On an uninhabited island lost in the heart of unknown seas, a group of explorers has discovered traces of a glorious civilization. It's time for you to lead an expedition and survey this island, find lost artifacts, and confront its formidable guardians, in order to understand and reveal the island's secrets.
Lost Ruins of Arnak is a game in which players must try to score more points than their opponents by exploring the remains of a forgotten civilization. The game's strength lies in its incredible richness, as it combines several particularly addictive game mechanics into an intense and demanding game.
Deckbuilding, exploration, worker placement, and resource management are logically combined here, allowing players a complete and intuitive immersion. The game mechanics serve the theme, and the theme is particularly present throughout the game.
On their turn, players can perform multiple actions, conditioned by their hand of cards: explore the island, excavate explored areas, buy items or artifacts, fight enemies, call upon assistants, and also pursue the ultimate quest: locating the Lost Temple.
The game takes place on a large double-sided game board (for an advanced version with more challenge) and invites players to carry out their actions based on their resources, giving them great freedom of management. Unlike most deckbuilding games, acquired cards are placed directly under the draw pile to control the flow, and artifacts can be activated upon purchase for immediate and spectacular effects. All actions are likely to earn victory points, but the search for the Lost Temple will be particularly rich in prestige for the most daring.
With its growing tension and the density of available actions, each player can follow their own strategy to accumulate prestige points. It will of course be possible to banish your weakest cards as the game progresses to create impressive combinations likely to turn the tide of the game in the final turns.
Incredibly rich in possibilities and impressively fluid, Lost Ruins of Arnak is a new benchmark in Expert gaming: generous components, perfectly exploited theme, high game density, multiple strategic possibilities, a solo variant, and a broad learning curve.
Contents: 6 double-sided boards, 110 cards, 8 Archaeologist pawns, 131 tiles, 99 tokens, 1 First Player marker, 1 Moon Scepter, 4 player aids, and 1 Rulebook.
Age: 12+ / Players: 1-4 / Duration: 30 minutes
