Description

The vast and powerful Red Fork Empire! Elder juggernaut of the Steampunk Multiverse! This special standalone edition of Twisted Skies features the thrilling, bizarre, and adventurous citizens of the Empire as they battle their ancient enemy The Dull with the power of Creativity! This set can be played as its own special set or it can be integrated with other sets and expansions of Twisted Skies to bring the wonder of the Red Fork Empire to your games of Twisted Skies!

Players take control of an elite airship. By manning and equipping the ship and crew, players take turns attempting to complete mission cards in an attempt to earn enough Victory Points to win. Other players can try to Interrupt the current player from succeeding at a mission, or can form alliances to help each other.

Twisted Skies is played in a sequence of Phases that make up each player’s turn. Players take their turns one at a time proceeding clockwise around a table. The active player taking
their turn is known as the Mission Attempter The Sequence of play for the phases of a turn are as follows:

1. Ready all Exhausted Cards
2. Draw one Manifest Card
3. First Drop. Place one Crew card into play or Equip a Tech card
4. Open Trading. Players openly trade cards with the Mission Attempter
5. Draw one Catalyst Card. If it is a Mission Card place it on the Table.
6. Mission Attempt. The Mission Attempter tries to gain points by completing Missions.
7. Pirate Trading. Players blindly trade cards from their hands with the Mission Attempter
8. Second Drop. Place one Crew card into play or Equip a Tech card

Once a player has made the Second Drop ( and resolved any effect of that Drop) then their turn is over.