Aeon's End

1. Take out the components: Nemesis boards, player boards, Gem, Spell, and Relic cards, life, charge, and power tokens, Breach cards, and player aids.
2. Each player chooses a Breach Mageand places their personal board in front of them.
3. Prepare the common purchase card pile (gems, spells, relics) and deal each player their starting hand.
4. Place the selected Nemesiswith their deck and tracking boards within reach.
5. Arrange the Breaches(access points for casting spells) in the center of the table according to the rules.

A game unfolds in alternating turns between the players and the Nemesis, with each participant having deep tactical choices to make:

• Player Phase:
  You cast spellsprepared in your open breaches to deal damage to the Nemesis or its minions.
  You use gems and relicsto generate aether(main resource).
  You spend aether to buy new cards(gems, spells, or relics) that improve your deck.
  You can open or focus breaches, then prepare new spellsfor future turns.
  At the end of your turn, you draw until you have a full hand, never shuffling your deck, which provides great visibility and requires careful planning of your card order.
  
• Nemesis Phase:
  Nemesis cards are resolved in a random order determined each turn, creating constant and unpredictable pressure.
  The Nemesis deals damage, summons minions, or triggers effects that complicate the mages' survival.

• Collective Victory: Players win the game by eliminating the Nemesis, reducing its life to zero before the city of Gravehold is destroyed.
• Defeat: If all players are exhausted or lose all their life, or if the Nemesis' specific rules trigger a defeat condition, the Nemesis wins.

The game offers adjustable difficultythrough Nemesis settings and starting configurations, allowing players to adapt the intensity of the challenge to their experience.