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Components

• 1 AI player board
• 8 Double-sided Faction boards
• 13 Double-sided board tiles
• 72 Plastic Ships in 6 colors
• 180 Tokens
• 220 Cards
• 6 Plastic Research Drones in 6 colors
• Rulebook

Object of the Game

Warpgate is a strategic board game in which you represent one of the factions, competing for control of the galaxy. Unlock Technologies, establish trade routes, and conquer planets to lead your faction towards triumph.

The player with the most victory points (VP) at the end of the game wins.

Setup

1. Each player picks a faction board at random (or allow players to choose) and then chooses which side of the faction board to play with. The two sides are marked "A" and "B" in the bottom right corner of the faction board. …

Each Action card depicts 2 of the 11 actions in the game. The short rules for each action are listed on the cards themselves. You can refer to this section for more in-depth clarification when needed.

The number of times each action appears on the Action cards is depicted on the bottom edge of your faction board. For simplicity, similar actions are grouped and described together.

Attacking is moving your ships to a planet with another player's ships, using a Skirmish, Advance, or Concentrate action.

The only way to move your ships to a planet with another player's ships is by attacking.

Attack results in a battle. The player who is currently resolving the action is the attacker and the other player who has ships at the planet is the defender.

AI Turn

Human player always keeps the first player marker and otherwise plays as normal. On the Artificial Intelligence (Al) player's turn, take the bottom card of the Al deck and play it, always face down, onto the current turn slot on the Al board.

Depending on which card it is, the Al performs an Action:

• If the Al card is a Technology card, resolve the Al Research action - the Al claims the left-most Technology card and then ends its turn. …