AGUADIIKTs SETUP Select a difficulty level from the chart below. It determines the size of the city in which you plan to build aquaducts. Difficulty | City Size Easy 3x3 Normal 3x Difficult 3x5 Insane 4x4 Shuffle the deck of cards to create a face-down pile. Draw the top card and place it face-up on the table with any orientation. This tle now represents your city, which can expand in any direction and orientation, as long as it does not exceed the bounds set by the difficulty level. Place a standard 6-sided die in the center of the card with the 1 side up. This represents you, @ fledgling engineer with big plans for your city, GAMEPLAY Each turn, you must draw a card from the deck and play it, then may (optionally) move your player When playing a card, you have 3 options: Option 1 - Gain public favor Some citizens need convincing that construction of an aquaduct in their neighborhood will be beneficial before they'l let you begin. Take the time to show them your plans, and you'll win them over! Discard the card to one side in a face-up pile. Increase the displayed value of your die by 1. If the die value is already 6, this option cannot be taken, NOTE: Your die value must be 6 by the end of the game to win, and inereasing its value will give you greater mobility ‘around the board as the game goes on. Option 2 - Budget for amenities Waterwheels, fountains, wells, and bathhouses - all are great amenities that make use of your new aquaducts. But they can't be built unless you budget for them! Place the card to one side in a face-up Amenities Budget display, 50 that its amenities (the two colored images at the top of the card) are shown, along with the amenities of any previous cards played this way. NOTE: The amenities you budget for in this way will “pay ‘or any amenities you build in the city. Any thet are builtin ‘the city but not budgeted for will cause you to lose at the tend of the game! Option 3- Add to the city Enough of the red tape ~ i's time to start building your network ‘of aquaducts to bring fresh water to the masses! Place the card face-up in the city, according to the following rules: |. The aquaduct paths on the current card must line up with existing aquaducs, if there are any see diagram. Il. The card may be rotated in 90-degree increments, but the card's aquaducts fie, the bottom two thirds of the card) must line up evenly in the city's grid. Aquaducts cannot be played in an offset manner (see diagram) IIL The card must be played adjacently (not diagonally) to your die’s current location. IV, The aquaducts on the card cannot cause the city to exceed the bounds set by the game's difficulty level (e.g, in an Easy game, the card cannot be placed so that it would extend the bounds of the city past 3x3) Amenities, however, are allowed to stretch outside the «ity bounds, V. Any part of the card may cover another card's (but not aquaducts). Alternatively, the (but not aquaducts) on the card may be sli underneath any part of another card, NOTE: At the end of the game, when examining whether or not you have filled every spot in the city boundaries, a spot consisting of 4 amenities is perfectly valid! ‘After playing a card, you may move your die one space to any adjacent (not diagonal) aquaduct, as long as the value shown on the die is equal to or greater than the die value shown on the card you are leaving, along the aquaduct path you are taking. The die value shown on the destination card does not matter for this movement. END OF GAME ‘After you've drawn and played the final card, the game is over. If you have achieved ALL of the goals below, you have won the game. |. Your public favor value (shown on the die) is 6. Il. For each amenity that exists (and is not covered) in the city (including any that stretch beyond the city boundaries), you have a matching amenity of the same color in the Amenities Budget display. II You have completely filled every spot in the city boundaries, either with aquaducts or with 4 amenities. |f you lost, shuffle the deck and try again! If you won, congratulations ~ now try a higher dificult level Files for this game are provided for personal use only. All images used constitute placeholder art, and are not the property ofthe designer.