5 PLAYERS)
Place the game board in the middle of the table. Place all the basic buildings on their respective spaces on the board with
either the long text descriptions (for new players) or the shorter explanations (for experienced players) face up.

Sort the 60 doubloons by value and place them on the bank on the game board (see below).
Each player takes:
• 1 player board (placed before him on the table - his play area)
• money:
- with 3 players: 2 doubloons - with 4 players: 3 doubloons - with 5 players: 4 doubloons
The players store their doubloons on the windrose on their player boards, so that all players can see how much money each has.
• 1 plantation tile (which he places face-up on any of the 12 island spaces on his player board).
First, the players choose a starting player using any method they choose. This player takes the governor placard and an
indigo tile. The other players take the following in clockwise order:
- with 3 players: 2nd player: indigo tile / 3rd player: corn tile
- with 4 players: 2nd player: indigo tile / 3rd and 4th players: each 1 corn tile
- with 5 players: 2nd and 3rd players: each 1 indigo tile / 4th and 5th players: each 1 corn tile

Place the remaining basic game material as shown in the below illustration:
(note: the illustration below is for a 4 player game)

the VP chips all 8 quarry tiles (face-up)

(in 2 denominations):
4, 5 or 6 plantation tiles (one more than the number of
- with 3 players: 75 total points
players) are taken from the face-down stacks and placed
- with 4 player: 100 total points
face-up next to the quarry tile stack.
- with 5 players: 122 total points
all the rest of the plantation tiles (face-down and shuffled)

the role placards

- with 3 players: all placards except
both prospectors (= 6 placards)
- with 4 players: all placards except
one prospector (= 7 placards)
- with 5 players: all 8 placards
three cargo ships
- with 3 players: the ships
with 4, 5, and 6 cargo spaces
- with 4 players: the ships
with 5, 6, and 7 cargo spaces
- with 5 players: the ships
with 6, 7, and 8 cargo spaces
all goods cases
(sorted by the 5 different kinds)
the trading house
the colonist ship: with
3, 4, or 5 colonists, depending on
and equal to the number of players
the colonists (as a supply crowd)
- with 3 players: 55 colonists
- with 4 players: 75 colonists
- with 5 players: 95 colonists

Place unused material

back into the box.

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 PLAYING THE GAME PLAYING THE GAME

The game is played over several rounds (about 15). Each round is played in the The governor begins and chooses
same way. The player with the governor placard begins. He takes one of the role a role card; all players take the
placards, places it face-up next to his player board, and takes the action allowed associated action, in clockwise
by the role placard. Then, his left neighbor takes the action allowed by that role order.
placard, and so on around the table, in clockwise order, until every player has
taken this action once.
Next, the left neighbor of the governor takes his turn: he takes one of the
remaining role placards, places it face-up next to his player board, and takes the The next player chooses a role card
action allowed by the role placard. Then, his left neighbor takes the action allowed and all players take the associated
by that role placard, and so on around the table, in clockwise order, until every action as before.
player has taken this action once. Then, his left neighbor takes a role placard, and
so on until all players have taken a role placard and all players taken the actions
allowed by the role placards taken.
Next, place one doubloon on each of the three role placards that were not taken At the end of the round, place 1
by a player during the round. Then, place the used role placards back on the table doubloon on the unused role cards.
next to the unused placards. The left neighbor of the player with the governor The governor card goes to the next
placard takes the governor placard, becoming the governor for the next round. He player in clockwise order, and the
begins the round and the game continues as before. game continues.

The roles The roles

Each role grants the player who takes the placard a special privilege, and also, a - every player is allowed to take the
specific action that can be taken by each player, in clockwise order, starting with action associated with the role
the player who took the role (exception: prospector). (exception: prospector)
- the privilege associated with
Basic rules for all role placards: :
the role may only be used by the
- If a placard has one or more doubloons on it, the player who takes it also takes
player taking the role card
the doubloons in addition to the privilege and action associated with the placard.
- The action associated with a role placard is always taken first by the player who
took the placard, followed by the others in clockwise order.
- A player must always take a role placard when it is his turn to do so, but he may
choose not to use the action or privilege of the placard he choses. The other
players, of course, get their turns at the action of the placard.
- The action of a role placard is optional (exception: captain). A player may choose
not to or be unable to use the action on his turn.
- A role placard remains in front of the player who took it until the end of the
round. It may not be taken by another player in the round.

The settler (settler phase → players place new plantations on their island spaces)
The player who chooses this role may take either a quarry tile as his privilege or
one of the face-up plantation tiles and place it on any empty island space on his
player board. Afterwards, each other player, in clockwise order, may take one of Action:
the face-up plantation tiles (not a quarry tile! - exception: construction hut) and each player takes
place it on any empty island space on his player board. and places a
Finally, the settler player puts the untaken plantation tiles face-up on a plantation plantation tile
discard stack and draws new plantation tiles from the face-down stacks, placing
them face-up next to the quarry stack. He draws one more than the number of Privilege:
players. the settler may take
Notes: and place a quarry,
- Remember the special functions of the hacienda, construction hut, and hospice. instead
- If there are not enough plantation tiles left in the face-down stacks, the player first draws and
places those. He shuffles the discarded plantation tiles face-down, creates five new face down at the end of the settler phase:
stacks, and fills the face-up row. If there are insufficient tiles to refill the face-up row, players in draw new plantation tiles
following rounds may have to do without.
- Where a player places quarry and plantation tiles on his island plays no role in the game.
The tiles may not be removed from the island.
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 - When a player has filled all 12 island spaces his player board, he may not take any further
tiles in the settler phases for the rest of the game.
- When there are no more quarry tiles in the quarry tile stack, the settler may not use his
privilege and the owner of the construction hut may not use that special function.

The mayor (mayor phase → arrival of new colonists)

The tiles (plantation, quarry, or building) have 1 to 3 circles. A player may place Action:
one colonist on each circle on the tiles on his player board. If there is at least one each player takes
colonist on a tile, it is considered occupied. Only occupied tiles may use their and places one
functions; unoccupied tiles never function! colonist in turn order
The player who chooses this role may first take one colonist from the colonist supply Privilege:
(not from the colonist ship!) as his privilege. Next, the players take the colonists
the mayor may
from the colonist ship one at a time, starting with the mayor. The players continue
to take one colonist at a time, in clockwise order, until none remain on the colonist take one
ship. additional colonist
A player may place his new colonist(s), together with all the colonists he acquired
from earlier rounds, on any empty circles on the tiles on his player board. Thus,
Example for 4 players:
a player may move a colonist placed on a circle or on his windrose in an earlier
round. If a player cannot place all his colonists, he may “store” them on his 1 mayor
windrose on his player board. The colonists remain there until a later mayor phase 2 2nd player
when they may be placed on empty circles on the player’s tiles. 3 3rd player
4 4th player
As his last duty, the mayor puts new colonists on the colonist ship to be used in 5 mayor
the next mayor phase. For each empty circle on the buildings on the player boards 6 2nd player
of all players (empty circles on plantations and quarries do not count!), the mayor
takes one colonist from the colonist supply and places it on the colonist ship.
(The mayor takes 3 colonists, the second player
However, as a minimum, the mayor should always place at least as many colonists takes 2, players 3 and 4 take 1 each)
on the ship as there are players in the game.
Notes:
- Usually, all players place/move their colonists at the same time. If, however, the
players feel that their placement decisions may depend on other’s placements, the Each player may place all his
players should place their colonists is the following order: first, the mayor and, then, colonists on new empty circles.
the others in clockwise order from the mayor.
- If a mayor forgets (players may remind him) to place new colonists on the colonist At the end of the mayor phase:
ship, players later place the minimum (number of players) on the colonist ship. place new colonists
- When the colonist supply runs out, the mayor may not use his privilege and, of course, on the colonist ship
he does not refill the colonist ship.
- No player may choose to place colonists on his windrose if he has empty circles
available on his player board. All empty circles must be filled, if possible. Colonists
can only be placed on the circles during the mayor phase.

The builder (builder phase → build buildings)

The player who chooses this role, can immediately build one building for one Action:
doubloon less than the normal cost as his privilege. He pays the money to the each player may
bank, takes the building from the supply, and places it on any empty space in the build one building
city on his player board. When placing a large building, the
player needs two adjacent empty spaces. Then, the other players, in Privilege:
clockwise order from the builder, may, in the same way, each builder pay 1
cost name VP
builds one building (at normal cost). less doubloon
Note: No player may build more than one building per round.
For further information on the individual buildings, please see page 8 of these rules.
Quarry
Each occupied quarry that a player owns may reduce the player’s cost for building
a building by 1 doubloon. The limit for such reductions is shown on the game
board: players building buildings in the first column can reduce their cost by at The building costs may be
most 1 doubloon (1 occupied quarry), in the second column by 2 doubloons (2 reduced with occupied quarries.
occupied quarries), in the third column by 3 doubloons (3 occupied quarries), and in
the fourth column by 4 doubloons (4 occupied quarries).

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 The builder’s privilege reduction is in addition to the quarry reduction, but
the cost of a building may not be reduced below 0 doubloons. A player with 3
occupied quarries pays the following costs: construction hut: 1 doubloon; office: 3
doubloons; harbor: 5 doubloons; city hall: 7 doubloons.
Note:
- Remember the special function of the university.
- If the builder does not build a building, he does not take 1 doubloon for his privilege!
- It is not possible to build on more than 12 city spaces. A player who has no empty city spaces
may not build more buildings.

The craftsman (craftsman phase → produce goods) Action:

The player who chooses this role takes goods from the supply according to his all players takes
production ability and places them on the windrose on his player board. Thus, the good cases from
windrose contains a player’s money, goods, and extra colonists. Next, the other the supply
players take goods from the supply according to their abilities, in clockwise order
from the craftsman. Privilege:
See more details on production abilities on page 8 under “The production buildings”. craftsman takes
As his last duty, the craftsman takes one additional good (of those he can produce) one case more
from the supply as his privilege.
Note: the craftsman is the riskiest role in
Notes: the game. Players must watch carefully
- Remember the special function of the factory. that they do not help their opponents more
- If the kind of goods a player produces is exhausted in the supply, he takes nothing. than themselves by taking this role!
- If the craftsman does not produce goods, he does not get an extra good (privilege).

The trader (trader phase → sell goods)

The player who chooses this role, may immediately sell one good to the trading
house. He places the sold good on any empty space on the trading Action:
house and takes from the bank the price associated with the good he each player may
sold (0-4 doubloons) plus 1 doubloon as his privilege. Then, in sell at most one
clockwise order from the trader, each other player may sell one good case
to the trading house for the price shown as long as there is room for
it in the trading house. The trading phase ends when all players have Privilege:
had one turn to sell or when the trading house is full. trader takes 1
doubloon more
When selling, use the following rules:
with his sale
- The trading house has room for just four goods. When it is full, no other players
may sell goods in this trading phase.
- The trading house buys only different kinds of goods (exception: office).
As his last duty, the trader empties the trading house if it is full with four goods, The trading house buys only
placing them in their separate supply piles. If there are fewer than four goods in different goods
the trading house, they remain there. It will be more difficult to sell goods in the (exception office)
next trader phase, because of the kinds of goods already there and the fewer number of
spaces available. At the end of the trader phase:
empty full trading house
Note:
- Remember the special functions of the small and large markets and the office.
- If the trader does not sell, he does not collect the extra doubloon (privilege).
- A player may sell corn to the trading house even though he earns no money for doing so.

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 The captain (captain phase → ship goods)
The captain is in charge of shipping goods to the old world. This means that the Action:
captain is the first to load goods on the cargo ships. Then, the other players follow, players must
in clockwise order from the captain. load cases on the
Note: in the captain phase, each player may get several turns to load goods on the cargo ships
cargo ships. When it is a player’s turn to load goods on a cargo ship, he must load if
he can. However, a player may load goods of only one kind on a turn. On his turn, a Privilege:
player may choose freely which good to load of those he can load. captain takes
1 VP more
The captain phase continues, clockwise around the table, as long as at least one
player has goods he can load.
Each cargo ship can carry only
Loading/shipping rules goods of one kind, but not goods
When shipping, players must follow these rules: like any other cargo ship.
- Each cargo ship will carry goods of only one kind.
- Players may not load goods on a cargo ship if goods of that same kind are on When no players can load any
one of the other two cargo ships. more goods, the captain phase
- Players may not load goods on a full ship. ends and the captain empties all
- On a player’s turn, he must load goods if he can. However, he may only load one full cargo ships.
kind of good and to only one ship.
- When a player loads goods of a kind, he must load as many of that kind as he Goods storage!
can. A player cannot hold back goods when there is space on a ship carrying the only one case per player
kind of goods he has. If a player has a kind of good that can be loaded on (exception: warehouses!)
several empty ships, he must choose the ship where he can load the most goods,
leaving none behind, if possible. Example for the captain phase (4 players):
- If a player has several kinds of goods that he can load, he may choose freely Anna is captain and starts the loading. She
has 2 corn and 6 sugar. The 5 space ship and
which goods to load. He need not choose the goods that would allow him to load the 7 space ship are empty, and there are 3 corn
the most cases. on the 6 space ship. Anna must load either her
VP (victory points) 2 corn or 6 sugar. She chooses the sugar and
loads her 6 sugar cases on the 7 space ship (she
For each good (each case, not each kind of good) a player loads, he earns 1 VP in may not choose the 5 space ship as she could not
the form of value 1 VP chips. When loading goods onto the cargo ships, all kinds load all 6 sugar). She earns 7 VP (6 + 1 for the
of goods have the same value: 1 VP per case loaded! The goods values used in the captain privilege).
trader phase are not used here. When loading his first kind of goods, the captain Bob is next. He has 2 Sugar and 3 tobacco. He
chooses sugar and loads 1 case on the 7 space
takes as his privilege of 1 extra VP. He does not get this extra VP for the goods he ship, filling it (he cannot load his other sugar
loads in subsequent turn in this captain phase. as there is no room). He could, instead, choose
A player keeps his VP, unlike his money and goods, secret from the others. to load his 3 tobacco on the empty 5 space ship,
A player puts his VP chips face-down on his windrose. From time to time, players but hopes to sell tobacco to the trading house
should convert 5 value 1 chips for a single value 5 chip. later. He earns 1 VP.
Chris is next. She has 2 corn and 1 tobacco.
Goods storage She chooses tobacco and loads 1 tobacco case on
When no more goods can be loaded on the cargo ships, the players must store the the empty 5 space ship. She earns 1 VP.
David is next. He has 1 corn and 5 indigo. He
goods left on their windroses. Each player may store one good (one case) on his must load the corn on the 6 space ship as he has
windrose. For all other remaining goods, each player must find room in one of his no place for his indigo. He earns 1 VP.
warehouses (small or large). If a player does not have sufficient warehouse space, Anna now has another turn. She must now
he must place all extra goods back in the goods supplies (see more information load her 2 corn on the 6 space ship. She earns
under “small warehouse”). 2 more VP.
Bob has now no choice but to load his 3 tobacco
As his last duty, the captain unloads all full ships by placing those goods back in on the 5 space ship. He earns 3 more VP.
their separate supply piles. Partially full and empty ships remain as they are until Chris and David have goods left, but no place
the next captain phase. It will be more difficult to load goods in the next captain to load them. Anna and Bob have no goods
phase, because of the kinds of goods already on the cargo ships and the fewer number of left. Thus, the loading ends.
spaces available. Next, Chris, and David must store the goods
Note: they have left. As they both have more than 1,
- Remember the special functions of the small and large warehouses, the harbor, and the wharf. they will have to place the extras in storage or
lose them. Finally, Anna unloads the two full
- If a player cannot store all his extra goods, he may choose which goods to store and which to ships: the 6 space ship and the 7 space ship. The
return to the goods supply. 4 tobacco remain on the 5 space ship.
- The captain earns only one extra VP as his privilege, regardless of how many kinds of goods he
The 4 tobacco cases remain on the 5 space ship.
loads. If he loads no goods, he does not get the extra privilege VP.
- Players only check for goods storage at the end of the captain phase. Players store goods
acquired in other phases on the windroses without limit until the next captain phase.

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 The prospector
The player who chooses this role initiates no action for the players, but receives as Action:
his privilege 1 doubloon from the bank. none!

A new round ... Privilege:

After the last player in the round takes a role and all players complete the action, 1 doubloon
if any, of the role, the round ends. Now, the governor takes three doubloons from from the bank
the bank, placing one each on the three role placards that were not selected during
the round. The doubloons are placed regardless of the number of doubloons End of the round:
already on the placards. Role placards with more doubloons will be more Place 1 doubloon on each of the
attractive to the players as they get the doubloons in addition to the privilege of three unused role cards.
the placard. For example, a player choosing a prospector placard with 2 doubloons on Return all used role cards.
it will get, in total, 3 doubloons for his effort. Give the governor card to the next
Finally, the players return the role placards they selected to the area next to the player in clockwise order, who
game board and the governor gives the governor placard to his left neighbor. The starts the next round…
new governor begins the next round by selecting a role placard.

GAME END
The game ends at the end of the round, in which at least one of the following GAME END
conditions is satisfied:
- at the end of the mayor phase there are not enough colonists to fill the colonist The game ends, when
- there are not enough colonists
ship as required;
to fill the colonist ship
- during the builder phase, at least one player builds on his 12th city space; - at least one player has built
- during the captain phase, the last of the VP chips is taken. on his 12 city spaces
When the VP chips are exhausted, players earning VP thereafter should track them with pencil - the VP chips are exhausted
and paper.
The players VP are now summed with pencil and paper. Each player adds:
- the value of his VP chips (including those noted on pencil and paper) + Each player adds:
- the VP value of his buildings (red-brown number in upper right corner) +
- the extra VP scored by his occupied large buildings - his VP chips +
- the VP of his buildings +
Note: a building scores its VP even when it is not occupied. Thus, for example, the five
- the extra VP of his large buildings
large buildings score 4 VP each when they are not occupied.
(when occupied!)
The five large buildings score the extra VP only when they are occupied!

The player with the most VP is the winner! If two or more players tie with the
most VP, the player with the most doubloons and goods counted together (1 good
= 1 doubloon) is the winner.
The player with the most VP
(victory points) is the winner.

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 THE BUILDINGS The buildings

For all buildings: A player may build only

- Each player may build each building only once. one of each building.
- When at least one colonist is in the building, it is considered occupied. Only
occupied buildings can be used or have value (exception: VP). Only occupied buildings have
- Where a building is placed in the city has no bearing on the game. A building any use or value (except for VP
is placed on an empty city space. A large building requires two adjacent empty value at game end).
city spaces. A building may be moved within the city to make room for a large
building. However, as with the plantation and quarry tiles on the island, a
player may not remove a building from his city (to, for example, make room for
another building or prolong the game).
- The red-brown number in the upper right corner of each building indicates how
many VP the building is worth (occupied or unoccupied) at the end
of the game.
- The number in the first circle is the cost to build the building. Once built, the
building cost has no further role in the game.

The production buildings (blue, white, light and dark brown) The production buildings
The production buildings are required, together with the plantations, for the
production of certain goods:
- In the indigo processing plants, the indigo plants are processed to produce
indigo dye (blue goods cases).
- In the sugar mills, the sugar canes are processed into sugar (white goods cases).
- In the tobacco storage, the tobacco leaves are shredded into tobacco (light brown
cases).
- In the coffee roasters, the coffee beans are roasted into coffee (dark brown cases).
- Note: there is no production facility needed for the corn. Corn (yellow cases) come
directly from the plantation without any need for processing. That means that, in the For corn their is no
craftsman phase, occupied corn plantations produce corn (yellow cases) directly. production building!
The number of circles on the production buildings indicates the maximum number
of goods the building can produce when the circles have colonists on them. Of The circles on the production
course, the player must also have sufficient occupied plantations of the appropriate buildings indicate the maximum
kind to produce the raw materials needed to produce the goods in the production number of goods the building can
buildings. produce.
Grafische Vorgabe Spielplan 1 NU
Puerto Rico Jubiläumsausgabe / SAP 104 4544

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Example
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1 The player produces
S the following goods:
Grafik aussen
Schneidlinie

Grafik innen

Aktion: 2 corn cases

1Privileg:
Siedler
Spieler nehmen reihum
(as the 3rd corn plantation
Siedler kann statt dessen einen
eine Plantage aus der Auslage
is not occupied)
Steinbruch nehmen
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Bürgermeister
Spieler erhalten reihum Kolo- Bürgermeister erhält einen
nisten; alle Kolonisten können zusätzlichen Kolonisten
neu platziert werden (vom Vorrat)

Baumeister 2 1 tobacco case

Spieler dürfen reihum ein Baumeister zahlt eine Dublone
Gebäude errichten (as the 2nd circle in the tobacco
weniger als angegeben

3
Aufseher
Spieler nehmen reihum - ent-
sprechend ihrer Produktions-
storage has no colonist)
Aufseher erhält einen
zusätzlichen Warenstein
ketten - Waren vom Vorrat

Händler
Spieler können reihum eine
Ware an das Handelshaus
verkaufen
3 3 sugar cases
Händler erhält beim Verkauf
eine Dublone mehr als
angegeben

Kapitän (as the 4th sugar

2 Spieler müssen reihum Waren
auf die Transportschiffe
verladen, sofern sie können;
Kapitän erhält beim Verladen
plantation is not occupied)
einen Siegpunkt mehr

Lagerung beachten!

Goldsucher
Spieler machen keine Goldsucher erhält eine
Aktion! Dublone aus der Bank

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 The beige buildings
There are 17 different beige buildings: there two each of the 12 small buildings The beige buildings
and one each of the 5 large buildings. - the special functions may
The special functions of the beige buildings tend to allow players to do things be used to alter the rules
ouside of the normal game rules. So, for example, the owner of an occupied office - they need not be used
may sell a kind of goods to the trading house that is already there.
A player is not required to use the special function of an occupied beige building
if he does not want to (important with the wharf, see below).

Small market
When the owner of an occupied small market sells a good in the trader phase, he + 1 doubloon
gets an extra doubloon from the bank for it. with sale
Example: Anna sells a corn and receives 1 doubloon.

Hacienda
On his turn in the settler phase, the owner of an occupied hacienda may, before he + 1 plantation
takes a face-up plantation tile, take an additional plantation tile from any face- in settler phase
down stack (the top-most) and place it on an empty space on his island. He may
then take his normal turn in the phase.
Note: if a player chooses to take a face-down tile, he must immediately place it on an empty
space on his island. He may not discard it. If the player also owns an occupied construction hut,
he could take a quarry instead of the face-down tile. If the settler owns a hacienda, he may only
take one quarry.

Construction hut quarry instead

In the settler phase, the owner of an occupied construction hut, can place a quarry of plantation
on his island instead of one of the face-up plantation tiles.
Note: if the settler owns a construction hut, he may, of course, only take one quarry.

Small warehouse
As described under the captain, players must store their unloaded goods at the + 1 goods type
end of the captain phase. If a player does not have sufficient storage space, he can be stored
must return the goods to the goods supplies.
The owner of an occupied small warehouse may store, at the end of the captain
phase, in addition to the single goods case he is allowed to store on his windrose,
all the cases of one kind of goods that he chooses. The warehouse protects the
player from returning goods to the supply. It does not protect the player from
being required to load the goods onto the cargo ships.
Note: the goods chosen are not actually stored on the small warehouse tile, but on the player’s
windrose.

Hospice
During the settler phase, when the owner of an occupied hospice places a +1 colonist with
plantation or quarry tile on his island, he may take a colonist from the colonist plantation/quarry
supply and place it on this tile.
Note: if the player also owns an occupied hacienda and chooses to take the additional face-
down or quarry tile, he does not get a colonist for the extra tile.
If there are no more colonists in the colonist supply, he may take one from the colonist ship. If
there are also none there, he take none.

Office
When the owner of an occupied office sells a good to the trading house in the sell good that is
trader phase, it need not be different than the goods already there. If the trading already in the
house is full, the player cannot sell a good there! trading house
Example: the trading house already has a case of tobacco. Bob owns an occupied office and,
on his turn, sells a tobacco to the trading house. Chris owns the other office. On her turn it is
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 Large Market
When the owner of an occupied large market sells a good in the trader phase, he + 2 doubloons
gets an extra 2 doubloons from the bank for it. with sale
Note: if a player owns both a small and large market, he takes an extra 3 doubloons when he
sells a good to the trading house.

Large warehouse
The owner of an occupied large warehouse may store, at the end of the captain + 2 goods types
phase, in addition to the single goods case he is allowed to store on his windrose, can be stored
all the cases of two kinds of goods that he chooses.
Note: if a player owns both a small and large warehouse, he may store all the cases of 3 kinds of
goods that he chooses.

Factory
If the owner of an occupied factory produces goods of more than one kind in the + 0/1/2/3/5
craftsman phase, he earns money from the bank: for two kinds of goods, he earns doubloons with
1 doubloon, for three kinds of goods, he earns 2 doubloons, for four kinds of production
goods, he earns 3 doubloons, and for all five kinds of goods, he earns 5 doubloons.
The number of cases produced plays no role.
Example: David owns an occupied factory, 3 occupied corn plantations, 3 occupied sugar
plantations, 1 occupied tobacco plantation, and the associated production buildings with the
necessary number of colonists. He produces only 2 sugar cases and 1 tobacco case as there is no
corn and only 2 sugar cases in the supply. He earns 1 doubloon from the bank for producing 2
kinds of goods.

University
During the builder phase, when the owner of an occupied university builds a +1 colonist
building in his city, he may take a colonist from the colonist supply and place it on with building
this tile.
Note: if he builds a production building with more than one circle, he gets only one colonist.
If there are no more colonists in the colonist supply, he may take one from the colonist ship. If
there are also none there, he takes none.

Harbor
Each time, during the captain phase, the owner of an occupied harbor loads goods + VP with
on a cargo ship, he earns one extra VP. shipping
Example: the owner of an occupied harbor (and an occupied wharf ) can only load 3 of his 5
tobacco on the “tobacco ship” as those 3 fill it up: he earns 3+1 VP. In his next loading turn, he
loads both his 2 sugar on the “sugar ship”: he earns 2+1 VP. In his next loading turn, he uses
his wharf to put his remaining 2 tobacco in the supply: he earns 2+1 VP. Thus, in this captain
phase he has earned an additional 3 VP with the use of his harbor and 2 VP extra with his
wharf.

Wharf
During the captain phase, when a player with an occupied wharf must load = your own
goods, instead of loading them on a cargo ship, he may place all goods of one cargo ship
kind in the goods supply and score the appropriate VP as though he had loaded
them on a cargo ship. It is as though the player has an imaginary ship with unlimited
capacity at his disposal.
The player must load goods on a cargo ship whenever he can on his turn during
the captain phase, except when he chooses to use his wharf and “load” them on
his imaginary ship. Example: in the example with the harbor
The wharf can only be used once per captain phase by its owner, but he may above, let’s assume the player used his
choose when to use it, if at all. This imaginary ship can take any one good, but wharf ship to place all 5 tobacco barrels
it may be of a kind on one of the three cargo ships or the other imaginary wharf in the supply. In this case, the “tobacco
ship. ship” would likely not be full at the end
Note when a player uses his wharf, he must load all the goods barrels of the kind he chooses that of the captain phase, and, therefore, not
he has. He is not required, however, to choose the good he has the most of. emptied as it was in the above example.

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 The large buildings
The following five large buildings occur just once each in the game. Each needs
two adjacent city spaces to be built, but it counts as one building.
Note: when, in these rules, “large building” is mentioned, it is the following five
buildings that are described!

Guild hall + 1 or + 2 VP
The owner of the occupied guild hall earns, at game end, an additional 1 VP for each small
for each small production building (occupied or unoccupied) in his city (= or large
small indigo plant and small sugar mill), and an additional 2 VP for each large production
production building (occupied or unoccupied) in his city (= indigo plant, sugar building
mill, tobacco storage, and coffee roaster).
Example: at game end, the owner of the occupied guild hall also has a small and large sugar
mill, a small indigo plant, and a coffee roaster in his city: he earns an additional 6 VP.

Residence
The owner of the occupied residence earns, at game end, additional VP for the + 4-7 VP for
plantations and quarries he has placed on his island. For up to nine filled island ≤ 9/10/11/12
spaces, he earns 4 VP, for ten filled island spaces, he earns 5 VP, for eleven filled filled island
island spaces, he earns 6 VP, and for all twelve spaces filled, he earns 7 VP. spaces
Example: at game end, the owner of the occupied residence has filled 10 of his 12 island spaces
with plantations and quarries: he earns an additional 5 VP.

Fortress
The owner of the occupied fortress earns, at game end, one additional VP for every + 1 VP for each 3
three colonists on his player board. of his colonists.
Example: at game end, the owner of the occupied fortress has a total of 20 colonists on his
plantations, quarries, buildings, and on his windrose: he earns an additional 6 VP.

Customs house
The owner of the occupied customs house earns, at game end, one additional VP + 1 VP for each
for every four VP he acquired during the game. The player should count only 4 VP chips
his VP chips (and any extra VP recorded on paper after the chip supply was
exhausted, but before game end). He does not count VP earned for his buildings
at game end.
Example: at game end, the owner of the occupied customs house has accumulated 23 VP in
VP chips: he earns an additional 5 VP.

City hall
The owner of the occupied city hall earns, at game end, one additional VP for each + 1 VP for each
beige building (occupied or unoccupied) in his city (city hall counts!). of his beige
Example: at game end, the owner of the occupied city hall also has: hacienda, harbor, office, buildings
construction hut, large warehouse, and residence: he earns an additional 7VP.

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 THE GAME FOR TWO
All rules for the basic game apply with for the following exceptions:

PREPARATION
• Each player takes 1 player board, 3 doubloons, and 1 plantation tile Per player:
Start player: indigo plantation (+ governor placard); 1 game board, 3 doubloons,
2nd player: corn plantation. 1 plantation (indigo or corn)

• Remove three of each of the plantation tiles (corn, indigo, sugar, tobacco, 3 plantation tile removed
coffee, and quarry) from the game and return them to the box. (before beginning, remove 3 island
Stack the remaining quarry tiles, shuffle and stack the remaining plantation tiles tiles of each kind)
and place 3 face-up next to the quarries (always one more tile than players).

• For the buildings, place one of each beige building two of each of the six Buildings on the game board
different production buildings on the game board. (beige: 1 each; production: 2 each)

• For the VP, place 65 total VP in the two denominations as a supply. VP: 65

• For the colonists, place 40 colonists as a supply and two more on the colonist colonists: 40 + 2 on the ship
ship (as per basic rules: minimum = number of players).

• Place only the 4 and 6 space cargo ships next to the game board. cargo ships: 4 and 6 spaces

• Remove two cases of each good from the game, returning them to the box. goods: remove 2 of each type
Place the rest as the goods supply next to the game board.

• Place the trading house and seven role placards (all except one prospector) trading house and 7 role placards
next to to the game board. (remove one prospector)

PLAYING THE GAME

The governor begins and chooses one role placard, which is executed by both The players alternate playing
players as in the basic game. The players take turns choosing role placards until 6 of the 7 roles; then change
each has taken three and all six of these have been executed as in the basic rules. governor and continue
The governor places 1 doubloon on the remaining (seventh) placard, the players
return those they choose, the governor gives the governor placard to the other
player and the game continues as in the basic game.

GAME END
The game ends in the same way as the basic game: at the end of a round in which
either there are not enough colonists to fill the colonist ship, the VP chips are
exhausted, or a player fills his 12th building space in his city.

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 1st Expansion: The New Buildings
All rules for the basic game apply with for the following exceptions:

PREPARATION
Place all production building on the game board as in the basic games. From the 24 small and 7 large
Lay out the 55 beige buildings (2 each of 12 small + 5 large basic buildings + 2 different beige buildings, the
each of 12 small + 2 large new buildings) next to the game board. players choose, in clockwise
The start player begins and chooses 1 building from all the beige buildings next order, which 12 small and 5 large
to the board and places it on the board on an appropriate (the building cost must different beige buildings will be
match!) empty beige building space. If he chooses a small building, he places available in the game.
the second building of the same kind on top of the one he just placed: the small (by building cost!)
buildings are placed in pairs! (except in a two player game) The players continue
placing buildings in clockwise order until the spaces for all 12 small and all 5 large Example: a player chooses black market and
beige buildings are filled. Place the 26 (2 each 12 small and 2 large) unchosen places both black market buildings on the
beige buildings back in the box – they will not be used in the game. hacienda space on the board. Later, a player
Please note: for the buildings that cost 2, 5, and 8 doubloons, the players will chooses hacienda and places both hacienda
buildings on the construction hut space on
choose two different from the four available for each cost.
the board. The construction hut and forest
The game is now played as in the basic game … house buildings cannot now be chosen as
there is no longer a place to put them on the
Aqueduct board.
If the owner of an occupied aqueduct produces at least 1 indigo in his large indigo
plant (not small), he takes one additional indigo case. Similarly, if he produces at + 1 good with
least 1 sugar in his large sugar mill (not small), he takes one additional sugar case. large indigo plant/
Example 1: the player produces 0 indigo in his large indigo plant and 1 sugar in his small large sugar mill
sugar mill; he takes a total of 0 indigo case and 1 sugar case.
Example 2: the player produces 1 indigo in his large indigo plant and 3 sugar in his large sugar
mill: he takes a total of 2 indigo cases and 4 sugar cases.

Forest house
forest plantation;
On his turn in the settler phase, the owner of an occupied forest house may place 2 forests = -1
a forest on one of his empty island spaces instead of choosing one of the available doubloon with
plantations (or quarry, if that was an option). To do so, he takes any of the face- building
up plantation tiles (not a quarry tile) and places it face-down on an empty island
space on his player board.
When he builds a building (whether the forest house is occupied or not), he may
reduce the cost of the building by 1 doubloon for each two forests on his island.
This reduction is in addition to the builder and quarry reductions, but does not
come with the column restriction of the quarry.
Note: forests do not have space (or need) for colonists.
Example: the player has 6 forests, 2 occupied quarries, and is the builder; to build a large
warehouse, he pays nothing: 6 –1 (builder) –2 (quarries) – 3 (forests – no column limit) = 0.
Note: if the owner of an occupied forest house also has …
… an occupied hacienda, he may look at the tile he takes before deciding to place it as a forest;
… an occupied library, he can choose freely to place no, one, or both plantation tiles os forests;
… an occupied hospice and places a forest, he places the colonist on his windrose.
Once placed on the player board, a player may not change a plantation to a forest or vice-versa.

Black market for each 1 VP, good

When the owner of an occupied black market builds a building, he may reduce or colonist: -1
the cost of the building by up to 3 doubloons by returning one colonist, one good, doubloon with
and/or one VP to the supply. building
Note: the player may choose which, if any, to return, but no more than one of
each. Also, he may not have any doubloons left after building. Thus, he may only If a player returns a VP or a colonist
use the black market proceeds to build the building. after the game end requirement has
Example: the owner of an occupied black market wants to build the harbor (8 doubloons), but been met, the game is still at game end.
has only 6 doubloons. He returns an indigo and a colonist to the supply to earn the 2 doubloons
he needs to pay for the harbor. He could not also return a VP chip to further reduce the cost as The colonist on the black market may
he would then have 1 doubloon left.
not be the one chosen to be returned.

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 Storehouse
At the end of each captain phase, the owner of an occupied storehouse may, in + 3 goods storage
addition to the one good he is normally allowed to keep, keep three additional
goods (cases) of any kinds.
Example the owner of an occupied storehouse also has an occupied large warehouse: he may keep
all cases of 2 kinds of goods plus 4 additional cases of any kinds of goods.

Guest house
In the mayor phase, the owner of a guest house, may place up to two colonists in up to 2 colonists
his guest house. He may later move these guests, at the start, during, or at the end to move freely
of all other phases to any building, plantation, or quarry of his choice where they
immediately go to work and must remain until the next mayor phase. The guests
may be moved in the same or in different phases.
Example: at the end of the captain phase, the owner of an occupied guest house moves one guest
to his storehouse and uses the storehouse immediately to keep 3 additional goods that remained
on his windrose. Later, he chooses the trader as his role and moves the second guest to his library
so he can double his trader privilege. These two guests, like normal colonists, remain on the
storehouse and library until the next mayor phase.

Trading post = your own

During the trader phase, the owner of an occupied trading post may choose trading house
whether to sell one good to the trading house or his trading post. If he chooses to
sell a good to his trading post, he may sell any good he has (even one already in We recommend that players choose either
the trading house) for the normal price, adding the bonus for the trader, if he is the office or the trading post to use in the
the trader. He places the sold good directly in the supply. game, but not both.
Note: the small and large markets do not add their bonuses when a player sells to
his trading post!
Church
When the owner of an occupied church builds a building from the 2nd or 3rd 0/1/1/2 VP
columns, he takes 1 VP chip; and from the 4th column, he gets 2 VP chips. with building
Note: a player gets no VP for building the church itself.
Small wharf
A player with an occupied small wharf may ship different cases of goods during
= your own
one of his turns during the captain phase, but he gets only 1 VP for every two cargo ship (½ VP)
cases he ships. Also, the player may ship as few (at least 1) or as many as he likes,
and need not ship all of a kind.
Note: a player may own and use both a wharf and small wharf in the same captain phase.

Lighthouse
The lighthouse is similar to the harbor, but the player gets 1 doubloon instead of + doubloon with
1 extra VP chip. If the owner of an occupied lighthouse is also the captain, he gets shipping
one additional doubloon.
Note: if the captain has an occupied lighthouse, he takes one doubloon whether he ships or not.

Specialty factory
The specialty factory is similar to the factory, but it rewards production of one
+ doubloons with
kind of goods. The player takes doubloons from the bank equal to 1 less than the production
number of goods he produced of one kind: the kind he produced the most of
(except corn).
Example: the owner of an occupied specialty factory produces 4 corn, 3 sugar, and 2 coffee. Thus,
the specialty factory earns him 2 doubloons: 3 (sugar) –1.

Library
The owner of an occupied library doubles the privilege he gets when he takes a doubled privilege
role. The settler may first take either a plantation or a quarry. Then, after all other
players have chosen their plantations, the settler may take a plantation from those
remaining face up. He may not take a quarry as his doubled privilege. Note: the owner of both occupied library
and hospice, takes a colonist for his
The craftsman may take 2 of the same good or 2 different goods.
first tile only; if he also has an occupied
construction hut, he may also take a
quarry as his second tile.
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 Union hall
Before the owner of an occupied union hall ships for the first time in the + VP before
captain phase, he takes 1 VP chip for every 2 of the same good on his windrose. shipping
Afterwards, the shipping continues as normal.
Example 1: the owner of an occupied union hall has 3 corn, 2 indigo, and 1 coffee on his
windrose. He takes 2 VP chips: 1 for the corn and 1 for the indigo.
Example 2: the owner of an occupied union hall has 4 corn, and 2 coffee on his windrose. He
takes 3 VP chips: 2 for the corn and 1 for the coffee.
8 VP at game end
Statue

No colonists can be placed on the statue. The statue is worth 8 VP at game end.
Cloister
The owner of an occupied cloister earns extra VP for sets of 3 like island tiles. For
1 set of 3 like tiles, he earns 1 VP, for 2 sets of 3 like tiles, he earns 3 VP, for 3 + 1/3/6/10 VP for
sets of 3 like tiles, he earns 6 VP, and for 4 sets of 3 like tiles, he earns 10 VP (the sets of three
maximum). island tiles
Example: the owner of an occupied cloister has 6 forests, 3 quarries, 2 corn plantations, and
1 coffee plantation at game end. He earns 6 extra VP. If he has an additional corn plantation
instead of the coffee plantation, he would earn 10 extra VP instead.
The buildings used in this expansion are based on suggestions from Keith Ammann, Sven Baumer, Andy
Bridge, Erwin Broens, Hans Dieben, David Haupt, Wei-Hwa Huang, Joe Huber, Eric Humrich, Ingo
Jansen, Jörg Killer, Anne-Kathrin Knüppel, Mario T. Lanza,Takuya Ono, Deborah A. Pickett, Patrik
Rüegge, Michael Schacht, Carl de Visser, Sabine Werhahn and Yasuto Yonede. Thanks!

2nd Expansion: The Nobles

PREPARATION
The 7 different new beige buildings and 1 new production building can
be used with the 17 different beige buildings from the basic game and the 14
different beige buildings from Expansion I. Place these buildings above the game These noble buildings are in
board, sorted by their construction costs and allocated in the 4 columns by addition to the other buildings
their construction costs. Place the 20 nobles next to the colonist supply. With and are laid out above the board
this expansion, exhausting the colonist supply does not signal the end of the according to their costs
game (and neither does exhausting the noble supply). Thus, players may use all the
colonists tokens in every game. At the beginning of the game and at the end of Exhausting the colonist supply
each mayor phase, place one noble on the colonist ship instead of one of the does not trigger game end
colonists that were to be placed there (as long as there are nobles in the supply).
Nobles can be taken from the colonist ship in the mayor phases (usually by Place one noble on the colonist
the mayor) instead of a colonist. Each noble is worth 1 VP at the end of the ship instead of one colonist
game. Players can place nobles anywhere and anytime they would place colonists
and they act just as colonists for occupying buildings. A noble is the same as a At game end, each noble
colonist, except as noted for some of the new buildings below. When a building is worth 1 VP
suggests a different result for nobles and colonists, it is just that. A colonist cannot
get the noble result and a noble cannot get the colonist result.

Land office In trader phase

In the trader phase, the owner of a colonist-occupied land office may buy the buy 1 plantation
top-most plantation tile from a face-down supply stack by paying 1 doubloon or sell 1 plantation
to the bank. He places the tile on his island. In the trader phase, the owner of a
noble-occupied land office may discard a plantation tile from his island to take 1
doubloon from the bank.
Note: if the owner of an occupied land office also has an occupied forest house, he may choose
to buy a forest to place on his island instead of the plantation. If the returned plantation tile is
occupied, the player places the colonist/noble from the tile on his windrose.

Chapel + 1 doubloon |
In each craftsman phase, the owner of a colonist-occupied chapel takes 1 + 1 VP
doubloon from the bank and the owner of a noble-occupied chapel takes 1 VP with production
from the supply.
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 Hunting lodge
At the end of each settler phase, the owner of a colonist-occupied hunting lodge - 1 plantation |
can discard a plantation tile from his island and the owner of a noble-occupied emptiest island:
hunting lodge can take 2 VP, if he has the most empty island spaces. + 2 VP
Note: if a player ties with the most empty island spaces, he does not get the 2 VP. If the
returned plantation tile is occupied, the player places the colonist/noble from the tile on
his windrose. In this case, forests count as plantations, and can also be removed.

Zoning office -1 doubloon |

The owner of a colonist-occupied zoning office pays 1 less doubloon, when -2 doubloon
building a small building (columns 1-3) and the owner of a noble-occupied zoning with building
office pays 2 less doubloons for when building a large building (column 4).
Note: a colonist-occupied zoning office cannot save a player anything when building a large
building and a noble-occupied zoning office cannot save a player anything on a small building.

Royal supplier
On his first turn to ship goods in the captain phase (before he ships anything),
the owner of an occupied royal supplier can supply the royal warehouse (the before shipping:
supply) with a number of goods form his windrose equal to the number of nobles + 1 VP per good
on his island and take 1 VP for each
Note: such supplied goods must all be of different kinds (no duplicates). Regardless of other
buildings or abilities the player may gain no additional bonuses from supplying these goods to
the royal warehouse.

Villa
On his first turn in the mayor phase, the owner of an occupied villa may take 1

+ 1 noble from
noble from the supply (not the ship!). If there are no more nobles in the supply,
supply
he takes a colonist from the supply instead (if there is one).

Jeweler
In the craftsman phase, the owner of an occupied jeweler takes 1 doubloon from
the bank for each noble on his island.
+ 1 doubloon
Note: the jeweler counts as a large production building.
per noble
Royal garden
At game end, the owner of the occupied royal garden scores 1 VP for each noble
on his island (i.e. this plyers scores 2 VP for each noble on his island, whether they are
+ 1 VP per
on a building, a plantation or on his windrose).
noble

The author and publisher thank the many play testers for their large
commitment and their numerous suggestions, especially: Todd Jensen,
Beate Bachl, Sibylle Bergmann, Christine + Peter Dürdoth, Walburga
Freudenstein, Holger Frieberg, Claudia Hely, Markus Huber, Andreas Maszuhn, General note: when the basic
Michael Meier-Bachl, Roman Pelek, Karen Seyfarth, Dominik Wagner, the or 1st expansion rules mention
Wiener Spiele Akademie, and the groups from Berlin, Bödefeld, Göttingen, and "colonist", players can read
Rosenheim. "colonist/noble" when playing
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact us: with the 2nd expansion.
Rio Grande Games, PO Box 1033, Placitas, NM 87043 or
[email protected]
Please visit our website at:
www.riograndegames.com
© 2001/10 Andreas Seyfarth
© 2002/11 Ravensburger Spieleverlag
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