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Arcana

#5347BGG ↗

2009 · 2-4 players · 60min · weight 2.06 · 1,943 ratings

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Rating
5.76
Users rated
1,943
Owned
3,724
Wishing
343

At a glance

What playing it feels like, broken down.

Core loop

Play agent cards to contest district Stake cards, using bribery and power struggles to recruit citizens and acquire relics scoring VP.

What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
0
Fantasy
2
Narrative
1
Challenge
2
Fellowship
1
Discovery
1
Expression
1
Submission
1
How it works (4 mechanics)
  • [3]region_majority— “Area Majority / Influence mechanism; win Stake cards and strengthen deck with Personalities”
  • [3]_other:deck_building_via_stake_wins— “Deck, Bag, and Pool Building mechanism; Make your guild most influential by winning Stake cards”
  • [2]hand_management_under_draw— “Hand Management mechanism; command guild of loyal agents in series of district encounters”
  • [2]secret_objective_card— “Hidden Victory Points mechanism; score most prominent citizens and relics to win”
Under-the-radar score: -0.06

Sources (1)

Inputs to rules-card synthesis. Click any pill with ↗ to open the original source.

LLM memory0.10

BGG tags

Categories (3)
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