Overview

Glen More is a tile-placement and resource-management game for 2-5 players set in the Scottish Highlands. Players build a personal territory of tiles representing villages, castles, pastures, fields, forests, lochs, and special locations. The game uses a unique rondel-style turn order where the player furthest behind on the track always takes the next turn, creating tension between taking powerful tiles further ahead and maintaining more frequent turns. Three scoring rounds compare players’ whisky barrels, chieftains, and special location cards, with points awarded based on the difference from the player with the fewest. The game ends when the fourth tile stack runs out.

Components

• 72 tiles (in 4 stacks sorted by tile backs)
• 25 clan members (5 per player color)
• 5 player figures
• 44 resource cubes (wood, stone, grain, cattle, sheep)
• 16 whisky barrels
• 13 special location cards
• 33 coins
• 58 victory point tokens
• 1 special die (for 2-3 player games)

Setup

1. Each player takes a starting village tile, 1 clan member (placed on the village), a player figure, and 6 coins.
2. Place 14 spaces in a circle to form the track.
3. The starting player places their figure on any track space. Other players place their figures clockwise sequentially. The space behind the start player remains empty.
4. Draw tiles to fill remaining track spaces.
5. Sort remaining tiles into 4 face-down stacks by their backs.

Turn Structure

The active player is always the player whose figure is furthest back on the track (ties: the player on the lower-numbered space). Each turn:

1. Move and Take a Tile

Move your figure forward to any tile-occupied space on the track. Take that tile. The further you move, the longer before your next turn.

2. Place the Tile

Place the tile in your personal display (your “territory”):

• The tile must be adjacent (edge-to-edge) to at least one existing tile.
• At least one neighboring tile must contain a clan member (corner adjacency counts for this check).
• Rivers run north-south continuously; roads run east-west continuously.

3. Activate Tiles

Activate the newly placed tile and all tiles orthogonally adjacent to it:

• Yellow/green production tiles: Generate 1 resource cube (max 3 cubes per tile).
• Brown tiles: Convert resources into victory points (butchers, fairs, grocers, bridges, taverns).
• Gray tiles (villages/castles): Gain a new clan member and/or movement points to reposition clan members within your display.
• Special location tiles: Provide unique abilities.

4. Refill the Track

Draw a new tile from the current stack and place it at the end of the track (the space just vacated or the next empty space).

Actions

Production

Yellow and green bordered tiles produce one resource when activated. Each tile holds a maximum of 3 resource cubes.

Conversion

Brown tiles convert resources into victory points through various recipes (e.g., butcher converts cattle to VP, grocer converts grain to VP).

Whisky Production

Grain is placed on a field tile. When a distillery activates, grain converts to whisky barrels. Whisky scores during scoring rounds.

Warehouse Trading

Players may buy resources from the warehouse by spending coins (1-3 coins depending on supply). Players may sell resources back for coins from the highest occupied row.

Clan Member Movement

Gray tiles provide movement points to reposition clan members across your territory. Clan members are needed adjacent to newly placed tiles.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

Three scoring rounds occur when each of the first three tile stacks runs out. In each scoring round, compare three categories:

1. Whisky barrels owned
2. Chieftains (special tiles/positions)
3. Special location cards held

For each category, find the player with the fewest. Every other player scores victory points equal to the difference between their count and the minimum. (The player with the fewest scores 0.)

Final Scoring

After the fourth stack runs out, a final scoring round occurs plus:

• Points for specific tile ownership
• Points for coins held
• Penalty: Players lose 3 VP for each tile they own above the count of the player with the fewest tiles. This discourages building an excessively large territory.

The player with the most victory points wins.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

Special Locations

13 special location cards provide unique advantages:

• Iona Abbey: Scores points per yellow tile
• Loch Morar: Scores points per green tile
• Loch Ness: Allows once-per-turn activation of any tile in your territory
• Castle Stalker: Provides additional clan members
• Duart Castle: Scores per village tile

2-3 Player Adjustments

A special die is used. After each turn, roll the die and remove the indicated tile from the track, keeping the track from becoming too full.

Tile Placement Restrictions

• If you cannot legally place a tile (no valid adjacent position with a neighboring clan member), you must still take the tile but it is discarded.
• Rivers and roads must flow continuously without branching.

Turn Order

The rondel mechanism means a player can take multiple consecutive turns if they remain furthest behind. Conversely, jumping far ahead for a powerful tile means waiting longer.

Player Reference

Turn Structure:

1. Move figure forward on track, take tile
2. Place tile adjacent to existing territory
3. Activate placed tile + all adjacent tiles
4. Refill track from current stack

Scoring Rounds: After stacks 1, 2, and 3 deplete

• Compare whisky, chieftains, special locations
• Score = your count minus minimum count

Final Scoring: After stack 4 depletes

• Scoring round + tile bonuses + coins
• Penalty: -3 VP per tile above minimum tile count

Key Numbers: | Item | Value | |——|——-| | Starting coins | 6 | | Starting clan members | 1 | | Max resources per production tile | 3 | | Tile stacks | 4 | | Special location cards | 13 | | Tile excess penalty | -3 VP each |