Gojunoto

In Gojunoto you have been hired by the emperor of Japan to develop a local prefecture to help the kingdom grow. In order to develop your prefecture, you must harvest red pine from forest, mine jade from mines, harvest rice from rice paddies, and collect water from area springs. it is your job to develop these areas so the resources can be obtained. You will collect resources from these areas with the help of hired villager to build villages in your prefecture.

The local monks have heard about you developing the prefecture and have come to you to build theme a new 5-level pagoda in the center of prefecture. you are trying to please both the emperor and the monks by being the most resourceful prefecture and the quickest to get the pagoda finished.

During your turn you will draft a polyomino tile from the central draft area. The tiles will represent one of the four resource areas needed in your prefecture. After the tile is drafted it will be placed on your player board in the prefecture area. Once you have placed the tile you can now move your Goshujin pawn or villagers on the tiles to gather resources needed to build villages and construct the pagoda. you are trying to be the player to have the most Shori Points at the end of the game. End game is triggered when a player finishes their pagoda.

Points are awarded for how you layout your prefecture and on far you have constructed the pagoda. Along with the on-board points that are earned. you will have hidden objective cards to assist you in earning more points to help secure victory.

—description from the designer