Age of Steam: India

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Varansi
- The only black city. Black cubes are
pilgrims on a pilgrimage to Varansi (also known as Benares).
- No goods growth or production.
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Colombo
and Pulmoddai (on Sri
Lanka)
- 2-color (randomly determined) cities.
- Only import goods from India;
no goods growth.
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Setup
- Colombo and Pulmoddai: Take 4 cubes,
1 each of red, blue, yellow, purple. Place 2 of these (random) onto
each city: these are the colors of the cities. To increase difficulty,
may opt to make these one-color cities only.
- Varanasi: 0 cubes
- Others: 2 cubes/city
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Track
Building
- Plains: $2
- Hills: $3
- Desert: $4
- Mountains: $5
- River: add $1
- Maritime links (may only build 1/turn;
counts as 1 link):
- to Colombo $6
- to Pulmoddai $15
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Urbanization
- No urbanization. Instead, allows you
to either place a 2-connection (i.e., straight or curved) town tile
without paying (still counts as one of your 3 builds), or replace a
2-exit town with a 3-exit dedicated town tile.
- Also, take a cube from the Goods
Display, New Cities (A 1st then A 2nd, then B 1st
then B 2nd, etc.) and put it on this town hex.
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Production
- If available, choose a cube from one
of the New Cities on the Goods Display (topmost present), depending on
game round: 1=A, 2=B, … 8 = H. Place the cube in any town or
city
- Then, draw 4 cubes; choose 2 to place
on the Goods Display (as usual rules) – the other 2 cubes are returned
to stock.
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Move
Goods
- Pulmoddai: the maritime link is worth
$2 to its owner.
- Pilgrims going to Varansi: when you
deliver a black cube, keep the cube with you. Any time during the game,
you may exchange 2 black cubes for $1 income; these are removed from
the game (NOT returned to stock). Saved cubes are each worth $1
income (i.e., 3VP) at the end of game.
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