Teach Dune: Imperium and Dune: Imperium Uprising in ten minutes

On your turn

1. Round start: reveal a Conflict card, then everyone draws 5 cards.
2. Agent turn: play a card and send an Agent to an empty space with a matching icon.
3. Pay the space's cost, then use its effect and the card's Agent box.
4. Combat space: deploy troops recruited this turn plus up to 2 from your garrison.
5. Reveal turn: reveal your hand, use the Reveal boxes, spend Persuasion on new cards.
6. Strength: 2 per troop in the Conflict, 1 per sword. Uprising sandworms add 3.
7. Combat: play Combat Intrigue cards, then pay rewards by strength.
8. Makers: 1 spice on each empty Maker space. Recall Agents and pass first player.

Setup

1. Conflict deck: 4 Conflict III on the bottom, 5 Conflict II, then 1 Conflict I on top.
2. Deal 5 Imperium cards face up as the Imperium Row. Set out the Reserve and Intrigue decks.
3. Each player takes a Leader, a shuffled 10-card starting deck, and 1 water.
4. Put 2 Agents on your Leader and your Swordmaster beside the board.
5. Put 3 troops in your garrison and a cube at the bottom of each Influence track.
6. Score marker on 0, or on 1 in a four-player game. Choose a first player at random.
7. Uprising: also take 3 Spies and an Objective card. There is no Mentat.

Scoring

• 2 Influence with a Faction: 1 Victory Point. Drop below 2 and you lose it.
• First to 4 Influence takes that Alliance token and its point, until someone passes them.
• Conflicts: top reward to the strongest, second to the next. Third reward at 4 or 6 players.
• Ties: tied for first take the second reward; tied for second take the third.
• The Spice Must Flow: 1 Victory Point the moment you acquire it.
• Uprising: a sandworm in the Conflict doubles your rewards.
• Uprising: two matching battle icons score 1 Victory Point.

Game end: At the end of a round, if anyone has 10 or more Victory Points or the Conflict deck is empty, play Endgame Intrigue cards. Most points wins; ties go to spice, then Solari, water, and garrisoned troops.