Alternate Rules

The base game’s optional setup and play variants.

The base rulebook describes variants that can be mixed and matched:

Longer game

Cover the printed time track with the extended track. It slows the scoring rhythm and reduces the share of income earned from scoring phases.

Introductory scoring tiles

Use the two introductory tiles for a first game. They simplify the first two scorings; use the regular tiles for both end-game scoring spaces.

Preset tower bonuses

Place the tower bonus tiles in the fixed pattern shown on page 23 of the rules instead of randomizing them. It balances turn order but slows early growth.

Contract placement limits

A contract tile may be placed only in a grid column under, or to the right of, the tower that unlocked access to it. Industrial or resort contracts are restricted to columns 2–7, and zone C contracts to columns 4–7.

Limited battery storage

After production in Consolidation, discard batteries above the number of vacated tower spaces on your grid. The first tower space also gives one storage space even though it does not produce a battery. This variant is not recommended for a first game.

Two-player bonus discard

The standard two-player rule discards one additional bonus tile from an area the tower could select. The Rahdo variant instead discards a tile adjacent to the two selected spaces when possible, using the same row or column when the selected pair is aligned. If no legal tile is available, do not discard one.

Source: Official Pampero rules, pp. 4, 12, 23.