Your first voyage

Open the creator’s browser game and choose Begin voyage. Pick Rowan, Sable or Tomas and a house color; the captain choices share the same rules. Choose Heartland or Open coast, then set the renown target to 8 (Short), 10 (Classic) or 12 (Long).

Standard supplies begin with 2 timber, 2 clay, and 1 each of grain, stone and flax. Plentiful is another available setting. The Harbor charter toggle enables the one-time delivery objective. Keep it enabled if you want that extra route to renown.

Record both the chart number and landscape to revisit the same island. A chart number reproduces an island; it is not a copy of your saved progress.

1. Choose Set sail. During founding, your village and road pieces are free.
2. Choose a highlighted junction for your first village. If picking in 3D is awkward, expand Choose a site by list.
3. Place the road beside it when prompted.
4. Let Mara and Ivo found their settlements. The order reverses: you → Mara → Ivo → Ivo → Mara → you.
5. Place your second village and its road. That village gives one starting good from each neighboring productive tile.

Keep at least one empty junction between homes. After founding, new villages must also connect to your road network.

Resource tiles produce when their number is rolled. The dots below each number indicate its odds, so examine both the available goods and the dots at a prospective site.

Timber and clay support road building; villages also require grain and flax. Town and beacon upgrades need grain and stone. Choosing access to different goods can reduce how often you need to trade. This is a planning principle, not a guarantee that one fixed opening wins every chart.

Roll two dice when prompted. All homes beside matching land can collect, including opponents and homes producing on another house’s turn. Towns and beacons collect twice as much as villages. A seven triggers the squall process instead.

After resolving the roll, use the building tray and trade panel to spend your goods. Consult building costs and placement before choosing a route, and trade and renown when supplies are uneven.