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Follow turn order
Politics phase, then Hussars phase, then Action Stages (France + Bavaria, Prussia + Saxony, Austria + Saxony + Pragmatic Army), with Winter every 3 turns
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Deal political cards
Deal 2 political cards; if Imperial Election card is dealt, deal 3 instead
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Determine trump suit
Selected by the player who most recently won combat, OR by flipping cards from deck until a non-Reserve appears
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Bid with tactical cards
Major powers MAY place one tactical card face down, then flip all cards simultaneously
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Return non-trump cards
Non-trump suit tactical cards just played return to hand; conserved cards remain on display
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Calculate bid totals
Sum points of played and conserved tactical cards; Reserve cards count as 16 for politics
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Resolve in order
Powers act in descending order of total points; ties broken Austria > Pragmatic > France > Prussia
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Select political card action
Either DISCARD a political card, OR EXECUTE part or all of a card bearing your power's crest
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Conserve option
Leave tactical cards on the political board to conserve them for future rounds
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Return unused cards
Powers that did NOT conserve or select a card return ALL cards from political display to hand
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Place Austrian hussars
Austria places 2 hussars on any empty city on the Bohemia map, each within 4 cities of any Austrian general
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Note hussar limitations
Hussars do NOT block movement or retreat
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Draw tactical cards
Draw the number of cards specified for your power
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Check supply
Each general must be in home country OR trace a path of less than 6 cities to a matching supply train
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Move generals
Base movement 3 cities, or 4 if ALL movement on main roads, or 8 if all on main roads with no conquering, not onto enemy fortresses, and not onto cities adjacent to enemy pieces
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Move supply trains
Base movement 2 cities, or 3 if ALL movement on main roads
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Observe movement restrictions
Cannot move through any other friendly pieces; cannot move onto enemy generals
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Capture enemy supply trains
General moving onto enemy supply train removes it and may continue movement
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Create stacks
When a general moves onto another friendly general, pieces stack and no further movement occurs for either piece
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Re-enter supply trains
Spend 4 points of tactical cards to place supply train in controlled major fortress in home country or co-operating minor power's territory
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Meet conquest requirements
General must be face up, moving OUT of enemy controlled fortress, with no enemy/co-operating enemy general within 3 cities
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Mark uncertain conquests
If condition 3 is not met, mark fortress with "?" and check retroactive conquest after combat
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Return enemy markers
Remove enemy victory marker to enemy's pool
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Place your markers
If conquering enemy home territory, minor power territory, or Silesia, place your victory marker
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Handle elector cities
If Trier, Mainz, Koln, or Mannheim is conquered, flip marker and adjust elector markers on track
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Initiate combat
Combat occurs if an active player's general is adjacent to an enemy general who has NOT retreated this combat
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Choose combat order
Active player chooses resolution order; Austrian combat happens before Pragmatic Army combat
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Determine first card play
Player with fewer troops plays first; attacker plays first if tied
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Continue card play
Player with fewer troops + tactical card points chooses to play; if tied, choice switches to other player who MUST play a non-reserve
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Apply combat results
Player with less total strength at combat end loses troops equal to the difference AND retreats
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Execute retreat
Winning player moves losing general a number of cities equal to loss, as far from enemy general as possible
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Remove destroyed generals
If troops reduced to 0 OR cannot retreat full distance, remove general
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Transfer victory markers
For each 3 troops lost, losing player removes victory marker(s) from battle box; winning player adds victory marker(s) to their battle box (max 2)
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Saxony political shift
If Prussia loses a battle box victory marker, Austria MAY move Saxony 1 right on political track
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Check marked fortresses
After combat, if a fortress marked "?" no longer has enemy general within 3 cities, conquest is completed
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Use combined strength
In combat, use combined troop strength of stacked generals
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Restrict card use
Only tactical cards for the power on top may be used in combat
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Assign victory consequences
Battle box victory markers won or lost belong to the power on top
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Transfer troops freely
Troops may be moved between generals of the same power in a stack at any time
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Austria and Pragmatic Army disagreements
If players disagree on Flanders map movement, they alternate moving pieces, with Pragmatic Army starting
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Austrian Flanders restrictions
Austrian supply train may NOT be re-entered in Flanders
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Arenberg special supply
Is in supply in Austrian OR Pragmatic Netherlands home country; can trace supply to Pragmatic Army supply train; may re-enter in Winter in Amsterdam or Groningen
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Subsidy contracts
Only way to give tactical cards; only from major power to an allied power; give 1 tactical card from income without looking
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Neutrality rules
Neutral pieces may not leave home country; neutral generals do not participate in combat; neutral territory cannot be entered by foreign pieces; supply cannot be traced through neutral territory; Saxony controlled by Austria when neutral
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Recruit troops
Spend 4 points of tactical cards to recruit 1 troop; no making change
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Re-enter generals
Generals not in off-map boxes may re-enter at player-controlled major fortress in home country
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Score victory markers
Record the number of victory markers in each player's pool
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Trigger condition
At end of Prussian action stage when Prussia controls ALL fortresses in Silesia, Prussia may offer terms to Austria
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If Austria accepts
Silesia becomes Prussian home territory; Saxony moves to S on political board if Prussian ally; half of Prussian victory markers from Austria are set aside (rest to pool); Austrian pieces in Prussia/Poland move to nearest Austrian city; Prussia gets Silesia victory box; Prussia places 2nd supply train; Prussia is neutral until end of next action stage; if Prussian piece leaves home territory, set-aside markers return to pool
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Trigger condition
At end of France action stage when no French generals are in Austria on Bohemia map
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Execute reduction
France may remove all victory markers from Bohemia map and place half (rounded up) aside, rest to pool
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Penalty for breaking
If France or Bavaria conquers any fortress on Bohemia map, set-aside markers return to pool
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Trigger timing
Occurs at end of turn when Election political card is dealt
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Cast votes
Each player gets 1 vote per elector they control
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Determine winner
Vote for Austria OR France to receive victory marker; 5+ votes wins
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Control requirement
If France OR Austria/Pragmatics control 3 or 4 electors on Flanders map, place corresponding power's victory marker in Electors victory box
