| Epoch | Name | Type |
| 1 | Stone | Commodity |
| 1 | Stone | Commodity |
| 1 | Wool | Commodity |
| 1 | Wool | Commodity |
| 1 | Timber | Commodity |
| 1 | Cloth / Wine | Commodity |
| 1 | Metal | Commodity |
| 1 | Fur | Commodity |
| 1 | Silk | Commodity |
| 1 | Spice | Commodity |
| 1 | Ivory / Gold | Commodity |
| 1 | Alchemist's Gold | Event |
| 1 | Civil War | Event |
| 1 | Enlightened Ruler | Event |
| 1 | Famine | Event |
| 1 | Mysticism Abounds | Event |
| 1 | Papal Decree | Event |
| 1 | Pirates / Vikings | Event |
| 1 | Rebellion | Event |
| 1 | Revolutionary Uprisings | Event |
| 1 | The Crusades | Event |
| 1 | War | Event |
| 1X | Stirrups | Military |
| 1X | Armor | Military |
| 1X | Charlemagne(CM) | Leader |
| 1X | Dionysus Exiguus(DX) | Leader |
| 1X | Rashid ad Din(RD) | Leader |
| 1X | St. Benedict(SB) | Leader |
| 1X | Walter the Penniless(WP) | Leader |
| 2 | Timber | Commodity |
| 2 | Timber | Commodity |
| 2 | Grain | Commodity |
| 2 | Grain | Commodity |
| 2 | Cloth | Commodity |
| 2 | Wine | Commodity |
| 2 | Metal | Commodity |
| 2 | Silk | Commodity |
| 2 | Spice | Commodity |
| 2 | Black Death | Event |
| 2X | Mongol Armies | Event |
| 2 | Religious Strife | Event |
| 2X | Long Bow | Military |
| 2X | Gunpowder | Military |
| 2X | Christopher Columbus(CC) | Leader |
| 2X | Desiderius Erasmus(DE) | Leader |
| 2X | Ibn Majid(IM) | Leader |
| 2X | Johann Gutenberg(JG) | Leader |
| 2X | Marco Polo(MP) | Leader |
| 2X | Nicolas Copernicus(NC) | Leader |
| 2X | Prince Henry(PH) | Leader |
| 2X | William Caxton(WC) | Leader |
| 3 | Cloth | Commodity |
| 3 | Wine | Commodity |
| 3 | Metal | Commodity |
| 3 | Fur | Commodity |
| 3 | Silk | Commodity |
| 3 | Spice | Commodity |
| 3 | Gold | Commodity |
| 3 | Andreas Vesalius(AV) | Leader |
| 3 | Bartalome de Las Casas(BC) | Leader |
| 3 | Galileo Galilei(GG) | Leader |
| 3 | Henry Oldenburg(HO) | Leader |
| 3 | Leonardo Da Vinci(LD) | Leader |
| 3 | Sir Isaac Newton(IN) | Leader |
A new Epoch starts when a player needs to draw a cards and the draw pile is empty. All cards played in the previous Epoch are shuffled with the cards for the current Epoch to form the new draw pile. Note that cards listed as 1x and 2x are NOT shuffled into the draw pile for a new Epoch. These cards are set aside once played.
The abbreviations listed by the leaders can be used during the purchase phase to reference those leaders. (and save some typing)