Let’s start by randomly choosing a player to go first. That player gets to put two of their tribe members on any hex they choose.

• Second player: You get to place three tribe members on one hex.
• Third player: You also get to place three tribe members on one hex, and you even get to collect two resources of your choice.
• Fourth player: You have three tribe members, but you get to spread them out on two adjacent hexes. Plus, you get to collect two resources of your choice.

Just remember, no one can put their tribe members where someone else already has them.

How to Play the Game

It’s your turn to play the game and score points! To win, you need to reach 15 points before the other tribes do. Let’s go through the following 5 steps together!

Step 1: Count Your Villages

First, let’s count how many villages you have. At the beginning of each turn, you score 1 point for each village you own. If you don’t have any villages yet, don’t worry! Your tribe can build them during the game.

Step 2: Roll the Dice and Trigger Events

Now, it’s time to roll the dice! Roll two dice and see what you get. If you roll doubles, which means both dice show the same symbol (either Suns, Moons, or Blanks), an event will happen. Exciting, right?

Step 3: Take Action

The Action Board shows you four actions you can choose from. These actions are GROW, MOVE, GATHER, and LEAD. On your turn, you get to perform two actions, and they have to be different from each other. So think carefully about which actions you want to take!

When you want to take action, you choose one of the dice you’ve rolled and place it at the top of the column corresponding to the action you want to take. You can only choose one action at a time, and you have to finish resolving that action before you can choose another dice.

Develop

When it’s time to grow my tribe, I take the number of tribe members shown on the Action Board and add them to the hexes where my tribe members already are. Let me give you an example. If the board says I get 3 new tribe members, I can place them in any of my hexes. I can even spread them out, like this:

Move

Hey there! Let’s talk about moving your tribe members across the hexes. You see, you can move up to the number of tribe members indicated by the Action Board from one hex to any adjacent hex. It’s pretty cool, because neither the terrain nor opponent tribe members affect your movement. Easy peasy, right?

Important: Just remember that a single tribe member can only be moved once in a turn, and they can only move 1 hex per move. Gotta keep it fair and balanced!

Gather

Now, let’s talk about gathering resources from the hexes you occupy. This is where the Action Board comes into play again. You can obtain different resources depending on the hex you’re in. For example, if you’re in a forest, you’ll get wood. If you’re near a lake, food is your reward. And if you happen to be on a mountain, you’ll be blessed with stone. It’s like a mini adventure!

Example: Let me break it down for you. If you see on the Action Board that 2 hexes can produce 2 resources each, you have a couple of options. You can choose both of the 2 lakes you occupy and get a total of 4 food. Alternatively, you could have one lake and one forest produce 2 food and 2 wood, respectively.

Lead

Here’s what you need to do. Take a look at the Action Board. It will tell you how many Goal Cards you should draw from the top of your Goal Deck. These cards will go “in progress” on the left side of your Player Board, facing up. Your Goal Deck includes Developments (blue) and Achievements (brown).

Hey there! Here’s a cool trick you can use in the game: if you have some goals you didn’t complete, you can put them back at the bottom of your Goal Deck and draw new ones! Just make sure to do this before drawing any new cards with the Lead action. It’s like getting a bonus draw!

Here’s another tip: when you want to use an action, place your die in the first slot. This will push all the other dice to the right. The die on the right will move down and be rolled in the next turn. It’s a neat way to keep the dice rolling!

Hey there! Let’s talk about how the result of rolling the dice affects the strength of your chosen action.

Each action has a default power level that’s listed right beneath its name. This is the power that the action will have unless there’s a specific combination of symbols.

Wow, can you believe it? If you happen to roll two moon symbols on the dice, no matter how they show up, it means trouble for society! But hey, don’t panic just yet. Your awesome tribe still gets a little something to make up for it.

If you roll 2 sun symbols on the dice (in any combination), civilization is flourishing! You will receive the highest reward for this action.

Step 4: Resolve Conflict

When a hex has more than 5 tribe members (of any color), conflict arises immediately after the current player has completed both of their actions in Step 3. If no conflict occurs, proceed to Step 5.

In villages, the number of tribe members doesn’t affect the hex limit. Only the tribe members count.

Solving Conflicts

When there are multiple hexes in conflict, we resolve them in the order that the current player prefers. The current player, called ‘offense’, is the one who is playing their turn, while the other players are called ‘defense’ for card purposes.

Every player acts at the same time by removing one tribe member from the hex. This process continues until there is only one player left with their tribe members in the hex.

Sometimes, conflicts happen in a hex where only one player has their tribe members. Even in that situation, the conflict still takes place, and the player with the tribe members removes some of them until they reach the limit of 5.

Using the Bow Development Card

If you’re the current player and you have the Bow development card, you have an advantage during conflict resolution. You can choose one defending tribe member from the hex and remove them before continuing with the resolution process.

So, imagine this: you’re in a game, and you’re part of a tribe. The tribe has a total of 10 members. Now, let’s say that during the game, 5 members of the tribe decide to leave. Does this mean that conflict resolution is no longer possible? Nope! The good news is that conflict resolution can still happen, even if the tribe is left with only 5 members.

But here’s the catch: defending players can’t use bow development. It’s a special skill that only a certain group of players can use. So, if you’re one of the defending players and you still have bow development in your toolbox, unfortunately, you won’t be able to use it.

Now, this whole situation can be a little confusing, right? It’s like a puzzle that needs to be solved. But don’t worry! I’m here to help you understand it.

Here’s the bottom line: even if the number of tribe members drops down to 5, conflict resolution is still possible. But defending players won’t be able to use bow development. So, if you’re in that situation, remember that you’ll have to find other strategies to tackle conflict resolution. You got this!

Abandoned Village

Once a battle is settled within a hex, and all the members of a tribe have left a village, the village is abandoned and removed from existence.

Step 5: Goals & Villages

Let’s talk about Goals and Villages. They’re an important part of the game that I want to share with you.

Goals come in two types: Developments and Achievements. During this step, you can work on as many Goals as you like. And here’s the exciting part – you can score points for each one you complete!

When you have a Goal in progress, you place it face up on the left side of your board. Once you finish it, you move it to the right side. And guess what? Once you complete a Goal, the points you earned are yours to keep. Plus, any abilities you gained from that Goal will stay with you for the rest of the game. Pretty cool, right?

Developments require resources and provide benefits in gameplay and victory points.

Achievements are triggered by certain game events, such as occupying hexes, and reward 2-4 victory points as shown on the card.

Explanation of Goal Cards

Bow

This card is activated during conflicts that occur on your turn. It can be used in multiple conflicts.

Pottery

This card is only used in games with 3 or 4 players.

GATHER, any 6 RESOURCES

You can collect any combination of resources to fulfill this requirement. Resources obtained from events do not count.

Majority in neighboring Lands

The hexes you need for this card do not have to match the exact pattern shown.

Players are not obligated to complete a Goal Card even if they meet the requirements.

Hex Control

Let me break down the different positional statuses for you. These terms, also known as Goal Cards, are used to describe a player’s position on a hex:

• Occupation: When at least one person from my tribe is on the hex.
• Majority: When my tribe members outnumber all the other tribe members on the hex.
• Control: Only my tribe members are present on the hex.

After my turn, I can build villages by spending resources from my tribe card. I can place a village disc on a hex where my tribe members are, as long as there are no other villages there.

If I don’t have any tribe members on the same hex as one of my villages, the village gets destroyed. Each village I have gives me one victory point at the beginning of my turn.

Recycling Benefit

Did you know that villages have an awesome bonus? When you take the Lead action, you can recycle one unfulfilled Goal Card for each Village you own.

But what exactly does recycling mean? Well, it’s simple. You just put those unfulfilled Goal Cards back at the bottom of your Goal Deck and draw the same number of new cards from the top of the deck. Pretty cool, right?

Now, there’s a little rule you have to follow. You have to return all the recycled cards to the bottom of your deck before you start drawing any new ones. That’s the way it works!

Events

Now here’s something interesting. If you roll the same result on both dice, like getting 2 Suns, or 2 Moons, or 2 Blanks, something special happens. You trigger an Event! Exciting, isn’t it?

When an Event is triggered, you grab the top card from the Event Deck and put it in one of those empty event slots above your Action board. Who knows what surprises you might find!

If both slots have active events, no new event is triggered, and you can continue your turn.

 I know triggering an event can feel really nerve-wracking, but don’t worry! Once an event is triggered, it immediately comes into effect. Depending on what you do, some events happen right away, while others change or disappear when someone rolls doubles. After an event is resolved, it gets moved to the discard pile.

Once you’ve triggered an event and followed its instructions, you can keep playing your turn as normal.

Understanding Events Better

So, after you enter a hex that only has your opponents, you can grab any resource from that hex – it’s like a discovery!

This one’s a bit different. The event doesn’t have an immediate effect – it only affects the board during conflicts that happen later in the turn.

When you place Invaders, if there are empty hexes, you can treat them as the least populated hex. Just remember, if there’s a tie, you get to choose which hex counts.

Here’s an important one: every time you use the GROW action, you remove a token from this card. It doesn’t matter if you grow more tribe members or not – the token goes bye-bye.

If you have an active resource type, like “Plentiful Wood,” and you gather from multiple hexes of that type, you get extra resources. For example, if you gather from 2 Forest hexes, you’ll take 4 Wood in addition to your regular gather amount.

When it comes to goal cards, you can only pay a resource to get one once per turn. And remember, you can complete the goal card during the same turn you drew it.

Similar to Invaders, if you have empty hexes when you place the Mammoth, they can count as the least populated hex. You’re the one who gets to decide, though, in case there’s a tie.

Game Over!

Once a player has scored 15 victory points, they have won the game! The race is on, and it’s up to you to guide your tribe to victory!

Out of the Game

If a player gets eliminated (meaning all their tribe members are taken off the board), they get a second chance. On their next turn, they can place two tribe members on any unoccupied hex they choose.