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The base game uses 68 Regions numbered 1-68 and 45 Sanctuaries. Shuffle Regions, privately deal three to each player and reveal a central row of player count plus one Regions. Shuffle Sanctuaries into a separate face-down deck.

Play eight rounds, each with Exploring a Region, Finding Sanctuaries and End of the Exploration. Everyone simultaneously chooses a hand card face down, then reveals it and places it to the right of previous Regions, preserving a clear play order.

A Region with an exploration duration strictly greater than your previously played Region qualifies you to draw Sanctuaries. Nobody qualifies in round one because there is no previous Region.

Qualifying players draw one Sanctuary plus one for each clue in their play area. Count clues on all played Regions and existing Sanctuaries, including clues on the newly played Region.

At the end of exploration, act in ascending order of this round's played duration. First choose one central Region to restore a three-card hand. Taken cards are not immediately replaced, leaving later players fewer choices.

Then, if you drew Sanctuaries this round, keep exactly one in your play area and immediately gain its abilities. Return the others face down beneath the Sanctuary deck. After everyone finishes, remove the remaining central Region and reveal player count plus one cards for the next round.

In round eight, do not take a replacement Region, but still choose and keep one Sanctuary if you earned a draw. After that round, everyone has eight Regions and final scoring begins.

For scoring, turn all Regions face down while leaving Sanctuaries face up. Reveal Regions one at a time from the last, rightmost card toward the left. Each scores using currently face-up Regions, including itself, and all Sanctuaries. Scored Regions remain visible.

Check a quest's resource prerequisites when that card scores. The same resource icons can satisfy multiple quests and are not consumed. Region colors, day or night, resources and clues have their respective icon effects; a colored Sanctuary can count as a Region of that color for relevant quests.

After all Regions, score Sanctuary quests and total fame; the highest total wins. Among players tied for first, the player owning the single Region with the lowest exploration duration in their tableau wins. Compare the lowest individual card, not the sum of eight durations.