Explorers of the North Sea: The Crew Mini-Expansion

About this expansion

Explorers of the North Sea: The Crew Mini-Expansion is a crew-recruitment expansion for 1–4 players, with a play time of approximately 60 minutes. New crew members are ready to aid your exploration, but they will only work for players who prove their ships are worthy.

Throughout the game, players can recruit crew cards by achieving the prerequisites shown on them. Once a player reaches a target, they take the relevant crew card from the pile and place it faceup in front of them.

Recruitment can also open new challenges for your opponents. In most cases, taking a crew card reveals another card of the same name, featuring a slightly harder target for other players to reach. This creates an evolving set of recruitment goals as players continue their exploration.

• Recruit crew by achieving their listed prerequisites.
• Reveal harder targets for other players when a crew card is taken.
• Each player may recruit only one crew card of each unique name.
• Score points based on your captain reward at the end of the game.

Each crew card scores points equal to that player’s captain reward at the game’s end. This gives every successful recruitment a clear endgame value while keeping the focus on meeting the required targets.

The Crew Mini-Expansion adds a new layer of achievement to Explorers of the North Sea. Compete to meet prerequisites first, claim valuable crew, and manage which unique crew members you recruit before the game concludes.