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Draw one card
Reveal an automa card from Era I deck and check the CARDS section
2
Take a single card
The automa takes the first card from the row matching the first icon in the CARDS section
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Reshuffle the deck
Return the automa card to the deck and reshuffle
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Refill the card row
Fill the card row according to standard rules
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Reveal automa card
Draw from the top of the current era's automa deck (reshuffle discards if deck is empty)
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Execute all sections
Resolve card sections from top to bottom, skipping non-applicable instructions
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Resolve first applicable icon only
Execute only the first icon that applies, skip phase if none apply
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Play aggression
If automa has military advantage of N or more (shown on icon), shuffle automa's WARS AND AGGRESSIONS slot, reveal cards until an aggression appears, play that aggression
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Declare war
If automa has military advantage of N or more, shuffle WARS AND AGGRESSIONS slot, reveal cards until a war appears, declare that war (not applicable on last game turn)
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Seed future events
Shuffle automa's event cards, place one randomly in future events pile, gain culture points normally, then resolve a current event
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Resolve all icons in reading order
Each icon indicates a card type the automa wants to take
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Take matching cards
If a desired card type exists in the row, take the leftmost valid one
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Take first available
If desired card type is absent, take the first card from the left
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Respect hand limits
Follow the playmat's slot limits for each card type
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Handle leaders specially
Leader text has no effect; only science/culture/military strength icons at card bottom apply immediately while in hand
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Handle wonders specially
Wonders go directly into play rotated 90°; cannot take new wonders while one is incomplete
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Develop indicated technologies
If automa has the indicated technology in hand, develop it by paying science points
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Supplement with gold
If science points are insufficient, pay the difference in gold
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Update markers
After developing, update automa's indicators according to standard rules
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Ignore inapplicable icons
Skip if technology cannot be developed due to lack of science/gold or card not in hand
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Use action cards as currency
Gold is represented by yellow action cards in automa's hand
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Calculate card values
Era A and I cards = 1 gold; Era II cards = 2 gold; Era III cards = 3 gold
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No change given
When paying gold, if a card's value exceeds the cost, no refund is given
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Resolve icons in reading order
Execute construction instructions sequentially
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Build wonder stages
Purple icons indicate number of wonder stages to build on an incomplete wonder
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Build urban buildings
Gray icons indicate building an urban building
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Build military units
Red icons indicate building military units
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Upgrade instead of build
If building is impossible (max reached, no gold), upgrade an existing building instead
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Use blue cube icons
When construction icon shows a blue cube, spend a blue cube from automa's board instead of gold (ignore if no blue cubes available)
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Draw military cards
Draw the indicated number of military cards, one at a time
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Sort cards by type
Place each card in appropriate slot based on type
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Increase happiness
If happy face icon appears, increase automa's happiness by one
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Handle duplicate tactics
Discard immediately if tactic already exists in common area
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Gain science and culture
Increase automa's science and culture points based on respective production levels
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Treat all units as wildcards
All automa military units count as any unit type for tactic activation
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Use available tactics
Automa can use tactics from common area or its own hand
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Activate immediately
When automa has units equal to tactic's icon count, activate it immediately
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Mark activated hand tactics
Place banner on activated hand tactic, move card beside player board to free hand slot
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Place in common area
The tactic goes to common area at start of automa's next turn
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Upgrade tactics
Change tactics when a better one (providing more strength) becomes available in hand or common area
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Follow obsolete army rules
Era II and III tactics follow standard obsolete army rules
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Apply normally with limitations
Resolve events normally but automa ignores effects for unmanaged parameters
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Handle Era III events specially
If event is rotated correctly (you seeded it), resolve normally
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Determine automa participation
Check AUCTION section of active automa card (draw one if it's your turn)
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Calculate automa bid
Military strength bid depends on automa's strength advantage over you
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Resolve automa win
If automa wins, destroy military units equal to military strength portion of bid, then gain colony
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Apply colony effects
Automa receives only science/culture production, military strength, and happiness effects
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Reshuffle drawn cards
Return any cards drawn for auction resolution to deck and reshuffle
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When you declare war
Automa's next turn modifies CONSTRUCTION section
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When automa declares war
No special rules apply
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Resolve war outcomes
Apply effects normally; automa ignores unmanaged parameters
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When you play aggression
Draw an automa card and check shield section for defense value
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When automa plays aggression
No special rules apply
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Resolve aggression outcomes
Apply effects normally; automa ignores unmanaged parameters
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Replace automa deck
Remove all current automa cards (deck and discards), insert new era's deck (Era IV uses Era III deck)
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Remove obsolete hand cards
Eliminate all obsolete cards from automa's hand
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Remove incomplete obsolete wonders
Discard any incomplete wonder belonging to an obsolete era
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Tracked parameters
Science production/points, culture production/points, military strength, happiness
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Ignored parameters
Population, blue/yellow/white/red cubes, food, resources, corruption
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Assumed farms and mines
Automa always considered to have 3 farms and 3 mines on highest-level technologies for any game effects
