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Phase 1 - Receive income
Collect 5 gold for your castle plus 1 additional gold for each tile with barrels of whisky connected to your castle via roads
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Collect catch-up gold
Starting in round 3, receive additional gold for each player ahead of you on the scoring track, with the amount shown on the round track
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Phase 2 - Draw tiles
Each player draws 3 landscape tiles from the bag and places them face up in front of their player screen
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Set prices secretly
Behind your screen, assign your discard marker to one tile and place at least 1 coin on each of the other two tiles
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Reveal choices
Once all players finish, remove screens and place them aside
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Phase 3 - Discard a tile
Put the tile marked with your discard marker back into the bag, then shuffle the bag
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Phase 4 - Buy a tile
Starting with the Starting Player and going clockwise, you may buy exactly one tile from another player by paying the assigned gold amount
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Receive payment as seller
When someone buys your tile, you receive both their payment and take back the gold you assigned to that tile
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Pass if unable to buy
If you cannot or choose not to buy, you must pass
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Lose assigned gold
After all players have bought or passed, lose all gold you assigned to tiles still in front of you, returning it to the supply
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Phase 5 - Build
Add all tiles you received this round to your clan territory
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Follow placement rules
Each new tile must share an edge with an existing tile, and touching edges must have matching terrain (pasture, mountain, or water)
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Roads do not need to connect
Road connections are not required when placing tiles
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Complete areas for bonuses
An area is completed when fully enclosed by different terrain types
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Return unplaceable tiles
If you cannot legally place a tile, return it to the bag without refund
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Phase 6 - Score the round
All players receive victory points according to the scoring tiles that apply this round, as indicated on the round track
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Pass starting player
Give the Starting Player marker to the next player clockwise
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Advance round marker
The new starting player moves the round token forward one space
