1. Set up the bank
Sort the 35 ancient personage cards into five
stacks - kings, scholars, generals, citizens and
navigators. Arrange each stack numerically, This
way a glance at the top card tells you how many
cards remain in stack. Place the marble (white),
iron (blue) and gold (yellow) chips, the 30 coins,
and the 20 white temples next to the game board,
for use as needed.
2. Distribute nation cards
First, decide which side of board to play on, and
how many will play. For 2 players, 4 nations take
part. For 3-6 players, there is one nation per
player. The number of nations determines which
nations take part.
For:
West (Roman Empire) side:
Greeks, Romans and Germanic tribes
always take part
Phoenicians
are added for 2, 4, 5 or 6 nations
Carthaginians
are added for 5 or 6 nations
Persians
are added for 6 nations
For:
East (orient) side:
Greeks, Persians and Arabs
always take part
Phoenicians:
are added for 2, 4, 5 or 6 nations
Egyptians:
are added for 5 or 6 nations
Babylonians:
are added for 6 nations
For each nation, there is a card listing the nation‘s
starting cities. The nation cards being used in the
game are turned face-down, and offered to the
players for them to draw. Or, players can pick
from the face-up cards, starting with the youngest
(or whatever) player, and going clockwise around
the table.
3. Distribute game materials
At the start of the game, each nation receives
the resources from the bank shown on its nation
card. (1 blue iron, 2 white marble and 3 yellow
gold units).
Also, each nation gets a different color of:
17 legions 17 galleys 25 city stones 6 game
stones.
No nation can have any more than this number
of legions, galleys, or city stones during the
game.
4. Occupy three start cities
Each nation starts with one marble, one iron and
one gold city. The three start cities are different
for each number of participating nations, and are
shown on the same line of the nation cards.
3 Line: start cities for 3 nations
4 Line: start cities for 4 nations
5 Line: start cities for 5 nations
6 Line: start cities for 6 nations
On game board, nations place city stones on their
start cities.
ANTIKE for two players:
Each player manages two nations; in the Roman
Empire region (West), one player manages the
Romans and Phoenicians, the other the Germa-
nic tribes and the Greeks. In the other theater
(East), one manages the Persians and Phoe-
nicians, the other the Greeks and Arabs. Each
nation acts independently, with its supplies and
ancient personage collection kept separate from
the other‘s. The game ends as soon as one of the
four nations has won 9 ancient personages.
Another
variation for two players is for each play-
er to manage one nation, but use two colors, and
double the materials used. In this variation, the
first player to gain 15 ancient personages wins
the game. At the start of the game, players take
turns picking out their three starting cities. The
starting player can be determined by the flip of
a coin.
GAME SET-UP DIRECTIONS
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