Total up your points and then compare it to the scoring chart in the rules to see how well you did. Each regular explored tile = 1 pt each explored tile with a buoy = 2pts each explored tile with a lighthouse = 3pts. Scoring is pretty simple – you only score for fully explored tiles that means tiles which have other tiles on all 4 orthogonal directions. The game continues until all the tiles are played or discarded. Flip your movement tokens back to the blue side for your next turn. In the solo game, you can keep one tile from turn to turn if you like before drawing up to the hand limit of 3. When you are done taking all the actions you want, you discard all remaining tiles in your hand, and draw up to the hand limit. This can be helpful as you are only allowed to play tiles from your own hand. Once a turn, you can exchange any of your hand tiles for that of a partner’s. If you are playing with other people, you can also swap tiles. If you run out of movement tiles, you can also discard one of the tiles in your hand for an extra movement. When you move your ship, you expend a movement token (flipping it over to the red side) for each tile edge you cross you can only move orthogonally, and of course, you can only move over water edges. You don’t draw new tiles in the middle of your turn. On a turn, you are limited to placing 2 tiles in a 4p game and 3 tiles in all other player counts.

If you cannot legally move to the new tile, you can’t place it. Although there is no cost for this movement, you are of course on a ship, so you must be able to move there via water.

Finally, when you place a tile, you are obligated to move onto the new tile. Additionally, all the features on the tile edge must match up to its neighbors.

When you place a tile, you must place it in a space orthogonally adjacent to your ship’s current tile, and it must always be placed so that the black arrow is in the same orientation as the tile on the Beacon HQ tile. On a turn, you have three main action options, and you can take them in any order: place a tile, move your ship, or swap tiles with another player. tiles which have other tiles connected to them on all 4 orthogonal directions. You will score for fully explored tiles at the end of the game, i.e. The goal is simple: to explore the sea as much as possible.

Each player in the game takes a wooden ship and a starting hand of tiles and movement tokens, the number of which are determined by player count. If you want to play with those, add in the 9 extra tiles. There are two mini expansions included in the box. To start the game, place the HQ tile in the center of the table, and then mix the 54 exploration tiles face down in a draw area. A tile is considered explored when it’s connected to other tiles on all four of its sides. Your goal is to explore as many tiles as possible. You place your tiles next to tiles that are already on layed out, move your ships and explore the sea. Together you check beacon buoys and lighthouses to ensure the safety of the North Sea coast.

Played with review copy provided by Pandasaurusīeacon Patrol is a coop tile laying exploration game in which you navigate the coast of the North Sea to secure its beacon buoys, lighthouses and waterways.

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