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Faraway

2-6 players 15-30 min 7.6 Board Game Geek Rating

In Faraway, players explore the shifting continent of Alula by playing eight cards left-to-right, representing discovered regions. Characters on cards provide victory points when their conditions are met. The twist: scoring occurs in reverse order during your return journey. Each turn, simultaneously play one card from three, then select replacements from a shared display using priority order.

Published 2023

Faraway

Get Ready

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

1
Shuffle Region Cards
Shuffle the Region Cards and deal 3 face down to each player
2
Place Region Deck
Place the Region Deck face down in the center of the table
3
Create the Market
Reveal as many cards from the Region Deck as there are players, plus one (e.g., five cards for a four-player game)
4
Prepare Sanctuary Deck
Shuffle the Sanctuary Cards and place them face down next to the Region Deck

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Select a card
All players select a Region Card from their hand and place it face down in their play area
2
Reveal simultaneously
At the same time, everyone reveals their card and adds it to the right of their last played Region Card
3
First round exception
On the first round, no player has a Region Card in play, so no one may gain a Sanctuary Card
4
Access a Sanctuary
Players who placed a Region Card with a higher Exploration Duration than their previous one receive one Sanctuary Card
5
Gain bonus cards from Clues
If the player has Clues, add one more Sanctuary Card for each Clue, counting all Clues on both Region and Sanctuary Cards in their area
6
Keep one Sanctuary
After receiving Sanctuary Cards, choose one to keep and return the others to the bottom of the Sanctuary Deck
7
Determine turn order
The player with the shortest Exploration Time from Phase 1 takes their turn first, then the second shortest, and so on
8
Select from Market
On your turn, select a Region Card from the Market and add it to your hand to maintain three cards
9
Cards not replaced mid-phase
Region Cards will not be replaced until all players have had a turn; later players will have fewer options
10
Remove remaining card
After all players have taken their turn, remove the remaining Region Card from the game
11
Refresh the Market
Reveal new Region Cards equal to the number of players, plus one

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Game end trigger
The game ends after the 8th round, when everyone has played 8 Region Cards
2
Prepare for scoring
Flip all Region Cards face down and keep Sanctuary Cards face up
3
Score in reverse order
Reveal Region Cards starting from the last one played, moving from right to left, scoring each card individually
4
Include visible cards
When scoring each card, include all face-up Region Cards and Sanctuary Cards
5
Meet prerequisites
Some Quests require visible Wonders (Uddu, Okiko, or Goldlog) listed above the frieze to score Fame
6
Score Sanctuaries
After scoring all Region Cards, total the Fame from Sanctuary Cards
7
Determine the winner
The player with the highest Fame score wins
8
Break ties
If there's a tie, the player with the shortest exploration time in their tableau wins

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