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1 game board

75 rangers

5 aeroplanes

5 scoring markers

5 player’s boards in the five player colors

42 cards

24 industrialization tiles

24 conservation tiles

44 Australian dollars

1 windmill (for use in full game only)

1 arrow, 1 ring and 1 base for the wind wheel

A game for 2 – 5 players from age 10

Authors: W. Kramer and M. Kiesling

Design: Walter Pepperle, DE Ravensburger, KniffDesign

Illustration: Harald Lieske

Ravensburger

Spiele No. 26358-5

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Summary of content (8 pages)

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GB A game for 2 – 5 players from age 10 Authors: W. Kramer and M. Kiesling Design: Walter Pepperle, DE Ravensburger, KniffDesign Illustration: Harald Lieske Ravensburger® Spiele No.
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The story The game board Australia – the fifth and smallest continent at the beginning of the 1920’s. The economic crisis is yet to come – Australia is booming. Industrial modernization and development are pursued with vigor to help the economy “down under” progress. At the same time, the government is arranging for countless National Parks to be set up and are initiating numerous projects to support the natural environment.
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Preparation Each player also receives the following in their color: Before playing for the first time, carefully remove the pre-punched parts from the perforated board. Assemble the windmill (front, back, arrow, ring and base) as shown in the picture (cf. ill.) • 1 aeroplane, which he places in front of him on the table. • 1 scoring marker, which he places on square “0/100” on the scoring track. • 1 player’s board.
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Simple Game (Familiarization Game) Action #1 Action #2 The game is played in turns, moving around the table in a clockwise order. The player who thinks he knows most about Australia goes first. Or, the players may choose a starting player using any method they want. The player whose turn it is must carry out 2 actions – or the same action twice if he prefers.
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Project Evaluations There are conservation and industrialization projects. As soon as a project has been completed within a region, the region is evaluated. Conservation project: Industrialization project: If all of the locations in a region are occupied by one or more rangers, then this region’s conservation project has been successfully completed, and the development of this region will be evaluated.
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Notes: 1. Using or withdrawing rangers may also initiate several (different) project scorings. In this case, the scorings are carried out consecutively. Action #2 2. If a player flies into an unvisited region and turns over an industrialization tile with the same number as the total number of rangers there, then this player immediately receives the 3 bonus points. Also, every player receives 1 victory point for each one of his rangers. Action #1 3.
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Full game (Additonal rules) Once you have understood the simple version … The same rules apply apart from the following: Preparation Place the windmill in the region of your choice at the beginning of the game. Set it to “2”. Each of the four stacks should have 9 cards instead of 8. Playing the game Project scorings After every scoring the corresponding conservation or industrialization tile is placed on an area of the windmill track.
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Windmill scoring As soon as all the areas of the windmill track are occupied by industrialization and/or conservation tiles, a windmill scoring is carried out. The player with the most rangers on the ranger track receives as many points as indicated by the windmill. The player with the second-highest number of rangers on the ranger track receives half the victory points (round down if the windmill figure is odd).