Lost Cities

The goal of both players is to lay expedition routes that, after deducting the basic costs, bring as many fame points as possible. The expeditions are constructed from the expedition maps in the form of map rows so that the numerical values of a row are increasing. At the beginning of each row betting cards can be played to multiply the value of a row. All cards in a row must have the same color. Finally, the cards he placed in his rows are evaluated for each player. Each player exposes his card seen from him down on the field.

Game sequence

Each player has eight cards on hand. The players are alternate. Which player is on the train, the name above is marked by an *. A card is always played first and then a new one is pulled.

The player has two ways to make a card:

• it can start a new row with the map or expand one of its already existing rows. To do this, drag and drop the card to the field. Each card that is placed in a row must have a higher value than the card that the player has last placed in the row. A betting card may only be placed at the beginning of a row. It is allowed to place several betting cards in a row. As soon as a number card is in a row, the player must no longer make a bet card in this color.
• If or can a player not issue a card in a row, he must leave a card out of his hand open by dragging the card into the middle of the field to the small storage areas. In the course of the game, five deposit stacks are formed, one for each color.

The player then draws a card. He has the choice between the top cards of the five stacks (if there are cards) and the covered stack. He clicks where he wants to move.

Playing and final evaluation

The game ends immediately when a player has pulled the last card off the stack.

Then the card rows of the individual players are evaluated. For this purpose, the values of all the maps designed are added to a color. 20 points (expedition costs) are then deducted from this result. A series without a card is not evaluated. If one, two or three betting cards were placed, the result is multiplied by two, three or four (even if the value is negative!). Each row that has at least eight cards brings another bonus of 20 points.

If players want to continue the game (so play again), click the "cont" button for continue.

Example of value

Here it is presumed how many points the colors are left in the picture:

blue: designed 2+6+7+8 = 23, then -20 cost gives 3. Doubled because of a bet gives 6 points.

white ((4+6+8+10) - 20)* 2 = 16

Material

There are a total of 60 tickets:

• 45 expedition cards (with values of 2-10 in five colors)
• 15 betting cards (each three per color)