Pralaya
Pralaya Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Card Overview
Relic cards contain the following information:
- Name
- Vitality — You must spend this much Vitality to collect the card.
- Rarity — Tells you how many copies of the card are in the game.
- Currency — The card's value as currency. (Copper Coins, Silver Coins, and Gold Coins only.)
- Text — Explains the card's effect and how many points it's worth.
Ocean cards contain no text.
Veda and Dhoni cards contain the following information:
- Name
- Price — You must spend this amount of money to purchase the card.
- Text — Explains the card's effect.
Setting Up
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Shuffle the Relic cards and place them face down as the Relic deck.
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Take as many Veda cards as there are players, and place them in a pile next to the Relic deck. Do the same for the Dhoni cards. All Veda cards are the same, but each Dhoni card has a different price. The number of players determines which Dhoni cards are used in the game. Place the Dhoni card with price X on top of the pile, and arrange the rest of the Dhoni cards under it in ascending order.
You can check which Dhoni cards to use by looking at the back of each card. When playing with three players, for example, use the two cards with nothing written on their backs and the card that says 3 OR MORE PLAYERS. The cards with nothing written on their backs are used regardless of the number of players.
- Use the Dhoni cards with prices X and 7 regardless of the number of players.
- With three or more players, include the Dhoni card with price 4; with four or more players, include the Dhoni card with price 2 as well; with five players, also include the Dhoni card with price 10.
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Draw Relic cards from the deck to create the island. For 2-3 player games, draw fifteen cards and place them face up in a 3x5 grid. For 4-5 player games, draw eighteen cards and place them face up in a 3x6 grid.
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Use a mutually agreed method to determine who will play first. This player takes the first turn, with play passing to the left.
Turn Overview
- You start each turn with 3 Vitality. However, during the first round of the game, the first player only has 1 Vitality and the second player only has 2 Vitality.
- Spend your Vitality to gather at least one face up Relic card from the island. You do not have to spend all of your Vitality; however, unspent Vitality does not carry over to your next turn. Add the Relic cards you collect to your hand. (Example: On your turn, you take one Relic card that costs 1 Vitality, and one Relic card that costs 2 Vitality.)
- After spending your Vitality, you may purchase the top Veda or Dhoni card from the respective pile by discarding Copper Coins, Silver Coins, and/or Gold Coins at least equivalent to the price displayed on that Veda or Dhoni card. Place Veda and Dhoni cards you purchase face up in front of you. You do not receive change if the Copper Coins, Silver Coins, and/or Gold Coins you discarded exceeded the price of the card you purchased. You may not purchase both cards on the same turn, and you may not purchase more than one of each card.
- Draw Relic cards from the deck and place them face up to replace the cards you took.
- Your turn ends after placing the new Relic cards. Play passes to the player to your left.
- The game ends when:
- All players escape from the island.
- The island only contains Ocean cards after replacing Relic cards in step 4.
- There is only one Relic card that is not an Ocean card at the beginning of your turn, in which case the game ends after you complete step 3.
Scoring
At the end of the game, any players who did not escape from the island (players who do not have a Dhoni card in front of them) do not perform scoring; they automatically have the lowest score. The remaining players add the points on all of their Relic cards and are ranked in order of points scored. Even if a player has negative points, they rank above players who did not escape from the island. If there is a tie, the player who is furthest from the first player in the turn order wins the game.
Card List
Pralaya uses the following fourteen types of cards:
Currency Cards
Used to purchase Veda and Dhoni cards.
Copper Coin (x4) Spend 1 Vitality to collect this card. Each of these is worth 1 point during scoring, and until you escape from the island, it has a currency value of 1 and can be used to purchase Veda or Dhoni cards.
Silver Coin (x6) Spend 2 Vitality to collect this card. Each of these is worth 3 points during scoring, and until you escape from the island, it has a currency value of 3 and can be used to purchase Veda or Dhoni cards.
Gold Coin (x5) Spend 3 Vitality to collect this card. Each of these is worth 6 points during scoring, and until you escape from the island, it has a currency value of 6 and can be used to purchase Veda or Dhoni cards.
Demon Statue (x8) Spend 1 Vitality to collect this card. Each of these is worth 2 points during scoring.
Ancient Manuscript (x8) Spend 1 Vitality to collect this card. Each set of two of these are worth 5 points during scoring. You do not score points for this card if you only have one. (Ex. If you have five Ancient Manuscripts, you score 10 points.)
Shattered Urn (x9) Spend 2 Vitality to collect this card. Each set of three of these are worth 20 points during scoring. You do not score points for this card if you have two or fewer. (Ex. If you have five Shattered Urns, you score 20 points.)
Great Statue (x8) Spend 1 Vitality to collect this card. You score points equal to the number of Great Statues you have, squared. (Ex. If you have three Great Statues, you score 3² = 9 points.)
Demonic Pact (x4) Spend 2 Vitality to collect this card. During scoring, multiply the points of all your Demon Statues by negative 3. This effect stacks, so if you have two of these, multiply by 9; if you have three, multiply by negative 27; if you have four, multiply by 81.
Pundit (x3) Spend 2 Vitality to collect this card. During scoring, this card is worth a number of points equal to the number of different types of cards you have, including Veda cards, Dhoni cards, and this card.
Brahmin (x1) Spend 3 Vitality to collect this card. During scoring, all Demon Statues you have are worth 0 points. If you have a Veda card, it is worth 15 points.
Fossil (x7) Spend 1 Vitality to collect this card. During scoring, the player with the most Fossils scores 15 points. If there is a tie, nobody scores points for Fossil cards.
Cards that Cannot be Collected
Ocean (x22) Ocean cards have no effect and cannot be collected.
Purchasable Cards
Can be purchased in exchange for Copper Coins, Silver Coins, and/or Gold Coins. Veda cards and Dhoni cards are not Relic cards.
Veda (x5) Purchase by discarding Copper Coins, Silver Coins, and/or Gold Coins at least equivalent to the price displayed on the Veda card. Place the purchased Veda card face up in front of you. Until you escape from the island, you start your turn with 4 Vitality. You may not purchase more than one Veda card. Only use as many Veda cards as there are players.
Dhoni (x5) Purchase by discarding Copper Coins, Silver Coins, and/or Gold Coins at least equivalent to the price displayed on the Dhoni card. To purchase the Dhoni with price X (the first Dhoni card), you must discard all Copper Coins, Silver Coins, and/or Gold Coins from your hand. If you do not have any, you may purchase the Dhoni card with price X without discarding cards. Place the purchased Dhoni card face up in front of you. For the rest of the game, instead of collecting Relic cards on your turn, choose one Relic card from the island to discard. You may not purchase more than one Dhoni card. Only use as many Dhoni cards as there are players.
Dhoni card effect (price X): X is the total currency value of Copper Coins, Silver Coins, and Gold Coins you have. You escape from the island. On your turn, instead of collecting Relic cards, choose one Relic card from the island and discard it.
Dhoni card effect (prices 2, 4, 7, 10): You escape from the island. On your turn, instead of collecting Relic cards, choose one Relic card from the island and discard it.