Spice.
The most important substance in the universe. extends life. enables space travel. good stuff. Everyone wants control of the only planet that produces it. Arrakis. aka Dune. aka Spice World.
To gain control, you'll need to occupy (or be allied with the occupier of) 3 of the cities on the planet. Expect to make deals, betrayals, attacks, legitamite purchases, maybe even ride a sandworm.
In battle, you'll need to relly on your leaders and weapons. For all other matters, your spice and your word are currencies.
Gameplay
- A turn will start with the storm. There is always a storm raging somewhere on the planet. Staying clear is good idea.
- At this point alliances can be made and broken. Two players in an alliance can win a shared victory if they control 4 cities in total.
- Next, each turn will have an auction. Treachery cards ( usually weapons ) will be up for blind auction. House Harkonnen are masters of treachery and will stock up on these. Everyone else will be limited to holding 4 at a time.
- After that, forces may be moved to the surface. For a fee to the Spacing Guild, of course.
- Finally, any disputed territories will be resolved in battle. The winner will take control of the territory and any spice it contains.
- If no one has won the game at this point the winds will blow in a new turn starting with the storm.
House Atriedes
Tasked with maintaining the fief, you have the full range of knowledge of goings-on on the planet. You will know where the spice deposists will be, you will know what treachery cards everyone has. You, and only you, are allowed to keep written records of cards. And selling that information when it's most valuable is a good way to make a profit.Bene Gesserit
The sisterhood of Reverend Mothers have powerful truthsaying abilities and political pull. Thus, you can prophesize the outcome of the game. Before play begins, you predict which player will win and what turn (out of 10). If the prophecy comes true, you win the game instead. Your spiritual advisors ship with other factions so you'll get a tiny increase in presence on the planet when other players ship down their reserve forces. You also have the power of The Voice. You may command your opponent to use a specific treachery card in battle.Emperor
Spice. During the auction phase of every turn, if any other faction buys a treachy card, they pay you. Your power is wealth.Fremen
Native to Atrakis; Masters of desert-power. You move through the desert with ease and can even catch a ride on shai-hulud (sandworm). If the worm shows up where you have forces, you can move them to any territory affected by the storm. If the game has lasted 10 turns and no one has sufficient control of the cities, you have successfully defended Arakis and have won the game. (You also win the normal way, by controling 3)House Harkonnen
8 Treachery cards. EIGHT!! You start the game with 2 treachery cards instead of 1 and get a secret one for free every time you buy one. You can hold up to 8 at a time instead of 4.Spacing Guild
please let me know which faction you want to play.
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which
the developers further explained the intent behind the design, you can read that here:
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