Slaughter your wizard opponents again and again and again to gain the Annihilageddon trophy while the game thrashes back with mayhem. Once you have read the first two pages of the Epic Spell Wars rule book (these pages contain no rules) the scene is set. There were three elements in Spell Wars' design that I thought were particularly smart solutions for standard problems in this type of game. What makes Annihilageddon different from the other deck-builders is that you will have a wizard just like the ones in Epic Spell Wars that mark your hit points. You see, I practice “LIVING IN THE MOMENT” to the degree of not remembering anything “OUTSIDE THE MOMENT.

Each player chooses a Hero Card, which are used to keep track of life (HP) and blood (Special Resource). That’s right, buddy—you got XTREME Nacho Chip Tokens to collect and these bad boys are gonna let you get LEGENDARY cards from a heaping stack of TOTALLY messed up powerful Spells, Locations, Creatures, Wizards, and artifacts! Bragging rights and the adoration of fans accompany the glory of annihilating your foolish opponents, rendering them into splattered puddles of goo while you stride triumphantly atop their bones! When you want to create AWESOME spells, BLOW AWAY your opponents, and LAUGH at their demise, this is the game to play.Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Rumble at Castle Tentakill is finally here and it’s loaded with all-new ways to deliver a smoking death to all who oppose you. It was out of print for the last couple of years so I've been watching like a hawk for this bad boy to be released again, and thankfully nothing's changed.

It also would have been nice if the Dead Wizard and Treasure spell decks had actual labels rather than just pictures on the back. Featuring game design and all-new art from the original creative team of Cory Jones, Rob Heinsoo, and Nick Edwards. If you are a fan of the Cerberus Engine deck-builders and the Epic Spell Wars universe, this is a must-have. Overall, the components for Spell Wars hover between good and great, but the terrific theming really pushes things over the top, resulting in a Style rating of "5" out of "5".

EpicErik11 it has the characters from Annihilageddon 1,2 and Gangbangers, those spells and cards are only for that deck building game. At the start of each round, players draw up to eight cards from the main deck (this happens each round, unused cards from previous round stay in your hand).

It's one of the few games you can pretty much guarantee will be enjoyed by everyone in a group, including those who don't normally enjoy games.Source cards give you dramatic origins of your spell, often another wizard's name - such as 'Bleemax Brainiac" - or an occult book or other bizarre source. These are like the other deck-building games but they are just not listed on the specific wizard cards. For example "Thai Foon's" is elemental and "Snakedance" is primal, while "Old Scratch's" and "Ritualistic" are both dark and "Disco-Mirrored" and "Vorpal Trap" are both illusion.