SANTET

This is a print & play version of SANTET: The Card Game (coming soon!)

STORY

Every one hundred years the witches and shamans of Nusantara engage in a mystic battle royale against each other in order to remove their weakest member and elect a new shaman king.

Traditionally the magical contests are one-on-one, but once the curses are hurled and hexes are cast it is every witch and (sha)man for themselves!

INFO

Players: 3 - 6, Ages: 10+, Duration: 20 - 30 minutes

Contents: 12 Character Boards, 36 Ingredient Cards, 10 Spell Cards, 24 Energy Cards

SETUP

Every player picks a character (a Witch, a Dukun or a Shaman) to play with.

Place each chosen character board on the player's side of the table. There are two sides on each board: one with skulls next to the character's name, the other without skulls. Player should start with the side without skulls on the name.

Shuffle the Energy deck (the one featuring red candles) and place three Energy Cards face-up for each character, i.e. the card faces with red candles will have to be in full view but the card faces with the blue candles will remain hidden.

Shuffle the Ingredient Cards together with the Spell Cards, then place them face-down in a single deck at the middle of the table.

Note that each player has their own discard pile (called the Graveyard).

HOW TO PLAY

The player who most recently had their fortunes told will take the first turn.

Each player's turn consists of two actions, the draw phase and action phase, to be taken in the following order:

Draw Phase

Draw two cards, choose one to be kept in your hand, then discard the other card face-up to the top of your own discard pile (Graveyard),

Note: If there are no more cards left to draw from the draw pile, collect all cards from every player's Graveyard and shuffle them together, then use it as the new draw deck.

OR

you may take one card from the top of any character's discard pile (including yours), and then discard one card from your hand face-up to your Graveyard.

Note: You may only take the topmost card from any discard pile, but
you may discard Ingredient Cards and Spell Cards face-up to your Graveyard in
any order.

Action Phase

During this phase you may either cast a spell, activate your ability, or attack another player.

1. Cast a spell: Spell Cards may be played from your hand. Resolve the Spell Card's effect, then place it face-up to your own Graveyard.
2. Activate your ability: Sacrifice two Ingredient Cards (as indicated on your character's board) by discarding them face-up to the Graveyard to activate an ability.
3. Attack: You may sacrifice three different Ingredient Cards to attack another player, but only if you have the three Ingredient Cards which corresponds to their weaknesses. Once you've sacrificed the Ingredient Cards (by putting them in your Graveyard face-up and in any order), you may take an Energy Card (red candle) of your choice from the player who is being attacked. Flip the Energy Card taken and place it on your side of the table, just below your character board. The blue candles indicate the number of souls (Victory Points) you have captured.

END OF THE GAME

When any one player loses all of their Energy Cards, it signals the final round of the game. During this final round, every other player will take one last turn (including the player who lost all of their Energy Cards) before the game is ended. The winner is the player with the most number of souls collected (Victory Points).

Ties are resolved in favor of the player who last attacked another player.