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Ancient Realm

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$9.6 $15 In stock

Category: Wallet Game

Starting from humble beginnings, you must lead your civilization to greatness. Harvest, hire, build, and plan your way into the history books!

At its heart, Ancient Realm a civilization-building-themed puzzle game, where you're trying to maximize your points by deciding what blocks to keep and what blocks to build over, carefully managing your resources, and balancing end game scoring goal needs with immediate tactical needs.

  • Players: 1
  • Length: 15 minutes
  • Age: 14+

EXPANSION

Monuments & Misfortunes is 6-card expansion which randomly replaces some of the standard game’s Districts with special Districts featuring Monument and/or Misfortune blocks.

Monuments to your civilization can be constructed without any special cost and score at the end of the game, but can instead be covered to gain a free Resource. Misfortunes are negative events that apply when they are in your Realm; you can cover them up to eliminate their effect or suffer through them to score points for your resilience at the end of the game.

CREDITS:
Designed by Steven Aramini
Art by Startraphell Talbot

VERSIONS:
Ancient Realm Wallet Game - base game packed in a vinyl wallet; required for all games
Monuments & Misfortunes Expansion - 6 card expansion packed in a card sleeve; requires Ancient Realm Wallet Game
Ancient Realm: Leaders - 18 card expansion packed in a wallet; requires Ancient Realm Wallet Game

Customer Reviews (4.4 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Owen F. ★★★★★

Played this with two friends last night and we ended up going three rounds past midnight. The harvest-then-hire loop keeps every turn tense, and planning your build order actually matters instead of feeling random. Easily the most replayable small-box game I've picked up this year.

Stella G. ★★★★★

Fits in my pocket yet somehow holds a whole empire’s worth of decisions—the harvest-hire-build loop is tight enough that I’ve already lost an afternoon to it. The card quality surprised me too, sturdy and easy to shuffle despite the tiny footprint.

James N. ★★★★★

I was skeptical about a wallet game fitting real strategy in, but the way hiring and building timing interlock actually made me lose track of an entire evening. Each era’s planning puzzle kept me coming back for one more turn, and the progression from village to civilization feels genuinely earned.

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