The Rune Market
A slower-paced, interactive market-control game mode of the Cambio Unlimited Deck
Collect the most Runes by the end of the game.
Each Red Rune and Blue Rune is worth 1 Rune Point.
The game ends immediately when all Red and Blue Runes are gone from The Market.
For this game mode, ignore the numbers and symbols in the corners of the cards.
Before playing, separate the Market Cards from the deck
Market Cards:
10 × Red Runes
10 × Blue Runes
2 × Boat Shelters
2 × Bandit Cards
Place these cards in the center of the table as The Market.
Shuffle the remaining cards to create the draw pile.
Deal each player 3 hand cards.
Each player may look at their own hand cards at any time.
In this game, your table cards are the cards played in front of you, such as Runes, Shelters, Boat Shelters, and Bandit Cards on your Shelters.
Your hand cards are the cards you hold in your hand and play during your turn, such as Number Cards, Theft Cards, and Shelters.
The winner of the previous round goes first.
If it is the first round, the youngest player goes first.
Play moves clockwise.
4. Core Card Types + Actions
Runes are the main scoring cards.
Each Rune is worth 1 Rune Point.
Runes are collected by:
>Purchasing them from The Market
>Earning them as interest from The Market
>Stealing them from other players
Runes may sit in your table cards on their own.
Red Runes may go inside:
Red Shelters
Red Boat Shelters
Blue Runes may go inside:
Blue Shelters
Blue Boat Shelters
Runes only earn interest when they are inside a matching Shelter or Boat Shelter at the beginning of your turn.
Shelters hold your Runes and allow you to earn interest.
Red Shelters hold Red Runes.
Blue Shelters hold Blue Runes.
You may have a maximum of:
1 x Red Shelter
1 x Blue Shelter
at any moment in your table cards.
If you play a Red or Blue Shelter to the discard pile instead of to your table cards, it is treated as a double theft attack on a single opponent.
You may also discard a Shelter from your table cards at the beginning of your turn to use it as a double theft attack on a single opponent.
Theft Cards are used to steal from other players.
When you play a Theft Card, you may steal either:
1 Rune from another player
OR
1 hand card from another player
There is no limit to how many Theft Cards you may play on the same opponent in one turn.
If you steal a hand card:
That player does not immediately draw back up.
They play their next turn with fewer hand cards.
They draw back to 3 at the end of that turn.
You may play stolen hand cards immediately if you choose.
Number Cards are used to:
Purchase Runes
Attack other players
Purchase Boat Shelters and Bandit Cards
Pay toward removing Bandits
Purchasing Runes
You may purchase 1 Rune from The Market by discarding Number Cards from your hand that add up to:
5
10
or 15
The purchased Rune may be placed into a matching Shelter or kept in your table cards on its own.
Attacking
You may attack another player with any Number Card.
With Number Card attacks, you may attack each player only 1 time per turn.
To attack:
Place a Number Card from your hand onto the discard pile.
Announce which player you are attacking.
The defender may block the attack by showing a Number Card from their hand that is equal to or higher than the attacking card.
If the defender blocks:
They keep their defending card.
Nothing else happens.
If the defender cannot block:
They may simply say they cannot defend.
They do not have to show any cards.
If the attack succeeds, the attacker may steal either:
1 Rune from the defender
OR
1 hand card from the defender
Buying Boat Shelters and Bandit Cards with Number Cards
You may purchase a Boat Shelter or Bandit Card by discarding Number Cards totaling 21 or higher during the Hand Cards stage.
Paying Toward Removing Bandits
You may also use Number Cards to pay toward removing a Bandit over multiple turns.
See Advanced Market Cards: Bandit Card.
5. Turn Structure
Each turn has 4 stages and must be played in this order.
Once you move forward to the next stage of your turn, you may not go back to an earlier stage.
If you have a Shelter with at least 1 Rune inside it:
Collect 1 Rune of the same color from The Market.
If that Shelter has a Boat Shelter inside it:
Collect 2 Runes of the same color instead.
If that Shelter has a Bandit Card on it, see Advanced Market Cards: Bandit Card.
After collecting interest, you may purchase a Boat Shelter or Bandit Card from The Market using Runes from your table cards.
The Rune cost is:
3 Runes of the same color
4 Runes of the same color in a 2-player game
Runes may come from your table cards, including Runes inside Shelters, unless they are frozen by a Bandit.
Runes used for the purchase go back into The Market.
You must play at least 1 hand card each turn.
You may play all of your hand cards if you choose.
Hand cards may be used to:
>Play Shelters
>Play Theft Cards
>Purchase Runes
>Attack other players
>Purchase Boat Shelters and Bandit Cards with Number Cards
>Remove or pay toward removing Bandits
Once you play your first hand card, you may no longer collect interest or purchase Boat Shelters or Bandit Cards with Runes that turn.
To end your turn, draw cards from the deck until you have 3 hand cards.
If the draw pile runs out before the game is over, shuffle the discard pile to form a new draw pile.
If you have more than 3 hand cards, keep the extra cards unless you choose to play or discard them.
Play passes to the player on your left.
