During our playtesting of Indio, we received a ton of ideas from players and friends. Those ideas were great, but they seemed a bit too complicated to introduce to people in their first play-through of the game. So we packaged them up into an expansion called Renaissance, and made it a separate but fully integrated add-on.
Renaissance builds upon the main game by adding new types of land, resources, people, and three sets of cards. All of them give you abilities, bonuses, and new paths to victory.
Lakes and forests provide new resources. The wood collected from forests can be used to fuel innovation and invention, which bring you new abilities and riches.
Renaissance has several components you can choose to use (or not), giving you a ton of replayability in your Indio experience!
Houses
Players can select a House at the start of the game; these asymmetrical powers give everyone unique abilities.
Honors
Honors provide extra influence for anyone who claims them.
Merchants
Merchants are scattered across the land, allowing you to collect gold and use it in place of other resources.
Renaissance is a great way to get the most out of your Indio game. We’re making it available on Kickstarter as a “big box” which contains both the base game and the expansion.
For a full description of how to play Renaissance, you can read the rulebook.