Endeavor: Age of Sail

Age of Sail supports 2–5 players and lasts seven rounds. Choose the board side for the intended player count and conflict level; ordinary two-player play uses Side A, with Silent Fleet available as a separate variant.

Each round has Construction, Growth, Salary, Action and Discard phases. The Crown starts each phase and play proceeds clockwise; pass the Crown left after the round.

Construct one available building at or below the Build Level granted by Industry and immediately gain its attribute symbols. If no eligible building remains, the rules permit the next level up.

Culture determines how many population discs enter your Harbor during Growth. Wealth determines how many workers you may move from buildings back to the Harbor during Salary, freeing those buildings for reuse.

In the Action phase, either activate an empty building with a Harbor disc, spend a blue Action token, or pass. Passing ends your actions for that phase. Building activation discs are separate from additional discs required by the action.

Ship into a closed region’s next shipping space, an available fleet in an open area, or an open region’s sea zone. Filling a shipping track opens that region; its Governor goes to the player with most shipping discs, ties favoring the disc nearest the deck.

Occupy an empty city in Europe or an open region. Outside Europe you need existing presence there; all players always have presence in Europe. Controlling both endpoints of a link claims any remaining token and matters for final scoring.

Attack an occupied city or fleet where you meet the same access and presence conditions. Lose one Harbor disc as a casualty, remove the opponent’s disc, and occupy with another Harbor disc. Payment returns a worker from a building, but buildings providing Payment cannot themselves be paid during the Action phase.

Draw a top Asset card only when your presence in its area meets its Draw Value; a region need not be open. Discard-phase card limits depend on Influence, with special Slavery and free-Governor slots. Losing cards removes their attribute symbols; abolition sets aside Slavery cards and incurs their endgame penalties.

After round seven score the marked thresholds of all four tracks, controlled cities and links, visible building/card Glory, the empty free-Governor slot, and one Glory per three Harbor discs, subtracting set-aside Slavery penalties. Highest Glory wins; tied players share victory. If using Exploits, add their applicable scoring.