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Follow phase order
Each turn consists of nine phases: London Season, Family, Hiring, Company Operations, Revenue Bonus, Operating Revenue, Events in India, Parliament, and Refreshment & Upkeep
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Roll for attrition
Roll one die for each office card you hold, adding +1 for each attrition cube on that card
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Apply Chairman stress
When rolling for Chairman, add +1 to the roll
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Retire pensioners
Starting with Chairman and proceeding clockwise, each player may retire pensioners by paying the listed cost and placing them on retirement spaces to score the indicated VP
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Note upkeep costs
Most retirement spaces require upkeep payments during Refreshment phase
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Track spending for prestige order
Set aside retirement costs rather than paying directly to bank
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Select prestige cards
Players who retired pensioners choose cards from London Season display in order of most money spent on retirement
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Return pensioners to supply
Move family members from Pensioners box back to player supply
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Take family action
Starting with Chairman and proceeding clockwise, each player selects one family action
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Place opportunity marker
Put your marker on the chosen action space
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Double actions
If your marker was already on that action at phase start, perform it twice
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Hire Writer
Place a family member in one of three regional writer boxes; place an additional writer if four or more offices are vacant
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Recruit Officer
Place a family member in the Officers-in-Training box
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Acquire Luxury Good
Pay £4 to bank, take a luxury good card, and gain 2 VP
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Buy Shipyard
Pay £2 to bank, take a shipyard card, and place matching ship token on the shipyard
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Purchase Workshop
Pay £5 to bank and take a workshop card
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Pursue Share
Place a family member on an empty space of the Stock Exchange track and pay the printed price
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Create new Company shares
After all players act, for each Company debt level, move the rightmost family member from Stock Exchange into the Court of Directors and reduce debt by one
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Fill vacant offices in order
Offices are filled in ascending order using the number on each office card's back
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Follow nepotism rules
You may hire your own family member only with verbal agreement from all other players in that office's candidate pool (except for Chairman election)
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Transfer attrition
When promoting an officeholder, transfer attrition cubes from their previous office card to the new one
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Elect Chairman
Any player with a Company share may run; requires agreement from players controlling majority of shares
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Hire Director of Trade
Chairman hires any current officeholder except Chairman or Governor; if all offices vacant, any writer
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Hire Manager of Shipping
Chairman hires any writer
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Hire Military Affairs
Chairman hires any commander; if none, any officer; if none, anyone from Officers-in-Training
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Hire Presidents
Director of Trade hires a writer or governor associated with that presidency's region
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Hire Governors
The associated President hires a writer or officer in that region
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Hire Superintendent of Trade in China
Chairman hires any writer
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Act in sequence
Each office acts following the red band on the board from left to right
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Skip vacant offices
Vacant offices take no actions
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Avoid dead actions
Cannot take actions with no effect or chance of success
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Raise Company debt
May move debt marker forward up to three times, gaining £5 per advance; further advances require majority shareholder consent
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Allocate treasury funds
Assign all funds from Company Treasury track to other office treasuries
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Send Special Envoy
Spend £1 per die, roll with no penalty
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Transfer resources
Make up to two transfers, moving a writer or ship between presidencies or sea zones
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Spend treasury
Must spend funds until £2 or less remains
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Outfit ships from shipyards
Pay £3 to bank per ship, place in any sea zone
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Buy Company ships
If no ships in shipyards, pay £5 to bank and place Company ship in sea zone
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Lease extra ships
Pay £2 to bank per extra ship placed in sea zone
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Transfer army units
Make up to two transfers, moving an officer or regiment between armies
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Assign new officers
Must assign all pieces from Officers-in-Training to one of three armies
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Appoint commanders
If any player has more total pieces than current commander's color, or position is vacant, select new commander from players with most pieces in that army
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Determine action order
President decides order for self, commander, and governors to act
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Execute Trade action
Fulfill open orders starting from home port
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Purchase local alliances
Request funds from President to buy alliance tokens, moving them up in army box
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Execute Deploy action
Select target region (home region, associated regions, or adjacent to associated regions)
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Check officer casualties
After deployment, roll one die per committed officer - remove on 6
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Perform Administration
Roll dice equal to pool (shown on office card) with no penalty
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Handle failures
On failed administration, add one unrest cube to region
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Continue until stopping
May keep administering until catastrophic failure, no dice remain, or choosing to stop
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Trade in China
Roll one die per ship in office's treasury
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Gain automatic income
Add £3 to Company Treasury per Company-controlled region
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Execute Govern action
Spend £1 per die, no penalty
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Handle failure
On failed govern, place 1 unrest in each Company-controlled region
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Collect bonuses
Each player receives £1 for each shipyard and workshop they own
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Pay expenses
Reduce Company Treasury by £1 per debt level, per regiment and officer in armies (excluding commanders), and per ship in sea zones
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Take emergency loans
If Company cannot pay, advance debt marker and add £5 per loan until expenses covered
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Check expectations
Reduce Company standing by one if treasury is below the expectation value under current standing position
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Pay dividends
Chairman may pay dividends - each costs total number of Company shares, distributed £1 per share to owners
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Gain public enthusiasm
Increase Company standing by one if total dividends exceed expectations
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Roll storm die
Check which sea zones face storms and how many India events occur
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Resolve storms
For each affected zone, roll for each player ship (not Company or extra ships)
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Draw India events
Flip tiles from draw stack and resolve according to type
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Process Turmoil
Close northernmost open order in region shown on top of stack; cascade if all closed
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Process Windfall
Players gain £1 per writer on orders in shown region and adjacent regions
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Process Shuffle
March elephant, shuffle tile into stack, shuffle discard onto stack
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Process Leader
If shown region is sovereign, add tower floor; otherwise treat as rebellion
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Process Peace
Open connected orders across elephant's border, add floor to non-Company regions touching elephant; if elephant in region center, open all orders and remove unrest, then march elephant
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Process Crisis
Resolve as invasion or rebellion based on elephant position
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Process Foreign Invasion
Roll storm die, resolve invasion in each associated region with storm showing
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March elephant
Move to region on top of stack after certain events; position indicates pending crisis type
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Handle region loss
If Company loses region: commander loses half trophies and returns to supply, roll for officer casualties, eliminate governor, restore local rule with dome and one floor, close all orders
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Draw law cards
Prime Minister draws up to three law cards, revealing each; must stop and select if Dilemma drawn
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Select policy
Rotate dial arm clockwise or counterclockwise to first space matching symbol on law card
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Read law and set support
Announce law text, place vote marker on starting support position
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Conduct voting
Starting with Prime Minister, players vote in clockwise order
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Form opposition
Players voting against become opposition; track their vote totals
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Continue voting rounds
Prime Minister may initiate additional rounds; must evaluate if no votes cast in a round
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Evaluate at -1 or less
Law fails
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Evaluate at 0 or more
Law passes
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Apply policy effects
Tax (pay £1 per target or lose it), Bonus (gain £1 per target), or Power (swap target's power marker with next higher)
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Pay retirement upkeep
Pay listed amount for each family member on retirement spaces; remove and lose VP if unable to pay
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Return writers
Move writers back to their associated presidencies
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Clear order markers
Return filled order tokens and presidency dividers to supply
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Remove extra ships
Return all extra ships to supply
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Refresh armies
Flip all fatigued officers and regiments to active; flip active local alliances to fatigued
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Advance turn
Move turn marker forward and begin next turn
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Trade freely
Players may transfer enterprises, face-down blackmail cards, family capital cash, shares, and promise cards
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Cannot transfer
Officeholders, writers, officers, retirement pieces, spouses, law passes, played blackmail cards, Prime Minister dial, or trophies
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Use promise cards
Give to other players as part of deals; recipient may later demand fulfillment if possible
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Honor binding deals
Immediate transfers are binding; all other deals are not
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Prevent double activation
Transferred items cannot activate twice in same turn
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Gather dice
Collect dice based on resources spent or committed as specified
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Apply penalties
Remove dice equal to any penalty
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Use lowest result
Check lowest die rolled
