Now you will be introduced to the different card types in EVE: TSG.
Regions in General
The EVE galaxy is divided into regions. At the beginning of each game, each player controls one home region. These home regions are represented by their player’s starbases. As the game evolves, outer regions may be brought into play. Home regions and outer regions are jointly referred to as regions. While your home region is always under your control, the outer regions are always contested. They can be lost and taken. All locations, ships and starbase structures are situated in regions – It matters where cards are played and where they are moved to on the game table!
You can play locations in any region in play, whether you control it or not, but whoever controls the region, controls the locations in it.
If you warp a ship into an uncontrolled outer region, you gain control of it. If you attack an enemy region and win the battle, you immediately gain control of the region when all enemy ships have left.
Your starbase structures are attached to your starbase and are therefore always in your home region.
Important: Home regions and outer regions are the only cards that you do not shuffle into your deck. Once in play, a region cannot be destroyed or removed from play.
Starbases/Home Regions
Every deck must have only one starbase. This starbase starts in play and specifies which race you are playing. The cards you are allowed to play, and thus construct your deck from, must share one of their race icons with your starbase. Cards that have no race limitations have no race icons and can be played by any race. The icons that identify the four races are:
Important: Cards that have no race icons, can be played by any race.
Upgraded Starbase
The flip side of every starbase displays its upgraded version. To upgrade your starbase you must pay its price; then flip it over and its upgraded version immediately takes effect. Upgrading your starbase yields new game effects and often alters your starbase’s income bonus and shield strength. Your starbase remains upgraded for the rest of this game.
When the game starts, be careful not to reveal the upgraded version of your starbase. There are multiple types of starbase upgrades available for each race, but as the basic version is always the same, you may want to surprise your opponent(s) later in the game.
Important:Your starbase is the heart of your corporation; if destroyed, you have lost the game.
Outer Regions
Every deck must have exactly three different outer regions. They are not shuffled into the deck but kept aside, face down. You can play any number of outer regions in the same turn. An outer region comes into play uncontrolled - to gain its benefits, you have to control it first. You can only play an outer region if there is no other copy of that outer region already in play. Outer regions cannot be destroyed.
Important: You must gain control of an outer region with at least one ship before you can gain any of its benefits, even if you played the region.
