AGE OF INDUSTRY
INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2-4+ players.
Each player controls a country during the
First Industrial Revolution.
Players try to develop their economies as quickly as possible.
VICTORY
The first player to have a combined score of 100+ in
Guns and Luxury Goods wins.
If more than 1 person gets 100+ on the same turn, the
Player with the higher score wins.
If it is still tied, use transportation, and then Population, as tie-breakers.
RESOURCES
There are 7 types of Resources:
1. Food (Agriculture: Crops, Grains, Livestock, Fisheries)
2. Population (Skilled and Unskilled Labor)
3. Fossil Fuels (Coal, Oil, Gas)
4. Steel (Production Capacity)
5. Transportation (Trains, Shipping, Roads)
6. Guns (Military Weapons, Ammunition, and Vehicles)
7. Luxury Goods (Peacetime Consumption)
Each player has a score in each of the seven resources.
As the game progresses, these scores will go up and down.
Use paper and pencil (or a scoring track) to record your scores.
THE DECKS
There are 2 common decks:
1. The Industry Deck
2. The Event Deck
THE INDUSTRY DECK
The industry deck contains 10 cards for each of the 7 resources.
These cards are used in Development phase to increase your scores.
The deck has 2 copies of each card.
STARTING RESOURCE SCORES
Each player has the following starting scores.
20 Food
10 Population
5 Fossil Fuels
5 Steel
5 Transportation
5 Guns
5 Luxury Goods
One random player is given the Initiative marker.
The Initiative marker determines who goes first in each phase during the turn.
TURN SEQUENCE
Each turn has 8 phases:
1. Resource Phase
2. Transport Phase
3. Trade Phase
4. Event Phase
5. Development Phase
6. War Phase
7. Peace Phase
8. Initiative Phase
RESOURCE PHASE
Each player draws 7 cards from the Industry deck.
If the deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it.
TRANSPORT PHASE
Each player may discard up to 3 cards to the Industry deck and
Draw replacement cards.
If the deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it.
TRADE PHASE
Players may freely trade Industry cards, resources, and promises.
Promises are non-binding.
EVENT PHASE
Each player draws one card from the Event deck.
Resolve and discard the Events as they are drawn.
If any player draws a War card, there will be a War in War phase.
Note that event cards target the player who draws them.
If unstated, Events only last the current turn.
Event cards may cause Resources to be increased past their regular limits.
DEVELOPMENT PHASE
Each player may play (discard) up to 3 Industry cards.
A played card increases a players score in the indicated Resource by
The indicated amount.
Note that most Resources are limited in score to the score of one or more
Of your other Resources. If a card would bring your score above this limit, the
Card may not be played.
RESOURCE LIMIT CHART
Resource: Limit:
Food There is no Limit to your Food score
Population Your Population score can be no higher than your Food score
Fossil Fuels There is no Limit to your Fossil Fuel score
Steel Steel cannot be higher than your Fuel score
Transportation Transport cannot exceed your Steel or your Fuel scores
Guns Gun score cannot be greater than Steel or Population scores
Luxury Goods You cannot have more Luxury goods than Population
Note: If a score goes down for some reason, it does not cause scores that
Depend on it to also go down.
WAR PHASE
If one or more War Event cards were revealed in War phase, there is a War.
The player with the highest Gun score wins the war.
(Players may take turns discarding gun cards from their hands to temporarily
increase their Gun scores for the purpose of this contest.)
If tied, use Transport, and then Population scores as tie-breakers.
The winner steals 2 random cards next turn from any other player in Resource Phase.
The losers immediately lose 2 points from their scores in all their Resources.
PEACE PHASE
If there was no War this turn, the player with the highest Luxury Goods score
Draws an extra 2 cards next turn in Resource Phase.
If tied use Transport, and then Food as Tie-breakers.
INITIATIVE PHASE
The player with the Initiative marker passes it to the player to his left.
Max hand size is 3 cards. Players discard excess cards.
TRANSPORTATION ADVANTAGE
The player with the highest Transport Score gets several advantages:
1. He draws 8 cards in Resource phase.
2. He may discard and re-draw up to 4 cards in Transport Phase
3. His max hand size is 4 cards in Initiative Phase
INDUSTRY DECK
Card: Score Increase:
Food 1
Food 2
Food 3
Food 4
Food 5
Population 1
Population 2
Population 3
Population 4
Population 5
Fuel 1
Fuel 2
Fuel 3
Fuel 4
Fuel 5
Steel 1
Steel 2
Steel 3
Steel 4
Steel 5
Transport 1
Transport 2
Transport 3
Transport 4
Transport 5
Guns 1
Guns 2
Guns 3
Guns 4
Guns 5
Luxuries 1
Luxuries 2
Luxuries 3
Luxuries 4
Luxuries 5
EVENT DECK
Card: Effect:
Territorial Dispute War
Great War War
World War War
Imperial Ambitions War
Old Rivalries War
The Great Game War
Balance of Power No Wars this or Next Turn
League of Nations No Wars this or Next Turn
Declare Neutrality You are not affected by the next War
Natural Disaster -3 Population
Invention Draw 2 Industry cards
Nationalism +2 Guns and draw 1 Industry card
Import Surplus Steal 1 random card from target players hand
Export Surplus Cards you play in Development phase are +1
Assassination Discard hand at end of turn
Civil War Lose 2 points in each Resource
Great Depression Discard 2 random Industry cards
Guns & Butter +2 Guns and +2 Food
Revolution Play 2 max cards in development phase
Colonial Rebellion -3 Population
Gunboat Diplomacy +1 Population +1 Food +1 Guns
Expansionism +2 Population +2 Guns
Dust Bowl -3 Food
Enterprise You may play a 4th card in development Phase
5 Year Plan You may play a 4th card in development Phase
Baby Boom +3 Population
Peasant Uprising -2 Population and -2 Food
Chicken in every Pot +3 Food
New Deal You may play a 4th card in development Phase
Stock Market Crash Discard 2 random Industry cards
Immigration Steal 3 Population from target opponent
Dam Building +3 Fuel
Shipping Magnate +3 Transport
Bourgeois +3 Luxuries
Arms Race +3 Guns
Science & Industry Draw 2 Industry cards
Oil Barons +3 Fuel
Ocean Liners +1 Transport +1 Population +1 Luxuries
Railroad Tycoons +3 Transport
Industrial Giant Draw 2 Industry cards
Monopoly Steal 1 random card from target players hand
Gilded Age Draw 2 Industry cards
Mass Production Draw 2 Industry cards
Corruption Discard 2 random Industry cards
Militarism +3 Guns
Aristocracy +3 Luxuries
