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2016 Ranked #3,446

Arcane Academy

This tile-linking wizard duel has rival students create magic items and wield elemental energies for prestige. Linking the right paths lets each spellcaster outmaneuver the competition.

Family Games Comic Book / Strip Fantasy Open Drafting Tile Placement

Players

2-4

Play time

30-45 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.16/5

Rating

6.73

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Challenge rival students to become the best in class in Arcane Academy, a board game of tile-linking wizardry that pits young spellcasters against one another in a duel for honor and prestige.

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Challenge rival students to become the best in class in Arcane Academy, a board game of tile-linking wizardry that pits young spellcasters against one another in a duel for honor and prestige. Forge potent magic items and wield wickedly powerful elemental energies to out-think and out-maneuver your opponents. Arcane Academy is based on the critically acclaimed, all-ages comic series Finding Gossamyr, which is set in a fantasy world in which math is the language of magic.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30–45 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Eric M. Lang Kevin Wilson

Artists

3
Michael DeVito Sarah Ellerton Chris Wharton

Publishers

4
3WS Games Broadway Toys LTD Happy Baobab IDW Games

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