NEOLITHIC TRADERS

INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2-4+ players
Players are Stone Age Tribes. 
Players create and trade objects of value. 

VICTORY
The first player with 50 Victory Points is the winner.

THE DECK
Players share a common deck. 
The deck has 6 Suites: 
Weapons
Tools
Food & Textiles
Containers
Jewelry
Statuettes

SETUP
Each player is dealt a hand of 5 cards. 

TURN SEQUENCE
Each turn has 4 Phases: 
1. Creation Phase
2. Trade Phase
3. Meld Phase
4. End Phase

CREATION PHASE
Each player is dealt two random cards from the top of the deck. 
If the deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it. 

TRADE PHASE
Players may trade cards with each other. 

MELD PHASE
Players may make Melds. 
There are 2 kinds of Melds: Neolithic Kit & Neolithic Hoard
A Kit is 1 card from each Suite. 
A Hoard is 5 cards from one Suite. 
A Kit Earns 8 Victory Points.
A Food & Textiles Hoard earns 5 VP
A Container Hoard earns 7 VP
A Jewelry Hoard earns 9 VP
A Statuette Hoard earns 11 VP
A Tool Hoard earns 13 VP
A Weapon Hoard earns 15 VP  

END PHASE
Max hand size is 10 cards. 
Discard excess cards. 

CARD LIST NOTATION
W = Weapons
T = Tools
F = Food & Textiles
C = Containers
J = Jewelry
S = Statuettes

CARD LIST
Name:					Type
Hard Obsidian Blades			W
Fluted Spear Heads			W
Slate Knives				W
Basalt Axe Heads       			W
Barbed Arrowheads			W
Antler Spear Throwers			W
Yew Bow Staves				W
Stone Hand Axes				W
Quartz Burins				W
Horn Harpoons				W
Nephrite Scrapers			T
Pumice Stones				T
Hammer Stones & Grinders       		T
Flint Adzes				T
Jadeite Sickles				T
Bits of Pyrite				T
Bitumen Glue				T
Red Ochre Pigment			T
Flint Drills & Borers			T
Bone Hooks & Needles			T
Amber Beads				J
Beaten Copper Disks			J
Glazed Ceramic Bands			J
Tooth Coronets				J
Turquoise Pendants			J
Pearl Earrings				J
Shell Necklaces        			J
Jet Hairpins				J
Ivory Bracelets				J
Bone Ornaments				J
Marble Figurines       			S
Clay Earth Mothers			S
Engraved Tusks				S
Votive Statuettes			S
Animal Figures				S
Serpentine Venuses			S
Stone Balls				S
Stone Goddess Carvings			S
Anthropomorphic Fossils			S
Ritual Objects				S
Skull Bowls				C
Leather Bags				C
Carved Wood Boxes			C
Woven Reed Baskets			C
Cowrie Shells				C
Ceramic Vessels				C
Carved Stone Vases			C
Pottery Jars				C
Baked Clay Pots				C
Painted Beakers				C
Wild Nuts & Seeds			F
Wild Hoofed Animals			F
Hides & Furs				F
Skins & Leather				F
Flax Nets & Cloth			F
Live Animals				F
Birch Fungi				F
Honey					F
Smoked Meats				F
Salt					F



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