| No. | Phase | Section | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Card Draw Phase | ||
| Add new personages | 8.1 | ||
| Add fortresses and Jesuits | 8.2 | ||
| Add new cards to deck | 6.2 | ||
| Shuffle deck and deal cards | 6.2 | ||
| Return discarded treasures to pool; deal new treasures; check for New World riches | 6.3 | ||
| 2 | Diplomacy Phase | ||
| Negotiation Segment | 9.1 | ||
| Hold negotiations and announce deals | |||
| Ransom Segment | 9.3 | ||
| Pay ransom (1 card draw) to regain captured army leader | |||
| War Segment | 9.4 | ||
| Pay to declare new wars | |||
| 3 | Spring Deployment Phase | 10 | |
| Each power places arriving leaders, chooses a Home card, and moves one formation of land units from one capital to a friendly space
Additional spring moves for specific powers: |
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| Spain places treasure fleet escorts | |||
| England allocates sea captains to Europe | |||
| Holy Roman records religious preference (Turn 1) | |||
| 4 | Action Phase | 11 | |
| Powers take impulses in the following order until all powers pass consecutively: Ottoman, Spain, England, France, Holy Roman, Protestant A Military or Religious victory may end the game |
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| 5 | Winter Phase | ||
| Spread Morisco unrest | 20.1 | ||
| Discard unused treasures | 20.2 | ||
| Remove loaned naval unit markers | 20.3 | ||
| Leaders and units return to fortified spaces, possibly suffering attrition | |||
| End Major Power alliances | 20.5 | ||
| Add 1 regular to each controlled capital (HRE may instead choose 4 Mercs for Hire or 2 mercs in capital) | 20.6 | ||
| Remove piracy markers; return Spanish/Portuguese treasures | 20.7 | ||
| Espionage reset | 20.8 | ||
| Diplomacy reset | 20.9 | ||
| Check for Catholic League formation (skip when 5 or fewer French home spaces are under Huguenot control) | 20.10 | ||
| 6 | Marriage Resolution Phase | 20 | |
| Resolve marriages | 21.1 | ||
| Award Virgin Queen VP | 21.2 | ||
| Age royals | 21.3 | ||
| 7 | Patronage Phase | 20 | |
| Evaluate artists | 22.1 | ||
| Evaluate scientists | 22.2 | ||
| 8 | Victory Determination Phase | 25.3 | |
| Grant VP awards for control of Paris and Central Europe. Check for winner. If none, advance turn marker and start a new turn. |