Featured Game - Lost Ruins of Arnak

Featured games are our way of teaching new games and highlighting something we think our players may enjoy or take note of. We'll explain from scratch how to play the game with a detailed description and demonstrate a few turns, then break into tables to actually play it. Each week it'll be something new, but will run the spectrum of different lengths, complexities, themes, and game mechanics. So if this week's game doesn't interest you, feel free to look again next time around!

Lost Ruins of Arnak is a game with deck builing and worker placement elements themed around an archaeological dig. Each round, players can send workers to explore the board to gain resources, buy new cards for different action types, or spend resources to advance on a research track or overcome guardians. The cards themselves usually contain both a main action or an option to travel to different locations on the board, making them usable for multiple things. A large number of points can be earned from the research track, but your cards left in your deck and guardians will also significantly contribute to your overall score. Of course, each player will end up with different cards, giving everyone some different strategies to score points!

Lost Ruins of Arnak is a game for up to 4 players and should take about 20 to 30 minutes per player to complete. It has a complexity of 2.93 according to BoardGameGeek, making it medium-heavy complexity compared to games typically played here.

Read the rules here: https://cdn.1j1ju.com/medias/6f/e9/0c-lost-ruins-of-arnak-rulebook.pdf
Watch a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_jPp8EohkQ

If this is your first time with this group, you should see a link to our Discord group once you've signed up for this event. You may join any time before the event begins to get to know people, but once this event starts, we'll typically join the Lobby voice chat, then move to another voice chat once we've gotten started. Note that I, as the game teacher, will share my screen to show how the game works, but all other interaction will be voice only, no video, so no need to look presentable first. The game itself will be played using Board Game Arena - please create an account on this site beforehand.