Caesar!

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• Setup
  • 1. Place the board on the table.
    2. Place 1 Senate Province Bonus token face up on Italia's space.
    3. Randomly place 1 Province Bonus token face up on the rest of the province spaces. Do not place on the 2nd space in Italia.
    4. Choose who will be Caesar and Pompey and each player takes the influence tokens of their color and puts them in their bag.
    5. Each player secretly draws 2 tokens from their bag and places them behind their screen.
    6. Each player also takes their control markers and places them on their side of the board.
• Gameplay

  • Caesar takes the 1st turn followed by alternating turns. On your turn:

    1. Place an influence token on a free border space on the map with a matching icon. Orient it whichever way you choose such that the line on the token lines up with the border.
    2. If all the border spaces are occupied around 1+ province(s), the provinces are closed and the following happens:
       1. The player who placed the last influence token takes the province bonus token from all provinces just closed.
       2. Add up the value of each player's influence tokens and whoever has the most influence takes control. They place one of their control markers on in the now empty province space. If there is a tie, no one takes control of the province.
       3. If the province is Italia, the controlling player places a 2nd control marker on the 2nd space (dashed line circle).
       4. If 1+ adjacent provinces are controlled by the same player, an additional control marker is placed on the border spaces between these provinces, covering any tokens there (usually influence).
       5. The player who placed the influence token and took the bonus token can now resolve the bonus.
    3. Draw a new influence token from your bag.
• End of Game

  • The game ends immediately when a player places their last control marker on the map or under a senate token. That player wins.

• Bonus Tokens

  • Token	Effect
    	Tactics: Take a new turn after this one. Note: If you receive 2 Tactics tokens on the same turn, you only get 1 extra turn (not 2).
    	Wealth: Increase your influence token hand size by 1. Draw 1 token immediately (in addition to the one at the end of your turn).
    	Might: Flip an opponent's influence token or control marker on the board face down. Flipped influence markers count for 0 influence. Controlling provinces adjacent to a flipped control marker to not provide additional control markers on border spaces.
    	Senate: Place the token in front of you. If you also won the province providing this token, place a number of your control markers under this senate token equal to your total number of senate tokens.
    	Poison: (Used with the Poison expansion) Return 1 of your opponent's influence tokens to their bag.
    	Centurion: (Used with the Centurions expansion) Instead of drawing from your bag at the end of your turn, select one of your available centurion influence tokens.

• Expansions
  • Poison

    • Setup

      1. Mix the 3 poison province bonus tokens with the rest of the bonus tokens, then randomly remove 3 bonus tokens from play and setup the map as usual.
      2. Players start the game with 3 tokens behind their screen.

      Gameplay

      • Play as usual.
      • When someone gains a poison bonus token, their opponent randomly chooses one of their tokens behind their screen and returns it to their bag.
        • Both players can see the token before putting it in their bag.
      • If a player starts their turn with no tokens behind their screen, they immediately lose.
  • Centurions

    • Setup

      1. Mix the 3 poison province bonus tokens with the rest of the bonus tokens, then randomly remove 3 bonus tokens from play and setup the map as usual.
      2. Give each player the 3 centurion influence tokens in their color (white line). These are placed in front of their player shield.

      Gameplay

      • Play as usual.
      • When someone gets a centurion bonus token, they choose 1 of their remaining centurion influence tokens in front of their screen and put it behind their screen.
        • The players skips the next draw phase.
        • This does not increase a player's hand size!
  • Border Control

    • Setup

      1. Instead of removing the spare province bonus tokens, place place them face down next to the board.

      Gameplay

      • Play as usual.
      • On the 3 spaces marked with a double line, the player may choose to place 1 of their influence tokens face down. If they do, they immediately draw 1 of the set aside bonus tokens and resolve it. The face down token that was placed counts for 0 influence.
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