DAS AMULETT
By Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum
For 3-6 players
COMPONENTS
Game Board
33 Spell Cards
112 Metal Cards (18 each Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron)
6 Amuletts
52 Jewels
7 red
7 yellow
7 dark green
7 clear
4 white
4 dark blue
4 light blue
4 gray
4 orange
4 brown
Jewel Bag
60 Energy Stones
6 Round Markers (3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6)
2 Wizard Hats
Player Aid Sheet
Rules
PREPARATION
Place the gameboard in the middle of the table. Place the Round Markers near the board.
Give each player an Amulett.
Give each player 10 Energy Stones. Any remaining Energy Stones should be put back in the box.
Separate the Metal Cards by type and place each Metal Card stack face up near the board. Each player should take one of each of the four Metals as his starting hand.
Put all the Jewels in the Jewel Bag and mix them thoroughly. Draw the Jewels out of the bag randomly. Place three Jewels in each City area (the four areas in the middle of the board) and two Jewels in each other area. Put the bag back in the box.
Place Wizards Hat #2 in the City area that has a Pyramid. (Both Wizard Hats are the same. I am just using #1 and #2 to help make the rules clearer.)
Decide who will be the First Player and give him Wizard Hat #1.
SPELLS
Shuffle the Spell Cards and deal two to each player. If a player does not like the Spell Cards he is dealt, he may discard one or both and draw replacements. A player can only do this once.
Each player secretly decides how many Energy Stones he will allocate to his two starting Spells by placing a number of Energy Stones on each of the two cards. (This should be done secretly. Hide your cards with your hands.) At least one Energy Stone must be placed on each of the two starting cards. When all players have made their decisions, the Spells are all revealed. (The printed rules state that each player must place exactly two stones on each starting card. The above rule is included as an advanced option.)
The remaining Spell Cards form the deck which is placed near the board. Discarded cards are placed face down on the bottom of the deck.
Spells are always kept face up on the table in front of their owner.
SEQUENCE OF PLAY
The game is played in Rounds. Each Round has the following four Phases.
SPELL PHASE
Spell Cards equal to the number of players are auctioned. Spells are auctioned one at a time. Each Auction is held within the following rules:
METAL PHASE
Beginning with the Player with Wizard Hat #1 and proceeding clockwise around the table, each player collects the Metals shown on all their Spell Cards. A player may collect any of the four Metals for each Wild Symbol on each of his Spells. If there are no Metal Cards left of one type, a player may take any other Metal as a substitute.
JEWEL PHASE
The player with Wizard Hat #1 draws one of the Round Markers. The result is the number of areas that will be visited this Round. Players compete for Jewels in each of these areas.
During the first Round of the game, the first area visited is the City with the Pyramid. Thereafter, the player who wins the Jewel in an area takes Wizard Hat #1 and immediately moves Wizard Hat #2 on the board.
Wizard Hat #2 must be moved within the following rules:
Each time Wizard Hat #2 is moved, there is an auction for one of the Jewels in that area. Each auction is handled within the following rules:
ENERGY STONE PHASE
Each player removes one Energy Stone from each of his Spells. Exception: Some Spells require two Energy Stones to be removed each turn. Any Spell left with no Energy Stones is discarded and placed face down on the bottom of the deck. Energy Stones that are removed from Spells are available to be used again.
SPELL CARDS
Spell Cards always supercede the normal rules of the game.
WINNING THE GAME
The game ends when one player gets 7 different colored Jewels on his Amulett or 8 total Jewels in any combination of colors. He is the winner.