Game Concepts
Victory Points are used for determining the winner of the game when the last technology is purchased. Victory points are granted one at a time by each population card, Wonder, and Technology owned and active. They are denoted by a light blue circle with a crown icon and a numeral "1" superimposed.
Culture is determined for each player by totaling up any technologies, wonders, and buildings they have that grant culture. Culture is denoted by a purple musical note symbol and a number specifying how many "culture points" it is worth. A player with the highest culture that is also greater than 2 receives the "Highest culture" status. "Highest Culture" lets a player draw and discard one additional card during their draw step.
Happiness is determined in a similar fashion to culture, but with yellow "happy face" icons instead of musical notes. Having the highest happiness score of all players (minimum 2) grants the "Highest Happiness" status, which reduces that players technology and building (not Wonders) cost by 1.
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