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CONTENTS
110 cards (63x88mm), including:
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40 Atlantean cards (ATL001-ATL040),
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10 Barbarian cards (BAR041-BAR050),
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10 Japanese cards (JAP041-JAP050),
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10 Roman cards (ROM041- ROM050),
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10 Egyptian cards (EGY041-EGY050),
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28 Common cards (COM098-COM125),
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2 cards for the single player variant (1 Attack card and 1 Virtual
player faction card)
Atlanteans Faction cards include: 30 regular Faction cards (ATL001-
ATL030) marked with the icon and additionally 10 Faction cards
(ATL031-ATL040) marked with the icon. The additional cards
should be treated as the ”Why Can’t We Be Friends” expansion for the
Atlanteans deck. These cards are the equivalent of the new cards that
the factions received in the ”Why Can’t We Be Friends” Empire pack. All
other cards from this expansion are marked with the icon.
1 Faction board (composed of 2 pieces), 1 Faction
marker, 9 Advanced Scoring Technology tokens,
8 Advanced Defense Technology tokens, 32 Basic
Technology tokens.
2 Barbarian tokens (these tokens are only used
when the player commanding the Barbarian
faction builds the Anti-Tech Squad Location).
FORMATS OF PLAY
The following two formats describe rules for deck construction.
OPEN
You may mix any Common and Faction cards from any
expansions with the corresponding cards from the Imperial
Settlers base game and have fun.
Note that this way you may create chaotic and crazy decks.
STANDARD
This format only is allowed to be played in tournaments.
You may mix the Common and Faction cards from the Imperial
Settlers base game with the corresponding cards from exactly
1 expansion only.
Building a Faction deck
Each Faction card has the number of its copies indicated in the
bottom right of its central image. There are cards which come
with 3 copies, 2 copies or a single copy.
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Your Faction deck should consist of exactly 30 cards: 3 cards with
3 copies each, 6 cards with 2 copies each, and 9 single cards. You
must include all copies of a particular card, so if you want to add
a new card to your deck which, for example, comes with 3 copies,
you have to remove from the deck all 3 copies of one of the old
cards.
Building a Common deck
Add all Common cards from the chosen expansion to the
Common cards from the base game.
ATLANTEANS
This expansion introduces a new faction – Atlanteans with their
own set of faction components: Faction board, Faction marker
and Faction cards.
Atlanteans should be added to the 4 basic factions from which the
players choose to play.
Note! With the Atlanteans faction it is possible to play a 5-player
game of Imperial Settlers. However it is not recommended due to
excessive time of play.
Advanced Scoring
Technology token
Advanced Defense
Technology token
Basic
Technology token
Barbarian
token
The Atlanteans expansion introduces
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a new color of the cards:
WHITE
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new types of Goods:
Basic Technology tokens
Advanced Technology tokens
Note! This is not a stand-alone expansion. You need
the Imperial Settlers base game in order to play.

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FACTION RULES
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In the Production phase you receive the number of Defense
tokens equal to the number of players.
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At the end of the game the Atlantean Faction Locations are
worth 0 VP.
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Atlanteans use a new Good: Technology tokens.
During the Action phase, before or after taking his action, a player
may place any number of Technology tokens (Basic or Advanced)
on the Common Locations in his Empire.
Each Common Location can only have 1 Technology token of
each type placed on it (1 Basic, 1 Advanced Scoring, 1 Advance
Defense).
Once placed, Technology tokens cannot be moved to any other
Location.
Technology tokens that are placed on Common Locations are NOT
discarded with other tokens and markers in the Cleanup phase.
BASIC TECHNOLOGY TOKENS
Basic Technology tokens modify the Locations they are placed on
in the following manner:
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Placed on a Production Location doubles its production,
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Placed on a Feature Location doubles its effect,
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Placed on an Action Location allows the player to take the
action one more time.
Note! Remember that in case of building a Location you can only place
a Technology token on the newly built Location after the Action.
This means only after you receive the initial production from the built
Production Location, any Building bonus, and Features.
When a Location with a Basic Technology token is razed, removed
or discarded as building cost, the token returns to the player’s own
supply and can be used again.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TOKENS
Whenever a player gains a  he chooses either a Defense or
a Scoring Technology Token.
Advanced Scoring Technology gives the owner 1 VP each time
the Location it is placed on is used (Production Location produces
resources, Feature Location ability is used, Action Location is
activated).
Advanced Defense Technology protects the Location on which
it is placed in the same way as a regular Defense token. A single
Location can only have 1 regular Defense token or 1 Advanced
Defense Technology token.

When a Location with Advanced Technology tokens is razed or
removed, the tokens return to the general supply and their owner
receives 1 VP for each lost Advanced Technology token.
When a Location with Advanced Technology tokens is discarded
as part of a building cost, the tokens return to the general supply
but the player doesn’t receive any VPs for the tokens.
Technology tokens and other Factions
Other Factions may only use the Technology tokens as Goods
spent to activate Actions in certain Locations.
NEW RULES AND CARD TYPES
ABILITIES ACCESSED BY ANOTHER ACTION
This is a new type of Action card which you can find in the
game: Emerald Haven, Glass Giant, Trident Guards, Super Sake
Distillery, Smugglers.
These cards require the player to take an Action in order to give
him access to another Action or a Feature on the same card.
When a Location has an Action which gives the
player access to another Action, the player cannot
take both Actions at once. He needs to activate
the first Action to have access to the second one
during future turns.
For example: If the player has Emerald Haven,
he cannot spend 1 Basic Technology token and
1 Worker to gain a chosen Resource. He should
first spend 1 Basic Technology token to be able to
spend Workers to gain chosen Resources in his
future turns.
When a Location has an Action which gives the player access
to a Feature, it is not necessary to move the Location into the
Feature row of the player’s Empire. The Location is still considered
an Action Location for the purposes of play.
OPEN PRODUCTION LOCATIONS
This is a type of Production Location introduced
in the ”Why Can’t We Be Friends” Empire pack.
An Open Production Location operates the same
way as a standard Production Location – it
provides the player with benefits immediately
when it’s built and again during the Production
phase of any following rounds when the Location
is still present.

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Open Production Locations introduce to the game a new action,
which players can take during the Action phase: Send a Worker to
an enemy Open Production Location.
Send a Worker to an enemy Open Production Location
This action allows a player to send a Worker to an Open
Production Location of an enemy to gain the Goods it provides.
Note: You cannot send a Worker to an Open Production Location in
your own Empire.
In order to perform this action a player must:
1. Take a Worker from his own supply and place it on the Open
Production Location of an enemy.
Note: You can only send 1 Worker during an action.
2. Take from the general supply the appropriate Good (or draw
a card) which the Location provides.
3. The owner of the Location receives a Worker from the general
supply.
An Open Production Location cannot be used more than 2 times
each round. The Workers sent to the Location are placed on its
card to indicate that the Location was used in the current round.
When there are 2 Workers placed on the Open Production Location
the Location is exhausted and no player can send his Workers
there until the next round.
Workers are discarded from the Open Production Location during
the Cleanup phase according to the standard rules.
LOCATIONS WITH TWO ABILITIES
This is a new type of Location. This expansion includes Production
Locations which also have Features at the same time. This kind of
card is placed in the Production row of the player’s Empire.
Technology Ark
This card’s Production ability does not provide the player with any
initial production when it is built (since the Location’s production
depends on the Goods being stored on it after it is built).
The card’s Feature allows the player to store particular Goods on
the card during the Cleanup phase to save them for the next round.
During the Production phase, the player takes from the general
supply the Goods which the Location produces. When the
Production phase is over, he removes all the Goods stored on the
Location card and moves them into his own supply.
Players may not place any Goods on this card during the Action
phase.
Thingumebob Trader
This card is a regular Open Production card (see above) and also
has a Feature which allows the player to store particular Goods on
the card during the Cleanup phase to save them for the next round.
EVENTS
This is a new type of card which you can find in
the game.
Whenever an Event card is drawn from the deck,
the text on the card should be immediately
resolved.
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When an Event card is revealed during the
Lookout phase, its effect should be resolved,
then discard the event card and replace it with
a new card.
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When an Event card is drawn by a player at any other phase of
the game, he should immediately reveal the card, resolve its effect
and discard it. Afterwards the player draws a new Common card.
CARDS CLARIFICATIONS
Scoring Action – An Action on a Location which brings you
Victory Points.
Removing a Location – Whenever you are allowed to remove
a Location, discard it from the player’s Empire. It is not treated as
Razing a Location.
THE ATLANTEANS
Planners Caste – Use a Worker from the general supply to
indicate that the Action was executed.
Engineers Caste - When built, this Location is treated
simultaneously as brown and grey.
Virgin Oracle – You may freely rearrange the 3 Technology tokens
(Basic and/or Advanced) between your Common Locations, but
each Location may still only have 1 Technology token of each type.
THE JAPANESE
Feng Shui Builders – This Location has a permanent Defense
token printed on it forcing the enemy to use an additional Raze
token to raze it. You cannot place a regular Defense token on
it. Samurai can also protect this Location. A Location with both
a Defense token and a Samurai will require 4 Raze tokens to be
razed by an enemy.
This card’s Action allows you to restore a Location, meaning
you may turn a Foundation back to its Location side. This is not

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treated as a building action. Do not pay the building cost, or collect
goods and bonuses from Production and Feature Locations.
Mr. Chi’s Innovations – You may not choose an Action Location
which has been activated its maximum number of times.
THE BARBARIANS
Clan Dubsters - The removed Locations must be both Common or
both Faction: one yours and one enemy.
Trak’s Flying Machine – Raze the drawn Common card
immediately.
Mechanical Horse – For example: You are razing a red Location.
You decide to spend 3 Basic Technology tokens, therefore you
receive 3 VP and 3 Food.
Anti-Tech Squad – When a Location is blocked, its ability is
inactive and cannot be used by its owner nor any other player.
However the blocked Location may still be razed, removed or
used as a building cost. The Location is blocked until its owner
unblocks it, meaning the Barbarian token is not discarded in the
Cleanup phase. Only 2 Barbarian tokens are provided, so the player
is limited to only block 2 Locations. When a player wants to block
another Location he may take the Barbarian token from
a previously blocked Location and place it on the new location.
THE EGYPTIANS
Pharaoh’s Ears – The Location you choose operates for its owner
in the regular way. It also operates for you when your actions
trigger the effect of the Feature.
Pay attention that the Egypt token, which you use to mark the
Location, will have a different meaning than a token used by the
Temple of Ra from the base game.
Sand Sailors – Immediately place one of your Workers on the
chosen enemy Location and gain the Goods it provides. The
owner of the Location receives a Worker from the general supply.
In case you are able to take this Location’s Action more than once,
remember that one Open Production Location can only be used
twice per round.
THE ROMANS
Defensive Machine – This Action is not treated as Razing. It
allows you to immediately place drawn cards as Foundations in
your Empire. You also receive 1 wood for each Location placed as
a Foundation.
Roman Academy – Regardless of the number of spent Basic
Technology tokens during 1 turn this Feature provides you with 1 VP.
Distant Trade Colony – When built, this Location is treated
simultaneously as brown, grey and red.
COMMON CARDS
Atlantean Ruins – This Location has no building cost so you can
build it for free, but it still requires you spend your turn taking the Build
Location action. The Ruins card has no color, nor can it be razed.
SINGLE PLAYER GAME
This expansion introduces 2 cards for the single player game.
The new Attack card should be added to the ones from the base
game. Use it only when playing solo with Atlanteans faction or any
other faction but with cards from this expansion.
The Virtual player faction card changes the rules for the virtual
player. 2 such cards were already introduced in the Why Can’t We
Be Friends empire pack. The next empire pack will also include
2 more cards.
During the setup of the solo game draw 1 random Virtual player
faction card for the virtual player and follow its rules during game.
Atlanteans – Each time you want to raze a virtual player’s
Location you need to discard 3 Raze tokens instead of only 2.
The razed card is discarded as in the regular solo game.
GAME DESIGN: Ignacy Trzewiczek
SINGLE PLAYER RULES: Maciej Obszański
ARTWORK: Tomasz Jędruszek, Grzegorz Bobrowski, Denis
Martynets, Rafał Szyma
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Rafał Szyma
GAME MANUAL: Łukasz Piechaczek
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Many thanks to: Merry, Cierń, Marek, Asia, Romek, Palmer,
Chevee and Jeff.
Thanks for inspiration for cards to: Board Game Quest, Who
Dares Roll and my Twitter followers.

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