6 Billion™ Summary Table - Copyright © 2000 Board Not Bored Games Pty Ltd.

Card Result Notes
New Colony Place 1 billion in a Colonies holding box. B, D, G apply
Migrants Place 1 billion in a Migrants holding box. B, D, E, G apply
Make A Discovery Draw a Discovery card.  
Recyle Double your lowest value token. Shuffle discards, play deck & the 3 face-up cards.  
Double Double one token. B applies
New Colony In Trouble Remove one enemy token from Colonies holding box.  
This Is Our Home Remove one enemy token from Migrants holding box. You must have an established colony on the matching population track to play this card.  
Death Cancel Double card.  
Pestilence Cancel Free Double for one token.  
Famine Cancel Double card or Free Double for one token.  
Save Our Souls Cancel New Colony In Trouble or This Is Our Home.  
Power Politics Cancel any Cancel card or Response card.  
War Play in response to any Cancel card or Response card played against you. The Cancel or Response card is not cancelled, but opponent must halve a token.  
Special Explanation Notes
Any Action, Cancel or Response card played as symbol Counts as an Action. See Discovery Track for details.  
Reveal Discovery card (planets only) Counts as 1 or 2 Actions. Place 1 billion (for each action) in the planet's Colonies holding box. D and G do not apply.
Free Doubling Double each of your tokens, subject to growth limits.  
Neutral Migrant Only on Neutral faction's turn - no card used. Controlling player places 1or 2 billion (player decides) in a Migrants holding box for Neutral faction. E and G apply,
D does not.
Note Explanation
B These cards sometimes have a coloured band across the top - this is intended to highlight the following:
Blue Band on card - Applies to a Neutral token (score 2 points, even for cancelled Double card).
Orange Band on card - Applies to Another Player's token (score 3 points, even for cancelled Double card).
No Band on card - Applies to one of your tokens.
D Limited by distance printed on card. Use Distance Chart.
E Established colony must be present on the matching population track for that holding box.
G Population must be generated. If card(s) played (see Neutral Migrants), cost is 1 billion per card played. Designate source token.
If token is on 2, then halve token (Max. 1 billion generated).
If token is on 4, then halve token (a second card can utilize the second billion, or create 1 Neutral Migrant of 1 or 2 billion).
If token is on 8 or 16, first billion generated for free and second causes token to halve (Max. 2 billion generated).
If token is on 32 or more, first and second billion can be generated without halving token (Max. 2 billion generated).
After randomly drawing turn order, and adjusting for Discovery Track powers (if used), then do one of the following for each faction in turn:
Player Faction Turn Neutral Faction Turn
  • Free doubling
  • Migrants and Colonies for that Player faction move from holding boxes to population tracks
  • May play and resolve one or two Action Cards.
  • May discard one playing card (Action, Cancel or Response).
  • If the number of cards in hand is less than player’s maximum then draw up to hand maximum of 6 cards. Each time a player draws a card they may select one of the 3 face-up cards (which is then replaced from the play deck), or a random card from the top of the play deck.
  • Determine who will control the Neutral faction this turn.
  • Free Doubling
  • Migrants and Colonies for the Neutral faction move from holding boxes to population tracks
  • Controlling player creates a Migrant from a population token belonging to the Neutral faction.