Starling Games | Everdell: Newleaf Expansion | Board Game | Ages 10+ | 1-4 Players | 40-100 Minutes Playing Time

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The back of the box shows all the modules of the expansion along with describing what they add (Figure 2). The tickets are both good early and late game with you able to get more resources at the start to get your engine going. The station space allows you to discard one of the two face up visitor cards refill and then take one of the two now available. When you play a card from the Station, you also gain the benefit on the train car tile, usually resources, but sometimes points! The visitor cards offer new point scoring opportunities giving some focus and you should be looking to getting a couple of these in the first couple of rounds.

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This expansion adds several new modules which you can mix and match with the base game with the main addition being the new cards and train station board. We tend to approach games from a two-player perspective, but we try to get in plays at bigger player counts when we can! Newleaf critters can be played into a specific type of building shown in the top left of the card using a golden occupied token. These offer similar abilities to the base game cards with some only interacting with the station board along with several cards which can copy cards in your opponents cities but based on cards in your city. For this reason I would only play with any of the elements of the expansion when players are fully comfortable with the base game and even Bellfaire so they are used to player powers.Some of my favourites are those that do not take up a space in your city, things like the main road and the hot air balloon that just give you a bit more freedom to score those big points and create those synergies. From Everfrost to Bellsong, many peaceful years have passed in Everdell — but the time has come for new territories to be settled and new cities to be established.

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Each player has one Reservation Token that can be used instead of any of your usual actions on your turn. The card’s ability is often not related to the type but broadly speaking the constructions tend to have more “game breaking” abilities or strong ongoing effects compared to the critter cards. You will then score the associated points if you meet the goals on the visitor card by the end of the game. Newleaf adds a Station board, visitor cards, and new cards to be shuffled into the special event, forest, and main decks. Newleaf constructions allow certain types of critters to be played into them again with a golden token.In addition to the points they get from acquiring cards, players score by triggering events, from special events, from collecting certain combinations of card types, and from end game bonuses given by cards for acquiring certain other cards in their city. The Station board also receives three train car tiles drawn from a bag, which will be explained a bit more later. Generally you will find these a little easier to come across than perhaps pebbles, but I will say that scarcity of resources is a constant feeling when playing Everdell! Each player can do this once per season, and you’re allowed to discard your reserved card when you reset between seasons. You can discard cards equal to one of the types to get points, this means if you wait and get more you can get more points but you are risking others taking the cards from you which gives a nice push and pull.