Clank! rules

board | 2-4 players | 60min

Player's turn

  1. Follow card text on 5 cards in hand.
  2. Take actions in any order:
    • Buy cards with Skill/Swords and put into discard pile unless monster (red) or device (purple), then use immediately.
    • Move.
  3. Fill dungeon row to 6 cards. 3a. Follow arrival text, if any. 3b. If at least one card has Dragon Attack symbol, perform dragon attack.
  4. Discard remaining hand, then draw 5 cards.

Dragon attack

  • +1 cube to Clank! area when drawing any card to hand with Clank!
  • +1 to dragon's Rage Track when taking an Artifact or Dragon Egg.
  • The dragon attacks when drawing at least 1 Dragon Attack symbol for the dungeon row OR a player is on a Dragon Attack symbol outside the castle on the Countdown Track.
  • Dragon attack = put cubes in Clank! area into bag, then draw X cubes according to rage track + additional cube symbols on cards in Dungeon Row + (if triggered by Countdown Track) additional cubes as shown

Movement

  • 1 Boots required for normal paths and...
    • 1 Boots for each Footprint icon
    • 1 Swords or 1 damage for each Monster icon
    • possess the Master Key from the Market if lock icon is present
  • Entering Crystal Cave prevents use of Boots for remainder of turn.
  • When entering a space, you may take an Artifact (max=1, +1 per backpack) and increase dragon rage OR take 1 Monkey Idol, Secret, or heal if available.
  • 7 gold + on Market space = buy one item from the Market.

Game end

  • First player out of castle OR knocked out goes to the Countdown Track
  • Players outside the castle do not take turns.
  • Players only score if they escaped the dungeon depths by end of the game, regardless of Health Meter.
  • Points = green dots on artifacts, secrets, items, mastery, and cards + total value of coins.
  • Ties go to the most valuable artifact.
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