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Table of Contents:

• Card Basics
  
• Card Inventory
  
• Build Menu
  
• Build Menu Cards
  
• Buying, Selling, and Gifting Cards
  
• Actions
  
• Crop Seeds
  
• Buildings in General
  
• Buildings
  
• Wonders
  
• Town-Slot
  
• Building-Slots in General
  
• Building-Slot
  
• Military

Also, check out: Kingdoms Reborn - Curl's Essential Game Guide.

This is a game of cards.

Use cards to build, take actions, buff specific buildings and cities as a whole, and access seeds and special perks. While each civilization has same building cards that vary only by visual style, each also has unique cards. Play with friends to gift or trade with each other to access unique cards from other civilizations during game play.

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Once the player has selected and purchased their first province, they receive a Town Hall building card. Once placed, they are then prompted to choose from an offering of three starting cards. Each faction offers different starting card choices.


Thereafter cards are initially purchased from the card hand stack at the bottom right of the screen. Click the stack to view the five cards available for purchase. Presented cards change after each purchase.

**Biome and era bonuses present as cards, though cannot be changed once selected, therefore are not considered cards for the purpose of this guide. Check out Kingdoms Reborn - Curl's Essential Game Guide for those details and more. Biome bonuses are dependent on the majority tile type the player Town Hall is built on (e.g. desert tiles, etc.). Placement of Town Hall is key, as most provinces have a mix of tile types.








Select one or more cards to buy, or click a card a second time to unselect it. Each round another set of cards is available for purchase. One round is 150 seconds or half a season. A stack of five (25 cards total or 5 in each set) is the maximum number of cards available for purchase at a given time. After the card stack reaches 3 and at the end of that current round countdown, the entire stack is converted into one Wild Card and the stack resets. Be warned that the most recent set of cards will still present as the first available set to buy. Use Pass to skip the presented round of cards, or select Submit without choosing any cards to buy, to show the next set available to purchase. Players have 1-3 free Passes/empty Submits dependent on number of stacks accumulated (up to 3). The cost of using Pass increases by 20 coin each use after all free skips are used during a round. If all available stacks are skipped or purchased from, pay 10 coin (base) to force show the next round of card. The cost increases by 10 coin for each instance where the player uses up/skips all stacks during a round, then resets to 10 coin at the start of the next round.

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Cards of different shapes indicate different uses and make identification easier.

Bought cards are shown at the bottom left of the screen in the player card hand. Players can initially have a total hand of 7 unique cards. Same cards can stack. As the player advances their civilization, research and unlock Card Inventory I and Card Inventory II upgrades to expand the card inventory storage. Players can have up to a max of 21 unique cards. Any cards can be stored. Having additional town halls through colonization does not increase card storage, though any cards the player has can be used in their colonies.

Collapsed Card Inventory Storage (with just 3 of 7 cards in hand)

Card Inventory I (14 cards slots total including 7 available card slots in hand)

Fully Expanded Card Inventory II Storage (21 cards slots total including 7 cards in hand)

In the lower left of the screen the shadowed house with + becomes available when the player places their first duplicate building. This copy building button allows the player to duplicate and purchase any of their buildings already built (except Town Hall) by using a Wild Card.

The crossed pick and axe opens the citizen gather commands. The single house opens the build menu.

All players have the initial build options at left. Additional build menu cards are obtained by purchasing a province with a river or sea water, or through tech and upgrade tree research. Build cards cannot be traded, gifted or sold. All build menu cards are available to all factions.

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Nearly all cards have value and can be sold, gifted or traded. Cards cannot be retrieved once sold, gifted or traded. Player cost or purchase price is almost always more than card value or sell price.

Buying: Cards are initially purchased from the card hand stack at the bottom right of the screen, with more choices becoming available after research. As the player advances their civilization, cards can also be purchased from the Card Shop and Town Hall.

Selling: Cards can only be sold from the player's card hand and not directly from card inventory storage. Click the red X at the top right of a card in the player hand to sell it. Player will be prompted to confirm sale.

Gifting: Must have researched and unlocked Foreign Relation technology (Middle Age) to access Gift option. Select the Gift button above any AI or player civilization town hall and then add a card to gift. Helps build diplomacy with AI players. Cannot gift cards to minor cities (only coin).

Trading: Must have researched and unlocked Foreign Relation technology (Middle Age) to access Trade option. Select the Trade button above any AI or player civilization town hall and then add one or more cards to trade. AI players will only accept trades of equal or greater value to what they are trading. Cannot trade cards to minor cities (can only set up trade routes).

Other Ways to Obtain Cards:

• Research and unlock technologies and upgrades to gain various seed, military and building cards.
  
• Complete quests by reaching a certain population or item unit amount to gain town-slot cards.
  
• Purchase provinces with crates, shrines, tribes (before they become a minor city), coal, ore, rich soil, or gems to gain building-slot and building cards.
  
• Once in the Middle Age, build four of the same type of certain buildings to unlock the Advanced version of that building.
  
• Once a Zoo (Enlightenment Age) is researched and built, click on animals to capture them and create a building-slot card. Cost of animal capture varies. Animals in the Zoo buff City Attractiveness by 5% each and a full set of Deer, Bears, or Boar gives additional bonuses.
  
• Once a Museum (Enlightenment Age) is researched and built, click on ruins (one found in each biome type, with variable artifacts in each) to excavate artifacts and create a building-slot card. Cost of artifact excavation increases with each level at a ruin. Artifacts in the Museum buff City Attractiveness by 5% each and a full set of an artifact collection gives additional bonuses.
  
• Once a Scholars Office (Enlightenment Age) is researched and built, the player can craft select building-slot and action cards from paper.
  
• Once a Spy Center (Enlightenment Age) is obtained upon Town Hall upgrade to Level 4, players can opt to craft select action cards.
  
• Once the Card Combiner (Industrial Age) is researched and built, the player can combine select cards to create an improved + building-slot card.

Action cards allow the player to build at will without using the card draw, make resource purchases, gain immigrants, and commit actions towards AI and other player cities. Available to all factions.

• Wild Card
  
• Buy Wood
  
• Steal
  
• Kidnap
  
• Immigrants
  
• Replenish Mine
  
• Card Removal
  
• Raid
  
• Terrorism

Cards listed by earliest obtainable age.

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Seed cards allow the player to unlock farming of certain crops. Seed availability varies by faction. Select seeds can be traded, gifted or sold.

Building cards, once purchased and with adequate resources, allow the player to place buildings in owned provinces to be constructed. Can be traded, gifted or sold. Upkeep cost is per round. Some building do not accept building-slot cards, and some do not have building upgrade options. Card visual varies by faction. Some buildings have placement restrictions or considerations as follows:

• No Desert/Tundra - card cannot be built on desert and/or tundra tiles
  
• Water - card must be placed appropriately near or on a river, lake, or at the seaside
  
• Area of Affect - card produces a certain affect that does not stack OR requires a certain amount of a resource within its area without overlap to function effectively (e.g. trees, water, fewer buildings)
  
• Provincial - only one type of provincial card can be placed in a province at a time (though area of affect can go beyond province borders). Naturally occurring Shrines count as a provincial building, but can be built over.
  
• Foreign Soil - card can only be built in an AI or other player province
  
• Polluter - building will burn wood/coal/oil and produce pollution

Note: All values shown are base values without era/biome bonuses beyond the listed age, building upgrades, town-slot and building-slot cards, researched buffs, or changes to taxes, budget or work hours. Productivity = Efficiency of building.


Base work hours defaults to 3 of 5 clocks.
Increasing works hours raises building efficiency (productivity), but leads to lower job Happiness.


Base budget (i.e. upkeep) defaults to 3 of 5 coins, though actual cost varies by building. Increasing budget raises building efficiency (productivity) and job Happiness, but also increases upkeep.

Breeders do not accept building-slot cards.

Buildings A-D Specifics - Pre-Construction

Buildings A-D Specifics - Post-Construction (base values)

Breeders do not accept building-slot cards.

Buildings E-P Specifics - Pre-Construction

Buildings E-P Specifics - Post-Construction (base values)

Breeders do not accept building-slot cards.

Buildings Q-Z Specifics - Pre-Construction

Buildings Q-Z Specifics - Post-Construction (base values)

Generally, all industry buildings accept building-slot cards unless otherwise noted.

Building Specifics A-C - Pre-Construction

Building Specifics A-C - Post-Construction (base values)

Generally, all industry buildings accept building-slot cards unless otherwise noted.

Building Specifics D-J - Pre-Construction

Building Specifics D-J - Post-Construction (base values)

Generally, all industry buildings accept building-slot cards unless otherwise noted.

Building Specifics K-Q - Pre-Construction

Building Specifics K-Q - Post-Construction (base values)

Generally, all industry buildings accept building-slot cards unless otherwise noted.

Building Specifics R-Z - Pre-Construction

Building Specifics R-Z - Post-Construction (base values)

Construct four normal production buildings (certain agriculture or industry types) after reaching Middle Age to unlock advanced building cards. All advanced industry cards accept building-slot cards.

Building Specifics A-G

Building Specifics A-G - Post-Construction (base values)

Building Specifics H-Z

Building Specifics H-Z - Post-Construction (base values)

All factions have all service buildings available to them. Service buildings do not accept building-slot cards.

Buildings A-M Specifics - Pre-Construction

Buildings A-M Specifics - Post-Construction (base values)

All factions have all service buildings available to them. Service buildings do not accept building-slot cards.

Buildings N-Z Specifics - Pre-Construction

Buildings N-Z Specifics - Post-Construction (base values)

All factions have all 'other' type buildings available to them. They do not accept building-slot cards, unless otherwise noted.

Buildings A-M Specifics - Pre-Construction

Buildings A-M Specifics - Post-Construction (base values)

All factions have all 'other' type buildings available to them. They do not accept building-slot cards, unless otherwise noted.

Buildings N-Z Specifics - Pre-Construction

Buildings N-Z Specifics - Post-Construction (base values)

Each faction has four unique wonders, one in the Middle Age and Enlightenment Age, and two in the Industrial Age. Wonders do not accept building-slot cards, providing only a score boost and some type of bonus.

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Buildings Wonder Specifics

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Buildings Wonder Specifics

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Buildings Wonder Specifics

Town-slot cards provide various perks and bonuses that benefit the player's city. Can only be equipped in player owned town halls. Must be equipped in a town hall to be active. Can be traded, gifted or sold. Cards obtained from initial start offering or from quest completion cannot be bought from the Card Shop. Available town slots depends on town hall level.

• Level 1 - 1 Slot
  
• Level 2 - 2 Slots
  
• Level 3 - 3 Slots
  
• Level 4 - 4 Slots
  
• Level 5 - 5 Slots

Productivity = Efficiency of building

Cards are grouped by earliest obtainable age as play style can impact when/if obtained.

Building-slot cards provide various buffs for buildings and sometimes the player's city. Must be equipped in a building for buff to be active. They are available to all factions and can only be equipped in player owned buildings. Can be traded, gifted or sold. Some buildings do not permit use of certain building-slot cards (e.g. mint) or do not have building-slots (e.g. houses, storage yards/warehouses, farms, granaries, storage depots, provincial buildings, immigration offices, taverns, markets, trading posts/ports, trading companies, hotels, statistics office, employment bureau, hauling services, intercity logistic ports, irrigation pumps, forts, embassies, libraries, schools, banks, theaters, spy center, card shop, foreign quarters/ports, card combiner, museum, zoo, wonders, power plants, and world trade office).

Book cards decrease resource consumption, decrease upkeep, increase productivity, or increase employed citizens job Happiness for the building they are slotted in.

Productivity = Efficiency of building

Building-Slots Continued

Animal cards can only be used in the Zoo. Different animals come from different biomes. Toggle the Animals and Hide Trees/Bushes overlays to better see animals on the map. Captured animals can also be released again.

Building-Slots Continued

Artifact cards can only be used in the Museum. Different artifacts come from different ruin sites. There are currently 20 artifacts.

Military cards allow the player to use military units to attack or blockade AI and other player cities. All units are researched through the Upgrades Tree, then purchased at the capital city Town Hall. Units available for purchase automatically change as upgraded units are researched. Previously trained units do not upgrade. Military unit slots, similar to housing, limit the total number of units able to be held at one time and varies based on capital city population. Without any town-slot cards impacting unit count, it seems 1,500 population = ~60 military unit slots. Upkeep cost is per round.

Types of Units

Frontline:

• Warrior > Swordsman/Samurai/Jaguar Warrior > Musketeer > Infantry
  
• Knight/Samurai Cavalry/Eagle Cavalry/Berserker > Mobile Suit/Tank
  
• Conscript

Ranged:

• Archer > Machine Gun
  
• Catapult > Cannon > Artillery

Navy:

• Galley/Longship > Frigate > Battleship
  
• Naval Control (action style card, set and forget, though uses 1 military unit slot)

HP = hit points or health points of unit. Unit is destroyed when HP reaches zero.

Military Continued

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Also, check out: Kingdoms Reborn - Curl's Essential Game Guide.