Bone Wars

Yes — you must pay the activation costs shown on the action slot AND any activation cost on the card you play before you perform its actions (both can add up to $0–$3+). (page 11)

Yes — you get a number of free moves (start with 1, can upgrade to 2–3) that you may use before, after, or while spending action points, and you may split them between actions. Also you can only move along the indicated paths/arrows and must move from your university to a dig site at the start of each round. (page 12)

No — which bone slots you may take from depends on the dig depth printed on your team card or action slot (top only, top+middle, or any of the three); if there are no accessible tokens you cannot do the action. Place any taken token into an empty crate or discard a token to make space. (page 12)

To publish you discard 2–4 different bone tokens matching the species’ required parts (torso, tail, skull type, limb) to assemble the skeleton, then archive the species card and add a paper tile to your patron’s bookshelf; you must allocate bones for all papers you publish before resolving any rewards, which depend on completeness and card prize bonuses. (pages 14–15)

You must discard sets of identical bone tokens (2, 3, or 4 identical tokens) to debunk a paper; the number discarded must match the value of the paper you take from the opponent and you flip/move that paper to your patron’s side. (page 16)

When you pass you immediately perform the end-of-round sequence: 1) choose a new profession space and take its bonuses, 2) return your team to a university (and flip patron portrait if needed), 3) claim the grant at that university, and 4) gain any loyalty bonus from your patron loyalty track; note special neutral-team movement in <4‑player games and that in the final round only step 1 is performed. (page 20)