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Manawave Phases

Init Manawave​

The manawave is coming. Add 1 strength token during the Init Manawave phase to increase the manawave's strength.

Tile Card Picks​

Draw and reveal 3 cards from the Tile Card Pile. These tiles will be denoted as Choice A, Choice B, and Choice C. Each player will secretly indicate one of these choices. When both have made their selection, they will be revealed simultaneously.

Tile Placement​

Each player will choose where to place a tile denoted by their card by placing it on an imaginary line that either ends at the center of a Nexus or midway between two Nexus tiles. Their tile will slide forward until it is stopped by the Manawave itself or by another tile.

Each player will secretly select and indicate one of these choices by revealing a Nexus line (e.g. N0 for the left most slot, N1.5 for the Nexus slot between Nexus tiles 1 and 2). When both have made their selection, they will be revealed simultaneously.

Resolve Manawave​

Execute the manawave by processing the occupied tile spaces on each player's side simultaneously, starting with the space(s) closest to the Manawave Source and moving to the tiles in each next row until all the rows for that Nexus line have been processed. Then, move to the next Nexus line and start from the space(s) closest to the Manawave again. Keep doing this until all tiles have been processed.

To process a tile, refer to the the text on the card and execute the tile's text following the "On 🌊 (Manawave)" trigger.

Note that Monument tiles will have rules text that describe the way the Monument can win or lose the game for its player.

Finalize Manawave​

The Manawave completes when it reaches the Manawave Sink tile.

Token Placement​

After the Manawave completes, there may be player counters to be placed. In secret, each player decides where and how many of each counter they would like to place. They then reveal their decisions and move to Token Consolidation.

Token Consolidation​

During Token Consolidation, players accumulate counters, convert them to tokens, and clear the counters from the tiles.

TODO: document counter to token consolidation

Go back to Init Manawave​

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