Arcane Academy Rulebook

Contents
-1 board
-12 character stands
-12 character cards
-Heath tokens
-Battle tokens
-A+ Exam tokens
-Exam deck
-Month deck
-Month counter
-10 dice
-1 professor figure
-Humongous Hall deck
-Potions Lab deck
-Bestiary deck
-Elemental Magic deck
-Magic 101 deck
-Broom Closet deck
-Library deck
-Theatre deck

Set Up:
-Place each deck in the corresponding room on the board.
-The Broom Closet starts to the side of the Humongous Hall and spends the first Month there.
-The professor starts in the Humongous Hall and remains there for the first Month.
-The Exam deck goes (off to the side?*)
-The Month deck goes next to the Yearly countdown
-Shuffle each deck!
-Randomly select a character from the character deck.
-Place the matching stand onto the character's starting location (see character card)
-Remove starting items from decks (see character card) and hand out to player.
-Each player rolls a die. Highest number goes first. Play then passes clockwise. At the beginning of the next Month, the player who went last will go first.
-Set the month counter to how many rounds you want to play. Here are suggestions:
.2-3 players: Year Round school (12 months)
.3-5 players: Standard school year (9 months)
.5 or more players: Semester (6 months)
You can set the number of months depending on how long you wish to play.
When the Month Tracker is moved onto 0, the game is over.



Object of the Game
-The player that passes the most Exams by the end of the game becomes the Top Student and wins!
-You can achieve this by bumping up your stats, collecting items and spells, and dueling other students.
(*more objectives may be added later)


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-Turn Description:
1. Draw the top card from the Exam deck. Reveal to all players. This goal must be completed by the end of the month for a player to pass the Exam (and win).
2. Roll a die once. Move the Broom Closet to the corresponding room. (Not during first month)
3. Roll another die. Move the Professor to the corresponding room. (Not during first month).
4. Each round is called a "Month." During each month, each player has 4 actions, representing 4 weeks of preparing to pass the exam.
-Moving: Player can move to adjacent room. Each space takes 1 action.
-Studying: Draw the top card of a room deck and add it to your hand. One study= one action.
-Dueling: Fight another student. Both dueling students roll Strength. The student with more successes (5 or 6 rolls) wins. The winning student receives a random card from the loser's hand, and the loser loses health equal to the difference of the successes. The winner of the Duel also takes one Duel (B) token. 1 Duel token can be spent at any time during the game to reroll 1 die. 1 duel takes 1 action.
-Cast a spell. Use a spell item card. Shuffle the spell card back into the deck if successful. Takes 1 action.
-Resting: Regain 1 health. Takes 1 action.
5. After each player has taken all 4 actions, reveal the top card of the Month deck. Read out loud to all players, and immediately apply the effects.
6. Exam time! Each player attempts to pass the Exam. If you pass, take an A+ Exam token.
7. Move the Month tracker down.
8. Reveal the next Exam card.  

Items:
-You may only have 1 Familiar equipped to your character at a time.
-You may only have 1 Weapon equipped to your character at a time.
-You may only switch out your weapon and familiar once per month.

Professor:
-You may duel or perform a Snatch spell in front of the Professor (the spell or duel still resolves), but your player is immediately sent to Detention. To move out of Detention, you must use 1 move action, thus wasting 1 week during your turn. The Professor is moved each turn.

Broom Closet:
-The Broom Closet contains more powerful items, and is moved each turn. If a player is in the Broom Closet when it moves, the player is moved as well.

Dying:
If you lose all your health, your character is dead. Remove their character ID card from the game, shuffle all their items into the nearest deck. You may then choose to be reincarnated. Select a new character card and place them into the game at their starting location. All stats are reduced to base. However, you retain your Exam tokens and can continue playing.

Turn Summary:
-Reveal this Month's Exam.
-Move the Broom Closet
-Move the Professor
-Each player uses 4 actions. Using abilities do not count as actions.
-Draw a card from the Month deck and immediately read and apply it.
-Exam time! See who passes the Exam. If you pass, gain an A+ Exam token.
-Move the Month tracker down.
-Reveal next Exam
-Play begins with the player who went last, and passes clockwise.