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Complete four phases
Each round consists of Lookout Phase, Production Phase, Action Phase, and Clean-up Phase in order
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Draw faction card
Each player draws 1 card from their Faction deck and adds it to their hand
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Draft common cards (first pick)
Draw Common Cards equal to number of players plus 1, lay face up, then starting with First Player clockwise each player takes one card; discard the remaining card
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Draft common cards (second pick)
Repeat the draw, then starting with Last Player counter-clockwise each player takes one card; discard the remaining card
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Collect from faction board
Each player's Faction board produces the depicted Workers, Resources, and Tokens
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Collect from deals
Each player receives one Good indicated on each Deal card they have made
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Collect from production locations
Each player receives Goods from Production Locations with the PRODUCTION keyword
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Handle card draws
When producing Cards, choose to draw from Common or Faction deck; review each before deciding the next
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Score VP immediately
When producing VPs, advance your Faction Marker on the VP track immediately
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Limit defence tokens
Each Faction can have at most 1 Defence Token at a time
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Take turns clockwise
Beginning with First player, each player performs 1 action per turn; continue until all players have passed
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Select a card
Choose a card from your hand to build; multiple copies of the same Location are allowed and effects stack
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Pay building cost
Pay the Goods shown in the Build Ribbon (upper left of card) from your personal supply
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Place the location
Add the Location next to your Faction Board: Production (top row), Feature (middle row), Action (bottom row), Faction cards (left), Common cards (right)
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Activate new production
A new Production Location immediately produces its Goods
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Receive building bonus
A new Location with a Building Bonus produces that bonus immediately (once)
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Select faction card only
Choose a Faction card from your hand (Common cards cannot be used for Deals)
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Pay food cost
Discard 1 Food
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Place the deal
Put the card Deal Field Up under the top of your Faction board
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Gain immediate good
Immediately receive the Good the Deal provides; gain this Good each Production Phase thereafter
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Raze opponent's location
Choose a Common Location (or Japanese Faction Location) in an opponent's play area who has not Passed
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Raze from your hand
Select a Common card (or Japanese Faction card) from your hand
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Choose location
Select an Action Location from your Empire to activate (once per round unless stated otherwise)
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Pay activation cost
Place the required Goods on the Location; they remain there until end of round as a reminder
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Use the ability
Receive resources, workers, cards, or VPs as indicated
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Handle multiple activations
If a Location may be activated twice, you may do so on the same turn or save the second for later; pay the cost each time
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Exchange workers for goods
Discard 2 Workers to gain 1 Resource of your choice or 1 Card (Common or Faction)
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Repeat as desired
You may exchange multiple pairs of Workers in one action for various combinations of Resources and Cards
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End your action phase
You cannot take any further actions this round, including placing Samurai or Defence Tokens
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Become untargetable
A Player who has Passed cannot be targeted by other players' Actions
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Place during your turn
At any moment on your turn, place your Defence token onto one Common Location in your Empire as a free action
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Increase raze cost
The Defence token increases by 1 the number of Raze tokens required to Raze that Location
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Cannot move once placed
The Defence token stays on that Location for the round; only 1 Defence Token per Location
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Return when razed
If the Location is Razed, the Defence token returns to general supply
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Store goods
Use storage abilities on Locations and Faction Boards to store indicated types of Unused Goods
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Discard unused goods
Return all used Goods, Resources, Workers, Gold, and Tokens you cannot store to general supply (cards are never discarded)
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Pass first player token
Give the First Player Token to the next player clockwise
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Advance round marker
Move the Round Marker to the next space; if rounds remain, begin a new round
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Skip cleanup in round 5
Do not complete Clean-up in the Fifth round as Goods are the tiebreaker
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Deploy workers as samurai
At any moment during your turn, deploy Workers to Faction Locations as Samurai to protect them
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Increase raze cost
A Samurai increases by 1 the number of Raze tokens required to Raze that Location
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Limit one per location
A Japanese Faction Location cannot contain more than 1 Samurai
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Permanent assignment
Samurai cannot be moved or reclaimed as Workers; they are not discarded during Clean Up
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Return when razed
When the Location a Samurai occupies is razed, the Samurai returns to general supply
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Gold substitutes for resources
Gold Tokens can replace any Resource (Wood, Stone, Food) but cannot replace Workers or be exchanged for Resource markers
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Card drawing choice
When drawing cards, choose Common or Faction deck unless stated otherwise
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Reshuffle common only
If Common deck runs out, reshuffle discards; Faction decks cannot be reshuffled
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Card rules override
Card rules take precedence over general rules
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Locations count themselves
A Location granting Goods based on Location count includes itself in the total
