Amalfi: Renaissance

To set up Amalfi: Renaissance, first place the main board in the center of the table. Shuffle the decree tiles and place four randomly, one in each period slot, noting that some may increase decree values. Next, shuffle the private destination cards, place two stacks face down, and reveal five face up in the designated locations. Shuffle all art cards to form a deck, place it, and reveal five face up. Separate title tiles by color, draw one dark green and two lighter green, placing them face up in their respective slots, setting the rest aside. Each player receives a player board, chooses a color, and collects 10 ships, 6 lighthouses, 3 cubes, a score marker, and a bread token. Place 4 ships in your bay, 6 in your shipyard, and lighthouses in slots 7-12 of your granary. The first player places their bread on '3' in their granary, with subsequent players placing theirs one level higher. Separate starting character cards, and in reverse turn order, each player chooses one, collecting a matching symbol token for their player board. Shuffle remaining starting characters into the main character deck, place it, and reveal four face up. Finally, each player places their score marker on the '0' space of the score track.

The primary objective in Amalfi: Renaissance is to accumulate the most victory points over four rounds. Players achieve this by strategically navigating their ships to various ports to collect resources, which are then used to acquire valuable art cards, discover new private destinations, invite influential historical characters, and construct additional ships and lighthouses. Each action contributes to a broader strategy of maximizing points through immediate bonuses, end-of-round decrees, and end-game scoring conditions tied to collected cards and completed goals.

A player's turn consists of performing one action from a list of available options: Navigation, Acquisition, Discovery, Invitation, Engagement, or Construction. Navigation allows moving ships from your bay to a dock location on the main board or a private destination you own, paying bread based on the destination's cost. Acquisition lets you purchase an artwork card from the market by paying the required resources, gaining immediate points and actions. Discovery involves paying resources to claim a private destination tile, scoring points and adding it to your player area. Invitation allows playing a character card from your hand by paying its resource cost, activating its immediate, permanent, or end-game bonus. Engagement activates an already played 'engageable' character card. Construction enables building a new ship by paying wood, moving a ship from your shipyard to your dock. Players can also perform free actions like cashing in resources for bread or discarding character cards for bread. Once an action is completed, or if a player chooses to pass, their turn ends, and play proceeds clockwise.

Points are scored in several ways throughout the game. Immediate points are gained when acquiring art cards and when placing cubes on title tiles after meeting their requirements. At the end of each round (Decree Phase), players score points based on the current decree tile, which specifies conditions related to collected resources, lighthouses, or other game elements, potentially enhanced by numbers peeking through the decree tile's holes. At the end of the fourth and final round, players tally additional end-game points from any character cards with end-game scoring conditions. The player with the highest total score wins the game.

The game concludes after the fourth period is completed. At this point, all players will calculate their final scores. This includes any points accumulated during the game from art cards, title tiles, and decrees, as well as additional points from end-game character cards. The player who has the highest total victory points is declared the winner. In the event of a tie, the player with the most cubes placed on title tiles wins. If there is still a tie, the tied players share the victory.