QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

SETUP
GAME BOARD 9. Place 1 worker on each of the two land-adjoined territories
1. Shuffle the encounter, combat, and objective cards, then place adjacent to the home base.
them on their respective board spaces. 10. P lace 4 mechs on the mech spaces on your Faction Mat.
2. Shuffle factory cards and place as many as the number of players 11. Place your 6 star tokens on your Faction Mat
+1 on the board face-down. Remove the rest from the game. PLAYER MATS
3. Randomly draw one structure bonus tile and place face-up at the 12. Start with the popularity position ( ) and gain the number of
bottom of the Popularity Track. Remove the rest from the game. objective cards ( ) and coins ( ) shown on your mat.
4. Place an encounter token on each encounter space ( ). 13. Place the 6 technology cubes on the green boxes with black
5. Separate the resource tokens and coins into the supply. squares ( ).
6. Randomly deal a Faction Mat and a Player Mat to each player. 14. Place the 4 structures on their corresponding boxes.
FACTION MATS 15. Place the 4 recruit tokens on the circle bonus spaces.
7. Start with the power position ( ) and number of combat cards 16. Place the 6 workers on the red Produce action rectangles.
( ) shown on your mat. 17. Place your action token next to your Player Mat.
8. Place your faction character on your faction home base. 18. The player with the lowest numbered Player Mat takes the first
turn. Play then proceeds clockwise.

TURN ORDER, TRIUMPH TRACK, AND END OF GAME

YOUR TURN END GAME SCORING
Choose 1 of 4 sections on your Player Mat (different than Gain coins for each star on the Triumph Track, each territory
previous turn). In order, take either the top-row action, the controlled (the Factory counts as 3 territories), and every
bottom-row action, both, or neither. First pay the full cost of two resources. The amount of coins for each is based on your
the action (red boxes) then gain the benefit (green boxes). position on the popularity track.

TRIUMPH TRACK Then gain coins based on the structure bonus tile (even if you
do not control the territory). For bonuses based on adjacent
Place a star on the Triumph Track as soon as you complete one of
territories, only count each adjacent territory once.
the requirements. Each achievement may only be awarded once per
player (note: there are two combat victory achievements). Once you The player with the most coins wins. Break ties (in order) by:
place a star, it cannot be removed. When a player places their sixth number of units and structures, power, popularity, resources
star, the game ends immediately. No player takes any further actions. owned, territories controlled, and stars placed.

IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
CONTROL OBJECTIVES
A territory is controlled by a player if it has only that player’s At any time, if you complete an objective on one of your cards,
units on it or if it has their structure but no enemy units. place a star on the objective space of the Triumph Track and
discard the other objective(s).
A territory with your structure and enemy units is controlled
by the enemy units’ player. The enemy units’ player does not
gain the structure’s abilities.
CLARIFICATIONS
RESOURCES: Food, wood, metal, or oil (not workers). You may
Resources on a territory are controlled by the player who only spend resources from territories you control.
controls that territory.
TERRITORY: A non-Home Base hex. The Home Base does not
FACTORY ACTION SPACES count as a territory for any game effects.
Factory card action spaces do not give bonuses (Recruit, UNIT: A character, mech, or worker.
Structure, etc.) that Player Mat spaces do. The factory Move
action allows one unit to move twice.
Quick reference guide created by Nersi Nikakhtar
 TOP-ROW ACTIONS
MOVE FACTORY: The first time your character is on the Factory territory
Move one different unit per , or gain $1 per . (after movement and any combat end), take a Factory
card from those available (only once; the card may not be
Units may move to an adjacent, non-lake territory without replaced). This is now a fifth section of your Player Mat.
crossing a river (unless abilities allow you to). They may pick
up and drop off any resources along the way. Mechs may also BOLSTER
pick up and drop off any workers along the way. Resources Pay $1 to either increase Power by 1 per or to gain 1
and workers may never be dropped off on lakes. Workers may Combat Card per .
not move into spaces with enemy units.
Territories with tunnels ( ) are considered adjacent to each TRADE
other for movement. Pay $1 to place any two resources ( ) on any territory where
you have at least 1 worker, or gain 1 Popularity per .
COMBAT: If your character or mech moves into a space with enemy
units, movement must end. If there are only enemy workers, PRODUCE
they retreat to their home base, and you lose 1 popularity (if Pay the displayed costs in all of the uncovered red rectangles
able) per retreated worker. If there is a character or enemy to produce resources on different territories equal to the
mechs, initiate combat (see below) after all Move actions. number of . Each worker on that territory may produce 1
ENCOUNTERS: If your character is on a territory with an encounter item of its territory’s type (see below). Place the produced
token at the end of movement and combat, discard the token resources /workers on their territory spaces. If producing a
and draw an encounter card. You must choose one of the worker, take the leftmost one from the Player Mat.
options you are able to take/pay. Any benefits gained are /
placed on that territory. FOOD WOOD METAL OIL WORKER NOTHING

COMBAT
At the end of your Move action, if your character or mech is on RESOLVE: Player with higher total wins (attacker wins ties).
a space with an enemy character or mechs, combat begins. Discard combat cards and pay power.
SELECT POWER: Combating players each select on their Power WINNER: Place a star on Triumph Track (if able). Lose 1 popularity
Dials the amount of their power they will spend (max 7). (if able and if you are the attacker) per loser’s retreating worker.
Optionally (secretly) add up to one combat card for each of LOSER: Retreat all units to home base. Leave resources behind. If
your character and mechs involved in the combat. you spent at least 1 power or combat card, gain 1 combat card.
REVEAL: Reveal Power Dials and combat cards, adding totals.

BOTTOM-ROW ACTIONS
Announce your bottom row action so that adjacent players STRUCTURE BONUSES
may take advantage of recruit bonuses. Gain $1 per on the MONUMENT: Gain 1 when you Bolster.
action (even if you’ve maximally completed the main action).
MILL: The Mill may produce as if it were 1 worker.
UPGRADE If workers are on the Mill, they may also produce.
Pay the cost to move a technology cube from a green box ( )
MINE: Counts as for moving only your units.
on a top-row action (increasing its benefit) to a bracketed red
box ( ) on any bottom-row action (decreasing its cost). ARMORY: Gain 1 when you Trade.

DEPLOY ENLIST
Pay the cost to take one mech off your Faction Mat and place it Pay the cost to move any recruit token from your Player Mat
onto a territory with your worker. Your character and mechs (uncovering an Ongoing Bonus below the symbol) to cover
now gain the ability on the Faction Mat the mech uncovered. any open Recruit Bonus space on the Faction Mat. Gain the
covered One-Time Bonus.
BUILD Thereafter, whenever you or the player on either side of you
Pay the cost to place a structure from your Player Mat onto a takes the bottom row action associated with that Ongoing
non-lake territory with your worker with no other structures. Bonus, you gain that bonus.