Overview

A Feast for Odin is a worker-placement game about Viking cultural achievements, mercantile expeditions, and raids. Players place Vikings on action spaces to gather goods, explore territories, build ships and houses, and raise livestock. The core puzzle is covering the placement area of your home board (and exploration boards) with goods tiles to maximize income and minimize negative points. The player with the most points at the end of 7 rounds (long game) or 6 rounds (short game) wins.

Components

• 1 large action board (with 2 extension tiles for 4 players)
• 4 home boards (two-sided: 7-round/6-round)
• 1 oval supply board (special tiles), 1 ship supply board
• 4 two-sided exploration boards (Shetland/Bear Island, Faroe/Baffin, Iceland/Labrador, Greenland/Newfoundland)
• 346 goods tiles (orange food, green craft, blue luxury, red animal/equipment)
• 15 special tiles (unique blue tiles)
• 32 ship tiles (10 whaling boats, 12 knarrs, 10 longships)
• Building tiles: 3 sheds, 3 stone houses, 5 long houses
• 8 mountain strips
• Wooden goods: 32 wood, 24 stone, 40 ore
• 125 silver coins (80x1, 22x2, 18x4, 5x10)
• 48 Vikings (12 per player)
• 190 Occupation cards (decks A, B, C), 47 Weapon cards
• Dice: 1 orange d8, 1 blue d12
• Start player moose, round tracking cube

Setup

1. Place action board centrally (add extensions for 4 players).
2. Open goods boxes beside the board.
3. Place special tiles on oval supply board; ships on ship supply board.
4. Each player: home board (long/short side), 12 Vikings (7 on Banquet Table, rest on Thing Square; short game: 6 on Table).
5. Each player draws 1 starting occupation (light brown); takes 1 bow and arrow, 1 snare, 1 spear, 1 mead.
6. Shuffle mountain strips; reveal 2 (3 for 4 players); place depicted goods on them.
7. Lay out 4 exploration boards (Shetland, Faroe, Iceland, Greenland sides up).
8. Place building tiles, weapon deck, occupation deck.

Turn Structure

Each round has 12 phases:

Phase	Action
1. New Viking	Move leftmost Viking from Banquet Table to Thing Square
2. Harvest	Receive orange crop goods based on round number
3. Exploration Boards	Turn/flip exploration boards per schedule; place 2 silver on unclaimed boards
4. Draw Weapon	Each player draws 1 weapon card
5. Actions	Worker placement: place Vikings on action spaces (1-4 Vikings per space)
6. Determine Start Player	Player with fewest Vikings on action board gets start player moose
7. Income	Receive silver equal to smallest visible income value on home board
8. Breeding	Every other round (rounds 3, 5, 7 in long game): sheep/cattle breed
9. Feast	Feed your Vikings: must pay food equal to round’s feast requirement
10. Bonus	Receive goods for completely enclosed bonus spaces on home board
11. Exploration Board Bonus	Receive bonuses from claimed exploration boards
12. Return Vikings	Return all Vikings from action board to Thing Square

Actions

Action spaces require 1-4 Vikings (columns 1-4). Each space can only be used once per round. Major categories:

Category	Examples
Hunting/Whaling	Use weapons to gain food; roll dice for whaling
Raiding/Pillaging	Gain goods tiles through raiding
Exploration	Claim exploration boards using ships
Trading/Overseas	Exchange goods; upgrade green to blue via overseas trading
Crafting	Convert raw goods into higher-value goods
Building	Build ships, houses, sheds
Livestock	Buy/breed sheep and cattle
Occupations	Play occupation cards for ongoing or one-time effects
Mountain Strips	Claim mountain strips and their goods
Emigration	Use longships to emigrate (flip for points)

Goods Tile Placement

• Green (craft) and blue (luxury) goods can be placed on home board, exploration boards, houses.
• Orange (food) and red (equipment) can only go in stone houses and long houses.
• Ore and silver can fill gaps anywhere.
• Once placed, tiles cannot be removed.
• Tiles must fit tetris-style; no overlapping.

Anytime Actions (free, no Vikings needed)

• Place goods from supply onto boards at any time.
• Upgrade goods: flip green to blue side (craft to luxury).
• Exchange weapons for goods.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

At end of final round, score:

Source	Points
Goods on home/exploration boards	Cover negative-point spaces to avoid penalties
Uncovered spaces	Negative points as printed
Ships	Face-up value (emigrated ships worth more)
Houses	Value minus uncovered negative spaces
Exploration boards	Printed value minus uncovered negatives
Occupation cards	Printed VP (can be negative)
Sheep/cattle	1 point each; pregnant = 1 extra
Silver	1 point per silver
English Crown (special tile)	Points for sets of goods

Highest total wins. Ties broken by most silver remaining.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• Feast requirement: If you cannot feed your Vikings, take “Thing Penalty” tiles (negative points) to make up the difference.
• Breeding: Only occurs in specific rounds. Pregnant animals (flipped) produce offspring next breeding phase.
• Overseas trading: In a single action, convert any number of green goods to their blue side.
• Exploration: Each board requires specific ship types. Claimed boards provide placement area and bonuses.
• Mountain strips: Revealed each round; goods on them can be claimed via action spaces.
• Solo game: Special rules with a “waiting space” mechanic and modified action restrictions.
• Short game (6 rounds): Start with 1 extra Viking; some timing shifts for exploration boards.

Player Reference

Goods Colors	Placement
Green (craft)	Home board, exploration, houses
Blue (luxury)	Home board, exploration, houses
Orange (food)	Stone houses, long houses only
Red (equipment)	Stone houses, long houses only
Ore/Silver	Any placement area

Ship Types
Whaling boat	Whaling actions
Knarr	Exploration (medium range)
Longship	Exploration (long range), Emigration, Pillaging

Game Length	Rounds
Long game	7
Short game	6