This crowdfunding wants to add the Italian rulebook to the English version to make the game available also in Italy.
 

How to play?

To download the English rules, please follow this link. 

The game starts by drawing the initial Technology Cards, of I Age, in increasing numbers among the players depending on turn order; for example in 4 players first player takes 5 cards, then 6 / 6 / 7.

First player takes his turn following the points below:

1. Development Phase

2. Action Phase

3. Upkeep Phase

At the turn’s end next player starts his turn, performing his 3 phases, and so on. Progress carries all players in a whirlwind of discoveries through 3 Ages; after the last Age the game ends and the player with the most Victory Points wins.

Each player has in his own board 7 Skill Track. Current value is indicated by token, that will be increased during the game.

This is only a prototype, not definetly design.

Moreover there is a common Power Board where are indicated values of Prestige, Population and Military of each player.

Power Board

ACTION PHASE

During his Actions Phase player can performs a number of actions according with his Action Skill value on his Player Board:

Discover. The purpose of a Discover action is to place a Technology card from your hand into game. This is immediately Active.

Every time you add an Active Technology you gain specific benefits like: get Knowledge tokens, increase value of some track in your Player Board or Power Board, or some Victory Points at the end of the game. 

A technology may have one or two discovery costs with associated prerequisites, each depicted in a separate line. Each cost is represented as a symbol: Science, Engineering or Culture; but if you have the prerequisite Technology into play you do not have to pay the associated cost.

1^st condition: pay 3 Science if you do not
have discovered Calendar yet.
Instead you receive 1 General Knowledge Point by discarding this Technology

Costs can be paid by covering a Knowledge token, of appropriate knowledge kind, or by discarding a Technology card. Each card has a value, in the bottom left side, if discarded. This is consderated General Knowledge, you can spend it as you want as Science, Engineering or Culture.

 

Research. The purpose of a Research action is to place a Technology card from your hand into your player area as a Technology Under Development. This doesn’t have costs or prerequisites to be met, but the new Technology will only become active a few turns later. Put on the Technology card a number of black markers according to your Research Skill value on your Player Board. In your next Development Phase remove 1 black marker upon all your Technology under Development.

When a Technology card has no markers, comes into play as Active Technology.
Development Skill represents the number of Technologies a player may have under Development at any given point during the game. 

 

Draw, Quick Draw and Shuffle & Draw. These actions allow you to draw Technology cards in different ways. Draw makes your turn ends and lets you take a number of cards according with your Draw Skill value. Quick draw provides you a fewer number of cards, but doesn’t stop your turn. The number of cards on your hand is limited by Hand Size Skill value, then you can get rid of the cards you do not like through the action Shuffle & Draw: pick and discard cards. Technology cards in discards queue can be drawn alternately to the deck.
 

UPKEEP PHASE 

During the Upkeep Phase active player performs the following steps:
- discards cards according to his Hand Size Skill value
- refreshes all her Knowledge tokens

 

GAME END

Some Technology cards feature Age symbol. When a specific number of these symbols are depicted on Active Technologies in players' areas, depending on numbers of players, a new age starts and the corresponding Age deck is added to the game.

When III Age finishes, game ends.

Players will be awarded Victory Points depending on their positions on each of the three Power Tracks. Then on each of the Skill Tracks on your Player Board count the number of Victory Point symbols situated on the left side of the marker. Finally add all the VP on the Technology cards in your player area. 

Player with the most Victory Points wins!

 

What is in the box?

• 184 Technology cards
• 56 Knowledge tokens
• 11 Age tokens
• 5 Player boards
• 1 Power board, double sided
• 100 wooden markers
• 5 Info cards (English)
• 5 Summary Sheets (tech tree)
• Industrial Age expansion, Age IV (55 cards)
• Miniexpansion Personalities (15 cards) and Milestones (16 cards)
• English Rules
• Italian Rules
• Victory tokens expansion, 45 tokens to count VP
• Any other addon from the unlocked stretch-goals

New Scientist and Milestones 

Streth Goals

2000 euro. All backers at Giochistarter’s campaign will receive the exclusive Action Tokens expansion. This expansion will not be available in shops.

 

2500 euro. Historia and Versailles Addons will be activated! All backers will be able to purchase with 25% discount these two awaited novelties of Essen Spiel 2014.

3000 euro. All backers at Giochistarter’s campaign will receive the exclusive Common Board expansion. This expansion will not be available in shops.

Who is the game for?

Progress is a civilization game where each player makes choices about how evolve their civilization. There are several possibilities to reach the victory depending also from others players choices. It fits to all players who likes strategic games and with less luck influence.

How to pay? 

It's allowed to pay with credit cards (Paypal) or by Bank wire transfer. 
 

When I will receive it?

Progress will be launched on the next Essen Spiel 2014. Shipping will starts immediately after that. 

Shipping costs 

Shipping is free for Italy and comes about with DHL or SDA courier. For shipping out of Italy there is a tariff depending on the destination country. You can see about this cost on the table below or clicking on “Shipping Options” after your order.  

It’s possible pick-up your copy here in Rome for free. 

Country	Cost		Country	Cost
Italy	Free		Lussemburgo	8.95€
Austria	8.95€		Norway	19.36€
Belgium	8.95€		Nederlands	8.95€
Brasil	41.98€		Polonia	8.95€
Canada	8.95€		Portugal	8.95€
Czech Republic	8.95€		Romania	8.95€
Denmark	13.72€		Russia	41.98€
France	8.95€		Slovakia	8.95€
Finland	18.35€		Slovenia	8.95€
Germany	8.95€		Spain	8.95€
Greece	8.95€		Sweden	18.35€
Hungary	8.95€		Switzerland	19.36
Ireland	8.95€		UK	8.95€
Latvia	8.95€		USA	8.95€

For other countries make the pledge and then click "Shipping options" on the shopping cart: the system will show you the shipping cost to your country.