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Play four rounds
Each round represents one year and contains four phases: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter
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Track progress
Move the Pagoda counter after each phase and the Great Spirit counter after each round
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Summon the Yōkai
Draw cards from your deck until you have 4 cards in hand, then discard down to exactly 3 cards
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Reap the Fruits
Collect all rewards shown on Dream Crystals (purple) on your player board in any order
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Take turns in order
Players alternate turns based on the Turn Order Track until all have passed
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Choose one action per turn
Select from: Play a Yōkai card, Use an unlocked die, Cross the River, or Pass
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Place the card
Put one Yōkai card from your hand on an empty card space on your player board
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Unlock the adjacent die
Move the die from the red locked space to the green unlocked space if needed
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Activate the card
Optionally perform the action shown on the Yōkai card
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Harmonize Crystal
If a Crystal is connected to that card space, optionally perform its action before or after the card action
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Reinforce the Guardian
Before placing, optionally spend Amulets to increase the die value by +1, +2, or +3 each (maximum value 6)
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Visit the Forest
Move the die to any empty space in one of the five Forest regions
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Perform Forest Action
If your die value equals or exceeds all other dice in that region, optionally take the region's Forest Action
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Perform Building Action
Optionally use one Building in that region's Inhabited Area if your die value meets the Building's requirement
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Pay Property Bonus
If using another player's Building, that owner receives 1 VP, or 1 VP/+1 Amulet, or both from the supply
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Value 1+
Move your Kodama in this region forward 1 space
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Value 2+
Pay cost to obtain 1 Mitama Spirit or 1 Dragonfly
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Value 3+
Pay cost to obtain 1 Mitama Spirit (with 1 resource discount) or 1 Dragonfly
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Value 4+
Pay cost with 1 resource discount to obtain 1 Mitama Spirit or 1 Dragonfly
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Value 6
Pay cost with 1 resource discount to obtain both 1 Mitama Spirit and 1 Dragonfly
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Value 1+
Move your Kodama in this region forward 1 space
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Value 2+
Gain 1 Movement Point
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Value 3+
Gain 2 Movement Points
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Value 4+
Gain 3 Movement Points
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Value 6
Gain 4 Movement Points
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Any value
Place on available spaces; determines turn order in Autumn Phase
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Space rewards vary
Gain combinations of +2 Amulet, +1 Amulet, Vision card, Resource, or Movement Point depending on space
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Value 1+
Move your Kodama in this region forward 1 space
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Value 2+
Take 1 wood or 1 jade
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Value 3+
Take 1 Resource of any type
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Value 4+
Take 2 Resources of any type
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Value 6
Take 3 Resources of any type
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Value 1+
Move your Kodama in this region forward 1 space
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Value 2+
Construct 1 Building in any Inhabited Area
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Value 3+
Obtain 1 Crystal or construct 1 Building
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Value 4+
Pay cost with 1 resource discount to obtain 1 Crystal or construct 1 Building
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Value 6
Pay cost with 1 resource discount to obtain 1 Crystal and construct 1 Building
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Move die across
Choose a die in the Forest and move it to an empty space in the matching Hikaru Hills area
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Pay Act of Contrition
Reduce die value by 1 (or by 3 if showing value 6); dice showing 1 cannot cross
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Obtain Favor of the Forest
Choose one available benefit and cover it with a Hikaru marker:
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End your Summer
Once you pass, take no more actions this phase; Summer ends when all players pass
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Spend immediately
Movement Points cannot be saved; use them for these actions:
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Navigate the paths
Move Pilgrims along one-way paths toward Illumination spaces or Torii Gates
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Reach Illumination spaces
Gain VP and Amulets; Pilgrim stays there permanently with sleeping side up
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Reach Torii Gates
Gain VP, Amulets, and the Gate tile's action; enables future Pilgrims to start from adjacent spaces
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Cross bridges
Requires having completed at least 1 Bitoku card for the first bridge, 2 for the second
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Pay construction cost
Spend wood and/or stone shown under your leftmost Building counter
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Choose and place Building
Select from available tiles and place on a matching empty space in any Inhabited Area
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Gain Kodama bonus
Move your Kodama in that region forward as shown on the tile, plus gain +1 Amulet if indicated
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Mark ownership
Place your Building counter on the constructed tile
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Pay the cost
Spend 0, 1, or 2 Resources as indicated on the game board
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Place on player board
Put Crystal in a matching empty space
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Gain a Pilgrim
Move the Pilgrim from that space to your available area, awakened side up
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Score revealed VP
Earn the VP shown in that space at end of game
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Dream Crystal (purple)
Collect reward shown during Spring and Ascension
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Memory Crystal (yellow)
Gain 1-2 VP each time you take the action shown
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Ingenuity Crystal (pink)
Take the action when playing a Yōkai card on the connected space
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Obtain Mitama Spirit
Pay sake/jade cost, gain VP shown, perform tile action, place on player board
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Obtain Dragonfly
Pay or receive resources as shown, place on player board
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Combine tiles
When obtaining either, may immediately attach to an available opposite type; take Dragonfly's action when combined
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Determine new turn order
Player with highest die position in Home of the Great Spirit places their counter first on Turn Order Track; continue with remaining players in position order
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Return dice
Take all dice from the board back to red spaces on your player board, keeping current values
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Score Spirit's Virtue
If you have at least 5 total Yōkai cards, optionally remove one from your player board permanently to score its VP (maximum 12); place under player board with type visible
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Discard played Yōkai
Move remaining Yōkai cards from your player board to your discard pile; keep hand cards
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Advance Great Spirit
Move the Great Spirit counter forward one space
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Refresh the board
Discard Hills cards; return Hikaru markers; draw new Bitoku and Yōkai cards for Hills; remove rightmost Mitama, Dragonfly, Building, and Crystal tiles, slide remaining forward, refill from stacks
