Lost Ruins of Arnak

Lost Ruins of Arnak was one of the hottest games of 2020! Czech Games Edition have a new jewel
in their crown. Arnak has many tried-and-tested mechanisms, and they all dovetail together like a
dream. It’s as if designers Min and Elwen made a wish-list of all their favourite board game features.
Then put them together… to create something amazing!

In Lost Ruins of Arnak, you play as rival adventurers exploring an island. The two main features at
play are worker placement, and deck-building. You all start with a default deck, with multi-use
cards. You can use them for their basic movement ability, to locate workers around Arnak. Or, you
can use the cards to pick up coins or compass resources. (You’ll need both coins and compasses to
‘buy’ other things.) You draw a limited hand of cards at the start of your turn. The challenge is
trying to stretch the use of those cards out for as long as you can…

On your turn you can take one main action, with the choice of triggering many ‘free’ actions, too.
You could buy better cards. (They’re worth extra points, but also provide much more powerful
actions.) You could go to the base locations of Arnak to earn more exotic resources. You could
explore the island and discover a temple! But look out: ferocious guardians stand watch over these
temples. If you can defeat them, you earn points! If you fail to defeat them you’ll earn a ‘Fear’ card
(this clogs up your deck and is worth minus points).

You could invest in research, get assistants, and discover the true secrets of the island! Arnak
provides you with many different strategies. Can you chain your turns together to keep affording to
do more and more with the island of Arnak? Who will discover the Lost Ruins of Arnak?

Player Count: 1-4 Players
Time: 60-120 minutes
Age: 12+