Instructions Imperial Settlers

Objective of the Game:

Imperial Settlers is a strategic card game where you build a civilization and aim to earn the most victory points. Each round, you construct buildings, gather resources, and engage with other players to strengthen your civilization.

Game Setup:

• Place the game board in the center of the table to organize the general supply of resources such as wood, stone, food, and workers.
• Each player selects a faction (Romans, Barbarians, Egyptians, Japanese, or available expansion factions) and takes the corresponding faction deck and faction board.
• Shuffle the general deck of cards and place it on the table.
• Each player receives starting cards according to their faction and a certain number of resources and workers.

Phases of the Game:

The game runs over five rounds, during which players go through the following phases:

1. Lookout Phase:

2. Each player draws cards from the general deck into their hand.

3. Production Phase:

4. Players collect resources and workers according to the production of their factions and buildings.

5. Action Phase:

6. Players take turns performing actions:
   • Build: Play a card from your hand (paying the resource cost).
   • Make Deals: Secure longer-term resources by making a deal with a card.
   • Discard Cards: Throw away resources for rewards.
   • Attack: Attack other players' buildings to gain benefits.

7. The action phase is a space for strategic thinking and interaction with other players.

8. Clean-up Phase:

9. Unused workers and certain resources are discarded.
10. Prepare the next round’s token.

Winning Conditions:

• After the fifth round, all players count their victory points generated through buildings, deals, and specific faction skills.
• The player with the most victory points wins the game.

Strategic Tips:

• Pay attention to developing a balanced economy to remain flexible in different gameplay situations.
• Build a mix of production cards and victory point cards to secure short-term and long-term benefits.
• Leverage the strengths of your faction, e.g., Romans are strong in generating resources, while Japanese can score highly with deals.

This overview should assist new players in understanding the basic mechanics of the game and engaging successfully in Imperial Settlers.