DIE SIEDLER EXPANSION 
GUIDE FOR 5 AND 6 PLAYERS

CONTENTS

15 additional hexagonal land/sea tiles; 25 raw material cards (5 each 
of timber, ore, wool, building bricks, grain; 9 special development 
cards (6 robber plus 3 progress cards: 1 x monopoly, invention, road 
building ); 2 building cost cards; additional wooden pieces including 2 
playing figures, 5 settlements, 4 towns and 15 streets/roads in each 
of the colours brown and green; and 28 numbered chips (A, B... Y, Za, 
Zb, Zc).

SUPPLEMENT SET FOR 5 AND 6 PLAYERS

Before the first game,  press-out the card pieces. The reverse sides 
show a different pattern to the parts in the standard game to enable 
both sets to be separated. For the 5 and 6 player game: use all 
hexagon tiles from both sets, but only use the number chips from the 
supplement set.

BOARD STRUCTURE

The island will now consist of 30 land tiles arranged as illustrated 
and 22 sea tiles.

A)	Put all land tiles face down in a shuffled stack. Draw 6 tiles and 
align them as shown to form the middle column (marked 6 in the 
diagram) of the island. Then draw tiles to complete the columns right 
and left of this. Continue drawing tiles to complete columns to the 
left and right until the land component of the island is built as 
shown.

B)	Now place 22 sea tiles around the land tiles, alternating sea 
with harbours.

C)	Place the number chips from the expansion set only letter-side 
up. Begin in a corner and spiral in towards the centre of the island. 
Neither of the desert tiles receive a number chip.The last three chips 
carry two letters (Za, Zb, Zc). The robber starts on either one of the 
deserts as desired.

COURSE OF THE GAME

Play proceeds as in the standard game - with one exception. 
Whoever's turn it is (assume player A), the player can normally take 
three actions:1 The player musdt roll the die and raw material 
production then follows; 2 The player may then deal or trade; 3 The 
player may build or buy development cards.

Now the exception

When player A has finished building,  an extraordinary building 
phase begins: all other players are also now allowed, in turn, to build 
and/or buy cards.

Thus, player A has just finished his/her building phase. Before 
passing on the die to the next player, A inquires if someone else 
wants to build. Whoever responds to this immediately builds and/or 
buys cards. If several players respond, the seat order becomes 
critical. Players build and /or buy in turn proceeding clockwise from 
player A.

Important: During an extraordinary build phase, players are only 
allowed to build settlements, towns or cities and/or buy cards. 
Players may not trade any cards - each form of trade (domestic and 
by sea) is prohibited in this phase.

TIP: Through the extraordinary build phase, players have the 
possibility to influence the game out of turn. If you possess the 
appropriate cards, you can get in first before other players.