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Components Beore he firs game please remove all iles om he ames
1) 1 Gameboard
2) 4 Player Boards o be assembled
3) 120 Cards (40 each inIvory Orange Brown)
4) 40 Worker iles
5) 6 Wall iles
6) 12 ask iles
7) 1 Round Marker
8) 32 Governors (8 each in he4 Player colors)
9) 20 Walls (5 each in he 4Player colors)
10) 24 Palaces (6 each inhe 4 Player colors)
11) 32 racking discs (8 each in he4 Player colors)
12) 20 Unres markers (black cubes)
13) 60 Officials 20 red cubes 20gray cubes 20 whie cubes
14) 4 100200 Poinsiles (1 each in he 4Player colors)
15) 39 Unificaion markers in Ivory Orange and Brown
(in each o 3 colors 12 worh 1 each 1 worh 3)
Beween 230 and 221 BC he ambiious and exremely youngking o Qin Ying Zheng unified China adding all he oherso-called Warring Saes (Zhan Guo) o his empire
Te game is se immediaely afer his conques Te kingcalled himsel Emperor bu he conquered erriories canno
be considered an Empire ye Te local populaion o hereshly annexed Warring Saes sill ideniy heir kingdoms asindependen naions each one having is own radiions and
laws and no always being very keen on he idea o losing hemIn order o avoid poliical chaos he Emperor firs reormedhe old eudal adminisraion and divided he empire inoseveral provinces personally appoining he governors Hehen decreed ha he culural elemens ha orm he glue hahold sociey ogeher be sandardized
Inernal decisions were no he only hings ha shaped hisnew unified naion
From he Norh he menace o he Hsiung-nu barbarians kepshaking he empire and he Emperor knew ha he only wayo sop ha menace was o build one o he mos ambiious
buildings in human hisory Te Grea Wall o China
In ZhanGuo you have been assigned he challenging ask oconribuing o he process o uniying he empire in ordero finally render he separae Warring Saes ino an uniedEmpire
In each o he five rounds o he game you mus make he beso he cards you ge You can play each card eiher on your ownplayer board o increase your personal power in he empire oron he gameboard o recrui manpower consruc he palaceshe Emperor desires re-assign officials insall governors andhelp build he Grea Wall
Whoever is able o make he greaes conribuion o heEmperorrsquos cause will be he winner
Background and Game Overview
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Initial PTe picure represens he iniial se up or a 4-Player game
he game has ewer han 4 Players pu any unused componens in he game box
5 Value-3 Uniicaion Markers Pu he value-3 Unificaion Markers
(all ocagons) on he gameboardnex o he Cour Area
3 Cards Sor he cards ino 3 decks by back color and shufflehem separaely
Pu he decks ace-down nex o he gameboard
4 Round rack Place he Round Marker over Number 1 o
he Round rack
6 1s player Randomly deermine a 1s Player Te order o play
is esablished in clockwise order around he ablesaring wih he 1s Player
Each player places 1 disc o his coloron he Rewards rack Te 1s Playerplaces a disc on he opmos slo oherplayersrsquo discs are randomly placed onhe remaining slos Only 1 disc canoccupy each slo
N983151983156983141 A he end o each round heUnificaion discs may change posiion
Te player whose disc is on he opmos slo will be1s Player or he nex round
Te order o play will always be in clockwise orderaround he able saring wih he 1s Player
Te posiion o oher playersrsquo discs on he Rewardsrack is no relevan or he order o play I is onlyused as ie breaker during he Unificaion RewardsPhase - see page 12 or deails
2 Player supply Each Player chooses a color (Blue Red Purple
or Yellow ) and akes
bull 8 discs o hisher() color
bull 8 Governors o his color
bull 6 Palaces o his color
bull 5 Walls o his color
bull 5 Unres markers
bull 5 whie Officials
bull 5 gray Officials
bull 5 red Officials
1 Board Lay ou he gameboard in he middle o he able
I is divided ino several Areas (see picure below)Rewards asks Cour Regions Walls
bull Regions here are 5 Regionsidenified by hese symbols
bull Walls here are 3 Wall Siesidenified by hese symbols Each Wall Sie has 2 secions
From now on or simpliciy readabiliy and economy we will use male pronouns when alking abou eachplayer while i should be clearly undersood ha in each insance we mean o include our emale players as well
Rewards
Round rack
Cour
Rewards rack
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paration
11 General Supply Pu all he Workers and he value-1 Unificaion Markers(shor ocagons) (12 o each color in a 4-Player game9 in a 3-Player game and 6 in a 2-Player game) a heside o he board o orm he General Supply
N983151983156983141 All componens are limied o he quaniy provided and can hereore run ou during he game Te only
excepions are he Workers In he unlikely even ha he general supply runs ou o Workers keep rack on a shee opaper All he elemens he players have in ron o hem mus always be visible o he oher players
8 ask discs Each player places he remaining 6
discs o his color on he gameboard
nex he o he asks Area
9 Walls Shuffle all 6 Wall iles and pu 1 on each
o he 6 Wall secions each wih a randomside acing up
10 asks Te asks Area is divided ino 2 secions Each secion
has 1 Wall 1 Palace and 1 Governor slo
Shuffle all 4 ask iles wih a Wall
depiced on he back and pu 1 ace-up on he corresponding slos in each o he2 secions Te remaining 2 iles wonrsquo be needed orhis game and can go back ino he box
Repea his wih he Palace asks
and wih he Governor asks
N983151983156983141 Wall Palace and Governor symbolsdepiced on he board mus be visible so place he ilesaccordingly
7 Vicory Poins Each Player places 1 disc o his color on ldquo0rdquo (zero) on
he Vicory Poins (VP) rack
During he game every ime he Player earns Vicory
Poins he will advance his disc accordingly I a VP symbol on he gameboard is black hePlayer will earn hose Vicory Poins a heend o he game I i is red he Player willearn hose VP immediaely
Wall Sie Wall Sie
Wall Sie Regions
asks
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Each player has 5 red cubes 5 gray cubes and 5 whie cubes in his supply Tey represenOfficials o 3 differen ypes (miliary civilian inspecor)
Each player akes 3 Officials rom his supply as indicaed on his player board and placeshem in he Governors area o Region 1
Each player board is divided ino 5 Regions represeninghe regions on he gameboard Te regions are idenified by maching symbols (also represening numbers 1 o 5)
Each Region is hen subdivided in 2 areas Governors and Workers
13 Oicials
12 Player boardsTere are 4 player boards each one idenified by a symbol circle square riangle or sar
Each player board has 2 sides(A-side symbols are oulinesB-side symbols are solid)
Assemble he player boards accordingly
A-sides are all equal Each B-side has special abiliies depiced on i (see Page 15 or deails)
When playing or he firs ew imes we recommendusing he A-sides Each player akes a player boardand places i in ron o himsel A-side ace-up
I you decide o play wih he B-sides players chooseheir own boards In reverse player order each playerchooses a player board and places i in ron ohimsel B-side ace-up
Afer having played wih B-sides a leas once playersmay decide o ollow he procedure below (B-sideplayer boards aucion)
N983151983156983141 Cards will be placed in he area above he player boards so leave enough space beween your player boardand he gameboard
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Each Player places 1 disc o his color on ldquo15rdquo on he VP rackI983150983145983156983145983137983148 P983154983141983152983137983154983137983156983145983151983150 - 12 P983148983137983161983141983154 983138983151983137983154983140983155
Use all 4 Player boards in a 4-player game discard one in a 3-player game discard wo in a 2-player game Players can discardhem randomly or come o an agreemen on which player boards o discard
Te 1s Player makes a bid in Vicory Poins o be he firs in choosing he player board hersquoll use (he mus bid a leas 1 VPbu may sar wih a higher bid) Coninuing in clockwise order he oher players can make higher bids or pass I a playerpasses he may no re-ener he curren aucion
Players keep bidding or passing unil one player remains He loses VP equal o his highes bid akes a player board o hischoice and places in ron o himsel B-side ace-up
Ten he nex aucion sars ollowing he same rules Only players ha have no player board in ron o hem can paricipaeTe firs bid will be made by he closes player clockwise o he las player ha ook a player board
Tis coninues unil all he player boards have been aken
N983151983156983141 he minimum bid is always 1 VP so he las player board will be always assigned or 1 VP o he las player
N983151983156983141 Players canno bid more VP han hey currenly have
N983151983156983141 Players should decide i hey wan o use one or more varians (see page 14) beore saring he aucion
Region symbol
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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Te game is played over 5 rounds Te Player wih he mos Vicory Poins (VP) a he end o he game is he winnerDuring each round players will ollow hese 3 phases (always in he same order)
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Players will play heir cards during phase 2 o perorm acions
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Each card has an abiliy a unique acivaion number (rom 1 o 120) and represens one o
he 3 aspecs o he Unificaion Wriing Currency and LawsCards rom he Ivory deck represen wriing and are numbered 1-40 cards rom heOrange deck represen currency and are numbered 41-80 and cards rom he Brown deckrepresen laws and are numbered 81-120
A deailed explanaion o each card abiliy can be ound laer in his rulebook (See page 15)
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Te middle symbol maches he cards unificaion aspec on he ron
Numbers on he botom indicae he cardrsquos range while he symbol on
he op corners helps o quickly recognize i he cardrsquos number is in helow (1 o 40) middle (41 o 80) or high (81 o 120) range
Players should hold he cards so ha a leas one o he op corners o he back is visible o he oher players
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When i is his urn he player mus play 1 card rom his hand and eiher
Perorm he U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 A983139983156983145983151983150He places he card ino one o he 5 Regions o his player board
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He places he card on he gameboard in he Cour Area Cards will be placed ace-up one onop o he oher orming a pile
Saring wih he 1s Player and going clockwise around he able each player one afer he oher mus play exacly 1card rom his hand and perorm 1 acion
Tis coninues unil all players have played all heir cards and hen he phase ends
Round Overview
Phase 1 Draw Cards Phase 2 Play Cards Phase 3 Unificaion Rewards
A he beginning o each round each player draws 2 cards rom each deck and akeshem ino his handSo a he end o phase 1 each player have exacly 6 cards in hand 2 o each color
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Abiliy
Unificaion Aspec
Acivaion Number
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o a Region o his choice on his player board
He ucks i ace-up underneah he op edge o his board (or previously placed cards) so ha only he op icons are
showingEach Region o he player board can hos up o 3 cards Afer he player has placed he 3rd card in a Region o hisplayer board he canno place more cards here
Once placed cards canno be moved or removed or heremainder o he game
U983150983154983141983155983156 Te unificaion process was no always well received by he local populaion
During he game some o he acions migh cause an increase in he level o unres in a cerain RegionTe level o unres in each Region is racked wih a black cube on he
Regionrsquos Unres rack o his player board Each player has 5 black cubes in hissupply 1 or each regionrsquos Unres rack
N983151983156983141 Increasing he levels o unres is only direced o he player ha perormed he acion anddoes no affec oher players
bull No cubes in a Region means no unres
bull When or any reason he level o unres increases in a Region and he Unres rack o haRegion is currenly empy he player akes 1 black cube rom his supply and places i on he
lefmos black slo o ha region (i he unres increased by 1) or on he second slo rom he lef(i he unres increased by 2)
bull I he cube is already on he rack or each urher increase he moves he cube 1 sep o he righ
In his mission o uniy he Warring Saes ino wha we know oday as China he king o Qin would make himsel emperorand he knew ha he mus sandardize he wriing he laws and he unis o measure - especially he currency
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places a card in Region 2 I is he firs card placed in his Region o his playerboard and i is Brown so he akes 1 Brown Unificaion Marker
U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 M983137983154983147983141983154983155 Te player sends a characer o a region in order o conribue o one o heaspecs o he unificaion in ha region wriing currency or laws according o he color o he played card
When he places a card in a Region o his player board he player akes rom he general supply and places in ron
o himsel eiher 1 2 or 3 value-1 Unificaion Markers (according o how many cards werealready placed here) in he color o he card jus placed as ollows
loz 1 i he placed he 1s card in a Region o his player board
loz 2 i he placed he 2nd card in a Region o his player board
loz 3 i he placed he 3rd card in a Region o his player board
I here are no more value-1 Markers o heappropriae color in he general supply he playerimmediaely gains 1 VP or each Marker he canno ake
N983151983156983141 During Phase 3 (Unificaion Rewards) o each roundhere will be a bonus awarded o he player who has conrib-ued he mos o he unificaion in each o he 3 aspecs (iehe one wih he mos Markers in ha color) See page 12
Unres rack
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Depending on he Region and on which side o he player board is being used Unres racks can have2 3 or 4 slos represening he maximum level o unres ha Region can bear
Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region o go beyond hemaximum possible level
N983151983156983141 Level o unres is also increased when he player perorms he Hire Workers Acion (see page 9)and can be decreased perorming he Insall 1 Governor Acion (see page 9) acivaing cerain cards or using one ohe B-side player board abiliies (see pages 15)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places he 3rd card in Region 4Te level o unres in he Region is increased by2 Tere was already a cube in he lefmos sloo he Region so he oal level is now 3
Te placed card is Orange so he akes 3 OrangeUnificaion Markers
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te maximum possible level o unres is 3 Tere are 2 cards already in he Region and he currenlevel o unres is 2 Te player canno pu a 3rd card in ha Region because i would increase he level o unresby 2 bringing he oal level a 4 which would be higher han he maximum
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o he Cour Area o he gameboard
Te firs card placed in he Cour Area is placed ace-up on he slo Following cards will be placed ace-up on op ha orming a pile
He mus hen perorm 1 o he 6 available Cour Acions
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When he perorms he Unificaion Acion and he places
loz he 2rd card in a Region he player mus increase he level o unres in ha sameRegion by 1
loz he 3rd card in ha Region he player mus increase he level o unres in hasame Region by 2
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Pleny o hings had o change in order o make he Chinese empire whole and he Emperor didnrsquo wase any ime He dividedhe empire ino provinces personally appoining he Governors he sared he consrucion o he Grea Wall o China andordered consrucion o majesic palaces in his honor o keep inormed o his progress players send emissaries direcly o he Emperorsrsquo Cour reporing every acion in his new provinces
Build1 Wall
Build1 Palace
Hire Workers
Re-assignOfficials
Recrui 1Official
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color is number or is abiliy)Te player jus places he card on op o he pile declares which acion he wans o perorm and perorms i
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Te player can only choose an acion ha he is acually able o perorm and he mus perorm hechosen acion
Insall 1Governor
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When assigned o he Governors area hey have governmen duies (see Insall 1Governor page 9) When assigned o he Workers area hey are appoined or hiringlocal populaion o work or he Emperor (see Hire Workers page 9)
Perorming his acion allows he player o spend 1 o 3 re-assignmen poins o re-assign hisOfficials in his player board o a differen Region or o a differen area o he same Region
1 re-assignmen poin allows he player o move 1 o his Officials
loz From he Governors area o a Region o he Governors area o an adjacen Region
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Workers area o an adjacen Region placingi on an empy slo Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
I here are no empy slos in ha Workers area he official may move hrough i(spending anoher re-assignmen poin) bu canno sop here
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Governors area o he same Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Tere is no limi o he number o Officials (same or differen colors) hacan be presen in each Governors area
He may spli he re-assignmen poins amongs differen Officials or use hem all on one single OfficialI he player has no Officials on his board he canno perorm his acion
A983140983146983137983139983141983150983139983161 2 Regions are adjacen i on he gameboard heir border is a solid line I insead heir border is a wall hey are no adjacen
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region ohe Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155 983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can bedone a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acion perormed
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
R983141983139983154983157983145983156 1 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148 Te Emperor divided he empire ino several provinces In he game he provinces are grouped ino 5 regions Each province was conrolled by 3 differen officials 1 miliary 1 civilian and 1 inspecor (represened by hered gray and whie cubes)
Each player has 5 red cubes 5 whie cubes and 5 gray cubes in his supply
Te player mus ake 1 Official o his choice (red gray or whie) rom his supply and place i on his player board inhe Governors area o a Region o his choice
Tere is no limit to the number of Officials (same or different colors) that can be present in each Governors areaR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Officials in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I all o a playerrsquos Officials are alreadyon his player board he player canno perorm his acion
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1 re-assignmen poin o move 1 red Official om he Worker area o Region 2 o heGovernors area o he same Region and
2 re-assignmen poins o move 1 whie Official om he Governors area o Region 3 o heGovernors area o Region 5
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Te player chooses o place a red Official in Region 2
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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Te player mus hire 1 or 2 workers in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he is hiring hen
1 For each Official placed in he Workers area o ha Region (regardless o heir color) he mus ake 1 Workerrom he general supply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o ha same Region
Tere can be a maximum o 2 Officials in each Workers area so he player may ake up o 2 workers I here are noOfficials in he Workers area o a Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region o he Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can be done a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acionperormed Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
2 Regardless o how many workers he ook he player mus increase he level o unres in ha same Region by 1
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region ogo beyond he maximum allowed level So i he black cube is already in he righmos slo oa Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
I983150983155983156983137983148983148 1 G983151983158983141983154983150983151983154 I nsalling a Governor indicaes ha a player has he ull poliical conrol over a province Insalling a Governorin a province increases he sabiliy o he whole Region so he level o unres will decrease
Te player mus insall 1 Governor in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o insall he Governor hen he
1 Mus remove 1 Official o each color (1 red + 1 whie + 1 gray) rom he Governorsarea o same Region o his player board placing hem back in his supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Governors rom his supply in ha Region on he gameboardHe places i on an empy bonus square o his choice and immediaely receives heindicaed bonus (see below) i here are no more available squares he places i inha Region in he area near he squares (in his case he does no gain any bonus)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Governors in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Governors are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
3 I here is a black cube on he Unres rack o ha Region o his player boardhe player reses is level o unres o zero by puting he black cube back in hissupply I he Unres rack is empy he jus skips his sep
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Region will be scored one a a ime In each region VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Governors here See page 14
Te player may immediaelyspend up o 4 re-assignmenpoins ollowing usual rules
Te playerimmediaely scores 4 VP
Te player may immediaely ake1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and place i on his player
board in he Governors Area o aRegion o his choice
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player moves 2 Officials (1 red and 1 gray) om he Governors Area o Region 3 o heWorkers Area o he same RegionHe hen hires workers in Region 3 Tere are now 2 Officials in he Workers area so he akes 2 WorkersHe hen increases he level o unres in Region 3 by 1
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B983157983145983148983140 1 P983137983148983137983139983141 Te player mus build 1 Palace in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o build he Palace hen he
1 Mus remove rom his player board 2 Workers rom ha Region plus 1 Worker roma differen Region o his choice placing hem back in he general supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Palaces rom his supply on he gameboard on an empy slo oha Region (here are 4 available slos in a 4-player game 3 in a 3-player game 2 in a
2-player game) Only 1 Palace can occupy each slo I here are no more available slosin he Region i is no possible o build a palace in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Palaces in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I allo a playerrsquos Palaces are already on he board he player canno perorm his acion
3 I possible akes 1 value-3 Unificaion Marker o his choice rom he gameboardI here are no value-3 Markers on he gameboard he jus skips his sep
4 Scores VP equal o he oal number o cards (0 o 15)placed on his player board (regardless o heir color or heir Region)
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is
placed eiher in he slo above his symbol or in he righmos slo ohe Unres rack he player canno build Palaces in ha Region
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Tere are 3 Wall sies idenified by hesesymbols Each Wall sie has 2 secions each oneassociaed wih a Wall ile
Te player mus build 1 Wall in a single secion
Te player declares in which secion he wans o build he Wall hen he
1 Mus place 1 o his Walls rom his supply on he gameboard on an empyslo o his choice o ha secion Each secion has 3 slos Only 1 Wall canoccupy each slo A single player canno have more han 1 Wall on he same secionI here are no more available slos i is no possible o build a wall in ha secion
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Walls in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Walls are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
2 Mus remove rom his player board 1 2 or 3 Workers(according o how many rods are depiced on he slo wherehe placed his Wall) placing hem back in he general supplyI he mus remove 2 or 3 Workers hey all mus come romdifferen Regions
N983151983156983141 Te walls are no relaed o any Region so he player may choose rom whichRegions o ake he Workers (provided hey are all rom differen Regions)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player builds 1 palace in Region 4 He mus remove2 Workers om Region 4 and 1 om a differen Region ohis choice He chooses Region 5 Tere are no more availablevalue-3 Unificaion Markers on he gameboard so he does noake any He has 6 cards on his player board so he scores 6 VP
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he will score VP according o he posiion o his Wall(slos wih more rods are worh more poins) and how well he mees he crieria shownon he associaed ile (see page 16 or deails)
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
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In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
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Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Blue is he new 1s Player
Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
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Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
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Initial PTe picure represens he iniial se up or a 4-Player game
he game has ewer han 4 Players pu any unused componens in he game box
5 Value-3 Uniicaion Markers Pu he value-3 Unificaion Markers
(all ocagons) on he gameboardnex o he Cour Area
3 Cards Sor he cards ino 3 decks by back color and shufflehem separaely
Pu he decks ace-down nex o he gameboard
4 Round rack Place he Round Marker over Number 1 o
he Round rack
6 1s player Randomly deermine a 1s Player Te order o play
is esablished in clockwise order around he ablesaring wih he 1s Player
Each player places 1 disc o his coloron he Rewards rack Te 1s Playerplaces a disc on he opmos slo oherplayersrsquo discs are randomly placed onhe remaining slos Only 1 disc canoccupy each slo
N983151983156983141 A he end o each round heUnificaion discs may change posiion
Te player whose disc is on he opmos slo will be1s Player or he nex round
Te order o play will always be in clockwise orderaround he able saring wih he 1s Player
Te posiion o oher playersrsquo discs on he Rewardsrack is no relevan or he order o play I is onlyused as ie breaker during he Unificaion RewardsPhase - see page 12 or deails
2 Player supply Each Player chooses a color (Blue Red Purple
or Yellow ) and akes
bull 8 discs o hisher() color
bull 8 Governors o his color
bull 6 Palaces o his color
bull 5 Walls o his color
bull 5 Unres markers
bull 5 whie Officials
bull 5 gray Officials
bull 5 red Officials
1 Board Lay ou he gameboard in he middle o he able
I is divided ino several Areas (see picure below)Rewards asks Cour Regions Walls
bull Regions here are 5 Regionsidenified by hese symbols
bull Walls here are 3 Wall Siesidenified by hese symbols Each Wall Sie has 2 secions
From now on or simpliciy readabiliy and economy we will use male pronouns when alking abou eachplayer while i should be clearly undersood ha in each insance we mean o include our emale players as well
Rewards
Round rack
Cour
Rewards rack
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paration
11 General Supply Pu all he Workers and he value-1 Unificaion Markers(shor ocagons) (12 o each color in a 4-Player game9 in a 3-Player game and 6 in a 2-Player game) a heside o he board o orm he General Supply
N983151983156983141 All componens are limied o he quaniy provided and can hereore run ou during he game Te only
excepions are he Workers In he unlikely even ha he general supply runs ou o Workers keep rack on a shee opaper All he elemens he players have in ron o hem mus always be visible o he oher players
8 ask discs Each player places he remaining 6
discs o his color on he gameboard
nex he o he asks Area
9 Walls Shuffle all 6 Wall iles and pu 1 on each
o he 6 Wall secions each wih a randomside acing up
10 asks Te asks Area is divided ino 2 secions Each secion
has 1 Wall 1 Palace and 1 Governor slo
Shuffle all 4 ask iles wih a Wall
depiced on he back and pu 1 ace-up on he corresponding slos in each o he2 secions Te remaining 2 iles wonrsquo be needed orhis game and can go back ino he box
Repea his wih he Palace asks
and wih he Governor asks
N983151983156983141 Wall Palace and Governor symbolsdepiced on he board mus be visible so place he ilesaccordingly
7 Vicory Poins Each Player places 1 disc o his color on ldquo0rdquo (zero) on
he Vicory Poins (VP) rack
During he game every ime he Player earns Vicory
Poins he will advance his disc accordingly I a VP symbol on he gameboard is black hePlayer will earn hose Vicory Poins a heend o he game I i is red he Player willearn hose VP immediaely
Wall Sie Wall Sie
Wall Sie Regions
asks
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Each player has 5 red cubes 5 gray cubes and 5 whie cubes in his supply Tey represenOfficials o 3 differen ypes (miliary civilian inspecor)
Each player akes 3 Officials rom his supply as indicaed on his player board and placeshem in he Governors area o Region 1
Each player board is divided ino 5 Regions represeninghe regions on he gameboard Te regions are idenified by maching symbols (also represening numbers 1 o 5)
Each Region is hen subdivided in 2 areas Governors and Workers
13 Oicials
12 Player boardsTere are 4 player boards each one idenified by a symbol circle square riangle or sar
Each player board has 2 sides(A-side symbols are oulinesB-side symbols are solid)
Assemble he player boards accordingly
A-sides are all equal Each B-side has special abiliies depiced on i (see Page 15 or deails)
When playing or he firs ew imes we recommendusing he A-sides Each player akes a player boardand places i in ron o himsel A-side ace-up
I you decide o play wih he B-sides players chooseheir own boards In reverse player order each playerchooses a player board and places i in ron ohimsel B-side ace-up
Afer having played wih B-sides a leas once playersmay decide o ollow he procedure below (B-sideplayer boards aucion)
N983151983156983141 Cards will be placed in he area above he player boards so leave enough space beween your player boardand he gameboard
B-983155983145983140983141 P983148983137983161983141983154 B983151983137983154983140983155 A983157983139983156983145983151983150Seup he game as normal bu wih he ollowing changes o seps 7 and 12
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Each Player places 1 disc o his color on ldquo15rdquo on he VP rackI983150983145983156983145983137983148 P983154983141983152983137983154983137983156983145983151983150 - 12 P983148983137983161983141983154 983138983151983137983154983140983155
Use all 4 Player boards in a 4-player game discard one in a 3-player game discard wo in a 2-player game Players can discardhem randomly or come o an agreemen on which player boards o discard
Te 1s Player makes a bid in Vicory Poins o be he firs in choosing he player board hersquoll use (he mus bid a leas 1 VPbu may sar wih a higher bid) Coninuing in clockwise order he oher players can make higher bids or pass I a playerpasses he may no re-ener he curren aucion
Players keep bidding or passing unil one player remains He loses VP equal o his highes bid akes a player board o hischoice and places in ron o himsel B-side ace-up
Ten he nex aucion sars ollowing he same rules Only players ha have no player board in ron o hem can paricipaeTe firs bid will be made by he closes player clockwise o he las player ha ook a player board
Tis coninues unil all he player boards have been aken
N983151983156983141 he minimum bid is always 1 VP so he las player board will be always assigned or 1 VP o he las player
N983151983156983141 Players canno bid more VP han hey currenly have
N983151983156983141 Players should decide i hey wan o use one or more varians (see page 14) beore saring he aucion
Region symbol
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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Te game is played over 5 rounds Te Player wih he mos Vicory Poins (VP) a he end o he game is he winnerDuring each round players will ollow hese 3 phases (always in he same order)
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Players will play heir cards during phase 2 o perorm acions
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Each card has an abiliy a unique acivaion number (rom 1 o 120) and represens one o
he 3 aspecs o he Unificaion Wriing Currency and LawsCards rom he Ivory deck represen wriing and are numbered 1-40 cards rom heOrange deck represen currency and are numbered 41-80 and cards rom he Brown deckrepresen laws and are numbered 81-120
A deailed explanaion o each card abiliy can be ound laer in his rulebook (See page 15)
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Te middle symbol maches he cards unificaion aspec on he ron
Numbers on he botom indicae he cardrsquos range while he symbol on
he op corners helps o quickly recognize i he cardrsquos number is in helow (1 o 40) middle (41 o 80) or high (81 o 120) range
Players should hold he cards so ha a leas one o he op corners o he back is visible o he oher players
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When i is his urn he player mus play 1 card rom his hand and eiher
Perorm he U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 A983139983156983145983151983150He places he card ino one o he 5 Regions o his player board
OR Perorm 1 o he 6 C983151983157983154983156 A983139983156983145983151983150983155
He places he card on he gameboard in he Cour Area Cards will be placed ace-up one onop o he oher orming a pile
Saring wih he 1s Player and going clockwise around he able each player one afer he oher mus play exacly 1card rom his hand and perorm 1 acion
Tis coninues unil all players have played all heir cards and hen he phase ends
Round Overview
Phase 1 Draw Cards Phase 2 Play Cards Phase 3 Unificaion Rewards
A he beginning o each round each player draws 2 cards rom each deck and akeshem ino his handSo a he end o phase 1 each player have exacly 6 cards in hand 2 o each color
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Abiliy
Unificaion Aspec
Acivaion Number
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o a Region o his choice on his player board
He ucks i ace-up underneah he op edge o his board (or previously placed cards) so ha only he op icons are
showingEach Region o he player board can hos up o 3 cards Afer he player has placed he 3rd card in a Region o hisplayer board he canno place more cards here
Once placed cards canno be moved or removed or heremainder o he game
U983150983154983141983155983156 Te unificaion process was no always well received by he local populaion
During he game some o he acions migh cause an increase in he level o unres in a cerain RegionTe level o unres in each Region is racked wih a black cube on he
Regionrsquos Unres rack o his player board Each player has 5 black cubes in hissupply 1 or each regionrsquos Unres rack
N983151983156983141 Increasing he levels o unres is only direced o he player ha perormed he acion anddoes no affec oher players
bull No cubes in a Region means no unres
bull When or any reason he level o unres increases in a Region and he Unres rack o haRegion is currenly empy he player akes 1 black cube rom his supply and places i on he
lefmos black slo o ha region (i he unres increased by 1) or on he second slo rom he lef(i he unres increased by 2)
bull I he cube is already on he rack or each urher increase he moves he cube 1 sep o he righ
In his mission o uniy he Warring Saes ino wha we know oday as China he king o Qin would make himsel emperorand he knew ha he mus sandardize he wriing he laws and he unis o measure - especially he currency
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places a card in Region 2 I is he firs card placed in his Region o his playerboard and i is Brown so he akes 1 Brown Unificaion Marker
U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 M983137983154983147983141983154983155 Te player sends a characer o a region in order o conribue o one o heaspecs o he unificaion in ha region wriing currency or laws according o he color o he played card
When he places a card in a Region o his player board he player akes rom he general supply and places in ron
o himsel eiher 1 2 or 3 value-1 Unificaion Markers (according o how many cards werealready placed here) in he color o he card jus placed as ollows
loz 1 i he placed he 1s card in a Region o his player board
loz 2 i he placed he 2nd card in a Region o his player board
loz 3 i he placed he 3rd card in a Region o his player board
I here are no more value-1 Markers o heappropriae color in he general supply he playerimmediaely gains 1 VP or each Marker he canno ake
N983151983156983141 During Phase 3 (Unificaion Rewards) o each roundhere will be a bonus awarded o he player who has conrib-ued he mos o he unificaion in each o he 3 aspecs (iehe one wih he mos Markers in ha color) See page 12
Unres rack
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Depending on he Region and on which side o he player board is being used Unres racks can have2 3 or 4 slos represening he maximum level o unres ha Region can bear
Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region o go beyond hemaximum possible level
N983151983156983141 Level o unres is also increased when he player perorms he Hire Workers Acion (see page 9)and can be decreased perorming he Insall 1 Governor Acion (see page 9) acivaing cerain cards or using one ohe B-side player board abiliies (see pages 15)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places he 3rd card in Region 4Te level o unres in he Region is increased by2 Tere was already a cube in he lefmos sloo he Region so he oal level is now 3
Te placed card is Orange so he akes 3 OrangeUnificaion Markers
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te maximum possible level o unres is 3 Tere are 2 cards already in he Region and he currenlevel o unres is 2 Te player canno pu a 3rd card in ha Region because i would increase he level o unresby 2 bringing he oal level a 4 which would be higher han he maximum
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o he Cour Area o he gameboard
Te firs card placed in he Cour Area is placed ace-up on he slo Following cards will be placed ace-up on op ha orming a pile
He mus hen perorm 1 o he 6 available Cour Acions
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When he perorms he Unificaion Acion and he places
loz he 2rd card in a Region he player mus increase he level o unres in ha sameRegion by 1
loz he 3rd card in ha Region he player mus increase he level o unres in hasame Region by 2
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Pleny o hings had o change in order o make he Chinese empire whole and he Emperor didnrsquo wase any ime He dividedhe empire ino provinces personally appoining he Governors he sared he consrucion o he Grea Wall o China andordered consrucion o majesic palaces in his honor o keep inormed o his progress players send emissaries direcly o he Emperorsrsquo Cour reporing every acion in his new provinces
Build1 Wall
Build1 Palace
Hire Workers
Re-assignOfficials
Recrui 1Official
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color is number or is abiliy)Te player jus places he card on op o he pile declares which acion he wans o perorm and perorms i
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Te player can only choose an acion ha he is acually able o perorm and he mus perorm hechosen acion
Insall 1Governor
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When assigned o he Governors area hey have governmen duies (see Insall 1Governor page 9) When assigned o he Workers area hey are appoined or hiringlocal populaion o work or he Emperor (see Hire Workers page 9)
Perorming his acion allows he player o spend 1 o 3 re-assignmen poins o re-assign hisOfficials in his player board o a differen Region or o a differen area o he same Region
1 re-assignmen poin allows he player o move 1 o his Officials
loz From he Governors area o a Region o he Governors area o an adjacen Region
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Workers area o an adjacen Region placingi on an empy slo Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
I here are no empy slos in ha Workers area he official may move hrough i(spending anoher re-assignmen poin) bu canno sop here
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Governors area o he same Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Tere is no limi o he number o Officials (same or differen colors) hacan be presen in each Governors area
He may spli he re-assignmen poins amongs differen Officials or use hem all on one single OfficialI he player has no Officials on his board he canno perorm his acion
A983140983146983137983139983141983150983139983161 2 Regions are adjacen i on he gameboard heir border is a solid line I insead heir border is a wall hey are no adjacen
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region ohe Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155 983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can bedone a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acion perormed
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
R983141983139983154983157983145983156 1 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148 Te Emperor divided he empire ino several provinces In he game he provinces are grouped ino 5 regions Each province was conrolled by 3 differen officials 1 miliary 1 civilian and 1 inspecor (represened by hered gray and whie cubes)
Each player has 5 red cubes 5 whie cubes and 5 gray cubes in his supply
Te player mus ake 1 Official o his choice (red gray or whie) rom his supply and place i on his player board inhe Governors area o a Region o his choice
Tere is no limit to the number of Officials (same or different colors) that can be present in each Governors areaR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Officials in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I all o a playerrsquos Officials are alreadyon his player board he player canno perorm his acion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player spends
1 re-assignmen poin o move 1 red Official om he Worker area o Region 2 o heGovernors area o he same Region and
2 re-assignmen poins o move 1 whie Official om he Governors area o Region 3 o heGovernors area o Region 5
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Te player chooses o place a red Official in Region 2
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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H983145983154983141 983159983151983154983147983141983154983155 Tousands o peasans had o leave heir fields o ake par in consrucion o he Grea Wall as well as majesic palaces ha he Emperor wans you o build in his honor Tis increased he dissaisacion among he populace
Te player mus hire 1 or 2 workers in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he is hiring hen
1 For each Official placed in he Workers area o ha Region (regardless o heir color) he mus ake 1 Workerrom he general supply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o ha same Region
Tere can be a maximum o 2 Officials in each Workers area so he player may ake up o 2 workers I here are noOfficials in he Workers area o a Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region o he Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can be done a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acionperormed Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
2 Regardless o how many workers he ook he player mus increase he level o unres in ha same Region by 1
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region ogo beyond he maximum allowed level So i he black cube is already in he righmos slo oa Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
I983150983155983156983137983148983148 1 G983151983158983141983154983150983151983154 I nsalling a Governor indicaes ha a player has he ull poliical conrol over a province Insalling a Governorin a province increases he sabiliy o he whole Region so he level o unres will decrease
Te player mus insall 1 Governor in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o insall he Governor hen he
1 Mus remove 1 Official o each color (1 red + 1 whie + 1 gray) rom he Governorsarea o same Region o his player board placing hem back in his supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Governors rom his supply in ha Region on he gameboardHe places i on an empy bonus square o his choice and immediaely receives heindicaed bonus (see below) i here are no more available squares he places i inha Region in he area near he squares (in his case he does no gain any bonus)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Governors in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Governors are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
3 I here is a black cube on he Unres rack o ha Region o his player boardhe player reses is level o unres o zero by puting he black cube back in hissupply I he Unres rack is empy he jus skips his sep
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Region will be scored one a a ime In each region VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Governors here See page 14
Te player may immediaelyspend up o 4 re-assignmenpoins ollowing usual rules
Te playerimmediaely scores 4 VP
Te player may immediaely ake1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and place i on his player
board in he Governors Area o aRegion o his choice
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player moves 2 Officials (1 red and 1 gray) om he Governors Area o Region 3 o heWorkers Area o he same RegionHe hen hires workers in Region 3 Tere are now 2 Officials in he Workers area so he akes 2 WorkersHe hen increases he level o unres in Region 3 by 1
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B983157983145983148983140 1 P983137983148983137983139983141 Te player mus build 1 Palace in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o build he Palace hen he
1 Mus remove rom his player board 2 Workers rom ha Region plus 1 Worker roma differen Region o his choice placing hem back in he general supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Palaces rom his supply on he gameboard on an empy slo oha Region (here are 4 available slos in a 4-player game 3 in a 3-player game 2 in a
2-player game) Only 1 Palace can occupy each slo I here are no more available slosin he Region i is no possible o build a palace in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Palaces in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I allo a playerrsquos Palaces are already on he board he player canno perorm his acion
3 I possible akes 1 value-3 Unificaion Marker o his choice rom he gameboardI here are no value-3 Markers on he gameboard he jus skips his sep
4 Scores VP equal o he oal number o cards (0 o 15)placed on his player board (regardless o heir color or heir Region)
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is
placed eiher in he slo above his symbol or in he righmos slo ohe Unres rack he player canno build Palaces in ha Region
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Tere are 3 Wall sies idenified by hesesymbols Each Wall sie has 2 secions each oneassociaed wih a Wall ile
Te player mus build 1 Wall in a single secion
Te player declares in which secion he wans o build he Wall hen he
1 Mus place 1 o his Walls rom his supply on he gameboard on an empyslo o his choice o ha secion Each secion has 3 slos Only 1 Wall canoccupy each slo A single player canno have more han 1 Wall on he same secionI here are no more available slos i is no possible o build a wall in ha secion
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Walls in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Walls are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
2 Mus remove rom his player board 1 2 or 3 Workers(according o how many rods are depiced on he slo wherehe placed his Wall) placing hem back in he general supplyI he mus remove 2 or 3 Workers hey all mus come romdifferen Regions
N983151983156983141 Te walls are no relaed o any Region so he player may choose rom whichRegions o ake he Workers (provided hey are all rom differen Regions)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player builds 1 palace in Region 4 He mus remove2 Workers om Region 4 and 1 om a differen Region ohis choice He chooses Region 5 Tere are no more availablevalue-3 Unificaion Markers on he gameboard so he does noake any He has 6 cards on his player board so he scores 6 VP
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he will score VP according o he posiion o his Wall(slos wih more rods are worh more poins) and how well he mees he crieria shownon he associaed ile (see page 16 or deails)
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
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In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
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Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Blue is he new 1s Player
Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
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Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
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paration
11 General Supply Pu all he Workers and he value-1 Unificaion Markers(shor ocagons) (12 o each color in a 4-Player game9 in a 3-Player game and 6 in a 2-Player game) a heside o he board o orm he General Supply
N983151983156983141 All componens are limied o he quaniy provided and can hereore run ou during he game Te only
excepions are he Workers In he unlikely even ha he general supply runs ou o Workers keep rack on a shee opaper All he elemens he players have in ron o hem mus always be visible o he oher players
8 ask discs Each player places he remaining 6
discs o his color on he gameboard
nex he o he asks Area
9 Walls Shuffle all 6 Wall iles and pu 1 on each
o he 6 Wall secions each wih a randomside acing up
10 asks Te asks Area is divided ino 2 secions Each secion
has 1 Wall 1 Palace and 1 Governor slo
Shuffle all 4 ask iles wih a Wall
depiced on he back and pu 1 ace-up on he corresponding slos in each o he2 secions Te remaining 2 iles wonrsquo be needed orhis game and can go back ino he box
Repea his wih he Palace asks
and wih he Governor asks
N983151983156983141 Wall Palace and Governor symbolsdepiced on he board mus be visible so place he ilesaccordingly
7 Vicory Poins Each Player places 1 disc o his color on ldquo0rdquo (zero) on
he Vicory Poins (VP) rack
During he game every ime he Player earns Vicory
Poins he will advance his disc accordingly I a VP symbol on he gameboard is black hePlayer will earn hose Vicory Poins a heend o he game I i is red he Player willearn hose VP immediaely
Wall Sie Wall Sie
Wall Sie Regions
asks
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Each player has 5 red cubes 5 gray cubes and 5 whie cubes in his supply Tey represenOfficials o 3 differen ypes (miliary civilian inspecor)
Each player akes 3 Officials rom his supply as indicaed on his player board and placeshem in he Governors area o Region 1
Each player board is divided ino 5 Regions represeninghe regions on he gameboard Te regions are idenified by maching symbols (also represening numbers 1 o 5)
Each Region is hen subdivided in 2 areas Governors and Workers
13 Oicials
12 Player boardsTere are 4 player boards each one idenified by a symbol circle square riangle or sar
Each player board has 2 sides(A-side symbols are oulinesB-side symbols are solid)
Assemble he player boards accordingly
A-sides are all equal Each B-side has special abiliies depiced on i (see Page 15 or deails)
When playing or he firs ew imes we recommendusing he A-sides Each player akes a player boardand places i in ron o himsel A-side ace-up
I you decide o play wih he B-sides players chooseheir own boards In reverse player order each playerchooses a player board and places i in ron ohimsel B-side ace-up
Afer having played wih B-sides a leas once playersmay decide o ollow he procedure below (B-sideplayer boards aucion)
N983151983156983141 Cards will be placed in he area above he player boards so leave enough space beween your player boardand he gameboard
B-983155983145983140983141 P983148983137983161983141983154 B983151983137983154983140983155 A983157983139983156983145983151983150Seup he game as normal bu wih he ollowing changes o seps 7 and 12
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Each Player places 1 disc o his color on ldquo15rdquo on he VP rackI983150983145983156983145983137983148 P983154983141983152983137983154983137983156983145983151983150 - 12 P983148983137983161983141983154 983138983151983137983154983140983155
Use all 4 Player boards in a 4-player game discard one in a 3-player game discard wo in a 2-player game Players can discardhem randomly or come o an agreemen on which player boards o discard
Te 1s Player makes a bid in Vicory Poins o be he firs in choosing he player board hersquoll use (he mus bid a leas 1 VPbu may sar wih a higher bid) Coninuing in clockwise order he oher players can make higher bids or pass I a playerpasses he may no re-ener he curren aucion
Players keep bidding or passing unil one player remains He loses VP equal o his highes bid akes a player board o hischoice and places in ron o himsel B-side ace-up
Ten he nex aucion sars ollowing he same rules Only players ha have no player board in ron o hem can paricipaeTe firs bid will be made by he closes player clockwise o he las player ha ook a player board
Tis coninues unil all he player boards have been aken
N983151983156983141 he minimum bid is always 1 VP so he las player board will be always assigned or 1 VP o he las player
N983151983156983141 Players canno bid more VP han hey currenly have
N983151983156983141 Players should decide i hey wan o use one or more varians (see page 14) beore saring he aucion
Region symbol
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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Te game is played over 5 rounds Te Player wih he mos Vicory Poins (VP) a he end o he game is he winnerDuring each round players will ollow hese 3 phases (always in he same order)
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Players will play heir cards during phase 2 o perorm acions
F983154983151983150983156
Each card has an abiliy a unique acivaion number (rom 1 o 120) and represens one o
he 3 aspecs o he Unificaion Wriing Currency and LawsCards rom he Ivory deck represen wriing and are numbered 1-40 cards rom heOrange deck represen currency and are numbered 41-80 and cards rom he Brown deckrepresen laws and are numbered 81-120
A deailed explanaion o each card abiliy can be ound laer in his rulebook (See page 15)
B983137983139983147
Te middle symbol maches he cards unificaion aspec on he ron
Numbers on he botom indicae he cardrsquos range while he symbol on
he op corners helps o quickly recognize i he cardrsquos number is in helow (1 o 40) middle (41 o 80) or high (81 o 120) range
Players should hold he cards so ha a leas one o he op corners o he back is visible o he oher players
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H983151983159 983156983151 983152983148983137983161 983137 983139983137983154983140
When i is his urn he player mus play 1 card rom his hand and eiher
Perorm he U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 A983139983156983145983151983150He places he card ino one o he 5 Regions o his player board
OR Perorm 1 o he 6 C983151983157983154983156 A983139983156983145983151983150983155
He places he card on he gameboard in he Cour Area Cards will be placed ace-up one onop o he oher orming a pile
Saring wih he 1s Player and going clockwise around he able each player one afer he oher mus play exacly 1card rom his hand and perorm 1 acion
Tis coninues unil all players have played all heir cards and hen he phase ends
Round Overview
Phase 1 Draw Cards Phase 2 Play Cards Phase 3 Unificaion Rewards
A he beginning o each round each player draws 2 cards rom each deck and akeshem ino his handSo a he end o phase 1 each player have exacly 6 cards in hand 2 o each color
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Abiliy
Unificaion Aspec
Acivaion Number
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o a Region o his choice on his player board
He ucks i ace-up underneah he op edge o his board (or previously placed cards) so ha only he op icons are
showingEach Region o he player board can hos up o 3 cards Afer he player has placed he 3rd card in a Region o hisplayer board he canno place more cards here
Once placed cards canno be moved or removed or heremainder o he game
U983150983154983141983155983156 Te unificaion process was no always well received by he local populaion
During he game some o he acions migh cause an increase in he level o unres in a cerain RegionTe level o unres in each Region is racked wih a black cube on he
Regionrsquos Unres rack o his player board Each player has 5 black cubes in hissupply 1 or each regionrsquos Unres rack
N983151983156983141 Increasing he levels o unres is only direced o he player ha perormed he acion anddoes no affec oher players
bull No cubes in a Region means no unres
bull When or any reason he level o unres increases in a Region and he Unres rack o haRegion is currenly empy he player akes 1 black cube rom his supply and places i on he
lefmos black slo o ha region (i he unres increased by 1) or on he second slo rom he lef(i he unres increased by 2)
bull I he cube is already on he rack or each urher increase he moves he cube 1 sep o he righ
In his mission o uniy he Warring Saes ino wha we know oday as China he king o Qin would make himsel emperorand he knew ha he mus sandardize he wriing he laws and he unis o measure - especially he currency
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places a card in Region 2 I is he firs card placed in his Region o his playerboard and i is Brown so he akes 1 Brown Unificaion Marker
U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 M983137983154983147983141983154983155 Te player sends a characer o a region in order o conribue o one o heaspecs o he unificaion in ha region wriing currency or laws according o he color o he played card
When he places a card in a Region o his player board he player akes rom he general supply and places in ron
o himsel eiher 1 2 or 3 value-1 Unificaion Markers (according o how many cards werealready placed here) in he color o he card jus placed as ollows
loz 1 i he placed he 1s card in a Region o his player board
loz 2 i he placed he 2nd card in a Region o his player board
loz 3 i he placed he 3rd card in a Region o his player board
I here are no more value-1 Markers o heappropriae color in he general supply he playerimmediaely gains 1 VP or each Marker he canno ake
N983151983156983141 During Phase 3 (Unificaion Rewards) o each roundhere will be a bonus awarded o he player who has conrib-ued he mos o he unificaion in each o he 3 aspecs (iehe one wih he mos Markers in ha color) See page 12
Unres rack
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Depending on he Region and on which side o he player board is being used Unres racks can have2 3 or 4 slos represening he maximum level o unres ha Region can bear
Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region o go beyond hemaximum possible level
N983151983156983141 Level o unres is also increased when he player perorms he Hire Workers Acion (see page 9)and can be decreased perorming he Insall 1 Governor Acion (see page 9) acivaing cerain cards or using one ohe B-side player board abiliies (see pages 15)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places he 3rd card in Region 4Te level o unres in he Region is increased by2 Tere was already a cube in he lefmos sloo he Region so he oal level is now 3
Te placed card is Orange so he akes 3 OrangeUnificaion Markers
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te maximum possible level o unres is 3 Tere are 2 cards already in he Region and he currenlevel o unres is 2 Te player canno pu a 3rd card in ha Region because i would increase he level o unresby 2 bringing he oal level a 4 which would be higher han he maximum
C983151983157983154983156 A983139983156983145983151983150983155
Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o he Cour Area o he gameboard
Te firs card placed in he Cour Area is placed ace-up on he slo Following cards will be placed ace-up on op ha orming a pile
He mus hen perorm 1 o he 6 available Cour Acions
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When he perorms he Unificaion Acion and he places
loz he 2rd card in a Region he player mus increase he level o unres in ha sameRegion by 1
loz he 3rd card in ha Region he player mus increase he level o unres in hasame Region by 2
U983150983154983141983155983156 983156983154983137983139983147983155
Pleny o hings had o change in order o make he Chinese empire whole and he Emperor didnrsquo wase any ime He dividedhe empire ino provinces personally appoining he Governors he sared he consrucion o he Grea Wall o China andordered consrucion o majesic palaces in his honor o keep inormed o his progress players send emissaries direcly o he Emperorsrsquo Cour reporing every acion in his new provinces
Build1 Wall
Build1 Palace
Hire Workers
Re-assignOfficials
Recrui 1Official
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color is number or is abiliy)Te player jus places he card on op o he pile declares which acion he wans o perorm and perorms i
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Te player can only choose an acion ha he is acually able o perorm and he mus perorm hechosen acion
Insall 1Governor
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R983141-983137983155983155983145983143983150 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148983155 Officials may be assigned eiher o he Governors area or o he Workers area
When assigned o he Governors area hey have governmen duies (see Insall 1Governor page 9) When assigned o he Workers area hey are appoined or hiringlocal populaion o work or he Emperor (see Hire Workers page 9)
Perorming his acion allows he player o spend 1 o 3 re-assignmen poins o re-assign hisOfficials in his player board o a differen Region or o a differen area o he same Region
1 re-assignmen poin allows he player o move 1 o his Officials
loz From he Governors area o a Region o he Governors area o an adjacen Region
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Workers area o an adjacen Region placingi on an empy slo Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
I here are no empy slos in ha Workers area he official may move hrough i(spending anoher re-assignmen poin) bu canno sop here
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Governors area o he same Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Tere is no limi o he number o Officials (same or differen colors) hacan be presen in each Governors area
He may spli he re-assignmen poins amongs differen Officials or use hem all on one single OfficialI he player has no Officials on his board he canno perorm his acion
A983140983146983137983139983141983150983139983161 2 Regions are adjacen i on he gameboard heir border is a solid line I insead heir border is a wall hey are no adjacen
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region ohe Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155 983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can bedone a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acion perormed
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
R983141983139983154983157983145983156 1 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148 Te Emperor divided he empire ino several provinces In he game he provinces are grouped ino 5 regions Each province was conrolled by 3 differen officials 1 miliary 1 civilian and 1 inspecor (represened by hered gray and whie cubes)
Each player has 5 red cubes 5 whie cubes and 5 gray cubes in his supply
Te player mus ake 1 Official o his choice (red gray or whie) rom his supply and place i on his player board inhe Governors area o a Region o his choice
Tere is no limit to the number of Officials (same or different colors) that can be present in each Governors areaR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Officials in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I all o a playerrsquos Officials are alreadyon his player board he player canno perorm his acion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player spends
1 re-assignmen poin o move 1 red Official om he Worker area o Region 2 o heGovernors area o he same Region and
2 re-assignmen poins o move 1 whie Official om he Governors area o Region 3 o heGovernors area o Region 5
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
Te player chooses o place a red Official in Region 2
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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H983145983154983141 983159983151983154983147983141983154983155 Tousands o peasans had o leave heir fields o ake par in consrucion o he Grea Wall as well as majesic palaces ha he Emperor wans you o build in his honor Tis increased he dissaisacion among he populace
Te player mus hire 1 or 2 workers in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he is hiring hen
1 For each Official placed in he Workers area o ha Region (regardless o heir color) he mus ake 1 Workerrom he general supply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o ha same Region
Tere can be a maximum o 2 Officials in each Workers area so he player may ake up o 2 workers I here are noOfficials in he Workers area o a Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region o he Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can be done a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acionperormed Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
2 Regardless o how many workers he ook he player mus increase he level o unres in ha same Region by 1
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region ogo beyond he maximum allowed level So i he black cube is already in he righmos slo oa Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
I983150983155983156983137983148983148 1 G983151983158983141983154983150983151983154 I nsalling a Governor indicaes ha a player has he ull poliical conrol over a province Insalling a Governorin a province increases he sabiliy o he whole Region so he level o unres will decrease
Te player mus insall 1 Governor in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o insall he Governor hen he
1 Mus remove 1 Official o each color (1 red + 1 whie + 1 gray) rom he Governorsarea o same Region o his player board placing hem back in his supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Governors rom his supply in ha Region on he gameboardHe places i on an empy bonus square o his choice and immediaely receives heindicaed bonus (see below) i here are no more available squares he places i inha Region in he area near he squares (in his case he does no gain any bonus)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Governors in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Governors are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
3 I here is a black cube on he Unres rack o ha Region o his player boardhe player reses is level o unres o zero by puting he black cube back in hissupply I he Unres rack is empy he jus skips his sep
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Region will be scored one a a ime In each region VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Governors here See page 14
Te player may immediaelyspend up o 4 re-assignmenpoins ollowing usual rules
Te playerimmediaely scores 4 VP
Te player may immediaely ake1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and place i on his player
board in he Governors Area o aRegion o his choice
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player moves 2 Officials (1 red and 1 gray) om he Governors Area o Region 3 o heWorkers Area o he same RegionHe hen hires workers in Region 3 Tere are now 2 Officials in he Workers area so he akes 2 WorkersHe hen increases he level o unres in Region 3 by 1
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B983157983145983148983140 1 P983137983148983137983139983141 Te player mus build 1 Palace in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o build he Palace hen he
1 Mus remove rom his player board 2 Workers rom ha Region plus 1 Worker roma differen Region o his choice placing hem back in he general supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Palaces rom his supply on he gameboard on an empy slo oha Region (here are 4 available slos in a 4-player game 3 in a 3-player game 2 in a
2-player game) Only 1 Palace can occupy each slo I here are no more available slosin he Region i is no possible o build a palace in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Palaces in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I allo a playerrsquos Palaces are already on he board he player canno perorm his acion
3 I possible akes 1 value-3 Unificaion Marker o his choice rom he gameboardI here are no value-3 Markers on he gameboard he jus skips his sep
4 Scores VP equal o he oal number o cards (0 o 15)placed on his player board (regardless o heir color or heir Region)
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is
placed eiher in he slo above his symbol or in he righmos slo ohe Unres rack he player canno build Palaces in ha Region
B983157983145983148983140 1 W983137983148983148
Tere are 3 Wall sies idenified by hesesymbols Each Wall sie has 2 secions each oneassociaed wih a Wall ile
Te player mus build 1 Wall in a single secion
Te player declares in which secion he wans o build he Wall hen he
1 Mus place 1 o his Walls rom his supply on he gameboard on an empyslo o his choice o ha secion Each secion has 3 slos Only 1 Wall canoccupy each slo A single player canno have more han 1 Wall on he same secionI here are no more available slos i is no possible o build a wall in ha secion
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Walls in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Walls are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
2 Mus remove rom his player board 1 2 or 3 Workers(according o how many rods are depiced on he slo wherehe placed his Wall) placing hem back in he general supplyI he mus remove 2 or 3 Workers hey all mus come romdifferen Regions
N983151983156983141 Te walls are no relaed o any Region so he player may choose rom whichRegions o ake he Workers (provided hey are all rom differen Regions)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player builds 1 palace in Region 4 He mus remove2 Workers om Region 4 and 1 om a differen Region ohis choice He chooses Region 5 Tere are no more availablevalue-3 Unificaion Markers on he gameboard so he does noake any He has 6 cards on his player board so he scores 6 VP
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he will score VP according o he posiion o his Wall(slos wih more rods are worh more poins) and how well he mees he crieria shownon he associaed ile (see page 16 or deails)
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
983145983141983138983154983141983137983147983141983154
In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
N983141983159 1983155983156 P983148983137983161983141983154
Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Blue is he new 1s Player
Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
A983158983137983145983148983137983138983148983141 983154983141983159983137983154983140983155
Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
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Each player has 5 red cubes 5 gray cubes and 5 whie cubes in his supply Tey represenOfficials o 3 differen ypes (miliary civilian inspecor)
Each player akes 3 Officials rom his supply as indicaed on his player board and placeshem in he Governors area o Region 1
Each player board is divided ino 5 Regions represeninghe regions on he gameboard Te regions are idenified by maching symbols (also represening numbers 1 o 5)
Each Region is hen subdivided in 2 areas Governors and Workers
13 Oicials
12 Player boardsTere are 4 player boards each one idenified by a symbol circle square riangle or sar
Each player board has 2 sides(A-side symbols are oulinesB-side symbols are solid)
Assemble he player boards accordingly
A-sides are all equal Each B-side has special abiliies depiced on i (see Page 15 or deails)
When playing or he firs ew imes we recommendusing he A-sides Each player akes a player boardand places i in ron o himsel A-side ace-up
I you decide o play wih he B-sides players chooseheir own boards In reverse player order each playerchooses a player board and places i in ron ohimsel B-side ace-up
Afer having played wih B-sides a leas once playersmay decide o ollow he procedure below (B-sideplayer boards aucion)
N983151983156983141 Cards will be placed in he area above he player boards so leave enough space beween your player boardand he gameboard
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Each Player places 1 disc o his color on ldquo15rdquo on he VP rackI983150983145983156983145983137983148 P983154983141983152983137983154983137983156983145983151983150 - 12 P983148983137983161983141983154 983138983151983137983154983140983155
Use all 4 Player boards in a 4-player game discard one in a 3-player game discard wo in a 2-player game Players can discardhem randomly or come o an agreemen on which player boards o discard
Te 1s Player makes a bid in Vicory Poins o be he firs in choosing he player board hersquoll use (he mus bid a leas 1 VPbu may sar wih a higher bid) Coninuing in clockwise order he oher players can make higher bids or pass I a playerpasses he may no re-ener he curren aucion
Players keep bidding or passing unil one player remains He loses VP equal o his highes bid akes a player board o hischoice and places in ron o himsel B-side ace-up
Ten he nex aucion sars ollowing he same rules Only players ha have no player board in ron o hem can paricipaeTe firs bid will be made by he closes player clockwise o he las player ha ook a player board
Tis coninues unil all he player boards have been aken
N983151983156983141 he minimum bid is always 1 VP so he las player board will be always assigned or 1 VP o he las player
N983151983156983141 Players canno bid more VP han hey currenly have
N983151983156983141 Players should decide i hey wan o use one or more varians (see page 14) beore saring he aucion
Region symbol
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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Te game is played over 5 rounds Te Player wih he mos Vicory Poins (VP) a he end o he game is he winnerDuring each round players will ollow hese 3 phases (always in he same order)
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Players will play heir cards during phase 2 o perorm acions
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Each card has an abiliy a unique acivaion number (rom 1 o 120) and represens one o
he 3 aspecs o he Unificaion Wriing Currency and LawsCards rom he Ivory deck represen wriing and are numbered 1-40 cards rom heOrange deck represen currency and are numbered 41-80 and cards rom he Brown deckrepresen laws and are numbered 81-120
A deailed explanaion o each card abiliy can be ound laer in his rulebook (See page 15)
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Te middle symbol maches he cards unificaion aspec on he ron
Numbers on he botom indicae he cardrsquos range while he symbol on
he op corners helps o quickly recognize i he cardrsquos number is in helow (1 o 40) middle (41 o 80) or high (81 o 120) range
Players should hold he cards so ha a leas one o he op corners o he back is visible o he oher players
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When i is his urn he player mus play 1 card rom his hand and eiher
Perorm he U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 A983139983156983145983151983150He places he card ino one o he 5 Regions o his player board
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He places he card on he gameboard in he Cour Area Cards will be placed ace-up one onop o he oher orming a pile
Saring wih he 1s Player and going clockwise around he able each player one afer he oher mus play exacly 1card rom his hand and perorm 1 acion
Tis coninues unil all players have played all heir cards and hen he phase ends
Round Overview
Phase 1 Draw Cards Phase 2 Play Cards Phase 3 Unificaion Rewards
A he beginning o each round each player draws 2 cards rom each deck and akeshem ino his handSo a he end o phase 1 each player have exacly 6 cards in hand 2 o each color
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Abiliy
Unificaion Aspec
Acivaion Number
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o a Region o his choice on his player board
He ucks i ace-up underneah he op edge o his board (or previously placed cards) so ha only he op icons are
showingEach Region o he player board can hos up o 3 cards Afer he player has placed he 3rd card in a Region o hisplayer board he canno place more cards here
Once placed cards canno be moved or removed or heremainder o he game
U983150983154983141983155983156 Te unificaion process was no always well received by he local populaion
During he game some o he acions migh cause an increase in he level o unres in a cerain RegionTe level o unres in each Region is racked wih a black cube on he
Regionrsquos Unres rack o his player board Each player has 5 black cubes in hissupply 1 or each regionrsquos Unres rack
N983151983156983141 Increasing he levels o unres is only direced o he player ha perormed he acion anddoes no affec oher players
bull No cubes in a Region means no unres
bull When or any reason he level o unres increases in a Region and he Unres rack o haRegion is currenly empy he player akes 1 black cube rom his supply and places i on he
lefmos black slo o ha region (i he unres increased by 1) or on he second slo rom he lef(i he unres increased by 2)
bull I he cube is already on he rack or each urher increase he moves he cube 1 sep o he righ
In his mission o uniy he Warring Saes ino wha we know oday as China he king o Qin would make himsel emperorand he knew ha he mus sandardize he wriing he laws and he unis o measure - especially he currency
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places a card in Region 2 I is he firs card placed in his Region o his playerboard and i is Brown so he akes 1 Brown Unificaion Marker
U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 M983137983154983147983141983154983155 Te player sends a characer o a region in order o conribue o one o heaspecs o he unificaion in ha region wriing currency or laws according o he color o he played card
When he places a card in a Region o his player board he player akes rom he general supply and places in ron
o himsel eiher 1 2 or 3 value-1 Unificaion Markers (according o how many cards werealready placed here) in he color o he card jus placed as ollows
loz 1 i he placed he 1s card in a Region o his player board
loz 2 i he placed he 2nd card in a Region o his player board
loz 3 i he placed he 3rd card in a Region o his player board
I here are no more value-1 Markers o heappropriae color in he general supply he playerimmediaely gains 1 VP or each Marker he canno ake
N983151983156983141 During Phase 3 (Unificaion Rewards) o each roundhere will be a bonus awarded o he player who has conrib-ued he mos o he unificaion in each o he 3 aspecs (iehe one wih he mos Markers in ha color) See page 12
Unres rack
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Depending on he Region and on which side o he player board is being used Unres racks can have2 3 or 4 slos represening he maximum level o unres ha Region can bear
Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region o go beyond hemaximum possible level
N983151983156983141 Level o unres is also increased when he player perorms he Hire Workers Acion (see page 9)and can be decreased perorming he Insall 1 Governor Acion (see page 9) acivaing cerain cards or using one ohe B-side player board abiliies (see pages 15)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places he 3rd card in Region 4Te level o unres in he Region is increased by2 Tere was already a cube in he lefmos sloo he Region so he oal level is now 3
Te placed card is Orange so he akes 3 OrangeUnificaion Markers
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te maximum possible level o unres is 3 Tere are 2 cards already in he Region and he currenlevel o unres is 2 Te player canno pu a 3rd card in ha Region because i would increase he level o unresby 2 bringing he oal level a 4 which would be higher han he maximum
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o he Cour Area o he gameboard
Te firs card placed in he Cour Area is placed ace-up on he slo Following cards will be placed ace-up on op ha orming a pile
He mus hen perorm 1 o he 6 available Cour Acions
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When he perorms he Unificaion Acion and he places
loz he 2rd card in a Region he player mus increase he level o unres in ha sameRegion by 1
loz he 3rd card in ha Region he player mus increase he level o unres in hasame Region by 2
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Pleny o hings had o change in order o make he Chinese empire whole and he Emperor didnrsquo wase any ime He dividedhe empire ino provinces personally appoining he Governors he sared he consrucion o he Grea Wall o China andordered consrucion o majesic palaces in his honor o keep inormed o his progress players send emissaries direcly o he Emperorsrsquo Cour reporing every acion in his new provinces
Build1 Wall
Build1 Palace
Hire Workers
Re-assignOfficials
Recrui 1Official
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color is number or is abiliy)Te player jus places he card on op o he pile declares which acion he wans o perorm and perorms i
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Te player can only choose an acion ha he is acually able o perorm and he mus perorm hechosen acion
Insall 1Governor
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When assigned o he Governors area hey have governmen duies (see Insall 1Governor page 9) When assigned o he Workers area hey are appoined or hiringlocal populaion o work or he Emperor (see Hire Workers page 9)
Perorming his acion allows he player o spend 1 o 3 re-assignmen poins o re-assign hisOfficials in his player board o a differen Region or o a differen area o he same Region
1 re-assignmen poin allows he player o move 1 o his Officials
loz From he Governors area o a Region o he Governors area o an adjacen Region
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Workers area o an adjacen Region placingi on an empy slo Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
I here are no empy slos in ha Workers area he official may move hrough i(spending anoher re-assignmen poin) bu canno sop here
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Governors area o he same Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Tere is no limi o he number o Officials (same or differen colors) hacan be presen in each Governors area
He may spli he re-assignmen poins amongs differen Officials or use hem all on one single OfficialI he player has no Officials on his board he canno perorm his acion
A983140983146983137983139983141983150983139983161 2 Regions are adjacen i on he gameboard heir border is a solid line I insead heir border is a wall hey are no adjacen
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R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
R983141983139983154983157983145983156 1 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148 Te Emperor divided he empire ino several provinces In he game he provinces are grouped ino 5 regions Each province was conrolled by 3 differen officials 1 miliary 1 civilian and 1 inspecor (represened by hered gray and whie cubes)
Each player has 5 red cubes 5 whie cubes and 5 gray cubes in his supply
Te player mus ake 1 Official o his choice (red gray or whie) rom his supply and place i on his player board inhe Governors area o a Region o his choice
Tere is no limit to the number of Officials (same or different colors) that can be present in each Governors areaR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Officials in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I all o a playerrsquos Officials are alreadyon his player board he player canno perorm his acion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player spends
1 re-assignmen poin o move 1 red Official om he Worker area o Region 2 o heGovernors area o he same Region and
2 re-assignmen poins o move 1 whie Official om he Governors area o Region 3 o heGovernors area o Region 5
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Te player chooses o place a red Official in Region 2
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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H983145983154983141 983159983151983154983147983141983154983155 Tousands o peasans had o leave heir fields o ake par in consrucion o he Grea Wall as well as majesic palaces ha he Emperor wans you o build in his honor Tis increased he dissaisacion among he populace
Te player mus hire 1 or 2 workers in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he is hiring hen
1 For each Official placed in he Workers area o ha Region (regardless o heir color) he mus ake 1 Workerrom he general supply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o ha same Region
Tere can be a maximum o 2 Officials in each Workers area so he player may ake up o 2 workers I here are noOfficials in he Workers area o a Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region o he Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can be done a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acionperormed Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
2 Regardless o how many workers he ook he player mus increase he level o unres in ha same Region by 1
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region ogo beyond he maximum allowed level So i he black cube is already in he righmos slo oa Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
I983150983155983156983137983148983148 1 G983151983158983141983154983150983151983154 I nsalling a Governor indicaes ha a player has he ull poliical conrol over a province Insalling a Governorin a province increases he sabiliy o he whole Region so he level o unres will decrease
Te player mus insall 1 Governor in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o insall he Governor hen he
1 Mus remove 1 Official o each color (1 red + 1 whie + 1 gray) rom he Governorsarea o same Region o his player board placing hem back in his supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Governors rom his supply in ha Region on he gameboardHe places i on an empy bonus square o his choice and immediaely receives heindicaed bonus (see below) i here are no more available squares he places i inha Region in he area near he squares (in his case he does no gain any bonus)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Governors in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Governors are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
3 I here is a black cube on he Unres rack o ha Region o his player boardhe player reses is level o unres o zero by puting he black cube back in hissupply I he Unres rack is empy he jus skips his sep
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Region will be scored one a a ime In each region VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Governors here See page 14
Te player may immediaelyspend up o 4 re-assignmenpoins ollowing usual rules
Te playerimmediaely scores 4 VP
Te player may immediaely ake1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and place i on his player
board in he Governors Area o aRegion o his choice
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player moves 2 Officials (1 red and 1 gray) om he Governors Area o Region 3 o heWorkers Area o he same RegionHe hen hires workers in Region 3 Tere are now 2 Officials in he Workers area so he akes 2 WorkersHe hen increases he level o unres in Region 3 by 1
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B983157983145983148983140 1 P983137983148983137983139983141 Te player mus build 1 Palace in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o build he Palace hen he
1 Mus remove rom his player board 2 Workers rom ha Region plus 1 Worker roma differen Region o his choice placing hem back in he general supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Palaces rom his supply on he gameboard on an empy slo oha Region (here are 4 available slos in a 4-player game 3 in a 3-player game 2 in a
2-player game) Only 1 Palace can occupy each slo I here are no more available slosin he Region i is no possible o build a palace in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Palaces in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I allo a playerrsquos Palaces are already on he board he player canno perorm his acion
3 I possible akes 1 value-3 Unificaion Marker o his choice rom he gameboardI here are no value-3 Markers on he gameboard he jus skips his sep
4 Scores VP equal o he oal number o cards (0 o 15)placed on his player board (regardless o heir color or heir Region)
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is
placed eiher in he slo above his symbol or in he righmos slo ohe Unres rack he player canno build Palaces in ha Region
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Tere are 3 Wall sies idenified by hesesymbols Each Wall sie has 2 secions each oneassociaed wih a Wall ile
Te player mus build 1 Wall in a single secion
Te player declares in which secion he wans o build he Wall hen he
1 Mus place 1 o his Walls rom his supply on he gameboard on an empyslo o his choice o ha secion Each secion has 3 slos Only 1 Wall canoccupy each slo A single player canno have more han 1 Wall on he same secionI here are no more available slos i is no possible o build a wall in ha secion
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Walls in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Walls are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
2 Mus remove rom his player board 1 2 or 3 Workers(according o how many rods are depiced on he slo wherehe placed his Wall) placing hem back in he general supplyI he mus remove 2 or 3 Workers hey all mus come romdifferen Regions
N983151983156983141 Te walls are no relaed o any Region so he player may choose rom whichRegions o ake he Workers (provided hey are all rom differen Regions)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player builds 1 palace in Region 4 He mus remove2 Workers om Region 4 and 1 om a differen Region ohis choice He chooses Region 5 Tere are no more availablevalue-3 Unificaion Markers on he gameboard so he does noake any He has 6 cards on his player board so he scores 6 VP
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he will score VP according o he posiion o his Wall(slos wih more rods are worh more poins) and how well he mees he crieria shownon he associaed ile (see page 16 or deails)
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
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In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
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Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
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Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
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Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
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Te game is played over 5 rounds Te Player wih he mos Vicory Poins (VP) a he end o he game is he winnerDuring each round players will ollow hese 3 phases (always in he same order)
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Players will play heir cards during phase 2 o perorm acions
F983154983151983150983156
Each card has an abiliy a unique acivaion number (rom 1 o 120) and represens one o
he 3 aspecs o he Unificaion Wriing Currency and LawsCards rom he Ivory deck represen wriing and are numbered 1-40 cards rom heOrange deck represen currency and are numbered 41-80 and cards rom he Brown deckrepresen laws and are numbered 81-120
A deailed explanaion o each card abiliy can be ound laer in his rulebook (See page 15)
B983137983139983147
Te middle symbol maches he cards unificaion aspec on he ron
Numbers on he botom indicae he cardrsquos range while he symbol on
he op corners helps o quickly recognize i he cardrsquos number is in helow (1 o 40) middle (41 o 80) or high (81 o 120) range
Players should hold he cards so ha a leas one o he op corners o he back is visible o he oher players
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When i is his urn he player mus play 1 card rom his hand and eiher
Perorm he U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 A983139983156983145983151983150He places he card ino one o he 5 Regions o his player board
OR Perorm 1 o he 6 C983151983157983154983156 A983139983156983145983151983150983155
He places he card on he gameboard in he Cour Area Cards will be placed ace-up one onop o he oher orming a pile
Saring wih he 1s Player and going clockwise around he able each player one afer he oher mus play exacly 1card rom his hand and perorm 1 acion
Tis coninues unil all players have played all heir cards and hen he phase ends
Round Overview
Phase 1 Draw Cards Phase 2 Play Cards Phase 3 Unificaion Rewards
A he beginning o each round each player draws 2 cards rom each deck and akeshem ino his handSo a he end o phase 1 each player have exacly 6 cards in hand 2 o each color
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Abiliy
Unificaion Aspec
Acivaion Number
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6
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o a Region o his choice on his player board
He ucks i ace-up underneah he op edge o his board (or previously placed cards) so ha only he op icons are
showingEach Region o he player board can hos up o 3 cards Afer he player has placed he 3rd card in a Region o hisplayer board he canno place more cards here
Once placed cards canno be moved or removed or heremainder o he game
U983150983154983141983155983156 Te unificaion process was no always well received by he local populaion
During he game some o he acions migh cause an increase in he level o unres in a cerain RegionTe level o unres in each Region is racked wih a black cube on he
Regionrsquos Unres rack o his player board Each player has 5 black cubes in hissupply 1 or each regionrsquos Unres rack
N983151983156983141 Increasing he levels o unres is only direced o he player ha perormed he acion anddoes no affec oher players
bull No cubes in a Region means no unres
bull When or any reason he level o unres increases in a Region and he Unres rack o haRegion is currenly empy he player akes 1 black cube rom his supply and places i on he
lefmos black slo o ha region (i he unres increased by 1) or on he second slo rom he lef(i he unres increased by 2)
bull I he cube is already on he rack or each urher increase he moves he cube 1 sep o he righ
In his mission o uniy he Warring Saes ino wha we know oday as China he king o Qin would make himsel emperorand he knew ha he mus sandardize he wriing he laws and he unis o measure - especially he currency
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places a card in Region 2 I is he firs card placed in his Region o his playerboard and i is Brown so he akes 1 Brown Unificaion Marker
U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 M983137983154983147983141983154983155 Te player sends a characer o a region in order o conribue o one o heaspecs o he unificaion in ha region wriing currency or laws according o he color o he played card
When he places a card in a Region o his player board he player akes rom he general supply and places in ron
o himsel eiher 1 2 or 3 value-1 Unificaion Markers (according o how many cards werealready placed here) in he color o he card jus placed as ollows
loz 1 i he placed he 1s card in a Region o his player board
loz 2 i he placed he 2nd card in a Region o his player board
loz 3 i he placed he 3rd card in a Region o his player board
I here are no more value-1 Markers o heappropriae color in he general supply he playerimmediaely gains 1 VP or each Marker he canno ake
N983151983156983141 During Phase 3 (Unificaion Rewards) o each roundhere will be a bonus awarded o he player who has conrib-ued he mos o he unificaion in each o he 3 aspecs (iehe one wih he mos Markers in ha color) See page 12
Unres rack
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Depending on he Region and on which side o he player board is being used Unres racks can have2 3 or 4 slos represening he maximum level o unres ha Region can bear
Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region o go beyond hemaximum possible level
N983151983156983141 Level o unres is also increased when he player perorms he Hire Workers Acion (see page 9)and can be decreased perorming he Insall 1 Governor Acion (see page 9) acivaing cerain cards or using one ohe B-side player board abiliies (see pages 15)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places he 3rd card in Region 4Te level o unres in he Region is increased by2 Tere was already a cube in he lefmos sloo he Region so he oal level is now 3
Te placed card is Orange so he akes 3 OrangeUnificaion Markers
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te maximum possible level o unres is 3 Tere are 2 cards already in he Region and he currenlevel o unres is 2 Te player canno pu a 3rd card in ha Region because i would increase he level o unresby 2 bringing he oal level a 4 which would be higher han he maximum
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o he Cour Area o he gameboard
Te firs card placed in he Cour Area is placed ace-up on he slo Following cards will be placed ace-up on op ha orming a pile
He mus hen perorm 1 o he 6 available Cour Acions
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When he perorms he Unificaion Acion and he places
loz he 2rd card in a Region he player mus increase he level o unres in ha sameRegion by 1
loz he 3rd card in ha Region he player mus increase he level o unres in hasame Region by 2
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Pleny o hings had o change in order o make he Chinese empire whole and he Emperor didnrsquo wase any ime He dividedhe empire ino provinces personally appoining he Governors he sared he consrucion o he Grea Wall o China andordered consrucion o majesic palaces in his honor o keep inormed o his progress players send emissaries direcly o he Emperorsrsquo Cour reporing every acion in his new provinces
Build1 Wall
Build1 Palace
Hire Workers
Re-assignOfficials
Recrui 1Official
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color is number or is abiliy)Te player jus places he card on op o he pile declares which acion he wans o perorm and perorms i
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Te player can only choose an acion ha he is acually able o perorm and he mus perorm hechosen acion
Insall 1Governor
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When assigned o he Governors area hey have governmen duies (see Insall 1Governor page 9) When assigned o he Workers area hey are appoined or hiringlocal populaion o work or he Emperor (see Hire Workers page 9)
Perorming his acion allows he player o spend 1 o 3 re-assignmen poins o re-assign hisOfficials in his player board o a differen Region or o a differen area o he same Region
1 re-assignmen poin allows he player o move 1 o his Officials
loz From he Governors area o a Region o he Governors area o an adjacen Region
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Workers area o an adjacen Region placingi on an empy slo Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
I here are no empy slos in ha Workers area he official may move hrough i(spending anoher re-assignmen poin) bu canno sop here
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Governors area o he same Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Tere is no limi o he number o Officials (same or differen colors) hacan be presen in each Governors area
He may spli he re-assignmen poins amongs differen Officials or use hem all on one single OfficialI he player has no Officials on his board he canno perorm his acion
A983140983146983137983139983141983150983139983161 2 Regions are adjacen i on he gameboard heir border is a solid line I insead heir border is a wall hey are no adjacen
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region ohe Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155 983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can bedone a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acion perormed
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
R983141983139983154983157983145983156 1 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148 Te Emperor divided he empire ino several provinces In he game he provinces are grouped ino 5 regions Each province was conrolled by 3 differen officials 1 miliary 1 civilian and 1 inspecor (represened by hered gray and whie cubes)
Each player has 5 red cubes 5 whie cubes and 5 gray cubes in his supply
Te player mus ake 1 Official o his choice (red gray or whie) rom his supply and place i on his player board inhe Governors area o a Region o his choice
Tere is no limit to the number of Officials (same or different colors) that can be present in each Governors areaR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Officials in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I all o a playerrsquos Officials are alreadyon his player board he player canno perorm his acion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player spends
1 re-assignmen poin o move 1 red Official om he Worker area o Region 2 o heGovernors area o he same Region and
2 re-assignmen poins o move 1 whie Official om he Governors area o Region 3 o heGovernors area o Region 5
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Te player chooses o place a red Official in Region 2
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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H983145983154983141 983159983151983154983147983141983154983155 Tousands o peasans had o leave heir fields o ake par in consrucion o he Grea Wall as well as majesic palaces ha he Emperor wans you o build in his honor Tis increased he dissaisacion among he populace
Te player mus hire 1 or 2 workers in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he is hiring hen
1 For each Official placed in he Workers area o ha Region (regardless o heir color) he mus ake 1 Workerrom he general supply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o ha same Region
Tere can be a maximum o 2 Officials in each Workers area so he player may ake up o 2 workers I here are noOfficials in he Workers area o a Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region o he Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can be done a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acionperormed Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
2 Regardless o how many workers he ook he player mus increase he level o unres in ha same Region by 1
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region ogo beyond he maximum allowed level So i he black cube is already in he righmos slo oa Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
I983150983155983156983137983148983148 1 G983151983158983141983154983150983151983154 I nsalling a Governor indicaes ha a player has he ull poliical conrol over a province Insalling a Governorin a province increases he sabiliy o he whole Region so he level o unres will decrease
Te player mus insall 1 Governor in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o insall he Governor hen he
1 Mus remove 1 Official o each color (1 red + 1 whie + 1 gray) rom he Governorsarea o same Region o his player board placing hem back in his supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Governors rom his supply in ha Region on he gameboardHe places i on an empy bonus square o his choice and immediaely receives heindicaed bonus (see below) i here are no more available squares he places i inha Region in he area near he squares (in his case he does no gain any bonus)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Governors in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Governors are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
3 I here is a black cube on he Unres rack o ha Region o his player boardhe player reses is level o unres o zero by puting he black cube back in hissupply I he Unres rack is empy he jus skips his sep
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Region will be scored one a a ime In each region VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Governors here See page 14
Te player may immediaelyspend up o 4 re-assignmenpoins ollowing usual rules
Te playerimmediaely scores 4 VP
Te player may immediaely ake1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and place i on his player
board in he Governors Area o aRegion o his choice
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player moves 2 Officials (1 red and 1 gray) om he Governors Area o Region 3 o heWorkers Area o he same RegionHe hen hires workers in Region 3 Tere are now 2 Officials in he Workers area so he akes 2 WorkersHe hen increases he level o unres in Region 3 by 1
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B983157983145983148983140 1 P983137983148983137983139983141 Te player mus build 1 Palace in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o build he Palace hen he
1 Mus remove rom his player board 2 Workers rom ha Region plus 1 Worker roma differen Region o his choice placing hem back in he general supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Palaces rom his supply on he gameboard on an empy slo oha Region (here are 4 available slos in a 4-player game 3 in a 3-player game 2 in a
2-player game) Only 1 Palace can occupy each slo I here are no more available slosin he Region i is no possible o build a palace in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Palaces in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I allo a playerrsquos Palaces are already on he board he player canno perorm his acion
3 I possible akes 1 value-3 Unificaion Marker o his choice rom he gameboardI here are no value-3 Markers on he gameboard he jus skips his sep
4 Scores VP equal o he oal number o cards (0 o 15)placed on his player board (regardless o heir color or heir Region)
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is
placed eiher in he slo above his symbol or in he righmos slo ohe Unres rack he player canno build Palaces in ha Region
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Tere are 3 Wall sies idenified by hesesymbols Each Wall sie has 2 secions each oneassociaed wih a Wall ile
Te player mus build 1 Wall in a single secion
Te player declares in which secion he wans o build he Wall hen he
1 Mus place 1 o his Walls rom his supply on he gameboard on an empyslo o his choice o ha secion Each secion has 3 slos Only 1 Wall canoccupy each slo A single player canno have more han 1 Wall on he same secionI here are no more available slos i is no possible o build a wall in ha secion
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Walls in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Walls are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
2 Mus remove rom his player board 1 2 or 3 Workers(according o how many rods are depiced on he slo wherehe placed his Wall) placing hem back in he general supplyI he mus remove 2 or 3 Workers hey all mus come romdifferen Regions
N983151983156983141 Te walls are no relaed o any Region so he player may choose rom whichRegions o ake he Workers (provided hey are all rom differen Regions)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player builds 1 palace in Region 4 He mus remove2 Workers om Region 4 and 1 om a differen Region ohis choice He chooses Region 5 Tere are no more availablevalue-3 Unificaion Markers on he gameboard so he does noake any He has 6 cards on his player board so he scores 6 VP
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he will score VP according o he posiion o his Wall(slos wih more rods are worh more poins) and how well he mees he crieria shownon he associaed ile (see page 16 or deails)
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
983145983141983138983154983141983137983147983141983154
In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
N983141983159 1983155983156 P983148983137983161983141983154
Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Blue is he new 1s Player
Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
A983158983137983145983148983137983138983148983141 983154983141983159983137983154983140983155
Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
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Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o a Region o his choice on his player board
He ucks i ace-up underneah he op edge o his board (or previously placed cards) so ha only he op icons are
showingEach Region o he player board can hos up o 3 cards Afer he player has placed he 3rd card in a Region o hisplayer board he canno place more cards here
Once placed cards canno be moved or removed or heremainder o he game
U983150983154983141983155983156 Te unificaion process was no always well received by he local populaion
During he game some o he acions migh cause an increase in he level o unres in a cerain RegionTe level o unres in each Region is racked wih a black cube on he
Regionrsquos Unres rack o his player board Each player has 5 black cubes in hissupply 1 or each regionrsquos Unres rack
N983151983156983141 Increasing he levels o unres is only direced o he player ha perormed he acion anddoes no affec oher players
bull No cubes in a Region means no unres
bull When or any reason he level o unres increases in a Region and he Unres rack o haRegion is currenly empy he player akes 1 black cube rom his supply and places i on he
lefmos black slo o ha region (i he unres increased by 1) or on he second slo rom he lef(i he unres increased by 2)
bull I he cube is already on he rack or each urher increase he moves he cube 1 sep o he righ
In his mission o uniy he Warring Saes ino wha we know oday as China he king o Qin would make himsel emperorand he knew ha he mus sandardize he wriing he laws and he unis o measure - especially he currency
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places a card in Region 2 I is he firs card placed in his Region o his playerboard and i is Brown so he akes 1 Brown Unificaion Marker
U983150983145983142983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 M983137983154983147983141983154983155 Te player sends a characer o a region in order o conribue o one o heaspecs o he unificaion in ha region wriing currency or laws according o he color o he played card
When he places a card in a Region o his player board he player akes rom he general supply and places in ron
o himsel eiher 1 2 or 3 value-1 Unificaion Markers (according o how many cards werealready placed here) in he color o he card jus placed as ollows
loz 1 i he placed he 1s card in a Region o his player board
loz 2 i he placed he 2nd card in a Region o his player board
loz 3 i he placed he 3rd card in a Region o his player board
I here are no more value-1 Markers o heappropriae color in he general supply he playerimmediaely gains 1 VP or each Marker he canno ake
N983151983156983141 During Phase 3 (Unificaion Rewards) o each roundhere will be a bonus awarded o he player who has conrib-ued he mos o he unificaion in each o he 3 aspecs (iehe one wih he mos Markers in ha color) See page 12
Unres rack
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Depending on he Region and on which side o he player board is being used Unres racks can have2 3 or 4 slos represening he maximum level o unres ha Region can bear
Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region o go beyond hemaximum possible level
N983151983156983141 Level o unres is also increased when he player perorms he Hire Workers Acion (see page 9)and can be decreased perorming he Insall 1 Governor Acion (see page 9) acivaing cerain cards or using one ohe B-side player board abiliies (see pages 15)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places he 3rd card in Region 4Te level o unres in he Region is increased by2 Tere was already a cube in he lefmos sloo he Region so he oal level is now 3
Te placed card is Orange so he akes 3 OrangeUnificaion Markers
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te maximum possible level o unres is 3 Tere are 2 cards already in he Region and he currenlevel o unres is 2 Te player canno pu a 3rd card in ha Region because i would increase he level o unresby 2 bringing he oal level a 4 which would be higher han he maximum
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Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o he Cour Area o he gameboard
Te firs card placed in he Cour Area is placed ace-up on he slo Following cards will be placed ace-up on op ha orming a pile
He mus hen perorm 1 o he 6 available Cour Acions
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When he perorms he Unificaion Acion and he places
loz he 2rd card in a Region he player mus increase he level o unres in ha sameRegion by 1
loz he 3rd card in ha Region he player mus increase he level o unres in hasame Region by 2
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Pleny o hings had o change in order o make he Chinese empire whole and he Emperor didnrsquo wase any ime He dividedhe empire ino provinces personally appoining he Governors he sared he consrucion o he Grea Wall o China andordered consrucion o majesic palaces in his honor o keep inormed o his progress players send emissaries direcly o he Emperorsrsquo Cour reporing every acion in his new provinces
Build1 Wall
Build1 Palace
Hire Workers
Re-assignOfficials
Recrui 1Official
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color is number or is abiliy)Te player jus places he card on op o he pile declares which acion he wans o perorm and perorms i
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Te player can only choose an acion ha he is acually able o perorm and he mus perorm hechosen acion
Insall 1Governor
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When assigned o he Governors area hey have governmen duies (see Insall 1Governor page 9) When assigned o he Workers area hey are appoined or hiringlocal populaion o work or he Emperor (see Hire Workers page 9)
Perorming his acion allows he player o spend 1 o 3 re-assignmen poins o re-assign hisOfficials in his player board o a differen Region or o a differen area o he same Region
1 re-assignmen poin allows he player o move 1 o his Officials
loz From he Governors area o a Region o he Governors area o an adjacen Region
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Workers area o an adjacen Region placingi on an empy slo Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
I here are no empy slos in ha Workers area he official may move hrough i(spending anoher re-assignmen poin) bu canno sop here
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Governors area o he same Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Tere is no limi o he number o Officials (same or differen colors) hacan be presen in each Governors area
He may spli he re-assignmen poins amongs differen Officials or use hem all on one single OfficialI he player has no Officials on his board he canno perorm his acion
A983140983146983137983139983141983150983139983161 2 Regions are adjacen i on he gameboard heir border is a solid line I insead heir border is a wall hey are no adjacen
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region ohe Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155 983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can bedone a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acion perormed
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
R983141983139983154983157983145983156 1 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148 Te Emperor divided he empire ino several provinces In he game he provinces are grouped ino 5 regions Each province was conrolled by 3 differen officials 1 miliary 1 civilian and 1 inspecor (represened by hered gray and whie cubes)
Each player has 5 red cubes 5 whie cubes and 5 gray cubes in his supply
Te player mus ake 1 Official o his choice (red gray or whie) rom his supply and place i on his player board inhe Governors area o a Region o his choice
Tere is no limit to the number of Officials (same or different colors) that can be present in each Governors areaR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Officials in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I all o a playerrsquos Officials are alreadyon his player board he player canno perorm his acion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player spends
1 re-assignmen poin o move 1 red Official om he Worker area o Region 2 o heGovernors area o he same Region and
2 re-assignmen poins o move 1 whie Official om he Governors area o Region 3 o heGovernors area o Region 5
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Te player chooses o place a red Official in Region 2
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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H983145983154983141 983159983151983154983147983141983154983155 Tousands o peasans had o leave heir fields o ake par in consrucion o he Grea Wall as well as majesic palaces ha he Emperor wans you o build in his honor Tis increased he dissaisacion among he populace
Te player mus hire 1 or 2 workers in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he is hiring hen
1 For each Official placed in he Workers area o ha Region (regardless o heir color) he mus ake 1 Workerrom he general supply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o ha same Region
Tere can be a maximum o 2 Officials in each Workers area so he player may ake up o 2 workers I here are noOfficials in he Workers area o a Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region o he Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can be done a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acionperormed Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
2 Regardless o how many workers he ook he player mus increase he level o unres in ha same Region by 1
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region ogo beyond he maximum allowed level So i he black cube is already in he righmos slo oa Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
I983150983155983156983137983148983148 1 G983151983158983141983154983150983151983154 I nsalling a Governor indicaes ha a player has he ull poliical conrol over a province Insalling a Governorin a province increases he sabiliy o he whole Region so he level o unres will decrease
Te player mus insall 1 Governor in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o insall he Governor hen he
1 Mus remove 1 Official o each color (1 red + 1 whie + 1 gray) rom he Governorsarea o same Region o his player board placing hem back in his supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Governors rom his supply in ha Region on he gameboardHe places i on an empy bonus square o his choice and immediaely receives heindicaed bonus (see below) i here are no more available squares he places i inha Region in he area near he squares (in his case he does no gain any bonus)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Governors in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Governors are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
3 I here is a black cube on he Unres rack o ha Region o his player boardhe player reses is level o unres o zero by puting he black cube back in hissupply I he Unres rack is empy he jus skips his sep
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Region will be scored one a a ime In each region VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Governors here See page 14
Te player may immediaelyspend up o 4 re-assignmenpoins ollowing usual rules
Te playerimmediaely scores 4 VP
Te player may immediaely ake1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and place i on his player
board in he Governors Area o aRegion o his choice
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player moves 2 Officials (1 red and 1 gray) om he Governors Area o Region 3 o heWorkers Area o he same RegionHe hen hires workers in Region 3 Tere are now 2 Officials in he Workers area so he akes 2 WorkersHe hen increases he level o unres in Region 3 by 1
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B983157983145983148983140 1 P983137983148983137983139983141 Te player mus build 1 Palace in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o build he Palace hen he
1 Mus remove rom his player board 2 Workers rom ha Region plus 1 Worker roma differen Region o his choice placing hem back in he general supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Palaces rom his supply on he gameboard on an empy slo oha Region (here are 4 available slos in a 4-player game 3 in a 3-player game 2 in a
2-player game) Only 1 Palace can occupy each slo I here are no more available slosin he Region i is no possible o build a palace in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Palaces in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I allo a playerrsquos Palaces are already on he board he player canno perorm his acion
3 I possible akes 1 value-3 Unificaion Marker o his choice rom he gameboardI here are no value-3 Markers on he gameboard he jus skips his sep
4 Scores VP equal o he oal number o cards (0 o 15)placed on his player board (regardless o heir color or heir Region)
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is
placed eiher in he slo above his symbol or in he righmos slo ohe Unres rack he player canno build Palaces in ha Region
B983157983145983148983140 1 W983137983148983148
Tere are 3 Wall sies idenified by hesesymbols Each Wall sie has 2 secions each oneassociaed wih a Wall ile
Te player mus build 1 Wall in a single secion
Te player declares in which secion he wans o build he Wall hen he
1 Mus place 1 o his Walls rom his supply on he gameboard on an empyslo o his choice o ha secion Each secion has 3 slos Only 1 Wall canoccupy each slo A single player canno have more han 1 Wall on he same secionI here are no more available slos i is no possible o build a wall in ha secion
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Walls in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Walls are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
2 Mus remove rom his player board 1 2 or 3 Workers(according o how many rods are depiced on he slo wherehe placed his Wall) placing hem back in he general supplyI he mus remove 2 or 3 Workers hey all mus come romdifferen Regions
N983151983156983141 Te walls are no relaed o any Region so he player may choose rom whichRegions o ake he Workers (provided hey are all rom differen Regions)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player builds 1 palace in Region 4 He mus remove2 Workers om Region 4 and 1 om a differen Region ohis choice He chooses Region 5 Tere are no more availablevalue-3 Unificaion Markers on he gameboard so he does noake any He has 6 cards on his player board so he scores 6 VP
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he will score VP according o he posiion o his Wall(slos wih more rods are worh more poins) and how well he mees he crieria shownon he associaed ile (see page 16 or deails)
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
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In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
N983141983159 1983155983156 P983148983137983161983141983154
Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Blue is he new 1s Player
Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
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Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
C983137983154983140 A983138983145983148983145983156983145983141983155 - B983151983150983157983155983141983155
P983148983137983161983141983154 983138983151983137983154983140983155 - 983138-983155983145983140983141983155 983137983138983145983148983145983156983145983141983155
Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
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Depending on he Region and on which side o he player board is being used Unres racks can have2 3 or 4 slos represening he maximum level o unres ha Region can bear
Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region o go beyond hemaximum possible level
N983151983156983141 Level o unres is also increased when he player perorms he Hire Workers Acion (see page 9)and can be decreased perorming he Insall 1 Governor Acion (see page 9) acivaing cerain cards or using one ohe B-side player board abiliies (see pages 15)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player places he 3rd card in Region 4Te level o unres in he Region is increased by2 Tere was already a cube in he lefmos sloo he Region so he oal level is now 3
Te placed card is Orange so he akes 3 OrangeUnificaion Markers
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te maximum possible level o unres is 3 Tere are 2 cards already in he Region and he currenlevel o unres is 2 Te player canno pu a 3rd card in ha Region because i would increase he level o unresby 2 bringing he oal level a 4 which would be higher han he maximum
C983151983157983154983156 A983139983156983145983151983150983155
Te player plays 1 card rom his hand o he Cour Area o he gameboard
Te firs card placed in he Cour Area is placed ace-up on he slo Following cards will be placed ace-up on op ha orming a pile
He mus hen perorm 1 o he 6 available Cour Acions
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When he perorms he Unificaion Acion and he places
loz he 2rd card in a Region he player mus increase he level o unres in ha sameRegion by 1
loz he 3rd card in ha Region he player mus increase he level o unres in hasame Region by 2
U983150983154983141983155983156 983156983154983137983139983147983155
Pleny o hings had o change in order o make he Chinese empire whole and he Emperor didnrsquo wase any ime He dividedhe empire ino provinces personally appoining he Governors he sared he consrucion o he Grea Wall o China andordered consrucion o majesic palaces in his honor o keep inormed o his progress players send emissaries direcly o he Emperorsrsquo Cour reporing every acion in his new provinces
Build1 Wall
Build1 Palace
Hire Workers
Re-assignOfficials
Recrui 1Official
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color is number or is abiliy)Te player jus places he card on op o he pile declares which acion he wans o perorm and perorms i
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Te player can only choose an acion ha he is acually able o perorm and he mus perorm hechosen acion
Insall 1Governor
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R983141-983137983155983155983145983143983150 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148983155 Officials may be assigned eiher o he Governors area or o he Workers area
When assigned o he Governors area hey have governmen duies (see Insall 1Governor page 9) When assigned o he Workers area hey are appoined or hiringlocal populaion o work or he Emperor (see Hire Workers page 9)
Perorming his acion allows he player o spend 1 o 3 re-assignmen poins o re-assign hisOfficials in his player board o a differen Region or o a differen area o he same Region
1 re-assignmen poin allows he player o move 1 o his Officials
loz From he Governors area o a Region o he Governors area o an adjacen Region
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Workers area o an adjacen Region placingi on an empy slo Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
I here are no empy slos in ha Workers area he official may move hrough i(spending anoher re-assignmen poin) bu canno sop here
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Governors area o he same Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Tere is no limi o he number o Officials (same or differen colors) hacan be presen in each Governors area
He may spli he re-assignmen poins amongs differen Officials or use hem all on one single OfficialI he player has no Officials on his board he canno perorm his acion
A983140983146983137983139983141983150983139983161 2 Regions are adjacen i on he gameboard heir border is a solid line I insead heir border is a wall hey are no adjacen
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region ohe Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155 983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can bedone a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acion perormed
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
R983141983139983154983157983145983156 1 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148 Te Emperor divided he empire ino several provinces In he game he provinces are grouped ino 5 regions Each province was conrolled by 3 differen officials 1 miliary 1 civilian and 1 inspecor (represened by hered gray and whie cubes)
Each player has 5 red cubes 5 whie cubes and 5 gray cubes in his supply
Te player mus ake 1 Official o his choice (red gray or whie) rom his supply and place i on his player board inhe Governors area o a Region o his choice
Tere is no limit to the number of Officials (same or different colors) that can be present in each Governors areaR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Officials in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I all o a playerrsquos Officials are alreadyon his player board he player canno perorm his acion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player spends
1 re-assignmen poin o move 1 red Official om he Worker area o Region 2 o heGovernors area o he same Region and
2 re-assignmen poins o move 1 whie Official om he Governors area o Region 3 o heGovernors area o Region 5
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
Te player chooses o place a red Official in Region 2
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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H983145983154983141 983159983151983154983147983141983154983155 Tousands o peasans had o leave heir fields o ake par in consrucion o he Grea Wall as well as majesic palaces ha he Emperor wans you o build in his honor Tis increased he dissaisacion among he populace
Te player mus hire 1 or 2 workers in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he is hiring hen
1 For each Official placed in he Workers area o ha Region (regardless o heir color) he mus ake 1 Workerrom he general supply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o ha same Region
Tere can be a maximum o 2 Officials in each Workers area so he player may ake up o 2 workers I here are noOfficials in he Workers area o a Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region o he Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can be done a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acionperormed Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
2 Regardless o how many workers he ook he player mus increase he level o unres in ha same Region by 1
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region ogo beyond he maximum allowed level So i he black cube is already in he righmos slo oa Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
I983150983155983156983137983148983148 1 G983151983158983141983154983150983151983154 I nsalling a Governor indicaes ha a player has he ull poliical conrol over a province Insalling a Governorin a province increases he sabiliy o he whole Region so he level o unres will decrease
Te player mus insall 1 Governor in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o insall he Governor hen he
1 Mus remove 1 Official o each color (1 red + 1 whie + 1 gray) rom he Governorsarea o same Region o his player board placing hem back in his supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Governors rom his supply in ha Region on he gameboardHe places i on an empy bonus square o his choice and immediaely receives heindicaed bonus (see below) i here are no more available squares he places i inha Region in he area near he squares (in his case he does no gain any bonus)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Governors in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Governors are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
3 I here is a black cube on he Unres rack o ha Region o his player boardhe player reses is level o unres o zero by puting he black cube back in hissupply I he Unres rack is empy he jus skips his sep
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Region will be scored one a a ime In each region VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Governors here See page 14
Te player may immediaelyspend up o 4 re-assignmenpoins ollowing usual rules
Te playerimmediaely scores 4 VP
Te player may immediaely ake1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and place i on his player
board in he Governors Area o aRegion o his choice
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player moves 2 Officials (1 red and 1 gray) om he Governors Area o Region 3 o heWorkers Area o he same RegionHe hen hires workers in Region 3 Tere are now 2 Officials in he Workers area so he akes 2 WorkersHe hen increases he level o unres in Region 3 by 1
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B983157983145983148983140 1 P983137983148983137983139983141 Te player mus build 1 Palace in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o build he Palace hen he
1 Mus remove rom his player board 2 Workers rom ha Region plus 1 Worker roma differen Region o his choice placing hem back in he general supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Palaces rom his supply on he gameboard on an empy slo oha Region (here are 4 available slos in a 4-player game 3 in a 3-player game 2 in a
2-player game) Only 1 Palace can occupy each slo I here are no more available slosin he Region i is no possible o build a palace in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Palaces in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I allo a playerrsquos Palaces are already on he board he player canno perorm his acion
3 I possible akes 1 value-3 Unificaion Marker o his choice rom he gameboardI here are no value-3 Markers on he gameboard he jus skips his sep
4 Scores VP equal o he oal number o cards (0 o 15)placed on his player board (regardless o heir color or heir Region)
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is
placed eiher in he slo above his symbol or in he righmos slo ohe Unres rack he player canno build Palaces in ha Region
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Tere are 3 Wall sies idenified by hesesymbols Each Wall sie has 2 secions each oneassociaed wih a Wall ile
Te player mus build 1 Wall in a single secion
Te player declares in which secion he wans o build he Wall hen he
1 Mus place 1 o his Walls rom his supply on he gameboard on an empyslo o his choice o ha secion Each secion has 3 slos Only 1 Wall canoccupy each slo A single player canno have more han 1 Wall on he same secionI here are no more available slos i is no possible o build a wall in ha secion
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Walls in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Walls are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
2 Mus remove rom his player board 1 2 or 3 Workers(according o how many rods are depiced on he slo wherehe placed his Wall) placing hem back in he general supplyI he mus remove 2 or 3 Workers hey all mus come romdifferen Regions
N983151983156983141 Te walls are no relaed o any Region so he player may choose rom whichRegions o ake he Workers (provided hey are all rom differen Regions)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player builds 1 palace in Region 4 He mus remove2 Workers om Region 4 and 1 om a differen Region ohis choice He chooses Region 5 Tere are no more availablevalue-3 Unificaion Markers on he gameboard so he does noake any He has 6 cards on his player board so he scores 6 VP
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he will score VP according o he posiion o his Wall(slos wih more rods are worh more poins) and how well he mees he crieria shownon he associaed ile (see page 16 or deails)
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
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In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
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Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Blue is he new 1s Player
Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
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Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
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R983141-983137983155983155983145983143983150 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148983155 Officials may be assigned eiher o he Governors area or o he Workers area
When assigned o he Governors area hey have governmen duies (see Insall 1Governor page 9) When assigned o he Workers area hey are appoined or hiringlocal populaion o work or he Emperor (see Hire Workers page 9)
Perorming his acion allows he player o spend 1 o 3 re-assignmen poins o re-assign hisOfficials in his player board o a differen Region or o a differen area o he same Region
1 re-assignmen poin allows he player o move 1 o his Officials
loz From he Governors area o a Region o he Governors area o an adjacen Region
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Workers area o an adjacen Region placingi on an empy slo Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
I here are no empy slos in ha Workers area he official may move hrough i(spending anoher re-assignmen poin) bu canno sop here
loz From he Workers area o a Region o he Governors area o he same Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Tere is no limi o he number o Officials (same or differen colors) hacan be presen in each Governors area
He may spli he re-assignmen poins amongs differen Officials or use hem all on one single OfficialI he player has no Officials on his board he canno perorm his acion
A983140983146983137983139983141983150983139983161 2 Regions are adjacen i on he gameboard heir border is a solid line I insead heir border is a wall hey are no adjacen
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region ohe Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155 983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can bedone a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acion perormed
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
R983141983139983154983157983145983156 1 O983142983142983145983139983145983137983148 Te Emperor divided he empire ino several provinces In he game he provinces are grouped ino 5 regions Each province was conrolled by 3 differen officials 1 miliary 1 civilian and 1 inspecor (represened by hered gray and whie cubes)
Each player has 5 red cubes 5 whie cubes and 5 gray cubes in his supply
Te player mus ake 1 Official o his choice (red gray or whie) rom his supply and place i on his player board inhe Governors area o a Region o his choice
Tere is no limit to the number of Officials (same or different colors) that can be present in each Governors areaR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Officials in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I all o a playerrsquos Officials are alreadyon his player board he player canno perorm his acion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player spends
1 re-assignmen poin o move 1 red Official om he Worker area o Region 2 o heGovernors area o he same Region and
2 re-assignmen poins o move 1 whie Official om he Governors area o Region 3 o heGovernors area o Region 5
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Te player chooses o place a red Official in Region 2
Governors A rea
Workers Area
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H983145983154983141 983159983151983154983147983141983154983155 Tousands o peasans had o leave heir fields o ake par in consrucion o he Grea Wall as well as majesic palaces ha he Emperor wans you o build in his honor Tis increased he dissaisacion among he populace
Te player mus hire 1 or 2 workers in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he is hiring hen
1 For each Official placed in he Workers area o ha Region (regardless o heir color) he mus ake 1 Workerrom he general supply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o ha same Region
Tere can be a maximum o 2 Officials in each Workers area so he player may ake up o 2 workers I here are noOfficials in he Workers area o a Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region o he Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can be done a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acionperormed Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
2 Regardless o how many workers he ook he player mus increase he level o unres in ha same Region by 1
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region ogo beyond he maximum allowed level So i he black cube is already in he righmos slo oa Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
I983150983155983156983137983148983148 1 G983151983158983141983154983150983151983154 I nsalling a Governor indicaes ha a player has he ull poliical conrol over a province Insalling a Governorin a province increases he sabiliy o he whole Region so he level o unres will decrease
Te player mus insall 1 Governor in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o insall he Governor hen he
1 Mus remove 1 Official o each color (1 red + 1 whie + 1 gray) rom he Governorsarea o same Region o his player board placing hem back in his supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Governors rom his supply in ha Region on he gameboardHe places i on an empy bonus square o his choice and immediaely receives heindicaed bonus (see below) i here are no more available squares he places i inha Region in he area near he squares (in his case he does no gain any bonus)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Governors in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Governors are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
3 I here is a black cube on he Unres rack o ha Region o his player boardhe player reses is level o unres o zero by puting he black cube back in hissupply I he Unres rack is empy he jus skips his sep
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Region will be scored one a a ime In each region VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Governors here See page 14
Te player may immediaelyspend up o 4 re-assignmenpoins ollowing usual rules
Te playerimmediaely scores 4 VP
Te player may immediaely ake1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and place i on his player
board in he Governors Area o aRegion o his choice
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player moves 2 Officials (1 red and 1 gray) om he Governors Area o Region 3 o heWorkers Area o he same RegionHe hen hires workers in Region 3 Tere are now 2 Officials in he Workers area so he akes 2 WorkersHe hen increases he level o unres in Region 3 by 1
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B983157983145983148983140 1 P983137983148983137983139983141 Te player mus build 1 Palace in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o build he Palace hen he
1 Mus remove rom his player board 2 Workers rom ha Region plus 1 Worker roma differen Region o his choice placing hem back in he general supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Palaces rom his supply on he gameboard on an empy slo oha Region (here are 4 available slos in a 4-player game 3 in a 3-player game 2 in a
2-player game) Only 1 Palace can occupy each slo I here are no more available slosin he Region i is no possible o build a palace in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Palaces in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I allo a playerrsquos Palaces are already on he board he player canno perorm his acion
3 I possible akes 1 value-3 Unificaion Marker o his choice rom he gameboardI here are no value-3 Markers on he gameboard he jus skips his sep
4 Scores VP equal o he oal number o cards (0 o 15)placed on his player board (regardless o heir color or heir Region)
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is
placed eiher in he slo above his symbol or in he righmos slo ohe Unres rack he player canno build Palaces in ha Region
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Tere are 3 Wall sies idenified by hesesymbols Each Wall sie has 2 secions each oneassociaed wih a Wall ile
Te player mus build 1 Wall in a single secion
Te player declares in which secion he wans o build he Wall hen he
1 Mus place 1 o his Walls rom his supply on he gameboard on an empyslo o his choice o ha secion Each secion has 3 slos Only 1 Wall canoccupy each slo A single player canno have more han 1 Wall on he same secionI here are no more available slos i is no possible o build a wall in ha secion
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Walls in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Walls are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
2 Mus remove rom his player board 1 2 or 3 Workers(according o how many rods are depiced on he slo wherehe placed his Wall) placing hem back in he general supplyI he mus remove 2 or 3 Workers hey all mus come romdifferen Regions
N983151983156983141 Te walls are no relaed o any Region so he player may choose rom whichRegions o ake he Workers (provided hey are all rom differen Regions)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player builds 1 palace in Region 4 He mus remove2 Workers om Region 4 and 1 om a differen Region ohis choice He chooses Region 5 Tere are no more availablevalue-3 Unificaion Markers on he gameboard so he does noake any He has 6 cards on his player board so he scores 6 VP
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he will score VP according o he posiion o his Wall(slos wih more rods are worh more poins) and how well he mees he crieria shownon he associaed ile (see page 16 or deails)
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
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In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
N983141983159 1983155983156 P983148983137983161983141983154
Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Blue is he new 1s Player
Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
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Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
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H983145983154983141 983159983151983154983147983141983154983155 Tousands o peasans had o leave heir fields o ake par in consrucion o he Grea Wall as well as majesic palaces ha he Emperor wans you o build in his honor Tis increased he dissaisacion among he populace
Te player mus hire 1 or 2 workers in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he is hiring hen
1 For each Official placed in he Workers area o ha Region (regardless o heir color) he mus ake 1 Workerrom he general supply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o ha same Region
Tere can be a maximum o 2 Officials in each Workers area so he player may ake up o 2 workers I here are noOfficials in he Workers area o a Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Moving Officials rom he Governors area o a Region o he Workers area o he same Region 983140983151983141983155983150983151983156 983139983151983155983156 re-assignmen poins and can be done a any ime during he playerrsquos urn regardless o he acionperormed Te Workers Area o each Region can hos up o 2 Officials
2 Regardless o how many workers he ook he player mus increase he level o unres in ha same Region by 1
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Te player canno perorm acions ha would cause unres in he Region ogo beyond he maximum allowed level So i he black cube is already in he righmos slo oa Region he player canno hire workers in ha Region
I983150983155983156983137983148983148 1 G983151983158983141983154983150983151983154 I nsalling a Governor indicaes ha a player has he ull poliical conrol over a province Insalling a Governorin a province increases he sabiliy o he whole Region so he level o unres will decrease
Te player mus insall 1 Governor in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o insall he Governor hen he
1 Mus remove 1 Official o each color (1 red + 1 whie + 1 gray) rom he Governorsarea o same Region o his player board placing hem back in his supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Governors rom his supply in ha Region on he gameboardHe places i on an empy bonus square o his choice and immediaely receives heindicaed bonus (see below) i here are no more available squares he places i inha Region in he area near he squares (in his case he does no gain any bonus)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Governors in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Governors are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
3 I here is a black cube on he Unres rack o ha Region o his player boardhe player reses is level o unres o zero by puting he black cube back in hissupply I he Unres rack is empy he jus skips his sep
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Region will be scored one a a ime In each region VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Governors here See page 14
Te player may immediaelyspend up o 4 re-assignmenpoins ollowing usual rules
Te playerimmediaely scores 4 VP
Te player may immediaely ake1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and place i on his player
board in he Governors Area o aRegion o his choice
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player moves 2 Officials (1 red and 1 gray) om he Governors Area o Region 3 o heWorkers Area o he same RegionHe hen hires workers in Region 3 Tere are now 2 Officials in he Workers area so he akes 2 WorkersHe hen increases he level o unres in Region 3 by 1
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B983157983145983148983140 1 P983137983148983137983139983141 Te player mus build 1 Palace in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o build he Palace hen he
1 Mus remove rom his player board 2 Workers rom ha Region plus 1 Worker roma differen Region o his choice placing hem back in he general supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Palaces rom his supply on he gameboard on an empy slo oha Region (here are 4 available slos in a 4-player game 3 in a 3-player game 2 in a
2-player game) Only 1 Palace can occupy each slo I here are no more available slosin he Region i is no possible o build a palace in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Palaces in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I allo a playerrsquos Palaces are already on he board he player canno perorm his acion
3 I possible akes 1 value-3 Unificaion Marker o his choice rom he gameboardI here are no value-3 Markers on he gameboard he jus skips his sep
4 Scores VP equal o he oal number o cards (0 o 15)placed on his player board (regardless o heir color or heir Region)
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is
placed eiher in he slo above his symbol or in he righmos slo ohe Unres rack he player canno build Palaces in ha Region
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Tere are 3 Wall sies idenified by hesesymbols Each Wall sie has 2 secions each oneassociaed wih a Wall ile
Te player mus build 1 Wall in a single secion
Te player declares in which secion he wans o build he Wall hen he
1 Mus place 1 o his Walls rom his supply on he gameboard on an empyslo o his choice o ha secion Each secion has 3 slos Only 1 Wall canoccupy each slo A single player canno have more han 1 Wall on he same secionI here are no more available slos i is no possible o build a wall in ha secion
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Walls in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Walls are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
2 Mus remove rom his player board 1 2 or 3 Workers(according o how many rods are depiced on he slo wherehe placed his Wall) placing hem back in he general supplyI he mus remove 2 or 3 Workers hey all mus come romdifferen Regions
N983151983156983141 Te walls are no relaed o any Region so he player may choose rom whichRegions o ake he Workers (provided hey are all rom differen Regions)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player builds 1 palace in Region 4 He mus remove2 Workers om Region 4 and 1 om a differen Region ohis choice He chooses Region 5 Tere are no more availablevalue-3 Unificaion Markers on he gameboard so he does noake any He has 6 cards on his player board so he scores 6 VP
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he will score VP according o he posiion o his Wall(slos wih more rods are worh more poins) and how well he mees he crieria shownon he associaed ile (see page 16 or deails)
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
983145983141983138983154983141983137983147983141983154
In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
N983141983159 1983155983156 P983148983137983161983141983154
Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Blue is he new 1s Player
Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
A983158983137983145983148983137983138983148983141 983154983141983159983137983154983140983155
Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
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B983157983145983148983140 1 P983137983148983137983139983141 Te player mus build 1 Palace in a single Region
Te player declares in which Region he wans o build he Palace hen he
1 Mus remove rom his player board 2 Workers rom ha Region plus 1 Worker roma differen Region o his choice placing hem back in he general supply
2 Mus place 1 o his Palaces rom his supply on he gameboard on an empy slo oha Region (here are 4 available slos in a 4-player game 3 in a 3-player game 2 in a
2-player game) Only 1 Palace can occupy each slo I here are no more available slosin he Region i is no possible o build a palace in ha Region
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Palaces in he player supply are limied o he quaniy provided I allo a playerrsquos Palaces are already on he board he player canno perorm his acion
3 I possible akes 1 value-3 Unificaion Marker o his choice rom he gameboardI here are no value-3 Markers on he gameboard he jus skips his sep
4 Scores VP equal o he oal number o cards (0 o 15)placed on his player board (regardless o heir color or heir Region)
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is
placed eiher in he slo above his symbol or in he righmos slo ohe Unres rack he player canno build Palaces in ha Region
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Tere are 3 Wall sies idenified by hesesymbols Each Wall sie has 2 secions each oneassociaed wih a Wall ile
Te player mus build 1 Wall in a single secion
Te player declares in which secion he wans o build he Wall hen he
1 Mus place 1 o his Walls rom his supply on he gameboard on an empyslo o his choice o ha secion Each secion has 3 slos Only 1 Wall canoccupy each slo A single player canno have more han 1 Wall on he same secionI here are no more available slos i is no possible o build a wall in ha secion
R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Walls in he player supply are limied o he quaniy providedI all o a playerrsquos Walls are already on he board he player canno perormhis acion
2 Mus remove rom his player board 1 2 or 3 Workers(according o how many rods are depiced on he slo wherehe placed his Wall) placing hem back in he general supplyI he mus remove 2 or 3 Workers hey all mus come romdifferen Regions
N983151983156983141 Te walls are no relaed o any Region so he player may choose rom whichRegions o ake he Workers (provided hey are all rom differen Regions)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player builds 1 palace in Region 4 He mus remove2 Workers om Region 4 and 1 om a differen Region ohis choice He chooses Region 5 Tere are no more availablevalue-3 Unificaion Markers on he gameboard so he does noake any He has 6 cards on his player board so he scores 6 VP
N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he will score VP according o he posiion o his Wall(slos wih more rods are worh more poins) and how well he mees he crieria shownon he associaed ile (see page 16 or deails)
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
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In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
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Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
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Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
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Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
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As saed beore any Cour Acion can be perormed wih any card (regardless o is color number or abiliy)
However based on he acivaion number o he played card afer he has perormed he chosen Cour Acion heplayer may also acivae he abiliies o one or more o his cards on his player board i anyTe player can decide he order o acivaion Te abiliy is depiced on he op par o he card Acivaing an abiliyallows he player o obain he bonus depiced on he righ side o he abiliy (see page 15)
Acivaing an abiliy requires 2 condiions
Te played card (ie he one jus placed on op o he pile in he Cour Area) has he appropriae acivaion number(see below) and
Te player perorms he riggering Cour Acion (depiced in he lef side o he abiliy)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 o acivaehe abiliy o his cardhe acivaion number ohe played card mus be 983144983145983143983144983141983154 han he number o he cardbelow i AND he player mus perorm he ldquoBuild 1 PalacerdquoCour Acion I he does his he scores 3 VP
I983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983156 I in a Region o his player board he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o heUnres rack he player canno acivae he cards o ha RegionR983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 I he black cube is placed in he righmos slo o he Unres rack o a Region he alsocanno build palaces in ha Region (see page 10)
A983141983150983156983145983151983150bull Te color and he abiliy o he card played on he Cour Acion are always irrelevan
bull Te acivaion number o he card played on he Cour Acion is only relevan or he acivaion o he abiliy on heplayer board bu does no affec he possibiliy o perorming any o he 6 Cour Acions o he playerrsquos choice (anyCour Acion can be perormed wih any card) So he player can or example perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquoacion playing a card wih a higher number han he card below i He perorms he acion as usual bu he does noacivae any o his cardsrsquo abiliies
bull I he player perorms a cerain Cour Acion and he does no have any cardrsquos abiliy riggered by ha Acion he jusends his urn afer perorming he Cour Acion
N983151983156983141 I i is he firs card played on he Cour Area he player can decide he value o he iniial number (he Xdepiced on he slo)N983151983156983141 Te ldquoRe-assign Officialsrdquo acion does no rigger any card abiliy
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Te player declares he wans o perorm he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour AcionTe acivaion number o he played card is 40 Te acivaion numbero he card below i is 70He hen perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo acion as usual
AND since he played card has a lower acivaion numberhan he card below i he could also acivae all
he abiliies o his cards riggered by he ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo acionRegardless he canno acivae he card in Region 4 because he blackcube is on he righmos slo o ha Regionrsquos Unres rack
o acivae he abiliies riggered by he acions ldquoBuild 1 WallrdquoldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo or ldquoHire Workersrdquo he played card (iehe one jus played on op o he
pile in he Cour Area) mus have an 983144983145983143983144983141983154 acivaionnumber han he card immediaely below i
o acivae he abiliies riggered by heacions ldquoRecrui 1 Officialrdquo or ldquoInsall 1Governorrdquo he played card (ie he one jus played on op o he pile in he Cour Area) mus have a 983148983151983159983141983154 acivaion
number han he card immediaely below i
Bonusriggering
Acion
Cardlsquos abiliy
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
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In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
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Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Blue is he new 1s Player
Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
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Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
W983137983148983148 983145983148983141983155
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game each Unificaion aspec will be scored one a a ime For each aspec VP will be assigned or having he majoriy o Unificaion Markers in ha color See page 14
When all players have played all 6 o heir cards Phase 2 ends and he Unificaion Rewards phase begins
Saring wih Wriing (Ivory) hen Currency (Orange) and finally Laws (Brown) a reward is given o he player whoconribued mos o he unificaion o ha aspec (ie he one wih he mos Unificaion Markers in ha color)
Rewards are lised in he Rewards Area o he gameboard and will be assignedaccording o
loz Te aspec (or each aspec rewards are lised on he corresponding row) and
loz Te round (rewards or he 1s round are lised on he 1s column rom he lefrewards or he second round on he 2nd column and so on)
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Players add up he values o heir Wriing Unificaion Markers (Ivory ocagons)R983141983149983145983150983140983141983154 Shor ocagons are worh 1 each all ocagons are worh 3 eacho be eligible or he reward a player mus have a leas 1 Unificaion Marker o ha color I no playerhas Markers o ha color he corresponding reward wonrsquo be assigned
Te player wih he highes value in Wriing Unificaion Markers mus now declare i he wans o accep he
reward or o pass (in case o a ie see ldquoiebreakerrdquo below) Noe In order o accep i he mus be able o acuallyake he ull reward
I he acceps he reward he mus give back all o his Ivory ocagons(value-1 go o he general supply value-3 o he gameboard) andmus ake he reward He hen moves his disc rom is currenposiion o he curren Round column in he slo o he rewardhe jus acceped
I he passes (because he canno or does no wan o akehe reward) he keeps his ocagons he does no ake anyreward and does no move his disc
Afer he passes he player wih he second-highes valuecan choose i he wans o accep he reward or o pass Tis goes on unil he reward has been assigned or all playershave passed
Ten ollow he same procedure or Currency (Orange) and Laws (Brown)N983151983156983141 A player migh earn more han one reward in he same round In his casehe moves his disc o he mos recenly aken reward slo
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In case o a ie iebreaker order is as ollows
Discs in he Rewards rack 991252 op o botom hen Discs in he curren Round column 991252 op o botom
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Afer all 3 aspecs have been checked reurn all he discs o he Rewards rack according o hecurren iebreaker order Te player wih he disc in heopmos slo will be 1s player or he nex round
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 1s RoundRed has he mos Wriing markers He acceps he rewardand moves his disc o he corresponding slo
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Curren iebreaker order is Blue Yellow Red Purple
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Blue is he new 1s Player
Rewardsrack
1s RoundColumn
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
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Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
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Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
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N983151983156983141 A he end o he game he player will score VP according o how many discs he has in each secion (see page 14)
A983158983137983145983148983137983138983148983141 983154983141983159983137983154983140983155
Te player akes 1 Official o his choice rom hissupply and places i on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 red Officials rom his supply andplaces hem on his player board in he Governorsarea o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 gray Officials rom his supplyand places hem on his player board in heGovernors area o he Region depiced on he slo
Te player akes 2 Workers rom he generalsupply and places hem on his player board inhe Workers area o he Region depiced on heslo (regardless o wheher here are any officialshere) Te level o unres does no increase
Te player insalls 1 Governor He does noremove he officials Governors rewardedin Round 3 and 4 mus be placed on he
gameboard in playerrsquos choice o 1 o he 2 depicedRegions a Governor rewarded in Round 5 in a Regiono he playerrsquos choice
Te player builds 1 Wall He does no removehe Workers
Te player builds 1 Palace He does no removehe Workers Noe He does no ake he value-3Unificaion Marker
N983151983156983141 All oher rules sill apply
1s o 4h Round Afer Phase 3 move he round marker 1 sep o he righ o indicae he number o he Roundha is abou o sar and hen sar he nex Round5h Round Afer Phase 3 he game ends (see page 14)
983137983155983147983155 Te Emperor wans Palaces o be buil and Governors o be insalled in cerain Regions and Walls o be buil aspecific Wall sies
On he righmos side o he gameboard here are 2 asks secions Each secion has 1 Wall 1 Palaceand 1 Governor ask
Each ile has 2 o 4 symbols (eiher a Region or a Wall Sie symbol) In order o accomplish he ask
he player mus have a leas 1 corresponding iem (Governor Palace or Wall) on he gameboard ineach o he locaions as indicaed by he symbols
A he end o his urn (in addiion o he perormed acion) or afer acceping aUnificaion reward he player can declare an accomplishmen o 1 or more asks
For each accomplished ask he hen places 1 o his discs in he firs available slo(rom lef o righ) o he corresponding ask slo Only 1 disc can occupy eachslo A single player canno have more han 1 disc on he same ask
N983151983156983141 Te iles depic a minimum requiremen (ie i is perecly fine i he player has more iemshan he ones depiced on he ile eiher in he same or differen Regions or Wall Sies)
N983151983156983141 Someimes a player may orge o claim a ask he has accomplished In his case i is ok o claim i on a laer urn(regardless o he perormed acion or he aken Reward)
E983160983137983149983152983148983141
o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 2 Walls a he urquoiseWall sie (1 on each secion) and 1 Wall a he gold Wall sie
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o accomplish his ask he player mus have a leas 1 Palace in Region 11 Palace in Region 2 and 1 Palace in Region 5
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
C983137983154983140 A983138983145983148983145983156983145983141983155 - B983151983150983157983155983141983155
P983148983137983161983141983154 983138983151983137983154983140983155 - 983138-983155983145983140983141983155 983137983138983145983148983145983156983145983141983155
Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
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Afer he 5h round he game ends Players receive VP or
1 Majoriies o Governors in each Regions
Each Region is scored one a a imeIn each region VP will be assigned or having hemajoriy o Governors here
Te player wih he mos Governors in heRegion will score 9 VP plus 3 VP or each o hisGovernors in ha Region In case o a ie he poins will bespli (rounded down) by he ied players
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 1 Red has 2 Governors and Blue has1Red scores 15 VP (9VP + 3VP + 3VP)E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Region 4 Red has 1 Governor Yellow has 1andPurple has 1 Each scores 4 VP (9VP + 3VP)3
2 Majoriies o Unificaion Markers in each o he 3aspecs
Te player ha has he mos Wriing markers will score 5 VP he player ha has he mosCurrency markers will score 6 VP and he playerha has he mos Laws markers will score 7 VP
Players do no move heir discs In case o aie he ied player wih he opmos disc in heRewards rack is he winner
3 Teir discs in he asks secions
For each secion he player will check i hehas 1 2 or 3 discs He hen scores his discsin ha secion as ollows
Te VP depiced below his disc i he has1 disc in ha secion 2 imes he VP depiced below
his discs i he has 2 discs inha secion
3 imes he VP depiced belowhis discs i he has 3 discs inha secion
E983160983137983149983152983148983141 Upper sectionBlue has 1 discin he 5VP slo o he Governor ask and 1disc in he 2 VP slo o he Wall ask
Lower section he has 1 disc in he 3VP sloo he Governor askHe scores a oal o 17 VP 14VP or his discsin he upper secion (5VP + 2VP)times2 plus3VP or his disc in he lower secion
4 Teir Walls on he gameboard (see page 16)
P983144983137983155983141 1 - D983154983137983159 C983137983154983140983155 1s o 4h Round From eachdeck each player draws 3 cards akes 2 o his choice ino hishand and discards he oher 1 ace-down All he discardedcards are hen shuffled ogeher and placed ace-down a hebotom o he corresponding deck 5h Round Each playerdraws 2 cards rom each deck and akes hem ino his hand
P983148983137983161983141983154 983151983154983140983141983154 Phase2 - Play Cards Te posiion ohe discs in he Rewards rack deermines he urn order(insead o he clockwise urn order)U983150983154983141983155983156 - H983145983154983141 W983151983154983147983141983154983155 Te player mus increase helevel o unres in he Region by 1 or each Worker he jushired
One o he mos imporan aspecs you need o pay ateniono is he balance beween he cards you play on your player
board and he cards you play on he gameboard
Te more cards you play on your player board he moreldquopowerulrdquo he Cour Acions could be when you perormhem bu a he same ime he ewer cards you have lef o
play on he gameboard o acually perorm he Cour Acionsand rigger he abiliies
We sugges especially or he firs game playing 3 or 4 cardson your player board in he firs round beore saring operorm he Cour Acions
Also i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered by a cerainCour Acion you should pay atenion o he colors o he
cards your opponens sill have in heir handFor example i you plan o acivae he abiliies riggered byhe ldquoBuild 1 Palacerdquo i may be useul o keep a selecion o
high-numbered cards in your hand insead o playing hem
on your player board especially i your opponens sill haveBrown cards in heir hand
Acivaing he abiliies as many imes as you can is obviouslysomehing you should aim o do bu ry o no ge hung upon he idea ha i is mandaory o win Someimes i is moreuseul o perorm he Cour Acion in ha very momen(or example o build a Palace or Wall beore all he slos aregone) even wihou acivaing he corresponding abiliiesraher han losing he ime i akes o acivae hem
I is also imporan o consider he asksrsquo requiremens because hey could be a very useul sraegic guide whendeciding where o build your Walls and Palaces or where oinsall your Governors
Te more discs you have in a secion he more VP you willearn so o decide which asks you wan o accomplish wesugges you concenrae on one secion a a ime
Te winner is he player wih he mos VPIn case o a ie he ied player wih he opmos disc in he Rewards rack is he winner
End of the Game
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V983137983154983145983137983150983156983155 Each varian may be used independenly
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Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
C983137983154983140 A983138983145983148983145983156983145983141983155 - B983151983150983157983155983141983155
P983148983137983161983141983154 983138983151983137983154983140983155 - 983138-983155983145983140983141983155 983137983138983145983148983145983156983145983141983155
Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
8102019 Zhanguo Rules Eng
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
W983137983148983148 983145983148983141983155
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15
Each cardrsquos abiliy is riggered by a specific Cour Acion (depiced on he lef side)and gives a bonus (depiced on he righ side) when acivaed (see page 11) Teplayer can choose he order o acivaion
Te player may ake 1 value-1 Unificaion Markero his choice rom he general supply I he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Te player may spend up o 2 re-assignmenpoins ollowing he usual rules
Te player scores he indicaed VP(2 or 3 depending on he card)
Te player scores VP equal o he oalnumber o cardsplaced on his player
board (regardless o heir Region)in he indicaed color(Ivory Orange Brown)
Te player may ake 1 Worker rom he generalsupply and place i on his player board in he Workers area o he same Region as he cardTe level o unres does no increase
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRe-assignOfficialsrdquo or he ldquoBuild 1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion he may decrease he level ounres in a Region o his choice in order
o place 1 Worker rom he general supply in he Workersarea o he same RegionHe canno place he Worker in a Region wihou acuallydecreasing he level o unres in ha Region
When he player perormshe ldquoHire Workersrdquo Cour Acion he hires 1 addiional Worker in he same Region
He may hen spend 1 re-assignmen poin ollowing heusual rulesReminder In order o hire workers in a region here musbe a leas 1 Official in he Workers area o ha RegionAfer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo CourAcion he may move 1 Worker rom he Workers area o aRegion o his choice o he Workers area o an adjacen Region
Afer he player perorms he ldquoBuild1 Wallrdquo Cour Acion or he ldquoRecrui1 Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may ake1 value-1 Unificaion Marker o hischoice rom he general supply
he canno because he supply has no value-1 UnificaionMarkers lef he gains 1 VP
Afer he player perorms he ldquoRecrui 1Officialrdquo Cour Acion he may spend upo 2 re-assignmen poins ollowing heusual rules
Afer he player perorms he ldquoInsall 1 Governorrdquo Cour Acion he may move one o his Governors placed on hegameboard (including he one jus placed) rom a Regiono his choice o he open area o an adjacen Region Tereshly moved Governor does no ake any bonus and doesno allow he player o decrease he level o unres o he
Region ino which he moved
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin a Region o his choiceHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may decrease by 1 he level o unresin he same Region as he cardHe moves he black cube 1 sep o he lef (or placesi back in his supply i i was in he lefmos slo)
Te player may move 1 Worker rom he Workersarea o a Region o his choice o he Workersarea o an adjacen Region
Te player may ake 1Official o he indicaedcolor (red gray or whie) rom his supply
and place i on his player board in he Governors area o hesame Region as he card
C983137983154983140 A983138983145983148983145983156983145983141983155 - B983151983150983157983155983141983155
P983148983137983161983141983154 983138983151983137983154983140983155 - 983138-983155983145983140983141983155 983137983138983145983148983145983156983145983141983155
Bonusriggering
Acion
N983151983156983141 Player boardrsquos abiliies are always acive (regardless o he acivaion number on he played card) Te player canchoose he order o acivaion beween hem and he abiliies o he acivaed cards on his player board i any
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
W983137983148983148 983145983148983141983155
8102019 Zhanguo Rules Eng
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1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he oal number o Officials(Governors area plus Workers area) isgreaer han or equal o he level o unres
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 grayOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o hisplayer board where here is a leas 1 redOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Orange card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Brown card
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 Ivory card
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here is a leas 1 whieOfficial (eiher in he Governors or in he Workers area)
2 3 or 4 VP or each Region o his player board where here are 3 cards (regardlesso heir colors)
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where here are a leas 2 cards ohe same color
5 10 or 15 VP minus he oal unres o allhe Regions o his player board
1 2 or 3 VP or each Region o his player board where he Unres rack is empy
According o he posiion o his Wall he player receives
2 3 or 4 VP or each se o 3 cards o di-eren colors on his player board (regard-less o heir region)
Each Wall secion on he gameboard is associaed wih a Wall ile Each player will score VP a heend o he game according o he posiion o each o his Walls (ie wheher i is in he 1-rod slohe 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo) and how well he mees he crieria depiced on he associaed
Wall ile
Te botom o each ile shows 3 levels o VP Te player scores he VP depiced on he lef middleor righ respecively i his Wall is in he 1-rod slo he 2-rods slo or he 3-rods slo o he associaedecion
Auhors Marco Caneta and Seania Niccolini Arwork Mariano Iannelli
Rulebook ediingNahan Morse Paul Grogan Vicoria Srickland Oliver Brooks
ldquoTanks o Mariano and Veronica or he huge amoun o work done and or heir iendship Working wih hem has been a wonderul experience
Tanks o our son Iacopo om whom he firs spark o his game came om and who helped us in is developmen Tanks o our daugher Alessandra or he paience during play-ess (irsquos hard o sand suchdeermined parens who donrsquo wan o le you win)
A huge hanks o Amedeo Abbamondi and o he Club 63 o IreneRandazzo and Marco Riccomini o Valenina Mameli and Mirco Veschio Andrea Buonamini o Lucrezia Romano and o Damiano BianchiFinally hanks o all he people who played he several versions o our gamewih us rdquo Marco Caneta amp Seania Niccolini
Our hanks also o Anon Kazer Jannis Kiesewaler Sephan Bitner Krisina Meyer Mathias Nagy Andrea Bree-Nagy Rik KoumlnigsmannSeffi Balzerkiewicz Chrisian Baumer Friedrich Jakobs Paul GroganOliver Brooks and all oher playesers or heir grea suppor and precioussuggesions
Quesions commens suggesions can beaddressed o zhanguowhasyourgameeuwwwwhasyourgameeu
wwwacebookcomwhasyourgameeuwwwwitercomWhasYourGameEucopy 2014 Wharsquos Your Game GmbH
W983137983148983148 983145983148983141983155