The cast of Fantasy Strike has acquired magical gems which give power, but at what price? Those who hold too many gems are cursed forever. What’s worse, the ultimate gem to rule them all has been forged into a single, mighty scepter. Whoever holds it wields even more power at an even greater price.
Choose one of 10 characters, build your deck as you play, and expect big comebacks and miracle turns in this deckbuilding game.
You get MAGICAL GEMS each turn, but you'll lose if you have too many. Arrange your gems carefully and "crash" them to send them to opponents.
Whoever has THE SCEPTER builds up even more power, but it comes at a price. The greedy will hold onto the scepter too long.
Key Selling Points:
★ Great-looking, tactile components: gems and scepter (lights up and flashes!).
★ New take on deckbuilding with the gem system (allows exciting comebacks) and drop pattern mechanic (th order of card colors in the bank row matters).
★ Suitable for families and also for hardcore strategists.
★ The characters are from the video game Fantasy Strike and tabletop games Yomi and Codex
★ Includes solo and co-op modes.
Game Contents:
• The Scepter
• 123 beautiful gems, including 3 large diamonds
• 1 large bank board
• 8 player boards (2 per player)
• 40 tokens (20 actions, 20 gems)
• 198 cards including: 10 different characters, 2 bank decks
• Oversized rule book
Ages 13+, 1-4 players, 20-30 minutes
- Highly played at conventions
- Fun deck building
- Unique gameplay
- Artwork is polarizing
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — Players are building their decks throughout the game.
- Gem passing — Players pass gems to the next person to attack.
- Hand Management — Players manage their hands to attack opponents and overflow their deck.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
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- It is just kind of almost the game that I just keeps giving.
- Every time I play it I'm like, 'Man, I just I love this game. I really, really enjoy it.'
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- This one if you have not played it because of how intimidating it looks, give this a try because this is a fantastic game.
- It is a classic for a reason.
- Oh my goodness, do I love this game? It's so good.
- Everyone has a plan until you get punched in the mouth.
- It is so chaotic, and you're right. Afterwards, you need to sit there and be like, 'I need to relax a little bit.'
- It's it's it's fantastic. I love it.