This variant, for 1 to 5 players, introduces local uprisings to your Archipelago game. With this variant, the colonial players will play a regular game, but will now experience local uprisings prior to a game-ending full-scale rebellion.
There is no chance of an uprising as long as the differential between the colonial population to the rebellion level is ten or greater. But whenever the difference is less than ten, the first player rolls two dice at the end of each Population effects Phase to see if the locals rise up to destroy one Meeple. But now you must remain on guard at all times .. the probability of experiencing an uprising increases as the differential between population and rebellion level approaches zero.
If an uprising is sparked, all players roll two dice; the player with the smallest result loses one Meeple (chosen by the player with the highest dice result). Players can help protect their citizens if they possess certain character cards (the Admiral, Pirate, Dictator, Queen, or King) and/or if they own 3 to 4 ships.
This variant adds variability and uncertainty to your Archipelago game. You must now pay close attention to the level of rebellion, playing on a knife-edge as the two markers begin to meet.
As a bonus to those many gaming groups that do not utilize the Order of Play bidding process, Uprising! gives these five character cards an added value.
NOTE: Two 6-sided dice are need to play this variant.