Create a deck containing 5 YES and 5 NO Votes per player. Shuffle and deal each player 10 secret Vote Tokens. (Change these numbers to modify duration of a game.)
Create a deck of Master Cards and a deck of Mission Cards next to it.
Finally, create the market: 6 faceup Mission Cards in a row.
The game ends once everyone’s Votes have run out. The player with the highest score wins.
Of the cards you collected, only the side pointing up (“away from you”) counts. Each resource is worth 1 point. Furthermore,
- The resource which you have the most counts double.
- The resource which you have the least does not count. (In case of a tie, you pick any one of the options.)
From start player, take clockwise turns.
On your turn, prepare a mission.
- Reveal the top Master Card from the deck.
- Then pick cards from the market and place them besides the Master Card.
- You must choose at least 1 card, and at most as many cards as the number of players.
- (Refill the market as needed.)
The Master card contains a rule. This rule applies to the current round and must be followed.
Once the mission is prepared, all players simultaneously vote.
- Stick out your hand with a secret Vote inside, then reveal simultaneously.
- If the majority voted NO, the mission FAILS. Otherwise, it SUCCEEDS.
All YES-voters now take turns collecting a single mission card.
- SUCCESS? Sort turns from low to high (by vote numbers). Place your collected card before you with the green side up.
- FAIL? Sort turns from high to low (by vote numbers). Place your collected card before you with the red side up.
The active player always wins the Master Card. (Green side up if SUCCESS, otherwise red side.)
Exceptional Round: If everyone voted NO, then everyone must collect a mission card and place it with the red side up. (In order of vote number, high to low.) The Master Card is not won.
Once done, all Votes are discarded. Next round!
Played the base game and ready for more? Or feel like your group needs some tweaks to the game? Check out these variants and expansions.
You can allow Master Cards to be played as well. This only applies to collected Master Cards that are positive (green side up).
- At any time, before a new round starts, you may place that card next to the Master Card deck.
- Its rule applies to this round again. (It only overrides the regular Master Card if the rules contradict.)
- Afterwards, the card is discarded. (It can’t be won and doesn’t return to you.)
To reduce randomness (“bad luck of the draw”), you can add the following rule.
If you didn’t collect a card this round, you may discard 2 Votes to draw new ones from the deck.
For this expansion, also use the Identity cards.
During setup, deal each player 1 Public Identity (faceup) and 1 Secret Identity (facedown).
- The Public Identity shows a special ability that only you possess. You must follow it at all times.
- The Secret Identity shows unique scoring rules that only apply to you. You must follow these when calculating your score at the end, on top of the usual scoring rules.
When a secret identity talks about icons showing on a card, it’s always about a collected Mission Card, and only the side that points up.
For this expansion, also use the Shop Cards.
During setup, pick a random Shop card and place it in clear view of all players.
After voting, in ascending order (lowest vote -> highest vote), ask players if they want to buy from the shop.
How?
- By paying the resources indicated above, you get the corresponding reward on below.
- Paying means you discard collected cards totaling to at least those icons.
- If the mission SUCCEEDS, you can only buy the green side. If it FAILS, you can only buy the red side.
As soon as someone decided to buy, the Shop Card is replaced by a new one. Nobody else can buy anymore this round.
It’s also allowed to put the current shop card into your proposed mission. If won by a player, it becomes their personal shop: they can buy from it as long as they have the card. (Replace it with a new general Shop Card.)