Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
A fantasy dueling card game with easy to learn rules and intuitive game mechanics. In Tales are Real, two player fight with creature cards against each other.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
A fantasy dueling card game with easy to learn rules and intuitive game mechanics. In Tales are Real, two player fight with creature cards against each other. Each player has five creatures on the table and can equip them with item cards to make them mir powerful. On every turn, both player choose one of their creatures for battle. The creatures fight against each other and deal damage to each other. The damage depends on the creatures basic strength and equipment. Creature cards has special abilities to avoid or reduce damage. To activate the ability players has to roll the dice. The goal of Tales are Real is to destroy as many creatures of your opponent as possible. The player who lost the most creature cards within five rounds, loses the game.