Age of Skorpa

AGE OF SKORPA — Rpg card game Print to play version

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Player count

2–4 players

AGE OF SKORPA

Complete Game Rules

1. OBJECTIVE

In Age of Skorpa, players compete to build the strongest Hero by equipping powerful Gear, collecting their Hero's Favorite Set, and defeating three increasingly powerful Bosses.

The game ends immediately when the third Boss, the World Devourer, is defeated.

The player with the highest total Victory Points (VP) wins.

2. GAME SETUP

Choose Your Hero

Each player chooses one Hero.

Each Hero has one Favorite Set:

Hero

Favorite Set

Infernal

Frost

Bone

Royal

Shadow

Starting Gold

Each player starts with exactly 1 Gold card.

Draw 1 card from the deck and place it face down in your personal Gold pile.

3. GOLD

There are no Gold tokens in Age of Skorpa.

Your Gold is represented entirely by the number of Gold cards in your face-down Gold pile.

Gold Rules

Your Gold cards remain face down. Players may count how much Gold they have when required.

4. THE BLACK BAZAAR

The Black Bazaar is where players acquire new Gear.

At the beginning of the active player's turn:

Reveal 2 Cards

Reveal 2 cards in the Black Bazaar.

The active player chooses ONE of them.

The active player must choose one of two actions:

EQUIP

Pay the card's printed Gold Cost and equip the card to your Hero.

OR

SELL

Discard the card and gain +1 Gold.

To gain the Gold, take 1 Gold card and place it face down in your Gold pile.

5. THE SECOND CARD — SEALED AUCTION

The card that the active player did not choose is immediately put up for a sealed-bid auction.

Only the other players participate in the auction.

Each player secretly chooses:

A player cannot bid more Gold than they currently possess.

Winning the Auction

The player with the highest bid wins the card.

Ties

If two or more players make the same highest bid, the winner is the player closest to the active player's left.

Payment

The auction winner:

The winning bid is not discarded.

6. EQUIPMENT SLOTS

Gear is equipped to the appropriate slot on your Hero.

When equipping a new card into a slot that is already occupied, the player must choose what happens to the old card.

OPTION 1 — KEEP AS GOLD

Place the replaced card into your face-down Gold pile.

The card becomes +1 Gold.

OPTION 2 — DISCARD

Discard the replaced card instead.

This rule applies both to the active player and to the winner of an auction.

7. ATTACK

Your Hero's Attack is the total Attack value of all your equipped Gear.

Total Attack

There are no dice, HP, damage, or Boss Attack rolls.

Combat is resolved using a single number.

8. FIGHTING THE BOSSES

Age of Skorpa features three Bosses.

Bosses must be defeated in order.

Boss

Attack Required

VP

6

6 VP

12

12 VP

22

22 VP

Defeating a Boss

If your Total Attack is equal to or greater than the Boss's required Attack:

When a player defeats a Boss, that player places the Boss card face-up in front of them as a permanent trophy. In addition, that player permanently gains +1 extra card revealed in the Black Bazaar on every subsequent turn of theirs. This bonus stacks: defeating two Bosses grants +2 extra cards (reveal 4 total), and so on. Bosses are defeated in order: 1. Bonefiend Brute → 2.

You receive the Boss's printed VP.

The next Boss then becomes the current Boss.

9. BOSS PROGRESSION

Bosses are defeated in this order:

1. Bonefiend Brute

↓

2. Dread Knight

↓

3. World Devourer

When the World Devourer is defeated, the game ends immediately.

No additional turns are played.

10. HERO FAVORITE SET BONUS

Each Hero has one Favorite Set.

Only cards from your Hero's Favorite Set count toward your Hero Bonus.

Hero

Favorite Set

Infernal

Frost

Bone

Royal

Shadow

Your Favorite Set provides additional VP when you collect Epic and Legendary cards.

EPIC BONUS

For every 2 Epic cards from your Favorite Set, gain:

The bonus repeats for every additional pair.

So:

LEGENDARY BONUS

For every 2 Legendary cards from your Favorite Set, gain:

The bonus repeats for every additional pair.

So:

Example

If a Barbarian has:

The Barbarian receives:

These points are added to the player's final score.

11. VICTORY POINTS

There are three sources of VP.

1. EQUIPPED GEAR

Add the VP printed on your equipped Gear cards.

2. HERO FAVORITE SET BONUS

Add your earned Epic and Legendary Favorite Set bonuses.

3. DEFEATED BOSSES

Add the VP from every Boss you personally defeated.

12. GOLD DOES NOT SCORE

Gold is an important resource during the game, but it has no Victory Point value.

At the end of the game:

Do not add Gold to your final score.

13. FINAL SCORE

Calculate your final score as follows:

The player with the highest Final VP wins.

Tie

If two or more players have the same highest score:

14. COMPLETE TURN SEQUENCE

Every turn follows the same sequence.

STEP 1 — REVEAL

Reveal 2 cards in the Black Bazaar.

STEP 2 — ACTIVE PLAYER CHOOSES

Choose ONE card.

Either:

Equip → Pay its Gold Cost.

Sell → Gain +1 Gold.

STEP 3 — AUCTION

The remaining card goes to a sealed-bid auction.

The other players secretly bid 0 or at least the card's Gold Cost.

Highest bid wins.

Tie → closest player to the active player's left wins.

STEP 4 — PAYMENT

The auction winner pays their bid directly to the active player's Gold pile.

STEP 5 — EQUIP

The auction winner equips the card.

If the slot is occupied, the old card is either:

STEP 6 — BOSS CHECK

Check the Attack of:

If either player has enough Attack to defeat the current Boss, the Boss is defeated and its VP is awarded.

STEP 7 — NEXT TURN

Continue play with the next player.

The game continues until the World Devourer is defeated.

15. QUICK REFERENCE

YOUR TURN

EQUIP

Pay the printed Gold Cost.

SELL

Gain +1 Gold.

AUCTION

Highest sealed bid wins.

TIE

Closest to the active player's left wins.

BOSS

FAVORITE SET

END GAME

WINNER

AGE OF SKORPA — THE CORE EXPERIENCE

AI Content Disclosure The visuals and card artwork for this project were created using generative AI tools (such as Midjourney/Stable Diffusion), curated and formatted for the final printed game components.