Lost ruins of Arnak in about 3 minutes

kia ora koutou and welcome to the lost ruins of arnak in about three minutes it has a solo mode, it's a game for 1-4 players, playing time is  medium and it's a moderately complex game on a conveniently uninhabited island in uncharted seas explorers have found traces of a great civilization can you lead an expedition to explore the island find lost artifacts and face fearsome guardians all in a quest to learn the island's secrets the game ends after five full rounds of play with the staff moving right each turn The winner is the player with the most points and they come from many sources, keep an eye out for the symbol deck building: you start the game with six basic cards but can buy better ones worker placement: you place workers on locations to get the marked benefits in this game you will take one action then play moves to the next player continuing until all players have run out of actions start by drawing five cards. When a card is played it goes to your discard pile cards and effects marked with a lightning bolt can be used at any time in your turn some actions require movement cards, each movement card can be used as marked and for the ones below it here. so air travel can be used for any travel type   let's run through the actions, placing a worker in a resource spot costs a movement card gain the resources shown on the board, the second spot  requires two movement you can buy a card by paying its marked cost either in resources or cards purchased items go at the bottom of your deck while artifacts go to your discard pile and can immediately be used note later plays of artifacts will cost a tablet to discover a location you need to spend exploration tokens as well as its marked cost claim the relic and place it on your board. relics will give you the rewards shown on them place a location and claim the award shown then cover it with a guardian defeating a guardian requires spending the resources shown on it place the guardian on your board each one can be used once for its special bonus marked here then they flip over advancing the tech track requires spending the marked resources claim the reward on the right and any tokens you get to first you cannot advance your book past your magnifying glass the book lets you claim assistants, place them on your board. assistants can be upgraded by advancing the book when you reach the end of the tech tree you can buy victory points the more you spend the more points you get relics can be locked up here in order to gain one of the bonuses shown. This will cost you victory points if you end a full round with your worker by guardian gain a  fair card, regardless claim back all your workers and in later turns any uncovered location can be revisited then move the staff and refresh the card row then redraw to five cards it is now the next turn why would you like this game lost rounds of arnak does a lot of things well but i think the key strength of the design is that you get 25 cards across 5 turns and absolutely have to maximize how you use them so if you want a game that has a lot of decision making and a comparatively short time frame i'd consider picking it up the item and artifact decks contain a lot of fun cards and tricks you can play and figuring out how to gain the maximum benefit from these cards is absolutely key you simply cannot do everything in the game and on turn one that tech track looks awfully long and the resources and overall look of the game are top notch the best thing about this game is when you chain together a bunch of crazy actions and bonuses however, i'm not a fan of the guardian's mechanics, it's a very easy fixed cost to defeat one and the consequences of failure are only a fear card which is easy enough to remove. I feel they could have done much more here and overall it's a very safe and familiar design mechanically and thematically so while it's a solid game it's not a revelation for similar gameplay try raiders of scythia and for a different take on archaeology try museum lost ruins of arnak: indiana jones and the raiders of the north sea if you enjoyed this video hit the notification button subscribe  to the channel and come support us on patreon

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Keywords: Lost ruins of Arnak, arnak, lost ruins, Designer, Elwen, Mín, Artist, Jiří Kůs, Ondřej Hrdina, Jakub Politzer, František Sedláček, Milan Vavroň, Publisher, Czech Games Edition, Board games, Board game, How to play, Board Game review, Short Board games, Three minute Board Games, 3 Minute Board games, summary, hot take, subtitles, review, indiana jones, raiders of the lost ark, archeology

Id: nGdaA89vZPU

Length: 3min 42sec (222 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 26 2021