What happens when multiple Invader Cards are in the same space on the Invader Board? (e.g., due to Explorers are Reluctant)

In the corresponding step of the Invader Phase, resolve each card one at a time, starting with the oldest card – the one closest to the Invader Board. When Invader Cards advance at the end of the Invader Phase, the cards move together. [B&C p. 14, JE p. 11]

Each card separately determines where it creates Invader Actions. If a land matches multiple cards, it can thus get an Invader Action from each one! Clarifications for specific actions:

Ravage: Defend applies separately to each Ravage. Only add Blight if a single Ravage deals 2+ Damage to the land. In the uncommon case that a Ravage created by the first card adds or moves Invaders, it can change which lands Ravage due to the second card.
Build: Towns/Cities added by the first Build Card affect what is built in that land by the second Build Card.
Explore: Pieces added by the first Explore Card can be sources for the second Explore Card, though this only matters if something makes an Explore Action add Towns/Cities or allows Explorers to be sources.

Anything effect that checks which lands match the Invader Cards in a particular space (e.g., the Hard-Working Settlers Event) or the terrains showing on those cards (e.g., the Fortification Event), checks all of those cards. (It generally won't matter how many times those lands match or those terrains appear, just if they do.)

Category: Invader Actions
Tags: Invader deck, Matches, Tsardom of Russia, Surges of Colonization, Explorers are Reluctant, Immigration Slows, Habsburg Mining Expedition, Hard-Working Settlers, Fortification, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony)
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Created: Jan 6, 2025 8:21:25 PM
Last modified: Jan 6, 2025 8:21:25 PM