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Gamehelplocomomo

2024-02-27T19:11:11Z

Tet3: /* Quick Scoring Guide */ clarified that row 4 sores per group of like animals.

== Game Play ==

Pick one of the 16 animal tiles to "move". (See Quick Movement Guide below)

You will be able to collect all tiles matching the color of your animal tile in the destination group, plus the one that you have chosen initially.

Place these tiles on your board. Tiles can be placed in any of the 5 rows BUT must be placed in the left-most available spot.

See Quick Scoring Guide for placement guidance.

Game last for 6 rounds. The player with the highest points wins the game.

== Quick Movement Guide ==

Rabbit moves one area clockwise.

Leopard moves one area anticlockwise.

Eagle moves one area diagonally.

Bear stays in its initial area.

Duck moves clockwise to the next area containing at least one other duck. If there are no other duck on the forest board, it stays in its initial area.

== Quick Scoring Guide ==

The symbols on the left-hand side of the player board tell you how the row(s) are scored and the points are indicated on the right-hand side.

Row 1: '''4''' extra points if this animal matches the '''pair''' ''below'' it (in rows 2 & 3).

Row 2 & 3: Score '''vertical''' pair. '''3''' points for each pair of animals stacked immediately above and below each other.

Row 4: Scores '''same''' animal species. '''1, 2, 5, 9, 14''' points, respectively, for each group of 1-5 of the same species.

Row 5: Scores '''different''' species. '''1, 2, 5, 9, 14''' points for 1-5 animals different species, respectively.

Lastly, each '''column''' or '''row''' filled with '''same color''' tokens scores '''5''' points.

== Expansions ==

A token is randomly drawn at the beginning and extra points are earned at the end of the game.

Expansion A - Animal and protected habitat:
7 extra points for players with ''fewest tiles matching the animal or color'' of hexagonal token.

Expansion B - Acrobatic picture:
5 extra points for players who placed the ''animal'' of flower-shaped token ''on the last square of the top row''.

Gamehelpwelcometo

2022-02-26T20:54:50Z

Tet3: /* Expert Rules and advanced variant: */

== Purpose of the Game ==

Architects gradually develop their three streets by building houses, identified by their numbers.

Houses will be grouped into housing estates, but only fully-completed ones count at the end of the game.

Parks and pools help to improve the neighborhood.

Architects can raise the quality of their constructions in order to promote their estates’ value.

All of this while trying to be the first to complete the City Plans!

Finally, by increasing recruitment through temp agencies, architects can hasten the construction and get in the mayor’s good graces.

== Gameplay ==

At the beginning of each turn, three pairs of cards will be drawn. These pairs create three combinations, comprised of a House Number and an Effect. These combinations are used to perform actions.

Players take turns simultaneously. Each player individually chooses one of the three combinations available to perform an action on their sheet. Multiple players can pick the same combination.

Each player must write the number from the chosen combination in a house on one of the three streets on their sheet. Numbers must always be written in an empty house and must be written in ascending order from left to right.
The same number can never appear twice in the same street (except for the "Bis" effect).

When filling in houses, players may leave as many empty houses between two built houses, and then fill them in later. Numbers must still be in ascending order. Also, players may skip numbers when filling in houses, like placing a 10 directly after a 7.

If a chosen house number cannot be played because the it cannot fit anywhere while preserving ascending order, this is marked as a '''building permit refusal'''.

The player’s chosen combination also allows them to perform an '''effect'''. Players may perform the effect only if they did not receive a building permit refusal.

'''Note:''' performing an effect is optional.

Once all players have built their houses and carried out effects, a new turn begins.

=== Effects ===

==== Surveyor ====

Allows the player to build a fence between two houses on the same street. To build a fence, choose any available, white-dotted space and draw a line on it.

Permanent fences are present on both sides of each street. Fences determine the boundaries of housing estates. A completed housing estate is a row of 1 to 6 neighboring houses, all numbered (no blank spaces between them) and built between two fences.

'''Score:''' Completed housing estates are necessary to fulfill City Plans and may be split further, as long as they have not previously fulfilled a City Plan).

==== Real Estate Agent ====

Promotes and increases the value of completed housing estates. To use the Real Estate Agent, choose a Real Estate column and cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space.

'''Score:''' At the end of the game, each completed estate (size 2, 3, 4, etc...) scores as many points as the smallest, unchecked number from its corresponding column.

==== Landscaper ====

Allows the player to build a park.

'''Score:''' The player crosses off one of the trees at the end of the street. Parks must be crossed off on the same street that the house number is written. Parks are crossed off, left-to-right in ascending order.

==== Pool Manufacturer ====

Allows a player to score points when building houses that have a planned pool.

'''Score:''' If a player writes the house number associated with the Pool Manufacturer effect in a house with a planned pool, then the pool is built. Cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space in their pools column.

==== Temp Agency ====

Allows the player to add or subtract 1 or 2 to the house number they are building. The Temp Agency allows the player to write numbers from 0 to 17.

'''Score''': For each use of the Temp Agency, cross off one box from the Temp Agency column. At the end of the game, the player who crossed off the most Temp Agency boxes scores 7 points. The next highest scores 4 points, and the third-highest scores 1 point. In case of a tie, players score the same amount of points.

==== Bis ====

Allows the player to duplicate a house number on any street. The new house must be directly adjacent, to the left or right of the house with the same number.
Duplicate houses can never be separated by fences. When duplicating a number, write "bis" next to the number in the new house. A house can be duplicated multiple times, and the duplicated number does not have to be associated with the number/effect combination.

'''Score:''' Cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space in the "bis" column. At the end of the game, '''subtract''' the smallest, unchecked number from the final score.

=== City Plans ===

A City Plan presents a goal set by the City to its architects, as in building a certain number of housing estates with mandated sizes.

The first player(s) who meet the required conditions of a City Plan during the same turn immediately score the points indicated. Write the higher amount from the "Project" side of the City Plan card in the corresponding box (n°1, 2, or 3) in their Plans column. Turn over the City Plan to its "Approved" side.

A player can only score each City Plan once.

Other players who later achieve the same City Plan score the lower point amount.

The first player who completes a goal can choose to reshuffle the 81 Construction cards and deal three new stacks of cards as in game setup.

When an estate or a house has been used for a Plan, it cannot fulfill another City Plan. The player
marks out the fence above each house to indicate it has already fulfilled a City Plan. However, a pool used for a City Plan does not invalidate its corresponding house for another plan.

==== Housing Estates Plans ====

To fulfill these City Plans, the player must complete all of the required housing estates.

The estates do not have to be in the same street. There is no restriction to the location of a Plan’s estates.

=== The game ends immediately when: ===

* A player crosses off their third Building Permit Refusal
* A player achieves all three City Plans
* A player has built all of the houses on their streets.

Add up the points for City Plans, parks on each street, pools, temps, and completed estates. Then subtract the points from the "Bis" column and the Building Permit Refusal column.

The player with the most points wins!

In case of a tie, the player with the most completed estates wins. In case of another tie, the player with the most 1-house estates wins, then 2-house, etc... In case of another tie, (seriously?) players play another game of Welcome To.

== Additional Info ==

=== Distribution of cards ===

==== Effect side of cards: ====

*9x Pool Manufacturer cards
*9x Temp Agency cards
*9x "Bis" cards
*18x Landscaper cards
*18x Real Estate cards
*18x Surveyor cards

==== House Number side of cards: ====

*3x 1,2,14,15
*4x 3,13
*5x 4,12
*6x 5,11
*7x 6,10
*8x 7,9
*9x 8

=== Expert Rules and advanced variant: ===

1. The Roundabout is an additional action. By placing a roundabout on your street, you can have one set of numbers to the right of the roundabout (0 to 17) and one set to the left (0 to 17). Creating a roundabout uses a house space, and automatically adds a gate to the right and left of the roundabout. You can build up to two roundabouts, and fill in the lowest scored circle in the red section of the scorepad marked with an asterisk—roubdabouts incur negative points.

2. In the advanced variant, you only see the 3 cards with numbers on them. choose one and you will then be presented with the actions listed on the other two cards and you can choose one.

== Expansions ==

=== Ice Cream Truck ===

Own the best ice cream truck in the neighborhood! Score the most points by filling house numbers in the order that the truck moves.

There is one ice cream truck for each street; any truck can move on a turn. The top street's truck moves from right to left. The middle street's truck moves from left to right. The first time you number a house on the bottom street, you can choose which direction the bottom street's truck moves.

==== Movement ====

An ice cream truck drives only once through their street, and all missed ice cream orders are therefore lost.

When you write a number in a house, the truck drives from its current location to that house, unless it has already passed it. This is represented by a line in the street from the ice cream truck's starting point to that house. If the house just numbered has an ice cream cone, circle it and cross off any other ice cream cones passed on the truck’s trip.

==== Scoring ====

You earn one point for each scoop of ice cream circled during the game.

If you are the first to circle or cross off the last ice cream cone on a street, you earn a bonus of one point for each ice cream cone circled in that street. All other players must cross off this bonus, but can keep selling ice cream cones on that street.

When you start numbering the bottom street, pick the ice cream truck you want on either side and cross off the other. Only one bonus applies for this street, even if different players move in opposite directions.

=== Christmas Lights ===

Decorate the streets for Christmas with the longest lights possible.

==== Gameplay ====

To decorate the houses, you must write numbers in consecutive order in the streets. When two adjacent numbers are consecutive, you can connect them with a string of Christmas lights.

A Bis number is considered consecutive to the identical number next to it.

==== Scoring ====

You can have multiples strings of lights in one street but at the end of the game, only the longest string of lights in each street will score additional points.

For each street, earn as many points as there are houses connected by the longest string of lights.

==== Example ====

2 4 [empty] 6-7-8-8bis-9 11-12-13

This would end up scoring five points for the six through nine chain of lights and nothing for the 11-13.

==== City Plans ====

Build two estates of three houses without any string of lights.

Build two estates of six houses connected to each other by a single string of lights.

Connect all the houses of one street with a single string of lights.

Gamehelplocomomo

2022-02-21T22:50:56Z

Tet3: minor grammar edits, changed to wiki markup for emphasis

== Game Play ==

Pick one of the 16 animal tiles to "move". (See Quick Movement Guide below)

You will be able to collect all tiles matching the color of your animal tile in the destination group, plus the one that you have chosen initially.

Place these tiles on your board. Tiles can be placed in any of the 5 rows BUT must be placed in the left-most available spot.

See Quick Scoring Guide for placement guidance.

Game last for 6 rounds. The player with the highest points wins the game.

== Quick Movement Guide ==

Rabbit moves one area clockwise.

Leopard moves one area anticlockwise.

Eagle moves one area diagonally.

Bear stays in its initial area.

Duck movies clockwise to the next area containing at least one other duck. If there are no other duck on the forest board, it stays in its initial area.

== Quick Scoring Guide ==

The symbols on the left-hand side of the player board tell you how the row(s) are scored and the points are indicated on the right-hand side.

Row 1: '''4''' extra points if this animal matches the '''pair''' ''below'' it (in rows 2 & 3).

Row 2 & 3: Score '''vertical''' pair. '''3''' points for each pair of animals stacked immediately above and below each other.

Row 4: Scores '''same''' animal species. '''1, 2, 5, 9, 14''' points for 1-5 of the same species, respectively.

Row 5: Scores '''different''' species. '''1, 2, 5, 9, 14''' points for 1-5 animals different species, respectively.

Lastly, each '''column''' or ''row'' filled with '''same color''' tokens scores '''5''' points.

Tips welcometo

2022-02-10T17:59:54Z

Tet3: added one tip, some grammar/usage edits

* When in doubt; build a fence. Estates larger than 6 don't give any points.
* If you're not the first one to finish a plan, consider creating parks (up to 42 points) and pools (up to 36 points).
* Estates whose value has been increased by real estate agents are often worth more than second-place points for a city plan.
* The distribution of numbers is as follows:
** 3 '''1s, 2s, 14s, and 15s'''
** 4 '''3s and 13s'''
** 5 '''4s and 12s'''
** 6 '''5s and 11s'''
** 7 '''6s and 10s'''
** 8 '''7s and 9s'''
** 9 '''8s'''

* It's easier to work from ''outside in'',ie play very high and very low numbers first to leave more opportunity to fill the middle squares

Gamehelpwelcometo

2022-02-05T23:46:18Z

Tet3: /* Scoring */

== Purpose of the Game ==

Architects gradually develop their three streets by building houses, identified by their numbers.

Houses will be grouped into housing estates, but only fully-completed ones count at the end of the game.

Parks and pools help to improve the neighborhood.

Architects can raise the quality of their constructions in order to promote their estates’ value.

All of this while trying to be the first to complete the City Plans!

Finally, by increasing recruitment through temp agencies, architects can hasten the construction and get in the mayor’s good graces.

== Gameplay ==

At the beginning of each turn, three pairs of cards will be drawn. These pairs create three combinations, comprised of a House Number and an Effect. These combinations are used to perform actions.

Players take turns simultaneously. Each player individually chooses one of the three combinations available to perform an action on their sheet. Multiple players can pick the same combination.

Each player must write the number from the chosen combination in a house on one of the three streets on their sheet. Numbers must always be written in an empty house and must be written in ascending order from left to right.
The same number can never appear twice in the same street (except for the "Bis" effect).

When filling in houses, players may leave as many empty houses between two built houses, and then fill them in later. Numbers must still be in ascending order. Also, players may skip numbers when filling in houses, like placing a 10 directly after a 7.

If a chosen house number cannot be played because the it cannot fit anywhere while preserving ascending order, this is marked as a '''building permit refusal'''.

The player’s chosen combination also allows them to perform an '''effect'''. Players may perform the effect only if they did not receive a building permit refusal.

'''Note:''' performing an effect is optional.

Once all players have built their houses and carried out effects, a new turn begins.

=== Effects ===

==== Surveyor ====

Allows the player to build a fence between two houses on the same street. To build a fence, choose any available, white-dotted space and draw a line on it.

Permanent fences are present on both sides of each street. Fences determine the boundaries of housing estates. A completed housing estate is a row of 1 to 6 neighboring houses, all numbered (no blank spaces between them) and built between two fences.

'''Score:''' Completed housing estates are necessary to fulfill City Plans and may be split further, as long as they have not previously fulfilled a City Plan).

==== Real Estate Agent ====

Promotes and increases the value of completed housing estates. To use the Real Estate Agent, choose a Real Estate column and cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space.

'''Score:''' At the end of the game, each completed estate (size 2, 3, 4, etc...) scores as many points as the smallest, unchecked number from its corresponding column.

==== Landscaper ====

Allows the player to build a park.

'''Score:''' The player crosses off one of the trees at the end of the street. Parks must be crossed off on the same street that the house number is written. Parks are crossed off, left-to-right in ascending order.

==== Pool Manufacturer ====

Allows a player to score points when building houses that have a planned pool.

'''Score:''' If a player writes the house number associated with the Pool Manufacturer effect in a house with a planned pool, then the pool is built. Cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space in their pools column.

==== Temp Agency ====

Allows the player to add or subtract 1 or 2 to the house number they are building. The Temp Agency allows the player to write numbers from 0 to 17.

'''Score''': For each use of the Temp Agency, cross off one box from the Temp Agency column. At the end of the game, the player who crossed off the most Temp Agency boxes scores 7 points. The next highest scores 4 points, and the third-highest scores 1 point. In case of a tie, players score the same amount of points.

==== Bis ====

Allows the player to duplicate a house number on any street. The new house must be directly adjacent, to the left or right of the house with the same number.
Duplicate houses can never be separated by fences. When duplicating a number, write "bis" next to the number in the new house. A house can be duplicated multiple times, and the duplicated number does not have to be associated with the number/effect combination.

'''Score:''' Cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space in the "bis" column. At the end of the game, '''subtract''' the smallest, unchecked number from the final score.

=== City Plans ===

A City Plan presents a goal set by the City to its architects, as in building a certain number of housing estates with mandated sizes.

The first player(s) who meet the required conditions of a City Plan during the same turn immediately score the points indicated. Write the higher amount from the "Project" side of the City Plan card in the corresponding box (n°1, 2, or 3) in their Plans column. Turn over the City Plan to its "Approved" side.

A player can only score each City Plan once.

Other players who later achieve the same City Plan score the lower point amount.

The first player who completes a goal can choose to reshuffle the 81 Construction cards and deal three new stacks of cards as in game setup.

When an estate or a house has been used for a Plan, it cannot fulfill another City Plan. The player
marks out the fence above each house to indicate it has already fulfilled a City Plan. However, a pool used for a City Plan does not invalidate its corresponding house for another plan.

==== Housing Estates Plans ====

To fulfill these City Plans, the player must complete all of the required housing estates.

The estates do not have to be in the same street. There is no restriction to the location of a Plan’s estates.

=== The game ends immediately when: ===

* A player crosses off their third Building Permit Refusal
* A player achieves all three City Plans
* A player has built all of the houses on their streets.

Add up the points for City Plans, parks on each street, pools, temps, and completed estates. Then subtract the points from the "Bis" column and the Building Permit Refusal column.

The player with the most points wins!

In case of a tie, the player with the most completed estates wins. In case of another tie, the player with the most 1-house estates wins, then 2-house, etc... In case of another tie, (seriously?) players play another game of Welcome To.

== Additional Info ==

=== Distribution of cards ===

==== Effect side of cards: ====

*9x Pool Manufacturer cards
*9x Temp Agency cards
*9x "Bis" cards
*18x Landscaper cards
*18x Real Estate cards
*18x Surveyor cards

==== House Number side of cards: ====

*3x 1,2,14,15
*4x 3,13
*5x 4,12
*6x 5,11
*7x 6,10
*8x 7,9
*9x 8

=== Expert Rules and advanced variant: ===

1. The Roundabout is an additional action. By placing a roundabout on your street, you can have one set of numbers to the right of the roundabout (0 to 17) and one set to the left (1 to 17). In addition, creating a roundabout automatically adds a gate to the right and left of the roundabout. You can build up to two roundabouts, and fill in the lowest scored circle in the red section of the scorepad marked with an asterisk—roubdabouts incur negative points.

2. In the advanced variant, you only see the 3 cards with numbers on them. choose one and you will then be presented with the actions listed on the other two cards and you can choose one.

== Expansions ==

=== Ice Cream Truck ===

Own the best ice cream truck in the neighborhood! Score the most points by filling house numbers in the order that the truck moves.

There is one ice cream truck for each street; any truck can move on a turn. The top street's truck moves from right to left. The middle street's truck moves from left to right. The first time you number a house on the bottom street, you can choose which direction the bottom street's truck moves.

==== Movement ====

An ice cream truck drives only once through their street, and all missed ice cream orders are therefore lost.

When you write a number in a house, the truck drives from its current location to that house, unless it has already passed it. This is represented by a line in the street from the ice cream truck's starting point to that house. If the house just numbered has an ice cream cone, circle it and cross off any other ice cream cones passed on the truck’s trip.

==== Scoring ====

You earn one point for each ice cream cone circled during the game.

If you are the first to circle or cross off the last ice cream cone on a street, you earn a bonus of one point for each ice cream cone circled in that street. All other players must cross off this bonus, but can keep selling ice cream cones on that street.

When you start numbering the bottom street, pick the ice cream truck you want on either side and cross off the other. Only one bonus applies for this street, even if different players move in opposite directions.

=== Christmas Lights ===

Decorate the streets for Christmas with the longest lights possible.

==== Gameplay ====

To decorate the houses, you must write numbers in consecutive order in the streets. When two adjacent numbers are consecutive, you can connect them with a string of Christmas lights.

A Bis number is considered consecutive to the identical number next to it.

==== Scoring ====

You can have multiples strings of lights in one street but at the end of the game, only the longest string of lights in each street will score additional points.

For each street, earn as many points as there are houses connected by the longest string of lights.

==== Example ====

2 4 [empty] 6-7-8-8bis-9 11-12-13

This would end up scoring five points for the six through nine chain of lights and nothing for the 11-13.

==== City Plans ====

Build two estates of three houses without any string of lights.

Build two estates of six houses connected to each other by a single string of lights.

Connect all the houses of one street with a single string of lights.

Gamehelpwelcometo

2022-02-05T23:35:24Z

Tet3: /* Ice Cream Truck */

== Purpose of the Game ==

Architects gradually develop their three streets by building houses, identified by their numbers.

Houses will be grouped into housing estates, but only fully-completed ones count at the end of the game.

Parks and pools help to improve the neighborhood.

Architects can raise the quality of their constructions in order to promote their estates’ value.

All of this while trying to be the first to complete the City Plans!

Finally, by increasing recruitment through temp agencies, architects can hasten the construction and get in the mayor’s good graces.

== Gameplay ==

At the beginning of each turn, three pairs of cards will be drawn. These pairs create three combinations, comprised of a House Number and an Effect. These combinations are used to perform actions.

Players take turns simultaneously. Each player individually chooses one of the three combinations available to perform an action on their sheet. Multiple players can pick the same combination.

Each player must write the number from the chosen combination in a house on one of the three streets on their sheet. Numbers must always be written in an empty house and must be written in ascending order from left to right.
The same number can never appear twice in the same street (except for the "Bis" effect).

When filling in houses, players may leave as many empty houses between two built houses, and then fill them in later. Numbers must still be in ascending order. Also, players may skip numbers when filling in houses, like placing a 10 directly after a 7.

If a chosen house number cannot be played because the it cannot fit anywhere while preserving ascending order, this is marked as a '''building permit refusal'''.

The player’s chosen combination also allows them to perform an '''effect'''. Players may perform the effect only if they did not receive a building permit refusal.

'''Note:''' performing an effect is optional.

Once all players have built their houses and carried out effects, a new turn begins.

=== Effects ===

==== Surveyor ====

Allows the player to build a fence between two houses on the same street. To build a fence, choose any available, white-dotted space and draw a line on it.

Permanent fences are present on both sides of each street. Fences determine the boundaries of housing estates. A completed housing estate is a row of 1 to 6 neighboring houses, all numbered (no blank spaces between them) and built between two fences.

'''Score:''' Completed housing estates are necessary to fulfill City Plans and may be split further, as long as they have not previously fulfilled a City Plan).

==== Real Estate Agent ====

Promotes and increases the value of completed housing estates. To use the Real Estate Agent, choose a Real Estate column and cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space.

'''Score:''' At the end of the game, each completed estate (size 2, 3, 4, etc...) scores as many points as the smallest, unchecked number from its corresponding column.

==== Landscaper ====

Allows the player to build a park.

'''Score:''' The player crosses off one of the trees at the end of the street. Parks must be crossed off on the same street that the house number is written. Parks are crossed off, left-to-right in ascending order.

==== Pool Manufacturer ====

Allows a player to score points when building houses that have a planned pool.

'''Score:''' If a player writes the house number associated with the Pool Manufacturer effect in a house with a planned pool, then the pool is built. Cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space in their pools column.

==== Temp Agency ====

Allows the player to add or subtract 1 or 2 to the house number they are building. The Temp Agency allows the player to write numbers from 0 to 17.

'''Score''': For each use of the Temp Agency, cross off one box from the Temp Agency column. At the end of the game, the player who crossed off the most Temp Agency boxes scores 7 points. The next highest scores 4 points, and the third-highest scores 1 point. In case of a tie, players score the same amount of points.

==== Bis ====

Allows the player to duplicate a house number on any street. The new house must be directly adjacent, to the left or right of the house with the same number.
Duplicate houses can never be separated by fences. When duplicating a number, write "bis" next to the number in the new house. A house can be duplicated multiple times, and the duplicated number does not have to be associated with the number/effect combination.

'''Score:''' Cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space in the "bis" column. At the end of the game, '''subtract''' the smallest, unchecked number from the final score.

=== City Plans ===

A City Plan presents a goal set by the City to its architects, as in building a certain number of housing estates with mandated sizes.

The first player(s) who meet the required conditions of a City Plan during the same turn immediately score the points indicated. Write the higher amount from the "Project" side of the City Plan card in the corresponding box (n°1, 2, or 3) in their Plans column. Turn over the City Plan to its "Approved" side.

A player can only score each City Plan once.

Other players who later achieve the same City Plan score the lower point amount.

The first player who completes a goal can choose to reshuffle the 81 Construction cards and deal three new stacks of cards as in game setup.

When an estate or a house has been used for a Plan, it cannot fulfill another City Plan. The player
marks out the fence above each house to indicate it has already fulfilled a City Plan. However, a pool used for a City Plan does not invalidate its corresponding house for another plan.

==== Housing Estates Plans ====

To fulfill these City Plans, the player must complete all of the required housing estates.

The estates do not have to be in the same street. There is no restriction to the location of a Plan’s estates.

=== The game ends immediately when: ===

* A player crosses off their third Building Permit Refusal
* A player achieves all three City Plans
* A player has built all of the houses on their streets.

Add up the points for City Plans, parks on each street, pools, temps, and completed estates. Then subtract the points from the "Bis" column and the Building Permit Refusal column.

The player with the most points wins!

In case of a tie, the player with the most completed estates wins. In case of another tie, the player with the most 1-house estates wins, then 2-house, etc... In case of another tie, (seriously?) players play another game of Welcome To.

== Additional Info ==

=== Distribution of cards ===

==== Effect side of cards: ====

*9x Pool Manufacturer cards
*9x Temp Agency cards
*9x "Bis" cards
*18x Landscaper cards
*18x Real Estate cards
*18x Surveyor cards

==== House Number side of cards: ====

*3x 1,2,14,15
*4x 3,13
*5x 4,12
*6x 5,11
*7x 6,10
*8x 7,9
*9x 8

=== Expert Rules and advanced variant: ===

1. The Roundabout is an additional action. By placing a roundabout on your street, you can have one set of numbers to the right of the roundabout (0 to 17) and one set to the left (1 to 17). In addition, creating a roundabout automatically adds a gate to the right and left of the roundabout. You can build up to two roundabouts, and fill in the lowest scored circle in the red section of the scorepad marked with an asterisk—roubdabouts incur negative points.

2. In the advanced variant, you only see the 3 cards with numbers on them. choose one and you will then be presented with the actions listed on the other two cards and you can choose one.

== Expansions ==

=== Ice Cream Truck ===

Own the best ice cream truck in the neighborhood! Score the most points by filling house numbers in the order that the truck moves.

There is one ice cream truck for each street; any truck can move on a turn. The top street's truck moves from right to left. The middle street's truck moves from left to right. The first time you number a house on the bottom street, you can choose which direction the bottom street's truck moves.

==== Movement ====

An ice cream truck drives only once through their street, and all missed ice cream orders are therefore lost.

When you write a number in a house, the truck drives from its current location to that house, unless it has already passed it. This is represented by a line in the street from the ice cream truck's starting point to that house. If the house just numbered has an ice cream cone, circle it and cross off any other ice cream cones passed on the truck’s trip.

==== Scoring ====

You earn one point for each ice cream cone circled during the game.

If you are the first to circle or cross off the last ice cream cone on a street, you earn a bonus of one point for each ice cream cone circled in the street. All other players must cross off this bonus, but can keep selling ice cream cones on that street.

When you start numbering the bottom street, pick the ice cream truck you want on either side and cross off the other. Only one bonus applies for this street, even if different players move in opposite directions.

=== Christmas Lights ===

Decorate the streets for Christmas with the longest lights possible.

==== Gameplay ====

To decorate the houses, you must write numbers in consecutive order in the streets. When two adjacent numbers are consecutive, you can connect them with a string of Christmas lights.

A Bis number is considered consecutive to the identical number next to it.

==== Scoring ====

You can have multiples strings of lights in one street but at the end of the game, only the longest string of lights in each street will score additional points.

For each street, earn as many points as there are houses connected by the longest string of lights.

==== Example ====

2 4 [empty] 6-7-8-8bis-9 11-12-13

This would end up scoring five points for the six through nine chain of lights and nothing for the 11-13.

==== City Plans ====

Build two estates of three houses without any string of lights.

Build two estates of six houses connected to each other by a single string of lights.

Connect all the houses of one street with a single string of lights.

Gamehelpwelcometo

2022-02-05T23:29:44Z

Tet3: /* Ice Cream Truck */ Edited the ice cream truck instructions so that maybe a player has a shred of hope of understanding them.

== Purpose of the Game ==

Architects gradually develop their three streets by building houses, identified by their numbers.

Houses will be grouped into housing estates, but only fully-completed ones count at the end of the game.

Parks and pools help to improve the neighborhood.

Architects can raise the quality of their constructions in order to promote their estates’ value.

All of this while trying to be the first to complete the City Plans!

Finally, by increasing recruitment through temp agencies, architects can hasten the construction and get in the mayor’s good graces.

== Gameplay ==

At the beginning of each turn, three pairs of cards will be drawn. These pairs create three combinations, comprised of a House Number and an Effect. These combinations are used to perform actions.

Players take turns simultaneously. Each player individually chooses one of the three combinations available to perform an action on their sheet. Multiple players can pick the same combination.

Each player must write the number from the chosen combination in a house on one of the three streets on their sheet. Numbers must always be written in an empty house and must be written in ascending order from left to right.
The same number can never appear twice in the same street (except for the "Bis" effect).

When filling in houses, players may leave as many empty houses between two built houses, and then fill them in later. Numbers must still be in ascending order. Also, players may skip numbers when filling in houses, like placing a 10 directly after a 7.

If a chosen house number cannot be played because the it cannot fit anywhere while preserving ascending order, this is marked as a '''building permit refusal'''.

The player’s chosen combination also allows them to perform an '''effect'''. Players may perform the effect only if they did not receive a building permit refusal.

'''Note:''' performing an effect is optional.

Once all players have built their houses and carried out effects, a new turn begins.

=== Effects ===

==== Surveyor ====

Allows the player to build a fence between two houses on the same street. To build a fence, choose any available, white-dotted space and draw a line on it.

Permanent fences are present on both sides of each street. Fences determine the boundaries of housing estates. A completed housing estate is a row of 1 to 6 neighboring houses, all numbered (no blank spaces between them) and built between two fences.

'''Score:''' Completed housing estates are necessary to fulfill City Plans and may be split further, as long as they have not previously fulfilled a City Plan).

==== Real Estate Agent ====

Promotes and increases the value of completed housing estates. To use the Real Estate Agent, choose a Real Estate column and cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space.

'''Score:''' At the end of the game, each completed estate (size 2, 3, 4, etc...) scores as many points as the smallest, unchecked number from its corresponding column.

==== Landscaper ====

Allows the player to build a park.

'''Score:''' The player crosses off one of the trees at the end of the street. Parks must be crossed off on the same street that the house number is written. Parks are crossed off, left-to-right in ascending order.

==== Pool Manufacturer ====

Allows a player to score points when building houses that have a planned pool.

'''Score:''' If a player writes the house number associated with the Pool Manufacturer effect in a house with a planned pool, then the pool is built. Cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space in their pools column.

==== Temp Agency ====

Allows the player to add or subtract 1 or 2 to the house number they are building. The Temp Agency allows the player to write numbers from 0 to 17.

'''Score''': For each use of the Temp Agency, cross off one box from the Temp Agency column. At the end of the game, the player who crossed off the most Temp Agency boxes scores 7 points. The next highest scores 4 points, and the third-highest scores 1 point. In case of a tie, players score the same amount of points.

==== Bis ====

Allows the player to duplicate a house number on any street. The new house must be directly adjacent, to the left or right of the house with the same number.
Duplicate houses can never be separated by fences. When duplicating a number, write "bis" next to the number in the new house. A house can be duplicated multiple times, and the duplicated number does not have to be associated with the number/effect combination.

'''Score:''' Cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space in the "bis" column. At the end of the game, '''subtract''' the smallest, unchecked number from the final score.

=== City Plans ===

A City Plan presents a goal set by the City to its architects, as in building a certain number of housing estates with mandated sizes.

The first player(s) who meet the required conditions of a City Plan during the same turn immediately score the points indicated. Write the higher amount from the "Project" side of the City Plan card in the corresponding box (n°1, 2, or 3) in their Plans column. Turn over the City Plan to its "Approved" side.

A player can only score each City Plan once.

Other players who later achieve the same City Plan score the lower point amount.

The first player who completes a goal can choose to reshuffle the 81 Construction cards and deal three new stacks of cards as in game setup.

When an estate or a house has been used for a Plan, it cannot fulfill another City Plan. The player
marks out the fence above each house to indicate it has already fulfilled a City Plan. However, a pool used for a City Plan does not invalidate its corresponding house for another plan.

==== Housing Estates Plans ====

To fulfill these City Plans, the player must complete all of the required housing estates.

The estates do not have to be in the same street. There is no restriction to the location of a Plan’s estates.

=== The game ends immediately when: ===

* A player crosses off their third Building Permit Refusal
* A player achieves all three City Plans
* A player has built all of the houses on their streets.

Add up the points for City Plans, parks on each street, pools, temps, and completed estates. Then subtract the points from the "Bis" column and the Building Permit Refusal column.

The player with the most points wins!

In case of a tie, the player with the most completed estates wins. In case of another tie, the player with the most 1-house estates wins, then 2-house, etc... In case of another tie, (seriously?) players play another game of Welcome To.

== Additional Info ==

=== Distribution of cards ===

==== Effect side of cards: ====

*9x Pool Manufacturer cards
*9x Temp Agency cards
*9x "Bis" cards
*18x Landscaper cards
*18x Real Estate cards
*18x Surveyor cards

==== House Number side of cards: ====

*3x 1,2,14,15
*4x 3,13
*5x 4,12
*6x 5,11
*7x 6,10
*8x 7,9
*9x 8

=== Expert Rules and advanced variant: ===

1. The Roundabout is an additional action. By placing a roundabout on your street, you can have one set of numbers to the right of the roundabout (0 to 17) and one set to the left (1 to 17). In addition, creating a roundabout automatically adds a gate to the right and left of the roundabout. You can build up to two roundabouts, and fill in the lowest scored circle in the red section of the scorepad marked with an asterisk—roubdabouts incur negative points.

2. In the advanced variant, you only see the 3 cards with numbers on them. choose one and you will then be presented with the actions listed on the other two cards and you can choose one.

== Expansions ==

=== Ice Cream Truck ===

Own the best ice cream truck in the neighborhood! Score the most points by filling house numbers in the order that the truck moves.

There is one ice cream truck for each street; any truck can move on a turn. The top street's truck moves from right to left. The middle street's truck moves from left to right. You can choose which direction the bottom street's truck moves, left or right.

==== Movement ====

An ice cream truck drives only once through their street, and all missed ice cream orders are therefore lost.

When you write a number in a house, the truck drives from its current location to that house, unless it has already passed it. This is represented by a line in the street from the ice cream truck's starting point to that house. If the ice cream truck ends its trip in front of a house (ie, the house just numbered) that an ice cream cone, circle it and cross off all other ice cream cones passed on the truck’s trip.

==== Scoring ====

If you are the first to circle or cross off the last ice cream cone on a street, you earn a bonus of one point for each ice cream cone circled in the street. All other players must cross off this bonus but can keep selling ice cream cones on that street.

When you start numbering the bottom street, pick the ice cream truck you want on either side and cross off the other. Only one bonus applies for this street.

Regardless of any bonuses earned by you or other players, you earn one point for each ice cream cone circled during the game.

=== Christmas Lights ===

Decorate the streets for Christmas with the longest lights possible.

==== Gameplay ====

To decorate the houses, you must write numbers in consecutive order in the streets. When two adjacent numbers are consecutive, you can connect them with a string of Christmas lights.

A Bis number is considered consecutive to the identical number next to it.

==== Scoring ====

You can have multiples strings of lights in one street but at the end of the game, only the longest string of lights in each street will score additional points.

For each street, earn as many points as there are houses connected by the longest string of lights.

==== Example ====

2 4 [empty] 6-7-8-8bis-9 11-12-13

This would end up scoring five points for the six through nine chain of lights and nothing for the 11-13.

==== City Plans ====

Build two estates of three houses without any string of lights.

Build two estates of six houses connected to each other by a single string of lights.

Connect all the houses of one street with a single string of lights.

Gamehelpwelcometo

2022-02-01T02:22:09Z

Tet3: Added info about max roundabouts & their scoring.

== Purpose of the Game ==

Architects gradually develop their three streets by building houses, identified by their numbers.

Houses will be grouped into housing estates, but only fully-completed ones count at the end of the game.

Parks and pools help to improve the neighborhood.

Architects can raise the quality of their constructions in order to promote their estates’ value.

All of this while trying to be the first to complete the City Plans!

Finally, by increasing recruitment through temp agencies, architects can hasten the construction and get in the mayor’s good graces.

== Gameplay ==

At the beginning of each turn, three pairs of cards will be drawn. These pairs create three combinations, comprised of a House Number and an Effect. These combinations are used to perform actions.

Players take turns simultaneously. Each player individually chooses one of the three combinations available to perform an action on their sheet. Multiple players can pick the same combination.

Each player must write the number from the chosen combination in a house on one of the three streets on their sheet. Numbers must always be written in an empty house and must be written in ascending order from left to right.
The same number can never appear twice in the same street (except for the "Bis" effect).

When filling in houses, players may leave as many empty houses between two built houses, and then fill them in later. Numbers must still be in ascending order. Also, players may skip numbers when filling in houses, like placing a 10 directly after a 7.

If a chosen house number cannot be played because the it cannot fit anywhere while preserving ascending order, this is marked as a '''building permit refusal'''.

The player’s chosen combination also allows them to perform an '''effect'''. Players may perform the effect only if they did not receive a building permit refusal.

'''Note:''' performing an effect is optional.

Once all players have built their houses and carried out effects, a new turn begins.

=== Effects ===

==== Surveyor ====

Allows the player to build a fence between two houses on the same street. To build a fence, choose any available, white-dotted space and draw a line on it.

Permanent fences are present on both sides of each street. Fences determine the boundaries of housing estates. A completed housing estate is a row of 1 to 6 neighboring houses, all numbered (no blank spaces between them) and built between two fences.

'''Score:''' Completed housing estates are necessary to fulfill City Plans and may be split further, as long as they have not previously fulfilled a City Plan).

==== Real Estate Agent ====

Promotes and increases the value of completed housing estates. To use the Real Estate Agent, choose a Real Estate column and cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space.

'''Score:''' At the end of the game, each completed estate (size 2, 3, 4, etc...) scores as many points as the smallest, unchecked number from its corresponding column.

==== Landscaper ====

Allows the player to build a park.

'''Score:''' The player crosses off one of the trees at the end of the street. Parks must be crossed off on the same street that the house number is written. Parks are crossed off, left-to-right in ascending order.

==== Pool Manufacturer ====

Allows a player to score points when building houses that have a planned pool.

'''Score:''' If a player writes the house number associated with the Pool Manufacturer effect in a house with a planned pool, then the pool is built. Cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space in their pools column.

==== Temp Agency ====

Allows the player to add or subtract 1 or 2 to the house number they are building. The Temp Agency allows the player to write numbers from 0 to 17.

'''Score''': For each use of the Temp Agency, cross off one box from the Temp Agency column. At the end of the game, the player who crossed off the most Temp Agency boxes scores 7 points. The next highest scores 4 points, and the third-highest scores 1 point. In case of a tie, players score the same amount of points.

==== Bis ====

Allows the player to duplicate a house number on any street. The new house must be directly adjacent, to the left or right of the house with the same number.
Duplicate houses can never be separated by fences. When duplicating a number, write "bis" next to the number in the new house. A house can be duplicated multiple times, and the duplicated number does not have to be associated with the number/effect combination.

'''Score:''' Cross off the top-most, lowest-numbered space in the "bis" column. At the end of the game, '''subtract''' the smallest, unchecked number from the final score.

=== City Plans ===

A City Plan presents a goal set by the City to its architects, as in building a certain number of housing estates with mandated sizes.

The first player(s) who meet the required conditions of a City Plan during the same turn immediately score the points indicated. Write the higher amount from the "Project" side of the City Plan card in the corresponding box (n°1, 2, or 3) in their Plans column. Turn over the City Plan to its "Approved" side.

A player can only score each City Plan once.

Other players who later achieve the same City Plan score the lower point amount.

The first player who completes a goal can choose to reshuffle the 81 Construction cards and deal three new stacks of cards as in game setup.

When an estate or a house has been used for a Plan, it cannot fulfill another City Plan. The player
marks out the fence above each house to indicate it has already fulfilled a City Plan. However, a pool used for a City Plan does not invalidate its corresponding house for another plan.

==== Housing Estates Plans ====

To fulfill these City Plans, the player must complete all of the required housing estates.

The estates do not have to be in the same street. There is no restriction to the location of a Plan’s estates.

=== The game ends immediately when: ===

* A player crosses off their third Building Permit Refusal
* A player achieves all three City Plans
* A player has built all of the houses on their streets.

Add up the points for City Plans, parks on each street, pools, temps, and completed estates. Then subtract the points from the "Bis" column and the Building Permit Refusal column.

The player with the most points wins!

In case of a tie, the player with the most completed estates wins. In case of another tie, the player with the most 1-house estates wins, then 2-house, etc... In case of another tie, (seriously?) players play another game of Welcome To.

== Additional Info ==

=== Distribution of cards ===

==== Effect side of cards: ====

*9x Pool Manufacturer cards
*9x Temp Agency cards
*9x "Bis" cards
*18x Landscaper cards
*18x Real Estate cards
*18x Surveyor cards

==== House Number side of cards: ====

*3x 1,2,14,15
*4x 3,13
*5x 4,12
*6x 5,11
*7x 6,10
*8x 7,9
*9x 8

=== Expert Rules and advanced variant: ===

1. The Roundabout is an additional action. By placing a roundabout on your street, you can have one set of numbers to the right of the roundabout (0 to 17) and one set to the left (1 to 17). In addition, creating a roundabout automatically adds a gate to the right and left of the roundabout. You can build up to two roundabouts, and fill in the lowest scored circle in the red section of the scorepad marked with an asterisk—roubdabouts incur negative points.

2. In the advanced variant, you only see the 3 cards with numbers on them. choose one and you will then be presented with the actions listed on the other two cards and you can choose one.

== Expansions ==

=== Ice Cream Truck ===

Own the best ice cream truck in the neighborhood!

There is one ice cream truck for each street; any truck can move on a turn. The top street's truck moves from right to left. The middle street's truck moves from left to right. You can choose which direction the bottom street's truck moves, left or right.

==== Movement ====

An ice cream truck drives only once through their street, and all missed ice cream orders are therefore lost.

When you write a number in a house, draw a line from the ice cream truck to that house. If the ice cream truck ends its trip in front of a house with an ice cream cone, circle it and cross off all other ice cream cones encountered on the truck’s trip.

==== Scoring ====

If you are the first to circle or cross off the last ice cream cone on a street, you earn a bonus of one point for each ice cream cone circled in the street. All other players must cross off this bonus but can keep selling ice cream cones on that street.

When you start numbering the bottom street, pick the ice cream truck you want on either side and cross off the other. Only one bonus applies for this street.

You earn one point for each scoop of ice cream circled during the game.

=== Christmas Lights ===

Decorate the streets for Christmas with the longest lights possible.

==== Gameplay ====

To decorate the houses, you must write numbers in consecutive order in the streets. When two adjacent numbers are consecutive, you can connect them with a string of Christmas lights.

A Bis number is considered consecutive to the identical number next to it.

==== Scoring ====

You can have multiples strings of lights in one street but at the end of the game, only the longest string of lights in each street will score additional points.

For each street, earn as many points as there are houses connected by the longest string of lights.

==== Example ====

2 4 [empty] 6-7-8-8bis-9 11-12-13

This would end up scoring five points for the six through nine chain of lights and nothing for the 11-13.

==== City Plans ====

Build two estates of three houses without any string of lights.

Build two estates of six houses connected to each other by a single string of lights.

Connect all the houses of one street with a single string of lights.

Gamehelpsplendor

2021-09-23T16:03:16Z

Tet3: Restoring text for actual game play. Undo revision 8893 by Sarthakmaini (talk)

==GAME SETUP==

Shuffle each development card deck separately, and then place them in a column in the middle of the table in increasing order from bottom to
top (◯;◯◯;◯◯◯).

Then reveal 4 cards from each level.

Shuffle the noble tiles and reveal as many of them as there are players plus one (example: 5 tiles for a 4 player game).

The remaining tiles are removed from the game; they will not be used during the game. Finally, place the tokens in 6 distinct piles (sort them by color) within reach of the players.

'''With 2 players''': Remove 3 tokens of each gem color, but gold (there should be only 4 of each remaining).

'''With 3 players''': Remove 2 tokens of each gem color, but gold (there should be only 5 of each remaining).

==GAME RULES==

Play then proceeds clockwise.

On their turn, a player must choose to perform only one of the following four actions.
* Take 3 gem tokens of different colors.
* Take 2 gem tokens of the same color. '''This action is only possible if there are at least 4 tokens of the chosen color left when the player takes them.'''
* Reserve 1 development card and take 1 gold token (joker).
* Purchase 1 face-up development card from the middle of the table or a previously reserved one.

===Selecting tokens===
A player can never have more than 10 tokens at the end of their turn (including jokers). If this happens, they must return tokens until they only have 10 left. A player can return all or some of those they’ve just drawn

===Reserve a development card===
To reserve a card, a player simply needs to take a face-up development from the middle of the table or (if you’re feeling lucky) draw the first card from one of the three decks (level ◯;◯◯;◯◯◯) without showing it to the other players.

The reserved cards are kept in hand and cannot be discarded.

Players may not have more than three reserved cards in hand, and the only way to get rid of a card is to buy it.

Reserving a card is also the only way to get a gold token (joker). If there is no gold left, you can still reserve a card, but you won’t get any gold.

===Buying a development card===
To purchase a card, a player must spend the number of tokens indicated on the card. A joker token can replace any color. The spent tokens (including any jokers) are returned to the middle of the table.

Once you purchase a development card, it will reduce the cost of buying new development cards. For example, if you have purchased 2 development cards that have red tokens in the top-right corner, you can buy a card that requires 3 red tokens at a cost of 1 red token. Purchased development cards can be used over and over again.

A player may purchase one of the face-up development cards in the middle of the table or a card in his hand that was reserved on a previous turn.

===The nobles===
At the end of their turn, each player checks the noble tiles in order to determine if they’re receiving a visit from one of them.

A player can be visited if they have (at least) the quantity and type of bonuses indicated on the noble tile.

It is impossible to refuse the visit from a noble, which is not considered to be an action.

If a player has enough bonuses to be visited by more than one noble at the end of their turn, that player chooses the noble to be received.

The tile obtained is placed face-up in front of the player in question.

==END OF THE GAME==
When a player reaches 15 prestige points, complete the current round so that each player has played the same number of turns.

The player who then has the highest number of prestige points is declared the winner (don’t forget to count your nobles).

In case of a tie, the player who has purchased the fewest development cards wins!

Gamehelpsevenwondersduel

2021-09-23T15:55:00Z

Tet3: Added tiebreak.

== Overview ==

In 7 Wonders: Duel, your aim is to make your ancient civilization thrive over three rounds by acquiring resources, building different types of constructions, and building your Wonders. However, you're doing this along with another player who has access to the same resources and buildings you do. Over the course of each round, you'll be acquiring money and points from the different cards played or other actions. Alternatively, you can build up a military to conquer your opponent, or progress on technology to the point that you're just too amazing of a civilization.

There are three ways to win this game (4 if with Agora expansion):
* Advance the military token all the way to the opponent's edge of the board
* Collect any six different science symbols
* Have the most points at the end of the 3rd round
* Control all six chambers in the senate (only with Agora expansion)

== Game Anatomy ==

At any given moment, each player has:
* 4 Wonders. These can be built by tucking a card underneath them for the bonuses printed on them. These are shown on the left side of your board.
* Money. Some cards or Wonders give you money, but this is more commonly earned by discarding cards. Money can be spent to buy cards, or to buy resources you don't already have access to. This is shown on the right side of your player board.
* Points. These are simply the sum of all points earned from cards. The player with the most points wins the game (unless an alternate victory condition is achieved). This is shown on the right side of your player board.

Between both players is the available "market" of cards. Any cards not covered by any other card can be collected or purchased for the listed price. The shape of this board is different in each round.

== Game Setup and Preparation ==

Each player starts the game with 7 coins.

5 Progress tokens are dealt onto the board.

Each player also starts with 4 potential Wonders, chosen as follows:
* Deal out 4 random Wonders.
* The starting player selects one of the Wonders.
* The other player then selects two of the remaining Wonders.
* The starting player automatically gets the remaining Wonder.
* Then deal out 4 random Wonders and repeat the above process, except the other player starts that round.

Each wonder provides certain advantage to the player by way of points, attack shields, coins or other advantage.

Finally, deal out the Age I cards in the pattern described.

The starting player goes first.

== What To Do On Your Turn ==
During your turn, trigger a conspiracy if you want (Agora), then select one of the cards on the board to claim, then choose what to do with it:
* Play the card as normal. This is the most common choice. Doing this will simply give you the benefits of the card. The types of cards and what they do are explained further into these instructions.
* Use the card to build your Wonder. Tuck the card underneath one of your Wonders. It does not matter which card is tucked for this; as long as any card is used for this, the Wonder is considered complete. You do need to be able to pay the resource cost of the Wonder or have enough money to make up the difference. Only 7 Wonders can be completed during the entire course of the game; once the 7th has been built, the 8th and final Wonder is removed from play and can't be built.
* Discard the card for money. You gain 2 coins plus 1 coin for each yellow card you already have. It does not matter which card is discarded for this; all cards are worth the same amount of money when discarded this way.
* Prepare a conspiracy. You put the card underneath one of your conspiracies. Later on, you can trigger a conspiracy before you select a card. (only avaliable when played with Agora)

After you have completed this, it's now your opponent's turn.

== Buying Cards ==

Most cards have a purchase price, shown on the top left of the card, involving resources or money. To buy a card, you must have the available resources for it. However, if you do not have the required resources, you may buy them from the bank. For each missing resource, pay 2 coins, plus 1 extra coin for each of that resource your opponent has.

Alternatively, some cards have an alternate cost using a previously claimed card. Cards that can take advantage of a chain build later in the game have a symbol printed on the top right, and cards that can be purchased this way have the matching symbol underneath their normal, resource-based cost. If you have the appropriate card, you can buy the new card for free!

== Types of Cards ==

Players can gain the following types of cards:

=== Resource Cards ===

Brown and gray cards are resources. There are five types of resources; wood, brick, stone (all of which are brown), glass, and paper (which are gray). These resources are required in order to build certain cards or Wonders. If you do not have a particular resource, you can instead pay 2 coins, plus 1 coin for each resource held by your opponent (this money goes to the bank, not to your opponent). Resource cards are never used up - as long as you have the card, you may use the resources on any subsequent turns.

Unlike other cards, Resource Cards appear in Age I and II, but not at all during Age III.

=== Commerce Cards ===

Yellow cards are commerce cards, and usually have something to do with money. They may allow for altered costs to buy resources, or to instantly gain money. Additionally, for each yellow card you have, you gain 1 extra coin each time you discard a card.

=== Civilian Cards ===

Blue cards are civilian cards, and are simply worth points at the end of the game.

=== Science Cards ===

Green cards are science cards. These are frequently (but not always) worth points, but more importantly, have one of six different scientific instruments on them. If you ever collect one copy of all six symbols, you automatically win the game!

Additionally, if you get two cards with the same symbol, you also immediately get one of the Progress tokens. There are five Progress tokens dealt at the start of the game, which either give you some sort of bonus or extra effect.

=== Military Cards ===

Red cards are military cards. These show some number of sword and shields along the top. When you get one, for each of these sword and shields, advance the military token one step towards your opponent. If it moves into a space next to a penalty symbol, your opponent loses money.

If you ever advance the military token to the edge closest to your opponent, you've conquered their civilization and automatically win the game! However, if the game ends before this happens, one player will gain points based on its position.

=== Guild Cards ===

Purple cards are guild cards. These are worth money and points based on how many of a particular card type or other quality have been built. The money from this is awarded immediately, but the points are only awarded at the end of the game (and consequently do not show up on your point total).

Unlike other cards, these cards only show up in Age III.

=== Senators (Agora)===

Black and White cards are senators. Their cost are coins equal to your number of senators (0 if first). Then apply its effect as follows:

* Politician (White): Take a number of senate actions (place influnce in the section or move an influnce) according to the number of blue cards you have (0-1: 1 action, 2-3: 2 actions, 4+: 3 actions).
* Conspirator (Black): Put an influnce in any chamber or conspire (draw 2 conspiracies, choose 1 and put the other on top or bottom of the deck).

If you have more influnces than your opponent in a chamber, you control the chamber and have the power of the decree in it. However, you lose it if your opponent has at least the same number of influnces as you. If you are tied with your opponent, no one control the chamber.

These cards only show up if Agora expansion is on. They have a grey back.

== End Of An Age ==

An age ends when either player takes the last card from the board. A new set of cards is dealt out in a predefined pattern.

The player closest to the Military token (that is, the player most in danger of being conquered) chooses which player starts the next round. If the Military token is in the middle, then the last active player (the person who finished the previous age) chooses who starts the next round.

== End Of The Game ==

The game can end automatically if either player conquers the other, gets enough scientific symbols, or control all six chambers (Agora). But if neither of those conditions are met, then the game ends at the end of Age III.

Players earn points from their points on cards (including guilds), Wonders, the final position of the Military token, the senates they controlled (1-3 points, only wtih Agora) and leftover money (3 coins converts to 1 point). The player with the most points wins! In case of a tie, victory is awarded to the player with the most civilian points (blue cards). If that is also a tie, then the final result is shared victory.