Game Objective

In Vinhos Deluxe Edition: Expansion Bundle, you take on the role of a wine producer striving for prestige and excellence. The goal is to manage your estates, invest in new regions, and optimize production to accumulate the most victory points through sales, exports, and market recognition.

Setup

Setup depends on the expansions you choose to use. Follow the instructions below for additional components:

• Madeira Island: Assign one of the excluded region numbers to represent this region in Carolina's preferences. Take a wine tile with the corresponding number and place it on the Madeira Island board.
• Azores Archipelago: Assign one of the excluded region numbers to represent this region in Carolina's preferences. Take a wine tile with the corresponding number and place it on the Azores board.
• Connoisseur Pack: Place all double-sized tiles next to the main board.
• Experts Pack: Shuffle the new Wine Expert tiles and add them to the base game deck.
• Aesthetic Components: If using the Tasting Room Pack, prepare the Port Bottles (with stickers) and Wooden Wineries according to the assembly instructions in the manual.

Game Flow

The game follows the standard structure of the base game but includes new regions and mechanics. The main phases are:

• Production Phase: This is the critical moment for resource and worker movement.
  • On Madeira Island, during this phase, you receive 1 Grape from the region's estates (with or without a Tourist).
  • Tourists can move between Cellars only during this phase.
  • If playing with the Azores, you choose whether to produce white or red wine during this phase.
• Action Phase: Players use their workers to perform actions like buying, building, and selling.
• Event/Harvest Phase: If the Phylloxera Vintage Tile is drawn, there is no production that year.

Actions and How to Play

Actions follow the base game's logic but with the following expansion-specific details:

New Regions and Estates

• Madeira Island: When buying a vineyard here, you pay 6 grapes and move a Tourist to any Cellar on one of your estates. If there is no Cellar, place the Tourist in the estate's warehouse on Madeira Island. During the Production Phase, move them to a Cellar. A Tourist in a Cellar increases the Wine Value by 1 for any wine taken from there.
• Azores Archipelago: When buying a vineyard, you pay 4 grapes and receive a Warehouse (with 3 spaces) and a Barrel in your color. If the wine ages to the space with the Barrel, you can perform a free export to a space with the appropriate Wine Value.

Double-Sized Constructions (Connoisseur Pack)

• Double-Sized Vineyard: Costs 6 grapes. Occupies 2 estate spaces and provides +3 Wine Quality in production but houses only 1 Farmer.
• Double-Sized Winery: Costs 5 grapes. Occupies 2 estate spaces and provides +2 Wine Quality in production but houses only 1 Oenologist.
• Double-Sized Cellar: Costs 4 coins. Increases wine value by +2, +2, +4, +6 (instead of +1, +1, +3, +5). Does not allow Tourists to visit.

New Workers and Experts

• Tourists: Cost 2 grapes. Can visit any location on your estates but only affect wine if they are in a Cellar (increasing Wine Value by 1). Each Cellar can hold only 1 Tourist.
• Experts (Examples):
  • Meteorologists: Secretly check the next Wine Harvest tile.
  • Appraisers: Advance 2 spaces on the fair track.
  • Estate Managers: Move a Winery from one estate to another.
  • Spies: Allow you to use an opponent's Wine Expert tile.

End of Game and Scoring

The game ends according to the base game rules (when the end-game trigger is reached). Final scoring should consider:

• The standard scoring of Vinhos Deluxe.
• Bonus from Experts (such as Marketing Professionals, who grant +1 victory point per exported barrel).
• Scoring for Quality and Wine Value based on each region's and construction's rules.

Tips to Win

• Leverage Azores Exports: Use the free export action from your Azores Barrel to maximize returns on high-value wines without additional action costs.
• Tourist Management: Remember that Tourists are essential for increasing Wine Value, but they can only be moved to Cellars during the Production Phase. Plan their movement to ensure they are in Cellars at the right time.
• Beware of Phylloxera: If playing with the Phylloxera Vintage Tile, be prepared for a year without production. Ensure you have wines ready to send to the fair so you don't miss the opportunity to participate.