Learn Wendake
Learn the game in 5 short steps. Everything links to the full rules.
Welcome to Wendake
You lead a Native tribe of the Great Lakes during the Seven Years’ War, 1756–1763. Over seven years you farm, hunt, fish, trade, hold ceremonies and send out your warriors.
You score on four tracks — Economic, Military, Ritual and Mask — set out in two pairs. At the end each pair counts only its lower track, so the most balanced tribe wins.
1–4 players (solo against the Ghost), 60–120 minutes. Ready? The setup checklist adapts to your player count.
Your action grid
Every action comes from the 3 × 3 grid of tiles on your Action board. Each year you get four turns: three times you put a marker on a tile and use its actions top to bottom; once you claim a place in next year’s turn order.
The catch: your three tiles must end up in one row, column or diagonal. Used tiles flip to their
Ritual side, and at year’s end the grid slides down a row while you swap a tile for a
stronger Advanced one. A year in Wendake
Warriors, Women and Hunters
Only 
Warriors move. They stand in a territory as Guards — which win Military
majorities — or lie down in an empty field or forest as Outposts. Later you transfer an Outpost
Home and a 
Woman or 
Hunter takes its place.
Women 
harvest Vegetables, Hunters 
catch Beavers that you
tan into Leather, and 
Canoes 
fish. Fights are one for one:
attackers and defenders go to the Long House. The map
Four ways to score
| Action | Track |
|---|---|
 Trade — exchange, buy a Progress tile, buy points | Economic (and the tile’s track) |
 Military — take Turtle tiles, win territories | Military |
| Ritual — bring 2 Natives Home, score your smallest group | Ritual |
 Mask Ceremony — draw a card, play a combination | Mask |
Progress tiles give a power once a year, and 
Turtle tiles add secret points at the end.
The actions
The end of Year 7
After seven years, reveal your Turtle tiles and add their points. In each pair of tracks only your
lower marker counts; add the two, plus 1 for an unused 
Swap token. No track goes past
25. A tie goes to the lower Turn Order marker.
Want more? New Allies adds the French and English, Turn cards and Rifles, and a harder solo challenge. Scoring · New Allies · Teach the Game