In Expeditions, players are competing to score the most victory points. Points are scored via completing various goals for glory (stars), collecting money, vanquishing corruption, and upgrading item cards.
On most turns, players will move their action marker and complete two of three core actions: move, play, and gather. Move involves moving their player piece (mech) from one tile to a tile up to 3 spaces away. Play is playing a card from their face up "hand" to the active side of their tableau, activating the ability which can be enhanced by playing with a worker. Gather is how players take the action listed on the tile their mech is on.
When a player chooses, they may take a refresh turn to bring cards from their active side back to their hand, so they can be used again. The board also contains a market of 5 cards. These are drawn randomly from a deck and include three types: meteorites, items, and quests. All three types of cards have benefits when played, but can also be "tucked" using special actions to gain an ongoing ability or some one-time benefit.
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