Development Cards – Progress – Road Building - May I use a Road Building card to build one road and one ship?

Seafarers

Yes. You must build them one after another though. You are not allowed to first build a road via a Road Building card, then build a settlement adjacent to that road by paying the required resources, and finally use the Road Building card once again, this time to build a ship.

Gold Fields - For a city adjacent to a gold field, do I receive two resources of the same type or of different types?

Seafarers

It is up to you whether you want to take two resources of the same type or of different types.

Gold Fields - In a scenario with islands, do I earn a victory point when settling islands consisting only of gold fields, or is no extra victory point awarded in this case?

Seafarers

That depends entirely on the respective scenario. In scenarios with foreign islands, each player who places his first settlement on a foreign island receives two special victory points (according to the reformed rule). This rule also applies if a foreign island consists only of gold fields.

Pirate - Can the pirate be placed on the edge?

Seafarers

Yes, if it is not prohibited by a scenario.

Pirate - During the starting set-up, may I build a ship next to where the pirate is located?

Seafarers

No.

Pirate - May I build on the edges and corners of a terrain hex if it is blocked by the pirate?

Seafarers
  • Roads, cities, and settlements: yes.

 

  • Ships: no.

Pirate - May I steal a Resource Card from the owner of a coastal settlement if I place the pirate on an adjacent sea hex?

Seafarers

No.

Roads - May I build a road between two desert hexes?

Seafarers

Yes.

 
 

Robber - Where does the robber start if there is no desert in a scenario?

Seafarers

At the beginning of the game, the robber stands beside the game board. As soon as the first “7” is rolled or the first knight is played, the robber is placed on any of the terrain hexes. Afterwards, he changes hexes as usual.

Scenarios - If I create my own “Seafarers” game map, what should be the number of victory points required to win the game?

Seafarers

You can calculate the number of victory points according to the following formula: Number of terrain hexes (not counting deserts) divided by 2.

Settlements - Does the distance rule between two settlements also apply to settlements on neighboring islands separated by a narrow waterway?

Seafarers

Yes.

Ships - Do I lose the Longest Trade Route while moving a ship?

Seafarers

No. You don’t lose the Longest Trade Route when moving one of your ships, provided that after its relocation your continuous trade route is at least as long as before.