Deck Building With a Twist
Randomized turn order, no shuffling, and multiple win and loss conditions make this a deck building experience like no other!
“This is not the end of the world. That already happened. This is what is left: us, gravehold, and the Nameless. For generations we have taken refuge in an ancient and haunted place. It has taken our mages an aeon to hone their craft, but they are ready... and they are lethal. The breaches, the very conduits through which the Nameless travel, have become our weapon.”
-Yaleesa Rhykk, Gravehold survivor
The situation is bleak. The final city -
Gravehold
- needs the power of the breach mages to hold back the Nameless. Join the fight, and maybe… just maybe, Gravehold will live to see another dawn.
Aeon’s End
is a deck-building game where you create a team of up to 4 mages who will fight cooperatively to defeat whichever Nameless nemesis has come through the breach today. You begin with a starting deck of 10 cards, 5 in hand. Each turn you play
gems
to gain
aether
, which is used to buy new gems and
relics
, learn new
spells
, and increase your casting potential by opening additional
breaches
. You can also play relics to give yourself or your allies a boost. Then
prep
spells to your opened or focused breaches to be ready to
cast
them on your subsequent turns.
What makes Aeon’s End unique is how it uses
randomness
. Unlike other deck building games, players do not shuffle their deck when it runs out. The order in which you discard is preserved so plan your discards carefully to set yourself up for subsequent turns.
Instead, randomness in Aeon’s End comes in the order of turns. At the start of each round, the
turn order deck
is shuffled to determine the order of play. Will the nemesis go twice in a row, pushing back the mages’ defense? Will the mages get 4 turns in a row to set up for the coming onslaught? It can be hard to know what’s coming next when you are deep in the melee!
Finally, there’s the city of
Gravehold
. The breach mages of Aeon’s End are not just fighting for their own survival, but the survival of all of humanity, and the Nameless know it. If Gravehold is ever reduced to 0 life, the mages have lost and humanity is but a memory. Protect the city at all costs!
What is included:
Aeon’s End includes the following:
8 Breach Mages:
Adelheim
Brama
Jian
Kadir
Lash
Mist
Phaedraxa
Xaxos
Each Mage has a
unique starting card
and a
unique ability
that can be charged to use in the fight. For example,
Kadir
has a gem that allows her to heal herself or an ally, and an ability that allows an ally to dig for and prep spells.
Xaxos
has a spell that allows him to reveal the top card of the turn order deck and an ability that helps allies charge their abilities.
The Market:
You build your deck with player cards from the market. 3 gems, 2 relics, and 4 spells allow you to grow your powers to hold back the nemesis. The market is constructed from 27 unique gems, relics, and spells. Either take a randomly generated market, or build the perfect one yourself during setup.
4 Nameless Nemeses:
Carapace Queen
Crooked Mask
Prince of Gluttons
Rageborne
Each Nemesis plays differently with unique mechanics to keep even the most powerful breach mages on their toes.
Rageborne
lays on the damage in a more frontal assault using the
Strike Deck
, whereas the Prince of Gluttons fights more of a war of attrition, devouring player cards from the market.
Aside from their unique mechanics, the Nemesis deck is created before each game from a combination of basic and nemesis-specific cards. You may encounter the same Nemesis many times, but it will never attack you in exactly the same way twice.
Expand your gameplay options with DLC:
Promo Pack 1
(Free) includes mage Xae from One Deck Dungeon, along with 3 digital exclusive player cards and 3 basic nemesis cards.
The Nameless
includes 2 nemeses, 1 mage, and 7 player cards.
The Depths
includes 1 nemesis, 3 mages, and 8 player cards.
The New Age
more than doubles the content in the core game, and introduces the Expedition system!
The last of humanity need your protection! Pick up the mantle, focus your breaches, and beat back the Nameless -
We’re all counting on you!
Steam
