FAQ

No actions are mandatory. The rulebook states:

"These actions are not mandatory and if a player does not wish to or cannot perform an action during their turn, they simply skip it."

When a clock action has two listed sub-actions (e.g. one free and one costing a coin), they are separate — you may take one without the other.

Yes.

Additional/free actions may be performed at any time during your turn, including in the middle of another action. This is intentional and enables combos. Example: during a build action, if you lack a worker to place, you can use a free action mid-build to place an apostle and retrieve workers, then complete the build.

Example confirmed by the publisher: you can take a mastery track advancement, gain a scroll as a bonus, immediately use that scroll's free action to gain a coin, then use that coin to pay for another part of the same mastery action — all in the same turn, in whatever order you choose.

Yes. Free actions (including scrolls) can be used at any time during your turn, including in the same turn you obtained them.

Yes, as long as you can pay the placement cost. The apostle or assistant must pass through the warehouse first, but you can place it on the same turn. However, your warehouse must have space to receive it before you can place it. If your warehouse is full (2 apostles), you must first place one of the existing ones before picking up a new one.

Yes. Every positive part of a section may be skipped, so you can take the coin and ignore the apostle (or the other way round).

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Yes, as often as you can pay for it — for example, place two apostles in the same turn.

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No. The two rings are completely independent. The astronomical dial (the inner ring, with the hand) must move clockwise at least one space each turn. The Orloj clock face (the middle ring) may optionally also move, counterclockwise, one forced deviation per space. You choose how far each moves separately.

No. The astronomical dial must move at least one space each turn, so you can never land on the exact same outer ring space as the previous player. Even if you use deviations to move the clock face, you still cannot replicate the previous player's exact combination because the outer ring has moved.

(Theoretically, if you advanced far enough on the blue Innovation track and used enough deviations to travel halfway around the clock to the matching section on the other half, you could get the same action category — but not the same spot.)

The astronomical dial is set to point at the actual current hour when the game begins. If you start at 8:25 PM, place the hand between 8 and 9.

Yes. The construction action is valid for both sides of the calendar — both the time/month dials and the zodiac dials.

No. Your blue level is how far the astronomical dial may turn for free. The clock face never turns for free: every space costs one forced deviation. Then you do both sections the hand points at.

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Deviation tokens can be used to force extra movement of the clock (astronomical dial), the apostle gear, and constructions. They cannot be used to increase the painter's movement.

Yes.

The rooster advances every time a red tooth of the left gear aligns with the red arrow, regardless of how that alignment is triggered. There is no cap on how many times the rooster can advance in a single turn. A player can take multiple deviations to spin the apostle gear repeatedly, advancing the rooster multiple times.

This is considered valid strategic play. The publisher confirmed: "You can move it multiple times in one round, correct." As the game ending completes the full round (all players play the same number of turns), this is a legitimate tactic — particularly relevant for the last player in turn order who can see all public VP information.

No. Deviations only apply to the clock mechanism itself (dial rotation), the apostle gear, and constructions. The painter's movement is governed solely by your Observation (yellow) track level.

No. Spare corrections are worth 1 VP each only at the rooster's call, from your personal rooster track. Elsewhere they are simply lost.

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No. Moving the hammer is optional. You select the dial you want to build, move the hammer to an adjacent space if you wish, pay resources, and place the dial and a worker. You can build without moving the hammer at all.

No. Moving the hammer is a step within the construction action — you cannot move it without actually completing a build. If you are not building anything, you do not move the hammer.

Yes, for normal calendar/zodiac dials. You must have a worker available to place on the constructed dial. The rulebook states: "to build, you must have an available worker to place on the constructed dial."

Exception: the Final Construction dial (the 8-VP end-game action) does not require a worker — see Section 5.

No. You use one bonus — normally the highest one available at your current level. If you prefer a lower-level bonus in a specific situation, you may choose it instead, but bonuses do not stack.

Yes. Build as normal and skip the hammer bonus. The same goes for any bonus you can't or don't want to take.

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Yes. Additional actions such as an upgrade scroll can be used at any moment of your turn, including just before the hammer bonus step.

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Yes. Each forced deviation moves the hammer one extra space, so a far dial is always reachable at a price.

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The Final Construction dial is flipped when the last calendar dial is constructed — i.e. when the entire calendar (all month and zodiac dials) is completed. It is not flipped when any individual dial is completed.

Any player who has not yet taken their turn in the current round when the end is triggered.

Remaining players take their normal turns. If they choose a construction action, the Final Construction dial is available as an option. The player who triggered the end of the game can also use it if they have an additional build action (e.g. from a saved red scroll).

Yes. Since no worker is placed on the Final Construction dial, multiple players (and even the same player with multiple build actions) can use it. Each use costs 1 gold + 1 wood + 1 paint + 1 iron and awards 8 VP.

No extra worker for the dial. No worker can be placed on the final dial, so you don't need one for it. You still need a construct action to use it — normally from the clock, where you place a worker as on any turn — plus the four resources.

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No. You receive no adjacency VP and no calendar section bonuses. You do still receive your hammer bonus.

No. You get exactly 8 VP (that is the four resources at 2 VP each) and your hammer bonus — no adjacency points and no calendar bonus.

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Up to that number. You are not required to retrieve the maximum number indicated by the Precision (pink) track. You may choose to retrieve fewer workers if you wish.

Only when passing. The pink Precision track shows how many steps you take when you activate the moon as part of passing. It does not apply to other moon activations (e.g. from scrolls or the painter action).

The Observation (yellow) track governs the moon's steps when activated outside of passing. The rulebook (section 5.5) is specific:

"Precision Track (pink): Indicates the steps to take when a player passes their turn." "Observation Track (yellow): Indicates the maximum number of steps the painter can move on the calendar and the number of steps when activating the moon."

No. When you pass, you do not move the clock hand. The rooster advances one step when you pass, but the dial hand does not move.

Yes. Free actions can be used at any time, so placing an apostle (which retrieves workers) can immediately recover the worker you just placed this turn.

• 2-player game: 5 workers available from the start
• 3-player and 4-player games: 4 workers available from the start

Additional workers can be unlocked during the game.

Be careful. Workers placed on calendar dials remain there for the rest of the game — they score points for placed dials and contribute to objective conditions. If you retrieve them (e.g. when passing), you lose those scoring opportunities and any objective progress tied to having workers on those dials.

No. The warehouse has one space for an apostle and one for an apostle or an assistant, so at most one assistant waits there. Place one before taking another; you may rearrange the two spaces at any time.

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| Track | Colour | Primary Function | |-------|--------|-----------------| | Innovation | Blue | Controls how far you can rotate the dials each turn | | Precision | Pink | Determines steps when passing; unlocks sculptor levels | | Observation | Yellow | Determines painter steps and moon activation steps |

Yes. The "book with question mark" symbol means any track of your choice — including the same one you just advanced.

No. The two sub-actions are separate optional actions. You can take the free advancement and skip the paid one even if you have a coin available.

The sculptor's level is determined by your position on the Precision (pink) track. The rulebook says: "Perform the action corresponding to your sculptor's level." The Level 2 sculptor gives you a coin in addition to moving the painter or moon. You must use the action at your current sculptor level (you cannot voluntarily use a lower level).

Yes. A track bonus triggers as your disc reaches it. If you climb two yellow steps and the first one gives a moon activation, the moon moves as far as your level allows at that moment, not after the second step.

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No. It only raises your sculptor's level. You activate the sculptor through its outer-ring section.

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When your pink disc reaches the space with the sculptor icon marked 2, five steps up the track.

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No. At levels 1 and 2 only the painter option forces a deviation; the moon option doesn't (see the rulebook's sculptor appendix).

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Yes. One coin counts as any single basic resource (wood, paint, iron). One gold also counts as any basic resource.

Gold requires 3 identical units. Valid combinations:

| Combination | Result | |-------------|--------| | 3 identical resources | 1 gold | | 2 identical resources + 1 coin | 1 gold | | 1 resource + 2 coins | 1 gold | | 3 coins | 1 gold |

Note: Gold cannot be converted back into coins. The conversion is one-way. You cannot pay gold where a coin is required, and vice versa (1 gold ≠ 1 coin).

(Developer confirmed: the additional actions reference card omits gold by mistake — both coin and gold can be used as basic resources, as shown on the main board.)

Yes, this appears to be an omission. Both coin and gold can be used as any basic resource. The main board reference is correct. The additional actions card simply forgot to mention gold.

No. All resources, coins and gold are meant to be unlimited.

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Coins, yes: final scoring converts everything into gold, with coins counting as any resource. Scrolls, no: once your last turn is over you can no longer use them, so spend them before the end arrives.

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Yes. Forgetting to pay for apostles is one of the most common mistakes. You must pay the cost each time you place an apostle on your board from the warehouse.

There is no compensation. The action simply cannot be performed (or becomes void for that part). The publisher confirmed: "There is no compensation if you pick all apostles."

Yes, if you have enough actions (e.g. a main apostle action plus additional actions from red scrolls). Community members have confirmed doing this.

Yes. The forced turns are optional and so is the apostle. The extra automatic step of the gears only happens when you actually take an apostle.

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Yes, every time a red tooth reaches the arrow. The exception: if the rooster has already reached the end and is waiting on a player board for the call, further alignments that turn are ignored.

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No. The left gear always turns the way the red arrow on the board shows, so the apostles come down in order: 1 and 2, then 3 and 4, and so on.

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• Red sealed scrolls: Grant one-time action bonuses (e.g. extra build, painter movement, worker retrieval). Used immediately or saved and used as free actions at any time.
• Blue royal scrolls: Score VP immediately when your mastery disc reaches them, based on a condition (e.g. 3 VP per X, up to a max of 10). Only the first player to reach one scores it.

Yes. The scoring is 3 VP per qualifying instance, capped at 10 VP total. So 3 instances = 9, and 4+ instances = 10.

Yes. The two options are independent. You can take the free advancement and skip the paid one if you choose or cannot pay.

Both. Despite the word "or," the intent (confirmed by community interpretation and the matching iconography on the scoring tile) is: count all upgrades across both your production tracks and your hammer track, then award 1 VP per upgrade. The "or" is intended as inclusive — "is this upgrade on the production track or the hammer track? If yes, count it."

Yes. There is no stated limit on free actions. If you have fulfilled multiple common objectives and have available workers, you may claim any number in the same turn.

No. You can never have two assistants with the same icon.

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No. Only the steps above the start count, so it is worth at most 11 VP.

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Yes. Free actions have no stated per-turn limit. You may claim all objectives you qualify for in a single turn.

Yes. Calendar dials means both month dials and zodiac dials — the entire calendar section below the astronomical clock. The game triggers when all of these are constructed.

All three: 8, 6 and 4 VP for the first, second and third claimer. The middle space is only skipped with 1 or 2 players.

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Yes. The game ends after completing the full round in which the trigger occurs (either the last calendar dial is built or the fourth rooster's call). All players play the same number of turns. If Player B triggers the end in a 3-player game, Player C still takes their turn before end-game scoring begins.

The rooster advances every time a red tooth of the left apostle gear aligns with the red arrow on the board. This happens whenever the gears turn during the apostle action (including turns bought with deviations) and when a player passes. Turning the clock dials never moves it. When the rooster reaches the end of its track, it "crows" after the current player finishes their turn, ending the round.

• The three mastery stained-glass windows (only if your disc is past the brick line)
• Leftover resources and coins converted into gold, 1 VP per gold
• Assistants placed on workshop cards
• Common stained-glass objectives (8, 6 or 4 VP)
• Minus: 1 VP per broken gear still showing

Apostles and royal scrolls are not scored again at the end: row bonuses and royal scrolls score when you get them, and apostles count only through windows, objectives and assistants.

They lose VP for each uncorrected deviation. Deviations that remain unresolved at game end also reduce the final score (broken gears penalty).

Yes. VP is tracked on a shared scoring track and all components are visible. This is relevant when deciding whether to accelerate the rooster to end the game — a player with full information and last-turn position can calculate whether it is advantageous to trigger the end immediately.

Two different things. The round track counts rooster's calls (at most four). The round finished at the end of the game is simply one turn for every player, so that everyone has played the same number of turns.

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No. You and Josef Mánes share the whole set. The apostles shown on the six setup cards stay available to you; setting them apart only reminds you that he will never take them.

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The automa takes the apostle shown on its card and the gear is rotated one step. You do not need to rotate the gear until it reaches that apostle.

Yes. The human player takes apostles per the standard rules.

No. The game ends when the automa takes its last action in the current round, not at the moment the calendar is completed.

The human player scores normally as in multiplayer. Josef Mánes keeps a marker on the scoring track like any player (starting on 10) and scores during the game — turn scoring cards and dial groups. At the end he adds the four lines of his endgame scoring card: windows, assistants, unflipped scoring tiles and objectives. You must beat his total; a tie goes to him.

No. In solo mode, you must start the game with all three production tracks at level 1 (one level higher than the multiplayer starting position of level 0).

The automa does claim objectives: at the end of rounds 3, 6 and 9 it places a worker on the objective its end-of-round tile names, whether or not it meets the condition. The rulebook does not say what happens to the bonus tile; players on the forum flip it as for any first claimer, so it is no longer available to you.

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The lowest space of the track is space 0; count up from there and compare with the value on the mastery track objective tile.

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No. He only puts workers on dials when both actions on his card succeed; otherwise the dials he built that turn are flipped back to the plain side.

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The tiles have a pinkish marker at the top-right when oriented correctly. To orient: hold the tile with the image the correct way up and flip it on the y-axis to see the roman numeral. You can also check against tiles with unambiguous orientation (like V) to confirm the flipping direction. Note: incorrect placement during setup has no effect on gameplay.

No crowning piece uses it — solo starts the rooster on 4. The publisher only answered "you'll find out", so it seems kept for something later. Ignore it.

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Yes, per the standard setup rules. The moon's starting position is determined by the hand position (current time). Some community members have proposed placing it directly opposite as a house rule for more accurate astronomical representation, but this is not an official variant.

Yes. Start with that many deviation tokens on the broken-gear side and the rest plain. Nothing else happens — no dials or gears turn.

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Two separate upgrades: use them on the same track or on two different ones.

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Into your warehouse, from your own set — not straight onto your panel.

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Mostly yes, with minor workarounds needed. One community member with red/green colour blindness noted:

• The three apostle colour groups (green, orange, and dark/purple) are distinguishable by number — all apostles are numbered, so once groups are initially sorted by a sighted player, they can be referenced by number thereafter.
• The orange apostles have a faint texture that is very hard to see for colour-blind players.
• Player board spaces for apostle colours need to be pointed out initially.
• Stained-glass objectives referring to specific apostle colours need verbal clarification.
• Two of the darker player colours can be hard to distinguish in low light.

Suggestion: choose lighter player colours and use apostle numbers for reference.