ArcoMage
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Instructions for Play
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| The player is you: At this particular Tavern you
begin the game with a tower of 20, a wall of 10, and resources consisting
of: 5 Quarries with 30
Bricks, 5 Magic with 30
Gems, & 5 Zoos with 30
Beasts |
| The hand, consisting of 6 cards, is of course yours.
At this point any of the 6 cards may be played since the resource amount
required to play each card is available (Note the small number printed in
the bubble at the lower right hand side of each card). Cards are color coded
to each resource, for example the Work Overtime
card is related to the quarries, the
Ruby corresponds to magic, &
Orc is relative to the
zoo. |
| When a card is played (by left clicking on it) its effects
are processed according to what is stated on that card, for example: |
| Work Overtime will add 5 to
your wall, but it will cost you 6 gems in addition
to the 2 bricks. Earthquake
will cost you nothing but both you and your opponent will lose 1
quarry. Tremors will cause 5 damage
to both you and your opponent but you have an opportunity for another play,
costing you 7 bricks. |
| Ruby simply adds 5 to your
tower, the cost 3 gems.
Pearl of Wisdom will add 5 to your tower and increase your
magic resource by 1, costing you 9 gems. |
| Orc will cause 5 points of
damage to your opponent costing you 3 beasts. At this point it will subtract 5 from his wall, if the wall had been less
than five then his tower would sustain damage as well. |
| If no cards can be played, or if the only playable cards
are less than desirable you may discard the most distasteful by right clicking
on it. You will get a replacement card, but your turn will be forfeit for
the round. |
After each round of play the number of your resources are increased
by the number of their respective category. In this example 5
bricks will be added, 1 for each Quarry; 5 gems will be added, 1 for each
Magic; 5 beasts will be added, 1 for
each Zoo. |
| Strategies vary, build your tower or resources, destroy
the enemy tower, what ever seems to be appropriate at the time. The only
advice I can offer is keep an eye on your resources. I found adding
to them every time the opportunity presented itself helped greatly in achieving
victory. |