Welcome to Chartagon! In Chartagon, your task is to disperse your rangers over the land as you strategically explore its different areas. But beware of the competition: others will seek to block your progress and explore Chartagon before you do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each players\u2019 first marker must be placed on any harbor post along the coastline (these are marked with a thick black border). Players then take turns, and places one marker of the player\u2019s color on a new post every turn. <\/em><\/strong>By expanding their territory, players may block others\u2019 exploration. Eventually there will be no more empty posts or markers to place, and the game is over. To determine a winner, players get one point for each post. The player with most points is the winner! But remember: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

• There can never be more than one marker on a post.  <\/li>
• You cannot pass another player\u2019s posts along a path.  <\/li>
• If there are no available moves left for a player and they cannot place a marker, he\/she must pass their turn.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

  PLACING POSTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

  Just like in reality, it is faster to travel across the plains (beige\nposts), a bit slower to travel through the forest (red posts), and a very slow\nstruggle through the mountains (brown posts). The Chartagonian coasts are very\nrugged, and coast lines are not considered paths. During each players turn,\nthey choose where to expand their exploration by picking any one of their\nplaced markers. The player can then perform one<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>of the following actions:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • move along one path (dotted line) and place the next\nmarker at an adjacent post of any color,  \n<\/li>
  • OR move\nalong two paths and pass one empty forest post (pass one red),  <\/li>
  • OR move\nalong two paths and pass one empty plain post (pass one beige),  <\/li>
  • OR move\nalong three paths and pass two empty plain posts (pass two beige),  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    OPPORTUNITIES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Life is full of opportunities that are available just once in a lifetime. In Chartagon competitions this is represented by two opportunity cards that the players can use once each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Life boat:<\/em><\/strong> You find a\nlife boat! This opportunity lets you move from one harbor post to any other\navailable harbor post during your turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Irresistible match:<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>When people fall deeply in love, previous loyalties are secondary. Instead of adding an additional post during your turn, this opportunity allows you to charm another player\u2019s adjacent post and change it to your own color.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    SURROUND AND SCATTER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    You may surround groups of opponents\u2019 markers that are adjacent to each other and connected by paths, and remove the group from the map. To do so, there must be no available paths from the surrounded group of markers to an empty post, and no harbor posts within the group. If a group of markers have a path\/connection to a harbor, that group of markers is safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    EXAMPLE OF PLACING POSTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Turn 1. <\/em><\/strong>Blue player places the cube on a harbor post. The posts that are available to the player during the next turn are indicated here by blue circles. Blue player waits for the other player to take their turns (their markers are not shown here). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Turn 2<\/em><\/strong>. Blue player chooses to put his\/her cube on the available mountain post. Now, more empty posts become available for the next move. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Turn 3. <\/em><\/strong>Blue player chooses next to put the cube on an empty forest post, to further increase their influence on the island. The game continues like this until all posts are taken or all markers are used\u2026 Good luck, blue player! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    SOME FINAL WORDS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    We hope that you will enjoy the world of Chartagon. The more you play and the more you read about the islands, the more you will discover. For example, in the Chartagon Discovery edition, there are more randomness and it includes discovery and storm cards, more opportunities, waterways, and much more. There is also a mobile app on Google Play called Chartagon Weather, which can be used to add atmospheric sounds while you play, and a board game timer called Chartagon Timer. Further, this is the first game in a series of four within the same world. The other games will show you the very beginning, and the very end, of the Queens bloodline, and give more details to other important characters and events. Good luck exploring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    CREDITS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The Chartagon game was first discovered and documented by P\u00e4r Nystr\u00f6m.\nMore details were found by Kim Astor, Joshua Juvrud, Hans Nystr\u00f6m, Johanna Lieb, Klara Nyl\u00e9n, Moa Nyl\u00e9n, Anna Nyl\u00e9n,\nAmanda Lindqvist, Anton Gerbrand, and many others. Corrections and improvements\nare welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Photo by Anna Nyl\u00e9n and Sian A. Lewis, art by P\u00e4r Nystr\u00f6m, typeface\ndesign by Toshi Omagari, Georg Duffner and Octavio Pardo. Translated to English\nby P\u00e4r Nystr\u00f6m and Joshua Juvrud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Produced 2021, with care.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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