Game End and Scoring

Immediate rewards, income and the complete end-of-game score checklist.

Immediate points

Books award their printed points when published; an appendix adds its printed points when paid for at publication. Claiming an achievement awards the first open value on its tile immediately. Later claimants take the next value, and each player can claim a given tile only once. On a two-player tile, the first claim is 6 points and the second is 3. University tracks give their marked bonuses during play; the scoring tile assigned to each track sets its end-game multiplier.

Income during play

A completed voyage with a published book beneath it pays the destination income during each income phase. Completing an unpaired voyage does not pay this recurring income until it has a book. Other action effects and printed board rewards score or pay resources when they resolve.

Final scoring order

After the fifth income phase, score these categories in order:

1. Exotic samples: score 5 points for each sample condition you meet; each tile scores once.
2. Fully researched samples: score each sample by its number of corners showing knowledge or a reward: 2 points for two such corners, 4 for three, and 6 for four.
3. Incomplete flower beds: a bed with at least one flower scores its garden-reward tile’s point award as though complete; ignore that tile’s other reward. Completed beds have already paid their majority reward during play.
4. Sent letters: score the printed set value for each set of different-colored letters. Each letter may be in only one set; columns no longer matter.
5. University lecture tracks: for each track, multiply your speech token’s position by the number of times you fulfilled that track’s scoring tile goal, up to five. The first player on a track’s final space uses the space beneath the 4× multiplier; no other player may enter that final spot.
6. Leftovers: spend coins at 3 coins per container or tool, then score 1 point for each unused tool, container, unsent letter card, and knowledge marker in your notebook.

The highest total wins. If tied, the player with more coins wins.