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WHAT IS SHADOW AND
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ensnared by darkness for five centuries. Afflicted
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memory and purpose, hovering on the brink of
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offering a chance for redemption. He proposes a
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destructive force of runic magic. Victory is
achieved by strategically crafting a deck to bring
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a deep dive into the world of "Shadow & Rune.”
First-time players should allocate additional time
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100 Loot Cards
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SETUP
Setup the card piles from the box into 4 rows as laid out below to form the games Reserve.
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Each game will always have all 4 loot card piles of Coin, Stash, Fortune, and Candlesticks.
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1. LOOT CARDS: Coin, Stash, Fortune and
Candlestick cards provide gold to purchase
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active presence on the field. A minions actions
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their effects to occur before the other player's
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can be played in reaction to other quick cards
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PURCHASE: Buy a card with gold and put it in
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ATTACK: Launches an offensive, typically dealing
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HEALTH: Indicates player life points, with each
player starting at 30.
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another players declared action, placing it in the
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costs vary, ranging from o (free) to 2. Any cards
played during your tur are set aside and only
discarded as part of the reftesh phase.
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at the same time. Minions can attack every turn,
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discard pile. Ifa minion is not killed on a turn, its
health resets back to full. Unlike minions, attack
runes can be played at any time on your turn.
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Players can buy as many cards as they can afford.
Once purchased, cards are placed in the Discard
pile and are reintegrated into play upon being
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3. REFRESH PHASE:
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players discard all previously played cards that
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Ifa player has drawn their entire deck but hasn't
drawn all s cards, they shufile their discard pile
and place it face down to form their new draw pile.
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