Gank társasjáték

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Gank is what a MOBA video game looks like when you convert it for the tabletop with euro-design. You don't push around a hundred miniatures on a map within a hundred grid spaces. You don't see dozens of soldiers scattered across the battlefield on the various lanes.

What you do see, are still the iconic 3 lanes that each leads to both your base and your opponent's. But these are very simplified and there are only 7 spaces on each of these lanes, which really act more as tracks. There are no actual soldier miniatures, but there is a frontline marker that represents the space at which each lane is being contested currently.

The rules are still the same for a MOBA video game, in that you still try to break your opponent's base before he breaks yours. You can also win by killing his Heroes multiple times (they will always return immediately though) and eventually reduce his Morale to zero, causing him to 'Call GG' and losing the game. The third way to win the game is to collect 9 different forms (or 11 if 2v2 mode) of crystals known as Celestium - this allows you to fuel the Celestial Cannon and one-shot your opponent's base all the way from your own!

As for Hero miniatures, you have an option to make your game beautiful and get the 3D miniature representatives of your Heroes, or you can simply choose to use the more affordable alternative where your Heroes are cards in your hand. Either way, you never ever push any Hero around on the battlefield itself. Instead you play with a selected team of 5 Heroes, each representing a different role (Carry, DPS, Utility, Tank, Support) from your hand onto the table. (If you are using the premium miniatures for your Heroes, your hand is instead represented by a Reserve Row where they stand in all their 3D glory, and they are played onto an Active Column Track.)

The full action of the battle is represented by a pyramid-shaped layout of cards that you and your opponents take turns to pick cards from - starting from the bottom row. There are 4 types of cards, namely Farming, Attacking, Pushing and Treasure cards. Depending on the role you play, you will also pick the cards differently. For example, the Tank can only take 1 card but does not take any damage from Farming cards (which others normally do). The Carry allows you to take 1 card, and then 1 card immediately on top of it (this makes your Carry the most powerful role since it can access the higher tier cards faster) or the Utility Hero which takes any 2 cards in a row, as long as they are different types. Sometimes on the cards, there are Celestium crystals to be collected, or materials to be farmed (usually from Farming cards) where you can later combine with Item Recipes to create powerful equipment for your Heroes.

Each Hero you play generally has 2 skills, one of which requires mana to perform. There is a 3rd skill that unlocks for them when they level up (there's only 2 levels in the game, so each Hero can only level up once) When you play a Hero, aside from doing the action of the card(s) you pick from the pyramid, your Hero may trigger one or more of its skills to further change the scape of the battlefield.

The game is played in rounds, with each round ending when the top card on the pyramid is taken. At the end of each round, there is a Shopping Phase, where players will play mind games against each other with their Gold available (in-game currency) - you can purchase reinforcements to push certain lanes in your favor! All purchases are secret until players are done with their shopping and then the choices are revealed.

This game also features a 4 player mode of 2v2 where each player controls 4 heroes instead of 5, making it 8 heroes per team instead of the usual 5. The card pool is also larger by 5 cards per round, but all else stays the same and Gold, Materials and Crystals are shared in a team.