1
Select your action
Move your player marker clockwise on the rondel to choose an action
2
Use the Navigator card
If you have it, you may take a bonus Sailing action before your rondel action, then pass the card to the player on your right
3
Recruit workers
Pay 50 Cruzados per worker up to the number of churches you own
4
Recruit extra workers
Pay 100/200/300 Cruzados per additional worker in Phase I/II/III
5
Maintain worker limits
You must have at least 2 and no more than 9 workers
6
Sell excess workers
If at 9 workers, pay 50 per church to recruit virtual workers and immediately sell them for 100 each
7
Build ships
Pay 50 Cruzados per ship up to the number of shipyards you own
8
Build extra ships
Pay 100/200/300 Cruzados per additional ship in Phase I/II/III
9
Place new ships
All newly built ships start in the Portugal sea region
10
Sell excess ships
If at 7 ships, pay 50 per shipyard to build and immediately sell for 100 each
11
Move your ships
Move any or all ships to adjacent sea regions
12
Observe phase limits
Ships may move 1/2/3 regions maximum in Phase I/II/III
13
Explore new regions
Enter unexplored regions (marked with disc) with at least 2 ships
14
Navigate dangerous waters
Exploring Nagasaki or Macau requires 3+ ships and costs 2 ships
15
Acquire colonies
Pay the price shown on colony tiles to take them
16
Meet requirements
You need at least 1 ship in the colony's sea region and 2 workers in Lisboa per colony
17
Pay colony costs
Sugar costs 40-120, gold costs 50-150, spices cost 60-180 Cruzados
18
Use resources efficiently
Ships and workers are not consumed but each can only support one colony per turn
19
Purchase buildings
Pay the cost shown on the board and place the building on your player board
20
Meet worker requirements
Factories require 3 workers, shipyards require 4, churches require 5
21
Retain your workers
Workers are not consumed when building; Lisboa count stays the same
22
Sell colony resources
Sell any number of colony tiles' worth of resources at current market price
23
Process with factories
Use factories to process resources from the market
24
Choose selling or processing
You cannot both sell and process the same resource type in one turn
25
Spend a worker
Reduce your Lisboa worker count by 1 (must keep at least 2)
26
Select a privilege
Take one available privilege tile from the gallery
27
Place on player board
Put the tile in the matching column on your board from top to bottom
28
Receive immediate bonus
Multiply the covered space's coin value by your number of matching items
29
Respect limits
You cannot have more than 3 privilege tiles of the same type
30
Enter Phase II
When any player explores past Cabo da Boa Esperança
31
Enter Phase III
When any player explores past Malaca
32
Replenish privileges
Add privilege tiles according to the chart for your player count at each new phase
33
Apply new limits
New phase rules take effect starting the turn after exploration
