Flamecraft

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• Setup
  • • Roll out the town mat.
    • Place the 6 starter shops face up in any shop spaces.
    • Place each starter Artisan dragon face up on the shop with the matching icon in the top left covering the 1st slot in the bottom of the shop.
    • Place the goods tokens near the board.
    • Place the coin tokens on the fountain.
    • Sort the shop cards into 7 piles based on the the icons in the top left corner with the 6 standard goods being 6 of the piles and all the rest in a separate pile.
      • Shuffle each pile face down.
      • Take 1 card from each of the 6 standard goods piles and 4 cards from the 7th pile (everything else). Shuffle these 10 cards and place this (the Shop deck) to the side of the mat.
        • If you're familiar with the game, you can build this deck any way you like.
    • Artisan Dragons:
      • If playing with 2 players, remove 12 dragons -- 2 of each goods type.
      • If playing with 3 players, remove 6 dragons -- 1 of each goods type.
      • Shuffle the remaining cards and place the deck face down on its space near the fountain.
      • Reveal the top 5 cards and place them in the Park next to the deck.
    • Shuffle the Fancy Dragon cards and place the deck face down on its space near the fountain.
    • Choose either the purple or gold enchantment deck (purple is recommended for your 1st game).
      • Shuffle the deck and place it on its space inside the reputation track.
      • Reveal the top 5 cards and place them in a face up row next to the deck.
    • Randomly choose a start player.
    • Each player:
      • Take a player token (dragon) and take the matching reputation marker (heart) and player aid card.
      • Take 3 Artisan dragons to start your hand.
      • Take 2 Fancy dragons: Choose 1 to keep and return the other to the bottom of the Fancy deck.
      • If playing with 4+ players: The 4th and 5th players each take a goods token of their choice.
    • If playing with Companions, randomly deal 1 companion to each player.
    • Place all reputation markers near the start of the reputation track.
• Gameplay

  • The goal of the game is to have the most reputation (victory points) at the end of the game. Play will continue until either the Artisan deck or the Enchantment deck runs out. Proceed to game end when this happens.

    On a turn, you have 2 choices: visit a shop and either gather or enchant.

    Note: All goods/coins are considered to be unlimited.

    • 1st, move your player token onto the shop you wish to visit.
      • You must move to a new shop. You cannot stay on the same shop for multiple consecutive turns.
      • If there are other players already there, you must give each of them 1 good of your choice (or 1 coin). If you cannot pay the other players, you cannot visit that shop.
    • After performing your action, perform the end your turn steps.
  • Gathering

    • Perform the following steps in order.

      1. Gain the goods, coins, and dragons from the shop. These are the symbols in the upper left of the cards/shop.
         • Goods/coins are added to your personal supply.
         • Dragons are added to your hand.
      2. You may place 1 artisan dragon from your hand in an empty dragon slot at your shop and gain the reward.
         • The dragon's icon in the top left must match of the icons on the empty slot where you will place the dragon.
         • Slots in the shop can be filled in any order.
         • Gain the printed reward on the slot for adding a dragon to the shop.
         • If you have filled a shop (all slots have dragons), draw a new shop and place it in an empty town slot face down (do not look at the new shop).
      3. You may fire up (use the ability of) 1 dragon in your shop.
         • This can be a dragon you placed or 1 that was already there.
      4. Some shops have abilities listed in a strip above the dragon slots. You may now use the shop's ability.
  • Enchanting

    • Perform the following steps in order.

      1. Choose an enchantment from the faceup row, or 1 you have reserved, pay its goods cost and tuck it behind the shop to gain the rewards listed on it.
         • Shops with a or icon cannot be enchanted.
         • If an enchantment has a symbol, you cannot use coins to pay for the goods on the enchantment.
         • The enchantment's icon must match the shop's icon (upper left).
         • If a shop has a wild icon, any enchantment can be cast
         • A shop cannot have more than 3 enchantments.
         • You may use coins in place of any good(s).
         • Gain the reward shown at the bottom of the card.
           • Some cards have variable rewards depending on how many sets of goods were paid for it.
         • Tuck the enchantment behind the shop. there.
      2. You may fire up (use the ability of) all dragons at the shop.
         • If firing up a dragon lets you add a dragon to your current shop, you may also fire up that dragon.
  • End Your Turn
    • 1. Flip any new (face down) shops face up.
      2. Discard goods/dragons down to your limits.
         • You have a limit of 6 Artisan dragons.
         • You have a limit of 7 goods of each type.
      3. Draw new face up Artisan dragons and enchantments until the face up supplies are refilled on the board.
         • If the Artisan or Enchantment deck runs out, this triggers the end of the game
• Game End

  • When the last card of the Artisan or Enchantment deck is drawn/revealed, the game end is triggered. Each player, including the player that triggered the game end, gets 1 final turn.

    Once everyone has played their final turn, add the following to your current reputation to calculate your final score.

    • Gain 1 reputation per leftover coin.
    • Score any points on Fancy dragons with a ☾ symbol.

    The player with the highest reputation wins. If tied:

    1. The player with the most Artisan dragons in their hand wins.
    2. The player with the leftover goods wins.
    3. The players share the victory.
• Artisan Dragons

  • Ability	Clarifications
    Gain 2 of 1 good from this shop or an Artisan Dragon	The 2 goods you take must be the same. If it is a wild shop, you can take 2 of any 1 good. You cannot use this to gain coins or dragons. If an ability allows you to fire up this dragon in a location other than a shop, you may gain goods from any dragon at that location.
    Place an Artisan dragon in town	You may place your dragon in any empty slot in town with the matching icon (including the shop you are visiting). You gain the printed reward in the slot.
    Draw 1 Artisan dragon	You may take any faceup dragon from the park or draw the top card from the deck.
    Gain any 3 different goods	You may choose any 3 different goods.
    Swap this with another Artisan dragon in town and fire up the new dragon	Ignore the icons on the shop slots involved. This does not count as placing a dragon and does not earn the slot reward for either location.
    Gift a good to another player to gain 2 reputation	Gift any 1 good from your personal supply to another player of your choice and gain 2 reputation. See Giving Gifts under Other Rules for more info.

• Rewards

  • Below are the rewards that can be gained from adding dragons to shops.

    Symbol	Reward
    	Score this much reputation on the track.
    	Draw a new fancy dragon from the deck.
    	Draw a new artisan dragon from either the Park or the top of the deck.
    	Gain this many coins. Coins can be used as any good (wild).

• Other Rules

  • Giving Gifts

    Some abilities allow you to gift goods, coins, cards, etc. to other players for rewards.

    • Gifts are given from your personal supply/hand.
    • You may use coins in place of specific goods.
    • If you get a reward, other than reputation, take the reward from the general supply (not your opponent).

    Reserving Enchantments

    Some abilities will let you reserve an enchantment.

    • When enchanting, you can use your reserved enchantment instead of using 1 from the face up row.
    • You are limited to 1 reserved enchantment.
      • If you have an enchantment reserved and would be able reserve another, you cannot do so.

    Fancy Dragons

    There are 2 types of Fancy dragons.

    • ☀ (sun) Dragons: These dragons are scored during the game when their goal has been fulfilled.
      • They can be fulfilled any time during your turn.
      • If you must spend goods, return these to the general supply.
    • ☾ (moon) Dragons: These are only scored at the game end if their goals were fulfilled.

    There is no limit to the number of Fancy dragons you can have.

• Companions

  • Companions are optional, but will provide a 1-time ability during the game.

    • Setup: Randomly deal 1 companion to each player. Players place the companion face up in front of themselves.
      • If there is a "START" text on the card, the player starts the game with that bonus.
    • The abilities can be used once per game.
      • When the ability is used, flip the companion over to show it has been used.
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