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Reveal Fate Card
Turn over the top Fate Card from the Draw Pile and all players take the Workers and Resources pictured on the bottom half
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Draw Player Cards
Each player draws 2 Player Cards from their personal Draw Pile
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Select Path Card
Place 1 card facedown above your Player Board as your Path Card for scoring
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Select Prospect Card
Place the other card facedown to the right of your Player Board as your Prospect Card
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Reveal Cards
Turn all Path and Prospect Cards faceup simultaneously
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Tuck Path Cards
Slide revealed Path Cards under Player Boards aligned with the current Year number
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Gain Prospect Resources
Take any Workers or Resources pictured in the bottom left of your Prospect Card
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Gain Production Resources
Take 1 Resource per filled circle in Resource Production
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Gain Hotel Civilians
Take 1 Civilian per filled circle in Hotel
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Gain Workshop Builders
Take 1 Builder per filled circle in Workshop
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Gain Road Attributes
Gain 1 Attribute (Renown, Piety, Valour, or Discipline) per filled circle in Road
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Fill Cohorts
When filling a box with the Cohort icon, immediately fill the left-most unfilled box of any 1 Cohort
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Mining & Foresting
Return 1 Servant to fill the left-most unfilled box, gaining Resources and increasing Resource Production
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Wall Guard
Return 1 Soldier or fill a Sword icon in Training Grounds to fill the left-most unfilled box
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Build Cippi
Return 1 Resource to fill the next available box (requires adjacent Fort section complete)
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Build Wall
Return 1 Resource to fill the next available box (requires adjacent Fort section complete)
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Expand Fort
Return 1 Builder or 1 Soldier to fill the next box, increasing Infrastructure
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Build Medium Granary
Requires 1 Infrastructure; return 1 Servant, 1 Builder, and 1 Resource to unlock center column
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Build Large Granary
Requires Medium Granary and 5 Infrastructure; return 1 Servant, 1 Builder, and 2 Resources to unlock right column and gain 1 Renown
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Training Grounds
Return 1 Builder to train (max 1 per Year), filling both Training Grounds and Wall Guard boxes
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Build Hotels
Build Small (2 Infrastructure) or Large (6 Infrastructure) to gain Civilians each Year
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Build Workshops
Build Small (3 Infrastructure) or Large (7 Infrastructure) to gain Builders each Year
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Build Roads
Build Small (4 Infrastructure) or Large (8 Infrastructure) to gain Attributes each Year
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Use Forum
Return any 2 non-Soldier Workers to gain 1 different non-Soldier Worker (max 1 per Year)
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Build Landmarks
Requires 15 of a specific Attribute; return 1 Builder and 2 Resources to gain 2 of an indicated Attribute
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Advance Attribute Tracks
Fill boxes left-to-right when gaining Renown, Piety, Valour, or Discipline, collecting bonuses shown
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Fill Citizen Tracks
Return 1 Civilian or cover a Citizen icon to fill the left-most box of that Track (Traders, Performers, Priests, Apparitores, or Patricians)
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Build Precincts
Requires filled Traders boxes; return Workers and Resources to increase Resource Production and gain immediate rewards
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Build Market
Requires 4 Traders; return 1 Servant, 1 Builder, and 2 Resources to gain 1 Renown and enable trading
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Purchase Trade Goods
Return 1 Resource to Main Supply or neighbor to purchase a Trade Good from neighbor's Prospect Card or Fate Deck
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Build Theatre
Requires 1 Performer; return 1 Servant, 1 Builder, and 1 Resource to gain 1 Renown and enable performances
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Arrange Performances
Return 1 Resource to fill a performance box (max 1 per Year), gaining various rewards
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Build Ludus Gladiatorious
Requires 3 Performers; return 2 Servants, 1 Builder, and 2 Resources to gain 1 Renown
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Train Gladiators
Return 1 Servant or 1 Civilian to circle the next available box on 1 Gladiator, increasing their Strength
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Battle Gladiators
Record Year number in Battle column, reveal Fate Card for Damage (max 1 Battle per Gladiator per Year)
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Build Gardens
Build Small (4 Priests) or Large (7 Priests) to gain Piety and advance multiple Citizen Tracks
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Build Temples
Build Small (1 Priest), Medium (3 Priests), or Large (6 Priests) to gain Piety
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Fill Temples
Return any 1 Worker to fill Temple boxes top-to-bottom by row, gaining Piety every second box and Favour for completing each Temple
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Build Baths
Requires 3 Apparitores; return 2 Servants, 1 Builder, and 2 Resources to gain 1 Renown
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Make Bribes
Return 1+ Resources to fill a Baths box and remove 1 Disdain (max 2 Bribes per Year)
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Build Courthouse
Requires 4 Apparitores; return 2 Servants, 1 Builder, and 2 Resources to gain 1 Renown
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Pass Rulings
Fill Courthouse boxes to gain or exchange Workers (max 1 Ruling per column per Year)
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Acquire Diplomats
Requires filled Patricians boxes; return 1 Servant, 1 Soldier, and 2 Resources to gain 1 Valour and 2 Favours assigned to a specific Cohort
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Send Scouts
Return 1 Soldier to Main Supply or neighbor to fill a Scout box and add a Pattern from any Prospect Card to your Map
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Return Unused Components
Return all Workers and Resources on Player Boards to Main Supply
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Reveal Pict Attack
Draw Fate Cards based on current Year and difficulty level
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Count Attacks
Total arrows shown for each Cohort (left, center, right)
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Check Defense
Compare filled boxes in each Cohort against attacks on that Cohort
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Successful Defense
If all attacks are blocked, gain Valour equal to the grey flag number for that Year
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Failed Defense
Gain 1 Disdain per attack that got through, up to the grey flag number
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Partial Defense
Gain 1 Disdain per unblocked attack and Valour for the difference to the grey flag number
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Use Temple Favour
Fill in a circled Favour box to ignore any 1 revealed attack card
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Use Diplomat Favour
Fill in a circled Favour box to ignore 1 attack card on that Diplomat's assigned Cohort
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Record Disdain
Circle unused boxes in the Disdain section for each Disdain gained
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For 1-2 Players
Reveal 1 additional Fate Card during attack for each Resource or Soldier placed on Neutral Prospect Cards that Year
