How to Play Clans of Caledonia | Rules & Setup Guide

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Place map pieces

Arrange the map pieces on random sides in alphabetical clockwise order

Position port bonus tiles

Randomly place 1 Port Bonus Tile adjacent to each of the 4 Factories according to the arrows (3/4 players use all 4, 1/2 players use 2)

Configure market and export boards

Place the Market and Export Boards on the sides according to the number of players

Set initial prices

Place the transparent Price Markers on their circled starting prices

Prepare export contracts

Shuffle Export Contracts into a face-down stack and place 1 face-up in each box on the Export Board (3 players leave 1 box empty)

Select scoring tiles

Place 5 random Scoring Tiles on the edge of the Export Board

Distribute player components

Each player chooses a colour and takes:

Determine start player

Turn order is clockwise from the start player; indicate on Export Board using Turn Order Tokens

Place clan tiles

Place a number of Clan Tiles according to number of players + 1, then place 1 Starting Tile next to each; each player selects 1 set in reverse turn order and gains the Goods shown

Place first workers

Each player places 1 Worker in turn order and pays their cost

Place second workers

In reverse turn order, each player places a 2nd Worker and pays their cost

Note 2-player board restrictions

All shaded Land Spaces around the edge of the Game Board are not used

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Take one action

In turn order, each player takes 1 Action per turn until all players have Passed

Place merchants to trade

Use Merchants from your Pool to either Buy or Sell Goods (you may not Buy AND Sell the same type of Good in the same Round)

Determine trade quantity

Place a number of Merchants on the Buy or Sell side of 1 Good on the Market Board; the number of Merchants equals the number of Goods you wish to Trade

Pay or receive payment

Pay or receive the Good's current price multiplied by the number of Goods bought or sold

Adjust market prices

Move the Marker up when Buying, or down when Selling by the number of Goods Traded

Pay or gain money

Pay or gain the amount shown next to the current Round's Scoring Tile

Take contract

Take 1 Export Contract of your choice from the Export Board (you may only have 1 unfulfilled Export Contract at a time)

Pay for unit

Pay the cost shown above the Unit's column plus the cost on the Space

Place unit on map

Place 1 Unit (Sheep, Cow, Cheese Dairy, Bakery, Field, Distillery, Woodcutter, or Miner) from the top of the respective column onto any empty Space of the Map

Verify placement validity

The Space must be neighbouring or within Shipping Distance of any of your Units, according to Placement Rules

Follow land restrictions

Grasslands allow Sheep, Cows, Dairies, Bakeries, Fields, Distilleries; Forests allow Woodcutters; Mountains allow Miners

Claim neighbourhood bonus

If you expand to a Space neighbouring another player's Unit that is not a Worker, you may immediately Buy up to 3 Goods (or 4 in a 2-player game) provided by that Unit at a discount

Claim building bonus

If you deploy your 4th Building of 1 type (Cheese Dairy, Bakery, Distillery) and have no unfulfilled Export Contracts, draw 3 Export Contracts, choose 1 to take paying usual costs, and discard the rest

Pay upgrade cost

Pay £4 to move your Shipping Marker forward 1 space

Level 0 restriction

No shipping; you cannot expand across any type of water

Level 1 ability

You may now expand directly across a River to an adjacent Land Space

Level 2 ability

You may now expand across the indicated number of Lochs (never across Land)

Pay and flip tile

Pay £10 and upgrade 1 of the Technology Tiles of your choice

Pay and add merchant

Pay £4 and add 1 Merchant from your Player Board to your Pool

Discard required goods

Discard the Goods shown on the left side of your Export Contract and receive the benefits on its right side

Store completed contract

Place completed Export Contracts next to your Player Board

Spend beef option

Return 1 of your Cows to your Player Board

Spend mutton option

Return 1 of your Sheep to your Player Board

Gain import goods

Move the relevant Token forward on the Export Board by the number received; gain £1 if you reach a step marked with £

Gain money reward

Gain the indicated amount of £ from the supply

Gain expansion reward

Take an Expand Action without paying the Land cost, only the Unit cost

Take either reward

Choose from: 1 Technology Upgrade Action for £5, 1 free Shipping Action, Hire 1 Merchant for free, or Move 1 of your Merchants back to your Pool from the Market

End your round

You may do no more Actions this Round

Claim turn order position

Move your Turn Order Token to the leftmost free space for the next Round and receive the £ shown

Set next round order

This determines Turn Order for the next Round

Use port bonus once per game

Mark with a Port Marker when used; you may use a Port Bonus before or after 1 of your main Actions if you have a Unit neighbouring or within Shipping Distance of a Port

Flip scoring tile

Flip the previous Round's Scoring Tile face-down

Refill contracts

Refill any empty Export Contract spaces

Retrieve merchants

Retrieve Merchants back to your Pools

Receive income

Receive Goods and £ for each revealed Income Icon on your Player Board

Process goods optionally

Each Cheese Dairy may convert 1 Milk to 1 Cheese; Each Bakery may convert 1 Grain to 1 Bread; Each Distillery may convert 1 Grain to 1 Whisky

Earn glory bonus

Each player earns the Glory Bonus indicated on the current Round's Scoring Tile, if applicable

Winning

How to claim victory.

Complete five rounds

The game is played over 5 Rounds, each consisting of 4 Phases

Score glory earned

Gain 1 VP per Glory Earned

Score basic goods

Gain 1 VP per Basic Good remaining

Score money

Gain 1 VP per £10

Score processed goods

Gain 2 VP per Processed Good remaining

Score hops on contracts

Gain 1 VP per Hops icon on each of your completed Export Contracts

Score imported goods

Gain VP for each Cotton, Tobacco, and Sugar Cane on completed Export Contracts (5 VP per rarest, 4 VP per 2nd rarest, 3 VP per most common; if tied: Cotton is rarest, then Tobacco, then Sugar Cane)

Score most export contracts

The player with the most completed Export Contracts gains VP:

Score settlements

The player with the most Settlements within Shipping Distance gains VP (a cluster of adjacent Units in 1 colour counts as a single Settlement; Rivers split Settlements):

Resolve ties in scoring

Equally divide the VP of the respective tiers among the tied players (round down)

Determine winner

The player with the most VP wins; ties are broken by leftover £