Posted: 8 months ago, last updated 4 weeks ago.
Author: Rob Prior, @GeekDadGamer and Jo Robertson.
Overview
You play as a group of explorers, who find an uninhabited island covered in the ruins of an ancient civilisation. Each round you are dealt just six cards which limit your actions and force you into hard choices about how to progress. This results in a knife-edge struggle to eke out your measly resources as you work to discover new locations, defeat monsters, complete research and ultimately earn victory points.
Get this right and you can start to progress more quickly. Discovering new locations results in more treasure which enables you to buy cards for more actions per round. You can even unlock helpers who give you useful resources along the way. After five rounds, the person with the most victory points is the winner.
So what starts as a game of exploration, quickly becomes an exercise in resource management where you have to work with your limited team of archaeologists to maximise what they can uncover before the game is over.
Game Details
Release Date: 01/01/2020
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1-4
Genres: Battle, Collecting and Strategy
Accessibility: 24 features
Components: Board, Cards, Figures, Placeables and Tokens
Developer: Czech Games (@CzechGames)
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Duration
Play Time: This game will take between half an hour and 1 hour and 20 minutes to complete.
Play Style
You can play this game in the following styles:
Age Ratings
Skill Rating
10+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Younger players need lots of patience and the ability to concentrate for long periods of time. They also need to be happy to learn a large number of rules.
Content Rating
We rate this suitable for 7+ years-olds. There are guardian monsters who are depicted in the game's artwork, which younger players may find disturbing.
Costs
Accessibility
This report applies to the latest version of Lost Ruins of Arnak. Older versions may have different accessibility profiles.
Report informed by Meeple Like Us assessment which offers an extended review.
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