1 · The Goal

KROWNIA is a race to build the strongest network of roads, villages and towns on a freshly discovered island. You earn Victory Points (VP) for what you build and for special achievements.

This game is built for 2–4 players per room. Empty seats can be filled by AI opponents.

2 · The Island & Its Tiles

The board is made of 19 hexagonal tiles, shuffled and laid out freshly every game. Five tile types each produce one resource; the desert produces nothing.

Each non-desert tile carries a number token (2–12). When that number is rolled, the tile produces resources for every village and town touching it. The desert starts as the home of the Pirate (see §11).

3 · Resource Cards

Producing tiles pay out in resource cards. These five resources are the currency of KROWNIA — everything you build is paid for with them.

Your current hand is always shown in the resource panel. There is no hard limit on how many cards you may hold — but if you are holding more than 7 cards when a 7 is rolled, you must discard half of them (see §11).

4 · Your Pieces

Every player has a fixed, limited supply of building pieces in their colour. Running out means you cannot build that piece again until you free one up (only villages can be freed — by upgrading them to towns).

Villages and towns collect resources; roads connect your network and let you reach new building spots. A town counts as a village that was upgraded — upgrading returns the village piece to your supply.

5 · Dice & Number Tokens

Each turn begins by rolling two six-sided dice. Their sum (2–12) decides which tiles produce this turn.

Number tokens show their value plus a row of dots: more dots = more likely. The values 6 and 8 are the most common rolls, so they are printed in red — settling next to them pays off most often. The number 7 is never on a tile; rolling a 7 triggers the Pirate instead (see §11).

A roll only produces for tiles that have a village or town on one of their six corners — a village collects 1 card, a town collects 2.

6 · Game Setup

Turn order is randomised, then everyone places their starting pieces in a "snake draft" — forward through the players, then back again:

1. On each of your two setup turns you place 1 village and then 1 road touching it.
2. Villages must obey the distance rule: no village may sit on a corner next to another village (every building needs at least one empty corner between it and the next).
3. Your second village immediately pays you one resource for each tile it touches — this is your starting hand. The first village pays nothing.

If your placement timer runs out, the game auto-places a valid village and road for you. You can move an auto-placed pair later, during setup, from the board prompt.

7 · A Turn, Step by Step

You may play one Development Card per turn, and you can play it before or after rolling — except a card bought this very turn, which must wait until a later turn.

8 · Building

Pay the cost, then place the piece. Build costs are fixed:

Road connects your network		1 Wood + 1 Brick
Village +1 VP		1 Wood + 1 Brick + 1 Sheep + 1 Wheat
Town +1 VP (upgrade)		3 Ore + 2 Wheat
Action Card see §10		1 Ore + 1 Wheat + 1 Sheep

• Roads must connect to one of your own roads, villages or towns. Max 15.
• Villages need a road of yours leading to the spot and must obey the distance rule. Max 5.
• Towns upgrade one of your existing villages in place (it must already be on the board). Max 4.

9 · Trading

With players: on your turn, propose any swap of resources. Each opponent may accept or decline; the trade only happens if someone accepts.

With the bank / ports: you can always trade up at a fixed rate. Building a village on a port improves your rate for trades made there:

4 : 1

3 : 1

2 : 1

Each give-resource trades at its own best available rate. You only get a port's rate once you have a village or town sitting on that port.

10 · Development Cards

Buy a Development Card (1 Ore + 1 Wheat + 1 Sheep) and draw the top card of the shuffled 25-card deck. Cards stay hidden in your hand until you play them — one per turn, and never the turn you bought it.

11 · The Pirate & Rolling 7

The Pirate sits on a tile and blocks all production there — that tile pays out nothing while the Pirate is on it.

When anyone rolls a 7 (or plays a Warrior):

1. Discard. Every player holding more than 7 cards must discard half (rounded down).
2. Move the Pirate. The active player moves it to any other tile.
3. Steal. The active player steals 1 random card from an opponent who has a building on the Pirate's new tile.

Rolling a 7 produces no resources for anyone. If the active player's timer runs out before moving the Pirate, the turn passes and the Pirate stays where it is.

12 · Special Cards

Two bonus cards are worth 2 VP each and can change hands during the game.

13 · Winning the Game

Add up every source of Victory Points. The instant a player reaches 10 VP on their own turn, they win.

Hidden Victory Point cards count toward the total — a player can win unexpectedly by revealing them, so watch opponents who are sitting on 8–9 visible points.

14 · Tips & Etiquette

• Place your first villages where many high-probability numbers (6, 8, 5, 9) meet, and aim for a spread of resources.
• Wood + Brick wins the early race (roads & villages); Ore + Wheat powers the late game (towns & action cards).
• Keep your hand at 7 cards or fewer before a roll — spend or trade so a 7 can't make you discard.
• The Pirate is a tool: park it on the leader's best red-number tile.
• Trades should help you more than your opponent — but a fair trade now can be worth it to reach a key build.
• Watch the menu: Game Log shows every action, and Rules is a quick one-screen refresher of this manual.