Teach the Game

A table-ready introduction to planning four travel weeks across Europe.

How you win

You have four weeks to prove yourself as a travel guide. Visit European regions, gather stories and souvenirs, and build an itinerary worth remembering.

The player with the most points after Week 4 wins. Place Day discs in regions to compete for their majorities, complete your Postcard goal, and collect points from Location cards, Bucket Lists, Festivals, and the endgame.

The board

The map and shared setup pieces

Map and regions — travel routes, Local tiles, Bucket Lists, and regional majorities.
Suitcase on the Regions track — moves down one region at a time during weekly scoring.
Postcard deck — goals you can score at game end.
Location deck — places to visit and actions to play.
Bucket Lists — compete to claim a regional objective.
Shared supply — Coins, Energy, Excitement, Locals, and multipliers.
Local tiles — one-use regional effects.
First Player token — passes clockwise after each of Weeks 1–3.
Scoring Bonus tokens — make two regional majorities worth more.
Festival tiles — optional full-game setup and extra scoring.
Scoring track — where players advance their Scoring discs.

A round

There are four weeks. Each week, refill your hand to seven Location cards, then take turns spending days from your Calendar. A turn follows this order: travel, take one activity, then use up to one of each available extra. When all players are out of days, score regions, refresh the Festival regions, gain income, discard down to seven cards, and pass the First Player token.

How the game ends

After the fourth week’s regional scoring and income, score the higher-scoring side of your Postcard. Each complete set of four leftover resources is worth one point. Most points wins; ties go to the player with more Energy and Excitement combined.

See Game End and Scoring.

Ways to score

Points come from	When
Regional Insider Tip majorities	At the end of every week; second place can also score.
Scoring Bonus regions	Add the bonus printed on the token to the regional majority reward.
Bucket Lists	When you claim one; the highest-value tile is claimed first.
Festivals	Gain points when you attend a Festival.
Postcard goal	At game end, score the higher of its two goals.
Leftover resources	At game end, one point per four resources.
Location effects	Some cards award points immediately.

What each resource is for

Resource or piece	Why you need it	How you use it
Day discs	Your 28 days of travel	Spend a day to visit a Location or take a basic activity; turn a disc to its Insider Tip side when earned.
Coins	Pay for flights and some effects	Spend them for travel or on card and Festival costs.
Energy	Take trains and pay certain effects	Spend it to travel between neighboring regions and for card effects.
Excitement	Make difficult visits easier	Spend it to reduce a Location’s day cost, subject to the minimum cost.
Locals	Pay some card and Festival effects	Spend as shown by the effect.
Location cards	Plan where and how to spend days	Visit the matching region or use Write, Rest, and Plan instead.
Postcards	Set an endgame challenge	Keep one and try to meet its goal.
Insider Tips	Compete for regional scoring	Flip Day discs to their heart side.

Teaching tips

Show how the weekly Calendar maps to the 28-day game and point out the weekend spaces.
Explain that Travel happens before Activity, and Extras happen after; the order matters.
Demonstrate the Location visit and the three discard-based activities: Write, Rest, and Plan.
In a first game, leave the Festival tiles in the box and use the first-game Postcard setup.