By Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum
For 3-6 players
COMPONENTS
Game Board
33 Spell Cards
112 Metal Cards (18 each Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron)
6 Amuletts
52 Jewels
Jewel Bag
60 Energy Stones
6 Round Markers (3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6)
2 Wizard Hats
Player Aid Sheet
Rules
PREPARATION
Place the gameboard in the middle of the table.
Place the Round Markers near the board.
Give each player an Amulett.
Give each player 10 Energy Stones. Any remaining Energy Stones
should be put back in the box.
Separate the Metal Cards by type and place each Metal Card stack
face up near the board. Each player should take one of each of the four Metals as his
starting hand.
Put all the Jewels in the Jewel Bag and mix them thoroughly. Draw
the Jewels out of the bag randomly. Place three Jewels in each City area (the four areas
in the middle of the board) and two Jewels in each other area. Put the bag back in the
box.
Place Wizards Hat #2 in the City area that has a Pyramid. (Both
Wizard Hats are the same. I am just using #1 and #2 to help make the rules clearer.)
Decide who will be the First Player and give him Wizard Hat #1.
SPELLS
Shuffle the Spell Cards and deal two to each player.
If a player does not like the Spell Cards he is dealt, he may discard one or both and draw
replacements. A player can only do this once.
Each player secretly decides how many Energy Stones he will
allocate to his two starting Spells by placing a number of Energy Stones on each of the
two cards. (This should be done secretly. Hide your cards with your hands.) At least one
Energy Stone must be placed on each of the two starting cards. When all players have made
their decisions, the Spells are all revealed.
The remaining Spell Cards form the deck which is placed near the
board. Discarded cards are placed face up on the bottom of the deck.
Spells are always kept face up on the table in front of their
owner.
SEQUENCE OF PLAY
The game is played in Rounds. Each Round has the
following four Phases.
SPELL PHASE
— Spell Cards equal to the number of players
are auctioned.
METAL PHASE
— Each player receives Metal Cards for his
Spells.
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.
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.
SPELL PHASE
Spell Cards equal to the number of players are
auctioned. Spells are auctioned one at a time. Each Auction is held within the following
rules:
The player with Wizard Hat #1 takes the top card from the Spell
deck and turns it face up. He then bids first. He may bid any number equal to or less than
the number of Energy Stones he has, or he may PASS.
Bidding then proceeds clockwise around the table. Each player must
either raise the last bid or PASS.
Each player has one bid only. After each player has bid or passed,
the highest bidder wins the Spell and must place a number of Energy Stones equal to his
bid on the Spell Card.
A player may own any number of Spells during the game within the
limit of his 10 Energy Stones.
If no player bids for a Spell, it is discarded. No replacement is
drawn.
The player who wins a Spell takes Wizard Hat #1. He begins the
next auction.
METAL PHASE
Beginning with the Player with Wizard Hat #1 and
proceeding clockwise around the table, each player collects the Metals shown on all their
Spell Cards. A player may collect any of the four Metals for each Wild Symbol on each of
his Spells. If there are no Metal Cards left of one type, a player may take any other
Metal as a substitute.
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.
During the first Round of the game, the first area visited is the
City with the Pyramid. Thereafter, the player who wins the Jewel in an area takes Wizard
Hat #1 and immediately moves Wizard Hat #2 on the board.
Wizard Hat #2 must be moved within the following rules:
Wizard Hat #2 must be moved each time. It may not be left in the
same area.
Wizard Hat #2 must be moved to an adjacent area that has one or
more Jewels.
If all the adjacent areas have no Jewels, the player moving Wizard
Hat #2 may move it through vacant areas in a straight line to the next area with Jewels.
If there is no area with Jewels in a straight line, the player
with Wizard Hat #2 may move it to any area with Jewels.
The Great Wall, the Pyramids, and the Wall around the Cities have
no effect on movement.
Each time Wizard Hat #2 is moved, there is an auction for one of
the Jewels in that area. Each auction is handled within the following rules:
The area dictates what Metals players may use to bid for the
Jewels. In a City area, players may use all their Metals. In all non-City areas, players
may only use one Metal. In Water Areas they may use Gold. In Forest Areas they may use
Silver. In Desert Areas they may use Copper. In Mountain Areas they may use Silver.
The player with Wizard Hat #1 bids first. He may bid any number or
he may PASS.
Bidding then proceeds clockwise around the table. Each player must
either raise the last bid or PASS.
If a player PASSES, he may not reenter the bidding in this area.
Players may bid more than once in this Phase (unlike the auctions for Spells).
When all other players PASS, the last bidder must discard a number
of Metals equal to his bid. He then takes any one of the Jewels in the area. Players keep
their Jewels on their Amulett in front of them.
If a player does not have enough Metals to pay for his bid, he
must discard all his Metal Cards. Another auction is then held in the same area.
The player who wins the Jewel takes Wizard Hat #1. He immediately
moves Wizard Hat #2 to the next area.
When Wizard Hat #2 has visited a number of areas equal to the
chosen Round Marker, the Jewel Phase is over. Players can keep track of the number of
areas visited by any means. One possible method is to flip over one Round Marker as each
area is visited.
If no player bids in an area, the Jewel Phase for the Round
immediately ends.
ENERGY STONE 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 and placed face down on the bottom of the
deck. Energy Stones that are removed from Spells are available to be used again.
SPELL CARDS
Spell Cards always supercede the normal rules of the
game.
WINNING THE GAME
The game ends when one player gets 7 different
colored Jewels on his Amulett or 8 total Jewels in any combination of colors. He is the
winner.
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