Near and Far

To set up Near and Far, place the main game board and town hall board in the center of the table. Shuffle the quest deck and place the adventure book nearby. Each player chooses a character, takes a personal player board, and receives starting gold and hearts. Place various tokens, resources, and cards in accessible supply piles around the board.

The primary goal is to score the most victory points by the end of the game. Players achieve this by embarking on adventures, completing story quests in the adventure book, constructing camps on the map, collecting rare artifacts, increasing their reputation, and gathering valuable resources and treasures.

On a player's turn, they can either stay in town to perform various actions or venture out into the world. In town, players visit locations like the saloon to hire new characters, the farm to collect food, the mystics hut for items, or the mine to earn gems and coins. If a player ventures out, they use hearts to move across hexagonal spaces, fight threats, and reach quest tokens to trigger story passages.

Victory points are accumulated throughout the game and tallied at the end. Players earn points from completed quest cards, built camps on the map board, leftover coins and gems, acquired artifacts, and high reputation tracks. Every accomplishment contributes to the final score.

The game concludes when a predetermined trigger is reached, such as a specific number of quests being completed or a set number of rounds passing. Once the end condition is met, players finish the current round, calculate their final scores by combining all point sources, and the player with the highest total wins.