Adventure Tours

About this board game

Adventure Tours is a card-driven expedition game for 3–6 players, played in about 45 minutes. Across three rounds, players compete to lead explorers on rewarding journeys while building the equipment needed to meet their demands.

Each round begins with six cards in hand. On your turn, choose how to develop your expedition: play a card beside your player board as an expedition supporter, increasing your technology, provision, or clothing resources, then draw a card; or play a card above your board as an explorer who has hired you.

Explorers can only be placed when your expedition meets the required level in the category shown on the card. Successfully hiring an explorer also activates that card’s special power. These abilities can give other players extra cards, provide an additional turn, or let you steal equipment or explorers from your opponents.

• Build technology, provision, and clothing resources.
• Meet explorer requirements to expand your expedition.
• Use special powers to gain advantages over other players.
• Manage your hand carefully as each round approaches its end.

A round ends immediately when one player plays their final card. Players then earn money equal to the value of the explorers above their boards, but lose two coins for every card still in hand. After three rounds, the player with the most money wins.

For a greater challenge, the expert game gives each player board different starting values for technology, provisions, and clothing, along with a unique ability that can be used once during a turn. In Adventure Tours, efficient preparation and well-timed explorer placements are key to a profitable expedition.