Rules Clarification 2026 – Games Specific

This section contains clarifications for each game and the official English rules when they are not included with the game.

Tournament Schedule

24 October 2026 – at SPIEL’26 in conference room ?

Registration	??:00 – ??:45
Welcome Speech	??:00
Start first game	??:15
Start Award Ceremony	~ ??:30 – ??:00
End of Event	~ ??:30 – ??:00

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Time per Game

Games are played in the following order.
The mandatory maximum playing times for each game — which include setup and scoring — are as follows:

Endeavor: Deep Sea	120 min.
Kavango	80 min.
Rebirth	60 min.
Wispwood	60 min.

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Endeavor: Deep Sea

Clarification for „PHASE 2: ACTIVATION“: When you activate a Specialist, you gain access to all actions on that Specialist for this turn. This also applies if the Specialist is promoted during the turn.

Clarification for „SONAR – STEP 2: PLACE THE NEW ZONE“: New depth-1 zones must always be placed adjacent to an already existing depth-1 zone.

Kavango

In addition to the original rules, the clarifications provided in the appendix (see download below) also apply.

Ruling for “Setup – 1” (Landscape Player Board): At every table, the same assignment of Landscape Player Boards to the four starting positions will be used. This assignment is determined by the organizer at the start of the tournament.

Ruling for “Setup – 7” (Money): Every player starts with zero money cubes ($0m).

Clarification for “Setup – 10” (Animals in sanctuary): Player 1 makes the first selection. Player 4 selects their second animal first.

Change to “Dealing the Hands”: In rounds 1, 2, and 3, the player seated in positions 1, 2, and 3 respectively receives Hand 1. The remaining hands (Hands 2–4) are then distributed clockwise to the other players.

Change to “Gameplay – Simultaneous Turns”: Stages 2 (Play that card) and 3 (Complete research and invest money) of each turn are carried out by the players in sequence, starting with the player holding Hand 1.

Clarification for „2. Play a card“: Your nature reserve has unlimited spaces.

Ruling for “Passing the hands of cards”: In Round 2, hands must be passed to the right (counterclockwise).

Change to “Climate Protection“: You may not invest more than $3m (per player) in the ′3+′ area.
In practice, this means that to earn the Climate Award – and earn 10 points – you must

• Invest $8m total in climate protection by the end of the game.
• Invest at least $5m in total in sections ′1,2,3′ combined.

Rebirth

Ruling for “Map Selection”: The game is played on the Ireland Map.

Wispwood

Addition to “Basic Turn”:

1. The pond space from which you take the wisp during your current turn is marked with a fifth cat.
2. You place the shape, including the wisp, in front of you before adding it into your forest in step 3).

These additions are intended to improve clarity and allow partial take‑backs of your ongoing turn.

Addition to “Dealing new wisps”: When dealing new wisps, first place all of them face-down on the 8 spaces around the pond. After all have been placed, turn them face‑up.

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Official Game Rules (PDF)

• Download “Rules Endeavor: Deep Sea” Rules-Endeavor-Deep-Sea.pdf – 28,82 MB
• Download “Rules Endeavor: Deep Sea - Clarification Sheet” Rules-Endeavor-Deep-Sea-Clarification-Sheet.pdf – 2,00 MB
• Download “Rules Kavango” Rules-Kavango.pdf – 77,34 MB
• Download “Rules Kavango - Appendix” Rules-Kavango-Appendix.pdf – 9,47 MB
• Download “Rules Rebirth” Rules-Rebirth.pdf – 12,40 MB
• Download “Rules Wispwood” Rules-Wispwood.pdf – 6,35 MB

Rule Inquiries & Suggestions

Should you have any questions regarding the rules or wish to propose a change, please feel free to submit them below. Our team will be glad to assist.