Cards & Components

Every board, card, tile and token in The Smoky Valley (first edition), with what it does.

The cards and tiles pictured here are the bilingual English/German print of the first edition.

Boards

Pictures of boards, cards and tiles: the Tabletop Simulator module of the published game.

Board	What it does	Rules
	Game board. Griffintown: the five districts, the canal with its destination sections, the local market, the order of play, the game sequence box and the prestige track.	District actions
	Company board. Your cash, income, canal development markers, goods and industry discs.	Income
Picture: To be added.	Navigation board. Your own board where your navigation boat moves along five district tiles, with room for the canal tiles you collect below them.	Choose your district
	Foreign markets board. The three foreign markets (GB, US, WI) with their prices and export agencies.	The foreign markets
	Canal tiles board. Holds the canal tiles on offer in the three districts along the canal.	The Lachine Canal
	City development board. The three face-up city cards, the city box and the mayor priorities.	Acquire a city card
	Service tokens board. The service tokens waiting to be developed in each district.	Develop a service
	Industry development board, supply industries. Storage for the industry tiles that make basic goods.	Build an industry
	Industry development board, processing industries. Storage for the industry tiles that make flour, beer and machines.	Build an industry

Cards

City cards

Each decade has its own stack of 14 to 16 cards. Every card shows its category ( economic and industrial development, quality of life, public service), which the mayor ranks to set the prestige each card scores. A card may also need a district along the canal or with rail. Buy them with Acquire a city card; a card’s instant action, immediate or permanent effect works as described there, and “city action” means one extra district action in your current district. The 1860s cards have only immediate effects, no permanent ones.

1840s

Card	Name	Category	Needs	Effect
	Bank	Economic	–	Instant: move your income up 1 space, then take 1 city action.
	Canal Lock	Economic	Canal	Instant: move your navigation boat free above any district. Immediate: take any canal tile from the three district sections for free and advance that canal marker 1 space.
	Charcoal Production	Economic	Rail	Instant: gain 1 . Permanent: wood can always stand in for .
	Commercial Office in GB	Economic	Canal	Instant: load 1 goods marker on a ship bound for GB. Permanent: +1 for each and you unload at GB.
	Commercial Office in US	Economic	Canal	Instant: load 1 goods marker on a ship bound for US. Permanent: +1 for each and you unload at US.
	Commercial Office in WI	Economic	Canal	Instant: load 1 goods marker on a ship bound for WI. Permanent: +1 for each and you unload at WI.
	Hydraulic Lots	Economic	Canal	Instant: swap 2 district tiles on your navigation board. Permanent: gain £1 whenever an opponent develops a Water Power token.
	Local Supplier	Economic	Rail	Immediate: take any 3 basic goods from those made in this district. This is not a production, so nobody earns a bonus.
	Boxing Club	Quality of life	–	Instant: gain 1 and move your income up 1 space.
	City Park	Quality of life	–	Instant: gain 1 and 1 . Permanent: +1 whenever you acquire a quality of life card.
	Headquarters	Quality of life	–	Permanent: building a processing industry gives 2 instead of 1.
	Waste Management	Quality of life	–	Instant: take 1 city action. Permanent: +1 whenever you acquire a public service card.
	Aqueduct	Public service	–	Instant: swap 2 district tiles on your navigation board. Permanent: +1 whenever you acquire a quality of life card.
	City Planning Office	Public service	–	Instant: gain 1 and swap 2 district tiles. Permanent: after each new turn order is set, swap your marker with the one above it.
	College	Public service	–	Instant: put 1 on a free trader space of a neutral ship, gain 1 and take 1 city action.
	Newspaper	Public service	–	Instant: gain 1 and take 1 city action. Permanent: you win every popularity tie in mayor elections.

1850s

Card	Name	Category	Needs	Effect
	Grand Trunk Railway Shareholder	Economic	Rail	Instant: move your income up 1 space and gain 1 or 1 . Permanent: gain £1 whenever an opponent develops a Cargo Train token.
	Local Contractor	Economic	Rail	Immediate: take any 2 processed goods from those made in this district. This is not a production, so nobody earns a bonus.
	Preferred Loading	Economic	Canal	Instant: move your navigation boat free above any district and load 1 goods marker on any ship. Immediate: place one of your schooners on the canal with one of your traders, as for a Shipyard.
	Strategic Partnership with US	Economic	–	Instant: gain 1 . Permanent: +1 whenever an opponent loads flour on a ship bound for US.
	Strategic Partnership with WI	Economic	–	Instant: gain 1 . Permanent: +1 whenever an opponent loads beer on a ship bound for WI.
	Trade Center	Economic	Canal	Instant: load 1 goods marker on any ship. Immediate: send a trader to the export agency of any foreign market without a trader bonus; +2 if it is the first one there.
	Community Service	Quality of life	–	Instant: gain 1 and swap 2 district tiles. Permanent: you may acquire city cards in districts where you have no industry.
	Labour Union	Quality of life	–	Instant: take 1 city action. Permanent: +1 whenever you take an Upgrade an Industry action.
	Local Distribution Network	Quality of life	–	Instant: swap 2 district tiles. Permanent: +1 for each service token you develop.
	Social Influence	Quality of life	–	Instant: take 1 city action. Permanent: +1 for each city card you acquire after this one.
	Horsecar	Public service	–	Instant: move your income up 1 space and swap 2 district tiles.
	Hospital	Public service	–	Instant: gain 1 . Permanent: +2 whenever you acquire a quality of life card.
	New City Hall	Public service	–	Permanent: +1 and +1 whenever you acquire a quality of life or economic card.
	Poverty Reduction	Public service	–	Instant: gain 1 . Permanent: once per development phase, turn 1 into 2 or 1 into 3 ; the marker is cleared at the next administration phase.

1860s

Card	Name	Category	Needs	Effect
	City Gas Company	Economic	–	Instant: gain 1 and 1 , then take 1 city action. Immediate: +2 if you own 2 or more public service cards.
	Griffintown Shipyard	Economic	Canal	Instant: gain 1 , load 1 goods marker on any ship, take 1 city action. Immediate: +1 if the district has a Shipyard.
	International Distribution	Economic	–	Instant: gain 1 and 1 , then take 1 city action. Immediate: +2 if you have a trader at the export agency of every foreign market.
	Merchant’s Exchange	Economic	–	Instant: gain 1 , put 1 on a neutral ship of your choice, take 1 city action. Immediate: +2 if you are on £4 of the income track.
	City Lights	Quality of life	–	Instant: gain 1 and take 1 city action. Immediate: +1 and +1 if the district has a Coal Power token.
	Garden City	Quality of life	–	Instant: gain 1 and take 1 city action. Immediate: +2 and +1 if you have 5 markers in the city box, counting this card.
	Swing Bridge	Quality of life	Canal	Instant: gain 1 and move your navigation boat free above any district. Immediate: +2 if you own 2 or more economic cards.
	Water Supply System	Quality of life	Canal	Instant: gain 1 and take 1 city action. Immediate: +1 and +1 if the district has a Water Power token.
	Fire Department	Public service	–	Instant: gain 1 and swap 2 district tiles. Immediate: +1 and 1 if the district has a Manufactory.
	Industrial Park	Public service	Rail	Instant: gain 1 and 1 , then take 1 city action. Immediate: +1 if the district has 2 or more service tokens.
	Police Department	Public service	–	Instant: gain 1 and take 1 city action. Immediate: +2 and +1 if you own 2 or more quality of life cards.
	Port Authority	Public service	Canal	Instant: gain 1 and move your navigation boat free above any district. Immediate: +2 if you own 5 or more canal tiles.

Mayor card

The box holds two mayor cards that work the same way. The elected mayor keeps one next to their company board as a reminder of the mayor bonus: once per game, acquire a city card without placing a disc in the city box.

Card	Name	Effect
	Mayor	Elected in each mayor election. Allows one city card without a disc in the city box, for up to 6 cards in total.

Tiles

Industries

Each tile has a basic and an upgraded side. Build costs £2 plus the wood shown. Producing costs £1, and processing industries also use goods (Flour Mill and Brewery 1 , Manufactory 1 and 1 ). When someone else produces in your industry you take the owner bonus. Upgrading costs 1 + 1 for a supply industry, 1 + 1 for a processing industry; the Shipyard needs 1 to produce once upgraded. You gain the prestige printed on the upgraded side when you upgrade. Every industry, basic or upgraded, scores its district’s value in final scoring.

Basic	Upgraded	Industry	Tiles	Build cost (wood)	Produces (basic → upgraded)	Owner bonus (basic → upgraded)	Upgrade prestige
		Wood Depot	4 (1 per player)	Set up at start	2 → 3	1 → 1 + 1	2
		Coal Depot	2	1	2 → 3	1 → 1 + 1	3
		Iron Depot	2	1	2 → 3	1 → 1 + 1	3
		Brickyard	2	1	2 → 3	1 → 1 + 1	3
		Grain Silos	2	1	2 → 3	1 → 1 + 1	3
		Warehouse	2 (1 only with 4 players)	2	2 or 2 → 3 in total, any mix	1 or 1 (as produced) → the same + 1	3
		Wharf	2 (1 only with 4 players)	2	2 or 2 → 3 in total, any mix	1 or 1 (as produced) → the same + 1	3
		Flour Mill	3 (1 only with 4 players)	3	2 → 3	1 + 1 → 1 + 2	6
		Brewery	3 (1 only with 4 players)	4	1 → 2	1 + 1 → 1 + 2	6
		Manufactory	3 (1 only with 4 players)	3	1 → 2	1 or 1 + 1 → same + 2	7
		Shipyard	2	4	a schooner + 1 on the canal → a canaller + 1	1 + 2 → 1 + 3	7

Canal tiles

28 tiles in two eras. Taking one is part of developing the Lachine Canal. A canal action is an extra action you may take once per turn when your boat is above the tile; a changing effect ( above only, or above, left and right) modifies an action you take there, once per turn. See using canal tiles. Every modernization tile also gives 3 when you take it. The back of each era is shown last.

Tile	Name	Era	Copies	Type	Effect
	Build an Industry	Widening	1	Canal action	Take a Build an Industry action in any district.
	Develop a service	Widening	1	Canal action	Take a Develop a Service action in any district.
	Develop the Lachine Canal	Widening	1	Canal action	Take a Develop the Lachine Canal action in one of the three canal districts. If you place the new tile on top of this one, you cannot use the new tile’s canal action this turn.
	Produce goods once	Widening	1	Canal action	Produce in a single industry in any district, without the Cargo Train or Clay Pit bonus.
	Ship 1 good	Widening	1	Canal action	Load 1 good on a ship of any destination for free, from any district.
	Swap district tiles	Widening	2	Canal action	Swap 2 district tiles on your navigation board.
	Trade basic goods	Widening	1	Canal action	Swap 1 basic good for another basic good of your choice, free.
	Upgrade an Industry	Widening	2	Canal action	Take an Upgrade an Industry action in any district.
	Board a trader	Widening	1	Changing effect above only	With Board a Trader or Ship Goods, put one extra trader on a neutral ship for free.
	Gain popularity for building industries	Widening	1	Changing effect above, left, right	Building an industry, by district or canal action, gives +1 .
	Load 2 goods on 1 ship	Widening	1	Changing effect above, left, right	With Board a Trader or Ship Goods, both goods may go on the same ship. Does not apply to traders.
	Pay reduced prices for city cards	Widening	1	Changing effect above, left, right	In the 1850s and 1860s, Acquire a City Card costs 1 instead of 1 .
	Pay reduced building costs	Widening	1	Changing effect above, left, right	Building an industry costs 1 less, never below 1.
	Trade at the local market	Widening	1	Changing effect above only	At the local market, 2 different goods are enough for £1 instead of 3.
	Develop the Lachine Canal	Modernization	1	Canal action	Take a Develop the Lachine Canal action in one of the three canal districts. If you place the new tile on top of this one, you cannot use the new tile’s canal action this turn.
	Produce goods once	Modernization	2	Canal action	Produce in a single industry in any district, without the Cargo Train or Clay Pit bonus.
	Ship 1 good	Modernization	2	Canal action	Load 1 good on a ship of any destination for free, from any district.
	Swap district tiles	Modernization	1	Canal action	Swap 2 district tiles on your navigation board.
	Board a trader	Modernization	1	Changing effect above only	With Board a Trader or Ship Goods, put one extra trader on a neutral ship for free.
	Gain prestige for developing services	Modernization	2	Changing effect above, left, right	Developing a service, by district or canal action, gives +1 .
	Gain prestige for upgrading industries	Modernization	2	Changing effect above, left, right	Upgrading an industry, by district or canal action, gives +1 .
	Load 2 goods on 1 ship	Modernization	1	Changing effect above, left, right	With Board a Trader or Ship Goods, both goods may go on the same ship. Does not apply to traders.
	Back, widening era	Widening	–	–	Face-down side of the 1840 to 1850 stack.
	Back, modernization era	Modernization	–	–	Face-down side of the 1855 to 1860 stack.

Service tokens

15 tokens in total. A token is developed with Develop a service and works for everyone, but only in its own district. It also raises that district’s value in final scoring. The four Cargo Train tokens differ only in the good they show.

Token	Name	Effect
	Coal Power	When you build or upgrade an industry in this district, gain 1 .
	Water Power	When you build or upgrade an industry in this district, produce once in it right away without paying cash. Processing goods still cost their inputs; no Cargo Train or Clay Pit bonus.
	Cargo Train (wood)	Whoever produces goods here gains 1 bonus good: wood, coal, iron or grain, once per production action. The industry’s owner gains nothing from it.
	Cargo Train (coal)	Same effect as the other Cargo Train tokens.
	Cargo Train (iron)	Same effect as the other Cargo Train tokens.
	Cargo Train (grain)	Same effect as the other Cargo Train tokens.
	Clay Pit	Whoever produces goods here gains 1 , once per production action.
	Back	Face-down side of a service token.

District tiles

Each player has five district tiles on their navigation board, one per district; you can swap them to change where you can act. Every tile offers build (£2), upgrade (£1), produce (£1 per industry), develop a service (£1), acquire a city card (£1) and the local market (£0 reminder). The ones below also add what is listed.

Tile	District	Also offers
	McCord	Board a Trader
	St. Ann	Board a Trader
	St. Gabriel	Develop the Lachine Canal and Ship Goods
	Les Bassins	Develop the Lachine Canal and Ship Goods
	Wellington	Develop the Lachine Canal and Ship Goods

Tokens & pieces

Icons

Icon	Meaning
	Prestige (victory points)
	Popularity, which decides the mayor election
	Cash, £
	Income, or raising your income
	Wood, a basic good
	Coal, a basic good
	Iron, a basic good
	Grain, a basic good
	Brick, a basic good
	Flour, a processed good
	Beer, a processed good
	Machine, a processed good
	Trader
	District along the canal
	District with rail transport
	Take 1 city action
	Immediate effect of a city card
	Permanent effect of a city card
	Economic and industrial development card
	Quality of life card
	Public service card
	Canal action
	Changing effect for the space above
	Changing effect for the space above, left or right
	A basic good of your choice
	A processed good of your choice