The Castles of Burgundy: 10th Expansion – Solo

Description

--- "Castles of Burgundy 'Solo'" is a solo mini-expansion with a double-sided board, adapting the base game into a 25-round challenge to fill all 37 estate spaces. Key mechanics include: - *Automated setup and round start* Uses white die for goods placement and hex removal from depots in clockwise order if empty. - *Restricted actions* Expansion only via rivers; ships grant all goods from one depot while removing others. - *Goods exchange* Trade 5 goods for a black tile (face-down joker) from black depot, placable on any color space without effects. - *Modified bonuses* Yellow Knowledge VPs immediate; color completion yields black tiles (with effects, chaining if needed) instead of VPs. - *VP management* Track progress to descending targets (50→45→etc.); reaching resets counter to 0 (lose remainder), lowers target by 5, grants free dice action; buy VPs at 1:1 Silverlings. - *No goods color limits* Collect freely; win by occupying all 37 hexes in 25 rounds. Castles of Burgundy "Solo" is a mini-expansion featuring a double-sided player board (A-side for beginners, B-side advanced), where base game rules apply except for specified changes, set up as a 2-player game but played solo over exactly 25 rounds. Start with 1 Silverling, 2 workers, a castle on any estate space, and 3 random goods (no color restrictions). Use chosen color pieces plus a white die; VP counter starts at 0, target at 50. Each round begins by rolling all 3 dice: place top goods tile on white die's depot, then permanently remove a hex tile from that depot (top-to-bottom or left-to-right; skip empty depots clockwise from 2,3,5,6 or 1,4). Perform 2 standard dice actions with VP gains, but expansions only via rivers. Ship placement lets you claim all goods from one depot then discard others from all depots. Uniquely, exchange any 5 goods for a black depot tile, placing it face-down (black side up) on one of three storage spaces; later place on any color-matching space per base rules—it completes regions for VPs/color bonuses/win condition but provides no active effects (e.g., no mining or shipping). Yellow Knowledge tiles score VPs immediately. Completing a color awards a black depot tile (placed with full effects; chains if it completes another color). Advance VP counter on gains and optionally buy more (1 Silverling each). Reaching the target resets counter to 0 (forfeiting remainder), drops target by 5, and allows one free dice action (as if adding a castle). Victory requires occupying all 37 estate hexes within 25 rounds. ---