Dystemporalia

The basic concept behind Anachronism is very simple: two warriors, plucked from history and myth, meet in single combat in a small arena. Yet some of the other aspects of the game, while they eventually become quite familiar, can be somewhat unclear to first-time players. To help new players get up to speed, Dystemporalia presents this sample game, played using the Anachronism Set 1 starter game, featuring the Greek hero Achilles vs. the rebellious Roman slave Spartacus.

Setup

Before beginning your first game, you and your opponent should briefly examine the cards available to you. Each starter game includes ten cards—two warriors and eight support cards (one inspiration, weapon, armor, and special for each warrior). Let's take a look at the cards from this starter deck:

Achilles Warrior Pack
	Achilles (Fire) 8 Life 3 Speed +0 9 Experience -1 -1 1 Damage Greek • Warrior • Male Iroiki Taxitita - Action: Move one space diagonally.
	(3) Thetis (Water) Greek • Inspiration • Diety Mitriki Agapi: Once per game, re-roll any one die or make an opponent re-roll any one die.
	(8) Sarissa (1) -1 +0 +2 +2   Greek • Weapon • Polearm (1 hand) Katastrofi panoplias: Opponent's armor cards produce no effects during the first round they are revealed.
	(5) Armor of Hephaestus Greek • Armor • Torso Eulogimeni Panoplia: Once per round, when you attack, you may make your enemy re-roll their defense roll. Discard this card if the result is lower than their original roll.
	(1) Shield of Hephaestus Greek • Special • Shield (1 hand) Dia Tis Pistis Aminomenos: Your defense rolls gain +1 while you have a face-up inspiration card.
Spartacus Warrior Pack
	Spartacus (Metal) 8 Life 3 Speed -1 -1 6 Experience 1 Damage Roman • Warrior • Male Ars Gladiatoria - 2 Actions: If you have an inspiration in play, make an extra attack with one of your weapons.
	(0) Blossius of Cumae (Water) Roman • Inspiration • Philosophy Primus ultimus erit, atque ultimus primus: If you are a metal warrior, resolve initiative from lowest to highest this challenge.
	(4) Sica (2) +0 +1 +1 Roman • Weapon • Sword (1 hand) Lamina Incurvata: Attacks with this weapon deal +1 damage if the defending warrior has a face-up shield card.
	(1) Ocrea Roman • Armor • Legs Armatura: Your defense rolls gain +1 if you are a metal warrior.
	(4) Parma Roman • Special • Shield (1 hand) In Vicem Oppugnare: Your attack rolls gain +1 while you are not in an opponent's basic attack grid.

 

As we begin the sample game, it's not yet important for you to really understand what all the cards do. You just need a basic familiarity with them, and you need to be able to tell the difference betwen the warrior card and all the other support cards. One player should take all the Greek cards (if you're not sure whether a card is Greek or Roman, just look at the line of text immediately below the picture), and the other player should take all the Roman cards. For purposes of the rest of this demo, we'll call the Greek player "Jack" and the Roman player "Jill."

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