Endless Winter is a euro - style board game that ingeniously combines worker placement and deck building. In each round, players dispatch their tribe members to different action spaces. They pay for these actions by playing cards and using resources. Tribe cards offer extra labor, and Culture cards bring a wide range of unique effects. As an option, cards can be held for the end - of - round Eclipse phase. During this phase, all cards are revealed at once to decide the new player order and trigger various bonus actions. Ancestors is an expansion for Endless Winter: Paleoamericans. It introduces a vast array of new cards to the game, including alternative animal cards, interactive Culture cards, and Chief special ability cards. This is an expansion for Endless Winter: Paleoamericans, not a standalone game. You need a copy of the base game to play with this expansion. Set around 10,000 BCE in North America, Paleoamericans lets players guide their tribes' development across generations, from nomadic hunter - gatherers to prosperous tribal societies. In the endless winter, players can settle new lands, increase their population, and construct megaliths. The Ancestors expansion provides variant decks for each type of Tribe and Animal card, advanced Chief cards, and two highly - interactive Culture card modules: Prosperity and Strife. Endless Winter is a thrilling exploration game with a unique combination of systems like multi - use cards, area influence, tile placement, and set collection. Throughout the game, tribes migrate, settle new areas, establish cultural traditions, hunt prehistoric megafauna, and build long - lasting megalithic structures. This exciting strategy board game is for 1 to 4 players aged 12 and above, with an average playtime of 60 - 120 minutes. It includes the Endless Winter: Paleoamericans - Cave Paintings Board Game Expansion. The game's theme is family board games, suitable for ages 12 and up, with 1 - 4 players and a playtime of 60 - 120 minutes.


How to use: First, make sure you have the Endless Winter: Paleoamericans base game. Then, add the Ancestors expansion cards to the game. Shuffle the new cards with the base - game cards as appropriate. Each round, players send their tribe members to action spaces. Use cards and resources to pay for actions. You can save cards for the Eclipse phase at the end of the round. Note that this is an expansion, not a standalone game, so you can't play it without the base game. Keep the cards in a dry and clean place to prevent damage. If the cards get dirty, you can gently wipe them with a soft cloth. Enjoy this prehistoric strategy board game with your family and friends!