Altered
Altered is an innovative TCG which offers a new, refreshing approach to both competitive and casual players. Set in a universe of rich lore and visual design (influenced by Miyazaki's work and Dixit-like illustrations), this game is about exploring a new, reshaped Earth after a mysterious event, the Confluence, profoundly altered it.
Shape your own adventure, choose a faction and lead your expeditions through an ever-changing world. Be the first to discover what the universe of Altered has in store for you!
What really lies at the heart of this revolution is a ton of expertly tailored details — a new rarity system, deep evolving lore, innovative game mechanisms and design — and a phygital experience that comes along with its myriad of life-quality improvements, both for the players, tournaments organizers and store owners alike.
Born and led from the mind of talented game designer Régis Bonnessée (founder of the Libellud studio, which published Dixit, Mysterium, Dice Forge, and Seasons), this project is brought to you by the French studio Equinox, based in Paris, in partnership with and exclusively distributed by Asmodee.
Number of players: 2
Game duration: 18 mn
Complexity: 3 / 5
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Rules summary
Overview
Be the first to make your Hero and Companion meet on the same space
Setup
As part of setup, you need to choose 3 cards from your hand to turn into mana, these cards won't be available to play as normal and you will never get them back
Day
A Round (called a Day) is split into several phases
Morning
Noon
Afternoon
Dusk
Night
Morning
First Player changes
Exhausted Mana and cards are readied
Draw 2 new cards
Decide if you want to turn a card into Mana (This will never return to normal)
Noon
Any At Noon Effects can trigger now
Afternoon
Each player alternates playing a card as well as taking any Quick Actions before playing a card
You can take as many Quick Actions as you like and are able to
The two Quick Actions are Exhaust a card to trigger its effect, and Discard a Reserve card to trigger its effect
To play a card, you have to exhaust a number of Mana equal to its cost, this cost depends on whether you are playing it from your hand (top left) or reserve (lower left), but sometimes these costs will be the same
As well as cost, a cards function may change depending on where it is played from, a card with an arrow triggers its effect regardless, a card with a hand only triggers when played from hand, and a card with cards only triggers when played from the Reserve
If played from Reserve, place a Fleeting marker on it to show if an effect would send it to the Reserve again, it is instead discarded
If the card played is a Spell, it is immediately resolved, then sent to the reserve where you can carry out its effects again at a later point
As an alternative to playing a card, you may Pass, you can still take Quick Actions before doing so, and then you take no more part in the Afternoon
Dusk
Each expedition sees if it is allowed to progress
There are three region types (green, red, blue), check what type(s) are present in the expeditions current region (sometimes all will be present)
For the active regions, add up the values of the characters on the expedition for each region
If at least one region type is higher than your opponents, you can progress e.g. if you have 4 red, 3 blue and your opponent had 2 red, 6 blue, you can progress as you have one region type with a majority, red in this case
Each expedition only has the chance to progress one step, even if more were possible
If an expedition moves on to a facedown card, flip it faceup
Remember, you are comparing Hero with Hero and Companion with Companion, regardless of where they are situated
Night
All Expedition Characters go to the reserve (except if they have a Fleeting marker)
If you have 3+ Reserve cards, you must discard down to 2
If you have 3+ Landmarks, you must discard down to 2
Then start a new Day with Morning
Game End
The game ends as soon as one player has their Hero and Companion meet on the same spot, they win!
If this happens at the same time, then if a player moved both markers when they other only moved one, the player who moved both Hero and Companion in that final round wins!
If still tied, play an Arena Tiebreaker, which is on the reverse of the board
The Arena plays almost like a normal Day with all its phases
Any cards that cause movement, forwards or backwards, do nothing in the Arena
The player with the highest conglomerated score of all region types in BOTH expeditions, wins!