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PLAYERS:

Players require to provide their Starting Territory, a color for the Ownership flag, and if they're feeling fancy, the name of their capital or something.

The Starting Territory cannot be Desert or Mountains. At start of the game, every Starting Territory will get a randomly developed Tile available for local Terrain, that grants at least +1 Prosperity.

TURN ORDER:

Turn Order is sequential and determined randomly at start of an Era.

All Developments, Constructions, Trade Agreements and Colonizations 'clock in' at the end of the global Turn. Wars, however, are resolved at the end of the Attacking Player's turn.

REGIONS OF ANCIENT WORLD:

The map is comprised of several regions, each with several Territories (or, in case of Cyprus, just 1). The map can be found >>HERE<<

Some are just conveniently grouped territories for naming purposes, but several have special things going about them. Alphabetical listing:

Afghanistan: Only place to get Lapis Lazuli.
Anatolia: Only place to get Iron.
Arabia: Nothing special.
Armenia: Nothing special.
Cyprus: Has adjacency to S.Anatolia and N.Levant.
Egypt: Unique Major Monument (Pyramid).
Levant: Nothing special.
Libya: Nothing special.
Mesopotamia: Unique Major Monument (Ziggurat).
Nubia: Only place to get Emeralds, and Gold outside Hills/Mountains.
Parthia: Nothing special.
Persia: Nothing special.

COLONIZATION:

To colonize, the adjacent Territory must not be Owned by another Player, or have a Neutral City in it (you want Wars to get rid of these pesky guys).

Then, your Prosperity value must be higher the formula: 1 + (2*Territories you already Have). Colonization takes 3 Turns in Tribal Era and 2 Turns in City-State/Monumental Eras; you can Colonize only 1 Territory at once.

Example: You have 3 Territories and want to colonize another; 2 Territories produce Wheat and one of them produces Barley. Your Prosperity Value is thus 8, which is higher than (1+(2*3), meaning you can happily colonize the 4th Territory.

DEVELOPMENT:

If you have any (undeveloped) tiles in your Territories, you should consider Developing them. Depending on the Era, you can develop 1, 2 or 3 Tiles per Turn. You just need to specify the Territory(-ies) and amount of Tiles you want to develop.

During Tribal Era, the Resources you will get from Developing a Tile will be random; during City-State and Monumental Eras, you can specify which Resource you want to produce on any given Tile.

Each Resource can occur in a Territory only once; if you already have Barley Tile on your Riverplains, you cannot Develop another Barley tile there. Furthermore, Tin and Copper cannot exist in the same Territory.

TRADING:

You can 'trade' Resources on 1:1 basis; this does not remove the Resource but rather allows your Trading Partner to benefit from the Resource's bonus when waging Wars, constructing Monuments or Colonizing new Territories. A Resource that you obtain via Trade is NOT included to End-of-Era scoring, however!

You need to either be adjacent to your new Trading Partner, OR share access to the same Sea as them.

Example: You're a NE Nubian Player who has plenty of Emeralds but you want that delicious Copper an SW Arabian Player across the Red Sea is mining. Therefore, you set up a Trade with them; they get +2 Culture and +4 Wealth for the Palace they're building, while you finally get that juicy +2 Military bonus you need to kick the ass of that rude Egyptian player above you.

WARS AND MILITARY MODIFIERS:

Wars occur when one Player covets the rich lands of another Player. To facilitate War (once per Turn), at least 1 Territory you own must be adjacent to the Territory you want to grab.

When War is called, the amount of Combat (d6) Dice (determined by the Era) is rolled and your highest Military bonus is added to each roll.

This sum is then weighted against the rolls of the Defender:
*If the difference in favor of the Attacker is 3 or less, nothing happens.
*If the difference in favor of the Attacker is between 4 and 8, one random Resource Tile from targeted Territory becomes (undeveloped).
*If the difference in favor of the Attacker is 9 or higher, the target Territory becomes their!

The modifiers to rolls can be gained from Resources: Elephants, Lumber, Tin (+1), Copper (+2) or Iron (+4).
However, if you have access to both Copper AND Tin, the Tin's Military bonus becomes +3, simulating Bronze weaponry.

CONSTRUCTION:

You can construct only one Monument at once per Category (1 Minor, 1 Major), and they cannot be built in the same Territory. Once you choose which Monument to build, you can assign Territories that will support its Construction (the Territory where you are building the Monument always supports).

At start of every Turn, every Territory that support the Construction contibute their Culture and Wealth-providing Tiles to the construction. Once you fill both required Culture and Wealth ratings, the Monument is completed and you can start building another one.

Example: You decide to build a Tomb. You have 3 Territories; all 3 produce Sandstone (+2 Culture), one also Produces Limestone (+3 Culture) and another, Turquoises (+2 Culture and +2 Wealth) and Copper (+2 Wealth).
You assign all 3 Territories to contribute to Tomb construction; this means that at start of next Turn, the Tomb will gain +11 Culture and +4 Wealth. This fills Tomb quotas to 11/20 Culture and 4/10 Wealth.

MINOR MONUMENTS:

Palace: 10 Culture, 20 Wealth
Temple: 15 Culture, 15 Wealth
Tomb: 20 Culture, 10 Wealth

MAJOR MONUMENTS:

Opulent Tomb ('Pyramid' if Egyptian): 50 Culture, 30 Wealth
Temple Complex ('Ziggurat' if Mesopotamian): 40 Culture, 40 Wealth

TRIBAL ERA:

Lasts 6 Turns.
Colonizing takes 3 Turns.
You can develop 1 Tile per Turn; created Resource will be randomly chosen.
Wars are resolved using 2 dice rolls.
Cannot build Monuments.
Scoring:
*2pt per each Territory.
*2pt per each Culture/Military/Prosperity/Wealth.

CITY-STATE ERA:

Lasts 8 Turns.
Colonizing takes 2 Turns.
4 unclaimed Territories (except Deserts, Forests and Mountains) gain neutral Cities and develop 2 Tiles.
You can develop up to 2 Tiles per Turn; you can specify the Resource.
Wars are resolved using 3 dice rolls.
Can build Minor Monuments.
Scoring:
*3pt per each Territory.
*1pt per each Culture/Military/Prosperity/Wealth.
*10pt per each Minor Monument.

MONUMENTAL ERA:

Lasts 10 Turns.
Colonizing takes 2 Turns.
4 unclaimed Territories gain netural Cities and develop 2 Tiles; already extant neutral Cities develop 2 more Tiles.
You can develop up to 3 Tiles per Turn; you can specify the Resource.
Wars are resolved using 3 dice rolls.
Can build Minor and Major Monuments.
Scoring:
*4pt per each Territory.
*1pt per each Culture/Military/Prosperity/Wealth.
*5pt per each Minor Monument.
*25pt per each Major Monument (+5 if unique name (Pyramid, Ziggurat)).

TILE TYPES:

BARLEY: +4 Prosperity
CATTLE: +3 Prosperity, +1 Wealth
CLAY: +1 Culture
COPPER: +2 Military, +2 Wealth; mutually exclusive with Tin!
FRUIT TREES: +2 Prosperity, +1 Wealth
ELEPHANTS: +1 Culture, +1 Military, +1 Wealth
FISH: +1 Prosperity
FLAX: +1 Prosperity, +1 Wealth
EMERALDS: +2 Culture, +4 Wealth
GOLD: +3 Wealth
GRANITE: +4 Culture
IRON: +4 Military
LAPIS LAZULI: +3 Culture, +3 Wealth
LEGUMES: +3 Prosperity
LIMESTONE: +3 Culture
LUMBER: +2 Culture, +1 Military, +1 Wealth
MALACHITE: +1 Culture, +2 Wealth
OPALS: +1 Culture, +4 Wealth
PEARLS: +1 Culture, +3 Wealth
SANDSTONE: +2 Culture
SHEEP: +2 Prosperity, +2 Wealth
SILVER: +4 Wealth
TIN: +1/+3 Military, +2 Wealth; mutually exclusive with Copper!
TURQUOISE: +2 Culture, +2 Wealth
WHEAT: +2 Prosperity

TILE VS TERRITORY PLACEMENT:

BARLEY: Plateau, Riverplains
CATTLE: Riverplains, Plateau, Savanna
CLAY: Coastal, Riverplains
COPPER: Hills, Mountains
ELEPHANTS: Forests, Savanna
FISH: Coastal, Riverplains
FLAX: Coastal, Plateau, Riverplains, Savanna
FRUIT TREES: Forests, Plateau, Riverplains, Savanna
EMERALDS: *Nubia
GOLD: Hills, Mountains, *Nubia
GRANITE: Deserts, Mountains
IRON: *Anatolia
LAPIS LAZULI: *Afghanistan
LEGUMES: Coastal, Forests, Plateau, Riverplains
LIMESTONE: Plateau, Riverplains
LUMBER: Forests
MALACHITE: Hills, Mountains, Riverplains
OPALS: Mountains
PEARLS: Coastal
SANDSTONE: Deserts, Hills, Plateau, Riverplains
SHEEP: Hills, Plateau, Savanna
SILVER: Mountains
TIN: Hills
TURQUOISE: Hills
WHEAT: Coastal, Desert, Hills, Plateau, Riverplains, Savanna

TERRITORY VS TILES PLACEMENT:

COASTAL: Clay, Fish, Flax, Legumes, Pearls, Wheat
DESERTS: Granite, Sandstone, Wheat
FORESTS: Elephants, Fruit Trees, Legumes, Lumber
HILLS: Copper, Gold, Malachite, Sandstone, Sheep, Tin, Turquoise, Wheat
MOUNTAINS: Copper, Gold, Granite, Malachite, Opals, Silver
PLATEAU: Barley, Cattle, Flax, Fruit Trees, Legumes, Limestone, Sandstone, Sheep, Wheat
RIVERPLAINS: Barley, Cattle, Clay, Fish, Flax, Fruit Trees, Legumes, Limestone, Sandstone, Wheat
SAVANNA: Cattle, Elephants, Flax, Fruit Trees, Sheep, Wheat

AFGHANISTAN*MOUNTAINS: Copper, Gold, Granite, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Opals, Silver
AFGHANISTAN*PLATEAU: Barley, Cattle, Flax, Fruit Trees, Lapis Lazuli, Legumes, Limestone, Sandstone, Sheep, Wheat
ANATOLIA*HILLS: Copper, Gold, Iron, Malachite, Sandstone, Sheep, Tin, Turquoise, Wheat
ANATOLIA*MOUNTAINS: Copper, Gold, Granite, Iron, Malachite, Opals, Silver
NUBIA*SAVANNA: Cattle, Elephants, Emeralds, Flax, Fruit Trees, Gold, Sheep, Wheat
NUBIA*RIVERPLAINS: Barley, Cattle, Clay, Emeralds, Fish, Flax, Fruit Trees, Gold, Legumes, Limestone, Sandstone, Wheat

TERRITORY 'NUMBERS' FOR THE MAP:

1 Cyprus
2 Western Anatolia
3 Central Anatolia
4 Southern Anatolia
5 Eastern Anatolia
6 Northeastern Levant
7 Northern Levant
8 Central Levant
9 Eastern Levant
10 Southern Levant
11 Southwestern Levant
12 Western Levant
13 Central Libya
14 Eastern Libya
15 Northern Egypt
16 Eastern Egypt
17 Central Egypt
18 Northwestern Egypt
19 Western Egypt
20 Southwestern Egypt
21 Southern Egypt
22 Southeastern Egypt
23 Northeastern Nubia
24 Northern Nubia
25 Western Nubia
26 Southern Nubia
27 Southeastern Nubia
28 Northeastern Nubia
29 Southwestern Arabia
30 Western Arabia
31 Northwestern Arabia
32 Northern Arabia
33 Central Arabia
34 Southern Arabia
35 Southeastern Arabia
36 Eastern Arabia
37 Northeastern Arabia
38 Southeastern Mesopotamia
39 Southern Mesopotamia
40 Southwestern Mesopotamia
41 Western Mesopotamia
42 Central Mesopotamia
43 Eastern Mesopotamia
44 Northeastern Mesopotamia
45 Northern Mesopotamia
46 Northwestern Mesopotamia
47 Western Armenia
48 Central Armenia
49 Eastern Armenia
50 Western Parthia
51 Central Parthia
52 Northern Parthia
53 Eastern Parthia
54 Southeastern Parthia
55 Northern Persia
56 Western Persia
57 Southwestern Persia
58 Southern Persia
59 Eastern Persia
60 Central Persia
61 Southern Afghanistan
62 Central Afghanistan
63 Northern Afghanistan

PCs:
Adrienne Artaud: 13/27 Carrying: Andertz Coldside Needs action
Alixia Marmilon: 25/25 Needs action
Argos von Bodin: -/25 3/3
Casslan Blackfield: 26/26 Needs action
Ivy ag Rodvaric: 19/19 Needs action

Allies:
Andertz Coldside: 1/1 Comatose! Carried by: Adrienne Artaud
Countess Valentia Coldside: 27/27
Orf the Troublemaker: 21/21
Prince Aland of Hestia: 6/23

Enemies:
Evil Andertz Coldside: 33/33

#1: Support bonuses from Affinities be like +2 Hit/Eva and +4 Crit/Dodge instead of +2.5 and +5 respectively.
#2: Affinities will be rolled after sheetus are approved via my favorite TarotMath^tm method
#3: No Experience System; instead, Levels will be awarded upon completion of Primary and Secondary (if any) objectives on the map (this allows both for better pacing of chapters and throwing of weak mooks for that extra murderhobo party feel)
#4: Items that are not Weapons and/or do not provide '+X to Wearer' bonuses now stack in singular slots.