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| 2 players, 5-20 minutes, 10 years and older |
| Author | Perepau Llistosella |
| Illustrator | Pedro Soto |
| Published by | Looping Games |
| Online since | 2024-02-03 |
| Developed by | Christian Menzel (Chris123) |
| Boardgamegeek | 124847 |
| Complexity | 1,74/5 |
| Yucata.de owns a license for the online version of this game. A big "thank you" to the copyright owners (publisher and/or author and illustrator) who make it possible to have this game for free online here! |
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If you are reading these rules for the first time, ignore the text along the right hand side. These rules serve as a summary to help you quickly familiarize yourself with the game.
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Please note:
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helptexts and these rules: The publisher provided playing cards like in the normal board game:
In Spanish and English. Each card is provided with an English helptext. These helptexts and the
following rules are not the official rules of the game but a free explanation by the developer Chris123.
If you prefer to read the official English rules, you can download them here:
→ Rules in English (PDF)
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Not all expansions: The game 1911 Amundsen vs. Scott has one variant of the basic version and 4 expansions.
Currently the variant for advanced players with 6 open cards and the patron cards expansion are implemented.
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(Nearly) open game: The handcards are mostly visible for the opponent. There are 2 exceptions:
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The first card at the start of the game is shown to the opponent as a face-down card.
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When performing the 'Good Weather' action you draw a hidden card from the deck. If you cannot or do not want to
advance the card will be shown face-down to the opponent.
Cards which are shown face-down to the oppenent are signed with a black dot in the upper left corner for the player who owns these cards.
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Help for people with color weakness:
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We have put a white dot on each red card in the upper middle and on each red field of the game board. This should enable people
with a color weakness (especially red green weakness) to play the game without problems.
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There is also a black dot in the top center of each yellow card. This is to help distinguish the yellow cards from the
green cards more easily.
→ Rules in English (PDF)
→ Rules in Spanish (PDF)
Game components
55 cards for the basic game
8 cards for "Patrons" expansion
1 Board with both sides.
1 Red pawn (Amundsen)
1 Blue pawn (Scott)
2 "Explorer / Player Aid" cards
1 Rulebook (Spanish and English)
Not included in the current version on Yucata:
4 white cubes for "Food Depots" expansion
5 cards for "Damned Weather" expansion
10 cards for "1912 The Way Back" expansion"
Game setup
Each player takes her or his explorer's card and placees the pawn on the explorer's 'ship on the board.
Draw 3 cards from the desk and place them face up. After that each player is dealt one handcard from the deck.
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Put the board showing the main side with
the four parallels (75°, 80°, 85° und 88°).
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The player who has travelled further south
must now choose which explorer she or he wants
to play in the game.
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Each player takes his explorer’s card and
placees the pawn on the explorer's ship on the board.
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The deck is shuffled and placed near the board.
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Draw 3 cards from the deck and place them
face up forming a row beside the deck.
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Each player is dealt a hand of 1 card from
the deck.
Overall game rules
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Hand limit:
Players may never hold more than 7 cards
in his hands, so they will not be able to
choose the "Take Cards" action if it may
provoke exceeding this limit.
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Example:
The deck runs out for the second
time and there are only two cards in the row.
Amundsen is one space from the South Pole
with six cards in his hand. Scott, who has four
cards and he is two spaces away from the South
Pole, realizes that it is imposible to win and, therefore
he declares he wants to take three cards.
He is not able to do it and the game finishes
without a winner.
Exhausted deck:
When the deck is exhausted, the discarded
cards are shuffled to form a new deck.
When the deck is exhausted for the second
time if a player manifests that he cannot
perform the desired "Take Cards" action,
the game ends without a winner:
Both explorers have died frozen in Antarctica!
The cards
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Color and symbol of the card
It is used especially in the actions "Advance",
"Reach the South Pole" or "Back to Route".
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Symbol of the Special Action
It may be a Discard Special Action (to use
with the action of "Take Cards") or a
Special Action (to use wih the action of
"Play Cards").
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Effect of the Special Action
Explained in "Special Card" section below.
Course of the game
Players take alternative playing turns.
Each player on turn must choose: Take Cards or Play Cards
The players incarnate Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott in his feat to be the first human
to reach the South Pole.
The winner is the player who arrives there first!
The player who
incarnates Amundsen starts the game. Thereafter, players take alternative playing turns.
Each player in his turn must choose: Take Cards or Play Cards
Take cards
Take the card(s) furthest to the right
| Discard cards |
Take cards |
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Important:
The colorless special cards "Compass" and
"Equipment Loss" (see Page 5) cannot be
discarded with this action.
If any of the discarded cards had the
"Discard Special Action" symbol,
the player may, if desired, use this
effect after taking cards.
If the player
discards three cards and more than
one contained the symbol, the player
can choose only one effect.
The player draws cards from the row,
adding them to his hand.
Afterwards the player
must move the remaining
cards (if any) to the right and fill the gaps with
cards from the deck.
There are 3 options:
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Take the card furthest to the right.
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Discard one card and take the 2 further cards to the right.
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Discard 3 cards and take all 3 open cards from the row.
Important:
The colorless special cards "Compass" and
"Equipment Loss" (see Page 5) cannot be
discarded with this action.
This will be avoided in the game on Yucata: The cards are not clickable.
If any of the discarded cards had the
"Discard Special Action" symbol,
the player may, if desired, use this
effect after taking cards.
If the player
discards three cards and more than
one contained the symbol, the player
can choose only one effect.
Play cards
The player chooses one of the next options:
- Advance
- Reach the south pole
- Play a special action
Advance
Advance: Play 1 to 7 cards with the same color as the fields
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First field:
One card with the color of the field
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Further fields:
2 cards with the color of each field
The player may play one or more cards based
upon its color to advance to the South
Pole. Depending on the played cards and
their color, the explorer may advance
more than one space on the track:
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To advance 1 space:
Play 1 card of the color showed in the
next space.
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To advance 2 spaces:
Play 3 cards:
1 card of the color of the next space
+ 2 cards of the color of the second space
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To advance 3 spaces:
Play 5 cards:
1 card of the color of the next space
+ 2 cards of the color of the second space
+ 2 cards of the color of the third space
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To advance 4 spaces:
Play 7 cards:
1 card of the color of the next space
+ 2 cards of the color of the second space
+ 2 cards of the color of the third space
+ 2 cards of the color of the fourth space
Reach the south pole
To reach the South Pole the player must
play four cards, one of each color.
Play a special action
The explorer may play cards to
perform a single Special Action:
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Play "Compass" (see
"Special cards")
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Play "Equipment Loss" (siehe
"Special cards")
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Play 2 "Blizzard" cards (if playing
Amundsen) or 2 "Crevasse" cards (if
playing Scott) so that the opponent
loses the route (see
"Losing the route").
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Play 1 "Blizzard" or 1 "Crevasse" card
(independently if playing Amundsen or Scott),
so that the opponent is
penalized if he has already lost its route (see
"Losing the route").
Dogs and horses
In this game there are color wildcards
for both players. Amundsen has
"Greenland Dog" cards and Scott has
"Mongolian Horse" cards.
One of the strategic differences between the two expeditions was that
Amundsen based his transport in Greenlandic sled dogs, while Scott used
Mongolian horses.
Amundsen sacrificed several dogs before reaching the pole
and stored the meat to the journey of return, and this strategy allowed him to
reduce the weight of the dog food and ensured the surviving animals feeding
in the return journey.
Losing the route
When an explorer loses
his route, the pawn is
placed in the lost ("?")
space just behind his
current position.
A lost explorer only has the following possibilities:
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use the "Take Cards" action
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use the "Play Card with Special
Action" action (except "Compass").
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playing a card to go
"Back to the Route"
Amundsen playing
2 “Blizzards” forces
Scott to lose his route.
Scott would do the same
to Amundsen with
2 “Crevasses”.
When an explorer loses
his route, the pawn is
placed in the lost ("?")
space just behind his
current position. A lost player is
only able to:
Penalties
If an explorer is already lost and his
opponent plays either a "Crevasse"
or "Blizzard" card, he must move
the pawn to the previous
"?" space.
Scott is still lost.
Amundsen plays
1 Crevasse in order
to force him to
backward
one “?” space.
If an explorer is already lost and his
opponent plays either a "Crevasse"
or "Blizzard" card, he must move
the pawn to the previous
"?" space.
Back to the route
A lost explorer can return to his correct
route by playing any color card.
The color indicates the space to which the
explorer will return, but this
must be behind his current position.
It can thus be better to wait and continue
taking cards until you get one allowing you
to fall back a little less far. The danger
lies in being vulnerable
to be attacked by the opponent,
forcing to move back more "?" spaces.
Note: if a player is lost close to his ship he can
return to it playing a card of any color which is
not shown in the spaces between.
Scott is lost.. He may back
to the route playing a yellow,
blue or green card, moving his
pawn 1, 2 or 3 spaces
back, respectively.
A lost explorer can return to his correct
route by playing any color card. The
color indicates the space to which the
explorer will return, but this
must be behind his current position, i.e.
falling back to a field he already passed.
A lost player without cards may have no
choice but "Take Cards" to back to the
route later. Although a player can choose
"Take Cards" looking for a color that will
allow him to return in a better position.
But... Beware! A lost player is vulnerable
to be attacked by the opponent
and forced to move back "?" spaces
(see "Penalties" in the left column).
Note: if a player is lost close to his ship he can
return to it playing a card of any color which is
not in the spaces between.
End of the Game
2 possibilities for end of the game:
- A player reaches the south pole → This player wins.
- The card deck is exhausted for the 2nd time. → Both players lose.
The winner is the player who reaches
the South Pole first!
Be careful! Both players lose, frozen in
Antarctica, if the deck of cards is fully
exhausted for the second time and a
player, in his turn, cannot perform the
desired "Take Cards" action.
Base cards
Mongolian Horse
red (1x)
Description
Scott can use the horse as wild card
Mongolian Horse
green (1x)
Description
Scott can use the horse as wild card
Mongolian Horse
blue (1x)
Description
Scott can use the horse as wild card
Mongolian Horse
yellow (1x)
Description
Scott can use the horse as wild card
Greenland dog
red (3x)
Description
Amundsen can use the dog as wild card
Greenland dog
green (2x)
Description
Amundsen can use the dog as wild card
Greenland dog
blue (2x)
Description
Amundsen can use the dog as wild card
Greenland dog
yellow (2x)
Description
Amundsen can use the dog as wild card
Advance card
red (6x)
Description
To advance on the game board
Apart from reaching the south pole only usable by Amundsen
Advance card
green (5x)
Description
To advance on the game board
Advance card
blue (2x)
Description
To advance on the game board
Apart from reaching the south pole only usable by Scott
Advance card
yellow (5x)
Description
To advance on the game board
Special cards
Cards with 'Play cards' effect
The 'Play cards' effect is activated if they are played
in a 'Play Cards' action.
'Equipment Loss'-Card
colorless (1x)
Note
This card cannot be discarded with the "Take Cards" action.
Activation:
Play card alone (without playing other cards or taking cards)
Effect:
The explorer plays this card in front of his opponent to limit his
hand to a maximum of 5 cards during the rest of the game. If the opponent
had more than 5 cards, he must discard the excess.
'Compass'-Card
colorless (2x)
Note
This card cannot be discarded with the "Take Cards" action.
Activation:
Play card alone (without playing other cards or taking cards)
Effect:
If played before the
85° parallel, the player
advances 1 space towards
the South Pole. If played
after crossing the 85°
parallel, the player goes back 1 space.
Furthermore, a player must play it
before reaching the South Pole, given
that to have a compass in his hands
prevents him from reaching there.
'Blizzard'-Card
red (2x)
Activation:
Play 1 or 2 cards alone (without playing other cards or taking cards)
Effect:
If Amundsen plays two "Blizzards" at the same time, Scott loses the route.
With a single "Blizzard" card, Scott
or Amundsen forces the opponent (if
he already had lost his route) to move
back to the previous "?" space.
'Blizzard'-Card
green (2x)
Activation:
Play 1 or 2 cards alone (without playing other cards or taking cards)
Effect:
If Amundsen plays two "Blizzards" at the same time, Scott loses the route.
With a single "Blizzard" card, Scott
or Amundsen forces the opponent (if
he already had lost his route) to move
back to the previous "?" space.
'Blizzard'-Card
yellow (2x)
Activation:
Play 1 or 2 cards alone (without playing other cards or taking cards)
Effect:
If Amundsen plays two "Blizzards" at the same time, Scott loses the route.
With a single "Blizzard" card, Scott
or Amundsen forces the opponent (if
he already had lost his route) to move
back to the previous "?" space.
'Blizzard'-Card
blue (1x)
Activation:
Play 1 or 2 cards alone (without playing other cards or taking cards)
Effect:
If Amundsen plays two "Blizzards" at the same time, Scott loses the route.
With a single "Blizzard" card, Scott
or Amundsen forces the opponent (if
he already had lost his route) to move
back to the previous "?" space.
'Crevasse' card
red (2x)
Activation:
Play 1 or 2 cards alone (without playing other cards or taking cards)
Effect:
If Scott plays 2 "Crevasse" together, Amundsen loses his route.
With a single "Crevasse" card, Scott
or Amundsen forces the opponent (if he
already had lost his route) to move back
to the previous "?" space.
'Crevasse' card
green (2x)
Activation:
Play 1 or 2 cards alone (without playing other cards or taking cards)
Effect:
If Scott plays 2 "Crevasse" together, Amundsen loses his route.
With a single "Crevasse" card, Scott
or Amundsen forces the opponent (if he
already had lost his route) to move back
to the previous "?" space.
'Crevasse' card
yellow (2x)
Activation:
Play 1 or 2 cards alone (without playing other cards or taking cards)
Effect:
If Scott plays 2 "Crevasse" together, Amundsen loses his route.
With a single "Crevasse" card, Scott
or Amundsen forces the opponent (if he
already had lost his route) to move back
to the previous "?" space.
'Crevasse' card
blue (3x)
Activation:
Play 1 or 2 cards alone (without playing other cards or taking cards)
Effect:
If Scott plays 2 "Crevasse" together, Amundsen loses his route.
With a single "Crevasse" card, Scott
or Amundsen forces the opponent (if he
already had lost his route) to move back
to the previous "?" space.
Cards with 'Discard cards' effect
The 'Discard cards' effect is activated if they are discarded
in a 'Take Cards' action.
'Drop Supplies' card
red (2x)
Activation:
Discard card in a "Take Cards" action
Effect:
The player draws a random card from the opponent's hand and adds it to his hand.
The effect can´t be activated if the player
hand will end over the hand limit size.
'Sacrifice' card
blue (1x)
Activation:
Discard card in a "Take Cards" action
Effect:
The opponent shows his hand and discards every "Good
Weather" and "Greenland Dog" (if Amundsen) or "Good Weather" and
"Mongolian Horse" (if Scott) he could have.
'Good Weather' card
green (1x)
Activation:
Discard card in a "Take Cards" action
Effect:
The player draws the top card from the deck and adds the card to his hand.
If the color of the card matches with the color
of his next space in the route, he may show the
card to advance one space.
The effect can’t be
activated if the player is lost or his
hand will end over the hand limit size.
'Good Weather' card
yellow (1x)
Activation:
Discard card in a "Take Cards" action
Effect:
The player draws the top card from the deck and adds the card to his hand.
If the color of the card matches with the color
of his next space in the route, he may show the
card to advance one space.
The effect can’t be
activated if the player is lost or his
hand will end over the hand limit size.
Scott, British
Scott can use the 4 Mongolian Horses as wild cards (color).
Makes Amundsen get
lost by playing
2 Crevasse
cards
Amundsen, Norwegian
Amundsen can use the 9 Greenland dogs as wild cards (color).
Makes Scott get lost by playing 2 Blizzard cards:
If one / several handcard(s) get clicked, it is possible that the
cards shall be played or discarded in a "Take cards" action.
To avoid having to explain before each move whether you want to play
or discard the cards you have clicked on,
the following operation was chosen:
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Click on the cards you want to play (maximum 7) or discard (1 or 3). Clicking on the card
"activates" it. This is indicated by a blue border around the card.
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Clicking on an already activated card "deactivates" the card.
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If you have clicked 1 or 3 cards - neither 'Compass' card nor 'Equipment Loss' card - you can discard them to take open cards.
Therefore 2 or 3 open cards are clickable.
You can click on any of the bordered cards; they all lead to the same action
(2 or 3 cards will be added to your handcards, the previously clicked cards will be discarded).
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In addition, if you can advance one or more fields due to the card combination,
the corresponding square on the field is clickable (indicated by a yellow circle). The same will happen, if you
can get your opponent to lose the route (2 'Blizzard' or 'Crevasse' cards, depending if you play Amundsen or Scott)
or you can get him another field back (opponent has already lost the route and you have clicked a 'Blizzard' or 'Crevasse' card).
Attention: All activated cards must completely fulfill the corresponding
action. No additional card may be activated.
To facilitate the handling the cards and possible destination fields are framed or circled.
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Green frame of hand cards: The card is generally clickable. Depending of combinations with other cards this can result in action possibilities.
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Green frame of open cards: Depending of if, how many and wich hand cards you have clicked, the card on the right, the two mostright cards or all
3 cards are framed. It does not matter which of the framed cards you click. The same action will be performed.
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Blue frame of hand cards: The hand card is selected for an action.
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Yellow frame of a field: If you click the field the corresponding action (meeple will be placed or 'Equipment Loss' card will be shown to your opponent)
will be performed.
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Where is the meeple?
If you cannot find a meeple, click on the explorer card (Amundsen or Scott card, left in each handcard container). The corresponding meeple is then enlarged and slowly brought back to its regular size.
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Which color has the field under the meeple?
Click on the meeple. It then fades away for a short time and reappears.
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Where can you see the cards in the draw pile together with your opponent's face-down cards?
This is only possible if the corresponding selection field has been clicked in the invitation. If you click on the display of the current number of cards in the top right-hand corner, a corresponding window will open.
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Automatic execution of moves:
If you have no cards in your hand, all you can do is take the card on the far right.
This move is carried out automatically.
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'Drop of supplies' card:
If you use this effect, you draw a random card from your opponent automatically.
Therefore, you cannot take back your move.
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'Sacrifice' card:
If you use this effect, the cards your opponent has to discard will be automatically
removed from his hand.
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'Good Weather' card:
If you use this effect, the machine checks whether the color of the card
you have drawn matches the color of the next square. If it does, you can
choose if you want to advance. If you want your meeple automatically moves
one space forward.
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'Compass' card:
If you use this effect, your meeple automatically moves one space forward or back.
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About the note in
"Get lost"
It was clarified with the game designers that 'near his ship'' and the
possibility of returning to the starting point
(ship) refers only to the first two ?-fields of Amundsen and Scott.
The Patrons expansion
At the beginning, after choosing explorers, each player takes the four patrons from his country, shuffles them and draws one.
The player puts it visible in front of him or her. Patron cards are discarded after use. Some are activated at the beginning of the game.
Cards of the patrons expansion
Norwegian patrons (for Amundsen)
Architect
Amundsen starts the game with 3 handcards.
Army Officer
The first horse to appear in the row will be removed. The gap is then filled with the next card.
Press Baron
Amundsen starts the game on the first space of the route.
Philanthropist
Amundsen can discard this patron to use it as a color wildcard.
British patrons (for Scott)
Engineer
Scott starts the game with 4 handcards.
Army Officer
The first two dogs to appear in the row will be removed. The gap is then filled with the next card.
Show Manager
Scott starts the game on the first space of the route.
Politician
Scott can discard this patron to use it as a color wildcard.
Hints about the patrons expansion
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Which card has my explorer got?
You can read about this at the top of the game log. As not all cards are used in the further course of the game, some moves are carried out automatically
at the start of the game and the card is removed. These are in detail:
- Amundsen's Architect or Scott's Engineer: 3 or 4 cards are dealt automatically at the start of the game.
- Amundsen's Press Baron or Scott's Show Manager: The meeple is automatically placed on the first field of the game board.
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How does this work with the army officers?
These cards are placed next to your explorer card as long as they are still relevant. When the first horse or the first two dogs in the row are dealt, the card is immediately removed
and replaced by another card from the draw pile. You can see which card this was in the log. The officer card is removed after use.
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What happens if I get the Philanthropist or the Politician?
These cards are placed as the first (virtual) handcard in your hand card container. You can click on this card like any other card if you can use it as a color card.
Variant - Advanced game
Advanced players will play with a visible row of 6 cards. The rest of the rules remain the same because a player only takes cards of the 3 located further to the right. To replenish
cards, you move the cards to the right and then fill the gaps with cards from the deck.
Because there is not enough space to place the six cards in one row the cards are placed in two rows with 3 cards in each row. The cards are orderd in this way:
This means that the row to take cards is the row at the bottom with the numbers 3, 2 and 1.
The numbers 6, 5 and 4 show the cards which will follow after the player took cards.
This is an image after the player took the first card (number 1). You can see that the last card in row 1 (number 4 in the image above) became the first card in row 2. The other cards followed and number 6 became a new card.
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