Quick winning principles
- Cover action spaces with upgraded tiles to access the best row actions.
- Take exploration boards before buying minor upgrades.
- Prepare orange and red goods before taking the feast action.
- Place income buildings on the home board before round 6.
Ideal strategy
- 1
Action covering: upgrade a tile each round to reach the top action row by round 4.
- 2
Exploration boards: Iceland and Greenland are 15–20 VP—claim before opponents exhaust the stack.
- 3
Craft items: silver and gold items fill awkward spaces for 3–5 VP each.
- 4
Feast timing: feast with three orange and two red goods scores 18 VP plus income boost.
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Hunting and whaling: early meat and fish cover home board gaps cheaply.
- 6
Endgame: two exploration boards plus full feast beats a covered home board without exploration.