Age of Steam: India

• Varanasi
• Colombo and Pulmoddai
• Setup
• Track Building
• Urbanization
• Production
  
• Move Goods
  

Varansi

• The only black city. Black cubes are pilgrims on a pilgrimage to Varansi (also known as Benares).
• No goods growth or production.

Colombo and Pulmoddai (on Sri Lanka)

• 2-color (randomly determined) cities.
• Only import goods from India; no goods growth.

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

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

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 1^st then A 2^nd, then B 1^st then B 2^nd, etc.) and put it on this town hex.

• 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.

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.