Eclipse: Anticipation of the Elders Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Player Materials
• Preparations
• Rules
• Tile Effects
• Tile Faces by Round Number
  • Round 2
  • Round 3
  • Round 4
  • Round 5
  • Round 6
  • Round 7
  • Round 8
  • Round 9

Player Materials

24 Elder Stash Tiles.

Preparations

Shuffle the Stash Tiles face down (showing the round numbers). Take one random tile of each number and place them face down on the respective spaces (2-9) on the Round Track. Discard the rest without looking at them.

Rules

First player to pass in the Action Phase immediately draws the tile on the next round space on the Round Track. He resolves the immediate effect and discards the tile. The round then continues normally.

Tile Effects

The printed key on the rules sheet shows these effect icons:

• Pink octagon +1: Take one Science or one Material (see the pink/brown pair below).
• Brown octagon +1: Take one Science or one Material.
• Orange octagon +2: Take two Money.
• Orange square with two plasma stars: Place one Plasma Cannon or Positron Computer Ship Part. You do not need to have the respective Technology.
• White +2 box (below the Plasma Cannon line): Printed below the Plasma Cannon Ship Part icon; the key gives no separate text for it.
• Hexagon with three chevrons: Place one Tachyon Drive or Tachyon Source Ship Part. You do not need to have the respective Technology.
• Arrow with the number 9 (below the Tachyon line): Printed below the Tachyon Ship Part icon; the key gives no separate text for it.
• Two orange squares with plasma stars and a missile (Plasma Missile): Place one Plasma Missile or Gluon Computer Ship Part. You do not need to have the respective Technology.
• White +3 box (below the Plasma Missile line): Printed below the Plasma Missile icon; the key gives no separate text for it.
• Hexagon with a disc: Take a free Explore action.
• White shield: Draw one Reputation Tile.
• Two white shields: Draw two Reputation Tiles.

Note on the key: the printed key explains the pink +1, brown +1, orange +2 and the ship-part icons with text. The octagon colours on the other faces (pink +2 and +3, brown +2 and +3, orange +3 to +6) and the white +2 and +3 boxes have no separate text on the key. They are transcribed below exactly as printed; the colour reading (pink = Science, brown = Material, orange = Money) is inferred from the key entries above.

Tile Faces by Round Number

Each face is listed top half first, then bottom half where the face is split by a line. Faces are numbered by the round space they are placed on.

Round 2

• Top: pink +1. Bottom: brown +1. (Take one Science or one Material, per the key.)
• Orange +2. (Take two Money.)
• Hexagon with a disc. (Take a free Explore action.)

Round 3

• Brown +2.
• Orange +2. (Take two Money.)
• White shield. (Draw one Reputation Tile.)

Round 4

• Top: orange square with plasma stars (Place one Plasma Cannon or Positron Computer Ship Part; you do not need the Technology). Bottom: white +2.
• Orange +3.
• Top: pink +2. Bottom: brown +2.

Round 5

• Top: hexagon with chevrons (Place one Tachyon Drive or Tachyon Source Ship Part; you do not need the Technology). Bottom: arrow with 9.
• Orange +3.
• White plus sign. (Build one Interceptor for free.)

Round 6

• White ring with a dot. (Build one Orbital for free; you do not need the Technology.)
• Orange +3.
• Two white shields. (Draw two Reputation Tiles.)

Round 7

• Top: two orange squares with plasma stars and a missile (Place one Plasma Missile or Gluon Computer Ship Part; you do not need the Technology). Bottom: white +3.
• Orange +4.
• White compass star. (Build one Starbase for free; you do not need the Technology.)

Round 8

• Orange shield with 1. (This tile is worth 1 VP at the end of the game.)
• Orange +5.
• Top: pink +3. Bottom: brown +3.

Round 9

• Orange shield with 1. (This tile is worth 1 VP at the end of the game.)
• Orange +6.
• Orange shield with 1 inside a red "no" circle. (This tile is worth 1 VP at the end of the game. The game ends after the current round is finished.)