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Building Blocks of Life

Building Blocks of Life

2017

Designed by Gaetan Lanthier

Published by DG Games (II)

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In ancient times, sorcerers divided nature into 5 elements: Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Lightning. It has been said that these five elements are the Building Blocks of Life. Goal of the game : To collect the most element points in your spell book. You have one visible preferred element and one secret preferred element and 5 to 12 cards in your hand (from 5 to 2 players). you play elements cards from your hand on the table to create a Block of Life (BoL: one card of each element) or you swap your visible or secret element with another player (and draw a card). When you create a BoL, you pick one for your spell book and discard the rest. The game ends automatically when one of the following situations occur a player collects a Block of Life (a set of 5 different elements) in his spell book or specific situations suche as a player empties his hand or the drawing pile becomes empty.

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