To build a road, you must build on the edge between two hexes.
Income from currently occupied and uncontested hexes containing rubium mines is then collected.
To start the game, one player should shuffle the land hexes found in the game box.
You can then shuffle and deal the harbor hexes, alternating them with ocean hexes.
There are five hexes you can use throughout the game - clay to build bricks, forest for lumber, mine for ore, farm for wheat, and pasture for wool.