Dune Imperium

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• Setup
  • • Place the board on the table.
    • Place the Mentat in the Mentat space.
    • Place the 4 alliance tokens on the marked areas of their faction's influence tracks.
    • Create the conflict deck:
      • Separate the conflict cards by their backs (I, II, III).
      • Shuffle the 4 conflict III cards and place all of them face down in the marked area of the board.
      • Shuffle the 10 conflict II cards and place 5 of them face down on top of the conflict III cards.
      • Shuffle the 4 conflict I cards and deal 1 face down on top of the conflict II cards.
      • Return the unused conflict cards to the box.
    • Shuffle the intrigue deck and place it next to the board face down.
    • Shuffle the imperium deck and place it face down near the board. Then, deal 5 face up cards next to it.
    • Place the reserve cards (Arrakis Liaison, The Spice Must Flow, and Foldspace) in the imperium row
    • Each player:
      • Takes a leader (select or deal randomly)
      • Takes a 10 card starting deck, shuffles it, and places it face down
      • Takes 1 water
      • Picks a color:
        • Place 2 of your agents on your leader. Place the 3rd near the board.
        • Place 1 of your 2 discs on the score track. Place it on the 1 space with 4 players, otherwise 0.
        • Place your combat marker on the 0 space of the combat track.
        • Place 4 cubes, 1 each, on the bottom spaces of the influence tracks of the 4 factions.
        • Place 3 cubes in 1 of the 4 garrison spaces (the 1 closest to you) on the board
        • Create a personal supply with the rest of the components.
    • Create a supply near the board for Solari, spice, and water tokens.
      • These are not limited.
    • Randomly determine a 1st player and give them the 1st player marker.
• Gameplay

  • Reach 10 points at the end of a round to defeat your competitors.

  • Phase 1: Round Start
    • • Reveal a new conflict card from the conflict deck and place it face up in its space next to the deck.
      • Each player draws 5 cards from their own deck.
  • Phase 2: Player Turns

    • Each turn consists of a choice between an Agent turn or a Reveal turn.

      • Begin the round with the player who has the 1st player marker and continue clockwise.
      • Plot intrigue cards may be played on any of your turns during this phase.
    • Agent Turn
      • • Play 1 card face up in front of you to send an agent to an unoccupied space with a matching symbol from the left hand side of the card.
          • You cannot send multiple agents on a turn even if your card shows multiple symbols.
          • You must pay any costs/meet requirements of the chosen board space. The board space cost must be paid immediately (before getting any space/card benefits).
          • Gain the effect of the board space.
          • If there is an effect in the Agent box ("gray" area"), you can activate that (this and the board space effect can be done in any order).
          • If you placed your agent on a faction space, move your faction cube up 1 space.
          • ⇨ symbols indicate a cost, either on cards or board spaces.
            • You never have to pay this cost (but you won't get the benefit if you don't, of course).
    • Reveal Turn

      • When a player is out of agents, or just chooses to do this turn early, the player takes a Reveal turn.

        • Reveal all cards remaining in your hand and place them face up in front of you, but separate from previously played cards.
        • You may now gain the reveal effect (blue box at the bottom of the card) from the revealed cards.
        • You may use Persuasion (blue ◇ symbols) to acquire new cards at any point during your reveal turn.
          • You can acquire any of the 5 cards in the imperium row and, additionally, Arrakis Liaison or The Spice Must Flow.
          • You may buy more than 1 card.
          • Acquired cards are placed in your discard pile.
          • Any unused Persuasion is lost at the end of your turn.
          • Cards in the imperium row are immediately replaced.
        • Set your strength: Set your total strength on the combat track for this round.
          • Each troop (cube) in the conflict (not in your garrison) counts for 2 strength.
          • Each sword symbol is worth 1 strength.
          • You must have at least 1 troop in the conflict to have any strength.
          • Set your marker to the total strength. If >20, flip the token to the +20 side.
        • At the end of this turn, put all your played cards in your discard pile.
  • Phase 3: Combat

    • See Other Rules for more information on managing your troops.

      1. Beginning with the player with the 1st player marker, each player with at least 1 troop in the conflict may play any number of combat intrigue cards or pass.
         • You are not required to pass if you have previously passed.
         • All players must pass consecutively to end this phase.
         • If a card changes the number of troops a player has in the conflict, they must adjust their combat marker accordingly.
           • If a player ends up with 0 troops in the conflict, their strength is set to 0.
         • If you have a combat intrigue card with "when you win a conflict", don't play these now.
      2. Resolve the combat by giving the rewards from the current conflict card based on player strength (highest wins).
         • The 3rd place reward is only given in a 4 player game.
         • A player with 0 strength (no troops in the conflict) does not receive a reward.
         • Ties:
           • If the tie is for 1st place, the tied players receive the 2nd reward. In a 4 player game, the other 2 players compete for the 3rd place reward.
           • When players tie for 2nd place, they both receive the 3rd reward.
           • Players tying for 3rd place receive nothing.
         • All players return the troops in the conflict to their supply, not their garrison.
         • Reset combat markers to 0 on the combat track.
  • Phase 4: Makers
    • • All spaces with a Maker icon (The Great Flat, Hagga Basin, and Imperial Basin) that do not have an agent on them receive 1 spice on designated space.
        • This is in addition to any previously placed spice.
  • Phase 5: Recall

    • If any player has reached 10 points or if the conflict deck is empty, the end game is triggered.

      If not:

      • Return the Mentat to its space in the Landsraad.
      • Players recall their agents from the board.
      • Pass the 1st player marker clockwise.
      • Start the next round with Phase 1
• Game End

  • If a player has reached 10 points or the conflict deck is empty at the end of a round, the game ends.

    The player with the most points wins, but if there are ties, the tie breakers are:

    1. The player with the most leftover spice.
    2. The player with the most leftover Solari.
    3. The player with the most leftover water.
    4. The player with the most garrisoned troops.
• Other Rules

  • Deploying troops to the conflict.

    • Whenever the cube icon is gained (card or on the board), you take 1 troop from your supply and place it in your garrison (not in the conflict).
      • The troops in your supply are limited.
    • When you send an agent to a combat board space (⚔ icon), you may deploy troops from your garrison to the conflict.
      • You may deploy any/all troops recruited during your current turn plus up to 2 more troops from your garrison.

    Control Bonuses

    • Some conflict cards reward a player with control over 1 of 3 spaces on the board (Arrakeen, Carthag, or Imperial Basin), based on the card's title.
      • If you win such a conflict, place 1 of your control markers on the designated space on the board.
      • While your marker is on the this space, you receive the bonus shown any time an agent is sent to that space (including yours).
      • When a conflict card is revealed for a space you already control, you receive a bonus: You may deploy 1 troop from your supply to the conflict.

    Leaders

    • Each leader has 2 abilities.
      • The one on the left is used as described.
      • The one marked with the signet ring is activated when you play your signet ring card on an agent turn.

    Factions

    • Faction cubes begin at the bottom of their respective tracks, but will move up as a player gains influence with that faction.
    • When you reach the 2nd space on an influence track, gain a victory point.
      • If you drop below the 2nd space, you lose that victory point!
    • When you reach the 4th space on an influence track, take the bonus shown on that space.
      • If you drop below the 4th space, you do not return this bonus.
    • The 1st player to reach 4 influence with a faction earns the alliance token for that faction and 1 victory point.
      • If they are ever passed on that track (a player moves to a higher space), the alliance token is given to the player that passed them. They also lose the victory point associated with the token.

    Intrigue Cards

    There are 3 types of intrigue cards:

    • You may play a Plot card any time during 1 of your agent or reveal turns.
    • You may play a Combat card only during combat.
    • You may play an Endgame card only at the end of the game.
• Clarifications
  • • Baron Vladimir Harkonnen: To use the Masterstroke ability, choose 2 of the 4 Baron tokens and place them on your leader with the Faction side face down.
      • The other 2 tokens are returned to the box.
      • Later, reveal your tokens for their rewards.
    • Bindu Suspension: You must play this intrigue card at the start of your agent turn, before doing anything else. When you do, draw a card and immediately end your turn.
    • Calculated Hire: This intrigue card can only take the Mentat from its starting position in the Landsraad.
    • Demand Respect: If you win a conflict that rewards you with spice, you may take that 1st and use it to play this card.
    • Kwisatz Haderach: You may play this to take an agent turn even if you have no agents left in your supply.
      • As this lets you send an agent already on the board, you may send an agent to the same space it's already on.
      • If a board space can only be used once per game (High Council or Swordmaster), you cannot use this to send an agent there more than once.
      • You can't overcome The Voice and send an agent to a board space where you can't send an agent.
      • If this vacates a space with a Maker icon and no one else occupies this space, it will get bonus spice during Phase 4
    • Paul Atreides / Poison Snooper: You can't look at the top card of your deck if it's empty. This does not allow you to reshuffle your discard to form a new deck.
    • Test of Humanity: Opponents make choices starting on your left and proceeding clockwise. Each opponent must choose something they can actually do.
      • They cannot choose to discard a card if their hand is empty.
      • They cannot lose a deployed troop if they have none.
      • If they choose to discard a card, they get to the choose the card (not random).
    • The Voice: Use 1 of your available control markers to mark the board space you choose. Remove it on your next turn as it only blocks the space for 1 turn.
      • This does prevent the Kwisatz Haderach from sending an agent to this board space.
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