Wayfarers of the South Tigris
120 questions players ask about Wayfarers of the South Tigris. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-05.
Setup and Components
- Are Upgrade Tiles restocked after they run out?
- Are Silver and Provisions limited by the supply?
- Can one player take several copies of the same Upgrade Tile?
- What is the chart above the Land cards on the main board for?
- What does the white star on some cards mean?
- What does the arrow icon on a promo Land card do?
Dice, Caravan and Upgrade Tiles
- Can you place a die on a space whose required Asset you do not have?
- Can one die supply several Assets in a column, and can a Townsfolk help meet a requirement?
- Are Assets used up when you place a die, so you cannot reuse them for another effect that turn?
- Can you play several dice with the same value in one turn, or put two dice on one space?
- Can Caravan +/- icons change a die other than the one you are placing?
- If a die is changed (say from 1 to 3), do you also get the benefits of the faces it passed through?
- Can a die wrap from 6 to 1 or from 1 to 6?
- Do two -1 icons in the same Caravan column let you reduce a die by 2?
- Can you spend Yellow Influence in the middle of a chain of Caravan die changes?
Placing a Worker
- How many Workers, and of which colours, can sit on a card?
- Can you place a Worker on a Space card to gain the coins shown under it?
- Can you place a Worker if you can resolve only part of its action?
- Is there a rule that stops you from keeping all your Workers in your supply?
- Can you pull a Worker off a card and then place that same Worker back on it in the same turn?
Influence and Guilds
- What does Influence on a card do?
- Can a card hold more than one Influence token?
- Can you put Influence on a Space card?
- How long does Influence stay on a card?
- If you acquire a card that has your Workers on it and an opponent's Influence, do you pay twice?
- Can a Caravan discount cancel the payment owed to an Influence owner?
- What if you must place Influence but your supply is empty?
- Can Influence move between any two Guilds?
- Can you use Influence in the same turn you place it?
- Can you use different Guild abilities in the same turn, or the same one twice?
Acquiring Cards
- How much do Space cards cost?
- Do you always pay Silver for a Townsfolk card?
- How does the draw-3-keep-1 option work for Land and Water cards, and what does it cost?
- Where can the Pigeon for the draw-3 option come from?
- When and how does the faceup card row refresh?
- Does the Space card row ever refresh if nobody buys from it?
- Who gets the Workers that are on a card you acquire?
- Can you skip the immediate bonus on a card you acquire?
Townsfolk, Vistas and Other Cards
- Can a Land or Water card hold more than one tucked Townsfolk, and can it also have a Space card?
- Can you keep a Townsfolk aside or discard one you cannot tuck?
- Which cards can a Townsfolk be tucked under?
- Can you use a tucked Townsfolk's reward before or without taking the action it is tucked under?
- Do Assets on a Townsfolk work like Caravan Assets?
- Can a Townsfolk's die modification change the die you are about to place?
- What does the Stargazer Townsfolk do?
- Do Townsfolk and Vistas work on the turn they are acquired?
- Does a Townsfolk tucked under a Vista add its benefit when the Vista triggers?
Player Boards and Tags
Journaling and Resting
- Is moving on the Journal Track optional?
- How does the marker move along the Journal Track?
- Can you take the Green Worker if you use the faster outside journal paths?
- If an extra journal step takes you across several spaces, do you get each space's bonus?
- Can Influence or tiles you gain while journaling pay for another journal step?
- Can two players share one of the last journal spaces?
- What does a journal icon showing Blue and Yellow Influence with a slash through it mean?
- Where does the journal action in the page 17 example come from?
- When do Resting abilities, including the free Journal, activate?
Scoring and End of the Game
- Do Library, Observatory and Star tags score at game end?
- How do Comet cards score?
- How do you score the Sun and Moon together with an Inspiration card?
- How do Planet cards score?
- How does the starting Star card score Townsfolk and Upgrade Tiles?
- How do Space card scoring formulas with a plus sign or side-by-side icons read?
- Is there a cap on primary tag scoring?
- When the game end is triggered, who still gets a turn?
Solo Play
- Can the solo AI retrieve a Worker it placed this same turn?
- Which Worker does the solo AI place or retrieve?
- What does the AI do when it needs an Upgrade Tile of a specific colour and none remain?
- What does the AI do on a draw-3-keep-1 Land or Water action?
- What if the AI's colour priority gives no benefit, or all spaces of that colour are used?
- How does the sum value pick the AI's card or tile?
- How does the AI choose when its priority pile or slot is empty?
- What happens when a reward would give the solo AI coins or Provisions?
- How are the AI's Upgrade Tiles laid out on its board?
- How much Black Influence does the AI spend for a second journal step?
Wayfarers of the South Tigris: Tides of TradeExpansion
- What does the top icon on an Overseer do when it is dismissed?
- Can you flip the Hourglass in the same action in which you journal through an ink blot?
- Can Red Influence and Black Influence give two extra journal steps in one turn?
- When a red Upgrade Tile lets you spend Influence to gain a Townsfolk, do you still pay its coin cost?
- How do the 2x2 square scoring on the Tides of Trade Caravan boards work?
- Do the board's Observatory, Library and Trading Post icons give VP from the start in Tides of Trade?
- Does the Tides of Trade solo AI treat Red Influence as universal?