# Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure

Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 30–60 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 7.8 out of 10 by 211 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $50.00 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 30–60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 2.2 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2016
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Adventure
- **Mechanics:** Victory Points as a Resource, Point to Point Movement, Delayed Purchase, End Game Bonuses, Open Drafting, Action Points, Movement Points, Take That, Push Your Luck, Events, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Variable Set-up, Player Elimination
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.8 out of 10, from 211 reviews
- **Owned by:** 375 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 1,710
- **Unique players:** 1,452

**Designers:** Paul Dennen

**Artists:** Raul Ramos, Rayph Beisner, Nate Storm

**Publishers:** Dire Wolf, Renegade Game Studios

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cardhaus Games | 50 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/clank-a-deck-building-adventure-master-thief-edition/ |
| Board Game Bliss | 68.99 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/clank |
| Jugar x Jugar | 50 € | https://www.jugarxjugar.com/shop/familiares/4234-clank-una-aventura-de-construccion-de-mazos-8436017226102.html |
| Travelling Man | 50.99 £ | https://travellingman.com/products/clank-a-deck-building-adventure |
| Spilforsyningen | 449.95 kr | https://spilforsyningen.dk/products/clank-a-deck-building-adventure |
| Dragons Lair | 699 kr | https://dragonslair.se/products/clank-a-deck-building-adventure |
| Spielezar | 64.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/clank-en |
| Gamers World | 71.95 € | https://gamersworld.ie/product/clank-a-deck-building-adventure/ |
| Game Ninja | 799 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/clank-a-deck-building-adventure/ |

## Expansions

- [Clank!: Sunken Treasures](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-sunken-treasures)
- [Clank!: The Mummy's Curse](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-the-mummys-curse)
- [Clank!: Adventuring Party](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-adventuring-party)
- [Clank! Expeditions: Gold and Silk](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-expeditions-gold-and-silk)
- [Clank! Expeditions: Temple of the Ape Lords](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-expeditions-temple-of-the-ape-lords)
- [Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated – Upper Management Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-legacy-acquisitions-incorporated-upper-management-pack)
- [Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated – The "C" Team Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-legacy-acquisitions-incorporated-the-c-team-pack)
- [Clank!: Dire Wolf Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-dire-wolf)
- [Clank!: Snack Table Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-snack-table)
- [Clank!: Siren Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-siren)
- [Clank!: Friendly Watcher Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-friendly-watcher)
- [Clank!: Wishing Wall Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-wishing-wall)
- [Clank!: Magic Spectacles Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-magic-spectacles)
- [Clank!: Brawn vs. Boots Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-brawn-vs-boots-promo-card)
- [Clank!: Enchanted Dice Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-enchanted-dice)
- [Clank!: The Mummy's Curse – Mummy Hunters](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-the-mummys-curse-mummy-hunters)
- [Clank!: Expedition Leader Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-expedition-leader)
- [Clank! Adventuring Party: Lightning Reflexes Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-adventuring-party-lightning-reflexes-promo-card)
- [Clank!: Door to Before Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-door-to-before)
- [Clank!: Opal Apestone Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-opal-apestone)
- [Clank!: Wand of Time Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-wand-of-time)
- [Clank!: Trailblazer Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-trailblazer)
- [Brettspiel Adventskalender 2017](https://www.ludoya.com/games/brettspiel-adventskalender-2017)
- [Clank!: Promo Pack 1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-promo-pack-1)
- [Clank! Legacy: Shadow Chancellor Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-legacy-acquisitions-incorporated-shadow-chancellor)
- [Santa's Renegades](https://www.ludoya.com/games/santas-renegades)
- [Clank!: Patient Hero Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-patient-hero-promo-card)
- [Level Up Loot: One](https://www.ludoya.com/games/level-up-loot-one)
- [Dire Wolf Game Room](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dire-wolf-game-room)
- [Clank!: Tower of Babble Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-tower-of-babble)
- [Clank!: Traveler's Hat](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-travelers-hat)
- [Clank!: Bunny Mafia Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-bunny-mafia-promo)
- [Clank!: The Forgotten Vault](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-the-forgotten-vault)
- [Clank!: Promo Pack 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-promo-pack-2)
- [Clank!: Cube of Holding & Forgotten Vault Promo Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-cube-of-holding-and-forgotten-vault-promo-pack)

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## Rules questions

### Do I just need to steal one Artifact to win?

You must retrieve an Artifact and escape to score, but that alone doesn't automatically win — final victory is whoever has the most points from their Artifact, other tokens, Gold, and card points (see pp. 5, 9). You can normally carry only one Artifact and once you pick one up you're stuck with it (p. 5).

### When I buy or acquire a card, does it go into my hand or deck right away?

No — when you acquire a card it is placed face up in your discard pile and will only enter your deck when you reshuffle and draw it on a later turn (pp. 4, 6).

### How does Clank! (the noise cubes) work — when do I add cubes and what happens to them?

Some cards add Clank! to your color in the Clank! Area immediately when played, and some effects remove Clank! instead; any Clank! you have in the Clank! Area are moved to the Dragon Bag when an attack is executed (p. 7). During a dragon attack you draw cubes from the bag equal to the Rage Track number; colored cubes deal damage to the matching players while black cubes do nothing (p. 8).

### What exactly triggers a dragon attack and when does it happen?

After every turn you refill empty Dungeon Row spaces, and if any revealed cards have a Dragon Attack symbol the dragon attacks once for that refill (p. 8). The dragon's rage (how many cubes are drawn) increases when an Artifact or certain Minor Secrets are taken, so later attacks draw more cubes (p. 8).

### What happens if my Health Meter fills up (I get knocked out) in the dungeon?

If your Health Meter is completely filled you are knocked out: if you already retrieved an Artifact and escaped the Depths you are rescued and count your points, but if you haven't gotten an Artifact or are still in the Depths you can't be rescued and are out of the competition (p. 8).

### If I leave the dungeon, do I keep taking turns and can the dragon still hurt me?

Players who leave the dungeon no longer take normal turns, do not add more Clank!, and are treated as immune to colored cube damage (their cubes count as black cubes) if drawn from the bag (p. 9). The first player to leave moves onto the Countdown Track and triggers additional Dragon Attacks on subsequent countdown spaces, and eventually the dragon knocks out any remaining players in the dungeon (p. 9).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/clank-a-deck-building-adventure)
- [Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/clank-a-deck-building-adventure)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/201808)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._