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by GMO

Variant Compendium (PDF) [in progress, but stalled]

"Shattered Ascension" rule-set with 10 high-resolution JPG pages "Mindstorm" Assembly variant includes revised cards for Assembly, 5 Action Cards, Voice of the Council, and Xxcha race sheet Action Cards 43 flavors

Strategy Cards Bureaucracy Diplomacy Leadership Technology Technology Cards revised Assault Cannon, Fleet Logistics, Gen Synthesis, Integrated Economy, Nano Technology color swap for Graviton Laser System and War Sun race-specific revisions for: N'orr, Saar, Winnu, Xxcha

Systems wormholes fiercely-independent systems special systems Miscellaneous leveled technology tree tournament

Files	Text	Credit	Format	Size (MB)	DPI
Shattered Ascension 2.98	The complete rules of Shattered Ascension.	PsiComa	ZIP/JPG	4.0
Shattered Ascension thread from FFG forums	The original complete thread for Shattered Ascension, including Psi's analysis and answers to questions.  Recovered following the forum crash at the end of 2007.	Psi Neversleeping, et al.	HTM	0.3	--

Files	Text	Credit	Format	Size (MB)	DPI
mindstorm.zip	All cards listed below (except original Xenomath variant and Xxcha race sheet), BMP	--	ZIP	8.1	--
Assembly - original Xenomath variant	Draw one Political Card and one Action Card.  Then select either (a) or (b).  You may not choose (a) if you are the Speaker. (a) Claim the Speaker token.  Select three proposed agendas (other than your own) on which to be voted, including Voice of the Council.  Votes are split across all agendas. (b) Give the Speaker token to another player.  you may now discard up to three proposed agendas.  Then select an agenda on which to be voted.  This agenda may come from any of the remaining proposed agendas (including your own) or from your hand.	Xenomath	JPG	1.8	600
Assembly - GMO variant	Draw one Political Card and one Action Card.  Then select either (a) or (b).  You may not choose (a) if you are the Speaker. (a) Claim the Speaker token.  Choose another player.  That player must select three proposed agendas (other than his own).  Additionally, that player may choose Voice of the Council. (b) Give the Speaker token to another player.  You must now select one proposed agenda (which may be yours).  Additionally, you may choose up to three other agendas to vote on or discard; you may also choose Voice of the Council.	Xenomath GMO	JPG	1.7	600
Bribery AC	Add one vote to each agenda you vote for.	Xenomath	JPG	0.7	600
Determine Policy AC	Replace your proposed agenda with any card from the Political deck.  This agenda must be voted on.	Xenomath	JPG	0.7	600
Discredit AC	Choose one player's votes for one agenda.  Nullify those votes.	Xenomath	JPG	0.7	600
Fantastic Rhetoric AC	Gain 10 votes for one agenda.	Xenomath	JPG	0.7	600
Thugs AC	Choose one player.  That player may not vote on any agendas this round.	Xenomath	JPG	0.7	600
Voice of the Council	This agenda may be selected as an additional "Elect" agenda when the primary ability of Assembly is activated.  The player elected receives this card, in addition to 5 additional votes on all future agendas.	PsiComa	JPG	1.0	600
Xxcha race sheet	Special abilities: -  After the Political Cards have been chosen and read aloud, you may spend one CC from SA to cancel one card and replace it with one from your hand. -  You receive 1 extra vote on all political agendas. -  You receive 1 extra Political Card during the Status Phase.  You have a hand limit of 10 Political Cards. Also changed: start with 4GF (instead of 2) and PDS cost fixed	--	JPG	23.5	600

Files	Text	Credit	Format	Size (MB)	DPI
alliances.zip	All cards listed below.	--	ZIP	--	--
Diplomacy	Primary ability: (New option) Form a Non-Aggression Pact with a player with whom you already have a Trade Agreement.  If you already have a Pact, you may form an Alliance.	Axensmash Stalker0	JPG	1.8	600
Alliance AC	Form an Alliance with another player, even if you have neither a Trade Agreement nor a Non-Aggression Pact with that player. (Play: As an action.)	GMO	JPG	0.4	600
Non-Aggression Pact AC	Form a Non-Aggression Pact with another player, even if you do not already have a Trade Agreement with that player.  (Play: As an action.)	GMO	JPG	0.5	600

Files	Text	Credit	Format	Size (MB)	DPI
ac.zip	All Action Cards listed below (BMP), except those marked with an asterisk (*).	--	ZIP	25.1	--
ac_tif.zip	All Action Cards listed below (TIF), except those marked with an asterisk (*).	--	ZIP	26.2	--
Advanced Interrogation Techniques	Look at the Action Cards of an opponent whose Leader you hold captive.  Optionally, spend 5 influence to look also at the player's Political Cards.  You may spend an additional 5 influence to look at the player's Secret Objective Card.  (Play: As an action.)	Chrissaril	JPG	0.8	600
Barter	Choose a planetary system containing one of your fleets.  Remove ships from the system (belonging to you) with a combined cost of no more than ten resources.  Replace them with ships of the same total value.  You may not exceed your current Fleet Supply limit or Fighter capacity.  (Play: As an action.)	Chrissaril	JPG	0.8	600
Blitz	For the first combat round, the defender's casualties do not receive return fire.  (Play: Immediately before a Space Battle.)	The13thClam	JPG	0.6	600
Brainwashing	Place a Leader you have captured on any planet you control.  You may now use this Leader as if he were your own.  Each time it is your turn, roll a die.  On a roll of 1, the original player regains control of the Leader, along with the ship he is on (if in space) or any PDS (if on a planet), until the end of the Action Phase.  (Play: During the Strategy Phase.)	Hooloovoo	JPG	0.8	600
Catastrophic Information Loss	Choose one opponent.  Place his Control Marker on any one of his technology cards.  That Technology Advance or Race-Specific Technology may not be used this round.  (Play: During the Strategy Phase.)	Umpapa2	JPG	0.6	600
Completely New Strategy	Discard all of your current Action Cards.  Draw a number of Action Cards equal to the number you just discarded.  (Play: As an action.)	obsidian tower	JPG	0.7	600
Cutting Through the Red Tape	Receive 1 Command Counter from your reinforcements.  (Play: At any time.)	Umpapa2	JPG	0.4	600
Dedicated to the Cause	For one combat round, your casualties may make an extra combat roll. (Play: Before any round of a Space Battle.)	The13thClam	JPG	0.7	600
Defection	Choose a non-Home System adjacent to one of your fleets containing a single enemy ship.  You may pay its resource cost in influence and replace it with one of your own of the same type. (Play: As an action.)	Umpapa2	JPG	0.7	600
Distortion Field	There are no Space Mine rolls and your opponents may not fire PDS at you during this activation.  Any Space Mine tokens in the system remain placed.  (Play: After activating a system.)	Chrissaril obsidian tower	JPG	0.7	600
Double Agent	Cancel the effect of an Agent.  Remove the Agent from the board.  (Play: Immediately after a Sabotage by an Agent is announced.)	possumman	JPG	0.7	600
Financial Crisis	All players must immediately discard all Trade Goods.  (Play: As an action.)	Reed	JPG	0.6	600
Forced Strategy	Choose an opponent.  That player must activate his Strategy Card as his next action. (Play: At any time.)	Lance	JPG	0.6	600
Friendly Fire*	For one combat round, opposing Fighters inflict a hit on their own fleet on a roll of 4 or less.  (Play: Before any round of a Space Battle in which you participate.)	PsiComa	JPG	0.5	600
Joint Intelligence Initiative	Cancel the effect of a Sabotage card, discard this card and the Sabotage, and proceed with the effect of your original Action Card.  You must have the approval of one of your trade partners to play this card.  (Play: Immediately after another player plays a Sabotage Action Card on you.)	xix	JPG	0.8	600
Kamikaze Pilots	During the first round of a Space Battle, you may choose to remove up to three Fighters in your fleet.  Roll a die for each.  For every 6+ you roll, inflict one casualty on the enemy fleet.  These casualties still receive return fire. (Play: Before a Space Battle.)	The13thClam	JPG	0.8	600
L3 Disruptor Prototype	Your Ground Forces gain +2 to all combat rolls for an entire Invasion Combat.  (Play: Immediately before an Invasion Combat begins.)	Umpapa2	JPG	0.7	600
Mercenaries	Place 3 free Fighters in any one system you control.  This system's Fighter capacity is increased by 3 for the remainder of the round.  (Play: As an action.)	Umpapa2	JPG	0.5	600
New Option	Discard an Action Card and draw a new one.  (Play: As an action.)	Chrissaril	JPG	0.6	600
Plunder	Choose an unexhausted planet controlled by an opponent that is adjacent to a planet you control.  Exhaust the planet and gain Trade Goods equal to the combined resource and influence value of the planet, subtracting one for each non-Fighter ship and Ground Force present on the planet.  (Play: As an action.)	Zobo	JPG	0.7	600
Poker Face	Opponent must give you the card he has just drawn and draw another one.  (Play: After an opponent has drawn an Action Card or a Political Card.)	Chrissaril	JPG	0.7	600
Propaganda Campaign	Choose a non-Home System that you are blockading.  Spend influence equal to the influence value of that planet to replace a corresponding number of enemy Ground Forces with your own.  For each additional influence you spend, replace an additional enemy Ground Force.  (Play: As an action.)	The13thClam	JPG	0.8	600
Recount	Select an opponent.  Change all of that player's votes to match yours.  (Play: Immediately after a player's votes have been cast.)	Valentine	JPG	0.7	600
Resource Extraction	If there is an Asteroid Field or Nebula adjacent to a system you control, gain 2 Trade Goods.  (Play: As an action.)	Umpapa2	JPG	0.7	600
Scorched Earth	Destroy all units on the planet, returning to the planet to neutral.  (Play: Immediately after losing an Invasion Combat.)	Xenomath	JPG	0.7	600
Self-Destruct Sequence	Select one of your remaing ships.  Remove it from the board.  Your opponent must remove ships from the system with a total resource cost equal to the ship you just removed.  (Play: Between rounds of a Space Battle.)	Xenomath	JPG	0.7	600
Sneak Attack	Your opponent may not perform any pre-combat effects before the upcoming Space Battle.  (Play: Immediately before a Space Battle in which you are participating.)	Chrissaril obsidian tower	JPG	0.7	600
Stealth Invasion	Dreadnoughts may bombard and PDS may not fire at landing Ground Forces during this Invasion Combat.  (Play: Immediately before an Invasion Combat - in which you are participating - begins on a planet containing enemy PDS.)	bismark66	JPG	0.7	600
Strategic Delay	You may take one more Tactical Action.  (Play: During the Action Phase, after you have passed but before the Status Phase begins.)	Chrissaril	JPG	0.7	600
Sudden Wormhole Destabilization	Choose a wormhole system containing an opponent's fleet.  Move that fleet through the wormhole.  That system is now activated for that opponent.  (Play: As an action.)	Hooloovoo	JPG	0.7	600
Suicide Mission	Choose a system containing one of your Leaders and a Leader belonging to an opponent.  Remove both from the board.  (Play: As an action.)	DJ	JPG	4.3	600
Surprise Attack	The defending fleet does not receive return fire in the first round of combat.  (Play: Immediately before the first round of a Space Battle in which you are participating.)	SHadow	JPG	0.7	600
Technology Prototype	Select a Technology Advance for which you have the prerequisites.  Place your Control Marker on this card.  You may use this technology through the end of the Action Phase.  (Play: During the Strategy Phase.)	robofish	JPG	0.5	600
Total Annihilation - version 1	Choose a non-Home System containing at least one of your War Suns and no enemy ships.  Place any units on the planet(s) in that player's reinforcements.  Move your fleet into an adjacent system you control.  Replace the tile with an Asteroid Field; if none are available, use an empty system.  You may not use influence the rest of the game.  (Play: As an action.)	DJ	JPG	0.8	600
Total Annihilation - version 2	Choose a non-Home System containing at least one of your War Suns.  Remove all units from the system, including your own.  Replace the tile with an Asteroid Field; if none are available, use an empty system.  You may not spend or use influence the rest of the game.  (Play: At any time.)	DJ	JPG	0.8	600
Unidentified Ships	Space Battles in this system for the remainder of the round do not break Trade Agreements.  (Play: Immediately after activating a system.  Special: During Status Phase, Mentak may roll 1 die.  Upon a roll of 8+, he may claim this card from the discard pile.)	Umpapa2	JPG	0.5	600
Working Overtime	Refresh one of your exhausted planets.  (Play: An an action.)	Umpapa2	JPG	0.7	600
Wormhole Discovery	Place one wormhole token in a non-Home System that you control.  (Play: During the Strategy Phase.)	sitko	JPG	0.4	600

Files	Text	Credit	Format	Size (MB)	DPI
Bureaucracy (Age of Empire version)	Note: For use with Age of Empire.  Prepare Objective deck as normal, than deal out all Public Objectives in a line.  Place Red Tape counters on all but the first Public Objective.  No Public Objective with a Red Tape counter may be claimed. Special: After selecting this Strategy Card, remove Red Tape counters equal to the number of Bonus Counters on this card. Primary ability: Receive 1 Command Counter from your reinforcements.  Then, remove one Red Tape counter from the Public Objective of your choice.  You may not choose a Stage II Objective in the first three rounds.  You may then immediately claim one Public Objective for which you qualify.	Leto Atreides II	JPG	1.5	600
Bureaucracy (Alternate VP system version)	Primary ability: Draw 2 Action Cards and receive 1 Command Counter from your reinforcements.  Then, draw the top 2 cards from the Secret Objective deck; choose one to reveal, and place the other on either the top or the bottom of the deck.  You may then claim one Public Objective for which you qualify.	Mike Evans GMO	JPG	1.5	600
Diplomacy	Note: For use with Alliances variant. Primary ability: (New option) Form a Non-Aggression Pact with a player with whom you already have a Trade Agreement.  If you already have a Pact, you may form an Alliance.	Axensmash Stalker0	JPG	1.8	600
Leadership	Secondary ability: Spend influence to receive Command Counters (one influence for the 1st CC, two influence for the second, three influence for the third, etc.).	Umpapa2	JPG	1.4	600
Technology (non-skipping option)	Primary ability: (New option) Buy a second and third technology for 6 resources each.	Dracandross	JPG	1.4	600
Technology (skipping option)	Primary ability: (New option) Choose from above option, or receive one technology free and skip up to two prerequisites for 3 resources each.	Dracandross	JPG	1.4	600

Files	Text	Credit	Format	Size (MB)	DPI
Assault Cannon	Before a Space Battle begins, your participating Cruisers and Dreadnoughts may each fire one shot.  Hits are applied immediately; casualties do not receive return fire.	PsiComa	JPG	0.6	600
Fleet Logistics - Version 1	Once per round as an Action, you may spend one Command Counter from your Strategy Allocation to remove one Command Counter from the board.	PsiComa	JPG	0.5	600
Fleet Logistics - version 2	Once per round as an Action, you may spend one Command Counter from your Strategy Allocation to flip one Command Counter on the board.  Units may now leave this system.	PsiComa	JPG	0.6	600
Gen Synthesis	Your Ground Forces now receive +1 on all combat rolls.  Ground Forces are converted into Shock Troops on a roll of 9 or 10.	PsiComa	JPG	0.5	600
Graviton Laser System	- changed to a red tech -	Mike Evans	JPG	0.5	600
Integrated Economy - version 1	You may now produce units without using a Space Dock, using a planet's resource value as its production capacity.  You may rearrange Command Counters on your race sheet at any time.	PsiComa	JPG	0.6	600
Integrated Economy - version 2	You may now produce units without using a Space Dock, using a planet's resource value as its production capacity.  You may rearrange Command Counters on your race sheet after an action.	PsiComa	JPG	0.6	600
Nano Technology	Any ships that are damaged in a Space Battle may be repaired immediately after combat.  When you claim a planet, you gain its planet card refreshed.	PsiComa	JPG	0.6	600
War Sun	- changed to a yellow tech -	Mike Evans	JPG	0.6	600
Race-Specific Technologies
N'orr - Berserker Genome - variant 1	For every unmodified 10 you roll in a Space Battle, your opponent must take an additional casualty. (Cost: 5)	Eppic	JPG	1.4	600
N'orr - Berserker Genome - variant 2	You inflict one additional hit in any round of a Space Battle or Invasion Combat in which you sustain at least one casualty.  (Cost: 5)	PsiComa	JPG	1.4	600
N'orr - Berserker Genome - variant 3	You inflict one additional hit in any round of a Space Battle or Invasion Combat in which you inflict at least one hit. (Cost: 5)	PsiComa	JPG	1.4	600
N'orr - Reinforced Exoskeleton	Opponents receive -2 to all PDS and bombardment rolls and -1 to Destroyer Anti-Fighter Barrage. (Cost: 6)	Umpapa2	JPG	1.4	600
N'orr - Underground Bunkers	Your Ground Forces receive an additional +1 to all combat rolls when defending.  Opponents receive -2 to all bombardment rolls when attacking you.	Stalker0	JPG	1.4	600
Saar - Floating Factory	Your Space Docks may produce units in the same activation as movement and may retreat from Space Battles. (Cost: 3)	PsiComa	JPG	0.6	600
Winnu - Bioptic Recyclers	At any time, you may discard an Action Card from your hand to gain 2 Trade Goods or 1 Command Counter.	PsiComa	JPG	0.6	600
Xxcha - Diplomats	Once per round, when an opponent activates a system you control, you may force him to place his Command Counter into his reinforcements instead and end his turn.  (Cost: 3)	Dead Horse	JPG	0.6	600
Xxcha - Political Machinations	When a Political Card is about to be played, you may choose any Political Card from the deck, discard pile, or current laws, and force that agenda to be voted on instead.  Then, discard this card. (Cost: 5)	Stalker0	JPG	0.6	600
Blank red tech card	For all your tech varianting needs.	--	BMP	4.3	600
Blank blue tech card		--	BMP	4.3	600
Blank yellow tech card		--	BMP	4.3	600
Blank green tech card		--	BMP	4.3	600

Files		Credit	Format	Size (MB)	DPI
wormhole.zip	Wormhole tokens for wiki use.	GMO	ZIP	0.7	--
Ancient Minefield 100% 50% 25%		jgbaxter2	GIF	83.0 23.6 7.0	96
Beta wormhole		adjusted - GMO	JPG	4.6	1200
Fiercely-Independent Systems	begin with 3 Fighters and 3 Ground Forces, which respawn if not garrisoned with an equal number of GF	concept - FallingFromGrace		Size (KB)
Ieiunitas -- 2/2 100% 50% 25%		art - FallingFromGrace name- jgbaxter2	GIF	78.3 21.8 6.8	96
Letum -- 2/2 100% 50% 25%		art - FallingFromGrace name- jgbaxter2	GIF	79.5 23.2 6.6	96
Navietm -- 4/2 100% 50% 25%		FallingFromGrace	GIF	91.9 25.5 7.4	96
Pestilencia -- 2/2 100% 50% 25%		art - FallingFromGrace name- jgbaxter2	GIF	85.1 23.8 7.0	96
Pugna -- 2/2 100% 50% 25%		art - FallingFromGrace name- jgbaxter2	GIF	73.6 20.5 6.5	96
Special Systems
Black Hole  100% 50% 25%		FallingFromGrace	GIF	66.8 20.0 6.5	96
Galactic Storm 100% 50% 25%		FallingFromGrace	GIF	73.1 21.6 6.9	96
Gravity Rift 100% 50% 25%		Fantasy Flight	GIF	83.8 24.1 7.5	96
Gravity Well 100% 50% 25%		FallingFromGrace	GIF	97.5 28.2 8.6	96
Pulsar 100% 50% 25%		FallingFromGrace	GIF	72.6 21.3 6.9	96
Quantum Singularity 100% 50% 25%		FallingFromGrace	GIF	75.9 22.1 7.0	96

Files	Text	Format	Size (KB)	DPI
Alternate Victory Point System	A variation on the method of scoring points, wherein points are accumulated for multiple general objectives every round.  Included: instructions and score sheet.	PDF	105	--
Alternate Victory Point System (discussion thread)	A discussion of the AVPS between GMO, Mike Evans, Eppic, Stalker0, and Dracandross.	HTML	--	--
Leveled Technology Tree	A variation on the tech tree, wherein each tech resides on a certain "level" and all that is required to gain an advance is that you have a tech on the level below it, regardless of color.	HTML	--	--
Race-specific technologies	An enhanced system of race-specific technologies, with multiple additions for each race.	HTML	--	--
Technology poll Red Blue Green Yellow	Results of a poll on the relative strength of technology.	GIF	--	--
Top posters	Recovery of the forum thread from the crash at the end of 2007.	HTM	--	--
Tournament	A Twilight Imperium tournament, deciding which races in the game are best.  Each bout is voted on by the members of the TI3 forum at Fantasy Flight Games.	JPG	53.3	96
Tournament - losers bracket	The above-mentioned tournament, double-elimination style.	JPG	29.7	96