Magus Summary Sheet

Action summary sheet .

Face an Encounter Choose to either fight or bargain Fight:  Cast a combat spell  Resolve melee. Roll dice for the encounter and your chosen fighter, select highest and add any bonuses  Loser makes a saving roll. If failed, they are defeated. If the saving roll is passed, rotate it 45 degrees to show it is fatigued  Option to withdraw  Repeat until combat is over  Make survival rolls for defeated minions (4+ if you won or withdrew, 7+ if your Magus was defeated)  Claim the reward if you won Bargain:  See card text for requirement or cost.  If you meet the bargain, claim the reward If you defeat or successfully bargain, discard the encounter, slide the others along, then draw and place a new encounter card on the leftmost space.

Visit the Market Upright market cards cost 9 coins, sideways cards cost 6. Buy the market card with your Magus marker, and other market cards with no Magus marker on.

When finished, replace purchased cards with new upright market cards Harvest mana spring Gain all mana from that mana spring only

Perform a Great Rite 1st card = 8+, 2nd card = 10+, 3rd card = 12+ Add Alignment+Art+Mana spent (max of your art) to claim a matching Great Rite card. Can only do this in the corresponding season for that art.

Sanctum actions Study from Mana Improve one art by one by discarding mana of that element: Art score 0 -> 1 1 -> 2 2 -> 3 3 -> 4 4 -> 5 5 -> 6

Mana cost 3 5 7 9 11 13

Distil mana Draw and keep 1 random mana token. Various cards improve this.

Study art from book Follow the text on the book card.

Spell Research If you wish, shuffle your discard pile into your research deck.

If you wish, spend coins to boost research:  1 coin = draw 1 extra card  5 coins = keep 1 extra card (but no more than double the number you would otherwise draw or keep) Draw 4 research deck cards, keep 1, and discard the rest. Various cards increase this.

Teach spells Two Magi may teach up to two known spells to each other. Both find and add those cards to their known spells, then shuffle their research and discard together.

Uses an action for both magi.

Mana use rule : When spending mana you may instead use a pair of mana, one from each of the adjacent elements.

Turn summary sheet

Magus is a game for 3 or 4 players, where each player plays a powerful wizard seeking to amass more magical power and perform the Great Rites.

Turn summary Each turn is a season. Each Magus does the following phases, playing clockwise from the first player marker:  Start of the season  Equinox phase  Declare actions  Resolve any Magi duels  Resolve each action  Move on the season marker Declare actions Each Magus declares their action by moving their marker to one of the locations in the play areas:  One of the four mana springs  One of the six market cards  One of the four encounter cards  The Great Rite Circle  Their own sanctum If two Magi move to the same location, a duel occurs.

Magi dueling Each player plays a duelling technique card from their hand, then compare them:  Fire beats Air, Air beats Water, Water beats Earth, Earth beats Fire  If the same or opposite elements are played, compare the art scores of the played cards. The highest wins. If tied, the player nearest clockwise the first player marker wins  The winner will get their intended action. The loser goes back to their sanctum and can take a sanctum action instead

Equinox phase Update the play area, depending on the current season Spring:  Discard the rightmost encounter, move the others along and add a new encounter card on the empty space on the left  Pass the first player marker clockwise Summer:  Discard any already sideways market cards. Rotate the remaining market cards sideways to show their cost has reduced. Replace discarded market cards with new market cards facing up Autumn:  Draw 9 random mana tokens from the bag and place them on the matching mana spring for that type Winter:  Each Magus gains coins in income.

Various cards can increase this.

Resolve Action (see reverse)  Face an encounter, to fight or bargain with it  Visit the market, to buy equipment and minions  Harvest mana from a mana spring  Perform a Great Rite Or carry out a sanctum action:  Distil mana  Spell research  Study arts from mana  Study arts from book  Teach spells to another Magus

Trading Mana, coins and owned market cards are tradable between players at any time except the resolve actions phase. This does not take an action.