Gamehelpfiftyfirststate

Overview

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Turn

The round is split into five phases, each of which is completed by every player before moving to the next, the phases are:

Lookout

Production

Action

Count

Clean

Lookout

First, reveal 5 new cards from the draw deck

After which, players take turns taking a new card

Depending on the player count, this has a few variations which mainly add moments where new cards are dealt to the display

During this phase only, a player has a 10 card hand limit

If a player already has 10 cards, then they must choose a card from the display to discard instead of drawing it

At most, a player will gain 2 seen cards from this phase

Any cards left in the display at the end are discarded

Finally, every player draws 1 blind card from the draw deck

Production

First, each base produces 3 workers and one resources as depicted on it

Second, each Agreement produces resources shown in the blue area

Third, players may discard Spoils to gain the resources shown in the red area

Fourth, Locations produce the resources depicted in the central area

Action

In a clockwise order, each player takes a single action or passes, if you pass then you cannot take another action. Continue like this until everyone has Passed. The actions are:

Conquer a Location

Establish Cooperation

Incorporate a Location

Redevelop a Location

Play or Swap Leader

Discard 2 to Draw 1

Send Worker to Location

Send Worker to Opponent Location

Send 2 Workers to an occupied Location

Send 2 Workers for Resources

Perform the Leader Action

Pass

Count

Check VPs at the current position, VPs are not accumulated from round to round

Clean

Discard unused Resource, Worker, Contact, and Redevelopment Tokens

Return Faction Tokens

All Tokens used to Pay for actions are discarded

Note that some abilities may allow you to keep certain things normally discarded

Start a new round with the Lookout phase

Game End

If during the Count phase a player has met or exceeded 30 VP, then the current round is the last round

The player with the most points, wins!

If tied, the player with more hand cards wins!

If still tied, the player with the most resources and workers wins!