HEXLAND

1 · The Goal

Hexland is a race to build the strongest network of roads, settlements and cities on a freshly discovered island. You earn Victory Points (VP) for what you build and for special achievements.

10 VP The first player to reach 10 Victory Points on their own turn wins immediately — the game stops the moment someone gets there.

This game is built for 2–4 players per room. Empty seats can be filled by AI opponents.

2 · The Island & Its Tiles

The board is made of 19 hexagonal tiles, shuffled and laid out freshly every game. Five tile types each produce one resource; the desert produces nothing.

Each non-desert tile carries a number token (2–12). When that number is rolled, the tile produces resources for every settlement and city touching it. The desert starts as the home of the Robber (see §11).

3 · Resource Cards

Producing tiles pay out in resource cards. These five resources are the currency of Hexland — everything you build is paid for with them.

Your current hand is always shown in the resource panel. There is no hard limit on how many cards you may hold — but if you are holding more than 7 cards when a 7 is rolled, you must discard half of them (see §11).

4 · Your Pieces

Every player has a fixed, limited supply of building pieces in their colour. Running out means you cannot build that piece again until you free one up (only settlements can be freed — by upgrading them to cities).

**Settlement**
worth **1 VP**
5 available

Road
worth 0 VP
15 available

Settlements and cities collect resources; roads connect your network and let you reach new building spots. A city counts as a settlement that was upgraded — upgrading returns the settlement piece to your supply.

5 · Dice & Number Tokens

Each turn begins by rolling two six-sided dice. Their sum (2–12) decides which tiles produce this turn.

= 8

Number tokens show their value plus a row of dots: more dots = more likely. The values 6 and 8 are the most common rolls, so they are printed in red — settling next to them pays off most often. The number 7 is never on a tile; rolling a 7 triggers the Robber instead (see §11).

A roll only produces for tiles that have a settlement or city on one of their six corners — a settlement collects 1 card, a city collects 2.

6 · Game Setup

Turn order is randomised, then everyone places their starting pieces in a "snake draft" — forward through the players, then back again:

P1P2P3P4 ↩ P4P3P2P1

On each of your two setup turns you place 1 settlement and then 1 road touching it.
Settlements must obey the distance rule: no settlement may sit on a corner next to another settlement (every building needs at least one empty corner between it and the next).
Your second settlement immediately pays you one resource for each tile it touches — this is your starting hand. The first settlement pays nothing.

If your placement timer runs out, the game auto-places a valid settlement and road for you. You can move an auto-placed pair later, during setup, from the board prompt.

7 · A Turn, Step by Step

1

Roll the dice. Every player (not just you) collects resources from their settlements and cities on matching tiles.

2

Trade. Optionally trade with the bank, a port, or propose a swap to other players.

3

Build & buy. Spend resources on roads, settlements, cities, or a Development Card — in any order, as many as you can afford.

4

End your turn. Play passes to the next player. (Each turn has a countdown timer; if it runs out your turn ends automatically.)

You may play one Development Card per turn, and you can play it before or after rolling — except a card bought this very turn, which must wait until a later turn.

8 · Building

Pay the cost, then place the piece. Build costs are fixed:

Road connects your network		1 Wood + 1 Brick
Settlement +1 VP		1 Wood + 1 Brick + 1 Sheep + 1 Wheat
City +1 VP (upgrade)		3 Ore + 2 Wheat
Dev. Card see §10		1 Ore + 1 Wheat + 1 Sheep

Roads must connect to one of your own roads, settlements or cities. Max 15.
Settlements need a road of yours leading to the spot and must obey the distance rule. Max 5.
Cities upgrade one of your existing settlements in place (it must already be on the board). Max 4.

9 · Trading

With players: on your turn, propose any swap of resources. Each opponent may accept or decline; the trade only happens if someone accepts.

With the bank / ports: you can always trade up at a fixed rate. Building a settlement on a port improves your rate for trades made there:

4 : 1

Default bank rate — 4 identical cards for any 1.

Generic port — Generic (?) port — any 3 identical cards for any 1.

Resource port — 2 of **that one** resource for any 1.

Each give-resource trades at its own best available rate. You only get a port's rate once you have a settlement or city sitting on that port.

10 · Development Cards

Buy a Development Card (1 Ore + 1 Wheat + 1 Sheep) and draw the top card of the shuffled 25-card deck. Cards stay hidden in your hand until you play them — one per turn, and never the turn you bought it.

**Knight** ×14
Move the Robber and steal a card. Played knights count toward **Largest Army**.

**Road Building** ×2
Place **2 roads** for free.

**Year of Plenty** ×2
Take **any 2 resources** from the bank.

**Monopoly** ×2
Name a resource; **every other player** hands you all of theirs.

**Victory Point** ×5
Worth **1 VP** each. Stays hidden — revealed only when it would win you the game.

11 · The Robber & Rolling 7

The Robber sits on a tile and blocks all production there — that tile pays out nothing while the Robber is on it.

When anyone rolls a 7 (or plays a Knight):

Discard. Every player holding more than 7 cards must discard half (rounded down).
Move the Robber. The active player moves it to any other tile.
Steal. The active player steals 1 random card from an opponent who has a building on the Robber's new tile.

Rolling a 7 produces no resources for anyone. If the active player's timer runs out before moving the Robber, the turn passes and the Robber stays where it is.

12 · Special Cards

Two bonus cards are worth 2 VP each and can change hands during the game.

**Longest Road — 2 VP**
Awarded to the first player with an unbroken road of **5 or more** segments. Another player only takes it by building a **strictly longer** road; if an opponent's new settlement cuts your road, you can lose it.

**Largest Army — 2 VP**
Awarded to the first player to play **3 Knight** cards. It moves to anyone who later plays **more** knights than the current holder.

13 · Winning the Game

Add up every source of Victory Points. The instant a player reaches 10 VP on their own turn, they win.

Each settlement	1 VP
Each city	2 VP
Longest Road	2 VP
Largest Army	2 VP
Each Victory Point card	1 VP

Hidden Victory Point cards count toward the total — a player can win unexpectedly by revealing them, so watch opponents who are sitting on 8–9 visible points.

14 · Tips & Etiquette

Place your first settlements where many high-probability numbers (6, 8, 5, 9) meet, and aim for a spread of resources.
Wood + Brick wins the early race (roads & settlements); Ore + Wheat powers the late game (cities & dev cards).
Keep your hand at 7 cards or fewer before a roll — spend or trade so a 7 can't make you discard.
The Robber is a tool: park it on the leader's best red-number tile.
Trades should help you more than your opponent — but a fair trade now can be worth it to reach a key build.
Watch the menu: Game Log shows every action, and Rules is a quick one-screen refresher of this manual.