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When does an Orb step happen and how many?

The designer (Tom Lehmann) answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.

  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2013-12-10
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2014-01-09
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2016-11-13

One orb step occurs whenever any player chooses any Explore action, not only Explore: Orb, and the orb also grows then. Everyone performs the normal Explore (draw 2, keep 1 with tableau powers); only the Orb chooser gets orb actions.

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