Starting with the first player, players take turns in clockwise order.

If at the start of your turn all of your character cards are face down, turn them all face up. After this, take your turn as normal.

EARLY REST: At the start of your turn, you may flip all your characters face up, even if some are still face up, but you must pay to do so. The cost is one coin per character that is still face up. If you do this, you must flip all of your characters face up (you cannot choose to keep some of them face down).

On your turn, use one of your available (face up) characters to place explore markers on the map. To do this, flip the character card face down and place your explore markers on the map in the same shape and configuration that is shown on the character card, and in the same direction that the card is facing.

The shape must fit completely within the edges of the map (exception: “blank” markers on the pattern do not need to fit within the map).

You cannot rotate marker patterns, and you must place all markers as shown if possible.

If a square is already occupied by an opponent’s marker or by one of your markers that was placed on a previous turn, skip this square (while still placing the remaining markers).

IMPORTANT: A square on a land card may never contain more than one marker.

Note: You may not reclaim any of your markers from the board until a card that they occupy is completed. If you run out of markers to place, take your turn as normal, but do not place any more markers than you have.

Getting coins

If you place any explore markers on coin symbols, take a coin for each symbol. Keep your coins next to your character cards. Coins are open information (you cannot hide your coins from other players).

Using coins

On your turn, when you place markers, you may pay 2 coins to place a “blank” marker, as shown on the character card you are using this turn.

You may perform this ability for each blank cube on the card, provided you have enough coins (but remember that you can only use one character card per turn, and each square on the map can only hold one marker).

You may use coins that you gain during the same turn to place a blank marker.

Coins are also needed for an early rest.

In the full game, coins can be used to buy artifacts at the end of your turn.

At the end of your turn, if all six squares of any land card are occupied by explore markers, the lost character there is found!

The player with the most explore markers on the completed card claims the card.

If there is a tie for most cubes, each tied player may bid coins to attempt to claim the card, starting with the active player (the player whose turn it is) and going in clockwise order.

Each player may only bid once, and each bid must be at least one coin greater than the last (although players may choose to “pass” and not bid). The tied player who bids the most coins claims the card.

Only the player who wins the bid needs to pay their coins. Paid coins are returned to the supply.

A player may not bid more coins than they have. A bid of zero coins is allowed.

When you claim a card, place it character-side up next to your other cards, in the same direction they are facing. Return all markers that were on the card to their owners. Replace the missing card from the map with a new card from the top of the deck (place it in the same orientation as the card it replaces).

If another player claims a card, but you have at least one explore marker on it, you gain one coin. You never gain more than one coin for a claimed card (even if you have two or three explore markers on the card). Note: Multiple players can claim a coin if they have a marker on the card but do not claim the card.

At the end of your turn, you may purchase one of the artifact tiles for the coin cost listed. If you purchase an artifact, place it near your character cards and refill the artifact row with a new artifact from the top of the pile (so that there are always four showing).

You can own any number of artifacts but can only purchase one per turn.

Artifacts give special abilities.

• To use a special ability on an artifact that you own, turn the artifact face down.
• You may use these abilities only on your turn.
• There is no limit to the number of artifacts you can use on your turn.
• Whenever you flip all of your character cards face up, also flip any face-down artifacts face up (so that you can use them again). Do this even when using the early rest.
• You do not need to pay a coin for each artifact that is face up if you use an early rest.

At the end of the game, count points on the artifact tiles you own and add them to your final score.

For specific artifact ability descriptions, see Artifacts.

Play until one player has ten cards (including the three they start with). When a player has ten cards, finish the round so that all players have an equal number of turns.

Then, each player counts the points on cards they own. The player with the most points is the winner.

If tied, the player with the most coins wins. If still tied, the players share the victory.