How to Play

Hadara

2-5 players 45-60 min 7.4 Board Game Geek Rating

Players develop civilizations across three epochs, transforming small settlements into thriving cultures. You strategically recruit people from various cultures, continents, and time periods while balancing agriculture, culture, and military strength. Victory goes to whoever first creates the most successful and flourishing civilization before opponents surpass them.

Published 2019

Hadara

Get Ready

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

1
Assemble the board
Connect the 5 segments to make up the board
2
Separate cards by Epoch
Sort cards into Epoch 1, 2, and 3 piles, setting Epoch 2 and 3 aside for now
3
Sort Epoch 1 by color
Separate Epoch 1 cards into 5 color stacks and shuffle each separately
4
Deal cards to board
From each color stack, draw cards equal to twice the player count and place them on matching colored spaces around the dial
5
Prepare Colony tiles
Separate Colonies by the value in bottom left, keep 1 tile per player in each stack, return rest to box without looking at backs
6
Distribute player components
Give each player a player board, reference card, 8 bonus tiles (2 each of green, yellow, blue, red), 2 gold medals, and 4 wooden markers matching their board colors
7
Determine first player
Choose a first player and give them the set-up card marked "1"
8
Collect starting resources
Each player takes coins shown on their set-up card and sets their 4 colored tracks as indicated

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Position the wheel
Ensure each player icon on the wheel faces a stack of cards
2
Draw two cards
Simultaneously, all players take the top 2 cards from the stack their icon points to
3
Discard one card
Choose one card to discard face-up onto the matching color discard pile on the board
4
Resolve kept card
Either sell the remaining card to the box for coins shown on its back, or pay the coin cost to play it below your player board
5
Rotate and repeat
After all players decide, rotate the wheel clockwise and repeat until each player has drawn from all 5 colors
6
Collect income
All players earn coins equal to their Income (yellow) track value
7
Claim a Colony tile
Starting with first player going clockwise, each player may take 1 Colony tile if their Military (red) track meets or exceeds the required value
8
Choose Colony reward
Either keep tile face-up and take coins shown in green, or pay coins shown in red to flip it and gain track increases
9
Unlock a statue
If your Culture (blue) track meets a statue's threshold (6, 12, 20, or 30), you may carve it
10
Place a bonus tile
Take one of your 8 unused bonus tiles and place it in the statue's window
11
Select from discard piles
Starting with first player going clockwise, choose 1 card from the top of any discard pile
12
Buy or sell the card
Pay the coin cost to add it to your tableau, or sell it to the box for coins shown on back
13
Check food supply
Compare your Food (green) track to your total number of cards
14
Discard if necessary
If Food track is lower than card count, remove cards (losing their benefits and track values) until Food equals or exceeds card count
15
Purchase Silver Medals
Pay the cost shown on reference card, place an unused bonus tile in the medal window to earn half points (rounded up) from that track at game end
16
Purchase Gold Medals
Pay the cost shown on reference card, place a gold medal on your board to earn 7 points per complete set of all 5 card colors
17
Set up new cards
After each Epoch, set up the next Epoch's cards the same way as initial setup
18
Change first player
Player 2 goes first in Epoch 2, Player 3 goes first in Epoch 3

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Score Colonies
Add points shown on all your Colony tiles
2
Score Statues
Add points next to each carved statue, plus extra if the 1-point symbol is showing
3
Score Silver Medals
Earn half points (rounded up) of the track matching each medal's tile color
4
Score Gold Medals
Earn 7 points per complete set of 5 different colored cards (14 points per set if you have both gold medals)
5
Score Cards
Add point values from all cards in your tableau
6
Score Remaining Coins
Convert coins at 5 coins per 1 point
7
Determine the winner
Player with the most points wins

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