Rio Grande Games 27 User Manual

1 game board

75 rangers

5 aeroplanes

5 scoring markers

5 player’s boards in the five player colors

42 cards

24 industrialization tiles

24 conservation tiles

44 Australian dollars

1 windmill (for use in full game only)
1 arrow, 1 ring and 1 base for the wind wheel

A game for 2 – 5 players from age 10

Authors: W. Kramer and M. Kiesling
Design: Walter Pepperle, DE Ravensburger, KniffDesign
Illustration: Harald Lieske
Ravensburger®Spiele No. 26358-5

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The story

Australia – the fifth and smallest
continent at the beginning of the 1920’s.
The economic crisis is yet to come – Australia
is booming. Industrial modernization and
development are pursued with vigor to help
the economy “down under” progress.
At the same time, the government is arranging
for countless National Parks to be set up
and are initiating numerous
projects to support the natural
environment.

The aim of the game

Every player leads a troop of rangers who have been assigned
the task, by the government, of carrying out various conservation
and industrialization projects.

The most successful player, wins the game.

The game board

The game board is a map of Australia, divided into the
6 territories of Western Australia, Northern Territory,
Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia
(Tasmania is not included).

Every territories consists of a number of regions, identified by
different colors. There are a total of 24 land and water regions
on the board.

On the state and regional borders are camps
or ships (ill.) where the players position their
rangers during the course of the game to score
winning points.

The scoring track runs around the outer edge of the game board;
the players’ scores are displayed here using the scoring markers.

In the top right of the game board are the windmill and
ranger tracks. These are not used in the simple (familiarization)
game. However, in the full game they will be used for the
industrialization or conservation tiles and for the rangers to
be placed on.

Due to
technical
limitations,
exact
reproduction
of the
continent
of Australia
is not
possible.

region

scoring track

camp

ship

ranger track windmill track

borders

Preparation

Before playing for the first time, carefully remove the pre-punched
parts from the perforated board.
Assemble the windmill (front, back, arrow, ring and base)
as shown in the picture (cf. ill.)

Put the game board in the middle of the table.

Shuffle the industrialization tiles face
down. Then place an industrialization tile
face down on every region.

Place a conservation tile face up
on every region.

Every player selects a color according to the number of players
and the number of rangers detailed below:

Each player also receives the following in their color:

• 1 aeroplane, which he places in front of him on the table.

• 1 scoring marker, which he places on square “0/100”
on the scoring track.

• 1 player’s board. The area on the right of the player’s
board, showing an aeroplane, is used for the rangers.
A summary of the rules can also be found on the left.

Separate the cards according to the designs on the back of
each card, one stack for each different design. You should end
up with four separate stacks.

Shuffle the 4 stacks separately. Remove 9 cards from each
stack and place them face side up, next to the game board.

Remove the remaining cards from the game.

Starting with the youngest player and then moving around
the table, each player takes a card from any pile. Repeat this
so every player has 2 cards.

The back of the card shows the

maximum

number of rangers that may be put in one
location.

The front shows where this location is!
It also tells you how much a player receives
when the card is played.

Place the Australian dollars next to the game board.

For the simple (familiarization) Game,
the windmill is not needed,
so it can be put back in the box.

Players Rangers Players’ colors

2 20 black, white
3 14 black, white, orange
4 11 black, white, orange, blue
5 10 black, white, orange, blue, brown

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