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Gnostica

#9629BGG ↗

2001 · 2-6 players · 60min · weight 3.30 · 129 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
9629
Name
Gnostica
Year
2001
Rank
10614
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
3.3
Num weights
20
Bayes avg
5.57875
Average
7.08295
Users rated
129
Num owned
201
Wanting
7
Wishing
108
Num comments
78
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Area Majority / InfluenceModular BoardTile Placement
Categories (4)
Abstract StrategyCard GamePrint & PlayTerritory Building
Description (833 chars)

Gnostica is an abstract territory based war game. Tarot cards make up the often-changing board, and players use Looney Pyramids to represent minions that control those territories. Every tarot card has a power, and when a player has one of his pieces on a territory, he or she may use the power of that territory through that piece. Players also have a hand of tarot cards which allow them to use those powers through any of their pieces. Territories are worth points when occupied, and the game ends when one player challenges the other players and has 9 points on his or her following turn. Gnostica is a redevelopment of Zarcana. Re-implemented by Zark City, and Dectana. The former is much simpler and uses a poker deck, while the latter is more complex and uses the Decktet. This page has a short URL: http://j.mp/gnostica

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.