1
Place colonists in turn order
In the sequence shown in the Turn Order box, each player places one colonist or specialist in any event box on the board
2
Fill slots from left to right
For Initiative, Colonist Dock, Capital Buildings, and Warfare boxes, colonists must fill the first available slot from the left
3
Place freely in open areas
For Merchant Shipping and Discovery boxes, place colonists anywhere within the area
4
Select specialists carefully
In the Specialist box, place a colonist in the slot of the desired specialist (1 of each type available, or pay $5 to train any specialist)
5
Continue until depleted
Keep placing colonists until all players have placed all available colonists and specialists
6
Resolve Initiative box
Each player with a colonist receives Spanish Dollars equal to their slot number ($1 for slot 1, $2 for slot 2, etc.)
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Resolve Colonist Dock
Move colonists in order (slot 1 first) to any discovered region; first player with 3 colonists in a region takes that region's trade good
8
Resolve Trade Goods
Players choose trade goods from the available four, with slot 1 choosing first
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Resolve Merchant Shipping
Player with highest value (colonists = 1, Captains/Merchants = 2) wins the Merchant Ship; ties broken by turn order
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Resolve Capital Buildings
Players in left-to-right order may purchase one available building ($10 in Age I, $14 in Age II, $20 in Age III)
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Resolve Discovery
In turn order, players may send colonists on expeditions to undiscovered regions
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Resolve Specialists
Players receive the specialist shown in their occupied slot
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Resolve Warfare
Declare either a single Battle (free, one region, one opponent) or full-scale War ($10, all shared regions against one opponent)
14
Use Captains
Counts as 2 colonists in Merchant Shipping or Discovery boxes
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Use Merchants
Counts as 2 colonists in Merchant Shipping, or generates $5 one-time when arriving in New World via Colonist Dock
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Use Missionaries
Generates one additional colonist when arriving in New World via Colonist Dock
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Use Soldiers
Generates bonus plunder per soldier during successful discoveries, or eliminates enemy units in warfare
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Collect trade income
Create sets of trade goods for income: any 3 different goods = $1, three of same kind = $3, four of same kind = $6
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Receive capital building benefits
Take all recurring benefits from owned buildings
20
Refresh capital buildings
Draw random buildings to maintain five available; at Age end (turns 3 and 6), remove unpurchased buildings and replace with next Age's buildings
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Refresh trade goods
Return leftover goods to supply, then draw four new random goods
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Refresh merchant ship
Place new ship in box only if empty
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Take new colonists
All players receive five free colonists plus any from buildings or specialists
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Update turn order
Move Initiative box colonists to Turn Order box; players without Initiative colonists move to the back while maintaining relative order
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Advance turn marker
Move marker forward one turn
