Century: Spice Road is the first in a series of games that explores the history of each century with spice-trading as the theme for the first installment. In Century: Spice Road, players are caravan leaders who travel the famed silk road to deliver spices to the far reaches of the continent for fame and glory. Each turn, players perform one of four actions:

• Establish a trade route (by taking a market card)
• Make a trade or harvest spices (by playing a card from hand)
• Fulfill a demand (by meeting a victory point card's requirements and claiming it)
• Rest (by taking back into your hand all of the cards you've played)

The last round is triggered once a player has claimed their fifth victory point card, then whoever has the most victory points wins.

幾個世紀前，香料貿易曾是世上最重要的經濟活動。

數之不盡的帝國因它而建立，被摧毀；它促使人類搜索大地遙遠的角落，發現新大陸。

當時，香料的價值甚至可跟黃金相仿！昔日，它們總帶著神秘和誘惑。

香料商人會編造一些搜集香料時發生的驚險故事，期望這些引人入勝的情節能使他們的貨物一個好價錢。

在稍後的世紀，龐大的香料需求甚至使控制香料交易的商人獲得巨大的財富及名望。

就在此刻，你正率領你的商隊越過東方大地，前往地中海尋找財富與名利。

作為商隊的領袖，你的旅程由香料之路開始。

每個回合，玩家執行四個動作中的一個：

1.建立一個貿易路線（通過市場卡）

2.做交易或收獲香料（從手上打一張牌）

3.滿足需求（通過滿足勝利點數卡的要求和要求）

4.休息（把你手中所有的牌都拿回來）

直到一名玩家拿到第五分勝利卡後觸發的結束條件，

完成最後一輪後誰擁有最多的勝利點數就獲勝。