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2016 · 2-8 players · 60min · weight 2.00 · 157 ratings
v2 —v3 —v4 wide —v4 deep —
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ID
187488
Name
Dark Mages
Year
2016
Rank
15435
Min players
2
Max players
8
Playing time
60
Min playtime
20
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2
Num weights
4
Bayes avg
5.53533
Average
6.54444
Users rated
157
Num owned
502
Wanting
0
Wishing
21
Num comments
58
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Dice RollingHand ManagementPlayer EliminationVariable Player Powers
Categories (2)
Card GameFantasy
Description (552 chars)
In a distant land covered in lush forests and bordered by hills and mountains, magicians battle mercilessly on the plains of Thärin. The end goal: to defeat all adversaries and become the Northland continent's most legendary magician. Dark Mages is a 120-card game that can be played by 2 to 8 players. It is a game of both luck and strategy that can last anywhere from 20 to 60 minutes. This game contains 8 character cards, 112 playing cards, rules and instructions, 7 polyhedron dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20 and d00), and a velvet pouch.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.