OBJECTIVE

Recruit adventurers for your guild, optimize your formation, and collect the most Victory Points (VP) through combat, technology, magic, and fulfilling quests.

SETUP

• Each player receives a player board and 4 markers (Combat, VP, Technology, Magic).
• Place the shared Combat and Victory board in the center.
• Each player starts with 3 Money and a starting hand of 5 cards.
• Display the Quest cards face-up.

GAMEPLAY

Each round consists of 6 phases, played simultaneously:

1. Discard & Draw Phase:

• Discard any number of hand cards and draw back up to 5 cards.

2. Recruit Phase:

• You may play 0 /1 / 2 cards from your hand by paying their cost (top left) in gold. Each card not played earns 1 gold.
• Place it in your 3x3 grid, orthogonally adjacent to an existing card.
• Complete the recruit effects and link bonuses for the cards that were played.

3. Combat Phase:

• Compare your Combat Power with all other players.
• The stronger player(s) receives VP based on the player count.
• Example: In a 5-player game, if two players are tied for first place, they each receive 5 VP. Any second place players receive 1 VP instead of 3. Players in third, fourth, and fifth place will receive no VP

4. Production Phase:

• Every Adventurer with the Production symbol activates that line of text now. Most Production involves adding Magic and Technology.

5. Income Phase:

• Gain 3 Money. Then look for any of your recruited Adventurers with the Income icon ; you gain extra Money as specified on their cards.

6. Victory Point Phase:

• Look for any of your recruited Adventurers with the VP icon , and gain that many VPs.

KEY CONCEPTS

• Factions: There are 6 different factions (e.g., Floating City, Mining Company) essential for line bonuses.
• Professions: Warrior, Wizard, Merchant, etc., also determine synergies within the grid.
• Tech & Magic: These tracks grant additional victory points at the end of the game or via card effects.
• Resources: Symbols on cards that provide permanent cost reductions for recruiting.

END OF GAME

The game ends at the end the round where a player has 9 cards in their grid or a player reaches 40 VPs.

• Every 3 remaining money converts to 1 VP.
• The player with the most VP wins.