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Reveal the Troll
Place the top Troll deck card face-up on the Troll space
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Reveal Draugr
Place the top 2 Draugr deck cards face-up on Draugr spaces
3
Place Journey cards
Put 1 face-down Journey card on each empty Journey space
4
Place Rune cards
Put 1 face-up Rune card on each empty Rune space near the Runesmith
5
Place Monster cards
Put 1 face-up Monster card on each empty Monster space (rightmost spaces only used with 4 players)
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Reveal Merchant Ship
Flip the top Merchant Ship card and place it on previous cards
7
Restock crafters
Add 1 Viking Warrior die to Swordsmith, Hafter, and Blacksmith, plus 1 Food to Smokehouse (these accumulate if not taken)
8
Take turns placing workers
Starting with the Starting Player, going clockwise, each player places 1 worker on an available location and executes its effect
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Continue until all workers placed
Repeat placement until all players have placed all their workers
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Understand location colors
Brown locations activate immediately; Blue locations activate immediately and receive goods each round; Red locations are combat spots resolved later
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Respect worker limits
Most locations hold only 1 worker per round; some allow multiple workers
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Manage warrior limits
Each player may hold maximum 8 Viking Warrior dice as shown on their Leader board
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Use begging if needed
If unable or unwilling to use a location, lay your worker on your board and take 1 Food plus 1 Blame token
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Blacksmith/Hafter/Swordsmith
Take all accumulated Viking dice of that type
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Smokehouse
Take all accumulated Food
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Jarl's Longhouse
Take 1 Swordsman die and claim the Starting Player marker (if you have it, pass to player on your left)
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Runesmith
Pay 1 Wood to take 1 Rune card (choose from face-up or draw randomly); Runes are one-use powerful abilities
18
Stave Church
Pay Coins to buy Favor tokens (1 Coin=1, 3=2, 6=3, 10=4 Favor; max 4 per activation)
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Sage's House
Look at 1 face-down Journey card and draw 1 Destiny card
20
The Market
Exchange Food, Wood, and/or Coins 1:1 with the supply (unlimited exchanges)
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Merchant Ship
Pay 1 Coin to take Food, Wood, or Viking Warriors shown on current card
22
Worker Huts
Pay 5, 4, 3, or 2 Coins (decreasing for later buyers) to gain an additional worker usable immediately
23
Shipwright
Pay the cost to build one Private Longship (each player may only build one); use it like Public Longships
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Public Longships
Small: Place on chosen Distant Shores harbor (capacity 5); Large: Pay 1 Coin and place (capacity 10)
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Combat locations
Place worker on Troll, Draugr, or Longship locations to reserve them for combat phase
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Assign simultaneously
All players with workers on combat locations assign their Viking Warrior dice at the same time
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Place warriors on enemy cards
Put dice assigned to fight Trolls on the Troll card; Draugr fighters on corresponding Draugr cards
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Load longships
Place both Food and Viking Warriors on your longships; total items cannot exceed ship capacity
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Respect combat restrictions
Some enemies prohibit certain warrior types (marked with crossed-out symbols); prohibited types on ships are destroyed before combat
30
Unassigned warriors hunt
Warriors not assigned elsewhere automatically hunt if you placed a worker on Hunting Grounds
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Resolve Hunting first
Roll all unassigned dice; collect 1 Food per hit (maximum 6 Food from hunting); Favor tokens may be spent for rerolls
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Fight the Troll
Assigned warriors battle until the Troll dies or all warriors perish
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Apply Troll Blame
If no one kills the Troll, all players receive 1 Blame token; if someone kills it, that player may discard 1 Blame and assign 1 Blame to another player
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Resolve Draugr battles
Process Draugr locations left to right; skip if no warriors assigned
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Process sea voyages
Resolve Distant Shores left to right for each longship present
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Roll warrior dice
Roll all assigned Viking Warrior dice to attack
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Spend Favor for rerolls
Optionally discard 1 Favor token to reroll any or all dice; repeat if desired
38
Count damage dealt
Each weapon symbol deals 1 damage; double weapon symbols deal 2 damage; place damage markers on enemy
39
Suffer enemy attack
Discard warriors equal to enemy's attack value; each shield result prevents 1 loss
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Check for victory
If damage equals or exceeds enemy's defense, collect the card and its rewards (Glory points, plus Wood for Trolls, Coins for Draugr, Favor for Monsters)
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Continue or fail
If enemy survives and warriors remain, start new combat round; if no warriors remain, combat fails and damage markers are removed
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Keep defeated enemies secret
Store defeated enemy cards face-down; their count and types remain hidden until game end
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Retrieve all workers
Return workers from all locations; return Public Longships to board and Private Longships to your area
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Discard undefeated Troll
Remove Troll card and give all players 1 Blame token if not killed
45
Discard undefeated Draugr
Remove all remaining Draugr cards
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Discard revealed Journey cards
Remove all face-up Journey cards
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Add coins to Monsters
Place 1 Coin on each undefeated Monster card as bonus for eventual victor
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Advance round marker
Move to next round (or proceed to final scoring if round 8 completed)
