Darwin's Journey: Great Ship

2023 · Travel

Darwin's Journey: Great Ship

Includes 11 Ship cards that provide players with additional benefits during the game.

Players
1–4 best 2
Playing time
60–120 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2 / 5
7.9 on LudoyaExpansion for Base-gameExplorationWorker Placement

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1
Plays logged
4
Players
2h 22m
Average play
40
In collections
1
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Rules questions

Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.

How do we choose Great Ship cards during setup?

Reveal one more card than the number of players. Starting with the player farthest to the right on the turn-order track, each player takes one card going right to left; remove the unchosen revealed card and all face-down cards from the game (p. 1).

Do we use every Great Ship card in a game without Firelands?

No. Unless you are also playing with the Firelands Expansion, remove GS1 and GS10 before shuffling the Great Ship cards (p. 1).

Can GS4 let me place a worker on a locked location even if I don’t meet its Wax Seal requirements?

No. GS4 lets you spend 1 Temporary Knowledge token to place a worker on a locked location, but you must still satisfy that location’s Wax Seal requirements (p. 2).

Does GS8 reduce my Exploration movement to at least 1?

No. GS8 reduces movement by 1, and the movement can be reduced to 0. It doubles the card’s listed Exploration rewards: Coins, Temporary Knowledge, Evolution track advancement, and victory points (p. 2).

When I take GS9, do I place all six Lens tokens at once?

Yes. When choosing GS9 during setup, place one of your personal Lens tokens on each of its six Lens locations. Later, when you place a token from the card onto the main board, immediately gain the reward associated with that token (p. 2).

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