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SETTLERS OF SILICON VALLEY Grohe Online
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In the Valley
of the Heart’s Delight,
where you can
harvest bountiful crops
and your
dreams…
General Note: Largely S of SV follows standard rules, Settlers of Catan with 5-6
player expansion. The board is fixed, however,
like Settlers of the Stone Age,
with a
Revamped
Terminology
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Settlement à Apartment
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Road à Highway
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Longest Road à Longest Highway
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Robber à Landlord
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Soldier à Protester
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Largest Army à Largest Rally
Gleaning
Resources: Higher Income
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An apartment on
any resource will earn 2 resources.
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A city will
earn 4 resources.
Building
Requirements: Much Higher Cost of Living
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Building 1
apartment requires 4 times the resources: 4
bricks, 4 logs, 4 wheat, 4 sheep.
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Building 1 city
requires 2 times the resources: 6 rocks, 4 wheat.
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Note: Don’t
worry! It’s do-able, plus there are other
ways to reap points. J
New Development
Cards
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Venture Capital (2 cards) ~
“Collect any 10 resources of your choice from the bank.”
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Stock Options (3 cards) ~
“Trade any 2 resources for 6 resources of your choice from the bank.”
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Earthquake! (2 cards) ~ “Earthquake hits! You can destroy any 1 apartment, reduce any 1 city
to an apartment, or destroy any 2 highways on the board.” (Allan’s long dreamed of this variation =)
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Recall (3 cards) ~ “The Governor is recalled. You lose 1 victory point.” A single player can only suffer the effects of 1 Recall per game.
New Resource
Hexes & Cards
1) Silicon
Chips
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5 silicon chips = 1 computer
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Computer: each computer added to an apartment = .5
victory point (multiple computers allowed – every household needs at least a couple,
yes?!)
2) Spice
3) Sugar
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1 Spice & 1
Sugar = 1 treat
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Wonka-ization: 5 treats buys 1 Chocolate Factory =
1 victory point
4) Puppy Dog
Tails
5) Snails
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1 Puppy Dog
Tail & 1 Snail = 1 pet
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Quality of Life: 5
pets buys 1 Happiness Marker = 1 victory point
Additional
Resource Challenge: “Shooting the
Moon”
Special Note: If choosing the following option, players can opt
to place resources #2 – 5 listed above face down in front of them to save them. These resources are then exempt from being stolen
or lost for any reason, including the greed of the Landlord, a strike from a Protester, or
the roll of a 7.
The Option: The first player to collect 23 in any combination
of Sugar and Spice cards, or collect 23 in any combination of Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
cards, can add a baby to 1 apartment. A baby
is worth 8 points.
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