There are four types of cubes used in various ways:
¶ Plain cubes with 8 mm side (5/16 inch) - neutral cubes
¶ Colored cubes with 8 mm side (5/16 inch) - player cubes
¶ Black cubes with 8 mm side (5/16 inch)
¶ Plain cubes with 8 mm side (5/16 inch) - neutral cubes 
- Resource cubes / product cubes stored in warehouses on a player mat are the counters of the corresponding resources and products.
- Depletion cubes are used to mark the armies on the map that have already maneuvered this round.
- Defense cubes are added to the bag during the
battle. Such a cube once drawn does not cause losses to any side of the combat.
- Activation cubes are for marking
recurrent technologies that have already been activated during the current round.
- Faith cubes represent the spiritual power and influence of your religion. Each religion determines its own ways of acquiring these cubes. Store up to 4 faith cubes on the
token of your religion located on your 
government card. They will save coins in your treasury during the spreading of your religion.
¶ Plain cubes with 10 mm side (3/8 inch) - large cubes
- Resource cube / product cube substitutes 5 smaller plain cubes.
¶ Colored cubes with 8 mm side (5/16 inch) - player cubes 
- Action cubes define how much you can do in a round. You put your cube on one area and perform the corresponding action. Available action cubes are placed in your player zone near your player mat. You can obtain more cubes from the action cube supply on a player mat, once you construct new cities and castles.
Once all of your action cubes are used, you no longer can take actions this round and you should pass.
- Attack cubes are added to the bag during the battle. Drawn cubes of your color mean enemy losses, and drawn enemy attack cubes are your losses.
- Affiliation cubes are placed on borrowed technology cards and achievement cards to indicate that you possess them.
- Voting cubes are used for voting for preferred event cards out of 3 possible.
- Experience cubes are are stored on your government card. Each government defines its own ways of acquiring experience cubes. Those can be used as attack cubes, voting cubes or risk mitigators. At the end of the game, each unused experience cube will grant you
.
¶ Black cubes with 8 mm side (5/16 inch) 
- Adversity cubes are placed on various game components and represent different types of problems. These components either stop functioning or have their features altered. You can overcome these adversities and discard the black cubes, thereby regaining control over your components and earning Glory.