MANIFEST DESTINY

INTRODUCTION
US History Card game based on Western Expansion during the period 
between the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. 

VICTORY
The game ends after each player has had 10 turns. 
The player with the most Victory Tokens wins. 

THE DECK
The Deck has 8 Suites:
W = Warfare
G = Government
P = Population
T = Transport
E = Economics
M = Motivation
L = Land
D = Discouragement

SETUP
Shuffle the Deck. 
Each player is dealt 7 cards. 

TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns. 
Each turn has 4 phases:
1. Draw Phase
2. Action Phase
3. Meld Phase
4. End Phase

DRAW PHASE
Draw 3 cards from the Deck and put them in your hand. 
If the deck ever runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it. 

ACTION PHASE
Discard 1 card to gain the benefit according to its type: 
Type:			Effect:
Warfare			Gain 2 Victory Tokens.
Government		Steal 1 Random card from opponent’s hand.
Population		Draw 3 cards then discard any 2 cards from your hand.
Transport		Look at next 5 cards in deck and put 1 in your hand.
Economics		Look at opponent’s hand. Take 1 card and give him 1 card.
Motivation		Draw 2 cards. 
Land			Draw 1 card and gain 1 Victory Token. 
Discouragement		Opponent must discard 1 Random card from his hand

MELD PHASE
You may Make 1 or more Melds or Super Melds this turn. 
A Meld has 3 or more cards of a single type.
A Meld of 3 cards earns 5 Victory Tokens. 
A Meld of 4 cards earns 10 Victory Tokens.
A Meld of 5 cards earns 15 Victory Tokens and so on.
Discouragement cards cannot be used in any type of Meld. 
A Super Meld has 5 or more cards of all different Types: 
A Super Meld of 5 cards earns 15 Victory Tokens. 
A Super Meld of 6 cards earns 20 Victory Tokens.
A Super Meld of 7 cards earns 25 Victory Tokens. 
Immediately discard all melded cards. 
Every time you make a Meld draw 2 replacement cards. 

END PHASE
Max hand size is 10 cards. 
Discard excess cards. 


MANIFEST DESTINY DECK CARD LISTS:

WARFARE SUITE CARDS
Mexican American War, Conquest, Filibusterism, Indian Removal, Indian Wars, 
Indian Fighting, Texas Revolution, Creek War, Seminole Wars, US Cavalry, Forts, 
Federal Army, Reservations, Massacres, Indian Uprisings, Scouts, 
Peace Talks, Trail of Tears, Black Hawk War, Battles on the Plains, Skirmishes


GOVERNMENT SUITE CARDS
Louisiana Purchase, Oregon Treaty, Purchase of Florida, Andrew Jackson
Mexican Cession, Homestead Acts, Monroe Doctrine, Preemption Act, Surveys, 
Public Domain, Land Offices, Statehood, Territorial Governors, James Polk, 
Immigration Commissioners, Young States, Broken Treaties, Utah Affair


POPULATION SUITE CARDS
English Natives, Frontiersmen, Pioneers, Irish, Squatters, Old World Immigrants, 
Agrarian Army, Homesteaders, European Travelers, Germans, Southerners, 
New Englanders, Chinese, Scotch Irish, Prospectors, Farmers, Blacks, French, 
Great Migration, Mormons, Mountain Men, Spaniards, Mexicans


TRANSPORTATION SUITE CARDS
Wagon Train, Pony Express, Flat Boats, Steam Boats, Railroads, 
Great Lakes, Erie Canal, Newspapers, Explorers, Trailblazers, Oregon Trail, 
Prairie Schooners, Ohio River, Mississippi River, Stage Coach, Santa Fe Trail, 
Freighter Ox Trains, Sailing Ships, Packhorse, Caravans, Cumberland Road


ECONOMICS SUITE CARDS
Fur Trade, Exploitation, Mining, Agriculture, Cattle Barons, Corn and Wheat, 
Land Speculation, Industrialization, New Markets, Hucksters, Pork, 
Gold Rush, New Orleans, Boom Towns, Oil, San Francisco, Ranches, 
Plantations, Cincinnati, Big Business, Farm Surpluses


MOTIVATION SUITE CARDS
Manifest Destiny, American Exceptionalism, Imperialism, Continentalism, 
Nationalism, Progress, Land Hunger, Providence, Westward Expansion, 
Cheap Land, Land of Opportunity, Democratic Freedoms, Publicity, 
Religious Missions, Oregon Fever, Christian Utopians


LAND SUITE CARDS
Frontier Line, Big Land Rush, Ohio River Valley, Mississippi River Valley, 
Beyond the Appalachians, Midwest, Far West, California, Prairies, Forests, 
Great Salt Lake, Unorganized Territories, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, Washington, 
Annexation of Texas, From Sea to Sea


DISCOURAGEMENT SUITE CARDS
Indian Resistance, Lawlessness, Financial Panics, Inflation, Boom and Bust, 
Isolation, Subsistence Farming, Great American Desert, Spread of Slavery, 
Whig Opposition, Lack of Roads, Dispossessed Indians, Antiwar Sentiment, 
Hardships, Contested Land Claims

LINKS
Manifest Destiny