Review Boonlake

Game Phases: The game is played in 2 rounds. Each round ends when a player moves their ship to the last square of the river. An intermediate score is taken halfway through the round and at the end of each round.

Game Turn:

➡️ Phase A: Choose and Execute an Action:

Select an Action tile and place it at the bottom of the Action board. Apply the effects of the chosen Action tile to yourself and possibly to all players.

➡️ Phase B: Advance your Ship:

Move your ship along the river to the number of squares indicated on the chosen Action tile. Collect rewards depending on the square where you stop.

➡️ Phase C: Fill the Action Tiles:

Push the Action tiles upwards to fill the empty space, making sure to have one tile per row.

Explanation of Effects:

➡ Play a card: You can take a Project card from your hand and place it in front of you, provided you can pay the cost or discard it to gain 2 coins.

➡ Explore: When you explore, you add a new Construction tile to the main board.

➡ Develop: Development consists of placing a resident of your ranch on an unoccupied construction site of a Construction tile.

➡ Improve: Improvement allows you to convert a resident into a house or a house into a village.

Actions:

➡️ Pioneer: You can explore twice then develop once or improve once.

➡️ Settle: You can develop once or improve once.

➡️ Cattle Farm: You can place 1 Pasture on an available space.

➡️ Region Rewards: Choose a region to get its reward and mark it.

➡️ Recruit: Gain a resident and explore.

➡️ Builder: Play a card or draw two cards.

➡️ Progress: Upgrade once or twice.

Important: During your turn, other players are involved and can benefit from the effects of the actions you choose. When you choose an Action tile and apply its effects, all players can usually benefit from some of those effects.

Scoring:

Intermediate Scoring: Triggered when a ship passes through a lock on the river.

Final Scoring: After the last intermediate scoring, the final scoring begins. This final scoring includes several steps to award additional victory points based on various elements of the game.