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Dune: Imperium
#6BGG8.4RATINGHOT #40
Consulted 1 times·Updated Jun 9
1–4
PLAYERS
60–120
MINUTES
6
BEST WITH
3.1
HEAVY
ERRATA1
Missionaria Protectiva missing Bene Gesserit faction tagdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- Missionaria Protectiva is part of the Bene Gesserit Faction. The first English printing omitted the Faction tag from under the card title. There should be exactly two copies of this card in the Imperium deck.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19
DESIGNER CLARIFICATIONS26
Alliance token: conditions for losing itdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- You lose your Alliance token when (1) you were tied for the highest Influence with a Faction and your tied opponent now takes sole lead, or (2) your Influence with that Faction drops to 3 or lower. If no player has 4+ Influence with a Faction, the Alliance token returns to the board.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Assassination Mission cannot trash itself for its own effectdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- Assassination Mission provides no way to trash itself. You must use another means to trash it in order to receive the 4 Solari.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Baron Harkonnen "Masterstroke": faction choices are made before round 1designerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- You choose the Factions for Baron Harkonnen's "Masterstroke" ability after completing all setup, before the first round begins. You may only reveal your choices and gain Influence one time during a game.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Conflict rewards are identical for 1, 2, and 3 playersdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- The rules for distributing Conflict rewards are identical for 1-, 2-, and 3-player games. They differ only in a 4-player game.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Countess Ariana Thorvald "Spice Addict" is mandatory and limiteddesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- The "Spice Addict" ability is not optional. It only affects spice harvested when sending an Agent to a maker board space; it does not affect spice received by other means.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Dispatch an Envoy does not modify iconsdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- Dispatch an Envoy does not remove any icons from the affected card, and does not add a copy of an icon the card already has.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Double Cross requires an opponent troop in the Conflictdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- To play Double Cross, at least one opponent must have a troop in the Conflict. You do not need any troops of your own in the Conflict.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Final endgame tiebreaker: most recent Reveal turndesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- If all printed tiebreakers are exhausted, the final tiebreaker is the player who most recently took a Reveal turn.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Foldspace can only be acquired via the Foldspace icondesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- You can only acquire the Foldspace card using the Foldspace icon (for example, the Foldspace board space or Ilesa Ecaz). It cannot be acquired by spending Persuasion normally.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Imperial Spy must trash itself to trigger its card drawdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- You must use Imperial Spy to trash itself in order to draw an Intrigue card. Trashing it by other means does not trigger the card draw.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Playing Intrigue cards: must meet conditions and pay all costsdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- To play any Intrigue card, you must meet all its conditions and pay all its costs. Plot Intrigue cards may be played during any of your Agent turns or your Reveal turn.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Which card effects are optionaldesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- Effects are optional only when: (1) a card says "you may," (2) there is an arrow (cost → effect) and you choose not to pay, or (3) the trash icon is the black X. When a card instructs you to trash itself without an arrow, trashing is mandatory.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Paying an arrow cost can only be done once per opportunitydesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- When an arrow indicates a cost you may pay to receive an effect, you may only pay that cost once — you cannot pay it multiple times to multiply the benefit from a single arrow.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Recruitment Mission applies only to Reveal turn acquisitionsdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- Recruitment Mission applies only to cards acquired during your Reveal turn this round. It does not affect cards acquired on an Agent turn. If you acquire multiple cards during your Reveal turn, you may apply the top-deck effect to each one independently.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Refocus: reshuffle if discard pile is emptydesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- If your discard pile is empty when you play Refocus, reshuffle your deck instead of discarding it as normal.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Cards drawn during Reveal turn must be used immediatelydesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- If you draw a card during your Reveal turn (e.g., from Poison Snooper or Refocus), you must immediately reveal and use it that turn. Cards drawn after your Reveal turn (e.g., during cleanup) are kept for next round.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Shield Wall: destruction is optional and permanentdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- Destroying the Shield Wall is optional. Once destroyed, it is removed for the remainder of the game.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Shifting Allegiances: may target the same faction for both effectsdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- When playing Shifting Allegiances, you may choose the same Faction to both lose and gain Influence (net +1 with that Faction). You cannot "lose" Influence with a Faction where you have none.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19The Spice Must Flow: keep the Victory Point after trashingdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- You keep the Victory Point for acquiring The Spice Must Flow even if you later trash the card.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Bene Tleilax track cannot be advanced with "any Faction" effectsdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- The Bene Tleilax are not a Faction. Effects that let you gain Influence with any Faction cannot be used to advance on the Tleilaxu track.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Recruiting troops: supply requirement and combat deploymentdesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- When you recruit a troop, it must come from your supply. Any troop recruited on a turn when you sent an Agent to a Combat space — from any source (Intrigue card, Tech tile, Shipping track, etc.) — may be deployed to the Conflict area.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Victory Points can exceed 12designerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- You can score more than 12 Victory Points even though the score track only goes to 12. Continue tracking points beyond the track's limit.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19"When you win a Conflict" does not trigger on a tiedesignerpublisherlinked official source
- RULING
- A combat tie does not count as winning a Conflict. If you receive an Intrigue card as a combat reward and it can be played "when you win a Conflict," you may immediately play it.
AUTHOR: LemonyFresh (Anthony Rubbo, Designer) / Dire Wolf Digital (publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2020-12-19Combat tie reward distributiondesigner
- CONTEXT
- Multiple questions arose about what happens when players tie for 1st or 2nd place in combat with 3 or more players.
- RULING
- When players tie for a position, each tied player receives the reward for the next lower position. Examples (rewards A/B/C): if two players tie for 1st, each receives B and the 3rd player receives nothing; if two players tie for 2nd, the 1st-place player receives A and both tied players each receive C.
AUTHOR: Merakon (Paul Dennen, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(73 replies, 134 thumbs)DATE: 2021-01-01Trashed cards cannot activate their own effects (2023 reversal)designer
- CONTEXT
- A ruling reversal posted February 2023. This supersedes any earlier guidance stating that trashed cards could still resolve pending effects.
- RULING
- You cannot receive or activate an effect from a card that has already been trashed. Exception: when playing Foldspace alongside Selective Breeding, you may use both effects only if you resolve Foldspace's draw effect first, then use Selective Breeding's cost-effect, and then trash Foldspace.
AUTHOR: Merakon (Paul Dennen, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(56 replies, 13 thumbs)DATE: 2023-02-19The Voice blocks each opponent's next agent onlydesigner
- RULING
- The Voice prevents each opponent from sending their next agent to the named board space. Once an opponent has taken their next agent turn, the effect is spent for that opponent. It does not block the space for the entire round.
AUTHOR: bleached_lizard (Chris J Davis, Designer), tempus42 (Brad Johnson, Designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(40 replies, 11 thumbs)DATE: 2021-01-03
Q&A1
Inspecting your deck vs. your discard piledesigner
- QUESTION
- Can a player look through their own deck at any time?
- ANSWER
- You may look through your discard pile at any time. You may NOT look through your deck.
AUTHOR: SevenSpirits (Sean McCarthy, Designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(359 replies, 7 thumbs)DATE: 2022-01-10
Last researched: 2026-06-08
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