Raiders of the North Sea is set in the central years of the Viking Age As Viking warriors players seek to impress the Chieftain by raiding unsuspecting settlements Players will need to assemble a crew collect provisions & journey north to plunder gold iron & livestock There is glory to be found in battle even at the hands of the Valkyrie So gather your warriors it’s raiding season! Aim of the Game The aim of Raiders of the North Sea is to impress the Chieftain by having the most Victory Points (VP) at the game’s end Victory Points are gained primarily by raiding Settlements taking Plunder & making Offerings to the Chieftain How players use their Plunder is also vital to their success The game ends when either only 1 Fortress raid remains all Valkyrie are removed or all Offerings have been made Gameplay Overview Proceeding clockwise from the starting player each player takes his turn in full On his turn a player may choose to Work or Raid Players continue to take turns until 1 of the 3 end-game conditions has been met Regardless of choices each turn follows the same pattern 1 Place Worker & resolve its action 2 Pick up a different Worker & resolve its action Working Having a good Crew & enough provisions are vital to successful raiding So before making any raids players will need to do some work to prepare their Crew & collect supplies This is all done in the Village at the bottom of the board There are 8 different buildings with various actions Players must first place their one & only Worker in an available building (where there is no Worker present) before picking up a different Worker from a different building (where there is a Worker present) Raiding Once players have hired enough Crew & collected Provisions they may choose to raid on their turn To raid a Settlement (Harbour Outpost Monastery or Fortress) players need to meet 3 requirements They must have 1 A large enough Crew 2 Enough Provisions (and Gold for Monasteries Fortresses) 3 The required Worker colour Raiding offers various ways of scoring (Military Strength Plunder Valkyrie etc) This is also how Grey & White Workers enter the game End of the Game There are 3 ways the game can end 1 There is only 1 set of Plunder left in the Fortresses (1 of the 6 Fortress raids remains) 2 The Offering Draw Pile has been emptied 3 There are no Valkyrie left on the board