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Complete maintenance phase
At the start of each round (except the first), move the round marker forward 1 space and apply any aging stress indicated
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Refresh board cards
Remove all cards from the board and draw new cards:
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Skip Job/Partner cards on Teen round
During the first round, do not draw any Job or Partner cards
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Adjust hourglasses for stress
If your stress marker is outside the central blue zone, gain or lose 1 hourglass for the round as indicated
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Calculate commitment stress
Count total Projects, Jobs, and Partners; gain 1 stress for each beyond 3, plus 1 additional stress for each Partner beyond the first
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Pay upkeep costs
Check all your cards (Items, Jobs, Partners) for upkeep costs, pay required resources, and receive corresponding rewards
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Handle unpaid upkeep
If you cannot or choose not to pay a card's upkeep, discard that card, gain 1 stress, and lose 1 STH point
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Place hourglass to act
On your turn, take 1 hourglass token and place it on any available action space on the board or your own cards
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Gain stress for occupied spaces
When placing an hourglass on a board space already occupied by another player's hourglass, gain 1 stress
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Study action
Gain 3 Knowledge resources
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Play action
Gain 3 Creativity resources
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Interact action
Gain 3 Influence resources
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Temp Job action
Gain 3 Coins
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Take Project action
Choose an available Project card from the board, pay the level 1 cost, place a black cube on L1, receive the reward, and place the card in front of you
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Spend action
Take an Items or Activities card, choose and pay for any level, receive rewards, and place the card in front of you with a black cube marking the level
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Get a Job action
Choose a Job card from the board, pay hiring costs, receive rewards, and place the card in front of you (do not draw a replacement card)
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Start Relationship action
Choose a Partner card from the board and place it in front of you at the Date level (L1) with a black cube, receiving that level's reward (do not draw a replacement)
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Overtime action
Gain 2 additional hourglasses immediately and gain 2 stress (not available if stress would exceed the scale)
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Rest action
Move your stress marker 2 spaces toward the green end, stopping at the edge of your current color zone
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Pass when out of hourglasses
When you have no hourglasses remaining, skip your turns until all players have used their hourglasses
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Use card actions without stress penalty
When placing hourglasses on your own cards for repeated actions in the same round, do not gain stress
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Advance Basic Projects
Place an hourglass and black cube on the next level, pay costs, and receive rewards; advance only 1 level per action
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Complete Basic Projects
Upon reaching L4, receive final rewards and move the card beside you (no longer uses a commitment slot); place the hourglass in the Spent Time area
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Upgrade Items
Pay the cost for a higher level, move the black cube, and receive rewards; higher levels typically have higher upkeep costs
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Repeat Activities
Pay the cost for a higher level than currently marked, move the black cube, and receive rewards; cannot repeat the same or lower level
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Get a Promotion
If a Job card of the same type but one level higher is available on the board, spend 1 hourglass (to Spent Time), pay the promotion cost on your current card, receive promotion rewards, and take the higher-level Job card; discard old Job without penalty
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Retire from Level 3 Job
Spend 1 hourglass, pay retirement costs, and receive retirement rewards; move the Job card beside you with a black cube on Retirement (no longer uses a commitment slot but provides ongoing retirement income)
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Develop Relationships
Meet the Partner's requirements for the next level, spend 1 hourglass, move the black cube up, and receive rewards; can only advance one level at a time
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Use STH to reduce costs
When advancing any Project type, reduce the cost by 1 resource of your choice for each positive STH point (does not reduce your STH)
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Pay extra with negative STH
If your STH is negative, pay 1 additional resource per negative point when advancing Projects
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Refresh board cards with STH
On your turn before taking an action, lose 1 STH to discard all cards of one type (Projects, Items/Activities, Jobs, or Partners) and draw new ones; may be done multiple times per round but not after taking your action
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Discard cards voluntarily
At any point during your turn, discard any card (Project, Item, Job, Partner) by losing 1 STH and gaining 1 stress
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Move right for stress
When gaining stress, move your marker right toward the red zone
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Lose hourglasses in stressed zones
If your marker enters a different color zone, receive fewer hourglasses next Maintenance phase as shown on the scale
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Relax effect
When a card provides Relax, move stress 1 space left (staying within current color zone)
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Good Health effect
When a card provides Good Health, move stress marker to the same position in the next healthier color zone, potentially gaining an extra hourglass next round
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Collect Group Project bonuses
Receive additional rewards based on how many roles were filled on Group Projects
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Discard temporary cards
Remove Single Round Projects and Group Projects from play
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Retrieve hourglasses
Collect all hourglasses from the board and your cards; return any Overtime hourglasses
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Determine next first player
The player with the highest STH receives the first player token; ties go to the player leading in LTH
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Reset STH markers
Return all STH markers to the center position; stress markers remain where they are
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Remove unavailable tokens
After the first round, remove all 3 "not available" tokens; all actions are now accessible
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Block Overtime after Adult rounds
After the last Adult round, place the "not available" token on Overtime
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Apply aging stress
Starting from round 6, at the beginning of each round, all players gain stress as indicated on the round track
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Elimination by stress
If at any point a player's stress would move beyond the scale, that player is eliminated and takes no further turns
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Final round survival
The last aging round typically causes enough stress to eliminate most players; surviving players die of old age at game end
