Anthromancer (2022): Buy or sell now
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can play with 1 to 4 players.
Playtime is roughly
15 - 90 Minutes.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Solo / Solitaire Game, Static Capture, Trick-taking, Variable Player Powers und Victory Points as a Resource
The game is published by: (Self-Published)
And was developed by: Daniel James Drake
Alternative names
Anthromancer is a tabletop game system that features a suite of original neoclassical strategy and chance games, as well as an original oracle. It is primarily organized around a 2-4 player abstract strategy game called 'Mercenarium'.
In Mercenarium, players take turns placing and moving cards with various edge values in an attempt to overcome the edge values of opposing cards and capture them. The first player to capture 5 cards wins. Captures can be spent to gain control of enemy cards which pivot to the orientation of the buyer, changing the relative strengths on the battlefield and subverting enemy plans. In addition, each player is dealt 1 of 15 unique 'hymn' cards, which grant powerful abilities that dramatically alter the board state.
The game feels a bit like chess, but with far less predictability, due to the randomness of the deck and the asymmetrical powers of the hymns. Skill is gained by learning to predict patterns of movement, and being willing to take risks.
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