Everdell is a game of dynamic tableau building and worker placement. In Farshore, you visit the new lands north of the Valley. Gather new resources, meet new critters and even set sail for new horizons! Farshore features a mix of reworked and new mechanisms, offering something for new players and Everdell experts alike.

The essential edition replaces the luxury resources with cardboard components so you get to experience the full game at a lower price. Note: the solo game is not included in the essentials edition.

On their turn a player can take one of three actions:

a) Place a Worker: Each player has a collection of Worker pieces. These are placed on the board locations, events, and on Destination cards. Workers perform various actions to further the development of a player's tableau: gathering resources, drawing cards, and taking other special actions.

b) Play a Card: Each player is building and populating a city; a tableau of up to 15 Construction and Critter cards. There are five types of cards: Travelers, Production, Destination, Governance, and Prosperity. Cards generate resources, grant abilities, and ultimately score points. The interactions of the cards reveal numerous strategies and a near infinite variety of working cities.

c) Prepare for the next Season: Workers are returned to the players supply and new workers are added. The game is played from Winter through to the onset of the following winter, at which point the player with the city with the most points wins.

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