Publications and Books

Cover Element spaces, place Theory tiles and claim Study Books.

Publication sideboard

Your sideboard has four sections. Each has Element icons, a Wild icon and a Publication value. When an Artifact or Experiment gives you an Element, cover a matching uncovered icon; if none is available, cover an uncovered Wild. If you have no suitable icon left, an Experiment gives 1 VP instead. When you cover the first icon in a section, assign one of your hidden Theory tiles to that section. A completed section scores its Theory tile at the end, multiplied by that section’s Publication value.

Books and Study

The first Experiment you perform for each Element lets you move that section’s leftmost Book to your Study. Later, you can spend Gold as a Free action once per Element per turn to move its leftmost Book. The first costs 1 Gold; each further Book costs one additional Gold per Metal marker in that section. Books also reduce matching Experiment requirements and contribute to row and column Study rewards when completed.

The Study holds up to seven Books. The eighth Book space is used only with the Expert Study module. Books left in the Element sections do not score as Study Books.

Theory tiles

At setup, draw one tile of each type and keep them hidden. When you place a tile, put it in a section whose first Element space you cover. Score only a fully covered section. Each tile specifies a different scoring condition; consult its face during play, then multiply its value by the printed Publication value for that section.