Ostia: Patronus Expansion
Ostia: Patronus Expansion Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- Support tiles x 20
- Chartered ship tokens x 2
- Lighthouse token x 1
Setup
Follow the setup as if playing the base game, but add/change the following points.
- Cubes placement in each resource areas: In the base game you need to put resource cubes with a total value of 2. When you include this expansion in your game, this step is omitted.
- After completing all the setup, each player will get the effect from 4 support tiles by the following method.
- A. Shuffle all support tiles well and give each player 5 tiles face down. Return the unused tiles back to the box.
- B. Each player checks the tiles they received, selects one, puts it face down in front of them, and gives the rest to the player on the left.
- C. Select one more tile from the tiles received from the player on the right, put it face down, and give the rest to the player on the left.
- D. Repeat C until everyone has 5 tiles face down.
- E. Check your own tiles and select the 4 tiles you want. Return the remaining one back to the box.
- F. In counterclockwise order starting with the player to the right of the first player, each player gains the effect shown on all immediate support tiles (explained below) they have. Once all players have gained it, start the game in the same way as the base game.
End Game Support Tiles
Important: If you have construction discs on trading port tiles that show building icons, ship icons, or amphora icons, those icons can also be counted for victory points gained from end game support tiles.
- Gain 3 victory points for each set of 1 building icon + 1 ship icon you have.
- Gain 3 victory points for each set of 1 ship icon + 1 amphora token you have.
- Gain 3 victory points for each set of 1 building icon + 1 amphora token you have.
- Gain 6 victory points for each set of 2 building icons you have + 1 of your corbita ship token that already passed the coastal area.
- Gain 6 victory points for each set of 2 amphora tokens you have + 1 of your corbita ship token that already passed the coastal area.
Support Tiles
Overall, support tiles can be divided into two types.
- Immediate support tiles: Before the start of the game, you will get all three things indicated by the icons. Going forward, this tile no longer has any effect (though some immediate support tiles can be counted as additional wild animal / exotic animal icons).
- End game support tiles: Keep these tiles in your hand as they have no effect during the game. When calculating the final score, you will earn additional victory points as shown.
Icons in Immediate Support Tiles
- Chartered ship icon: Take a chartered ship token and place it in the sea area of any section of your Ostia Port board. Each chartered ship is treated like a corbita ship, but it cannot be placed at the starting box on the main board.
- Lighthouse icon: Take the lighthouse token and place it in any building spot (excluding the initial building spot) on your Ostia Port board. The effect from that building spot can be utilized as if a building token were placed.
- Amphora icon: Take one amphora token that was returned to the box during setup and place it on your amphora token space. Note that it is not taken from the common supply.
- Wild animal + exotic animal icons: Count as 1 wild animal icon and 1 exotic animal icon during the game and when calculating the final score.
- Reward icon: Gain 1 reward.
- Corbita ship with arrow icon: Move one of your corbita ship tokens one step for free (you can still gain the benefits from discovery tiles and transit tiles).
- Permit icon: Gain 1 permit.
- Wood icon: Gain 1 wood.
- Wheat icon: Gain 1 wheat.
- Stone icon: Gain 1 stone.
- Gold icon: Gain 1 gold.
Final Score Calculation
In addition to the base game's victory points, gain additional victory points from the end game support tiles you have.