Habsburg Mining Expedition

Frequently Asked Questions

Adversaries

• If a Ravage caused by the Habsburg Mining Expedition (Level 1+) would add a Blight to a land with Blight and no Explorers/Towns, what happens if there are no pieces to Upgrade (e.g., because only Cities are participating in that Ravage)?
  Nothing — neither upgrade nor cascade.

  Avarice Rewarded doesn't check if an upgrade is possible before it replaces the cascade.
  Tags: Upgrade, Blight, Action Modifiers, Habsburg Mining Expedition, 0 more...
• Can the Salt Deposits Invader Card be removed or discarded from the Invader Deck?
  No, the only way it can leave the Invader Deck is by being advanced out of the Explore Space into the Build Space at the end of the Invader Phase in which it was revealed.

  In particular:

  • If you would Accelerate it out of the deck, instead discard the next Stage II card underneath it (or the top-most Stage III card if there are no Stage II cards left).
  • Visions of a Shifting Future can't bury it to the bottom of the deck (since it's specially placed during Setup), but can shuffle it to take a chance at delaying it.
  • The Past Returns Again can't swap it with a card in the Invader discard.
    Tags: Accelerate, Invader deck, Visions of a Shifting Future (Fractured Days Split the Sky), The Past Returns Again (Fractured Days Split the Sky), 3 more...
• If Habsburg Mining Expedition Level 1+ would Ravage in a land with Disease, then an Event ignores Disease during Builds, does the Disease still prevent that Ravage?
  No, the Ravage happens normally.

  Ceaseless Mining makes modifiers to Disease (in this case, making Disease do nothing) apply to Ravages in addition to Builds.
  Tags: Disease, Action Modifiers, Lingering Plagues, Irregular Outbreaks, 1 more...
• Against the Habsburg Mining Expedition at Level 6, can the Explore Actions from Mining Tunnels (Escalation) get extra Explorers from The Empire Ascendant (Level 6)?
  No, Mining Tunnels doesn't happen during the Explore Step, so The Empire Ascendant can't modify it.
  Tags: Explore, Habsburg Mining Expedition
• When Fortune-Seekers modifies the Salt Deposits card against the Habsburg Mining Expedition, which lands match the Explore Card?
  The ones without Towns/Cities.

  “Non-Mining lands” is a printed land type on the Salt Deposits card, even if it’s not a standard one, so it gets replaced by the condition from Fortune-Seekers.
  Tags: Matches, Explore, Fortune-Seekers, Habsburg Mining Expedition, 0 more...
• Does the cascade replacement from Habsburg Mining Expedition Level 1 apply to cascades caused by something other than adding Blight to a land with Blight *(e.g., the Sands effect of Varied Terrains)*? How about adding Blight to another land in a way that isn't called a “cascade” *(e.g., Scotland Level 5)*?
  Yes and no, respectively.

  If it's from a Ravage and called a “cascade,” Avarice Rewarded turns it into an upgrade. If it's either not called a cascade or not from a Ravage, resolve the effect normally and don't apply Avarice Rewarded.
  Tags: Combining Adversaries, Blight, Kingdom of Scotland, Varied Terrains, 1 more...
• What does "Escalation ignores S" on Habsburg Mining Expedition level 4 mean?
  The Mining Tunnels Escalation checks terrains, and neither "Mining land" nor "non-Mining land" are terrains.

  Similarly, Mining Tunnels will ignore the "Coastal Lands" Invader Card at Levels 0-3. The Fortification Event works similarly.
  Tags: Terrain, Matches, Habsburg Mining Expedition
• Against the Habsburg Mining Expedition Level 1+, does Disease only prevent Ravages in Mining lands during the Build Step?
  No, Disease in Mining lands will prevent any Ravage, including those caused by Ravage/Build Cards (common), Events (uncommon), or Powers (rare).
  Tags: Disease, Build Step, Ravage, Habsburg Mining Expedition, 0 more...
• When the Ravage Card is Salt Deposits, does Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid cause it to Build in Mining lands, Ravage in Mining lands, or Build in non-Mining lands?
  Build in Mining lands.

  Which lands Salt Deposits matches is determined by the space it’s in on the Invader Board, so it’ll still match Mining lands in the Ravage space. Ceaseless Mining only affects the Build Step, so it doesn’t interact with Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, which is thus free to turn the Ravage into a Build.
  Tags: Action Modifiers, Ravage, Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, Habsburg Mining Expedition, 0 more...
• What is the Difficulty of Habsburg Mining Expedition Level 0 (just the loss condition and Escalation)?
  Difficulty 1.
  Tags: Difficulty, Habsburg Mining Expedition
• How does "Invaders skip all actions" in a particular land interact with a Stage II Escalation affecting that land?
  If the Stage II Escalation is an Invader Action (i.e., Ravage, Build, or Explore), it's skipped. Otherwise, it is an Adversary Action and not affected.

  Specifically:

  • Directly skipped (Invader Actions): Kingdom of England, Habsburg Mining Expedition
  • Indirectly skipped (triggered by Invader Actions): Kingdom of Sweden
  • Unskippable: Kingdom of Brandenburg Prussia, Kingdom of France (Plantation Colony), Tsardom of Russia, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), Kingdom of Scotland.

  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Skipping Actions, Stage II escalation, A Year of Perfect Stillness (Vital Strength of the Earth), Paralyzing Fright, 9 more...
• Can effects that skip Build Actions prevent Habsburg Mining Expedition Level 1+ from Ravaging in a Mining land that matches the Build Card?
  No.

  There is never a Build Action to skip — the Build Card directly creates Ravage Actions. Any effect that skips Ravage Actions will work though.
  Tags: Skipping Actions, Build Cards, Habsburg Mining Expedition
• During a Ravage by the Habsburg Mining Expedition Level 1+, does the upgrade from Avarice Rewarded happen before or after the Dahan counterattack?
  Before, when Blight would normally cascade. If the surviving Dahan are numerous enough to take out the newly-upgraded piece, the upgrade may be to your advantage.
  Tags: Timing, Ravage, Upgrade, Habsburg Mining Expedition, 0 more...
• Does Ceaseless Mining (Habsburg Mining Expedition Level 1) cause Ravages in Mining lands from extra Build Steps (e.g., from High Immigration when combining with the Kingdom of England)?
  No, Ceaseless Mining only affects the ordinary Build Step printed on the Invader Board, since it refers to the Build Step. Build Cards in extra Build Steps will Build normally.
  Tags: Combining Adversaries, Build Step, Fortification, Kingdom of England, 1 more...

Invader Actions

• What does the 2nd choice in Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid modify: a Ravage Step, a Ravage Card, or Ravage Actions?
  Read "the next normal Ravage becomes a Build" as "the next normal Ravage Card (even on a future turn) becomes a Build Card".

  The step is still the Ravage Step, so anything that specifically happens before, during, or after the Ravage Step will still happen at its normal time (but no Build Step effects will apply). Nevertheless, the resolved Invader card will obey all Build Card rules (both normal and Adversary-driven), cause Build Actions, etc.

  See New Nomenclature Roundup for a list of how to read ambiguous older game items.
  Tags: Ravage, Build, Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, Kingdom of Scotland, 3 more...

Play Options

• When combining the two Habsburg Adversaries, when does Migratory Herders (Livestock Colony Level 1) Gather check which lands match the Salt Deposits card (Mining Expedition Level 4)?
  Migratory Herders checks which lands match (i.e., non-Mining lands) after the Build Step is over. Builds in the non-Mining Lands might turn them into Mining Lands before Towns are Gathered, reducing the number of lands where Migratory Herders does anything. The list of lands that will be Gathered into is fixed at this point, before any Gathers happen.

  However, which lands can be gathered from, the lands that don't match (i.e., Mining lands) is checked when actually Gathering the Town, so it's possible to Gather a Town into a non-Mining land to turn that land into a Mining land, and then Gather that Town into the next non-Mining land.

  Tags: Combining Adversaries, Matches, Timing, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), 1 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• Can Vengeance as a Burning Plague let the Habsburg Mining Expedition Ravage in Mining lands with Disease in order to earn Fear?
  Yes.

  The Terror of a Slowly Unfolding Plague modifies how Disease works, so Ceaseless Mining lets it apply to Ravages in Mining lands.
  Tags: Disease, Action Modifiers, Vengeance as a Burning Plague, The Terror of a Slowly Unfolding Plague (Vengeance as a Burning Plague), 1 more...
• What Invader cards are "specially placed during Setup" for Visions of a Shifting Future or Rising Interest in the Island?
  Any card that was moved by Adversary or Scenario instructions.

  As of the release of Nature Incarnate, this includes:

  • The early Stage III card of Kingdom of Brandenburg-Prussia Level 2.
  • The early Stage II cards and Coastal card of Kingdom of Scotland Level 2, and the early Stage III card of Scotland Level 4.
  • The interleaved Stage III cards of Tsardom of Russia Level 4 (but not the Stage II cards they alternate with).
  • The Salt Deposits card of Habsburg Mining Expedition Level 4.

  The only Event that is currently specially placed is France's Slave Rebellion.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Invader deck, Visions of a Shifting Future (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Fractured Days Split the Sky, Kingdom of Scotland, 4 more...