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# THE RULES

## The board

* 22 Trading posts, divided into 8 provinces
* 4 Borders 
* 4 Temples 
* Treasury 
* Golden Pot 
* Market (LUDUS)
* Secret Mission
* 2 Tax
* Go to Start

## Start

* The player has to deposit a minimum of 3500 XPOL into his game account and stake the AVATAR NFT.
* Click the START button and the board game will be created.
* Now the dice can be rolled.

## The play

* The player has to roll the dice. If a double is rolled on the dice, the turn is not switched.
* If the player lands on a trading post, he has to buy it.
* When a player owns all posts in the same province, the income of the posts doubles. 
* Landing on the opponent's post, on borders, temples, or tax involves the payment of a fee. 
* Completing a round rewards the player with wages paid by the Treasury Department.

## Player level and wages

* There are four levels in the game: plebeian, citizen, patrician and senator.
* The player start with plebeian level and 100 XPOL wages.
* Citizen level - when player upgrades the first post to level 1. Wages increase to 150 XPOL.
* Patrician level - when player upgrades the first post to level 2. Wages increase to 200 XPOL.
* Senator level - when player upgrades the first post to level 3. Wages increase to 250 XPOL.

## Market and swaps

* At the beginning of the game, the Market is locked. It can be unlocked when all the trading posts have been sold. 
* Once the Market is unlocked, the players can swap the trading posts with each other. If the player swaps a post of lesser value than Magnus, he has to pay 5 times the difference. If the value is greater, he obtains 5 times the difference of value.
* The swaps can happen only when one of the players is visiting the Market.
* When are no more posts to swap, the Marketplace transforms into LUDUS.

## Upgrades

* Once the player owns all the trading posts of the same province, he can proceed with the upgrades.
* The upgrade is possible only when the player is visiting the post. All the posts need to have the same level in order to upgrade to the next one. 
* The posts can be upgraded maximum to level 3.
* Level 1 – amount to pay: 4 × post value, income = 4 x post income
* Level 2 and 3 – amount to pay: 2 x post value, income = 2 x post income
* Any time the player upgrades a post, he will receive a small amount of MATIC.

## Game duration

* The game ends when the player finishes all the 200 rounds, or 400 rounds if he had staked the ULTRA MODUM NFT.
* Once the games started, the player has the chance to buy additional rounds but no more than 200 per game.
* Price: 5000 XPOL per 10 rounds.

## Quit game

* The player is able to quit the game any time he wants. 
* The NFTs staked will not be unstaked. 
* If the player finishes all the rounds, he will receive a 10% bonus of the invested amount.
* If the player chooses to end the game before complete all the rounds, he will be penalized with 10% of the invested amount.
* The invested amount includes: XPOL paid for buying and upgrading the trading posts

## Claim MATIC

* The player can withdraw the MATIC earned during the game when the balance reaches 5 MATIC.