Innovation: Figures in the Sand

About this expansion

Innovation: Figures in the Sand is an expansion for 2–6 players that adds historical figures, changing karmas, and special Decrees to Innovation in a 75-minute game.

Instead of new inventions or concepts, this expansion brings recognizable figures from history to your table. They may help you—or possibly your opponent—win, making historical figures somewhat fickle participants in the game.

Figures includes 105 figure cards, divided into ten ages and five colors in each age, much like the cards in Innovation. However, these cards do not provide dogma powers. Each one has a karma that changes the game in a particular way.

• Karmas can take effect when you meld a card.
• Some apply while counting icons to determine whether you can share an action.
• Others change what happens when you take a different action, such as scoring a card or returning demanded cards to the age decks.

The expansion also includes five Decree cards, one for each color. Decrees are a special type of achievement, but unlike other achievements, they are not safe and can be stolen.

After any action in the game, a player can have only one Figure in play. Any additional Figures Fade from play and move to that player’s score pile. Innovation: Figures in the Sand can be played with the base game alone or combined with Innovation: Echoes of the Past.