Catalyst: Solo mode

The official solo mode of Catalyst - originally released as a promotional set of rules in IoGioco game magazine.

GOAL OF THE GAME

Confront your skills against a fearsome Artificial Intelligence (AI).

PREPARATION

Choose the difficulty level: easy (+10 PV), standard (+20 PV), advanced (+30 PV).

Follow the instructions for preparing a 2-player game. You are the first player.

Return all building cards to the box with the exception of a building costing 1, one that costs 2, one that costs 3 and one that costs 4. They must all be of a different color and randomly selected (e.g.: play with the blue “1” building, the “2” red building, the “3” yellow building and the “4” green building).

PLAYING THE GAME

Play multiple turns in a row until the game ends.

During each of your turns you must perform one of the three actions of the game, with the following additions to the normal rules:

Collect Contributions: you get coins as usual, and the AI gets a military power token.

Recruit a Catalyst: You recruit a Catalyst as usual, then take the first card to the left of the one you recruited and place it, without looking at it, in the deck of AI's scoring pile. If you recruit the first Catalyst to the right of the deck (the one on the space marked with “+1”), then place the top card of the draw pile, without looking at it, in the scoring pile of the AI.