Inventions: Evolution of Ideas

To set up Inventions: Evolution of Ideas, lay out the main regional board alongside player boards and the five-era historical timeline marked by Chronos. Distribute starting worker pillars (epochs and seasons), specialist tiles, resources, and player-specific markers. Each player begins with designated player boards that represent their economy and society, tracking their workforce and specialists.

The main objective is to accumulate the highest number of innovation points (IP) over five eras of human history. Players achieve this by cleverly generating ideas, inventing new concepts, innovating on existing inventions, and sharing knowledge to build a robust civilization.

During a turn, players spend up to three action tokens to execute various actions from available forums. Actions include presenting ideas, inventing new technologies, innovating on existing ones, and sharing them. Chronos moves forward along the timeline, dictating available actions and restricting certain placements, while players carefully manage worker specialists and placement restrictions to optimize their strategies.

Scoring happens dynamically throughout the game and during specific era ends. Players earn IP by contributing to inventions, claiming milestone tiles, sharing ideas with other players, and capitalizing on end-of-game scholar majorities in specific regional board areas.

The game ends after the completion of the sixth era, which serves as the final scoring phase. After all era actions and final end-of-game bonuses are calculated, the player with the most innovation points wins.