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Take one action
On your turn, perform exactly one action from the eight available options, then play passes clockwise
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Continue until all pass
Players keep taking turns until everyone has passed; passing ends your round
3
Transform terrain
Change a terrain type to your home terrain by paying workers converted to spades based on your terraforming track
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Calculate spade cost
Count steps on the terrain cycle between current and target terrain (maximum 3 spades needed)
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Build dwelling
After terraforming to your home terrain, optionally build a dwelling by paying 1 worker and 2 coins
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Ensure adjacency
The terrain must be directly or indirectly adjacent to one of your existing structures
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Gain scoring tile points
Earn 2 VP per dwelling built if the current scoring tile shows a dwelling icon
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Pay shipping cost
Spend 1 priest and 4 coins to move your shipping marker up one level
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Gain victory points
Receive VP as shown above the new shipping level on your faction board
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Extend indirect adjacency
Higher shipping allows building across more river spaces
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Pay improvement cost
Spend 2 workers, 5 coins, and 1 priest to advance your terraforming marker
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Gain victory points
Receive 6 VP for this improvement
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Reduce spade cost
Future terraforming requires fewer workers per spade
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Dwelling to trading house
Pay 2 workers and 6 coins (3 coins if adjacent to opponent's structure)
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Trading house to stronghold
Pay cost shown on faction board; unlock special stronghold ability
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Trading house to temple
Pay 2 workers and 5 coins; immediately choose one favor tile
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Temple to sanctuary
Pay cost on faction board; choose another favor tile
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Return upgraded building
Place the removed building back on your faction board (rightmost empty space)
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Gain scoring tile points
Earn VP if current scoring tile matches the structure type built
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Place priest on cult space
Put one priest from your supply onto an empty space below any cult track
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Advance on cult track
Move your marker up by the number shown on that space (1, 2, or 3)
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Alternative: priest to supply
Instead of cult board, place priest in your supply to advance 1 space on any cult track
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Gain power from cult advancement
Receive 1/2/2/3 power when reaching the 3/5/7/10 spaces respectively
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Select available power action
Choose one of the 6 power actions on the game board not already used this round
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Pay power cost
Move the required power tokens from bowl III to bowl I
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Cover with action token
Place an action token on the used power action
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Bridge building action
Pay 3 power to build a bridge connecting two river spaces adjacent to your structure
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Priest action
Pay 3 power to gain 1 priest from your supply
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Worker action
Pay 4 power to gain 2 workers
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Coin action
Pay 4 power to gain 7 coins
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One spade action
Pay 4 power to gain 1 spade for immediate terraforming
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Two spades action
Pay 6 power to gain 2 spades for immediate terraforming
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Use special action once per round
Execute special actions from stronghold abilities, favor tiles, or bonus cards
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Mark as used
Cover the action with an action token after use
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Cannot choose unavailable actions
You may not select a special action you cannot execute
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End your round
Declare you are finished taking actions this round
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Become starting player
First player to pass takes the starting player token for next round
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Return bonus card
Give back your current bonus card
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Select new bonus card
Choose one of the available bonus cards (take any coins on it)
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Score bonus card points
Some bonus cards give VP based on structures when passed
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Turn card face down
Indicates you have passed
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Gain power
Move tokens from bowl I to II first, then from bowl II to III
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Spend power
Move tokens from bowl III to bowl I
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Sacrifice power
Optionally remove tokens from bowl II to move equal tokens from II to III
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Convert power
Exchange 5 power for 1 priest, 3 power for 1 worker, or 1 power for 1 coin
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Trigger condition
When an opponent builds or upgrades adjacent to your structure
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Calculate power gain
Sum the power values of your adjacent structures (dwelling=1, trading house/temple=2, stronghold/sanctuary=3)
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Pay victory points
Lose VP equal to power gained minus one
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Accept or decline
You must take all or nothing
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Meet building requirement
Have at least 4 directly adjacent structures (3 if sanctuary is included)
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Meet power value requirement
Combined power value of structures must be at least 7
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Choose town tile
Select one available town tile for immediate VP and bonus
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Mark the town
Place town tile under one structure of the new town
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Gain town key
Use the key to reach space 10 on a cult track
