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Black Rose Wars (2019)

Players
2–4
Best: 4
Playing time
90–90 min
Age
14+
7.88
Average rating
4,443
Ratings
3.44/5
Weight
#599
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Alternate names:A Fekete Rózsa háborúi +2 more
Designer:Marco Montanaro
Artist:Henning Ludvigsen, Fernando Armentano, Giovanni Pirrotta, Paolo Scippo, Tommaso Incecchi
Publisher:Pegasus Spiele +7 more
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Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 9, Complexity 6.9, Theme 6
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction9.0
Complexity6.9
Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Black Rose Wars is a competitive fantasy game of deck-building, strategy, and combat set in the hectic universe of Nova Aetas in Italy. Each player is one of powerful mages of the Black Rose Order who aspires to become the new Supreme Magister in order to acquire the mighty power of the Black Rose Artifact and the Forgotten Magic. Mages must fight, fulfill Black Rose desires, and gain strength with their spells until their power reaches the containment threshold of the prison where they are exiled, finally freeing themselves. Each mage has at their disposal six schools of magic, each one with its own strategy to annihilate their opponents and increase their power.

At the start of the battle, mages start with a grimoire of six cards; as mages study more spells during play, their grimoire will increase. Every spell in Black Rose Wars has two different effects, increasing a player's adaptability during a fight.

Mages fight each other in a modular arena of hexagons called "rooms". They summon powerful creatures, cast destructive spells, or devise dark deceptions with their enchantments. The game system is divided into different phases. Each turn, after choosing new spells from the six schools of magic, players plan their strategy in advance, placing cards face down. Later, they reveal the played cards to kill each other, solve missions, summon creatures, or destroy the prison rooms, one against each other and against the Black Rose (the playing system). After being killed, mages are reborn immediately, allowing them to re-enter the fight without delay — although their death still fed energy to those mages who caused it. The mage with the most power at the end of the battle will be crowned Supreme Magister of the Order by the Black Rose itself.

Expansions

Black Rose Wars: Crono Expansion
Black Rose Wars: Inferno
Black Rose Wars: Familiar Griffin
Black Rose Wars: Familiar Hydra
Black Rose Wars: Familiar Cerberus
Black Rose Wars: Familiar Draco
Black Rose Wars: Hidden Thorns
Black Rose Wars: Armageddon Promo Card
Black Rose Wars: Supreme Invocation Promo Card
Black Rose Wars: Sator Box
Nova Aetas Renaissance: The Mediceo
Nova Aetas Renaissance: Hyperion
Nova Aetas Renaissance: Minotaur
Black Rose Wars: Black Lymph Promo Card
Black Rose Wars: Alma Mater Studiorum Promo Card
Black Rose Wars: Ordeal Promo Cards
Nova Aetas Renaissance: Draco
Black Rose Wars: Ordalia
Black Rose Wars: Cthully Forgotten Evocation Promo Set
Helblindi Cryomancer Promo Set
Black Rose Wars: Dungeonology Rocca Civetta Promo Cards
Ashes Special 8: Fabio Promo
Ashes Special 7: Cosma Promo
Black Rose Wars: Duel – Lex: Prismatic Cage Preorder Promo
Black Rose Wars: Rebirth – Seal of Fire
Black Rose Wars: Rebecca Personal Spell – Cursed Blood
Black Rose Wars: Spurchia Christmas Scenario
Black Rose Wars: Magician Pack
Black Rose Wars: Christmas School
Requiem: Downfall of Magic – Selene
Requiem: Downfall of Magic – Istvan
Ashes Special 9: Razvan Promo
Black Rose Wars: Duel – Void Preorder Promo
Black Rose Wars: LMS 10th Anniversary three Event cards Promo
Black Rose Wars: Magister Box
Ashes Special 11: Slenderman Promo
Black Rose Wars: Duel – Kami Preorder Promo Pack
Black Rose Wars: Shroudtech Mage
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