Anno 1800: The Board Game

Each player begins the game with a personal island board, which includes starting industries, a set number of workers of different types, a basic port, and three ships. The main board displays various industry tiles available for construction, different types of population cards with their demands and rewards, and areas for old world and new world exploration tiles. Resource cubes (wood, brick, steel, glass, etc.) are placed in general supply containers, and gold coins are also kept in a general supply.

The primary objective is to accumulate the most victory points by the end of the game. This is achieved mainly by fulfilling the demands of population cards, which require specific goods to be produced. Successfully fulfilling these demands not only grants victory points but also provides immediate benefits, such as additional workers or special actions. Players also aim to complete expedition cards and achieve specific end-game objectives.

On your turn, you must perform exactly one of nine available main actions. These actions include: building a new industry on your island by paying the required resources; creating new workers by paying specific resources (up to three workers per action); upgrading existing workers to higher tiers by paying the indicated resources; using your ports to construct ships (up to the level of your port); exploring the old world to expand your island and gain immediate benefits; exploring the new world to gain new population cards; or exchanging population cards in your hand (up to three cards). Additionally, players can perform several free actions, such as generating resources from their industries by placing workers on them, fulfilling objectives using exploration tokens, or trading resources with other players.

Victory points are primarily awarded for each population card successfully fulfilled throughout the game, with points varying based on the card's difficulty (3, 5, or 8 points). At the end of the game, additional victory points are scored for completed expedition cards, based on the workers placed on them and specific animal or artifact bonuses. Players also receive points for achieving certain general end-game objectives, such as having the most ships or specific types of industries. The player who triggers the end of the game by running out of population cards receives an additional 7 victory points.

The game concludes immediately when any player runs out of population cards in their hand. Once this condition is met, the current round is completed, and then one final round of play is conducted. After the final round, players proceed to the scoring phase to determine the winner based on accumulated victory points from fulfilled population cards, completed expedition cards, and end-game objectives.