The game is played in turns. An in-game day is considered a turn. The passing of a turn is the passage of a day. Journeys are measured and scored based on number of days and the Curio brought back. Each unique discovery counts as an additional point.

1. Start the game by generating a single hex in a . You begin with 10 Supply and Material.
2. Each day has enough time for you to perform two of the following: Movement, Encounter or Downtime.
   • Movement: You may either move your entire caravan or, from among your caravan, choose between one and five party members to set out as a group. Moving the entire caravan (6 or more characters) is slow, but cheap. A caravan can cover one space per day and consume a flat rate of 2 supply regardless of how large the caravan is. A dispatched party can cover up to two spaces per day, but consume a rate of 1 Supply per party member each day.
   • Encounter:
     • Once per day, you may spend 1 Supply to roll an Encounter Check in a place you’ve already been, add ■.
     • When entering a new or unknown space for the first time, stop all movement and roll an Encounter Check with a ■.
   • Downtime: See the options noted below.
3. Find a Curio.
4. Bring discoveries home! (get points for Curio? some kind of legacy game system! the rewards let you do better encounters, have better stuff and stats)

Encounter Check

Whenever you discover a new location, consult this section to determine what you encounter. Rolling ✷ should mean that the encounter provides opportunity to acquire or discover something of value. Rolling ✕ means that something stands in your way, such as an obstacle or another character. ⋀ or ✇ should be spent to change the nature of the encounter. If you encounter another character, then ✇ could mean they have hostile intent, and ✇✇✇ means you’re ambushed; ⋀ might mean you encounter a traveling merchant.

Determining Difficulty

By default, roll ⧫⧫; add up to ⧫⧫⧫ for circumstances that would advance the plot or make a favorable outcome more likely. Use difficulty tiers like standard Genesys checks:

• Familiar Area: Easy (⧫)
• Unexplored Area: Average (⧫⧫)
• Hostile/treacherous region: Hard (⧫⧫⧫)
• Upgrade if pursuing a specific rumor, clue, or goal.

You may even upgrade one side or the other, or both sides—though you should limit it to one upgrade.

Setbacks (■) come from environment, prior missteps, or roll results (like ✇ “Blunder”).

You might also formalize beneficial factors:

• Upgrade if a character’s trait applies
• Upgrade for having a map or clue
• Boost if scouting occurred earlier

A ❂ or ⦻ may be used to trigger any result, rather than the one corresponding to the number of ✷ or ✕.

| ⋀⋀⋀ | Artifact! A Curio may be found here The character gains unexpected assistance, such as an NPC offering aid or a shortcut through the area. | | --- | --- | | ⋀⋀ | Good forage: +1 Supply Shelter: Heal 1 strain from a character Visibility: Reveal a new hex | | ⋀ | Abundance: +1 Material Clue: Add ■ to next encounter check in this region | | Wash | Take in the view. | | ✇ | Spoiled rations: -1 Supply Blunder: Add ■ to next check Something feels off—a sense of being watched, unsettling sounds, or a strange shift in the environment heightens tension. | | ✇ ✇ | Lost Materials: -1 Material Travel Fatigue: Suffer 1 strain for a character Environmental Hazard: quicksand, a toxic gas cloud, or unstable terrain. | | ✇ ✇ ✇ | Camp ransacked: Lose your choice between half of your materials or supply. Unrest: Raise regional “unrest” or danger Immediate Danger: A dangerous situation unfolds, such as a natural disaster, a collapsing structure, or hostile forces |

Discoveries

When you encounter a Discovery, draw a card and interpret its meaning.

Acquisition

A successful encounter increases your Supply or Material equal to net success—unless otherwise indicated, you get to choose which depending on your need. How you come across these provisions is up to you and should make sense in the circumstances. They might be the lost supplies of an ill-fated predecessor, or the result of a particularly fortunate foraging.

Obstacle