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Game Components

• Score Board
• 5 Two-sided Player Boards
• Rulebook
• Progress Board
• 13 workers
• 5 player discs
• Book
• Scoring pad
• Progress Cards
• Event Cards
• Player order cards
• Player aid tile
• Solo Event tiles
• Food, Stone, Gold, VP tokens
• War, Roumd, Architect, Used tokens
• 6 side die

Setup

Each player takes a Player Board. When playing for the first time you should use A-sides. When playing with B-sides, Player boards are chosen in reverse player order after Scoring and Progress Board setup.

Shuffle the Event Card decks for each age separately. Place the Event Card decks for ages II-IV aside for now. For your first game leave out Advanced and Expert cards. …

Advanced and expert game

The advanced and expert cards add more interaction, variation and new concepts. After a few games with basic cards you can add the advanced cards, mixing them in with the basic cards.

After a few more games you can add the expert cards.

Five players

With 5 players you must play the Advanced and/or Expert game to have enough Progress Cards.

Positive Events also affect the second strongest (unless tied), negative Events affect the two weakest (including all tied). Other card eff ects work similarly, so for Saint Augustine (most stable) you get the effect if you have the most or second most Stability. Passed first counts for passed first or second. Passed last counts for passed fourth or fifth. …