Raiders of the North Sea

Setup: Two to four players receive two silver, one black worker and a ship card, keeping three of five starting cards. Randomize plunder and Valkyries; place grey and white workers at designated settlements and black workers at the Gate House, Town Hall and Treasury. Reveal three offerings beside the remaining draw pile.

Working: Place your worker in an empty village building and resolve it, then take a worker from a different building and resolve that action. You cannot retrieve the worker just placed. Actions can be declined, but worker colors must be legal. Each building action is normally used once per turn, with the Sage/Long House exception.

Village preparation: The Gate House draws two cards; the Town Hall discards a hand card for its action. The Treasury trades one card for two silver or two cards for one gold. The Mill gives one provision with black, two with grey, or a choice of two provisions or one gold with white. The Silversmith gives three silver with black or two with grey/white.

Crew and armour: The Barracks hires one hand card for silver, up to five crew; discard an existing crew member first if needed. Duplicate crew are allowed. The Armoury trades one iron for two armour or two silver for one armour, up to ten. The Long House trades one livestock for two provisions, or completes and immediately replaces one face-up offering. Armoury and Long House require grey/white workers.

Raiding: Choose a settlement with plunder remaining and meet its crew, provisions, gold and worker-color requirements. Place your worker and pay. Harbours score one point; elsewhere total dice, crew strength, relevant abilities and armour for the military reward. Then resolve crew bonus points, take one plunder set and the new worker, resolve Valkyries and end the turn.

Strength and Valkyries: Below the lowest strength tier, only the military reward is zero; you still take plunder. Armour is not spent. Each Valkyrie discards one hired crew member of your choice and advances the track once. Excess Valkyries beyond your crew do not advance it. Beyond the track maximum, still lose crew but score at most seven spaces, worth fifteen points.

Limits: At turn end, hold at most eight silver, eight provisions and eight hand cards; temporary excess is allowed. Personal plunder has no limit. The shared silver, provisions and plunder supply is finite. Reshuffle discarded townsfolk when their draw pile empties.

End and scoring: One fortress plunder set remaining, an empty offering draw pile or no Valkyries on the board triggers the end. Finish the current turn, then everyone, including the triggering player, takes one final turn. Add Valkyrie track, armour track, offerings, relevant crew and remaining plunder to existing points: one per gold, one per iron and one per pair of livestock. Most points wins; ties favor the higher Valkyrie track, then armour track.