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Play two years
Each year consists of spring, summer, autumn action phases, followed by a winter scoring phase
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Deal event cards
At start of year, deal 4 event cards face-up into Ereignis spaces along top of board
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Reset grain
Set each player's grain counter to 0 at start of year
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Set action order
Shuffle action cards and deal 5 face-up in Aktion spaces 1-5 and 5 facedown in spaces 6-10
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Plan simultaneously
Each player puts 1 land card (may be blank) facedown on each action space on their board
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Handle insufficient cards
A space may be left unfilled only if the player lacks enough cards; players declare in turn order which spaces they leave unfilled
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Determine turn order
Shuffle leader cards and deal face-up to turn order spaces
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Reveal current event
Shuffle displayed event cards and deal 1 onto aktuelles Ereignis space, redisplay others
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Resolve actions sequentially
Resolve action 1 for all players in turn order, then action 2, and so on through action 10
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Execute your action
Reveal your card for the current action and execute it in the indicated land
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Use blank cards
For a blank card, perform no action
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Complete actions fully
You must execute the action completely if possible; if not, the action may not be performed at all
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Reveal upcoming actions
After resolving each of actions 1-5, turn the next facedown action card face-up
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Build a Palace
Pay 3 gold to put a Palace on an empty city in the land
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Build a Church
Pay 2 gold to put a Church on an empty city in the land
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Build a Trading Firm
Pay 1 gold to put a Trading Firm on an empty city in the land
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Observe building limits
Each city may have only 1 building; each land may have only 1 building of each type
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Collect Grain or Gold
Gain grain (move marker) or gold (get chests) in the amount shown on the land card
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Pay 3 gold to recruit 5 armies
Pay 3 gold and add 5 armies from your supply to this land
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Pay 2 gold to recruit 3 armies
Pay 2 gold and add 3 armies from your supply to this land
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Pay 1 gold to recruit and/or move
Pay 1 gold and do either or both: add 1 army from supply to this land; move armies from this land to a neighboring land you own, leaving at least 1 army behind
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Execute Move and Battle
Move at least 1 army from the land to 1 neighboring land, leaving at least 1 army in the origin land
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Initiate battle
If you do not own the destination, conduct a battle
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Throw armies into tower
Add all armies in the tray, all attacking armies, defender's chosen armies (for owned land), or 1 farmer army from supply (for free land)
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Count emerging attackers
Remove and count attacking player armies from emerged cubes
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Count emerging defenders
Remove and count defending player armies if land is owned
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Include farmer defenders
If land has fewer than 2 unrest markers, remove and count defending farmer armies
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Leave neutral armies
Keep other armies in the tray, including non-participating farmer armies
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Attacker wins
If attackers exceed defenders, attacker gains the land card from defender or supply
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Land devastated
If attackers equal defenders, return everything in the land and the land card to their supplies
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Defender wins
If defenders exceed attackers, leave the land card where it is
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Dispose of armies
Return all losing armies to supplies; return equal number of winning armies (farmer armies first); return remaining participating farmer armies to supply; put remaining winning armies into the contested land
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Throw armies into tower
Add all armies in the tray, 1 farmer army per unrest marker, and defender's chosen armies
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Add winter grain shortage armies
For a player short 1/2-4/5+ grain, add 1/2/3 farmer armies from supply
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Count combatants
Remove and count attacking farmer armies and defending player armies
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Revolt succeeds
If attackers equal or exceed defenders, return everything in the land and land card to supplies, return all combatant armies to supplies
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Revolt fails
If defenders exceed attackers, return attackers and equal defenders to supplies, put remaining defenders into the land
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Apply harvest adjustment
Each player loses grain as shown by the remaining event card
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Check for grain shortage revolts
If player lacks 1 grain per land owned, randomly draw 1/2/3 land cards for shortages of 1-2/3-6/7+ grain and resolve revolts in those lands
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Score lands and buildings
Each player scores 1 VP for each land and each building they possess
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Score regional majorities
In each region, the player with most palaces scores 3 VP, most churches 2 VP, most trading firms 1 VP
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Clear unrest
Remove all unrest markers from the board
