Reign of Man Print and Play Instructions

International A4
What youll need: A printer, some card stock, a pair of scissors, (optionally some glue) and pieces.
Step 1: Gather together sets of 24 color coded icons (different colors or shapes). These are your
armies. I didnt include them because using little pieces of paper for armies is, well, kind of fiddly.
Each player will need exactly 24. This is important because youre not meant to have endless
amounts of armies.
Youll also need one token to pass as the command chit.
Step 2: Print everything in this PDF. The rules and instructions can be on regular paper, but youll
want to use cardstock for the rest.
Step 3: Cut everything up. Youll need to piece together the board as it is too big for a normal sheet.
Optionally, you cant print the final pages, which are the card backs, and then glue them together.
Spray adhesive is magically useful in this effort.
Step 4: Read the one page of rules and begin!

InReignofMan,25playersareemperorsthatba leoneanother
whilemanagingtheirempireun loneemergesasthevictorwhowill
foreverruletheworld!Eachemperorraisesandmovesarmiesinorder
tocontrolmoreempires,orclustersofterritories.Theywilldevelop
theirsocietyinordertogainspecialabili esandvictorypoints.The
momentaplayerhas3victorypoints,theywin!Themomentyouhave
noarmiesontheboard,youareoutofplay.Willyourempirestandthe
testof me?

Starting the Game

Playtheen reboardfor35playergames.Foldthematinhalfand
playonehemispherefor2playergames.Shuetheworldeventcards
andplacethemneartheboard.Eachplayertakesanempirematand
setoficons.Placearmyicons,blacksideup,oneveryadvancementcategoryexcept
therstineachcategory.Rolldicetodeterminewhowillpickanempirerst.Placeanarmytokenon
everyterritoryinyourstar ngempire,faceuptorevealyourcolor.Ifyouplacelast,youstartwiththe
commandtokenandtakeyourturnrst.Playproceedsclockwisefromthecommandplayer.

Gameplay and Turn Order

Atthebeginningofeachround,thecommandplayerwilldrawaworldeventcardandputitinthenextavailableslot,pushing
theplayedcardstotheright.Ifthereisacardinthethisturnslot,ittakeseect.Thentheroundbeginswiththeturnofthe
commandplayer.Whenitgetsbacktothecommandplayer,theypassthecommandchitclockwise.Thatnextplayeristhe
commandplayerforthatturn.
Eachturnyoulltakeoneac onfromthoseunlockedonyourempiremat.Somedevelopmentsandworldeventsallowyou
mul pleac ons.Atrank1inallcategories,youcaneitherunlockthenextrankinacategoryofyourchoosing,raiseanarmyon
aterritoryyouoccupyormobilizearmiesonasingleterritory.Notethatasyouadvanceineachcategoryyouunlockaddi onal
op onsforyourturnaswellassomepassiveabili es.Placethetokenyouremovedinfrontofyou.Itcannowberaisedasan
army.
Onceyouvetakenyourturn,thenextplayerwilltaketheirturn.Onceeveryonetakesaturn,passthecommandtokenle .
Thatplayerwillmanagetheworldeventcardsandthentaketheirturnrst,thisround.
MOVING and COMBAT Moveyourarmiesbymobilizingoneormoreofyourterritories.Oneachterritoryyoumobilize,you
canmovesomeorallthearmiestheretoadjacentterritories.Theydonthavetomovetogethertothesameterritory.Asyou
advanceyourmilitaryyoullbeabletomobilizemul pleterritories,butyoumaynotmobilizethesameterritorytwiceinthe
sameac on.A erallyourmobiliza oniscomplete,ifyoumovedarmiesintoanenemyterritory,youmustresolvecombat
beforetakinganyextraac onsorendingyourturn.Combatisresolvedbyrepeatedlyrollingdiceagainsttheenemyplayer.Roll
1dieperarmy,atthesame me.Youcanrolltwodiceatonce,unlessapassiveabilityallowsyoutorollthree.Compareyour
rollednumbersfromthehighesttolowest.Tiesareignoredunlessotherwisespeciedbyapassiveability,andhighernumbers
destroy1armyicon.Onesidemayrollmoredice,theyjusthavemorechancestorollahighenoughnumbertodestroythe
otherarmy.Noretrea ngyoumustrolleachcombattoconclusion.Con nueun lnoterritorieshavemorethanoneforces
army.Youcannotmoveovertheportlinesbetweencon nentsandaroundtheboardunlessyouhavetheMayUsePorts
ability.

Abundance

Conscription

All emperors must

use an agriculture
action on their turn.

All emperors place an

army for each
completed empire they
control, now.

Age of Empires

Enlightenment

Take an extra action for

each complete empire
you control at the
beginning of your turn.

Any developments at
rank 1 move to rank 2,
now.

Era of the Blade

Insurrection

Emperors over rank 4

in military at the
beginning of their turn
take an extra action.

Play proceeds counter

clockwise from
command player this
round.

Literacy

Long Summer

All emperors must use

a civilization action on
their turn.

Emperors over rank 4

in agriculture at the
beginning of their turn
take an extra action.

Martial Law

Pandemic

All emperors must use

a military action on their
turn.

Roll a die and remove

all player armies from
those territories in
every empire, now.

Unlock 1

Use port

development

lines

Mobilize 1

Roll 3

Mobilize 2

Mobilize 3

Remove adjacent

Victory Point

Remove all enemies

territory

attacking

territories

territories

enemy army

per Empire

from an adjacent

Place 1

Roll 3

Place 2

Win ties

army

defending

armies

defending

Place 3

Victory

Place 4

armies

Point

armies

Victory

+1 action

Point

per Empire

territory