Dune: Imperium – Uprising

Setup and round structure: Each player begins with the same 10-card starting deck and two Agents. Each round has five phases: Round Start, Player Turns, Combat, Makers, and Recall. Reveal a Conflict card and draw five cards each at Round Start. In clockwise order, players choose Agent or Reveal turns. After revealing, you take no more turns in this phase; Combat begins once everyone has revealed.

Cards and acquisitions: On an Agent turn, play one card and send one Agent to a space with a matching icon. Pay its costs and meet its requirements before resolving the space and the card’s Agent box. On a Reveal turn, resolve only the Reveal boxes of your remaining hand for Persuasion, swords, and other effects. Acquired cards enter your discard pile, unused Persuasion is lost, and cleanup discards the cards you played and revealed. If your deck cannot supply a draw, reshuffle your discard pile and continue drawing.

Influence and Alliances: A Faction space normally grants one Influence with that Faction. Reaching two grants one Victory Point, lost if you fall below two. Reaching four grants the track bonus; the first player to reach four takes the Alliance and an additional point. An opponent must move strictly higher than the holder to take the Alliance and its point; a tie is insufficient. Some spaces also require at least two Influence with the relevant Faction. A holder who loses Influence also loses the Alliance if they fall below a previously tied opponent or below four; transfer or return the token as directed by the official FAQ.

Spies: Place Spies on unoccupied observation posts. Recall your Spy from a connected post to Infiltrate a space occupied by an opponent’s Agent. Alternatively, after placing an Agent on a connected space but before resolving the space or card effects, recall a Spy to draw one card. The same Spy cannot pay for both Infiltrate and Gather Intelligence. A card’s Spy Agent icon can also grant access to a space connected to your Spy without recalling it.

Troops and sandworms: When sending an Agent to a Combat space, you may deploy units gained that turn, plus up to two units already in your garrison. Each troop in the Conflict provides two strength, each sandworm three, and each revealed sword one. Without a unit in the Conflict, your strength is zero. Check the summoning effect for requirements such as Maker Hooks. Sandworms enter the Conflict directly and cannot stay in a garrison. While the Shield Wall remains, sandworms cannot be summoned to Conflicts at Arrakeen, Spice Refinery, or Imperial Basin.

Combat and rewards: Participants take turns playing Combat Intrigue cards or passing; after all pass consecutively, award rewards by strength. Zero strength earns nothing. Players tied for first each take the second reward and nobody wins the Conflict; those tied for second each take the third; those tied for third receive nothing. Normally, the third reward is available only in four-player games, but a tie for second can still award it. Having at least one sandworm in the Conflict doubles your Conflict-card rewards, but not control or battle icons. A reward that requires payment must be paid for again to receive it a second time.

Battle icons and round cleanup: The Conflict winner takes its card. If its battle icon matches one on another face-up Conflict or Objective card in their supply, they must flip the matching pair face down and gain one Victory Point. After Combat, troops return to their owners’ supplies and sandworms to the bank. During Makers, unoccupied Maker spaces gain one bonus spice. During Recall, if play continues, Agents return to Leaders and the First Player marker passes clockwise.

Ending and scope: During Recall, enter the endgame if anyone has at least 10 points or the Conflict Deck is empty. Resolve Endgame Intrigue cards and match the wild battle icon as instructed. The highest final score wins; break ties by spice, then Solari, water, and garrisoned troops. Contracts belong to the optional CHOAM Module. Six-player teams, solo, and two-player games use separate supplements; their changes are not applied here. If all listed endgame tiebreakers remain tied, the final tiebreaker favors the player who most recently took a Reveal turn.