Looot

Overview

In Looot, players are Viking leaders competing to build the most prosperous fjord. Place Vikings on a shared landscape board to gather resources and capture buildings, then fill longships and complete construction sites to score victory points. The player with the most points is crowned Jarl of the Vikings.

Components

4 Landscape boards (double-sided, slotted together)
4 Fjord boards (individual player boards)
1 Ocean board, 1 Trophy board
52 Vikings (13 per colour)
12 Shields (3 per player)
43 Building tiles: 18 Houses, 16 Watchtowers, 9 Castles
15 Construction Site tiles: 5 Ports, 5 Altars, 5 Jarl Palaces
90 Resource tiles: Axes, Wood, Sheep, Gold
30 Longships (6 Wood, 6 Sheep, 4 Gold, 5 Houses, 5 Watchtowers, 4 Castles)
5 Trophies
1 Bag, 1 Scorepad

Setup

Assemble landscape boards (1 per player). Place 2 Houses, 2 Watchtowers, 3 Castles on marked spaces.
Place Trophy board along one edge with 5 Trophies in ascending order.
Place Ocean board; draw 5 Longships from the bag to fill the Ocean spaces.
Create a resource reserve (Axes, Wood, Sheep, Gold).
Each player takes: 1 Fjord, 13 Vikings, 3 Shields. Place Shields on indicated Fjord spaces.
Shuffle Construction Site tiles by type; deal 1 Port, 1 Altar, 1 Jarl Palace to each player (Resources/Buildings side up on Fjord).
Player furthest north goes first.

Turn Structure

Players take turns clockwise until all Vikings are placed.

On your turn, perform actions in this order:

Priority	Action	Required?
Mandatory	Place a Viking	Yes
Conditional	Capture a Building	If conditions met
Conditional	Complete a Construction Site	If conditions met
Optional	Select a Longship	No
Optional	Use a Shield	No
Optional	Claim a Trophy	No

Actions

Place a Viking (Mandatory)

Place on an unoccupied resource space.
Must be adjacent to another Viking (any colour) or a Longship.
Take the corresponding resource tile and place it on an empty Fjord space (permanent).

Capture a Building (Conditional)

Three building types with different capture rules:

House: When you surround a House with your Vikings on at least 3 of its adjacent spaces, capture it.

Watchtower: When you connect two Watchtowers with a chain of your Vikings, take 1 tile per connected Watchtower. Can capture again if connecting to a different Watchtower.

Castle: Chain of your Vikings adjacent to a Castle:

4+ Vikings: take 1 Castle tile
8+ Vikings: take 2nd Castle tile
12+ Vikings: take 3rd Castle tile

Complete a Construction Site (Conditional)

Place the required 3 Resources and/or Buildings adjacent to a Construction Site on your Fjord. Flip the tile to reveal its VP value.

Select a Longship (Optional)

Take 1 Longship from the Ocean board and place it on your Fjord. To fill a Longship, place the 3 indicated Resources adjacent to it on your Fjord. Once filled, flip the Longship to reveal its bonus effect — each filled Longship increases VP for a specific Resource or Building type.

Use a Shield (Optional)

Discard a Shield to place your Viking on any unoccupied resource space, ignoring the adjacency requirement.

Claim a Trophy (Optional)

Spend Axes to claim the lowest-value available Trophy. Trophy values increase as they’re claimed.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

When all Vikings are placed, calculate VP:

Castles: 5 VP each
Watchtowers: 3 VP each
Houses: 2 VP each
Gold: VP per tile (modified by Longships)
Sheep: VP per tile (modified by Longships)
Wood: VP per tile (modified by Longships)
Completed Construction Sites: VP as shown
Trophies: VP as shown
Filled Longships: Bonus VP multipliers

Highest total VP wins.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

If no empty spaces remain on your Fjord, you cannot take more tiles.
Building tiles, once placed on Fjord, cannot be moved.
Resource tiles, once placed on Fjord, cannot be moved.
Shields are limited (3 per player) and non-renewable.
Longship bonuses stack — multiple Longships boosting the same type compound the VP increase.

Player Reference

Turn: Place Viking → Capture Buildings (if able) → Complete Sites (if able) → Optional: Longship/Shield/Trophy