Lost Ruins of Arnak Gameplay Overview

Turn Structure

1. Play proceeds over 5 rounds.
2. On your turn you take exactly ONE main action, plus any number of free actions before, during, or after it.
3. When you have no archaeologists left to place, or choose to stop, you pass for the round.

Dig at a Site or Discover a New Site

Send an archaeologist out onto the island to an unoccupied site space.

1. Pay the travel cost shown for that site, usually a mix of arrowheads and compasses.
2. Place one of your archaeologist figures on the site space.
3. Resolve the site's reward. Discovering a NEW site first flips its face-down tile and reveals a guardian to deal with.

Play a Card

Play an Item or Artifact card from your hand.

1. Resolve the card's effect, or use only its travel value to help pay a cost.
2. An Item stays in your play area for the round; an Artifact's effect fires immediately.

Buy a Card

Acquire a card from the card row: pay its cost, then take the card.

1. Buy an Item card: pay its coin cost.
2. Take the Item; it goes to the BOTTOM of your deck, so you can draw and use it later this round (Arnak has no discard pile).
3. Or buy an Artifact card: pay its compass cost.
4. Resolve the Artifact's effect immediately, then keep the card in your play area.

Research

Advance up the temple track to unlock rewards and points.

1. Pay the cost shown and move your magnifying glass and/or notebook marker up one row.
2. Gain the reward printed on the row you reach. Your magnifying glass may never pass your notebook.