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Embark on a captivating journey through the mystical realms of Rokugan as a merchant representing one of the illustrious clans. Invest in trade ports, markets, and shrines; build influence with manor houses; and deliver valuable contracts to amass wealth and rise above your rivals. With fast turns, multiple strategies, and a richly detailed world, River of Gold offers an enchanting experience where wealth and power await those who dare to seize them. Will you reign over the River of Gold? BUILD A MIGHTY TRADE EMPIRE: Establish and expand your dominion along the River of Gold, constructing strategic outposts to control the wealth of Rokugan. DYNAMIC GAMEPLAY WITH DICE: Each turn, roll the dice to pursue one of three distinct actions: expand your empire, sail for valuable cargo, or fulfill lucrative contracts. LEVERAGE DIVINE FAVOR: Not happy with your dice roll? Invoke the divine favor of the gods to manipulate outcomes and secure the advantage you need to succeed. INCLUDES PATRONS MINI-EXPANSION: Enhance your strategy with the Patrons mini-expansion, featuring legendary patrons from each clan that offer unique abilities and new ways to win. FOR STRATEGY GAME ENTHUSIASTS: Perfect for 2-4 players looking for a competitive strategy game that combines luck, skill, and strategic planning for an engaging session every time. Contents 1 Game board 1 Rulebook 6 Region scoring tiles 6 Mastery cards 30 customer cards 4 Player aid cards 49 Building tiles 95 Koku (coins) 25 Silk tokens 25 Rice tokens 25 Porcelain tokens 1 Building board 4 Clan boards 4 Customer dice 8 Divine favor markers 8 Standard ships 4 Royal ships 88 Clan markers

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  The "Arte di Calimala" — the guild of cloth finishers and merchants in foreign cloth — was one of the greater guilds of Florence, who arrogated to themselves the civic power of the Republic of Florence during the Late Middle Ages. The woolen cloth trade was the engine that drove the city’s economy and the members of the Calimala were the elite of Florence. Throughout its long history, the Arte di Calimala supervised the execution of artistic and architectural works. Most Florentine guilds performed such activities, but the Calimala distinguished itself from other guilds through the number and prestige of the projects and the sites administered, including the construction and decoration of some of the major churches of the city. Players of Calimala are cloth merchants in medieval Florence, with a number of trusted employees that they assign to various streets within the city to carry out actions. (Each street connects two places where particular actions can be taken.) While taking these actions, players produce and deliver cloth and contribute to the construction and decoration of various buildings across the city. Employees stay on their assigned places for a while, carrying out their actions whenever the street is activated, and eventually are promoted into the city council, triggering a scoring phase. Depending on the number of players, each player has a number of action discs. In turn order, they can put one on a space between two actions, performing both actions and activating all other discs on the same space. When the fourth disc is placed on an action space, the lowest one is promoted to the city council, which triggers a scoring. After the last action disc is placed or the last scoring phase in the council is triggered, the game ends. The positions of the action spaces and sequence of scoring phases vary from game to game, making each game very different. Secret scoring objectives and action cards add uncertainty.

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