✨What is the MagestiK game?

The MagestiK game is a game that I (Carolus) first created in 2020 to play with friends and family. I have designed lots of prototypes that evolved along the way according to outputs from each game played on a large panel of players. The rules have now reached their final form, so that the game can be released publicly. The game is a turn-based tabletop game associating strategy and bluffing. Briefly, the goal of each player is to gather 8 gems and finish a round with at least 8 gems and more gems than each of the other players. Each game round has 3 phases:

1. During the first phase, each player receives a new random gem.

2. During the second phase, each player secretly selects a mage staff amongst the 9 available using a draft mechanic (the staff selected by previous player cannot be selected by the next ones). The staff selected determines:

   1. when the player plays in phase 3,

   2. the magic energy the player will receive,

   3. the spells the player can cast with that energy.

3. During the third phase, each player plays its turn. He can cast spells, recruit dragons to protect his gems and steal the gems of the other players. Once all players have played their phase 3 turn, if one has 8 gems or more, and more gems than the others, the game ends. Otherwise, a new round is played. If the game ended, the leaderboard is determined by the number of gems held by each player.

The game is playable on our discord. The rules are published there -> https://discord.gg/kZvwC9KRMx

One of the early prototypes of MagestiK being played