Hadara FAQ
30 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Components and Setup
- How many cards of each color go on the board at five players?
- How many cards should the full Hadara game contain?
- Do you shuffle all five setup cards at the start, or only as many as there are players?
- Do players who never take the starting-player role in any epoch get an extra coin, and is it on top of the coins printed on their setup card?
Phases of an Epoch
- Can you search through the discard piles during Phase B to find a specific card?
- In Phase B, do you take the face-up card first and then decide whether to buy or sell it?
- Can you place two bonus tiles of the same color on your statues?
- In Phase B, can you choose a face-up card from any pile, and is there a limit on how many times you draft?
- Does the same-color discount apply when you buy a face-up card in Phase B?
- Who sets the wheel at the start of each epoch?
- Does the wheel's position matter in Phase B?
- Does the wheel's position matter during Phase A?
- In Phase B, who chooses first in an epoch: the epoch's starting player, or the order set by the setup cards?
- When can you buy silver and gold medals?
- Can you buy two gold medals (or two silver medals) in the same phase?
- When taking a colony, must you take the top colony of a stack, or can you take any colony?
- Can you look at the reverse side of a colony tile before deciding to plunder or integrate it?
- When you feed your people and discard a yellow, red, blue or green card whose color has a +1 purple card, must you move that track back the extra step?
- When you discard a purple card with an effect during feeding, must you reverse the track steps it gave you, and do you repay the coins or discounts it gave?
- How many coins does the purple card that pays for excess food during feeding earn, and is there a cap?
Purple Card Effect Summary
- Does the Epoch II purple card that gives +4 coins per colony apply when you plunder a colony, or only when you integrate it?
- Can you take two colonies at the end of one phase when the Epoch III purple card's requirements for both are met?
- Can the culture bonus from the first statue you carve help you qualify for a second statue in the same phase?
- Does the Epoch II purple card that adds 2 to a track for each statue also add 2 victory points when the statue has a points bonus tile?
- Does the Epoch II purple card that raises a bonus track by 2 apply again each time you carve another statue?
- Does a purple card that reduces the requirement for colony or culture by 4 apply to both, or do you pick one?
Game End and Final Scoring
- Can the same bonus tile go on two silver medals, and how are half points rounded?
- During final scoring, what happens to leftover coins when you pay coins for points, and do they matter for a tie-break?
- Does the Epoch III purple card that counts as one card of any color count as itself and also supply a missing card for a set?
- Does the Epoch III purple card that scores 4 points per set of five colors count its extra card from the 'counts as any color' card?