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Barathaum

Barathaum

2005

Designed by Shane Baker

Published by (Self-Published)

Description

Desktop-Printed collectible card game for 2 players. "Build an army through the use of brute strength and/or intellect of maneuvers; obtain victory over your enemies." Components include sheets of printed card stock that need to be cut into the cards, tissue-paper player mat with a grid marked out with a felt pen and rulebook. You also need 10 D6. The cards represent your battle units. Each card has the following information: -- Name and military rank -- Level (unit strength) - How much damage it can sustain. -- Symbols/keywords that indicate an action and when it can take place -- Strength values on each side of the card. Each round of play consists of the following phases: -- Determine initiative -- Deploy troops - play one card onto your side of the mat or adjacent to another one of your cards -- Flip actions / Combat Action - flip card and take corresponding action -- Resolve skirmishes - Skirmishes occur when cards are lined up with each other -- Draw one card When you defeat an opposing troop (card), you get a Victory Point. First to 10 Victory Points wins.

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