Nusfjord

Setup and goal: Lookout Games lists the base game for 1–5 players, age 12 and up, at about 20 minutes per player. Choose one of the three base building decks—Herring, Mackerel, or Codfish—and prepare the action board, Banquet Table, elder supply, and personal harbors for the player count. Each player takes a harbor board, Elder Council, personal supply board, three workers, and five shares, beginning with two issued shares and three unissued shares. After seven rounds, the highest score wins.

Round sequence: The game lasts seven rounds, each played in this exact order: Fishing, Work, and Returning Home. All players resolve the Fishing Phase simultaneously. In the Work Phase, starting with the First Player and proceeding clockwise, each player places three workers one at a time and resolves each action. During Returning Home, everyone retrieves their workers and the First Player ship moves to the next round space. Some spaces also instruct the players to add new buildings.

Fishing and fish distribution: Your Fishing track determines the number of fish newly caught; the starting fleet typically catches three. You must distribute only this new catch in the rulebook's order: first to elders in your council, then to your shares held by others or in the newly issued area, then to issued shares of your color in your personal supply. Remaining fish go to your harbor Reserve, normally capped at eight; any excess that cannot be placed returns to the general supply. After distribution, fish on shares are transferred to the relevant players' supplies.

Elders, shares, and the Banquet Table: Each Elder receives one fish each round. When an Elder has exactly three, immediately move one fish to your personal supply and return the other two to the general supply; keep the Elder card. Issued shares affect fish distribution each Fishing Phase. The Issue a Share action flips one unissued share to its issued side, places it in the new-share area, and pays you two gold. Fish on the Banquet Table is separate from your personal supply and is used to activate elder actions.

Work Phase and workers: Each player takes exactly three Work turns per round. On each turn, place one worker on an available Action board space or an Elder in your own council, then immediately carry out its action. The number on a space sets its worker capacity; once full, it is blocked for the rest of the round. Actions include taking gold, transferring Reserve goods, serving fish at the banquet, building a building, issuing a share, clearing or replanting forest, expanding the fleet, and using an Elder. Do not choose an action that has no effect on your display.

Ships and buildings: A Build a Ship action pays the listed wood, fish, or gold cost and places a ship on your Fishing track; adding ships increases future catches. A Build a Building action takes one building from the display or, from round four, from your hand, pays its wood/fish/gold cost, and places it on an empty building space on your harbor. Buildings may grant immediate or ongoing effects, or score at the end when their conditions are met. Clearing a forest gains wood but can leave more empty building spaces; each space still empty at the end costs a point.

Banquet and elder actions: To Serve Fish, begin with the lowest-numbered empty plate and pay the amount printed on each plate in order. One fish stays on each newly filled plate and the remaining paid fish return to the supply; gain one gold per plate served. Fish on these plates are the cost for Elder actions. Before using an Elder, take one fish from the largest occupied plate and place it on the Elder, then perform its special action. Each Elder can receive at most one worker per round. A newly acquired Elder may be used immediately as allowed by the rules.

Returning Home, end, and scoring: After the Work Phase, all players simultaneously remove workers from the Action board and Elders. Move the First Player ship to the next round space and follow any building-supply instructions shown there. After round seven, add the printed and conditional points on ships and buildings, one point for each issued share in your supply, and one point for each gold. Subtract one point per empty building space and one per unissued share. The highest total wins; tied players share victory.