The Flow of History Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Components
• Card Overview
  • Production Icons
  • Investor Bonuses
  • Card Type
  • Card Stacking
• Effect Timing
  • Instant effects
  • Attack effects
  • Attack All effects
  • Permanent effects
  • Turn Action effects
  • End Game Scoring effects
• Game Setup
• Turn Overview
  • Phase I: Action Phase
    • Invest
    • Complete
    • Snipe
    • Activate
    • Harvest
  • Phase II: Cleanup Phase
• End of Game
• 2 Player Variant
  • Changes to Setup
  • Completion Bonus
  • Sniping the Banker
  • Changes to Cleanup Phase
• Card Glossary
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • W
• Credits
• Reference Card Summary
  • Phase I: Action Phase
  • Phase II: Cleanup Phase
  • End of Game
  • Effect Timing

Components

• 67 x Civilization cards
• 72 x Resource tokens
• 5 x Reference cards
• 5 x Player markers

Card Overview

Each Civilization card shows: the age of the card; the card type symbol; an investor bonus indicator; the effect timing icon; an obsolete icon (the effect of this card is deactivated at the end of the game, when present); card effect iconography; flavor text; a production stripe (the production icons provided by this card when it is placed in your Nation); and a different card back for each age.

Production Icons

There are 7 different production icons in The Flow of History: Attack, Culture, Defense, Harvest, Industry, Science, and Trade.

Production icons will be provided by cards in your Nation; they will be converted to points at the end of the game, and will contribute to a significant portion of your score.

Some actions and card effects will also depend on the amount of certain production icons in your Nation.

Investor Bonuses

During the game you will invest in cards, and then later complete that investment to acquire the card. When you acquire a card in this way, you will gain an investor bonus (in resource tokens) based on the icon shown in the magnifying glass on the card. The icon in the magnifying glass is not a production icon itself, it only indicates which production icons it is looking for when determining an investor bonus. All cards of the same type will have the same investor bonus indicator.

Investor bonus indicators shown: Culture check, Industry check, Science check.

Card Type

There are six types of Civilization cards with different colors: Construction, Government, Knowledge, Military, Leader, and Wonder.

Card Stacking

Place the newest card on top - only the top card's effect will be shown and available for use. All cards underneath will have their effect covered, but will be showing the production stripes. The production icons will be counted towards your Nation's total.

Card Stacking Example I: You gained Lighthouse, which is a Construction card.

A. You already have a Construction card, Barracks, in your Nation, so you must stack Lighthouse on top of it, showing only the production stripe.

B. You lose the Defense icon provided to you by the Permanent effect of Barracks since it has been covered.

C. The Attack icon shown on Barracks production stripe is still available and will be counted towards your total.

You can only have 1 Leader card in your Nation. When you gain a new Leader card, discard your previous Leader, returning it to the box.

Wonder cards are not stacked. When you gain a new Wonder card, just put it next to the other cards in front of you. Thus the effects and icons on Wonder cards will not be covered by newer cards.

If the top card of a stack is removed, the effect of the card below will be revealed and available (excluding Instant, Attack and Attack All effects). Please refer to the Effect Timing section for detailed descriptions on card effects.

Card Stacking Example II: This is Alexander's Nation, currently he has:

• 5 Culture (4 from production stripes, 1 from Monastery's effect)
• 6 Defense (3 from production stripes, 3 from Frigate's effect)
• 0 Industry
• 3 Trade
• 2 Harvest
• 5 Attack
• 1 Science

Note: There can only be one Leader card in Alexander's Nation. Monastery and Frigate have Permanent effects that will provide these icons to him. Great Wall and Great Mosque are Wonder cards, so they do not stack. Both have End Game Scoring effects that are applied at the end of the game, so those culture icons are not counted now.

Effect Timing

Every Civilization card (excluding starting cards) will have an effect, and there will be an icon on the lower left side of the card indicating the timing of the effect: Instant effect, Attack effect, Attack All effect, Permanent effect, Turn Action effect, End Game Scoring effect.

Instant effects

When you first gain an Instant effect card, you must activate it after you place it on the stack of its color. This card may be gained by choosing the action Complete or Snipe, or from other card effects.

Since a card is placed on the stack before the effect is activated, the icons gained by a new card are counted along with the production icons below. However, all effects on the previous cards of this stack will be covered, so any icons provided by effects underneath will not be counted.

Each Instant effect can only be used once per game; it will only be activated the first time you gain it. It will not be activated when it is revealed by removing cards on top of it.

Attack effects

This type of effect is activated just like Instant effects, and subject to the same limitations. They can only be used once per game.

When you activate an Attack effect after you place it into your Nation, first you count the number of Attack icons in your Nation, which will be your military strength (Attack only).

Each of your opponents will then count the number of Attack and Defense icons in their own Nation, the total of which will be their military strength (Attack + Defense).

Attack Effect Example: In the previous example, Alexander has 5 Attack icons and 6 Defense icons. When he activates an attack, Alexander's military strength will be 5. However, when other players attack Alexander, he will have a total of 5 + 6 = 11 military strength.

Finally, you choose one opponent who has a lower military strength than you, and apply the effect of the card to them. If a decision needs to be made, the attacker will choose the target of the effect.

Remember, the Attack icons provided by this card will be counted toward your military strength.

Attack All effects

This type of effect is basically the same as Attack effects, but all opponents with a lower military strength than you will be affected by this effect. If a decision needs to be made, the attacker will choose the target of the effect separately for each opponent.

Permanent effects

As long as a Permanent effect is not covered by another card, the effect shown will be applied to your Nation.

However, if the obsolete icon is present on this card, the effect will be deactivated at the end of the game, thus the bonuses will not be counted toward your score.

Turn Action effects

During your turn, you may choose to activate this type of card as your action for the turn. You cannot activate this type of effect when you gain it. Since you only get one action per turn, you would have already done an action to gain this card in this turn.

You can activate a Turn Action effect multiple times over separate turns as long as it is not covered by another card or removed from your Nation.

End Game Scoring effects

This type of effect will only be applied at the end of the game. It will not have any effect during normal play. See End of Game for details.

Full Nation Example: This is Alexander's Nation:

A. Astronomy has an Instant effect, Napoleon Bonaparte has an Attack All effect. Both have already been activated, and cannot be used again in this game.

B. Bureaucracy is a Turn Action effect. Alexander may choose to use it as his action for a turn.

C. Monastery and Frigate are Permanent effects. They will be applied as long as they are not covered, but note that the effect of Frigate will become obsolete at the end of the game.

D. Wonders do not stack, and the End Game Scoring effects of The Great Wall and The Great Mosque are only applied at the end of the game.

Game Setup

1. Separate the civilization cards according to the age indicated on the grey stripe in the center of the card back. Take all five cards from age A and place them face up in the center of the table to form the "Market".

2. Randomly deal one age S card face up to each player. This will be the starting card (Government) of each player's Nation. Unused cards from age S are returned to the box.

3. Take the card titled The Future, place it on the table, then place the card titled The Internet on top of it. Shuffle the remaining cards from each age in individual stacks, so that there is one stack for each age. Place the stack of cards from age V face down on top of The Internet, then each stack from age IV, III, II, and I face down in descending order, so that cards from age I are on top, age II are underneath them, and so on. This will be the "Civilization deck"; place it beside the Market.

   In a 5 player game, reveal an age I card from the top of the Civilization deck and add it to the Market so there are a total of 6 cards.

4. Each player takes the following items: a player marker, a reference card of the same color, and 4 resource tokens. These are placed in front of you and are called your Nation. Your Nation develops in front of you, this is where your cards are placed. All cards and resource tokens in your Nation are open information and can be freely inspected by all players.

5. All remaining resource tokens are placed to the side to form the Reserve. They are not part of the Supply, but will be added in later. The Supply starts with zero resource tokens.

6. Randomly determine the starting player; the turn order will be clockwise.

You may now start playing!

Turn Overview

Beginning clockwise from the starting player, each player will take a turn consisting of two phases: the Action Phase and the Cleanup Phase.

You will perform one action to gain new cards or resources in the action phase, then you will replenish the Market and check if the game ends in the Cleanup Phase.

Phase I: Action Phase

There are 5 actions in this game. Perform one action of your choice and then proceed to the cleanup phase.

1. Invest in a card in the Market
2. Complete a card you have already invested in
3. Snipe a card an opponent is invested in
4. Activate a Turn Action effect on one of your cards
5. Harvest resources from the Supply

Invest

Note: You cannot choose this action if you have already invested in another card, or if you have no resource tokens.

1. Choose a card in the Market that no player has invested in.
2. Place your player marker on the card, then place any amount of resource tokens underneath the card to invest in it.

Invest Example: You decide to invest in Monastery, so you place your player marker on the card, then place 4 resource tokens from your Nation underneath Monastery.

Complete

Note: You cannot choose this action if you haven't already invested in a card in the Market.

If you have previously invested in a card in the Market, you may choose to Complete it and might earn an investor bonus. You don't have to Complete a card immediately on the turn after you Invest in it.

1. Move all resource tokens from your invested card to the Supply.
2. Check the investor bonus indicator on the middle right side of the card.
3. Count the amount of indicated production icons in your Nation (not counting this card), and take that many resources from the Supply.
4. You gain the completed card and place it in your Nation. The new card must be stacked together with cards of the same color type; place it covering the effect but showing the production stripes of the cards beneath. See Card Stacking for details.
5. If the timing of the effect is Instant, Attack, or Attack All, you must activate it now. If it is a Permanent effect, it will be applied starting from now. Turn Action effects may be activated on subsequent turns. See Effect Timing for details.

Note: Only the production icons provided by Permanent effects and on the production stripe of your cards will be counted. The icon shown on the investor bonus indicator is not counted.

Complete Example: You decide to complete the Monastery card you invested in during a previous turn. The 4 resource tokens you placed underneath the card are added to the Supply.

Complete Example, continued: The investor bonus of Monastery checks the amount of Industry icons you have. You have a total of 2 Industry icons, so you take 2 resource tokens from the Supply and return your player marker to your Nation.

You take Monastery from the Market, and since you already have a stack of Construction cards in your Nation, you must stack Monastery on top of them, so that only the production stripes of cards underneath are visible.

"Monastery" has a Permanent effect (it provides 1 culture icon) and will be applied to your Nation now.

Remember: You will only get the investor bonus when you take an invested card with the "Complete" action.

Snipe

If your opponent has invested in a card in the Market that you want, you may choose to Snipe it from their grasp.

Note: You cannot choose a card if you have less resource tokens than the amount placed underneath it. If you don't have enough resource tokens to choose any invested card, you cannot choose to do this action.

1. Choose a card an opponent has invested in and count the resource tokens below it, then pay the same amount directly to the investor.
2. Move all resource tokens from below the invested card to the Supply.
3. The previous investor counts the amount of Trade icons in their Nation, and takes that many resources from the Supply. This amount may be zero.
4. The previous investor counts the amount of resource tokens in the Supply, and takes 1/2, rounded down.
5. You take the card and stack it into your Nation according to color type. See Card Stacking for details.
6. If the timing of the effect is Instant, Attack or Attack All, you must activate it now. If it is a Permanent effect, it will be applied starting from now. See Effect Timing for details.

Note: Nobody receives an investor bonus when a card is Sniped from the Market.

Snipe Example: You decide to snipe Irrigation, which Alexander invested 4 resource tokens in. Currently the Supply has 2 resource tokens. You pay 4 resource tokens to Alexander, who returns his player marker to his Nation. The 4 resource tokens placed underneath Irrigation are added to the Supply, so now there is a total of 6.

Snipe Example, continued: Alexander has 1 Trade icon, so first he takes 1 resource token from the Supply. Then he gets to take half the resource tokens from the supply, rounded down. Since there are 5 left, Alexander takes another 2 from the Supply.

You take Irrigation and place it in your Nation. It has an Instant effect (take 1 resource token from the Reserve for each harvest icon you have), and it will be activated now. Including Irrigation, you now have a total of 2 Harvest icons, so you take 2 resource tokens from the Reserve.

Activate

If you have a card with a Turn Action effect, you may choose to Activate it as your action for this turn.

Remember: You can only do one action per turn.

If you gained a card through this action, take the card and stack it into your Nation according to color type. If the timing of the effect of any card acquired is Instant, Attack or Attack All, you must activate it now.

Activate Example I: You decide to activate the Turn Action effect of Ramesses II for your action this turn. There are 2 Wonders, The Pyramids and The Great Wall, in the Market. However, Alexander has invested in The Pyramids.

You remove Ramesses II from the game, and take The Great Wall from the Market and add it to your Nation.

Activate Example II: You decide to activate the Turn Action effect of Christopher Columbus for your action this turn. You remove Christopher Columbus from the game and reveal the top card of the Civilization deck.

The revealed card is the Fighter Jet. You will activate its Attack All effect immediately after it is added to your Nation.

Harvest

If the Supply is plentiful, you might want to Harvest it to enrich your Nation.

1. Count the amount of Harvest icons in your Nation, and take that many resource tokens from the Reserve and add them to the Supply.
2. Count the amount of resource tokens in the Supply, and you take 1/2, rounded down.
3. If the amount of resource tokens in your Nation is less than the Current Age, take more resource tokens from the Supply until you have the same amount. If there are not enough resource tokens in the Supply, then you take resource tokens directly from the Reserve.

Note: The Current Age is the highest age card that is in the Market or owned by a player.

Harvest Example I: There are 5 resource tokens in the Supply, and you decide to harvest it. Since you have a total of 2 Harvest icons, first you take 2 resource tokens from the Reserve and add them to the Supply.

Now there are 7 resource tokens in the Supply, and you will receive 1/2 rounded down, so you take 3 resource tokens from the Supply and add them to your Nation.

Harvest Example II: There are 3 resource tokens in the Supply, and you have 1 resource token. Since the current age is V (5), you decide to harvest. You have 0 Harvest icons, so you don't get to add resource tokens from the Reserve to the Supply.

Now you have 2 resource tokens, which is less than 5, so you take 2 resource tokens from the Supply.

But you are still short 1 resource token, so you then take 1 additional resource token from the Reserve and add it to your Nation.

Phase II: Cleanup Phase

Your turn ends after you have taken one action in the action phase. Refill the market following these steps:

1. Replenish the Market: Reveal cards from the civilization deck to refill the Market back to five cards for a 3- or 4-player game, or six cards for a 5-player game.
2. Age Check: Discard all non-invested cards in the Market that are 2 ages older than the current age, then replenish again. The discarded cards are removed from the game. All cards in a player's Nation are unaffected.
3. Check for End of Game: Check if the game end conditions detailed below are met. If not, then the next clockwise player begins their turn.

Cleanup Example: An age II card is placed in the Market, thus all non-invested age A cards will be removed from the Market.

There are 2 age A cards in the Market, Ramesses II, which Alexander has invested in, and Warriors, which has not been invested in by any player.

Discard Warriors and reveal another card to the Market.

End of Game

When The Future card is added to the Market, or is directly gained by a player, the game ends after the current player's turn is finished. Players count their victory point (VP) total using the following steps:

1. All effects with the obsolete icon are deactivated, but the card's production icons will remain.
2. Each Culture icon is worth 1 VP.
3. Count the total number of other production icons. Every 2 icons are worth 1 VP (1/2 combined total rounded down).
4. Activate all effects with the End Game Scoring effect timing; each Culture icon gained is worth 1 VP. The player with the most VP wins the game!

In case of a tie, the player with more cards in their Nation wins. If there is still a tie, the player with more resource tokens wins.

End Game Scoring Example: This is your Nation at the end of the game:

A. Since Military Academy has the obsolete icon, its effect "Provide 1 Defense icon for each Government card you have" is no longer applied, but the production icons will remain.

B. From all production icons on cards, you have 7 Culture icons (including 3 provided by Democracy) which gives you 7 VP, and a combined total of 23 other icons, which will give you 11 VP.

C. You have 2 Knowledge cards, so Albert Einstein will give you 2 VP.

D. You have 4 Government cards, so The Great Mosque will give you 4 VP.

E. You have 3 Defense icons, however The Great Wall needs 2 Defense icons for each VP so you get 1 VP.

Thus your total score is 7 + 11 + 2 + 4 + 1 = 25 VP.

2 Player Variant

The differences when playing Flow of History with 2 players are listed below.

Note: This 2 player variant is only recommended for advanced players who are already very familiar with the 3-5 player game.

Changes to Setup

1. Form the Market with all the cards from age A as usual. The Market is made up of five cards in a 2 player game.
2. Return the Agrarian Tribe and Military Caste cards to the box, they are not used in a 2 player game. Deal 2 of the remaining age S cards to each player. Each player should select one of their dealt cards to begin the game with, then return the rest to the box.
3. Form the Civilization deck as normal.
4. After each player forms their Nation, select one of the unused player markers to represent unforeseen forces affecting the Market. This will be the "Banker"; place it on the Warriors card. The Banker Invests 2 resource tokens in that card.
5. The Supply begins the game with 2 resource tokens.

Completion Bonus

After performing a Complete action and resolving all effects from the acquired card, you may immediately take a bonus Invest or Snipe action.

Sniping the Banker

When performing a Snipe action, you may choose the card the Banker has invested in. The resource tokens you pay for the Banker's card, as well as those below the card, are moved to the Supply.

Changes to Cleanup Phase

1. At the beginning of the Cleanup Phase, before replenishing the Market, discard any card in which the Banker is currently invested (if applicable). Return the resource tokens below the discarded card to the Supply.
2. After the Age Check, you must select a new card in the Market for the Banker to invest in. The Banker will invest half the current resource tokens from the supply in this card, rounded down. (For example, if there are 7 resource tokens in the supply, the Banker will invest 3 of it on the chosen card). If the Banker would invest less resource tokens than the current age number, increase the investment to the current age number, taking the additional resource tokens from the reserve.

Card Glossary

A

• Agrarian Tribe (S) — Starting card - no effect
• Albert Einstein (IV) — End Game Scoring: Gain 1 Culture icon for each Knowledge card you have.
• Angkor Wat (II) — End Game Scoring: Gain 1 Culture icon for each Harvest icon you have.
• Apollo Program (V) — End Game Scoring: Gain 1 Culture icon for each Science icon you have.
• Archers (I) — Permanent: Provides 2 Defense icons
• Aristocracy (S) — Starting card - no effect
• Aristotle (I) — Instant: Gain 1 non-invested Knowledge card from the Market.
• Astronomy (II) — Instant: Gain the top card of the Civilization deck.

B

• Barracks (A) — Permanent: Provides 1 Defense icon.
• Bureaucracy (II) — Turn Action: Gain 1 non-invested Government card from the Market.

C

• Cannon (III) — Attack: Choose and discard the top Knowledge or Construction card from an opponent with less military strength than you.
• Capitalism (V) — End Game Scoring: Gain 1 Culture icon for each Trade icon you have.
• Castle (II) — Permanent: Provides 1 Attack icon for each Military card you have. (Deactivated during scoring.)
• Christopher Columbus (III) — Turn Action: Remove this card from the game, you gain the top card of the Civilization deck.
• Communism (IV) — Instant: All players return all their resource tokens to the Supply, then divide the Supply equally among all players. Any remainder stays in the Supply.
• Computers (IV) — Instant: Add 2 resource tokens from the Supply to your nation for each Knowledge card you have.
• Confucius (I) — Turn Action: Gain 1 non-invested Leader card from the Market.
• Constitutional Monarchy (III) — Permanent: Provides 3 Industry icons.
• Craftisan Tribe (S) — Starting card - no effect
• Crossbowmen (II) — Permanent: Provides 2 Defense icons.

D

• Democracy (IV) — Permanent: Provides 3 Culture icons.

E

• Eiffel Tower (IV) — End Game Scoring: Gain 1 Culture icon for every 2 Industry icons you have.

F

• Factory (IV) — Permanent: Provides 3 Attack icon.
• Feudalism (II) — Permanent: Provides 1 Defense icon for each Harvest icon you have. (Deactivated during scoring.)
• Fighter Jet (V) — Attack All: Discard the top Knowledge and Construction cards from all opponents with less military strength than you.
• Frigate (III) — Permanent: Provides 1 Defense icon for each Trade icon you have. (Deactivated during scoring.)
• The Future — When this card enters the Market or is gained by a player, the game ends immediately.

G

• Genghis Khan (II) — Permanent: Each time you activate Attack or Attack All effects, take 2 resource tokens from the Supply regardless of result.
• The Great Mosque (II) — End Game Scoring: Gain 1 Culture icon for each Government card you have.
• The Great Wall (I) — End Game Scoring: Gain 1 Culture icon for every 2 Defense icons you have.

H

• The Hanging Gardens (I) — End Game Scoring: Gain 1 Culture icon for each Construction card you have.
• Himeji Castle (III) — End Game Scoring: Gain 1 Culture icon for each Military card you have.

I

• The Internet (V) — End Game Scoring: Gain 4 Science icons.
• Iron Works (I) — Instant: Gain 1 non-invested Military card from the Market.
• Irrigation (II) — Instant: Add 2 resource tokens from the Reserve to your nation for each Harvest icon you have.

J

• John Lennon (V) — Turn Action: Discard your top Military card to gain any 1 non-invested card from the Market.
• Justinian I (II) — Instant: Gain 1 non-invested Knowledge, Construction, or Government card from the Market.

K

• Knights (II) — Attack: Choose and discard the top Knowledge or Construction card from an opponent with less military strength than you.

L

• Lighthouse (I) — Permanent: Provides 1 Science icon and 1 Industry icon.

M

• Mahatma Gandhi (IV) — Permanent: You will not activate Attack or Attack All effects when you gain them. You will not be affected by any Attack or Attack All effects.
• Manhattan Project (IV) — Attack All: All opponents with less military strength than you discard a Wonder of your choice from their nation. Remove these cards from the game.
• Mechanized Farming (IV) — Instant: Add 1 resource token from the Reserve to your nation for each Harvest icon you have.
• Mercantilism (III) — Permanent: Provides 3 Trade icons.
• Military Academy (III) — Permanent: Provides 1 Defense icon for each Government card you have. (Deactivated during scoring.)
• Military Caste (S) — Starting card - no effect
• Monastery (II) — Permanent: Provides 1 Culture icon.

N

• Napoleon Bonaparte (III) — Attack All: Discard the top Government card from all opponents with less military strength than you.
• Nuclear Power Plant (V) — Permanent: Provides 4 Science icons.

P

• Philosophy (I) — Turn Action: Pay 3 resource tokens to gain 1 non-invested Knowledge card from the Market.
• Printing Press (III) — Instant: Add 1 resource token from the Supply to your nation for each Science icon you have.
• The Pyramids (A) — End Game Scoring: Gain 1 Culture icon for each Wonder card you have.

R

• Ramesses II (A) — Turn Action: Remove this card from the game to gain 1 non-invested Wonder card from the Market.
• Religious Tribe (S) — Starting card - no effect
• Republic (I) — Permanent: Provides 2 Trade icons.

S

• Satellites (V) — Instant: Gain the top card of the Civilization deck.
• Seafaring Traders (S) — Starting card - no effect
• Seaport (III) — Permanent: Provides 1 Science icon, 1 Industry icon, and 1 culture icon.
• Steam Power (III) — Instant: Add 1 resource token from the Supply to your nation for each Industry icon you have.
• Stock Exchange (IV) — Permanent: Provides 2 Science icons and 2 Industry icons.
• Swordsmen (I) — Attack: Choose and discard the top Government card from an opponent with less military strength than you.

T

• The Taj Mahal (III) — End Game Scoring: Gain 2 Culture icons for each set of Knowledge, Construction, Military, and Government cards you have.
• Tank (IV) — Attack: Choose and discard 1 Wonder card from an opponent with less military strength than you.
• Temple (I) — Permanent: Provides 2 Culture icons.
• Theocracy (I) — Permanent: Provides 2 Attack icons for each Wonder card you have.

W

• Warplane (IV) — Attack All: Choose and discard the top Knowledge or Construction card from all opponents with less military strength than you.
• Warriors (A) — Attack: Choose and take 2 resource tokens from an opponent with less military strength than you.
• Working Animal (A) — Instant: Gain the top card of the Civilization deck.

Credits

Game Designer Jesse Li

Game Developer AFONG and Desnet Amane

English Translation Desnet Amane

2 Player Variant Daniel Hadlock & Michael Mindes

Graphic Design & Artwork Adam P. McIver (after original version by keykid, Desnet Amane, Steve Tse, LEO, and SY Li)

Special Thanks Beta_Bear, Chen Chih Fan, Chu-Lan Kao, GxAllen, Helge Landmesser, Jogkong, Smoox Chen, Stefan Zlatintsis, Vincent van Doorn, Wu Po-yang

Playtesters Atlas Chen, Boy Lin, CaCa Chen, Chiao-Yu Cheng, Chinyi Lee, Chu-Lan Kan, Clark Lee, Clement Wang, DaChun Lin, Eros Lin, Felix Yeh, Frank Liu, Godzlla, Hung Chien Chuan, Ikyo Kyo, Ilopca Alice, Jerry Lee, Jhou Hong, Johnny Liu, Kai-li Hsueh, KAP, Kevin Chang, Kida Kida, Kuraki Mura, Kyle Huang, Lin-Tzu-Chun (Jim Lin), Mark Li, Mike Yuan, Min-An Chan, Nachimu Lin, Po Jen, Po-jung Huang, Rachel Chen, RD, Riccardo Cocchi, Robert Yang, Shadow, Shih Hong-Yee, Stacy, Szu-Wei Chen, Teferi Kuo, Tsai Huei Chiang, Tsai-Jin-Ren (William Tsai), Vini Chen, Wang Po Chou, Wei Tzu Chiang, Wen Zhoen, WuWu, Yang James, Yang Lionel, Yangtze Lue, Ying-Tan Liu, Yow Lian Chu, Yu Jie Yan, Yu-Chen Tseng, 七喜, 大砲, 小豪, 吳俊澤, 周位昌, 杰克, 林明貴, 林煜庭, 阿飛, 阿格, 洪立, 迪魯, 徐風, 軒轅氏, 馬恭宏, 張智清, 陳佳琳, 陳冠霖, 硬客, 馮秋人, 黃宥舜, 楊宗樺, 煜祺, 夏藍月, 蒼蠅, 譚裔繽, 蘇令杰

Reference Card Summary

The following summary appears on the player reference cards included in the box.

Phase I: Action Phase

Perform 1 of the following 5 actions:

Invest — Choose a card in the Market no player has invested in. Place your player marker and any amount of resource tokens below it.

Complete — Move all resource tokens below your invested card to Supply. Gain resource tokens based on investor bonus. Gain card. Activate its effect if it has an Instant, Attack, or Attack All effect.

Snipe — Choose a card an opponent has invested in. Pay amount invested to investor. Move all resource tokens below card to Supply. Investor takes resource tokens equal to their Trade icons in their Nation from Supply, then 1/2 of Supply. Gain card. Activate its effect if it has an Instant, Attack, or Attack All effect.

Activate — Activate a card in your Nation with a Turn Action effect. If you gained a card, activate its effect if it has an Instant, Attack, or Attack All effect.

Harvest — Take resource tokens from Reserve equal to your Harvest icons in your Nation, add them to Supply. Take 1/2 of Supply. If you have fewer resource tokens than the current Age, take from Supply, then Reserve if short.

Phase II: Cleanup Phase

1. Replenish the Market
2. Age Check
3. Check for End of Game

End of Game

When The Future card is added to the Market or gained by a player, the game ends at the end of turn. Players count VP using the following steps:

1. Deactivate all obsolete-marked effects.
2. Each Culture icon in your Nation = 1 VP.
3. Other icons = 1/2 VP (round down).
4. Activate all End Game Scoring effects.

Effect Timing

Instant Effect — Must be activated after being placed in your nation. Will not be activated if it is revealed again.

Attack Effect — Attack one opponent with military strength (Attack + Defense) lower than your military strength (Attack only).

Attack All Effect — Same as above, but attack applies to all opponents with lower military strength than you.

Permanent Effect — Will be active as long as the effect is not covered by another card. The obsolete icon means it is deactivated during scoring.

Turn Action Effect — You may choose to activate the effect as your one action for the turn.

End Game Scoring Effect — This effect will only be applied at the end of the game and has no effect during normal gameplay.