Region of Unrest

The tile marking the region of unrest is removed from the game at the end of the round and the blockade tile is moved to the unrest space. As a result, you can always plan for the region of unrest in the upcoming round.

No

Instead of using the other faction's unit tokens, the solitaire engine uses a set of opposing unit tokens, the strengths of which (x) are indicated by the difficulty level chosen.

1 and sometimes more

If your recruitment value is more than one, you may split your recruitment between one or more units, as long as the total doesn't exceed your recruitment value.

Nothing

If you don't have enough units in your reserve, you simply recruit as many as you can. Any additional recruitment value is lost.

After

You should take your regular action first and then take your bonus action.

Varied

The first tie breaker when determining strength in a region is the total number of tokens. If the number of tokens is tied, the advantage goes to the player with the will of the people.

No

Even if a player has the will of the people, a lone neutral token in a region must have at least one of a player's tokens accompanying it to be counted toward the total strength in a region.

Before

You may reveal your opponent's secret objective before placing your leader token.

No

You can only refresh a token that is already on its exhausted side. In other words, you can go from exhausted to fresh, but never from fresh to exhausted with this action.

No

You may move one space (region) with a double move.

No

You may only move one token, one or two spaces (regions), with the double move action.

Leader and End Round

Even though the Region Tile specifies where to place the Blockade Marker, the marker can be moved during the round and will definitely move at the end of the round. Each player has a Leader Card which can be played to Mobilize Protest, which means the player may relocate the Blockade Marker to any other connection in the city.

Anywhere

Since Leader Cards do not specify a region color or icon, you may place your Leader Token in any region after playing its matching Leader Card.

No

You can not stack unit tokens on the game board as current total strength within each region of the game board is considered to be open information.

Leader Cards

As a Leader Card is played, the matching Leader Token may be placed in any region of the game board.

History

While you will never have both Trotsky tokens in play at the same time, each represents Trotsky at a different period of Russian history. The green token represents Trotsky before he sided with the Bolsheviks. If the green Trotsky token is still on the board when the red token is available, permanently replace the green token with the red one.

In matching region

When playing the recruit action on a command card, you may place your unit token(s) into the region matching the card's region icon (color).

Anywhere

When playing a leader card, you may place the corresponding leader token in the colored region of your choice.

Varies

The Will of the People can change sides in a couple of ways. It can change sides when the month advances on the calendar. (You hold onto the will of the people if you already have it AND advanced the calendar.) The will of the people can also change sides with the play of the leader cards with the Inspire the People action. Playing this card allows you to take the will of the people from the other player or simply continue to hold onto it.

Active player

The Will of the People goes to the player who just advanced the month, also known as the active player. In other words, if you have the Will of the People AND advance the month on your turn, you KEEP the Will of the People.

Will of the People

If the final score is tied, the player holding the Will of the People wins the game!

No

The blockade only blocks movement between two areas of the map board connected by the colored arrow. Units may still be recruited into an area that would otherwise be inaccessible via a move action.

Mark scoring regions

During scoring, the first marker should be used to mark the Area of Unrest, while the second and third markers should be used to mark the region(s) of each player's secret objective. These markers serve as a useful reminder to exhaust the unit and neutral tokens in each area containing a marker. (Alternatively, some players place the 1st marker in the area of unrest at the beginning of each round. This serves as a useful visual reminder of the first area to be scored at the end of the round.)

March/April

The month marker begins the game on the March/April space of the calendar.

No

Players have the opportunity to add unit tokens to the board during each Action Phase using a card's Recruit Action.

Randomly

In some random fashion, place one neutral unit token (fresh side up) into each region.

Will of the People

The player with the Will of the People takes the first action. Since the red player begins the game with the Will of the People, the red player goes first on turn 1.

Yes

Each player may look at their own secret objective at any time during the round.

Shuffle Discards

Shuffle the cards in the discard pile to form a new deck, and continue drawing cards as normal.

No

Only exhaust tokens one time in each region scored, even if a region scored two or three times at the end of the round!

Will of the People

In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is the player with the Will of the People.

Yes

At any time during the game, a player make look at their own secret objective.

Losing player

The player with the least points reveals their Secret Objective first when scoring Secret Objectives. In the case of a tie for victory points (when the score marker is on the green space of the support track), the player who does not have the will of the people reveals their secret objective first.

Randomly

In some random fashion, place one neutral unit token (fresh side up) into each region.

March/April

The month marker begins the game on the March/April space of the calendar.

History

While you will never have both Trotsky tokens in play at the same time, each represents Trotsky at a different period of Russian history. The green token represents Trotsky before he sided with the Bolsheviks. If the green Trotsky token is still on the board when the red token is available, permanently replace the green token with the red one.

Mark scoring regions

During scoring, the first marker should be used to mark the Area of Unrest, while the second and third markers should be used to mark the region(s) of each player's secret objective. These markers serve as a useful reminder to exhaust the unit and neutral tokens in each area containing a marker. (Alternatively, some players place the 1st marker in the area of unrest at the beginning of each round. This serves as a useful visual reminder of the first area to be scored at the end of the round.)

No

The blockade only blocks movement between two areas of the map board connected by the colored arrow. Units may still be recruited into an area that would otherwise be inaccessible via a move action.

None

There is no hand limit in Dual Powers. Players will always add five new cards to their hand at the beginning of each round during the Draw Phase regardless of how many cards they already have.

No

If the neutral Trotsky token is still on the game board when the red Trotsky token is unlocked, immediately replace it with the red Trotsky token, retaining its fresh or exhausted state; the red player now controls Trotsky. If the neutral Trotsky token has already been removed from the game board when this event occurs, the red Trotsky token does not enter play; remove it from the game.

Yes

Yes, you may assign a secret objective that matches the region of unrest. In doing so, you will either score twice for this region or not at all. It can be risky, but very rewarding!