Player aid
Lost Ruins of Arnak
Explore an island to find resources and discover the lost ruins of Arnak.
Credits: Jarrod Moore
Contents
Players may, as a free action:
- Move an idol they have collected to a space on their player board:
- This basically spends victory points to do a free action
- You do not have to use these spaces in any particular order
- Once an idol has been put into a slot, it cannot be moved
- If you use a blue idol slot, you can do one of the unique blue slot actions shown on the player's board
- Perform any action with a lightning bolt next to it
Round structure:
- Draw up to 5 cards
- Perform Actions
- Each turn, you perform one main action and as many free actions as you want
- Optionally, you can pass for the round:
- Once you have passed, you are doine playing for the round
- After all players have passed, set up for the next round
- Move the moon staff
Paying Travel Costs
The travel hierarchy is:
- 2 gold -> Plane -> Car/Boat -> Boots
- Cars cannot pay for boats and vice versa
- 2 gold can be spent to pay for a plane
Using Assistants
During the game, there are some actions that allow you to recruit an assistant:
- Take one of the assistant tiles on top of a stack
- Place it silver side up on your player board
- When you upgrade it with a research action, flip it over to its gold side
- Assistants can be used at any time for a benefit, after which you turn it on its side
- The assistant must be refreshed before it can be used again
- Assistants always refresh at the end of the round
End of the game is triggered when all players have passed in round 5
Players all score the following categories:
- Points based on the location of your research tokens
- Points from collected temple tiles
- Points for each idol you have collected, as well as for idol slot left empty
- Points for each guardian you overcame
- Points for each item and artifact card you have
- This includes your hand, the play area and your deck
- Fear cards score -1 point each, fear tiles score -2 each
The player with the most points wins Tiebreakers are:
- Player who reached the Lost Temple first
- Player with the highest research score
If there is still a tie, the tied players share the victory