Nations: Inspiration Promo Pack Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Progress cards
  • Julius Agricola
  • Engineering Genius
  • Potemkin Village
  • Power Grid
• Event cards
  • Solar Eclipse
  • Spring and Autumn Period
  • Imperium Rex
• Symbols used on these cards
• Disclosed gaps

Progress cards

Julius Agricola

Printed header: "40-93, Roman Empire". Printed text:

• "Pass first: +5 [Military Strength icon] this round"
• Red circle with "1" and a black rock icon (gain of 1 [Stone icon])

Engineering Genius

Printed text:

• "Hire [Architect icon] from supply: pay up to 2 [Stone icon] less"
• "/"
• "-2 resources: +1 [VP icon]"

Potemkin Village

Printed text:

• "When replaced with another building do not undeploy any [Worker icon]."
• Red circle with "2" and a wheat icon (gain of 2 [Food icon])
• Black circle with "-1" and a black rock icon (cost of 1 [Stone icon])
• Two yellow circles, each with "1", one beside each of two Worker icons (see gap 2)

Power Grid

Printed header: "1890, USA". Printed text:

• "Fill progress board: +2 [Gold icon]"
• "/"
• "-4 resources: +1 [VP icon]"

Event cards

Solar Eclipse

Printed header: "585 BCE, Turkey". Printed text:

• "Player order is determined by Passing order. e.g. First to pass is player 1"
• Top of the card: two Architect icons (brown square tiles) and a black circle with "-2" and a wheat icon (Famine: 2 [Food icon]).

Spring and Autumn Period

Printed header: "771-476 BCE, China". Printed text:

• "All: Compare [Military Strength icon] with players left and right:"
• "If higher than one: +2 [Stone icon]"
• "or" (printed in bold)
• "If higher than two: +1 [VP icon]"

Imperium Rex

Printed header: "1583-1783, British Empire". Printed text:

• "Game ends after this round."
• "1) Famine"
• "2) Score [Book icon]"
• "3) Final scoring"
• Top of the card: three Architect icons (brown square tiles) and a black circle with "-6" and a wheat icon (Famine: 6 [Food icon]).

Symbols used on these cards

These symbol names are taken from the base Nations rulebook's key, not from the card text:

• Wheat icon: Food.
• Black rock icon: Stone.
• Plain yellow coin icon: Gold.
• Yellow circle with laurels: Victory Points (VP). Gained VP are shown this way in the base game.
• Crossed swords: Military Strength.
• Book icon: Books.
• Brown square tile with a chevron: Architect.
• Black meeple icon: Worker.
• A red circle indicates a gain of the resource shown and a black circle a consumption or upkeep, as in the base game.
• "/" is printed between the two halves of the Power Grid and Engineering Genius text. The base rulebook defines "/" as a choice between the listed items. The text is transcribed as printed.

Disclosed gaps

1. No rulebook exists. This promo was never issued with its own rules document. The card text above is the complete printed text of the six cards. Nothing has been added to it, and none of the base Nations rules are restated here.
2. Potemkin Village worker effect. The two yellow circles with "1" beside the Worker icons could not be resolved at the scan's resolution. The icon has not been confirmed as the VP laurel or the Gold coin, and the card does not spell out what each Worker gives. Transcribed as printed; check the physical card before relying on it.
3. Julius Agricola red circle. The circle is read as a gain of 1 Stone, following the base game's convention that red circles are gains. The card does not spell this out.
4. Icon identities. The icons are named from the base rulebook key (see "Symbols used on these cards"). They were not spelled out on the card.
5. Passing order and game end. Solar Eclipse and Imperium Rex refer to Passing order, the Famine step, Score and Final scoring. Their timing and procedure depend on the base Nations rulebook, which is not reproduced here.
6. Spring and Autumn Period comparison. The card compares Military Strength with "players left and right" and gives thresholds of "higher than one" and "higher than two". It is transcribed as printed. It does not say what happens when players tie.