Das Amulett (German)

The game is played in Rounds. Each Round has the following four Phases.
1) SPELL PHASE - Spell Cards equal to the number of players are auctioned.
2) METAL PHASE - Each player receives Metal Cards for his Spells.
3) JEWEL PHASE - The player with Wizard Hat #1 draws one of the Round Markers. The result is the number of areas that will be visited this Round. Players compete for Jewels in each of these areas.
4) ENERGY PHASE - Each player removes one Energy Stone from each of his Spells. Exception: Some Spells require two Energy Stones to be removed each turn. Any Spell left with no Energy Stones is discarded.

It's a really good auction game. The paying of the spell cards is an interesting mechanism, as the price you are paying is used as a duration counter on the spell. This mean that you sometimes want to bid more than minimum. You only have 10 energy stones, which you may bid and place upon one or more spell cards. You placed the energy stones upon the card you got and take of one (some spells costs 2 per round) during the energy phase. Avoid play the game with more than 4 players, as the duration increases exponentially. The components are just gorgeous.