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Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure

Game ID: GID0069475
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2016
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Description

Burgle your way to adventure in the deck-building board game Clank! Sneak into an angry dragon's mountain lair to steal precious artifacts. Delve deeper to find more valuable loot. Acquire cards for your deck and watch your thievish abilities grow.

Be quick and be quiet. One false step and CLANK! Each careless sound draws the attention of the dragon, and each artifact stolen increases its rage. You can enjoy your plunder only if you make it out of the depths alive!

Clank! is a deck-building game. Each player has their own deck, and building yours up is part of playing the game. You start each of your turns with five cards in your hand, and you'll play them all in any order you choose. Most cards will generate resources, of which there are three different kinds:

Skill, which is used to acquire new cards for your deck.
Swords, which are used to fight the monsters that infest the dungeon.
Boots, which are used to move around the board.

Every time you acquire a new card, you put it face up in your discard pile. Whenever you need to draw a card and find your deck empty, you shuffle your discard pile and turn it face down to form a new deck. With each shuffle, your newest cards become part of a bigger and better deck! Each player starts with the same cards in their deck, but they’ll acquire different cards during their turns. Because cards can do many different things, each player’s deck (and strategy) will become more and more different as the game unfolds.

During the game, you have two goals:

Retrieve an Artifact token and escape the dragon by returning to the place you started, outside of the dungeon.
Accumulate enough points with your Artifact and other loot to beat out your opponents and earn the title of Greatest Thief in the Realm!

Description

Burgle your way to adventure in the deck-building board game Clank! Sneak into an angry dragon's mountain lair to steal precious artifacts. Delve deeper to find more valuable loot. Acquire cards for your deck and watch your thievish abilities grow.

Be quick and be quiet. One false step and CLANK! Each careless sound draws the attention of the dragon, and each artifact stolen increases its rage. You can enjoy your plunder only if you make it out of the depths alive!

Clank! is a deck-building game. Each player has their own deck, and building yours up is part of playing the game. You start each of your turns with five cards in your hand, and you'll play them all in any order you choose. Most cards will generate resources, of which there are three different kinds:

Skill, which is used to acquire new cards for your deck.
Swords, which are used to fight the monsters that infest the dungeon.
Boots, which are used to move around the board.

Every time you acquire a new card, you put it face up in your discard pile. Whenever you need to draw a card and find your deck empty, you shuffle your discard pile and turn it face down to form a new deck. With each shuffle, your newest cards become part of a bigger and better deck! Each player starts with the same cards in their deck, but they’ll acquire different cards during their turns. Because cards can do many different things, each player’s deck (and strategy) will become more and more different as the game unfolds.

During the game, you have two goals:

Retrieve an Artifact token and escape the dragon by returning to the place you started, outside of the dungeon.
Accumulate enough points with your Artifact and other loot to beat out your opponents and earn the title of Greatest Thief in the Realm!

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Video Pb-czaVBAAk Foster the Meeple Discussion at 14:35 sentiment: mixed
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mixed
Pros
  • Exciting push-your-luck tension
  • Good player interaction
Cons
  • Difficult to exit dungeon strategically
  • Dragon threats can swing games
Thematic elements
  • push-your-late-game risk versus reward
  • cavernous dungeon crawl with dragon threat
  • snappy dungeon crawl flavor
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • deck-building with dungeon crawl — play cards to acquire loot and avoid dragons
  • Dungeon Crawl — play cards to acquire loot and avoid dragons
  • dungeon depth and dragon risk — progress into dungeon yields better rewards but increased risk
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Video Ttpw1MBgVjc Adam in Wales - Board Game Design Analysis at 14:23 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
  • Striking Clank! logo at top
  • Good theming with thief characters
  • Nice detail when looked at closely
  • Peril and panic conveyed in artwork
  • Reminds reviewer of Lord of the Rings Mines of Moria
Cons
  • Dragon and characters are washed out
  • Busy composition
  • Characters not prominent enough
Thematic elements
  • Treasure stealing
  • Fantasy dungeon
  • Adventure
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • deck-building — Adventure game about stealing from dragon
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  • The box cover makes a promise to the customer
  • Every box cover tells me what I'm going to be doing and how I'm going to be feeling
  • This artist is one of the best board game artists working in the industry right now
  • This is how you do it
  • This cover is a mess
  • Striking iconic design
  • The box cover is not selling the game
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