Anachrony Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• COMPONENT LIST
  • Workers
  • Resources (cubes)
  • Water
• THE STORY SO FAR
• GENERAL SETUP
• PLAYER SETUP
• GAME OVERVIEW
• GAME TURN – ONE ERA OF PLAY
  • 1. PREPARATION PHASE
  • 2. PARADOX PHASE
    • Paradox rolls
    • Anomalies
  • 3. POWER UP PHASE
  • 4. WARP PHASE
  • 5. ACTION ROUNDS
    • IMPORTANT: Free Actions
  • 6. CLEAN UP PHASE
    • A) RETRIEVE WORKERS
    • B) CHECK FOR IMPACT
    • C) CHECK FOR GAME END
    • D) NEXT ERA
• ACTIONS
  • WORKERS AND ACTION SPACES
  • MAIN BOARD ACTIONS
    • CONSTRUCT
      • Worker specifics
    • RECRUIT
      • Worker specifics
    • RESEARCH
      • Worker specifics
    • WORLD COUNCIL
      • Worker specifics
      • World Council has 2 available Hex spaces:
    • MINE RESOURCE
      • Worker specifics
    • PURIFY WATER
      • Worker specifics
    • TRADE WITH NOMADS
      • Worker specifics
    • EVACUATION
      • Worker specifics
  • PLAYER BOARD ACTIONS
    • SUPPLY
      • Worker specifics
    • FORCE WORKERS
    • POWER PLANT BUILDINGS: TIME TRAVEL AND FOCUS
  • ANOMALIES
    • • Worker specifics
    • OTHER BUILDINGS AND SUPERPROJECTS
• IMPACT
  • EVACUATION
  • COLLAPSING CAPITAL TILES
  • HEX UNAVAILABLE TILES
  • NEUTRONIUM
• ENDING THE GAME
  • UNTANGLE THE CONTINUUM
  • SCORE ENDGAME CONDITIONS
  • FINAL SCORING
• FREQUENTLY OVERLOOKED RULES
• OPTIONAL RULES
  • GAMEPLAY VARIANT — ALTERNATE TIMELINE
  • GAMEPLAY VARIANT — STARTING ASSET DRAFT
  • GAMEPLAY VARIANT — ENDGAME CONDITION DRAFT
• APPENDIX
  • BUILDING DETAILS
    • Abbreviations:
    • Power Plants:
    • Factories:
    • Life Supports:
    • Labs:
  • SUPERPROJECT DETAILS
  • LEADER ABILITIES
  • ENDGAME CONDITION CARDS
  • COLLAPSING CAPITAL TILES
    • Construct
    • Recruit
    • Research
  • EVACUATION CONDITIONS
    • PATH OF HARMONY
      • Welfare and Prosperity
      • Nature’s Resurgence
    • PATH OF DOMINANCE
      • Industrial Revolution
      • The Power of Unity
    • PATH OF PROGRESS
      • Technological Superiority
      • The Apex of Humanity
    • PATH OF SALVATION
      • Overwhelming Power
      • Masters of Time
  • ASYMMETRIC PLAYER BOARDS — “B” SIDE
    • PATH OF HARMONY
      • PATH OF DOMINANCE
      • PATH OF PROGRESS
      • PATH OF SALVATION

COMPONENT LIST

• 1x Main board
• 4x1 Player boards
• 4x1 Dual-sided Path boards
• 4x2 Leader cards
• 4x1 Player banners with plastic standee
• 4x1 Dual-sided player aid cards
• 4x6 Hex-shaped Exosuit markers

Workers

• 25x Scientist
• 25x Engineer
• 15x Administrator
• 15x Genius

Resources (cubes)

• 15x Neutronium (purple)
• 20x Gold (yellow)
• 20x Uranium (green)
• 25x Titanium (grey)
• 24x Energy Core tokens
• 66x Victory Point tokens (30x 5 VPs and 35x 1 VPs, 1x -3 VPs)

Water

• 24x “1 Water” drops (light blue)
• 6x “5 Water” drops (dark blue)

IMPORTANT: The Water, Resource and Worker general supplies are not considered limited. In the unlikely case the general supply runs out of Water or a Resource/Worker type, use proxies as replacements.

• 4x2 Time Travel and Morale markers (+1x spare of each)
• 4x8 Path markers
• 4x9 Warp tiles (3x Workers, 4x Resources, 1x “2 Water”, 1x powered up Exosuit)
• 4x15 Building tiles (Power Plants, Factories, Life Supports, Labs)
• 11x Recruit pool cards
• 11x Mine pool cards
• 9x Dual-sided Timeline tiles
• 1x Impact tile
• 18x Superproject tiles
• 2x Research dice
• 1x Paradox die
• 1x Dual-sided Evacuation Action tile
• 12x Anomaly tiles
• 3x15 Breakthrough tiles
• 15x Collapsing Capital tiles
• 9x “Hex Unavailable” tiles
• 8x Endgame Condition cards
• 16x Starting Asset cards
• 1x Scoring pad
• 16x Paradox tokens

THE STORY SO FAR

The world has changed. It is the 26th century and New Earth is slowly recovering from the Day of Purgation: the day a mysterious, catastrophic explosion shook the entire planet. The majority of the population was exterminated, and most of the surface became uninhabitable. No one understood what really caused the apocalypse — the only thing the survivors could do was find shelter until the dust settled.

The remnants of humanity organized along four radically different ideologies, called Paths: the peaceful Path of Harmony, living in one of the few surviving cradles of nature blooming with flora and fauna; the stern Path of Dominance, ever cruising the oceans aboard their huge metropolis-ship, the Atlantean; the cunning Path of Progress, looking down on Earth from their city in the sky; and the devout Path of Salvation, dwelling in huge underground halls and chambers. Followers of the four Paths live in a fragile peace, but in almost complete isolation. Their only meeting point is the Capital, the last independent city on Earth, led by a global governing body: the World Council.

Many years later, explorers discovered a rich seam of an unknown substance at the desolate Ground Zero of the Day of Purgation. The durable and light Neutronium, as they named it, proved excellent as building material. To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the apocalyptic day, the World Council initiated the construction of five Monuments, made entirely of Neutronium, representing the four Paths and the World Capital. When the celebration started, the delegations of the four Paths witnessed humanity’s most life-changing event since the Purgation.

Time Rifts from the future opened on the Monuments, revealing the true power of the mysterious Neutronium: when exposed to energy, it is capable of opening wormholes through time. The connection with the future gifted humanity with unprecedented growth and prosperity, but also led to a grim realization: the Purgation was the result of the very first of the Time Rifts. The devastating energy of a future asteroid impact was transferred back in time due to the massive amount of Neutronium within the asteroid’s matter. This impact is now looming on the horizon, threatening to devastate not only the past, but also the future.

With the assets of present and future at their disposal, each faction will do everything to prepare for the upcoming impact – and dominate Humanity’s future as the one true Path.

GENERAL SETUP

1. Place the Main board in the middle of the table. If playing with 2 or 3 players, use the side with only two Hexagonal slots for the Research, Recruit and Construct spots. Optional variant for 2 players, for a tougher game: Place a “Hex Unavailable” tile over the right World Council space.
2. Place the two Research dice on the indicated spots on the Main board.
3. Place the Evacuation Action tile on its respective space on the Main board, with its A (intact) side up.
4. Shuffle the 11 Recruit pool cards and 11 Mine pool cards into two face-down decks. Place them next to the Main board.
5. Separate the buildings into four stacks divided by type (Power Plants, Factories, Life Supports, and Labs) and shuffle each stack separately. These will be the primary stacks. Place them face up next to the Main board. The building on the top of each primary stack will be available to Construct during the game.
6. Place the Anomalies in a face-up stack. Place the Paradox die and Paradox tokens next to the Anomalies.
7. Place all Resources on the top-right side of the board, and all Water on the top left. Place all Workers, Energy Cores and Breakthroughs next to the Main board, across the board from the buildings. Workers can be sorted by type and Breakthroughs by shape for easier access. Place the Victory Point tokens within reach.
8. Arrange the Timeline tiles as depicted below in a straight line left to right below the Main board. This will be the Timeline. Place the Impact tile between the fourth and the fifth Timeline tiles.
9. Shuffle all Superprojects and randomly place one of them above each of the seven Timeline tiles. The first (leftmost) Superproject should be placed face up, the rest face down. Do not place a Superproject above the Impact tile. Return the remaining Superprojects to the box.
10. Place one of each player’s Path markers below the leftmost Timeline tile. These will be their Focus markers.
11. Then randomly choose 5 Endgame Condition cards, and place them face up above the Main board.

PLAYER SETUP

12. Each player picks a Path to play, and receives its respective Player board. Players may choose whether they use the A side or B side - all players must use the same side. Give players the coloured components matching their Path color (6 Exosuits, 9 Warp tiles, 8 Path markers and the Morale and Time Travel markers). We recommend playing the symmetric A side first before getting to know the asymmetric B sides.
13. Place the Path board belonging to their chosen Path in front of each player, with a randomly chosen side up. Each side has a different Evacuation condition printed on it, which is scored when the player takes the Evacuation Action.
14. Give all players their starting Resources, Water, Energy Cores and anything else indicated on their chosen Path board. The Path of Progress receives its starting Breakthrough at random. Place the starting Workers in the Active and Tired columns (as indicated) and set the Morale and Time Travel markers to their indicated starting positions.
15. Each player must pick one of the two Leader cards available to their Path. Place the chosen Leader on the designated spot on the Path board.
16. Give each player their Player banners (in their plastic standees), and place them in front of them. The player who most recently had a “déjà vu” becomes First Player: place their Banner on the designated space next to the World Council Action spaces. Finally, players in a clockwise order starting from the First Player receive 0/1/1/2 Water.

GAME OVERVIEW

In Anachrony, you are the Leader of one of New Earth’s ideological Paths: Harmony, Dominance, Progress and Salvation.

Your ultimate goal is to prepare for an upcoming asteroid impact, secure the future of your people, and overcome the other three Paths as the dominant ideology in shaping humanity’s future.

The game is played through up to seven rounds, called Eras, each symbolizing several years. After the fourth Era, the asteroid impact occurs, changing how the remaining Eras play out, and triggering the countdown to the game end.

Anachrony is centered around three game concepts: powering up and using Exosuits, taking Actions with Workers,and using Time Travel. In this section, we give a short overview of these concepts - details of the gameplay will be described in the subsequent chapters.

Exosuits: At the beginning of each Era, each player may choose to power up up to 6 Exosuits. This potentially costs Energy Cores. The number of Exosuits determines how many Actions you can take on the Main board (they protect your Workers as they venture out of the safety of your Path’s Capital).

Taking Actions with Workers: The Action rounds phase is the heart of each Era, when players alternate taking Actions using their Workers. A Worker may be used individually (on your Player board) or in an Exosuit (on the Main board). Usually, Workers used to take an Action during the Action Rounds phase become tired at the end of the Era.

Time Travel: Thanks to the Time Rifts, humanity can now use Time Travel to boost its progress: at the beginning of each Era, in the Warp phase, they may request resources and manpower from their future – this is symbolized by the Warp tiles placed on the Timeline. Later, however, these assets have to be sent back to the past to close the loop – this is done with Power Plant buildings that power up your Time Rift and open its Focus to a past Era. The later the assets are returned to the past, the more likely they are to cause temporal Paradoxes, and ultimately Anomalies.

The game ends with a Victory Point scoring after the collapse of the World Capital due to the asteroid impact. There are a number of ways to score Victory Points, with the most important ones being constructing Buildings and Superprojects, making scientific Breakthroughs, using Time Travel, achieving a high Morale, and evacuating the collapsing World Capital.

GAME TURN – ONE ERA OF PLAY

Each Era is comprised of the following phases, in this order:

1. Preparation phase – Reveal the Superproject above the next Timeline tile, shift the building stacks, fill up the supply of Workers and Resources available for this Era.
2. Paradox phase – Players who excessively strained the Timeline with Warping have to roll for Paradoxes. This phase is skipped in the first Era.
3. Power up phase – Players may power up Exosuits, allowing their Workers to perform Actions on the Main board.
4. Warp phase – Players may place Warp tiles on the current Timeline tile to bring assets from the future to the present.
5. Action rounds phase – Players alternate taking Actions on their Player boards and the Main board until everyone has passed.
6. Clean up phase – Retrieve Workers and Exosuits from the Action spaces, check for Impact and game end, and set the players’ Focus marker on the next Era.

1. PREPARATION PHASE

Reveal Superproject: Flip the Superproject above the next Timeline tile face up (i.e., the tile right to the current one).

Shift building offers: Place the top building of each primary stack face up next to it to form a secondary stack (one for each of the four building types). If there are buildings in the secondary stack already, place the newly shifted one on top of them, covering the previous top one.

The top buildings of each primary and secondary stack are available to Construct during the Action Rounds phase.

Determine available Workers: Remove any remaining Workers from the Recruit pool. Draw the top card of the Recruit pool deck and place the four Workers depicted on the card on the respective Recruit pool slots next to the Recruit Action. Workers of the same type are stacked upon each other.

Determine available Resources: Remove any remaining Resources from the Mine pool. Draw the top card of the Mine pool deck and place the five Resources depicted on the card on the Mine pool slots to the left of the Mine Action. Finally, place a Uranium, a Gold and a Titanium on the respective slot next to each Mine Hex space.

IMPORTANT: After the Impact, ignore the topmost Resource on the drawn card, and always place a Neutronium on the topmost slot instead.

2. PARADOX PHASE

NOTE: The Paradox phase is only relevant from the second Era onwards. For reading this rulebook and teaching the game, we suggest skipping this phase for the first time until you are familiar with the concepts of Warping (Phase 4) and Time Travel.

Paradox rolls

Starting from the left, check every Timeline tile with at least one Warp tile on it. For each tile, the player(s) with the most Warp tiles on it must roll the Paradox die once, and receive the rolled number of Paradox tokens (0, 1 or 2). If there is a tie for the highest number of Warp tiles on a Timeline tile, all tied players have to roll.

Anomalies

Anomalies are strange and dangerous faults in the fabric of time that cover building spots but do not count as buildings. Each Anomaly still in place at the end of the game is worth -3 Victory Points.

A player receiving a third Paradox token (by any means) is immediately affected by an Anomaly. When this happens, they:

• Stop rolling for Paradoxes (if they had remaining rolls).
• Return all their Paradox tokens to the supply (even if they have more than 3 tokens at this time).
• May choose to retrieve one of their Warp tiles from any Timeline tile back to their personal supply (only after all players’ Paradox rolls have been resolved).
• Take an Anomaly tile from the stack and place it on the leftmost free building spot of their Player board (the player may choose on which row if several are tied). Any Anomaly tile remaining on a Player board at the end of the game is worth -3 Victory Points for that player.

NOTE: If players prefer predictability, they may agree not to use the Paradox die at all, and simply receive 1 Paradox whenever they would roll it.

NOTE: If there are no free building spots, the player must place the Anomaly on top of any of their buildings. That building is not available until the Anomaly covering it is removed.

NOTE: Certain abilities in the game may raise the limit of Paradoxes above three.

3. POWER UP PHASE

In this phase, players may power up their Path’s Exosuits, which will help their Workers survive the harsh conditions of New Earth on their way to taking Actions on the Main board.

In a clockwise order starting with the First Player, each player:

1. Places up to 6 of their Exosuits on the Hex slots of their Player board (one Exosuit per slot), paying 1 Energy Core for each one placed on the three bottom slots.
2. Then receives 1 Water for each remaining empty Hex slot.

NOTE: To speed up the game, players can agree to power up their Exosuits simultaneously instead of in turn order.

NOTE: After the Impact (see “Impact” on Page 18), two of the top three Hex slots will be covered and unavailable. No Exosuits can be placed there, nor do they produce any Water income.

4. WARP PHASE

Thanks to the Neutronium brought to Earth by the original cataclysm, Time Travel is now possible. Thus, every Era, players may decide that they will receive something from the future. A decision is all it takes; the desired good appears immediately. But it doesn’t come for free – a few Eras later it will be the players’ turn to fulfill the claim to their past selves, and send the goods back, or else risk tearing holes in the time-space continuum.

Each player secretly hides 0-2 Warp tiles in their hand (hide the other Warp tiles to maintain secrecy). Reveal them simultaneously and place them on the present Timeline tile (the order is not important). In player order, each player immediately receives any asset shown on the selected Warp tile(s). Each tile placed on the Timeline can be recovered later (see “Power Plant buildings: Time Travel and Focus” on Page 16) and used again.

1. Warped assets are taken from the common supply.
2. Each Worker requires paying 1 Water to be warped in (sending people through the Time Rift seriously strains them), or else that Warp tile cannot be chosen. However, paying with Water warped in together with the Worker is possible. Warped Workers are put in the player’s Active column.
3. Warped Exosuits are placed on one of the Hex slots of the Player board, even on an Exosuit Hex Unavailable tile.

5. ACTION ROUNDS

This is the main phase of the game. Play goes in rounds in clockwise order starting from the First Player. On their turn, a player may perform any number of Free Actions, then do one of the following:

1. Place one Worker on any empty Worker space on the player’s own Player board (typically on buildings, Superprojects or Anomalies) and perform its Action.
2. Place one Worker with an Exosuit on a Hex space or Hex pool space on the Main board and perform its Action.
3. Pass, not placing any more Workers during the Era.

Once all players have passed, proceed to the Clean up phase.

IMPORTANT: Free Actions

Free Actions may each be performed once per Era, during any of the player’s turns. When used, cover the Free Action spot with a Path marker as a reminder that it has already been performed. Using a Free Action doesn’t end the player’s turn – they may also place a Worker (or pass) in that same turn. Path markers are not considered limited – in the unlikely case a player runs out of them, use a suitable substitute.

Free Actions typically appear on buildings and Superprojects, but Force Workers and certain Leader Abilities are Free Actions as well.

6. CLEAN UP PHASE

A) RETRIEVE WORKERS

Retrieve every Worker from every Exosuit on the Main board and all Workers placed on the Player boards’ Worker spaces. If the Action was marked Motivated , place the Worker in its owner’s Active column (to the right of the Supply Action space); otherwise place it in the Tired column (to the left of the Supply Action space).

Retrieve every empty Exosuit from the Main board and place them into each players’ personal supply (NOT on the Hexes on the Player boards – the Exosuits need to be powered up again).

IMPORTANT: After the Impact, if an Exosuit is retrieved from a Collapsing Capital Hex space tile, flip the tile to its Hex Unavailable side.

Finally, all players retrieve all Path markers from their Free Action slots, so they can be used again in the next Era.

B) CHECK FOR IMPACT

The Impact occurs during the Clean up phase of the fourth Era. Proceed to the Impact rules (Page 18) to resolve it, then continue from here.

C) CHECK FOR GAME END

If any of the below conditions are met, the game ends immediately at this point. Proceed to “Ending the Game” rules (Page 19) for final scoring (and skip step D).

• The Capital’s infrastructure has collapsed: All Collapsing Capital Actions have been flipped to their Hex Unavailable side.
• It is the 7th Era.

D) NEXT ERA

If there are unused Exosuits left on the Player boards’ Hexes at this point, return them to their personal supply. Move each player’s Focus marker to the Timeline tile corresponding to the next Era (further details at “Power Plant buildings: Time Travel and Focus”, Page 16). Each Era begins with that Timeline tile in Focus for each player. Proceed with the next Era. The First Player will still be the same as in the previous Era, unless another player took the respective World Council Action.

ACTIONS

WORKERS AND ACTION SPACES

There are four different types of Workers in Anachrony: Engineers, Scientists, Administrators and Geniuses. Workers are placed on Action spaces and take Actions, either on the Main board (with Exosuits) or the players’ own boards. Some of these Worker types excel at certain Actions, while being unable to perform others.

The Genius is a special Worker that may be used as any Worker type when placed.

IMPORTANT: The Genius may NOT be used instead of other Workers when paying a non-Genius Worker cost, retrieving Worker Warp tiles via Time Travel, or for Evacuation scoring conditions.

A player’s Worker is considered Active while it is in the Active column on the Player board (as opposed to being busy on a board, or in the Tired column). Only Active Workers can be used for performing Actions or returned to retrieve Warp tiles via Time Travel. However, both Active and Tired Workers can be used to pay Worker costs (typically on Superprojects).

There are three distinct kinds of Action spaces in the game:

1. Hex spaces: On the Main board, Action spaces are Hex-shaped since Workers must be placed on them in a poweredup Exosuit. A Hex space on the Main board becomes unavailable for the rest of the Era once a Worker has been placed there. Different Hex spaces associated with the same Action do not have to be occupied in any specific order.
2. Hex Pool spaces: Hex Pool spaces work similarly to Hex spaces, with the exception that they are always available and any number of Workers may be placed on them (in an Exosuit).
3. Worker spaces: On the Player boards (including buildings, Superprojects and Anomalies), Worker spaces may only be used once per Era. Workers do not need Exosuits to be sent to these spaces.

As additional features associated with Action spaces, some of them:

• Have Worker restrictions – Only Workers of the pictured types (or Geniuses) may be placed on them.
• Give additional benefits if a specific type of Worker (or a Genius) is placed on them.
• Have an associated (Water or Resource) cost – These assets must be spent in order to place a Worker on them.
• Keep Workers “Motivated” – Workers on these spaces are placed in the Active column during the Retrieve Workers phase.

The detailed rules and Worker restrictions of each Action are described in the subsequent chapters.

MAIN BOARD ACTIONS

Capital Actions: Construct, Recruit and Research are Capital Actions. After the Impact, Capital Action spaces are covered by Collapsing Capital tiles providing improved space-related features, whereas the usual Worker-related restrictions and benefits still apply (see “Impact” for details, Page 18). Only Capital Actions can be copied with the World Council Action (see later).

Capital Actions each have 3 available Hex spaces:

1. Upper space – no modifiers.
2. Middle space – must pay 1 Water.
3. Lower space – must pay 2 Water (available in 4-player games only).

CONSTRUCT

Choose one of the following two options:

1. Select a face-up building from the top of any of the 8 building stacks (primary and secondary stacks of each building type), then place the building on the leftmost empty spot of its respective row of your Player board, paying the costs indicated on the spot.
   • If there are no empty spots for a building type, you may not build any more buildings of that type.
   • If a building was selected from the primary stack, the building underneath becomes immediately available.
   • If a building was selected from the secondary stack, if there is a building underneath it, it becomes immediately available (again).
2. Build the Superproject in Focus (i.e. the one above the Timeline tile where your Focus marker is). By default, this is the current Era’s Timeline, but Focus can be changed via Time Travel. Place the Superproject on the two leftmost horizontally adjacent free spots of your Player board (you may choose which row to place it on if several rows are tied). Ignore the costs printed on the spots, and instead pay the costs indicated on the Superproject itself (including Breakthroughs). If a Superproject has a Worker in its construction cost, the Worker can be paid from either the Active or Tired columns.

Worker specifics

• May not be activated by an Administrator.
• If activated by an Engineer, subtract 1 Titanium from the total cost of the Action.

RECRUIT

Select a Worker from the Recruit pool and add it to the Active column of your Player board. You also receive a bonus based on the type of the Worker chosen:

• Scientist: 2 Water.
• Engineer: 1 Energy Core.
• Administrator: 1 Victory Point.
• Genius: Any one of the above three bonuses.

Worker specifics

• May not be activated by a Scientist.
• If activated by an Engineer, you may not select a Genius (only a Scientist, an Engineer or an Administrator).

RESEARCH

Set one Research die (shape or icon) to the face of your choice, and roll the other. Take a Breakthrough tile with the shape and icon shown by the dice. The “?” on the icon die stands for any icon of your choice. You may not set the icon die to its “?” face.

NOTE: In the unlikely case the rolled Breakthrough is not available, reroll one die of your choice.

Worker specifics

• May only be activated by a Scientist.

WORLD COUNCIL

You may choose a Capital Action (Construct, Recruit, Research) with no more available spaces and perform it.

Worker restrictions and benefits of the copied Capital Action apply for the Worker placed on the World Council, but space-related features (e.g. Water costs on Hexes and Collapsing Capital tile bonuses) do not.

NOTE: In order to become First Player, you may place a Worker on the left World Council space even if there are still available Worker spaces in all Capital Actions. In this case, you become the First Player, but otherwise do not get to perform an Action.

Worker specifics

• Worker restrictions and/or bonuses of this Action are the same as those of the copied Capital Action.

World Council has 2 available Hex spaces:

1. Left space – must pay 2 Water and become the First Player (replace the previous First Player’s banner on the spot next to this Action space).
2. Right space – must pay 1 Water.

IMPORTANT: After the Impact, Capital Actions can still be copied through the World Council as usual. At that point a Capital Action may be copied even if each of its spaces are either occupied by an Exosuit or covered by a Hex Unavailable tile.

MINE RESOURCE

Take 1 Resource of your choice from the Mine pool.

Worker specifics

• If activated by an Engineer, he is kept Motivated.

Mine Resource has 3 available Hex spaces:

1. Upper space – take a Uranium in addition to the Resource taken from the Mine pool.
2. Middle space – take a Gold in addition to the Resource taken from the Mine pool.
3. Lower space – take a Titanium in addition to the Resource taken from the Mine pool.

PURIFY WATER

Take 3 Water from the supply.

Worker specifics

• If activated by a Scientist, take 1 additional Water.

TRADE WITH NOMADS

You may choose one of the following:

• Exchange 3 Water to 1 Energy Core; or vice versa.
• Exchange 1 Energy Core to 1 Neutronium; or vice versa.
• Exchange 1 Neutronium to any 2 of Titanium, Uranium, or Gold; or vice versa.
• Exchange any 2 of Titanium, Uranium, or Gold to 3 Water; or vice versa.

Worker specifics

• If activated by an Administrator, you may choose from the above options twice (one after the other).

Trade with Nomads has a Hex Pool space, where any number of Workers can be placed.

EVACUATION

This Action space will only be available after the Impact. It may only be taken by each player once per game, and only if they meet the condition stated on their Path board.

Place one of your Path markers on the uppermost free numbered slot on the tile and receive the Victory Points specified on your Path board under the Evacuation condition. If you placed your Path marker on the spot with the -3 Victory Points marker, you receive 3 less Victory Points for your Evacuation (to a minimum of 0). The maximum number of Victory Points that can be received for the Evacuation Action is 30.

The Path board also addresses specific assets and a related Victory Point ratio. You receive additional Victory Points based on the amount of that asset you hold when you take the Evacuation Action. After scoring, you keep these assets.

Worker specifics

• The Evacuation Action can be taken by any Worker. Evacuation has a Hex Pool space, where any number of Workers can be placed, but each player may only take this Action once per game.

PLAYER BOARD ACTIONS

All spaces on the Player boards are either Worker spaces or Free Actions — Exosuits are not needed to activate them.

SUPPLY

The Supply Action is printed on every Player board between the Active and Tired columns. Spend Water equal to the number printed on the Water symbol below your current position on the Morale track, then move all of your Workers from the Tired column to the Active column (ready to be used in later Action rounds of the same Era). Finally, advance one step on the Morale track (to the right). If you are already at maximum Morale, you receive a number of VPs indicated at the right end of the Morale track instead of advancing on it.

Worker specifics

• If activated by an Administrator, he is kept Motivated.

FORCE WORKERS

The Force Workers Action is printed on every Player board between the Active and Tired columns. Force Workers is a Free Action, and requires no Worker. Place one of your Path markers on the slot, then move all of your Workers from the Tired column to the Active column (ready to be used in later Action rounds of the same Era). Finally, you fall back one step on the Morale track (to the left). If you are already at minimum Morale, you lose a Worker of your choice instead of falling back on the Morale track.

POWER PLANT BUILDINGS: TIME TRAVEL AND FOCUS

Power Plant buildings allow manipulation of time by powering up the Time Rift. Players can activate them to turn the Focus of the Time Rift to an earlier Timeline tile. Each Power Plant has a strength and complexity rating expressed in game terms as its range. When you activate your Power Plant, you may execute the following steps, in this order:

1. Move your Focus marker onto any past Timeline tile no further to the left than the Power Plant’s range. (Measured from the current Era’s Timeline tile, ignoring the Impact tile. Ranges are not cumulative.) You may also choose to leave your Focus marker on the same past Timeline as long as it is in range of the Power Plant used. You may never end up with your Focus marker in the current Era after using a Power Plant.

2. You may optionally send an asset back through the Time Rift. Select one of your own Warp tiles present on the Timeline where the Focus was set to, and spend the Resource/Water/Worker/Exosuit on that Warp tile. Finally, remove the Warp tile corresponding to the spent asset from the Focused Timeline tile and return it to your personal supply.

   NOTE: This represents the assets being sent back in time, and “technically” these goods being spent are the very same goods you received in the past, seemingly “for free”.

   IMPORTANT: Workers must be spent from the Active column and an Exosuit must be sent back poweredup (from one of the Hexes on the Player board).

3. If you executed both steps 1 and 2, move your Time Travel marker on your Player board one step to the right. Each step on the Time Travel track will be worth Victory Points at the end of the game, representing the advances the Path has made in using Time Travel technology.

IMPORTANT: If a Warp tile is removed through any other way (by using a building’s retrieve ability or when placing an Anomaly), the Time Travel marker is not moved.

NOTE: Superprojects of earlier Eras can be built by using the Construct Action as long as they are in Focus (see the Construct Action).

ANOMALIES

A building spot can occasionally be covered by an Anomaly (see “Paradox phase”). As an Action, a player may place a Worker on an Anomaly and spend either 2 Titanium/ Uranium/Gold plus 2 Water or 1 Neutronium plus 2 Water to seal it. Remove the Anomaly and the Worker immediately and place them back in their respective general supplies. It is possible that gaps might appear on the Player board because of removing an Anomaly - new buildings or even Superprojects can be constructed there later.

Worker specifics

• The Worker placed on (and thus removing) the Anomaly is immediately returned to the general supply.

OTHER BUILDINGS AND SUPERPROJECTS

Once a building or Superproject is placed on a Player board, it is available for use to its owner. The abilities and benefits they provide fall into one of four categories:

1. Worker Actions behave just like any other Player board Worker space. Some Action spaces may have Worker restrictions or benefits, or costs associated with taking them. Some may keep the Worker Motivated.
2. Free Actions may each be performed once per Era during any of the player’s turns in the Action Rounds phase, up to and including the turn the player passes. When used, cover them with Path markers to remember they have already been performed.
3. Passive abilities provide a benefit that remains in effect throughout the game and/or influences the final scoring.
4. One-time abilities are performed once, when the building or Superproject is built.

Details of specific buildings and Superprojects can be found in the Appendix.

IMPACT

At the end of the 4th Era, the asteroid impact hits a desolate part of the Earth, initiating a cataclysm that will eventually destroy the Capital. Players only have a few turns to do what they have to and attempt to evacuate parts of the city, securing further influence in deciding humanity’s future.

EVACUATION

Turn the Evacuation Action tile to its “B” (damaged) side, revealing the Evacuation Action. In a 2/3/4 player game, place the “-3 Victory Points” marker on the second/third/ fourth spot from the top.

COLLAPSING CAPITAL TILES

After the Impact, the Capital’s structures begin to fail. Because of this, the number of Capital Actions (Construct, Recruit, Research) players can take for the remainder of the game will be strictly limited.

Separate the Collapsing Capital tiles by their Action into three piles. Select 2/2/3 Hexes randomly from each pile (for 2/3/4 players) and place them on the Capital Actions’ Hexes, with their available side face up.

The Collapsing Capital tiles provide stronger, “last ditch” versions of the Capital Actions (Worker restrictions still apply). In addition to taking the Capital Action, the player also receives the bonus depicted on the tile. A detailed list of these bonuses can be found in the Appendix.

In the Retrieve Workers step of the Clean up phase, flip each Collapsing Capital tile to its unavailable side if an Exosuit was retrieved from it.

REMINDER: Once the last Collapsing Capital tile is flipped this way, the game will end at the end of the current Era.

IMPORTANT: The World Council spots can still be used to take Capital Actions (ignoring any Collapsing Capital tile bonuses) once the respective Capital Action has no free Hex spots left.

HEX UNAVAILABLE TILES

While the Paths’ capitals are more or less prepared for the Impact, some damage is inevitable. Cover two of the three Exosuit Hex spaces in the top row on each Player board with a Hex Unavailable tile. Players may no longer power up Exosuits on these Tiles, nor do they receive any Water income for them.

NEUTRONIUM

The Impact further increases the amount of Neutronium on Earth. In post-Impact Eras, ignore the topmost Resource of the drawn Mine pool card, and place a Neutronium on the topmost slot instead.

ENDING THE GAME

The game ends at the end of the Era when the last Capital Action space becomes unavailable or if the final Era (7th) is finished.

UNTANGLE THE CONTINUUM

At this point, players must straighten out the problems they have with the Timeline. They must fulfill every outstanding Warp tile to remove them from the Timeline. Workers must still be returned from the Active column and an Exosuit must be powered-up to be returned this way. These removals do not count as Time Travel: players don’t use Power Plants for them, and they score no points and do not advance the Time Travel marker. For each Warp tile players are unable to remove from the Timeline, they score -2 Victory Points.

SCORE ENDGAME CONDITIONS

Look at the five Endgame Condition cards above the Main board. Each player scores 3 VP for each of these conditions they meet. In case of a tie, all players involved in the tie score the full amount.

FINAL SCORING

Tally up points from buildings, Anomalies, Superprojects, Time Travel, Morale, Victory Point tokens, Timeline penalties and Endgame Conditions using the scoring pad provided. Each individual Breakthrough is worth 1 VP. In addition, a set of three Breakthroughs with different shapes (i.e. Circle, Triangle, Square; the icons do NOT have to match) is worth an additional 2 VP/set. The Path Capital with the most Victory Points becomes the new seat of the World Council and thus wins the game. In case of a tie, most Water, then most total Resources decide the winner. If still undecided, players share victory – the Council will rotate between them.

FREQUENTLY OVERLOOKED RULES

• Geniuses may be used as any kind of Worker when placed on Action spaces, but they may NOT be spent as another kind of Worker, or sent back in time to remove a Worker Warp tile.
• Whenever paying a Worker cost of an Action (typically when building Superprojects), the Worker can be spent from either the Active or Tired columns, but Workers that are busy (i.e., currently are on an Action space) may NOT be spent.
• When a Worker is returned for a Warp tile when shifting Focus, it can only be taken from the Active column (since it was warped in as Active in the past).
• The only time when you can remove a Warp tile from a past Timeline tile by returning the respective asset is the moment you shift Focus to that tile. You only advance on the Time Travel track if you return a Warp tile by paying the respective asset.
• Warp tiles on the present Timeline tile cannot be removed through Power Plants and Focus, but they can be removed using the retrieve abilities of certain buildings, Anomalies and Superprojects.
• The Impact tile does not count as a Timeline/Era and does not have to be accounted for when using Power Plants.

OPTIONAL RULES

GAMEPLAY VARIANT — ALTERNATE TIMELINE

With the Alternate Timeline gameplay variant, players can add another strategic twist to the Warp phase.

After setting up the Timeline, turn each Timeline tile to its alternate (crimson-colored) side. Certain Warp slots on this side have bonuses or penalties associated with them.

When playing with the Alternate Timeline, players have to follow the standard player order (clockwise, starting from the First Player) when revealing and placing their hidden Warp tiles. When it’s a player‘s turn to reveal and place their Warp tiles, they must place them on the first available empty slot(s) in the order pointed out by the arrows. If they choose to place two Warp tiles at once, they may choose the order in which they place them. If a Warp tile is placed on a slot with a bonus or penalty symbol, the player immediately receives that bonus or penalty.

The following bonuses can appear on the Alternate Timeline tiles:

• Inspiring Message: Gain 1 Morale
• Glorious Future: Gain 1 Victory Point
• Parallel Timeline: Receive an additional one of the asset on the Warp tile placed here.
• Stable Time Rift: Remove 1 Paradox

The following penalties can appear on the Alternate Timeline tiles:

• Grim Message: Lose 1 Morale
• Collapsing Time Rift: Gain 1 Paradox

NOTE: When returning a Warp tile on a Parallel Timeline slot via Time Travel later, the player still only has to pay one of the respective asset (even though he received two when he placed the Warp tile).

GAMEPLAY VARIANT — STARTING ASSET DRAFT

By using the Starting Asset Draft, players can add more variety to the starting assets of their Path each game.

During the Setup, instead of giving each player the Starting Assets depicted on their Path board, give each player:

• 2 Scientists (Active)
• 1 Engineer (Active)
• 2 Energy Cores
• 2 Water

Then, deal the following number of Starting Asset cards to each player:

• 8 in a 2-player game
• 5 in a 3-player game
• 4 in a 4-player game

After this, each player chooses one card in their hand, places it face down in front of them, and passes the remaining cards to the player to their right. Repeat this process until each player has chosen four cards. Return the remaining cards to the box (8 in a 2-player game and 3 in a 3-player game). All players receive the assets printed on their four chosen cards.

Finally, each player adds up the numbers on the bottom of their selected cards. The player with the lowest sum will be the First Player in the first Era. If there is a tie, the player with the lowest-numbered card will be the First Player.

GAMEPLAY VARIANT — ENDGAME CONDITION DRAFT

With the Endgame Condition Draft, players have more control over what will be worth additional Victory Points at the end of the game.

Instead of selecting 5 Endgame Condition cards randomly:

• Deal 4 to each player in a 2-player game, then each player simultaneously picks two of the four, and reveals them.
• Deal 2 to each player in a 3 and 4-player game, then each player simultaneously picks one of the two, and reveals it.

Finally, from the undealt cards, choose one (two in a 3-player game), and add it to the previously picked cards. Players will now have 5 Endgame Condition cards to play with.

APPENDIX

BUILDING DETAILS

At the end of the game, each building is worth a number of Victory Points printed in the bottom left corner of the tile.

Abbreviations:

• W - Water
• U - Uranium
• G - Gold
• T - Titanium
• N - Neutronium
• VP - Victory Point
• x - Any amount

Power Plants:

101: Any Worker: Set Focus to the previous Timeline tile.

102-103: Any Worker: Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 2 Eras before the current Era’s tile.

104: Scientist: Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 2 Eras before the current Era’s tile.

105-106: Any Worker: Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 3 Eras before the current Era’s tile.

107: Any Worker, spend 1 U: Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 3 Eras before the current Era’s tile. Receive 1 VP.

108: Scientist (kept Motivated): Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 2 Eras before the current Era’s tile.

109: Scientist, spend 1 N: Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 3 Eras before the current Era’s Tile. Receive 2 VPs.

110: Any Worker, spend 1 W: Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 4 Eras before the current Era’s tile.

111: Any Worker: Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 3 Eras before the current Era’s tile. When you construct this building, you may immediately return one of your Warp tiles from a Timeline tile to your supply (without scoring VPs).

112: Any Worker, spend x W: Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to x Eras before the current Era’s tile. Receive 1 VP. Labs #401 and #402 decrease the amount of W you have to pay, to a minimum of 1.

113: Any Worker, spend x T/U/G (minimum 1): Set Focus to a Timeline tile x Eras before the current Era’s tile. Receive x VPs. You may use Labs #401 and #402 to set Focus further back than x, but you still only receive x VPs.

114: Scientist, spend 1 W: Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 3 Eras before the current Era’s tile, then repeat this process.

115: Any Worker, spend 1 G : Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 3 Eras before the current Era’s tile. Receive 1 VP.

Factories:

201: Any Worker (kept Motivated): Receive 2 T.

202: Any Worker, spend 1 W: Receive 3 T.

203: Any Worker (kept Motivated), spend 1 W: Receive 1 T/U/G.

204: Any Worker (kept Motivated): Receive 1 G.

205: Any Worker, spend 1 W: Receive 2 G.

206: Any Worker (kept Motivated): Receive 1 U.

207: Any Worker, spend 1 W: Receive 2 U.

208: Any Worker, spend 1 G + 1 W: Receive 1 N + 1 VP.

209: Any Worker, spend 1 U + 1 W: Receive 1 N + 1 VP.

210: Engineer, spend 3 W: Receive 3 T/U/G or 1 N.

211: Engineer (kept Motivated), spend 1 T: Receive 1 Energy Core.

212: Engineer: Receive 1 Energy Core.

213: Engineer, spend 2 T/U/G: Receive 2 Energy Cores.

214: Engineer, spend 3 W: Receive 2 Energy Cores.

215: Free Action: Exchange 1 W for 1 T/U/G.

Life Supports:

301-302: Free Action: Receive 1 W. When you construct this building, immediately receive 3 W.

303-304: Free Action: Receive 2 W.

305-306: Any Worker (kept Motivated): Receive 3 W.

307-308: Administrator: Receive 5 W.

309: Any Worker, spend 1 N: Receive 8 W.

310: Any Worker (dies when retrieved): Receive 7 W

311-312: Passive: The Supply Action’s W cost is halved, rounded up. If you own both 311 and 312, your Supply Action has no W cost.

313: Any Worker (kept Motivated), spend 1 U: Receive 6 W + 1 VP.

314: Any Worker (kept Motivated), spend 1 G: Receive 6 W + 1 VP.

315: When you Construct this building, immediately receive 8 W.

Labs:

401: Passive: The range of your Power Plants is increased by 1.

402: Passive: The range of your Power Plants is increased by 2.

403: Any Worker (kept Motivated), spend 1 Energy Core: Receive 1 powered-up Exosuit.

404: Scientist: Return 1 Paradox from your Player board to the supply.

405: Passive: You can receive 1 additional Paradox before you receive an Anomaly.

406: Passive: Your Anomalies are worth 2 additional VPs each (reducing their total VP penalty).

407: Scientist: Return one of your Warp tiles from a Timeline tile to your supply (without scoring VPs).

408: Any Worker (Administrator is kept Motivated): Move all your Workers from your Tired column to your Active column.

409: Administrator (kept Motivated), spend 2 W: Receive a Scientist or an Engineer (Active).

410: Administrator (kept Motivated), spend 2 W: Receive a Genius (Active).

411: Passive: When taking the Research Action, you may pay 1 W to set 1 additional die to the face of your choice instead of rolling it.

412: Any Worker, spend 1 T/U/G: Receive 2 VPs.

413: Any Worker: Receive 1 W and 1 VP.

414: Free Action: Receive 2 VP and a Paradox.

415: Scientist (dies when retrieved): Receive 2 W and 2 VPs.

SUPERPROJECT DETAILS

Each Superproject has an Asset and a Breakthrough cost, printed on the right side of the tile. Worker costs can be paid with either Tired or Active Workers.

At the end of the game, each Superproject is worth a number of Victory Points indicated in the upper left corner of the tile.

Anti-Gravity Field: Passive: Reduce the total cost of each of your Construct Actions by an additional T, U or G (of your choice).

Archive of the Eras: Passive: Every step on the Time Travel track is worth +1 VP at the end of the game.

Cloning Vat: Any Worker: Receive one Worker of the same Worker type in the Tired column.

Continuum Stabilizer: Immediately when built: Return up to three of your Warp tiles from up to three Timeline tiles to your supply. Do not advance on the Time Travel track. Dark Matter Converter: Free Action, lose 1 Worker: Gain 1 Genius, 1 Neutronium or 1 Energy Core.

Exocrawler: Free Action: You may place one of your Workers in a powered-up Exosuit on a Hex space or Hex Pool space on the Main board, and take an Action there.

NOTE: With the Exocrawler, you can essentially take 2 Actions in the same round, with at least one of them being a Main board Action.

Grand Reservoir: Passive: The total W cost of your Action is reduced by 1 in each of your Action Rounds.

NOTE: This ability doesn’t work with Trade with Nomads and abilities outside of the Action Rounds.

Neutronium Research Center: Immediately when built: You may take two standard Research Actions.

Outback Conditioner: Any Worker, spend 2 W: You may take a standard Recruit, Research or Construct Action.

NOTE: The Worker restrictions and bonuses of the respective Action still apply. For example, you still receive a 1 T discount when choosing to Construct with an Engineer, and you cannot choose to Research with an Administrator.

Particle Collider: Free Action: Exchange any 2 T/U/G for 1 N or 1 N for any 2 T/U/G.

Quantum Chameleon: Genius: Choose and take a Worker Action of any Superproject or building built by any player. The cost of the Action must be paid accordingly, and retrieve rules of the chosen Action apply to your Worker as well.

Rescue Pods: Passive: Your base Evacuation Condition is considered to be completed, regardless of its progress.

NOTE: After constructing Rescue Pods, you are eligible to take the Evacuation Action. When you do, you also score points for the base Evacuation condition as though you had completed it.

Synthetic Endorphins: Passive: You do not score negative VPs for low Morale at the end of the game. You do not lose Workers when you use the Force Workers Action on the lowest spot of the Morale track.

Tectonic Drill: Passive: When you take the Mine Resource Action, you may take an additional T, U or G from the supply.

Temporal Tourism: Free Action: Set Focus to a Timeline tile up to 3 Eras before the current Era’s tile. The Ultimate Plan: Passive: Every Superproject you built (including The Ultimate Plan) is worth +3 VPs at the end of the game.

Uranium Cores: Free Action: Receive a powered-up Exosuit.

Welfare Society: Administrator, spend 1 W: Move 1 step up on the Morale track.

LEADER ABILITIES

Patriarch Haulani: Inspiring Charisma (Free Action): He may place one of his active Workers on a Worker slot on his Player board, and take an Action there.

Matriarch Zaida: Saving Grace: During the Clean up phase, she may pay 2 Water to recruit a Worker from the supply. This ability is limited to Worker types that are present on the most recent Worker pool card drawn during the Preparation phase of the same Era. She does not receive the Recruit bonus associated with that Worker.

Captain Wolfe: Hydrocores: During the Power up phase, he may exchange 1 Energy Core for 2 Water, or 2 Water for 1 Energy Core any number of times.

Treasure Hunter Samira: Treasure Hunt: During the Clean up phase, she receives 1 T/U/G from the supply, chosen randomly. Then, she may pay 2 Water to gain an additional T/U/G of her choice.

Patron Valerian: Neuroenhancement: All of his Scientists count as Geniuses for all placement and retrieval purposes.

Librarian Cornella: Focused Research: During the Clean up phase, she may pay 3 Water to take a Research Action.

Shepherd Caratacus: Meddle with Time (Free Action): Choose one: receive 2 Water and a Paradox, OR pay 2 Water and return 1 Paradox from your Player board to the supply.

High Sunwalker Amena: Hardened Exosuits: When resolving the Impact, do not cover any of her Exosuit slots with Hex Unavailable tiles.

ENDGAME CONDITION CARDS

• The player(s) with the most Workers at the end of the game receive(s) 3 VPs.
• The player(s) with the most Water at the end of the game receive(s) 3 VPs.
• The player(s) with the most Breakthroughs at the end of the game receive(s) 3 VPs.
• The player(s) with the most occupied building spots at the end of the game receive(s) 3 VPs. This includes Anomalies and Superprojects.
• The player(s) with his Morale marker closest to the right end of the Morale track (i.e., highest Morale) at the end of the game receive(s) 3 VPs.
• The player(s) with the highest sum of Time Travel ranges at the end of the game receive(s) 3 VPs. NOTE: Lab #401 and Power Plants #112 and #113 count as 1 towards this sum. Lab #402 counts as 2, and the Temporal Tourism Superproject and Power Plant #114 count as 3.
• The player(s) with the most Superprojects at the end of the game receive(s) 3 VPs.
• The player(s) with the most successful Time Travels at the end of the game receive(s) 3 VP.

COLLAPSING CAPITAL TILES

Collapsing Capital tile bonuses always apply in addition to the respective standard Action.

Construct

• Reduce the total cost of this Construct Action by one additional T, U or G (of your choice).
• Reduce the total cost of this Construct Action by one additional N.
• If you Construct a building (not Superproject) with this Action on the first/second/third building spot of its respective row, you receive 1/2/3 VPs.
• If you Construct a Superproject (not building) with this Action, you receive an additional 2 VPs.
• You may take an additional Construct Action.

Recruit

• You receive the Recruit bonus associated with your recruited Worker one additional time. If you recruit a Genius, you may choose a different bonus for the second time.
• You receive a powered-up Exosuit in addition to the recruited Worker.
• Gain 1 Morale in addition to the recruited Worker.
• After recruiting the Worker, move all your Workers from the Tired column to the Active column.
• You may take an additional Recruit Action.

Research

• You may set an additional die to the face of your choice when taking this Research Action.
• You receive 2 VPs in addition to this Research Action.
• After taking this Research Action, you may take an additional Construct Action. You may only construct a Superproject with this Action. If you take it with a Genius, you may treat it as an Engineer for the Construct Action.
• You may return up to 2 Paradoxes from your Player board to the supply in addition to this Research Action.
• You may take an additional Research Action.

EVACUATION CONDITIONS

Each Path has two different Evacuation conditions, and each condition consists of two parts:

• The base condition describes what assets the player needs to have in order to take the EvAcuation Action, and how many VPs it is worth in itself (regardless of the additional reward).
• The additional reward part addresses specific assets and a related Victory Point ratio. The player gets additional VPs based on the amount of that asset held by the player when the Evacuation Action is taken in addition to the base condition’s VP value.

PATH OF HARMONY

Welfare and Prosperity

Base condition: Have 3 Life Supports in order to Evacuate (2 VPs).

Additional reward: Your Evacuation Action is worth 3 additional VPs for each Genius + Gold pair you have when you Evacuate. Tired and busy Geniuses also count.

Nature’s Resurgence

Base condition: Have at least 6 occupied Building spots in order to Evacuate (2 VPs).

Additional reward: Your Evacuation Action is worth 3 additional VPs for each Building + Administrator pair you have when you Evacuate. Tired and busy Administrators also count.

PATH OF DOMINANCE

Industrial Revolution

Base condition: Have 3 Factories in order to Evacuate (5 VPs).

Additional reward: Your Evacuation Action is worth 2 additional VPs for each Engineer + Titanium pair you have when you Evacuate. Tired and busy Engineers also count.

The Power of Unity

Base condition: Have maximum Morale in order to Evacuate (3 VPs).

Additional reward: Your Evacuation Action is worth 1 additional VP for each Worker you have when you Evacuate. Tired and busy Workers also count.

PATH OF PROGRESS

Technological Superiority

Base condition: Have 3 Labs in order to Evacuate (6 VPs).

Additional reward: Your Evacuation Action is worth 4 additional VPs for each set of one Breakthrough + two Scientists you have when you Evacuate. Tired and busy Scientists also count.

The Apex of Humanity

Base condition: Have at least 8 Water in order to Evacuate (3 VPs).

Additional reward: Your Evacuation Action is worth 5 additional VPs for each Superproject you have when you Evacuate.

PATH OF SALVATION

Overwhelming Power

Base condition: Have 3 Power Plants in order to Evacuate (3 VPs).

Additional reward: Your Evacuation Action is worth 3 additional VPs for each Neutronium you have when you Evacuate.

Masters of Time

Base condition: Have at least 2 Anomalies in order to Evacuate (4 VPs).

Additional reward: Your Evacuation Action is worth 5 additional VPs for each pair of two Time Travel advances + two Uranium Resources.

ASYMMETRIC PLAYER BOARDS — “B” SIDE

While the “A” side of each Player board is identical, their “B” side is slightly different for each Path to better reflect their strengths and weaknesses. Before the player setup, players can agree to use either only the “A”, or only the “B” sides of their Player boards.

Below is a list of differences of the “B” side of each Player board compared to its “A” side.

PATH OF HARMONY

Exosuit Hex Slots: On two of the three bottom slots, you may pay 3 Water instead of an Energy Core to power up an Exosuit. At the end of the Power Up phase, you receive 2 Water for each remaining empty Hex slot. After the Impact, the middle bottom slot is also destroyed.

Morale & Supply: You start 1 step lower on the Morale track. Your Morale track ranges from -4 VP to 8 VP. When you take the Supply Action and have maximum Morale, you receive 3 VPs instead of 2.

Building Costs: The first Factory and Life Support spots cost 1 additional W each.

Other: Whenever you would gain an Anomaly, you may choose to lose one of your buildings instead. Return it to the bottom of its respective primary stack. If there was a Worker on that building, set that Worker aside and place it in the Tired column at the end of the round.

PATH OF DOMINANCE

Exosuit Hex Slots: At the end of the Power Up phase, you do not receive Water for your remaining empty Hex slots.

Morale & Supply: Supply is a Free Action and costs 4/4/4/4/5/5/5 Water respectively. The lowest three steps on the Morale track are worth -3/-2/-1 VPs respectively.

Building Costs: The second Power Plant spot and the third Factory spot cost 1 less G each. The second Life Support spot cost 1 less U.

Other: The last three steps on the Time Travel track are worth 12 VPs each. You may build Superprojects on any two adjacent empty building spots on your Player board.

PATH OF PROGRESS

Exosuit Hex Slots: On the three bottom slots, you may pay 1 T/U/G instead of an Energy Core to power up an Exosuit.

Morale & Supply: The final three steps on the Morale track are worth 3/5/7 VPs each, but the Supply Action on these steps cost 7/8/8 W respectively. An Administrator taking the Supply Action is not kept Motivated.

Building Costs: The first Power Plant spot costs 1 additional G. The first Life Support spot costs 1 additional U.

Other: When you use Scientists to take Worker Actions on your Power Plants, Factories and Labs, they are kept Motivated. You need one additional Paradox to gain an Anomaly. The first three steps on the Time Travel track are worth 1/2/4 VPs each.

PATH OF SALVATION

Exosuit Hex Slots: You have to pay 1 T/U/G to power up an Exosuit on the two left slots. You have to pay 1 Energy Core to power up an Exosuit on the two right slots. Powering up Exosuits on the two middle slots is free.

Morale & Supply: You start 1 step higher on the Morale track. Your Morale track ranges from -8 VP to 4 VP.

Building Costs: The second Power Plant spot costs 1 less G. The third Lab costs 1 N, 2 T and 2 W.

Other: The last four steps on the Time Travel track are worth 12/14/16/20 VPs each. You may place Anomalies on any empty building spot on your Player board.