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Rio Grande Games Australia 27 User's Manual

1. Example The black player flies to the yellow region 1st action He plays a yellow card and places 2 rangers on the last empty camp in this region 2 4 action Next the region is scored as the conservation project is now complete Then the players score both the industrialization project and the conservation project in the adjacent region as both were completed by the black player s 2nd action of interest in the full game End of the game The game is over at the end of the round in which all four card Stacks are used up and when one player has played his last card Players add their dollars to the victory points on the scoring track The player with the most victory points is the winner In the event of a draw the winner is the player with the most dollars oo l f a5 as E x SETS ep EERE EE SE EA Cee Pee TEI EFEN a ee AE r ea Once you have understood the simple version The same rules apply apart from the following Preparation Place the windmill in the region of your choice at the beginning of the game Set it to 2 Each of the four stacks should have 9 cards instead of 8 Playing the game Project scorings After every scoring the corresponding conservation or industrialization tile is placed on an area of the windmill track Putting rangers on the ranger track If a player has placed their aeroplane in a region containing the windmill or in a neighboring regi
2. region where he can remove a ranger 1 action He then removes between 1 and 4 of his rangers from anywhere he likes within that region and puts them on his aeroplane player s board On his next turn the player may play a card so he can use his rangers again Using Australian dollars The Australian dollars may be used as follows during the course of the game Change card color If a player does not hold a matching card he may pay 3 dollars to play any card so he can position rangers in any desired region Move rangers For 4 dollars a player may move one of his own rangers from one location to another when it is his turn The new location must either be unoccupied or contain only this player s rangers Victory points At the end of the game every dollar is worth one winning point Surrendered dollars are placed with the bank Project Evaluations There are conservation and industrialization projects As soon as a project has been completed within a region the region is evaluated Conservation project If all of the locations in a region are occupied by one or more rangers then this region s conservation project has been successfully completed and the development of this region will be evaluated The player who occupies the last free location with one or more of his rangers thus ending the project and initiating the evaluation receives a bonus of 3 winning points Every player who is involved in this proj
3. ace down Then place an industrialization tile face down on every region Place a conservation tile face up on every region Every player selects a color according to the number of players and the number of rangers detailed below Players Rangers Players colors black white black white orange black white orange blue black white orange blue brown Each player also receives the following in their color e 1 aeroplane which he places in front of him on the table e 1 scoring marker which he places on square 0 100 on the scoring track e 1 player s board The area on the right of the player s board showing an aeroplane is used for the rangers A summary of the rules can also be found on the left Separate the cards according to the designs on the back of each card one stack for each different design You should end up with four separate stacks Shuffle the 4 stacks separately Remove 9 cards from each stack and place them face side up next to the game board Remove the remaining cards from the game Starting with the youngest player and then moving around the table each player takes a card from any pile Repeat this so every player has 2 cards The back of the card shows the maximum number of rangers that may be put in one location The front shows where this location is It also tells you how much a player receives when the card is played Place the Australian dollars next to the ga
4. ect i e owns rangers in one of the locations within this region receives 1 winning point for each of his rangers Rangers in blue areas ships receive double the amount of points The points are indicated on the scoring track To show that this project is finished the conservation tile is removed from the game board and put back in the box Example The black player plays three rangers on the last empty location ship in a water region He scores 9 victory points 3 bonus points as he caused the scoring and 6 victory points 2 x 3 rangers for his rangers The white player scores 2 points and the blue player scores 4 points The player then removes the conservation tile from the game Industrialization project If a region contains exactly no more and no less as many rangers as indicated by the number on the open industrialization tile then the project is complete and the region s industrial development will be evaluated It is not necessary for all of the locations in the region to be occupied The player who initiated the evaluation receives 3 bonus points and 1 winning point for each one of his rangers involved in the project His fellow players also receive 1 winning point for each of their rangers involved in this project Players with rangers in the blue areas ships score double To show that a project is complete the industrialization tile is removed from the game board and put back in the box Exam
5. he top of the track After a windmill scoring the industrialization and conservation tiles on the windmill track are all taken out of the game Of the total number of rangers the top half is handed back to the players round down if the total figure is odd The rangers placed on the track are moved up in the same order If in the course of the game the windmill track is again covered with tiles then another windmill scoring is carried out Again the top half of the rangers on the ranger track are returned to the players etc End of the game At the end of the game there is one final windmill scoring independent of the number of tiles on the windmill track The authors and the publishers thank all the test players for their help For the drawing of the kangaroo tracks we heartily thank Dr G nther Schleussner Wilhelma Stuttgart i we ns il ie cea tere Ny 4 o lr a 2005 Ravensburger Spieleverlag Distr CH Carlit Ravensburger AG Grundstr 9 CH 5436 W renlos Ravensburger Spieleverlag Postfach 2460 88194 Ravensburg www ravensbu rger com
6. i oles Oe A game for 2 5 players from age 10 Authors W Kramer and M Kiesling Design Walter Pepperle DE Ravensburger KniffDesign Illustration Harald Lieske Ravensburger Spiele No 26358 5 Contents 1 game board 42 cards 75 rangers Be nE e m i E 7 b 2 g 5 7 1 j a gt i m B a 20x 20x 14x 11x 10x 5 aeroplanes 5 scoring markers a re i a 5 player s boards in the five player colors a E a So ee mee Bees coe es l n ee DE eee E 44 Australian dollars 1 windmill for use in full game only 1 arrow 1 ring and 1 base for the wind wheel The story am Australia the fifth and smallest continent at the beginning of the 1920 s The economic crisis is yet to come Australia is booming Industrial modernization and development are pursued with vigor to help the economy down under progress At the same time the government is arranging for countless National Parks to be set up and are initiating numerous projects to support the natural environment a mnes s s The aim of the game Every player leads a troop of rangers who have been assigned the task by the government of carrying out various conservation and industrialization projects The most successful player wins the game i n r z c ma i g E cs _ z gt on scoring track ranger track The game board The game b
7. me board For the simple familiarization Game the windmill is not needed so it can be put back in the box Simple Game Familiarization Game The game is played in turns moving around the table in a clockwise order The player who thinks he knows most about Australia goes first Or the players may choose a starting player using any method they want The player whose turn it is must carry out 2 actions or the same action twice if he prefers The actions are as follows e Fly e Play a card use a ranger s and earn dollars e Take back a ranger s Fly When a player chooses this action for the first time he can take his aeroplane to any region on the game board 1 action On future turns he may fly from region to region Note There can be more than one aeroplane in a region If a player lands in a region with a hidden industrialization disc he should turn it over Once an industrialization disc has been turned over it is not turned back again Tip Fly to a region for which you have a card Play a card use a ranger s and earn dollars A card may only be played if it is the same color as the region the player s aeroplane has landed in By playing a card a player may use rangers in any camp or on any ship within that region and collect dollars When doing so note that the rangers must either all be placed in one empty camp or ship or in one camp or ship that already holds this player s ranger
8. oard is a map of Australia divided into the 6 territories of Western Australia Northern Territory Queensland New South Wales Victoria and South Australia Tasmania is not included Every territories consists of a number of regions identified by different colors There are a total of 24 land and water regions on the board On the state and regional borders are camps or ships ill where the players position their rangers during the course of the game to score winning points The scoring track runs around the outer edge of the game board the players scores are displayed here using the scoring markers In the top right of the game board are the windmill and ranger tracks These are not used in the simple familiarization game However in the full game they will be used for the industrialization or conservation tiles and for the rangers to be placed on Faon E aT mmk k t Fe a fo a F a cal p ar E he i f Due to ihe technical 7 f limitations aa j exact reproduction _ of the he continent oe of Australia is not possible my Preparation Before playing for the first time carefully remove the pre punched parts from the perforated board Assemble the windmill front back arrow ring and base as shown in the picture cf ill Put the game board in the middle of the table Shuffle the industrialization tiles f
9. on he now has the Opportunity to put rangers on the ranger track He may do so in any order The player can divide the number of rangers placed between the region and the ranger track as he likes e g 2 1 3 0 etc Each area of the Ranger track may only contain 1 ranger There must always be 1 ranger on the top unoccupied ranger area Once the areas are all occupied no further rangers can be placed on the track Moving the wind wheel Whenever an industrialization tile with a windmill is uncovered the windmill is immediately moved into this region The value of the windmill increases by one BE E m E m B pn u mma 2 z _ ie T E l i P oe T 7 2 E pe om a te i fe a er PE J z ed ed eae Windmill scoring As soon as all the areas of the windmill track are occupied by industrialization and or conservation tiles a windmill scoring is carried out The player with the most rangers on the ranger track receives as many points as indicated by the windmill The player with the second highest number of rangers on the ranger track receives half the victory points round down if the windmill figure is odd The player with the third most rangers on the ranger track should receive half of the second total round down if the second total figure is odd If a number of players have the same number of rangers on the ranger track then the advantage goes to the player whose ranger is at t
10. ple White plays a red card 2 red rangers instead of the 3 possible on a camp in the red region As there are now 4 total rangers in the region he causes industrialization scoring The white player scores 5 points 3 bonus points as he caused the scoring and 2 victory points 1 x 2 rangers for his rangers The black player scores 2 points for his rangers The player then removes the industrialization tile from the game 1 Using or withdrawing rangers may also initiate several different project scorings In this case the scorings are carried out consecutively 2 If a player flies into an unvisited region and turns over an industrialization tile with the same number as the total number of rangers there then this player immediately receives the 3 bonus points Also every player receives 1 victory point for each one of his rangers 3 If a player fails to see that their action has initiated a project scoring the other players are not obliged to tell them although they can Another player may carry out the project scoring when it is his turn as long as the requirement for this evaluation is still fulfilled This player is then the initiator and receives the 3 bonus points The winning points for the rangers involved in the project are allocated as described above 4 The industrialization tiles worth 6 and 7 all have a windmill displayed on the front These tiles are only
11. s A camp or ship may only contain rangers belonging to one player Note A player may only use the number of rangers shown on the card or fewer Either way he should always collect the same amount of dollars Used cards are put on a separate pile and are removed from the game When a card has been played the player then immediately takes another card from any pile while there are cards remaining Note Towards the end of the game it is possible that a player may be unable to carry out any sensible actions with one card so a player may play a card at any time without using a ranger The color of the card played must be the same as the region the player s aeroplane occupies The player then receives 2 victory points and the amount of dollars shown on the card Example to a player s turn The black player flies to a yellow region and turns over the industrialization tile 15 action Then the black player plays a yellow card He places 3 black rangers in an empty camp in the yellow region and takes 1 dollar from the supply 2 action Take back a ranger s A player may take back up to four rangers from the region their aeroplane occupies putting them on their aeroplane player s board Tip It s only worth doing this when there are few or even no rangers left Example The player whose turn it is has no further unused rangers His aeroplane is in a region where none can be spared So he flies to a

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