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Gnostica Anxiety!

This is a two-player game with a Marseilles deck.
My deck for Gnostica, based on Learner's Deck by Matt Arnold (http://www.gweep.net/~android/gnostica-deck/), illustrated with The Silicon Dawn Tarot by Egypt Urnash (http://urnash.com/tarot/) [Minor Arcana]
2 player w/Tarot deck
Don't believe the lies!  This game will make you worship Satan.
Two cards from a minimalist Gnostica deck I'm designing.

Gnostica (2001)

Players
2–6
Best: 2, 4
Playing time
60–60 min
Age
10+
7.08
Average rating
129
Ratings
3.30/5
Weight
#10880
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:John Cooper, Kory Heath, Kristin Matherly, Jacob Davenport
Publisher:Looney Labs +1 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 5, Interaction 7, Complexity 6.6, Theme 3
Strategy7.0
Luck5.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity6.6
Theme3.0

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

Card GameAbstract StrategyTerritory BuildingPrint & PlayTile PlacementModular BoardArea Majority / Influence

Overview

Gnostica is an abstract territory based war game. Tarot cards make up the often-changing board, and players use Looney Pyramids to represent minions that control those territories. Every tarot card has a power, and when a player has one of his pieces on a territory, he or she may use the power of that territory through that piece. Players also have a hand of tarot cards which allow them to use those powers through any of their pieces. Territories are worth points when occupied, and the game ends when one player challenges the other players and has 9 points on his or her following turn.

Gnostica is a redevelopment of Zarcana.

Re-implemented by Zark City, and Dectana. The former is much simpler and uses a poker deck, while the latter is more complex and uses the Decktet.

This page has a short URL: http://j.mp/gnostica

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