Clans of Caledonia is a medium- to heavyweight economic game set in 19th-century Scotland.
During this period, Scotland made the transition from a predominantly agricultural economy to an industrialized one, heavily reliant on trade and export. As a consequence, food production increased to suppo...
Clans of Caledonia is a medium- to heavyweight economic game set in 19th-century Scotland.
During this period, Scotland made the transition from a predominantly agricultural economy to an industrialized one, heavily reliant on trade and export. As a consequence, food production increased to support the growth in population, cheap cotton imports increasingly replaced linen, and raising sheep gained importance. When European wine and brandy production was ravaged by a plague of insects in the late 19th century, Scotch whisky was drafted as a substitute for cognac. The whisky industry exploded into life, turning it into the premium alcoholic beverage in Europe.
The game ends after 5 rounds. Each rounds consists of the three phases:
1. Players' turns
2. Production phase
3. Round Scoring
1. Players take turns and do one of 8 possible actions, from building, to upgrading, trading and exporting. When players run out of money, they pass and collect a passing bonus.
2. In the production phase, each player collects basic resources, refined goods and cash from their production units built on the game map. Each production unit that has been built makes income visible on the player mat. Refined goods require the respective basic resource.
3. Players receive VPs depending on the scoring tile of the current round.
The game comes with 8 different clans, a modular board with 16 configurations, 9 port bonuses and 9 round scoring tiles.
