Bōeki

The White Castle: Bōeki — Passage of Time tiles with rewards and new checkpoint costs, the Trade action and its 20 Privilege cards, the 12 Daimyo Gifts, and solo changes.

Short tag: [Bōeki]

Portuguese merchants arrive at Himeji. The Passage of Time track becomes a trade route with rewards along the way, Privilege cards give lasting powers and each clan pursues a secret gift for the Daimyo. Bōeki needs the base game and can be combined with Matcha; without Matcha, return the Gift tiles and Privilege cards with the teapot mark.

Components

Picture	What it is
	6 Passage of Time tiles — 2 for each of the first three seasons. Daimyo Seals are spent only when your Influence marker moves across a season checkpoint (FAQ).
	20 Privilege cards (all faces, FAQ). Privileges take effect as soon as acquired.
	12 Daimyo Gift tiles (all faces).

Setup changes

• Before placing the Influence markers, sort the Passage of Time tiles by their drawing, mix each type and put 1 of each on its segment of the track, either side up (the last segment gets none). Return the other 3.
• Shuffle the Privilege cards and lay 3 face up near the top of the board, with the deck beside them.
• After the Starting cards are revealed, put 1 random Daimyo Gift tile beside each pair. Whoever takes a pair also takes its Gift. Return the rest.

The new Passage of Time track

Whenever you gain Influence and move, you gain every reward you reach or pass on the tiles, not only the one where you stop. Pay a checkpoint only when movement crosses it; a Privilege that becomes active during that move can waive the next cost. The tiles also change what crossing a season costs — coins or Seals — and the points the track scores at the end.

Passage of Time tile	Notes
	Spring: rewards and the Trade icon.
	Summer: rewards, a Trade icon and the cost to enter Autumn.
	Autumn: end-game points, the Gift icon and the cost to enter Winter.
	Spring, other tile.
	Summer, other tile.
	Autumn, other tile.

The exact rewards are printed on each tile — check against the physical component: only one side of each tile is pictured here.

The Trade action

The Trade icon appears twice in the Spring segment and once in Summer: up to 3 Privilege cards a game. When you reach or pass it you may at once:

• buy one of the 3 face-up Privilege cards, paying its cost in any mix of Resources — put it above your Domain board; it works from that moment; refill the row; or
• take the reward on the back of the deck’s top card.

If a Lantern Reward moves you onto the icon, take all its rewards before trading.

Resource of your choice: with Matcha, the Bōeki “Resource of your choice” icon may also be a Chasen, when receiving or paying.

Privilege cards

Picture	Ability
	1. Place a die of any colour on any die space of your Domain, colours may repeat.
	2. A Courtier moving up 1 floor gives 2 coins; up 2 floors, 1 Seal.
	3. At any time on your turn, trade any 2 Resources for 1 Seal.
	4. Your “Request an audience” costs 4 coins, but “Social climbing” costs 1 Mother-of-Pearl less.
	5. The die spaces of your Domain have a printed value of 4.
	6. You pay no checkpoint costs between seasons (FAQ). If gained during a move, it is already active when you cross the next season checkpoint.
	7. Outside the Walls spaces have a printed value of 3 for you.
	8. A Warrior placed in a Yard immediately gives that Yard’s reward shown on the card.
	9. The 5-Iron Yard costs you 3 Iron, but you get nothing from its yellow tile.
	10. A Gardener on a Stone Garden gives 1 Seal; on a Plant Garden, 2 Seals.
	11. Diplomats’ floor spaces have a printed value of 2 for you.
	12. [Matcha] Outskirts of Himeji spaces have a printed value of 3 for you.
	13. [Matcha] “Enter the Tea Garden” costs 4 coins, but “Walk the Path of Tea” costs 1 Chasen less.
	14. [Matcha] Tea Fields spaces have printed values of 1 and 3 for you.
	15. [Matcha] A Geisha moving 1 step gives 2 coins; 2 steps, 1 Seal.
	16. [Matcha] Blue-curtain actions of Outskirts cards cost you no Seal.
	17. Stack as many dice as you like Outside the Walls.
	18. Stewards’ floor spaces have a printed value of 1 for you.
	19. The Plant Garden action on the right of the river costs you 2 coins less (placing or end-of-round).
	20. Dark-background Steward actions cost you no Seal, also from your Domain.

Only the printed value changes, never dice already on a space. Which cards carry the teapot mark is read from their subject — check against the physical component.

Daimyo Gifts

Your Gift is a personal goal. It scores at the end only if your Influence marker reached or passed the Gift icon in the third segment of the Passage of Time track.

Picture	Gift
	1. 2 points per Courtier on the main board.
	2. 2 points per Gardener on the main board.
	3. 2 points per Warrior on the main board.
	4. 1 point per card in your Lantern Area, Starting Resource card included.
	5. 3 points per set of 1 Gardener, 1 Warrior and 1 Courtier on the board.
	6. 5 points per Courtier on the Castle’s third floor.
	7. 3 points per Warrior in the 5-Iron Yard.
	8. 4 points per Gardener on Plant Gardens.
	9. 3 points if your Influence is in Autumn, 7 if in Winter.
	10. [Matcha] 2 points per Geisha on the board.
	11. [Matcha] 4 points per set of 1 Geisha, 1 Gardener, 1 Warrior and 1 Courtier.
	12. [Matcha] 5 points per Geisha in the Tea House.

Final scoring

Score as usual, with the Passage of Time points of the tiles in play; then add your Gift if your marker reached it.

Solo changes

• The rival starts with 10 Clan Points and gets no Gift. Draw 1 random Gift for yourself.
• When the rival reaches a Trade icon, put the 3 face-up Privilege cards at the bottom of the deck and lay out 3 new ones.
• The rival gains nothing from rewards on the track and pays no checkpoints, as usual.