How to Play

Millennium Blades

2-5 players 80-120 min 7.7 Board Game Geek Rating

Millennium Blades simulates playing a fictional collectible card game with friends. You buy, sell, and trade cards while building decks and competing in tournaments. Success comes from smart market speculation, strategic collection-building, and tournament victories. The game progresses from local to world championships, with players earning points through trading profits and competition wins to become champion.

Published 2016

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Prepare player boards

All players flip their player boards to the Deckbuilding side for the deckbuilding phase, or Tournament side for tournament phase

Combine cards into binder

Gather all player cards together into the Binder area

Stock the store

Place the top 9 cards of the store face-down into the Store Area

Distribute sell markers

Make sure each player has all of their 4 Sell Markers

Clear metagame cards

Discard any previously revealed Metagame cards out of play

Reveal NPC options

Deal 2 NPC cards face up next to the NPC deck

Tournament deck requirements

A legal Tournament Deck contains up to eight Singles, up to one Deck Box, and up to two Accessories

Set ranking points

Set current RP to zero using the 3 colored cubes

Place accessories

Set out Accessories (max 2) and Deck Box (1) onto tournament board; Singles remain in your hand

Determine first player

Turns begin with the player placed highest in the previous tournament, or whoever most recently opened a booster pack in real life if tied or first game round

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Build your deck

Assemble cards into your tournament deck following deck construction rules

Make a collection

Prepare one collection per deckbuilding phase, turned in at the end of the phase

Buy from store

Purchase a pack from the Store and replace it with the top card of the store deck

Fuse for promos

Put 5/7/9 cards into Store Discard to take one bronze/silver/gold Promo card

Sell to aftermarket

Receive money worth the card's star value and place your sell marker on the card

Buy from aftermarket

Pay the star value of a card and return the sell marker to its owner

Gain NPC card

Discard listed cards and place your sell marker next to the NPC deck

Trade with players

Execute even trades based on star values, making up differences with money or friendship cards

Observe deck limit

You may only have one copy of any card in your deck

Accept mistakes

Players are not allowed to correct their mistakes; making mistakes is part of the game

Use an action (optional)

Perform the text on a card with "Action:" keyword, then flip it face-down; one action per turn, before or after playing a Single

Play a single (required)

Place a Single face-up in the next open left-most slot of your Tableau

Resolve play effects

Activate immediately when a card comes into play

Apply next effects

Trigger on the next card you play regardless of slot

Trigger flip effects

Activate when a card is flipped face-down

Maintain ongoing effects

Work continuously as long as the card is face-up in your tableau

Check top effects

Work as long as the card is the right-most face-up card in your tableau

Use reaction effects (optional)

Activate when the relevant condition is met, then flip the card

Handle face-down cards

These have no Star Rating, Element, or Type but still count as cards; they cannot be flipped face-up again

Resolve clashes

Each player reveals the top card of the Store, adds that Star Rating to their Top Card's Star Rating; highest total wins, ties result in no winner

Winning

How to claim victory.

Earn ranking points

Accumulate RP throughout tournaments tracked with colored cubes

Score end effects

Activate Score effects during the end of the tournament

Receive prize support

At tournament end, each player receives a random promo card (Bronze for Round 1, Silver for Round 2, none for Pre-Release)

Track tournament placement

Player rankings determine turn order for subsequent tournaments

Earn friendship points

Help friends during gameplay to earn valuable Friendship Points

Millennium Blades

Get Ready

On Your Turn

Winning

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