Terra Mystica

BGG

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/120677/terra-mystica

House Notes

• power: have to empty bowl 1 before moving power from bowl 2 to 3

• shovels aquired at cult round end bonus do not get to build dwellings yet

• shovels/spades have to be used on direct/indirect adjacent terrain

• one structure max per action

• favor tiles: you can only have 1 uniqute of each

• power: when you build directly adjacent to another player, you must inform them they can take power

• power: when gaining from other's buildings, may choose to take with tax VP penalty of cumulative - 1

• power: may not go negative vp when taking tax

• cult track: may only go to 10 if you have a town key. multiple keys need to do multiple 10s

• cult track: priests may be lost to gain 3 or 2 bonus spaces, or returned to pool for 1 bonus space

• power conversion: may convert any number at any time during turn (not an action)

• sacrifice power: move 1 lose another in bowl 2 (takes 2)

• bonus cards: place 1 coin on each remaining at end of round

• start player: goes to person who takes first bonus card each round

• end game bonus cards: do not take one at end of round 6

• bonus card: place face down to indicate you have passed

• towns: auto when 4(3) structures of 7 power directly adjacent

• power from building: calculate your building values adjacent to opponent who built upgrade

• mark new town with town token

• end of round cult bonus - can get multiple if high enough on related track

• cult bonus spade - apply immediately, in next round turn order
  • may not build dwellings or pay for more during cult bonus phase
  • may apply to different "adjacent" spaces if more than 1
  • giants still require 2 to use, so may just forfeit

Scoring

• cult scoring: cannot score if still on 0

• cult tie scoring: divide evenly (rounded down) among tied players

• area scoring: direct & indirect count - structure count

• end tie: tied winners (no tie breaker)

• 1 vp per 3 coins (convert resources now)

Races

• Halfling (brown) - expand by cheap +vp - largest area, shovles (easy race)
• Dwarves (gray) - expand by tunnling, +4P tunnel - largest area if not against brown (easy race)

Questions

• Question: Do Darklings get 2 VP for using shovel bare, or only when using priests for shovel?