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Introduction

CIDWaM is a game for two players. Players take turns drawing cards from randomized decks, and using those cards to represent a combat scenario. The goal of the game is to reduce your opponent's Life Points to zero.

How to Win

You win the game by reducing your opponent’s Life Points to zero. Whenever a Soul you control is in the row closest to your opponent, it may attack your opponent directly. If your opponent has no Shield Cards, and chooses not to discard an Incantation, roll the attacking Soul’s Hit Dice, and then your opponent subtracts the result from their Life Points.

Supplies

In order to play CIDWaM, both players will need:

• A deck of at least 40 cards
• a set of polyhedral dice
• assorted counters, or some method of tracking numbers
• Also suggested is a 6x6 grid playmat (rough image here). Only one of these is needed. On every space where four corners of spaces align, there's another space. (The regular grid spaces are for Souls, and the in-between spaces are the Environment slots.)

On Deckbuilding

Your deck can contain as many copies as you like of any given card, with the exception of cards with the "Mythic" type. You may only have three copies of any given "Mythic" card in your deck. Your deck must contain a minimum of 40 cards, but there is no maximum. Other than that, there are currently no restrictions, no formats, and no banned cards.

Setup

1. Each player shuffles their deck thoroughly. They may agree to present their deck to their opponent to "cut".
2. Each player sets their life counters to 30
3. Each player earns 2 coins
4. Each player draws the top five cards of their deck to become their starting hand, and they may play up to one 0-value Soul and/or spend their two coins on Souls from their hands.
5. Each player takes the top card of their deck and places it face down in their Incantation Zone to become a Shield Card.
6. Each player rolls a d20. The highest number determines who goes first.

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