How to Play

Empires: Age of Discovery

2-6 players 50-150 min 7.8 Board Game Geek Rating

Players control European powers during 16th-century exploration, establishing New World colonies and trade routes. Through three ages, you launch expeditions, expand fleets, train workers, construct advantage-providing buildings, and develop economies. Combat may be necessary to outpace rivals. Victory requires building the most expansive empire through strategic resource management and territorial expansion.

Published 2015

Get Ready

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

Remove food Trade Goods

Take out Rice, Fish, Cattle, and Cocoa (all foods) from the basic game components

Add new Trade Goods

Replace the removed goods with Spices, Silk, Tea, and Ivory

Set aside Discovery Cards

Remove the Discovery Cards from play as they are not used in this variant

Follow basic game setup

Use all other setup rules from the basic Empires: Age of Discovery game

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Follow standard rules

Use all gameplay rules from the basic Empires: Age of Discovery game

Trade with new goods

The new Trade Goods (Spices, Silk, Tea, Ivory) function in place of the removed food goods

Skip Discovery Cards

Do not draw or use Discovery Cards during gameplay

Winning

How to claim victory.

Apply basic game victory conditions

Use the standard winning conditions from the basic Empires: Age of Discovery rulebook

No variant-specific changes

The World Map variant does not modify how the game ends or how victory is determined

Note

This document only contains variant-specific modifications. The complete rules for gameplay, turn structure, and victory conditions are found in the base Empires: Age of Discovery rulebook.*