Axiom Vortix

Agenda Cards

63 agendas

Anti-Intellectual Revolution

lawFor Against

FOR

After a player researches a technology, they must destroy 1 of their non-fighter ships.

AGAINST

At the start of the next strategy phase, each player chooses and exhausts 1 planet for each technology they own.

Archived Secret

directivePlayer

ELECT PLAYER

Elected player draws 1 secret objective.

Armed Forces Standardization

directivePlayer

ELECT PLAYER

The elected player places command tokens from their reinforcements so that they have 3 tokens in their tactic pool, 3 tokens in their fleet pool and 2 tokens in their strategy pool. They return any excess tokens to their reinforcements.

Arms Reduction

directiveFor Against

FOR

Each player destroys all but 2 of their dreadnoughts and all but 4 of their cruisers.

AGAINST

At the start of the next strategy phase, each player exhausts each of their planets that have a technology specialty.

Articles of War

lawFor Against

FOR

All mechs lose their printed abilities except for SUSTAIN DAMAGE.

AGAINST

Each player that voted "For" gains 3 trade goods.

Checks and Balances

lawFor Against

FOR

When a player chooses a strategy card during the strategy phase, they give that strategy card to another player that does not have 1 (or a player that does not have 2 in a three- or four-player game), if able.

AGAINST

Each player readies only 3 of their planets at the end of this agenda phase.

Clandestine Operations

directiveFor Against

FOR

Each player removes 2 command tokens from their command sheet and returns those tokens to their reinforcements.

AGAINST

Each player removes 1 command token from their fleet pool and returns that token to their reinforcements.

Classified Document Leaks

lawScored Secret

WHEN REVEALED

When this agenda is revealed, if there are no scored secret objectives, discard this card and reveal another agenda from the top of the deck.

ELECT SCORED SECRET

The elected secret objective becomes a public objective; place it near the other public objectives in the common play area.

Colonial Redistribution

directiveNon Home Non Mecatol

ELECT NON HOME NON MECATOL

Destroy each unit on the elected planet. Then, the player who controls that planet chooses 1 player with the fewest victory points; that player may place 1 infantry from their reinforcements on the elected planet.

Committee Formation

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. Before players vote on an agenda that requires a player to be elected, the owner of this card may discard this card to choose a player to be elected. Players do not vote on that agenda.

Compensated Disarmament

directivePlanet

ELECT PLANET

Destroy each ground force on the elected planet; for each unit that was destroyed, the player who controls that planet gains 1 trade good.

Conventions of War

lawFor Against

FOR

Players cannot use BOMBARDMENT against units that are on cultural planets.

AGAINST

Each player that voted "Against" discards all of their action cards.

Core Mining

lawHazardous Planet

ELECT HAZARDOUS PLANET

Attach this card to the elected planet's card. Then, destroy 1 infantry on the planet. The resource value of this planet is increased by 2.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

Covert Legislation

directiveCovert

WHEN REVEALED

When this agenda is revealed, the speaker draws the next card in the agenda deck but does not reveal it to the other players.

ELECT COVERT

Instead, the speaker reads the eligible outcomes aloud (for, against, elect player, etc.); the other players vote for these outcomes as if they were outcomes of this agenda, without knowing their effects.

Demilitarized Zone

lawCultural Planet

ELECT CULTURAL PLANET

Attach this card to the elected planet's card. Then, destroy all units on that planet. Player's units cannot land, be produced, or be placed on this planet.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

Economic Equality

directiveFor Against

FOR

Each player returns all of their trade goods to the supply. Then, each player gains 5 trade goods.

AGAINST

Each player returns all of their trade goods to the supply.

Enforced Travel Ban

lawFor Against

FOR

Alpha and beta wormholes have no effect during movement.

AGAINST

Destroy each PDS in or adjacent to a system that contains a wormhole.

Executive Sanctions

lawFor Against

FOR

Each player can have a maximum of 3 action cards in their hand.

AGAINST

Each player discards 1 random action card from their hand.

Fleet Regulations

lawFor Against

FOR

Each player cannot have more than 4 tokens in their fleet pool.

AGAINST

Each player places 1 command token from their reinforcements in their fleet pool.

Galactic Crisis Pact

directiveStrategy Card

ELECT STRATEGY CARD

Each player may perform the secondary ability of the elected strategy card without spending a command token; command tokens placed by the ability are placed from a player's reinforcements instead.

Holy Planet of Ixth

lawCultural Planet

ELECT CULTURAL PLANET

Attach this card to the elected planet's card. The planet's owner gains 1 victory point. Units on this planet cannot use PRODUCTION. When a player gains control of this planet, they gain 1 victory point. When a player loses control of this planet, they lose 1 victory point.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

Homeland Defense Act

lawFor Against

FOR

Each player can have any number of PDS units on planets they control.

AGAINST

Each player destroys 1 of their PDS units.

Imperial Arbiter

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. At the end of the strategy phase, the owner of this card may discard this card to swap 1 of their strategy cards with 1 of another player's strategy cards.

Incentive Program

directiveFor Against

FOR

Draw and reveal 1 stage I public objective from the deck and place it near the public objectives.

AGAINST

Draw and reveal 1 stage II public objective from the deck and place it near the public objectives.

Ixthian Artifact

directiveFor Against

FOR

The speaker rolls 1 die. If the result is 6-10, each player may research 2 technologies. If the result is 1-5, destroy all units in Mecatol Rex's system, and each player with units in systems adjacent to Mecatol Rex's system destroys 3 of their units in each of those systems.

AGAINST

No effect.

Judicial Abolishment

directiveLaw

WHEN REVEALED

When this agenda is revealed, if there are no laws in play, discard this card and reveal another agenda from the top of the deck.

ELECT LAW

Discard the elected law from play.

Minister of Antiques

directivePlayer

ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains 1 relic.

Minister of Commerce

lawPlayer

ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. After the owner of this card replenishes commodities, they gain 1 trade good for each player that is their neighbor.

Minister of Exploration

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. When the owner of this card gains control of a planet, they gain 1 trade good.

Minister of Industry

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. When the owner of this card places a space dock in a system, their units in that system may use their PRODUCTION abilities.

Minister of Peace

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. After a player activates a system that contains 1 or more of a different player's units, the owner of this card may discard this card; immediately end the active player's turn.

Minister of Policy

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. At the end of the status phase, the owner of this card draws 1 action card.

Minister of Sciences

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. When the owner of this card resolves the primary or secondary ability of the "Technology" strategy card, they do not need to spend resources to research technology.

Minister of War

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. The owner of this card may discard this card after performing an action to remove 1 of their command counters from the game board and return it to their reinforcements; then they may perform 1 additional action.

Miscount Disclosed

directiveLaw

WHEN REVEALED

When this agenda is revealed, if there are no laws in play, discard this card and reveal another agenda from the top of the deck.

ELECT LAW

Vote on the elected law as if it were just revealed from the top of the deck.

Mutiny

directiveFor Against

FOR

Each player who voted "For" gains 1 victory point.

AGAINST

Each player who voted "For" loses 1 victory point.

New Constitution

directiveFor Against

WHEN REVEALED

When this agenda is revealed, if there are no laws in play, discard this card and reveal another agenda from the top of the deck.

FOR

Discard all laws in play. At the start of the next strategy phase, each player exhausts each planet in their home system.

AGAINST

No effect.

Nexus Sovereignty

lawFor Against

FOR

Alpha and beta wormholes in the wormhole nexus have no effect during movement.

AGAINST

Place a gamma wormhole token in the Mecatol Rex system.

Political Censure

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card and 1 victory point. The elected player cannot play action cards. If the owner of this card loses this card, they lose 1 victory point.

Prophecy of Ixth

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. The owner of this card applies +1 to the result of their fighter's combat rolls. When the owner of this card uses PRODUCTION, they discard this card unless they produce 2 or more fighters.

Public Execution

directivePlayer

ELECT PLAYER

The elected player discards all of their action cards. If they have the speaker token, they give it to the player on their left. The elected player cannot vote on any agendas during this agenda phase.

Publicize Weapon Schematics

lawFor Against

FOR

If any player owns a war sun technology, all players may ignore all prerequisites on war sun technologies. All war suns lose SUSTAIN DAMAGE.

AGAINST

Each player that owns a war sun technology discards all of their action cards.

Rearmament Agreement

directiveFor Against

FOR

Each player places 1 mech from their reinforcements on a planet they control in their home system.

AGAINST

Each player replaces each of their mechs with 1 infantry from their reinforcements.

Regulated Conscription

lawFor Against

FOR

When a player produces units, they produce only 1 fighter and infantry for its cost instead of 2.

AGAINST

No effect.

Representative Government

lawFor Against

FOR

Players cannot exhaust planets to cast votes during the agenda phase. Each player may cast 1 vote on each agenda instead.

AGAINST

At the start of the next strategy phase, each player that voted "Against" exhausts all of their cultural planets.
Replaced by Representative Government in Prophecy of Kings

Representative Government Ω

lawFor Against

FOR

Players cannot exhaust planets to cast votes during the agenda phase; each player may cast 1 vote on each agenda instead. Players cannot cast additional votes.

AGAINST

At the start of the next strategy phase, each player that voted "Against" exhausts all of their cultural planets.

Research Grant Reallocation

directivePlayer

ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains any 1 technology of their choice. Then, for each prerequisite on that technology, they remove 1 token from their fleet pool and return it to their reinforcements.

Research Team: Biotic

lawIndustrial Planet

ELECT INDUSTRIAL PLANET

Attach this card to the elected planet's card. When the owner of this planet researches technology, they may exhaust this card to ignore 1 green prerequisite.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

Research Team: Cybernetic

lawIndustrial Planet

ELECT INDUSTRIAL PLANET

Attach this card to the elected planet's card. When the owner of this planet researches technology, they may exhaust this card to ignore 1 yellow prerequisite.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

Research Team: Propulsion

lawIndustrial Planet

ELECT INDUSTRIAL PLANET

Attach this card to the elected planet's card. When the owner of this planet researches technology, they may exhaust this card to ignore 1 blue prerequisite.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

Research Team: Warfare

lawHazardous Planet

ELECT HAZARDOUS PLANET

Attach this card to the elected planet's card. When the owner of this planet researches technology, they may exhaust this card to ignore 1 red prerequisite.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

Search Warrant

lawPlayer

ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card and draws 2 secret objectives. The owner of this card plays with their secret objectives revealed.

Seed of an Empire

directiveFor Against

FOR

The player with most victory points gains 1 victory point.

AGAINST

The player with the fewest victory points gains 1 victory point.

Senate Sanctuary

lawCultural Planet

ELECT CULTURAL PLANET

Attach this card to the elected planet's card. The influence value of this planet is increased by 2.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

Shard of the Throne

lawPlayer

ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card and 1 victory point. A player gains this card and 1 victory point when they win a combat against the owner of this card. Then, the previous owner of this card loses 1 victory point.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

Shared Research

lawFor Against

FOR

Each player's units can move through nebulae.

AGAINST

Each player places a command token from their reinforcements in their home system, if able.

Swords to Plowshares

directiveFor Against

FOR

Each player destroys half of their infantry on each planet they control, rounded up. Then, each player gains trade goods equal to the number of their infantry that were destroyed.

AGAINST

Each player places 1 infantry from their reinforcements on each planet they control.

Terraforming Initiative

lawHazardous Planet

ELECT HAZARDOUS PLANET

Attach this card to the elected planet's card. The resource and influence values of this planet are increased by 1.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

The Crown of Emphidia

lawPlayer

ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card and 1 victory point. A player gains this card and 1 victory point after they gain control of a planet in the home system of this card's owner. Then, the previous owner of this card loses 1 victory point.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

The Crown of Thalnos

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ELECT PLAYER

The elected player gains this card. During each combat round, the owner of this card may reroll any number of dice; they must destroy each of their units that did not produce a hit with its reroll.
Removed in Prophecy of Kings

Unconventional Measures

directiveFor Against

FOR

Each player that voted "For" draws 2 action cards.

AGAINST

Each player that voted "For" discards all of their action cards.

Wormhole Reconstruction

lawFor Against

FOR

All systems that contain either an alpha or beta wormhole are adjacent to each other.

AGAINST

Each player places a command token from their reinforcements in each system that contains a wormhole and 1 or more of their ships.

Wormhole Research

directiveFor Against

FOR

Each player who has 1 or more ships in a system that contains a wormhole may research 1 technology. Then, destroy all ships in systems that contain an alpha or beta wormhole.

AGAINST

Each player that voted "Against" removes 1 command token from their command sheet and returns it to their reinforcements.