Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure

Set up the expedition: each player has the same ten-card deck and draws five; the initial six-card Dungeon Row must contain no Dragon Attack symbols. Randomly remove two artifacts with two players and start rage on the third space; remove one with three players and start on the second; use all artifacts with four and start on the first. Players add three, two, one, and zero starting Clank in turn order.

Turns and decks: play every card remaining in your hand and resolve its effects in your chosen order, spending resources between plays if desired. Skill buys ordinary cards into your discard pile. Reshuffle only when drawing from an empty deck; currently played cards are excluded. End by discarding played cards and drawing five; unspent resources expire.

Devices, combat, and market: acquire devices with skill, use them immediately, and put them in the shared dungeon discard pile. Defeat Dungeon Row monsters with swords for their rewards, then discard them there too. The reserve Goblin can be defeated repeatedly. In a Market room, buy items for seven gold each, including multiple items of the same type. Refill Dungeon Row vacancies only at turn end.

Movement and tokens: a normal tunnel costs one boot; footprint tunnels cost two. Each monster icon deals one damage unless canceled with one sword, but you cannot voluntarily take tunnel damage that would fill your Health Meter. Locks need a Master Key and arrows restrict direction. Take one secret or idol when entering a room. Under the updated rule, taking an artifact is an action while in its room; normally carry only one without swapping, with Backpacks increasing capacity.

Crystal Caves and special movement: entering a Crystal Cave prevents further boot movement that turn. Teleport moves to a connected adjacent room without boots or tunnel monsters, locks, or arrow restrictions, but entering a Crystal Cave still prohibits later boot movement that turn. Taking an artifact or Dragon Egg advances rage one space.

Clank and attacks: noise first goes to the shared Clank area; negative Clank normally removes only your cubes there. If newly revealed cards have Dragon Attack symbols during the end-of-turn refill, attack only once. Put all shared Clank in the bag and draw the rage amount, plus one per Danger card. Set black cubes aside, deal damage for player colors, and leave undrawn cubes in the bag.

Exit and countdown: you need an artifact to escape to the starting space and gain a 20-point Mastery token. A full Health Meter knocks you out; only an artifact carrier outside the Depths is rescued and scores. The first player out or knocked out occupies countdown space one and advances on their future turns. Spaces two through four attack with one, two, and three extra cubes respectively; space five knocks out everyone inside. Later departures do not start another countdown.

Finish and score: once everyone escapes or is knocked out, eligible players total artifacts, other tokens, gold, and points on cards in their decks. Highest wins; ties favor the most valuable artifact. In the rare case the Dungeon Deck runs out, end immediately and knock out everyone still inside; artifact possession and being outside the Depths remain necessary for scoring.