{"product_id":"etherstone","title":"Etherstone","description":"\u003cp\u003eNobura is a forgotten planet shrouded in mystery. The story told that a cosmic being sacrificed its divine essence to breathe life into its desolate lands. Etherstones shaped the planet's biomes and interconnected all living beings with nature.\u003cbr\u003eYet, the lurking threat of the Vacuous, a parasitic force born from the depths of Nobura, poses a challenge to life on the surface, weaving a tale of divine sacrifice. Nobura has always been part of a paradoxical loop of life and death, where the forces of creation and destruction dance in an eternal cosmic struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHOW TO PLAY:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eEtherstone\u003c\/em\u003e, players embody faction leaders uniting forces to avert the impending extinction, striving to gain the most victory points through various means, such as summoning cards, overcoming threats, and utilizing their abilities as effectively as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first stage of the game will be drafting your hand of 7 cards and your leader card, alternatively for the first few matches, players can take a pre-made hand of cards with the matching Leader. Leaders have a set number of life points, a strength value, and a persistent asymmetric ability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are three types of cards in the game:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollowers: That can help you during the attack when facing a threat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRituals: Powerful spells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnology: Artifacts that can modify your game strategy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring your turn, you can take only one action. You can either:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDice Draft: Spend Ether from Etherstones to summon cards and activate powerful effects by rolling dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummon: Summon one card from their hand by paying the relative Etherstone cost in tokens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttack: Overcome one Threat card from the center of the table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRest: Ready all your cards and skip the turn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVoid Pact: In case the Leader is defeated, players will skip the turn to revive their leader at full health and gain a void pact token that will be worth negative victory points at the end of the game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers will win by gaining victory points while doing several different actions and the game will end if any of the following three end-game conditions are met. Either the active player has no cards left in their hand, there are no cards left in the Threat deck, or the victory point pool has no more tokens in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMPONENTS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Etherstone Dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e80 Etherstones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Exalted Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Whispers Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Limbic Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Void Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Void Die\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19 Leaders Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Life Dials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 Counters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 Victory Point Tokens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 Threat Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Void Pact Tokens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEndgame Trigger Token\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Player Aid's\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"ThunderGryph Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40799145656383,"sku":"242573","price":63.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0026\/0489\/2223\/files\/pic7986687.jpg?v=1715135579","url":"https:\/\/www.boardgamemaster.com.au\/products\/etherstone","provider":"Boardgame Master","version":"1.0","type":"link"}