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==Overview==
==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.
Make your ancient civilization thrive over three rounds by acquiring money & resources, constructing shrines to art and science, and building wonders. But you're competing with another player for those same resources.  


There are three ways to win this game:
=== Three ways to win: ===
* Advance the military token all the way to the opponent's edge of the board
* Gain enough military resources to advance the military token to the opponent's edge of the board
* Collect any six different science symbols
* Collect six different science symbols
* Have the most points at the end of the 3rd round
* Have the most victory points at the end


==Game Anatomy==
==Game Preparation==
At any given moment, each player has:
At the beginning of the game, each player chooses four wonders in a snaking draft. These wonders act like regular resource cards, but take more resources and give greater rewards. Each player starts the game with 7 coins.
* 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.
==On Your Turn==
 
During your turn, select an available card. (To be available, a card must have no cards on top of it.)
==Game Setup and Preparation==
* '''Construct a Building''': This is the most common action. Doing this adds the card to your "city" and gives you the resources or bonuses on the card. Each card is different--mouse over or read the formal instructions to see what it does.
Each player starts the game with 7 coins.
* '''Build a Wonder''': You must have the necessary resources in your city or pay the remaining difference. The cards is "sacrificed" and tucked underneath one of your Wonders. You do not pay any costs or gain any benefits of the card. Any available card can be used. There are a total of 8 wonders between players, but only 7 can be built. After the 7th wonder is built, the 8th is disgarded and cannot be built.  
 
* '''Discard for Money''': You can choose any available card and discard it for 2 coins plus 1 for each yellow card in your city.  
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.
==Construct a Building (Buying Cards)==
To buy a card and add it to your city, you must either have the same quantity and type of resources (symbols) in your city. If you are missing resources, you may pay 2 coins plus 1 extra for each of that resource your opponent has.


==On Your Turn==
BGA displays what the card's money cost is to you '''and''' your opponent at the bottom. A checkmark means it has no cost.  
During your turn, 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.


If you built to a wonder with a "take another turn action", you may go again. (If you have several such wonders, you can repeat this multiple times, even though the game rules disallow it.) Otherwise, it's now your opponent's turn.  
Many cards alter the price you must pay for resources or allow you to buy for free if you have a previously claimed card.  


==Buying Cards==
==End of Age (Round)==
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.
When the last card is taken from the board, a new age begins. Cards from that age are dealt in a predefined pattern. The player closest to the Conflict pawn (player in most danger of being conquered) chooses which player starts the next round. If the Military token is in the middle, the player who took the last card chooses who starts the next round.
 
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==
==Types of Cards==
Players can gain the following types of cards:
'''Raw Materials (brown):''' These are basic resources and primarily appear in Age I. They are needed to construct certain buildings or Wonders. Age III does not contain any of these kinds of cards. These cards are not spent or expire. As long as you have the card, you may use its resources on subsequent turns.
 
===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.
 
Resource cards do not appear during Age III.


===Commerce Cards===
'''Manufactured Goods (gray):''' These are advanced resources and primarily appear in Age II. They are needed to construct buildings or Wonders. Age III does not contain any of these kinds of cards. These cards are not spent or expire. As long as you have the card, you may use its resources on subsequent turns.
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===
'''Civilian Buildings (blue):''' These cards are worth victory points only.
Blue cards are civilian cards, and are simply worth points at the end of the game.


===Science Cards===
'''Scientific Buildings (green):''' These cards are worth victory points only, but also have symbols. Collect 6 different symbols and you automatically win the game. Collect 2 cards with the same symbol and you gain a Progress token which gives a bonus or beneficial effect.
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.
'''Commercial Buildings (yellow):''' These cards give coins, produce resources, reduce the costs of missing resources, or gain victory points. For each yellow card, you gain 1 extra coin when you discard a card for money.


===Military Cards===
'''Military Buildings (red):''' These cards move the military token. For each sword-and-shield symbol, the token moves that many spaces closer to your opponent's end. If it moves into a space with a penalty symbol, your opponent loses money. If it reaches the end, you automatically win the game. Otherwise, one player gains points at the end of the game for its position.
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.
'''Guilds (purple cards):''' Guilds are worth money and points based on how many of a particular card type or other quality in your city. The money is awarded immediately, but the points are only awarded at game end. These cards only appear in Age III.


===Guild Cards===
==Scoring/End Of Game==
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).
The game ends ''automatically'' if:


Guild cards only appear in Age III.
'''A)''' a player conquers the other by moving the Conflict pawn on the military track to their end and gains "Military Supremacy".


==Progress Tokens==
'''B)''' a player gains 6 different science symbols and gains "Scientific Supremacy".
* '''Agriculture''': Immediately take 6 coins from the bank. This token is worth 4 victory points.
* '''Architecture''': All future wonders constructed by you cost 2 fewer resources.
* '''Economy''': You gain the money spent by your opponent when they purchase resources through trade.
* '''Law''': This token is worth the Law scientific symbol.
* '''Masonry''': All future blue cards constructed by you cost 2 fewer resources.
* '''Mathematics''': At the end of the game, you receive 3 victory points for each Progress token in your possession (including this).
* '''Philosophy''': This token is worth 7 victory points.
* '''Strategy''': From now on, your new military buildings (red cards) will benefit from one extra shield.
* '''Theology''': All future wonders built by you are treated as though they have the “play again” effect.
* '''Urbanism''': Immediately take 6 coins from the bank. Each time you construct a building for free through linking (free construction condition), you gain 4 coins.


==End Of An Age==
Otherwise, the game ends after the last card is drawn from Age III.
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.
Players earn victory points from


==End Of The Game==
* Building cards (including Guilds)
The game can end automatically if either player conquers the other or gets enough scientific symbols. But if neither of those conditions are met, then the game ends at the end of Age III.
* Wonders
* Final position of the Conflict pawn
* Progress tokens
* Money (3 coins : 1 point).  


Players earn points from their points on cards (including guilds), Wonders, the final position of the Military token, 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.
The player with the most points wins. In ties, the player with the most Civilian Buildings wins.


==Expansions==
==Pantheon Expansion==
===Pantheon===
Mythology tokens (1 of each pantheon) appear during Age I. Offering tokens appear during Age II. If you flip over cards with them, take the tokens.
Mythology tokens (1 of each pantheon) appear during Age I. Offering tokens appear during Age II. If you flip over cards with them, take the tokens.


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During Age III, Grand Temples appear instead of Guilds, which can be build via linking if you have the corresponding Mythology token. At the end of the game, players score 5/12/21 points if they have 1/2/3 Grand Temples.
During Age III, Grand Temples appear instead of Guilds, which can be build via linking if you have the corresponding Mythology token. At the end of the game, players score 5/12/21 points if they have 1/2/3 Grand Temples.


====Divinities (Pantheon)====
====Divinities====
The Divinities' cost is determined by their placement on the Pantheon board. They are kept in separate decks until they are placed on the board by picking up the corresponding pantheon token during Age I.
The Divinities' cost is determined by their placement on the Pantheon board. They are kept in separate decks until they are placed on the board by picking up the corresponding pantheon token during Age I.


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* '''Poliorcetics''': Each time you move the military token forward on the track, your opponent loses a coin for each space moved.
* '''Poliorcetics''': Each time you move the military token forward on the track, your opponent loses a coin for each space moved.


===Agora===
== Agora Expansion ==
There is an additional way to win the game: Control all six chambers in the senate. This ends the game automatically.
There is an additional way to win the game: Control all six chambers in the senate. This ends the game automatically.


Revision as of 16:52, 10 October 2025

Overview

Make your ancient civilization thrive over three rounds by acquiring money & resources, constructing shrines to art and science, and building wonders. But you're competing with another player for those same resources.

Three ways to win:

  • Gain enough military resources to advance the military token to the opponent's edge of the board
  • Collect six different science symbols
  • Have the most victory points at the end

Game Preparation

At the beginning of the game, each player chooses four wonders in a snaking draft. These wonders act like regular resource cards, but take more resources and give greater rewards. Each player starts the game with 7 coins.

On Your Turn

During your turn, select an available card. (To be available, a card must have no cards on top of it.)

  • Construct a Building: This is the most common action. Doing this adds the card to your "city" and gives you the resources or bonuses on the card. Each card is different--mouse over or read the formal instructions to see what it does.
  • Build a Wonder: You must have the necessary resources in your city or pay the remaining difference. The cards is "sacrificed" and tucked underneath one of your Wonders. You do not pay any costs or gain any benefits of the card. Any available card can be used. There are a total of 8 wonders between players, but only 7 can be built. After the 7th wonder is built, the 8th is disgarded and cannot be built.
  • Discard for Money: You can choose any available card and discard it for 2 coins plus 1 for each yellow card in your city.

Construct a Building (Buying Cards)

To buy a card and add it to your city, you must either have the same quantity and type of resources (symbols) in your city. If you are missing resources, you may pay 2 coins plus 1 extra for each of that resource your opponent has.

BGA displays what the card's money cost is to you and your opponent at the bottom. A checkmark means it has no cost.

Many cards alter the price you must pay for resources or allow you to buy for free if you have a previously claimed card.

End of Age (Round)

When the last card is taken from the board, a new age begins. Cards from that age are dealt in a predefined pattern. The player closest to the Conflict pawn (player in most danger of being conquered) chooses which player starts the next round. If the Military token is in the middle, the player who took the last card chooses who starts the next round.

Types of Cards

Raw Materials (brown): These are basic resources and primarily appear in Age I. They are needed to construct certain buildings or Wonders. Age III does not contain any of these kinds of cards. These cards are not spent or expire. As long as you have the card, you may use its resources on subsequent turns.

Manufactured Goods (gray): These are advanced resources and primarily appear in Age II. They are needed to construct buildings or Wonders. Age III does not contain any of these kinds of cards. These cards are not spent or expire. As long as you have the card, you may use its resources on subsequent turns.

Civilian Buildings (blue): These cards are worth victory points only.

Scientific Buildings (green): These cards are worth victory points only, but also have symbols. Collect 6 different symbols and you automatically win the game. Collect 2 cards with the same symbol and you gain a Progress token which gives a bonus or beneficial effect.

Commercial Buildings (yellow): These cards give coins, produce resources, reduce the costs of missing resources, or gain victory points. For each yellow card, you gain 1 extra coin when you discard a card for money.

Military Buildings (red): These cards move the military token. For each sword-and-shield symbol, the token moves that many spaces closer to your opponent's end. If it moves into a space with a penalty symbol, your opponent loses money. If it reaches the end, you automatically win the game. Otherwise, one player gains points at the end of the game for its position.

Guilds (purple cards): Guilds are worth money and points based on how many of a particular card type or other quality in your city. The money is awarded immediately, but the points are only awarded at game end. These cards only appear in Age III.

Scoring/End Of Game

The game ends automatically if:

A) a player conquers the other by moving the Conflict pawn on the military track to their end and gains "Military Supremacy".

B) a player gains 6 different science symbols and gains "Scientific Supremacy".

Otherwise, the game ends after the last card is drawn from Age III.

Players earn victory points from

  • Building cards (including Guilds)
  • Wonders
  • Final position of the Conflict pawn
  • Progress tokens
  • Money (3 coins : 1 point).

The player with the most points wins. In ties, the player with the most Civilian Buildings wins.

Pantheon Expansion

Mythology tokens (1 of each pantheon) appear during Age I. Offering tokens appear during Age II. If you flip over cards with them, take the tokens.

When you take a Mythology token, draw 2 Divinities from the corresponding deck, choose 1 to put in the Pantheon facedown and put the other on top of the deck.

At the start of Age II, reveal all Divinities and place the Gate in the remaining empty space in the Pantheon.

Starting from Age II, players can activate a card from the Pantheon instead of claiming a card. The cost can be reduced by discarding Offerings.

During Age III, Grand Temples appear instead of Guilds, which can be build via linking if you have the corresponding Mythology token. At the end of the game, players score 5/12/21 points if they have 1/2/3 Grand Temples.

Divinities

The Divinities' cost is determined by their placement on the Pantheon board. They are kept in separate decks until they are placed on the board by picking up the corresponding pantheon token during Age I.

The pantheons are as follows:

Gate - white back

  • Gate: Reveal the top Divinity from each deck, choosing one of them to activate for free. Its activation cost is double that of its space.

Mesopotamian - green backs, science-related effects:

  • Enki: When Enki is revealed, randomly draw 2 Progress tokens from those discarded at the beginning of the game. These tokens are placed face-up on Enki’s card. When you invoke Enki, choose one of these two Progress tokens and gain it. The other token is returned to the box with those discarded at the beginning of the game.
  • Ishtar: Grants the Law scientific symbol.
  • Nisaba: Place the Snake token on an opponent’s green card. Treat it as if you also have that symbol.

Phoenician - yellow backs, economy-related effects

  • Astarte: Place 7 coins from the bank on Astarte’s card. These are not part of your City’s Treasury, and so are thus protected against coin losses. It’s possible to spend them normally. At the end of the game, each coin still present on Astarte’s card is worth 1 victory point for you.
  • Baal: Steal a brown or grey card built by your opponent, it is added to the cards of your City.
  • Tanit: Take 12 coins from the bank.

Greek - blue backs, wild-card effects

  • Aphrodite: Worth 9 victory points.
  • Hades: Choose one card from the discard pile and construct it for free in your City.
  • Zeus: Put in the discard pile a card of your choice (face up or down) from the structure, as well as any tokens which may be present on that card.

Egyptian - grey backs, wonder-related effects

  • Anubis: Discard a card previously used to construct a Wonder (an opposing one or one of your own). The affected player doesn’t lose the instant effects previously granted by that Wonder (shields, coins, progress tokens, constructed or discarded card, replay effect). It is possible to rebuild this Wonder and thus apply its effects once again.
  • Isis: Choose a card from the discard pile and construct one of your Wonders for free using that card.
  • Ra: Steal an opponent’s Wonder which has not yet been constructed; it is added to your own Wonders.

Roman - red backs, military-related effects

  • Mars: Grants 2 shields.
  • Minerva: Place the Minerva pawn on any space of the Military Track. If the Conflict pawn would enter the space which contains the Minerva pawn, it instead stops moving and its movement ends. Then discard the Minerva pawn.
  • Neptune: Choose and discard a Military token without applying its effect. Then choose and apply the effect of another Military token (which is then discarded).

New Progress Tokens

  • Engineering: You can construct any building with a link by paying 1 coin.
  • Mysticism: At the end of the game, you receive 2 points for each Mythology and Offering token in your possession.
  • Poliorcetics: Each time you move the military token forward on the track, your opponent loses a coin for each space moved.

Agora Expansion

There is an additional way to win the game: Control all six chambers in the senate. This ends the game automatically.

During your turn, you may trigger a prepared conspiracy before selecting one of the cards on the board to claim.

When you claim a card, you can use it to prepare a conspiracy by putting the card underneath one of your conspiracies, instead of the other options.

At the end of the game, players gain points for the senates they controlled (1-3 points).

Senators

Black and White cards (with a grey back) 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 influence in the section or move an influence) according to the number of blue cards you have (0-1: 1 action, 2-3: 2 actions, 4+: 3 actions).
  • Conspirator (Black): Put an influence 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 influences 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 influences as you. If you are tied with your opponent, no one control the chamber.

New Progress Tokens

  • Corruption: From now on, you recruit all Senators (Politicians and Conspirators) for free.
  • Organized Crime: When you conspire, keep both conspiracies in front of you.
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