Win Condition
Have the most Megabucks at game end.
How To Play EcoMoguls
Build profit, manage blame, and survive the climate consequences long enough to finish with the most Megabucks.
Goal
What Matters
You are not trying to be clean. You are trying to stay profitable while avoiding being the player everyone blames.
Core Tension
Dirty projects make money and push climate damage forward. Public outrage is the faster, more personal threat you need to manage.
Round Structure
1. Draft
Take one card from the hand in front of you and add it to your temporary tableau. Pass the rest. Keep doing that until you have drafted four cards and one card is left behind in the discard.
2. Resolve Your Tableau
Gain Megabucks from your projects, add or remove Climate Damage from your local pool, and move your Public Outrage up or down. If you drafted an event, resolve its effect now.
3. Resolve Backlash
Discarded events trigger backlash. Climate Damage is pulled out of player pools and pushed into the consequence bag, then tokens are drawn to see whose damage turns into public blame.
4. Clean Up
If you are high on the Public Outrage track, you pay for it. At the end of the round, lose 1 Megabuck for each player below you on Public Outrage. Then clear the temporary tableau and draft again.
Reading Cards
Tag Guide
Climate And Backlash
Local Damage First
Most dirty play does not hit the global climate track directly. It first accumulates in player climate pools.
Discarded Events Matter
Discarded events are what make climate damage spill forward into the consequence bag. If events are drafted and played, that pressure path fires less often.
Bag Draws Create Consequences
Backlash draws tokens from the bag. Neutral tokens can soak early pressure. Player tokens turn into public outrage for the responsible player.
When The Game Ends
Tracks Cross
The game ends at the end of any round in which the Global Climate Damage track has crossed over any player's Public Outrage value.
Interpretation
Climate damage is systemic. Public outrage is personal. The game ends when those pressures finally meet.
How To Think About Winning
Profit Still Matters Most
If you do not make money, you probably do not win. You need strong projects and efficient rounds.
Do Not Become The Easy Target
Managing optics matters. It is often more important to look cleaner than to be cleaner.
Do Not Overcorrect
Playing too defensively on PR can leave money on the table. The point is to stay just safe enough while others absorb more blame.