Components
Remove the following tapestry cards from play:
- Age of Sail
- Alliance
- Coal Baron
- Dictatorship
- Diplomacy
- Economy
- Espionage
- Marriage of State
- Oil Magnate
- Olympic Host
- Steam Tycoon
- Trade
- Trap (x2)
Components
Set up as you would for a 3-player game except that you always start on the territory labeled “2/4” no matter which capital city mat you’re using.
Set up for yourself following the normal rules, then for the bots:
- Choose the Red color for the Automa. Give it the following components and nothing else:
- The Automa income mat with the normal side up.
- All outposts of its color. Place 2 of them on the territory labeled “3/5”.
- All player tokens of its color: Place 1 on 0 VP and 1 on the starting space of each advancement track.
- Roll the science die and place the Automa civilization card side with the corresponding icon face-up on the Automa’s income mat.
- Place 1 of the Automa’s outposts next to the track indicated by the heart icon on its civilization card. This is the Automa’s favorite track.
- Choose the Gray color for the Shadow Empire. Give it the following components and nothing else:
- All outposts of its color.
- Five player tokens. Place 1 on the starting space of each advancement track. Set 1 aside.
- Roll the science die until you get a track different than the Automa’s favorite track. Place 1 of its outposts by this track. This is the Shadow Empire’s favorite track.