The game lasts 8 rounds (indicated at the top by the round marker).

Things To Know

Things I wish I'd known when playing a first game.

• You can hold a maximum of 8 Warriors (dice) at any one time.
• Dice faces are described if you click the little blue (i) next to the Warriors list in your play area.
• You can only use the Worker Huts once, to receive one additional worker.
• You can only use the Shipwright once, to buy one longship. Once you have one, you're stuck with it for the game.
• To fight a monster (bottom of the board) you need
  • a longship, and a worker assigned to it.
  • warriors to put on the longship (done after the worker placement phase)
  • enough food to feed the warriors (done after warrior placement). The first two longship spots require one food for every two warriors. If you don't have enough, some warriors starve!
• When resolving a longship journey, the game will reveal a journey card. If you have a journey rune, the game will ask if you want to use it. Don't say yes, unless the revealed journey card is a bad one!

End game scoring

1. Score for destiny cards (Indicated by the silver/grey circles - the person indicator shows if tied).
2. Sets of enemies (1 of each of the three colours) scores 5 Glory points.
3. Runes (Indicated by number of silver/grey glory circles) - it doesn't matter if used/unused.
4. Private long ships (brought during the game for money and wood).
5. Favour of the gods - Each is worth 2 glory points.
6. 3 Coins = 1 Glory point

Blame Penalty

Then minus for Blame:

• 1 = -1
• 2 = -3
• 3 = -6
• 4 = -10
• 5 = -15
• 6+ = -21 (who did you annoy?)