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Collect Harvest items
Gain all items depicted by the Harvest icon (initially: 4 Townsfolk Cards from Ready Pile, 1 Labourer, 1 Cowrie Shell, 1 Provision, plus 1 Cowrie Shell per constructed Outpost)
2
Return Hut Workers
Return any Workers from Hut spaces to your supply
3
Collect Farm bonuses
Gain additional Workers or Provisions from constructed Farms
4
Collect tucked card bonuses
Gain items shown on Townsfolk Cards tucked beneath the board
5
Play Townsfolk Cards for resources
Play from hand to Exhausted Pile to gain items on brown background only
6
Discard Townsfolk Cards for bonus resources
Discard to Townsfolk Discard Pile to gain items on both brown and red backgrounds
7
Tuck Townsfolk Cards
Place under board in available spaces to improve future Harvests permanently
8
Build Canal section (once per Round)
Spend Workers and Cowrie Shells shown on Canal Card, move Barge off board, remove Canal Card, resolve bottom effects left to right, return card to box
9
Attack Barbarians
Spend Provisions shown below Barbarian's position, spend Workers shown on left side, gain rewards on right side, discard defeated Barbarian
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Recruit Townsfolk
Pay Provisions shown below card position, place Townsfolk Card into Exhausted Pile
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Dismiss Townsfolk
Pay Provisions shown below card position, discard card and gain brown background items
12
Construct Farms
Spend 1 Labourer, 1 Clay, 1 Wood; place on available build site; gain any covered items
13
Construct Outposts
Spend 1 Labourer, 1 Clay, 3 Wood; allows treating connected Worker colors as same type
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Construct Huts
Spend 1 Labourer, 3 Clay, 1 Wood; must build left to right; flip Hut Card and resolve effects
15
Use Hut spaces
Place Workers from supply onto Hut spaces for immediate rewards
16
Trade resources
Use river-printed trades any number of times (3 Shells→Clay/Wood, 2 Shells→Provision, etc.)
17
Reposition Barge
If Canal was built this round, place Barge onto left-most remaining Canal Card
18
Resolve each Barbarian
For each Barbarian above board, either pay the bribe (Workers/Resources) or destroy Townsfolk Cards from Ready Pile as shown on card bottom
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Slide remaining Townsfolk
Move Townsfolk Cards left to fill empty spaces
20
Count new Barbarians
Sum all numbers on Barbarian Card icons along top shore of river
21
Add new Barbarians
Reveal required Barbarian Cards from right to left, slide existing Barbarians right to close gaps
22
Fill remaining spaces
Reveal Townsfolk Cards from Draw Pile to fill middle empty spaces left to right
23
Empty Ready Pile
When drawing from empty Ready Pile, shuffle Exhausted Pile to form new Ready Pile and advance Flood one space right
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Worker colors matter
White Workers (Labourers) can only fulfill White Worker requirements; colored Workers must match unless Outpost connects colors
