7 Wonders Player Aid
as the Catan and Leaders goodies)
General
These symbols can be found on cards (buildings),
Leaders and Wonders. All effects apply when a card
enters play (is built), or when the Wonder stage it’s
assigned to is built.
The card produces the pictured raw
material.
The card produces the pictured
manufactured goods.
The card/wonder is worth the
number of VPs pictured.
The card/wonder is worth the
number of shield Symbols pictured.
The card comes into account when
counting VPs with science buildings.
The card comes into account when
counting VPs with science buildings.
The card comes into account when
counting VPs with science buildings.
The card/wonder is worth the
amount of coins pictured, the coins
are taken from the bank only once,
when the card/wonder phase is
built.
Each turn, the card/wonder
produces a unit of one of the
four raw materials pictured, of
Your choice. Clarification: these
resources cannot be bought by
neighbouring cities.
The card/wonder produces one unit
of one of the three manufactured
goods pictured of your choice.
Clarification : these resources
cannot be bought by neighbouring
cities.
You can look at all cards discarded
since the beginning of the game,
pick one and build it for free.
You gain an extra scientific symbol
of your choice. Clarification : the
choice of the symbol is made at the
end of the game and not when the
Guild is built.
from the ‘Leaders’ expansion from the ‘Cities’ expansion
(including the Leaders, Cities and Wonder Pack expansions, as well
You receive 1 VP for each
complete set of 3 coins present
in your treasury. Note: this gain
is added to the one already
granted by the coins.
You recruit your Leaders for
free (cost: 0 coin).
Each player, other than the one
who has put this card in play
(or built the Wonder stage),
must pay the number of coins
indicated to the bank.
You take a Diplomacy token.
At the end of the current Age,
you discard this token and
don’t take part in the Conflict
resolution. The city to your left
therefore fights against the one
to your right. Note : the effect
of Diplomacy tokens changes
when using team rules.
At the end of the game, the
mask copies the scientific
symbol of a green card
present in one of your two
neighbouring cities.
Each turn, the card produces a
resource of your choice from
among those not produced by
your city through its brown
and grey cards, as well as a
possible initial resource from
your board.
You take the depicted large
number of coins from the bank.
Your two neighbours each take
the depicted smaller number of
coins from the bank.
Age I cards
The card produces one of the
two pictured raw resources
each turn.
You purchase raw materials
from the neighbouring city
indicated by the arrow for 1
coin instead of 2.
from the ‘Catan’ goodie
You pay the manufactured
goods bought from your
neighbours for 1 coin instead
of 2.
Each turn, You get a rebate of
one coin on the first resource
you purchase from the
indicated neighbouring city
Each turn, the card produces an
extra resource of your choice
from among those that your
city already produces (resource
cards or initial resource of your
board).
Age II cards
The card produces two units of
the pictured raw material.
The card is worth 1/2 coin(s)
per brown/grey card built
in your city AND in the two
neighbouring cities.
You can build your Wonder
stages without having to pay
their resource costs.
Each player, other than the one
who has put this card in play,
must pay 1 coin to the bank
for each Victory token in their
possession.
Age III cards
The card gives 3 coins per
Wonder stage constructed in
your home city at the time
it comes into play (3, 6, 9 or
12 coins). At the end of the
game, the card is worth 1 VP
per Wonder stage built in your
home city (1, 2, 3 or 4 points).
The card earns 1 coin for each
Victory token present in your
city at the moment when it is
put into play. At the end of the
game, this card earns 1 VP for
each Victory token present in
your city.
from the ‘Wonder Pack’ expansion
The card gives 1 (or 2) coin(s)
per card of the depicted colour
present in your city when it is
played. At the end of the game,
the card is worth 1 (or 2) VP (s)
for each card of the depicted
colour present in your city.
Each player, other than the one
who has put this card in play,
must discard 1 coin for each
stage of their Wonder that’s
already been built.
Guilds
You receive 1, 2 or 3 VPs for
each card of the depicted colour
present in both neighbouring
cities. Note : the two arrows, on
both sides of the pictured card,
means that the cards from the
neighbouring cities are counted,
but not yours.
1 VP for each Wonder stage built
in the neighbouring cities AND in
your own city.
1 VP for each brown, grey
and purple card in your city.
Clarification : this card counts
towards this total.
You receive 1 VP for each
defeat token present in your
neighbouring cities.
1 VP for each Leader (white card)
present in your neighbouring
cities.
When you build the Courtesan’s
Guild, you must immediately place
the “Courtesan” Token on one
of the Leaders present in one of
your neighbouring cities. You then
gains the benefits of that Leader
and its associated effect.
The card is worth 1 VP for each
Victory Conflict token present in
each of your two neighbouring
cities. 
Leaders
At the end of the game, Amytis
is worth 2 VPs (VP) for each
Wonder stage you built.
At the end of the game,
Alexander adds 1 VP to each
victory token (the value of
the victory tokens therefore
goes from 1, 3 and 5 VP to 2, 4
and 6 VP).
At the end of the game,
Aristotle adds 3 VP to each set
of different scientific symbols
in your city (meaning that the
bonus goes from 7 VP to 10 VP
per set).
At the end of the game,
Justinian is worth 3 VPs for
each set of 3 Age cards (red,
blue, green) in your city.
At the end of the game, Plato
is worth 7 VPs for each set of 7
Age cards (brown, grey, blue,
yellow, green, red, purple) in
your city.
Once she enters play, Bilkis
allows you to purchase any
resource by paying 1 coin to the
bank once per turn.
As soon as Ramses enters play,
you can build all of your Guilds
for free, without having to pay
your resource costs.
Once Tomyris enters play,
during conflict resolution, the
Defeat tokens you receive
are given to the victorious
neighbouring city.
1 Each card of the depicted
colour is worth 1/2 VP(s) at the
end of the game.
Once Hatsepsut enters play,
each purchase of one or more
resources from a neighbour
grants 1 coin from the bank.
Note that this gain is limited to
1 coin per neighbour per turn.
from the ‘Leaders’ expansion from the ‘Cities’ expansion
You receive 2 coins for each
yellow/black card that You
builds from this point forward.
The coins are taken from the
bank, at the moment when the
structures are built.
Nero grants 2 coins for each
victory token earned by You
from this point forward. These
coins are taken from the bank
when the victory tokens are
gained.
Once he enters play, Vitruvius
grants 2 coins whenever You
builds a structure for free,
through building chains. The
coins are taken from the bank
when the structures are built.
From the moment they enter
play, these Leaders allow
you to build Structures of the
corresponding colour (Wonder
stages for Imhotep) for one
resource less than your written
cost.
From the moment this enters
play, each amount of coins
taken from the bank is
increased by 1. This increase is
limited to one coin per turn.
You can build one black card
per Age for free.
From the moment this enters
play, each defeat conflict token
counts as a Shield symbol for
all future conflict phases.
Esteban allows you, once per
game, to “freeze” the passing
of Age cards to the next player.
Before all players put their
current card in play, you can
announce the “freezing” of
passing Age cards to the next
player. Each player performs
their action as planned and
then each player chooses and
plays another card from that
same hand. The game then
resumes as normal, with cards
being passed on as normal.
from the ‘Catan’ goodie
At the end of the game, Louis is The island of Catan produces
worth 7 VPs minus the number no resources at the beginning.
of Victory tokens you possess However, it possesses an excellent
(the token value is not taken sea harbour which allows the trade
into account). of goods! Once per round you may
use two identical resources which
Stevie allows a player to build you produce (brown or grey cards),
a Wonder stage be replacing in order to receive any resource of
its resource cost with a cost in your choice.
coins instead. Stevie’s cost is
variable: it corresponds to the You immediately take one of the
number of resources required remaining leader cards up into his
for the construction of the +1 hand. You may then immediately
recruit one of your leaders
Wonder stage for which he is
according to the usual rules.
used. Stevie is then placed face
up as a construction marker
When built, you must choose
under the Wonder board.
one of your previously recruited
Leaders and place it face-down on
Wonders the space reserved for that on your
board. You can no longer benefit
Allows you to purchase raw
from the chosen Leader’s effect.
materials from your two
At the end of the game, you score
neighbouring cities for the
a number of points equivalent to
price of one coin instead of
double the Leader’s cost.
two.
At the end of the game, you score
Once per age, you can
2 VPs for each Stone resource
construct a building from your
present on your brown cards.
hand for free.
You can play the last card of This stage grants 1 coin for each
Stone resource symbol present on
each age instead of discarding
Your brown cards when it is built.
it. This card can be played by
At the end of the game, this Stage
paying its cost, discarded to
scores 1 VP for each Stone resource
gain 3 coins or used in the
symbol present on your brown
construction of your Wonder.
cards.
You can, at the end of the
At the end of the game, You flip the
game, “copy” a Guild of your
card used to build this Stage face-
choice (purple card), built by
up. Then, You score 1 VP for each
one of your two neighbouring
card of that colour present in both
cities.
neighbouring cities.
Rome produces no resource,
You apply the effect of the first
but you benefit from a 2 coin
Stage of the Wonder board to
reduction to the recruitment of
your left.
all your Leaders (some Leaders
are thus free). Neighbouring
You apply the effect of the second
cities benefit from a reduction
Stage of the Wonder board to
of 1 coin on the recruitment of
your right.
your Leaders.
You apply the effect of the last
You immediately draw 4 Leader
Stage of the Wonder board to
cards from those in the box
your left.
and adds them to your hand of
Leader cards.
You have the right to get a well-
chilled beer from whoever wins the
You can immediately put an
game ! Cheers!
extra Leader in play (by paying
2 coins less than its printed
cost).
from the ‘Wonder Pack’ expansion