SPELLCHAMBER

How to Play

CONTENTS:

SETTING UP:

1. Each player chooses one die and one Wizard card and puts them in front of themselves, front side facing up.

2. Shuffle up the spell cards together face-down to create the Spell Deck.
Put this near the center of the table.
3. Choose the 10-card scenario deck that matches the amount of players.
For 2 Player games, use the Duel Scenario Cards. For 3+ Player Games, use the Group Scenario Cards. (See graphic above)
4. Shuffle the Scenario Cards you will be using together face-down to create the Scenario Deck. Place this near the center of the table. If players are learning the game for the first time, put the matching Starter Scenario Card on top of the scenario deck face-down.
5. Put the ammo cards off to the side, face-down.
Place the Wizard Gun directly in the center of the table.

YOUR FIRST ROUND:

BEFORE YOU BEGIN your first round,
Each player rolls their dice. Highest result will battle first. We’ll call them the battle player. If playing with only two players, each sets their
die to 6. Otherwise, each sets their die to 4. This is the starting life total.STARTING A ROUND OF SPELLCHAMBER:
Each round has 3 phases from beginning to end. Preparing, The Spell Draft, and the The Battle.
PHASE ONE: PREPARING
To begin each round, reveal the top card of the scenario deck and place it next to the scenario deck. (If this isn't the first round, place it on top of the previous scenario card.)
First, look at the amount of spells (center left) required for each player. Take that many spells from the spell deck and place them face-down in a side-by-side grid in the middle of the table, so that each player can see them.
Then, look at the amounts of each ammo card required for the scenario. (From Left to Right: Live, Magic, Blank.) Take the required amount of each ammo card and shuffle them together face-down. Place this deck in the middle of the
table next to the Wizard Gun. We’ll call this the chamber deck.For example, the Group Scenario card below Requires 2 Spells per player,
with a chamber deck consisting of 6 Live Ammo Cards, 4 Magic Ammo Cards, and 2 Blank Ammo Cards:

Below is an example setup of what the game should look like after completing the Preparing phase. The spells are laid out, and the shuffled chamber deck contains the 6 Lives, 4 Magics, and 2 Blanks. We've used the Scenario card pictured above in a 4-player game for this example:

Once the spells are in a grid and the chamber deck is shuffled and ready, its time to move onto the next phase: The Spell Draft.
PHASE TWO: THE SPELL DRAFT
Start the spell draft phase by turning all of the face-down spell cards in the center of the table face-up.
Players will now take turns picking spells to use during the upcoming BATTLE.
The player to the right of the battle player will draft (pick a card) first. Players then take turns drafting in counter-clockwise ↺ order.To draft, a player will choose one of the face-up spells in the middle of the table. They will then take that spell and put it in front of their wizard card. Below a spell card’s title, you’ll see 1-3 diamond symbols. This is the spell’s slot requirement. Each player has 8 total spell slots. Spells that you have take up that many spell slots. If a player doesn’t have enough empty slots to draft a spell, they can either discard spells they already have to make room, or just discard the spell they were going to draft. Players MUST pick a card to draft on their turns, even if they don’t have room for it. Players continue taking turns drafting spells one at a time until there are no spells left in the grid.Mind Control requires two spell slots. Foretell requires three spell slots.

Once all the spell cards from the grid have been drafted and/or discarded, slide the Wizard Gun and chamber deck directly directly in the center of the table. Players will move onto the final phase of the round: THE BATTLE.Below is a continuation of the example game from earlier, this time after the spell draft phase has been completed. Yours should also look something like this:

It's finally time to play some Spellchamber!
PHASE THREE: BATTLE
Players will now take turns battling, with the battle player going first, moving clockwise ↻.
Each battle turn, a player will put the Wizard Gun in front of themselves, then they will take the following steps in order:1. They can play ANY AMOUNT of spells they have, one spell at a time. When a spell is played, do what it says and put it in a discard pile next to the spell deck.2. They can aim the Wizard Gun at any player. (This includes themselves.) To aim with the Wizard Gun, rotate it on the table so that it points at the player being aimed at.3. They SHOOT! To shoot, reveal the top card of the chamber deck and discard it face-up next to the chamber deck. Each type of ammo card has a unique effect on the player that was shot:

After shooting, that players' battle turn ends. They can't play anymore spells (Unless the spell card itself specifies otherwise.) They pass the Wizard Gun to the next player in clockwise order, who will begin their battle turn following the exact same steps.
Once the last card in the chamber deck has been discarded, the round immediately ends. All ongoing spell effects are immediately canceled. Put all ammo cards in play off to the side face-down with the extras. The player who would have been taking the next turn becomes the new battle player next round.
Players get to KEEP any spells they still have but didn't play moving into the next round.
Then start a new brand new round!
(See the beginning of the rules.)

POWERING UP:

Players will notice that in addition to their wizard card having a rules reminder on it, it also showcases a special condition on the backside: POWERING UP.
Whenever a player shoots themselves without losing life from the shot, they POWER UP. To do this, immediately flip the card over to its back side.

That player is now POWERED UP for the rest of the round.
Being powered up doesn’t do anything on its own, but certain spells care about whether or not their player is POWERED UP. At the end of each round, all POWERED UP players revert back to normal (they flip the card to its front side).

TYPES OF SPELLS:

There are THREE types of spells you'll be playing. Regular spells, Hybrid spells, and POWERED UP spells.When a regular spell is played, just do what it says, then are put it in the spell discard pile.Hybrid spells are just like Regular spells, but they have special effects that care about whether or not you are powered up denoted with red text. They have a half black, half red spell slot symbol.POWERED UP spells can only be played if you are powered up. These spells are red along with star symbols in its spell slot requirement.

ENDING THE GAME AND
GHOST PLAYERS:

When a player reaches 0 life, they die.If you are playing with 3-4 players, death isn't the end: When a player dies, exchange their Wizard card and dice for a Ghost card and will become a Ghost player for the rest of the game.Ghost players are always POWERED UP. Ghost players can't shoot the Wizard Gun or be aimed at, but can still play their spells. At the beginning of a Ghost player's battle turn, they may draft a spell.Players will continue playing rounds until there is only one Wizard remaining. The game ends and THEY WIN!

Rules Tips

-Whenever a spell or Mana Crystal requires you draft a spell during battle, you will draft the top card of the spell deck directly. If you don't have enough slots for the drafted spell, you must either discard it or discard other spells you have to make room.- If a player targets themselves with a fizzle and it was the last crystal card in the chamber, they will be the battle player next round.- When you draft a spell during battle, you still need to have enough slots for it, or discard spells to make room. Otherwise, discard the spell instead.- If the spell deck runs out, reshuffle its discard pile together to recreate the Spell Deck.- Spells that affect the outcome of a crystal or skip a turn can be kept in play as a reminder until their effect ends if needed, then discarded.- Extra crystal cards should be kept face-down off to the side.- When the last crystal card is discarded from the chamber deck, the round instantly ends. Players can’t play more cards during their turn.

SPELLS AND STRATEGY

All 12 Spells in the Base Edition of Spellchamber, alongside strategy and rules tips for each card to maximize your Wizard prowess.