Making a living in Eldris is not easy
💰 Thieves of Eldris is the third and final game of the Twisted Realms series. After the tug-of-war and trick-taking game, this one is about hidden movement, deduction and bluffing. 😉 Players are simple pickpockets on a bustling square of a fantasy city, trying to make a (dishonest) living by stealing a coin here and there. 😄 The game can be played by 1-6 players, and you will also try to find out who the others thieves are to steal some money from them as well. The goal is simple: Be the first to have 8 or more coins! 🏆
The game has 2 decks of cards 🃏, both depicting 24 fantasy characters. One of the decks is splayed out as a 6x4 grid - this is the square where players are maneuvering around. The other deck is for drawing your identities and targets. Everyone draws a card that determines their Cutpurse and their 2 Targets. Then the robbing can begin! 😅💸
Each turn the active player rolls 3 custom dice 🎲, then they get to move 3 characters sharing the symbol on the dice. Movement means swapping two orthogonally adjacent cards. 🧐 You want to maneuver yourself to your targets (or them to you) until you are adjacent, so you can show the target card and claim coins - then drawing a new Target. Targets in the corners or the edges are worth more points, but are also more dangerous, as it is easier to deduce who the Cutpurse is. ☝️ If you roll doubles or triples with the dice, you also get to activate a special ability depending on the symbol.
If you think you know who a rival Cutpurse is and you are standing next to them, you can try to Reveal them. 🕵️ If you are correct you steal a coin from them and get additional money from the supply. The opponent then gets to choose a new Cutpurse and continue playing - and now they might have a good idea who you are. 😱 By the way, characters stolen from are turned face down, as they have left the square - however their empty cards can still be moved. Thus, there are less and less characters present, making it easier to deduce Cutpurse identities!
Definitely check out the campaign on Kickstarter!
