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Lost Ruins of Arnak Reviews

4.6 Rating 17 Reviews
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On an uninhabited island in uncharted seas, explorers have found traces of a great civilization. Now you will lead an expedition to explore the island, find lost artifacts, and face fearsome guardians, all in a quest to learn the island's secrets.

Lost Ruins of Arnak combines deck-building and worker placement in a game of exploration, resource management, and discovery. In addition to traditional deck-builder effects, cards can also be used to place workers, and new worker actions become available as players explore the island. Some of these actions require resources instead of workers, so building a solid resource base will be essential. You are limited to only one action per turn, so make your choice carefully... what action will benefit you most now? And what can you afford to do later... assuming someone else doesn't take the action first!?

Decks are small, and randomness in the game is heavily mitigated by the wealth of tactical decisions offered on the game board. With a variety of worker actions, artifacts, and equipment cards, the set-up for each game will be unique, encouraging players to explore new strategies to meet the challenge.

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A very engaging and thematic game. Easy to learn, fun to play, and the solo automata is simple and stress-free to run. A large table presence, but worth it for the fantastic art!
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Posted 9 months ago
enjoy playing this game online and on the board, easy to learn and also games can be fast too
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Posted 11 months ago
A bit complicated but worth it once you've mastered the rules.
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Posted 1 year ago
Really cool implementation of the theme and fun combination of deck building and worker placement mechanics
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Posted 1 year ago
What a beautiful game. The cards and board are all gorgeous and the tokens are really high quality. As far as the gameplay goes, it’s a worker placement as you send your explorers out into the world and also a deck builder as you put together the items you will need for your expedition as well as the artefacts you find on yo water way. Really thematic and not too difficult to teach.
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Posted 1 year ago
I got this as a self-selected Chridtmas present because I had heard so much about it. I love exploration games and games with lots of different things to do to get points. Lost Ruins of Arnak did not disappoint! With different ways to approach the island via different transport methods and a second side of the board depending on whether you go for the Snake Temple side or the Bird Temple side you’ve got plenty of alternatives to explore and many routes to victory. One thing though in our first game we didn’t realise you could have many actions in each Game Round they could have made this clearer.
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Posted 1 year ago
Not played yet but it arrived from Zatu well packaged in great condition. Great price.
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Posted 1 year ago
Lost Ruins of Arnak is a must buy if you love Indiana Jones like me. As the rounds change you head deeper into the depths of these unexplored tombs giving you more possible artifacts to find and more monsters to beat. Can you beat more than your friends? Even if you can't you will have an absolute blast playing this. Tips to do well; try to be first to the top of the research track with your magnifying glass and buy the best cards that come out if you can because they don't last very long. My wife and I have played this over 40 times now and still love it!! Brilliant game! Highly recommended!
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Posted 1 year ago