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This is a board game called 

The board is separated into two sides, the 

"North Pole" and the "South Pole." On each side of the 

board there are seven cities, one of which is the player's 

home city.

A player's home city is the only city that their 

penguin may visit during a turn. Players start the game 

with one of their two penguins in their home city.

Each city has a number next to it. That number is 

the amount of victory points a player gains from 

visiting that city.

In addition to the cities, there are eight 

signposts on the board. When a player lands on one of 

these signposts, they read the signpost's message and 

either perform the action described on the signpost or gain 

the listed bonus.

The board contains four "Polar Treats": the 

"North Pole" and the "South Pole" treat spaces, where 

a player gets a treat card; the "Season" treat space, where 

a player gets a treat card and advances their season marker; 

and the "End Game" treat space, where a player gets a treat card 

and ends the game.

In the center of the board is the action 

space, which contains four action cards. A player may use 

an action card anytime during their turn (after they have 

landed on a signpost and before they roll a die) to perform 

the action on that card.

A player may use only one action card 

during their turn. A player may use an action card a second 

time only if they land on the same signpost a second 

time.

Next to the action cards is the exploration 

space, which contains five exploration cards. A player may 

draw an exploration card from the deck of exploration 

cards anytime during their turn.

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One of the goal cards is placed face up in the center of 

the board as the game goal card. This card shows the number 

of victory points a player must reach to win the game.

To setup the game, first place the city tokens in the 

eight cities on the board. Use one token for each city, 

including the player's home city.

Then set aside some of the following pieces: seven 

x1 victory point tokens and five x5 victory point tokens. 

Place these on the space below the victory point track 

near the game board. These will be used when players 

receive bonus victory points.

Next, deal out the following exploration cards: 

three face up to create the "Exploration Deck" and five 

face down to create the "Exploration Row." Place the 

exploration cards face down in a line next to the game board.

Next, deal out the following treat cards: 

four face up to create the "Treat Deck" and eight face 

down to create the "Treat Row." Place the treat cards face 

down in a line next to the game board.

Then place the following pieces near the game board: 

Five "5" victory point tokens. 

One wooden penguin of each color, except black. 

Place one of each color of penguin near the board 

next to each player's home city.

Place the following pieces near the board: 

One "1" victory point token. 

Six "4" victory point tokens. 

One home city marker for each player. 

Five "3" victory point tokens.

 

Place the following pieces near the board: 

Ten exploration cards. 

Five "6" victory point tokens. 

Place the following pieces by the side of the 

board: One die of each color.


Blue


Yellow


Red


Green


Purple


Place the following pieces near the board: 

The rest of the colored dice. 

One winter marker. 

Place the following pieces near the board: 

One seasonal marker of each color. 

Place the following pieces back in the supply: 

Three "1" victory point tokens, two "4" victory point 

tokens, and two "3" victory point tokens. 

The goal card "12" is now the goal card.

Finally, sort the pieces using the pictures above or the 

pictures below. Some pieces must be placed near the 

game board, and some pieces must be placed near each 

player.

Place the following pieces near the board: 

Five "5" victory point tokens. 

One wooden penguin of each color. 

Place one of each color of penguin near each player.

 

Then place the following pieces near each player: 

One winter marker of each color. 

x1 and x5 plastic tokens are used to track 

victory points on the game board.

The goal card is placed near the game board. It shows 

how many victory points a player must reach to win the game.

The home city marker is placed near each player to show where 
their penguins may go at the beginning of the game.

The rest of the plastic tokens are placed near each player to 

use when scoring victory points.

The four signpost pieces are placed near the board.

The eight "Polar Treat" pieces are placed on the game board.

Place 

each 

treat 

card 

near 

a 
"Polar 

Treat" 

space.

The "North 

Pole" 

and 

"South 

Pole" 

treat 

cards are placed near the signpost, next to the action space.

The eight exploration cards are placed face down next to 

the game board, forming the "Exploration Row."

The four action cards are placed face up next to the game 

board, forming the "Action Deck."

Each player takes one colored die of each color.

Then the game begins, proceeding clockwise from the first 

player.


CHAPTER 2

Setup

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A die is rolled on the action space. The action on the 

card to the right of the die is performed. 

The die is blue, so the player may 

move one blue penguin 

from their home city to any 

other city where they have 

a