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History of the world board game rulebook (2001 version) in english

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History of The World Rulebook

History of the world board game rulebook (2001 version) in english

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Chapter DT ontoner Assembly ond Contents Initial Set-Up Carefully punch out all ofthe cardboard pieces. There are 12 coins/Mets (same piece witha coin on one side anda let image ‘on the other 8 Preseminence Markers, 42 Score Charts, and 4 Well pieces forthe box buildup." Creating the Storage Container Tum the cardboard container in the game box over so the open side up. Inser the long cardboard wall into the container slots, as show, dividing the container in two. Take the three smaller cardboard walls and insert them into the container creating eight smaller compartments, These compartments can now be used for storing the game pieces Storage Container Chiplor IT >" CONTENTS: Gameboard Dice (5) Capitals/Cites (30) Forts (32)/Monuments (36) Epoch I pieces -- Egyptian (5 of each color) Epoch If pieces ~- Persian (12 of each color) Epoch Il pleces —- Roman (20 of each color) Epoch IV pieces - Byzantine (15 of each color) Epoch V pieces -- Mongols (18 of each color) Epoch VI pieces -- Spanish (14 of each color) Epoch VII pieces ~ British (16 ofeach color) Coins/Feets (12) Pre-eminence Markers (8) Score Chars (42) Empire Cards (7 each of 7 different Epachs) Event Cards [22 Greater Events, 49 Lesser Events) @e @n iy capital “Fort Mamuents 0" 6B Object History of the Word isa game played in seven Epohs (or round) each detailing 2 period in word history In each Epoch, players command one Empire Fom ha time period. These Emplre expand acros the worl, later falling 25 new ones take their places. Players score for expanding their Empires as well s for controling capitals, cities and monuments. At the end of each Epoch, the player inthe lead also scores a pre-eminence bonus In between Epochs, layers draw for new Empires. After Epoch VI the player withthe most Victory Points wins, Playing Pieces Each player selects a color and takes all past pleces ofthat coor (layers may want to sor their paste pices by Epoch | es Egyptian : Epoch If pieces Persian Epoch V pieces Mongols Epoch VI pieces Spanish Epoch Vil pieces British Note: All players use these pieces whether or not they actually command those Empires during their tums. So all players use Egyptian pieces in Epoch I. These figures represent the most powerful andjor most representative Empire of that Epoch. ‘The Gameboard Place the gameboard in the center of the playing area. The ‘fameboard is separated into 102 spaces, called Lands. These Lands ‘are grouped into 13 different colored regions, called Areas. For ‘example, Libya is a Land in the North Africa Area (shaded olive) Eight of the Lands are Barren Lands, marked in beige; these do not belong to any Area. Sort the Score Charts by Area, then place in chronatogiesl order by Epoch so Epoch | ison top anid the later Epochs are underneath Pace these Score Charts on the gameboard in thelr designated spaces. ‘Choose any one of your plastic pieces (from any Epoch) to be your scoring plece. Place it on the “0” space of the Scoring Track. Event Cards Separate the Event Cards into two piles-Greater Events and Lesser ts. Deal out three (3) Greater Event cards and seven (7) Lesser Event cards to each player. Players may look at their cards but ‘must keep them secret until they are played. These are the only Event cards you receive. There is no way to gain new Event cards in the game, Empire Cards Separate the Empire Cards into their seven different Epochs and place them tothe sie. Pre-eminence Markers . ‘Take the eight Pre-eminence Markers and turn them number-side down. Shuffle them, and place them to one side of the board. There are two 3s, three 4s, two 5s, and one 6 Marker. Chapter Jan § Back: Empires ae listed inthe order that they are played Empire Cards ond the Epoch i I Drawing Empire Cards Empire [At this point, players draw their Empire Cards for Epoch I Each Strength player rolls two dice. The highest roller draws fist and drawing proceeds clockwise The frst player randomly draws one card from the Epoch I card a Brant pile and secretly looks at it. The player has to decide whether to mo ral Vikings 7 rep the card (and play that Empire in Epoch I or pass the card to pital} ores tensa another player. There are many factors involved in choosing Symbol [TN at Rapa Enea whether to keep or pass a card (see Chapter VII Strategy for Empire ai nop Distribution). Color shows | ilsung Dynasty 9 I you passa card to another player, that player will play that Empire appears—}espsejk Turks 12 Empire in this Epoch but may not look at the card until after ALL free} Empire Cars are distbuted | Sess Start Land. Each player follows the same procedure, drawing from the remaining Epoch I Empire deck and looking at the drawn card. Remember-you may only have one Empire Card. Ifyou have been given a card before you draw one, you may not keep the card you draw, but must give it to another pla Front layer needs a card at that point. ‘Any unused Empire Cards are returned to the box without looking at them. Even in a six-player game, there will always be atleast ‘one Empire that is not played in an Epoch. ‘Start Land A Look at the Empire Card Every Empire Card has a summary of all the Empires in that Epoch ‘on its back and a detailed look at one Empire on its front. Empire Strength: This is the number of armies the Empire receives. Capital Symbol: fan Empire has this symbol, it starts with a capital. Navigation: ‘Any sea listed means the Empire has fleets in that sea. Going Through the Epoch Choose one player to readout the frst Empire listed on the back of the Empire Card (the top one) Ifyou have that Empire, tum your card over and start your tur. If no one has that Empire, the next Empire on the list is read. This continues, with Empires either being played or skipped (if no one has it). Afterall seven Empires have ‘been called out (and either played or skipped), the Epoch is over Coins = a ta ‘Many Lesser Events tell you to take a Chapter t 1 \ certain number of coins. These coins Event Cords ‘can be used at any time during your HD tum. You may not keep coins from tum to turn, Playing Event Cards Coins can be used in the folowing ‘You may play up to two2) Event Cards before starting your turn. ‘0 Ways ‘These may be two ofthe same type of card (Greater or Lesser) of When an army in your Active Empire is lst in combat, one ofeach. The only exception is that two of the exact same card you may spend a coin to return that defeated army to your ‘may not be played on the same turn (two Leaders or two Disasters, “army pool” (See Chapter V). for example). Once you have placed your fist army, you may NOt Yum i = Eraplee play a card for the rest of your turn. Some cards are resolved Foun pend sci ohn: before your turn begins, while others take effect during your turn. ‘Some Event cards can only be played during one Epoch or during 2 few Epochs. Make sure you look at your cards carefully so you ices tical Cntr Many cards use the term “Active Empire.” The Active Empire is Mp ‘er iyy the Empire you are about to play, not any Minor Empi f tL 6 play, not any Minor Empires or fapason Cont on Bulking Past Empires. GOALY EL, © GreaterEvents ie Abed vay VG thee ibsaphi tc pete “There are four types of Greater Events: Leaders, Weaponry, turn begins. - en Reallocation, and Minor Empires Leaders and Weaponry cards give your Empire bonuses when Setting Uj y ing Up combating other Empires. They may be used together fora very STE or armtes equal tothe strength of your Active stag bones. Empire (shown as strength on your Empire Card), Make sure you ‘AReallocation card allows an Empire to divert naval resources to take the correct pieces for the Epoch being played. Place these ground troops. armies in front of you. This is your army pool. Remaining [AMinor Empire card allows you to play asmallEpire atthe stant 27s of that type shou beset aide to avold confusion. of your tum, effectively giving you two Empires in one turn. To ‘Example: A person playing the Cartbagians should take 7 distinguish the Minor Empire from the Active Empire, use the se armies (because Carthaginia bas a strength of 7) and they different Epoch Piece shown on the card. Minor Empires are Epoch should be Persian figures (since i is Epoch ID. The remaining specific and can only be played during one Epoch. A Minor Empire 5 Persian figures should be set aside. jum be attested by the exis vest Co pleied Gx the uz 2. 1 your Active Empire has a capital, take a capital. (eg, you cannot have a Minor Empire with a Leader). The Minor Empire is not scored until the Active Empire is finished at the end _3- Place one fleet marker into every sea listed om the card. Fleet markers are found on the back of the coin markers. If an ocean of your tun. is listed that Empire has navigation in that ocean plus all seas iecer Bec that can be reached from that ocean, even indirectly. esser, Evew 5 person the Portuguese in Epoch VI would ig that tara. Others let you destroy an Empire's armies or ‘eas: North Sea, Western Med., Eastern Med. Black, er re cereale Sve alas fat “A marker placed tn the Indian Ocean allos markers to be copy on the cards explains when and how they can be used. ‘placed in its reachable seas: Red Sea and Bay of Berea ‘Some Lesser Event cards say to use an army “from a far-away ‘4. Put your capital and your first army down in the Start Land for Epoch.” This means that you should use a figure that is far away ” that Empire. If there is already an army in that Land, this army from the current Epoch. So if it is early in the game, use a Spanish is removed from play ithe Land has a fort this is removed as ‘or British figure; i itis late in the game, use an Egyptian or well However, any monuments in the Land remain, Persian figure. This keeps these “Lesser Event” armies separate {from those brought in with normal empires. ‘The Empire is now ready to start expanding. ion Expansion your amis int any Land thats adjacent to ay era Tce an amy om your am pool inte Land a may ten expand in Lands aacen 0 ay oa evga amy fm te ete Empre-ot jest the last army placed. Additional Expansion Rules ‘© A Land may contain only one ari. « Armies may not expand into or pass through Barren Lands. «Ifyou want to expand into a Land containing an army of your color (either from a past Empire or put on the board through card play), you may do so without combat. Replace the other figure ‘with one from your army pool without a fight. The previous anny is removed from the board. «Ifyou have fleets, you may use them as stepping stones to cxpand further faster. An Empire may expand over a sea or focean into any Land adjacent to that body of water. You may use a chain of flets to expand far from your Start Land. Example: During Epoch I, the Greck City States have navigation In the Western Med, Eastern Me. ad te Black Sea, From their capital in Morea the Grooks may expand into Shans Plateau in 5 = Forts ‘At any point during your turn, you may exchange one of your: tunplaced armies (from the army pool) for a fort. This fort can be placed in any Land containing an army of your Active Empire (not by itself in an empty Land). This helps your Empire survive when =~ ‘other Empires expand into it later in the game. Once the fortis placed it may not be picked up and tuned back into an army. You ‘may tur as many armies into forts as you like. ‘A.Land may not contain more than one fort. You may build a fort ina Land containing a capital ora city. Combat During your tum, you may want to expand into a Land containing another player's army. When this happens, combat takes place. Place your army in the Land occupied by the other player’ army (this is the only time two armies willbe in the same Land, albeit briefly). Standard combat is resolved as follows: You (the Attacker) ~ roll two (2) dice and keep the higher number. The defender rolls cone (1) die. The higher number wins and the defeated army is removed from the board. In the case ofa tic, both armies are removed. Ifyou lose the attack, you may try to attack that Land again, ‘provided you have armies remaining in your amy pool. Example: The Romans (Epoch IID are attacking from Soutbern “Appenines into Northern Appenines. The Roman player rolls two dice, rolling f and a 3, The defender rolis one dic, scoring a4, 4 beats 3, 30 the attacking Roman army is removed. The Roman layer puts another army into the Land and attacks again. This, ‘ume the Roman player rolisa 5 and a 5. The defender also rolls a 5. This time the result isa te and both armies are removed. The ‘Roman player can expand into the (now) empty Land without fanber combat. Attacker Bonuses “The attacker occasionally ges bonuses to the die roll and can rll “up to three (3) dice if Event Cards were played before the turn. Defender Bonuses The defender may get to roll more dice or get bonuses to the die roll depending on where the attack comes from or ifthe defender is ina fort. Difficult Terrain: When you attack over Difficult ‘Terrain, the defender gets to roll two (2) dice on defense, Keeping the higher the following: forests, mountains, straits, strait, the defender gets to roll 2 dice. A strat is not on either of the land. a Straits Forests

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