Carson City – River Tiles

This set of 15 River Tiles help you create your own, custom river for the “CARSON RIVER” variant.

To play this variant, please use the reverse side of the board showing a river, OR use the river tiles to create your own river.

Setup changes: All river parcels must be kept free (no mountain and no city center). If you play with the river tiles, players should use the side of the board without the river. Before setting up the game as usual, players have to agree on the shape and size of the river. And for every 3 river tiles they place on the board, players will place one less mountain on the board (Example: 8 river tiles = 7 mountains instead of 9).

Regarding Building and Parcel purchase: It is neither allowed to buy a river parcel nor to build a building or a House on a river parcel.

Regarding road building: Two roads are necessary to cross the river. A double road crossing the river is called a bridge. If you build a bridge, you have to do it by yourself (the two roads must come from your personal supply).

For calculating building income:

• Ranches: A river parcel is considered a free parcel when calculating Ranch incomes (thus, +$1 per river parcel).
• Mines: If a Mine is in contact with the river, the Mine income is increased by $3, regardless of the number of adjacent river parcels.

At the end of the game, any private parcel with a mountain, building, or House that is adjacent to a bridge scores you 3 VP instead of 2.