R_control.php

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<h1>Rules Reference</h1>
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<p>Each player begins the game with control of each planet in their home system. During the game, players can gain control of additional planets.</p>
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    <li>When a player gains control of a planet, they take the planet card that corresponds to that planet and place it in their play area; that card is exhausted.</li>
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        <li>If a player is the first player to control a planet, they take the planet card from the planet card deck.</li>
        <li>If another player controls the planet, they take that planet&rsquo;s card from the other player&rsquo;s play area.</li>
        <li>When a player gains control of a planet that is not already controlled by another player, they explore that planet.</li>
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    <li>A player cannot gain control of a planet that they already control.</li>
    <li>While a player controls a planet, that planet&rsquo;s card remains in their play area until they lose control of that planet.</li>
    <li>A player can control a planet that they do not have any units on; that player places a control token on that planet to mark that they control it.</li>
    <li>A player loses control of a planet if they no longer have units on it and another player has units on it.</li>
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        <li>The player that placed units on the planet gains control of that planet.</li>
        <li>During the <b>Invasion</b> step of a tactical action, control is determined during the <b>Establish Control</b> step instead.</li>
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    <li>A player can lose control of a planet through some game effects.</li>
    <li>If a player loses control of a planet that contains their control token, they remove their control token from the planet.</li>
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<h1>Notes</h1>
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    <li>Control tokens are not component limited; a player may control an unlimited number of planets.</li>
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<h1>Related Topics</h1>
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    <li><a href="/R_attach">Attach</a></li>
    <li><a href="/R_exhausted">Exhausted</a></li>
    <li><a href="/R_invasion">Invasion</a></li>
    <li><a href="/R_planets">Planets</a></li>
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