The Castles of Burgundy Gameplay Overview
The game lasts 5 phases (A through E). Each phase consists of 5 rounds. At the start of each phase, refill the depots with new tiles and place 5 new goods tiles. At the end of each phase, players with mines receive 1 Silverling per mine. Each round, the start player rolls the white die to place a goods tile on the matching depot, then all players roll their 2 dice simultaneously and take turns in turn order.
Actions
- Take a Tile from a Depot — Use one die to take a 6-sided tile from the depot matching your die result. Place it on any empty storage space on your player board (3 storage spaces available).
- Place a Tile on Your Estate — Use one die to take a tile from your storage and add it to your estate. The estate space must match the die number, be the correct color for the tile, and be adjacent to a previously placed tile.
- Sell Goods — Goods tiles accumulate in your storage when you place Ship tiles on your estate (each ship lets you take ALL goods from any one depot). Use one die to sell all goods of one type from your storage. The goods type must match the die result.
- Take Worker Tiles — Use one die (regardless of the result) to take 2 worker tiles from the supply.
- Buy from the Black Depot — Once per turn (in addition to your two dice actions), you may spend 2 Silverlings to buy any one tile from the central black depot and place it in your storage.
Key Concepts
- Region Completion Scoring — When all spaces of a connected colored region are filled, score VP based on region size plus a phase bonus.
- Color Completion Bonus — The first player to fill ALL spaces of one color across their entire estate claims the large bonus tile for that color. The second player claims the s...
- Large Bonus Tile VP — Large bonus tile is worth 5 VP.
- Large Bonus Tile VP — Large bonus tile is worth 6 VP.
- Large Bonus Tile VP — Large bonus tile is worth 7 VP.
- Small Bonus Tile VP — Small bonus tile is worth 2 VP.
- Small Bonus Tile VP — Small bonus tile is worth 3 VP.
- Small Bonus Tile VP — Small bonus tile is worth 4 VP.
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