PACIFIC VOYAGERS
INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2-4+ players.
Early Colonization of the Pacific Islands
circa 25 thousand years ago to 900 AD.
VICTORY
Control the most islands at the end of the game.
GAME END
The game ends when there are no cards left in the
Deck at the beginning of any players turn.
THE DECK
Players share a common deck.
There are 7 card types:
Islands
Canoes
Warriors
Stockades
Food
Navigation
Events
Specials
SETUP
Shuffle the deck.
Each player is dealt 4 cards.
The best Swimmer goes first.
Play proceeds clockwise.
TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns.
Each turn has 5 phases:
1. Growth Phase
2. Event Phase
3. Colonize Phase
4. Raid Phase
5. Settlement Phase
GROWRH PHASE
Draw 3 cards from the deck and put them in your hand.
Discard any 1 card from your hand.
EVENT PHASE
You may play (discard) 1 Event card from your hand.
Island Option: Instead of playing an event card, you may shuffle an Island
card from your hand back into the deck and draw 1 replacement card.
Settlement Option: Instead of playing an Event card, you may discard a
stockade card from your hand to draw 2 cards.
COLONIZE PHASE
You may attempt a Voyage of Discovery.
To do this, play (discard) 1 canoe card and any number of different
food cards (at least 1) and Navigation cards (at least 1) from your hand.
The total number of cards you play is the Voyage Number.
Next flip over the top card of the deck. If it is an Island, you have
successfully settled it. Place the newly Settled Island card face up
in front of you on the Table. You now control this Island.
If the card you flipped over was not an island, flip over the next
top card of the deck. Continue doing this until you have either
settled an island or flipped a number of cards equal to your
Voyage number. If you don’t find an island the expedition was
a failure and they all perished at sea.
Note that there are 2 copies of every Island in the deck. If on your
Voyage, you flip over an Island that is already settled by
somebody else, the voyage immediately becomes a Raid: Resolve
the Raid in Raid Phase.
RAID PHASE
Skip this phase if you attempted a voyage of discovery in
colonize phase and it did not result in a Raid.
If you did not attempt a voyage of discovery, you may attempt in
this phase a deliberate Raid.
To do this play (discard) an Island card from your hand that matches
an Island in play controlled by another player.
The Attacked player (the Defender) may immediately draw 2 cards.
You (the attacker) may play (discard) Warrior cards.
The Defender may play (discard) Warrior and Stockade cards.
The player who plays the most cards wins control of the Island.
The Defender wins ties.
SETTLEMENT PHASE
Max hand size is 7 cards.
Discard excess cards.
If your hand is less than 5 cards, fill it up to 5 cards.
COMMON DECK CARD LIST NOTATION
I = Islands
C = Canoes
W = Warriors
S = Stockades
F = Food
N = Navigation
E = Events
X = Specials
# = Number of copies of this card in the deck.
COMMON DECK CARD LIST
Name: # Type Notes:
Solomon Islands 2 I
Fijian Islands 2 I
Hawaiian Islands 2 I
Easter Island 2 I
New Zealand 2 I
Tonga 2 I
Samoa 2 I
Tahiti 2 I
Marianas 2 I
Nauru 2 I
Canoes 15 C
Warriors 10 W
Stockades 5 S
Coconuts 3 F
Taro 3 F
Yams 3 F
Bananas 3 F
Breadfruit 3 F
Pigs 3 F
Chickens 3 F
Fish 3 F
Wayfinding 2 N
Oral Tradition 2 N
Motion of the Stars 2 N
Direction of Swells 2 N
Colors of Sea & Sky 2 N
Cloud Formations 2 N
Animal Behaviors 2 N
Navigator Secrets 2 N
Planned Migration 1 X Counts as 4 Food Cards
Island Hopping 1 E Get an extra turn after this one
War Canoes 1 X Counts as 3 Warriors in a Raid for Attacker
Stone Statues 1 E Target Opponent discards 4 random Cards
Civil War 1 E Discard target Island in play
Outrigger Construction 1 E Draw 3 cards
Explorers 1 E Look at next 7 cards in deck & keep one
Traders 1 E Look at opponents hand & steal one card
Accidental Voyage 1 X Counts as 1 Canoe, 1 Food, & 1 Navigation card
Planned Raid 1 E Use as any Island card in Raid Phase
LINKS
Polynesian Navigation
Polynesian Warfare
