2022 · Fantasy
Arcana Rising
Players take the role of competing spellcasters assembling collections of spells, relics, and magical artifacts over three rounds. The core play is card drafting and tableau-building: on each turn players pick one card from a passed hand, then decide whether to add it to their tableau or discard it to trigger their engine and cast spells. A rotating moon mechanic and randomized spell-order tokens determine which school of magic is active, so timing of discards and activations matters as much as card choices. After three drafting rounds, players score points from constructed engines and the artifacts they acquired.
- Players
- 1–6 best 4
- Playing time
- 20–60 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 2.1 / 5
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- Plays logged
- 143
- Players
- 40m 31s
- Average play
- 32
- In collections
- 7
- On wishlists
5.0/10
from 13 Ludoya reviews
Garfield2.0 I really wanted to like it, but I can't. It's just too much luck involved. It's just a gather ressource and convert them. Multiplayer solitaire in extreme! [c] Theme: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Quite abstract --> Gameplay: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Nothing special --> Interaction: :star::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]None --> Artwork: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Nice --> Luck: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Hoping for the right cards --> Strategy: :star::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Not really --> Components: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Good --> Play duration: :star::star::star::star::star: <!-- size 7]Very good --> Easy to teach: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Quite easy --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Fast --> No downtime: :star::star::star::star::star: <!-- size 7]Plays very fast --> Replay value: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Random cards, random setup --> [/c]
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