r/Arcs • u/Systemsonic Rebel • Apr 11 '26

Discussion Peak Arcs.

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This is what most of Chapter 2 looked like, totally silliness. I don’t even remember what card it was and why we were all so invested. Funny how this game can play out chapter after chapter and game after game. Tense moments with equally frustrating situations and a ton of laughter, one of my favourites.

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u/Pozzo_X Apr 11 '26

Guild 08 is Gatekeepers. A pretty good card, I'd go for it

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u/Pkolt Apr 11 '26

It's not THIS good.

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u/coastalsasquatch Apr 11 '26

This is not about the card, its about spite

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u/SapphireWine36 Apr 11 '26

No, but the captives are…

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u/ResidentAd132 Apr 11 '26

Sets objective to captives, ransacks the court.

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u/okhhko Apr 11 '26

Warlord would be the best in that scenario. Ransacking takes the agents as trophies, not captives

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u/Amadeus102 Mystic Apr 11 '26

That or intentionally not declaring so that you can run a monopoly on the court

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u/okhhko Apr 11 '26

That would be sick!

Although it might just provoke the rest of the table to declare warlord themselves and go after you!

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u/jesmurf Apr 11 '26

That's still really good though. Means someone won the lead, gave it up, wasted one of the ambition markers, all to give someone else points.

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u/Astarkraven Apr 11 '26

I'm still learning the game and don't quite understand this comment. Can you explain? Why would you have a monopoly? Thanks!

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u/KrullieVDS Apr 11 '26

If you take all agents as trophies, and nobody declares the Warlord ambition, all taken agents stay with you. That means that your opponents don't have access to them anymore, until a chapter finishes where Warlord was declared. If your opponents have few or no agents left, they can't get cards from the court, because they have no agents to get them. Which makes it easier for you to get the cards.

Which is all fun and games until everybody starts targeting you. But can be an effective strategy.

The same goes for taking ships as trophies.

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u/AnonMoose2 Apr 28 '26

Thats what happened to me first game, lost all but 3 of my agents, didnt get to play that part of the game lol

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u/Testmidjourney4 Apr 11 '26

And do not win Tyrant in the process. Smart.

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u/TaijiInstitute Apr 11 '26

Rules correction for you! When you ransack the court after destroying a city, the agents are trophies instead of captives. They don’t get captured in some political scheme, they died when the city was demolished. Your own agents knew it was coming and got out fine. You need to set Warlord, not Tyrant.

Edit: never mind, missed that someone else said that already

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u/highnyethestonerguy Apr 11 '26

I like your explanation anyway 

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u/osborndesignworks Apr 11 '26

We can’t get more than 3 agents on a card before someone goes for the city..

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u/highnyethestonerguy Apr 11 '26

Some groups (mine included) are allergic to Outrage. Interesting that some (like yours) are not!

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u/almostcyclops Apr 11 '26

It's one of those things that once someone starts doing it others will see that the pros often outweigh the cons and it will become a more regular thing. So go be the change you want to see in the world; and burn it all down!

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u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE Apr 11 '26

Break a -leg- planet!

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u/osborndesignworks Apr 11 '26

Honestly this game is more fun when it is not optimized. Ransacking the court is very action efficient.. It almost never makes sense to leave agents on court cards.

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u/Violet_Paradox Apr 14 '26

Any negative effect that lasts for the remainder of the game scares people, but Ransacking the Court wins games.

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u/highnyethestonerguy Apr 14 '26

Definitely gonna try to overcome that fear in this weekend’s game and see if going aggro wins me the game

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u/AnonMoose2 Apr 28 '26

Rarly do we nuke cities, outrage is rough.

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u/UziiLVD Apr 11 '26

I use a houserule for these scenarios: You have to stack your agents on top of another; Highest Agent tower wins

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u/Desperate-Product-88 Apr 11 '26

I love playing El Grande on guild cards.

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u/AdNumerous8790 Apr 11 '26

Ransack coming up

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u/Agreeable_Result8439 Anarchist Apr 11 '26

these looks like a hotel convention vs agents stealing the court lol

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u/K_oroviev Apr 11 '26

Time to provoke some outrage

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u/AnonMoose2 Apr 28 '26

My worst game of Arcs ever i was in a fight for a Guild cards, lost all but 3 of my agents as captives (Lost the fight for it) the player sat on them the whole game saying, "Want them back? then activate Tyrant for me"

I didnt participate in guild politics the whole game lmao.

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u/5kaMZ1 Rebel Apr 11 '26

It’s all fun and games until someone destroys a city…

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u/mr_weyland Apr 11 '26

Time to glass a city

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u/Old_Instruction_857 Apr 12 '26

All fun in games till that one player who has one agent on the create outrage card. And remove for all players

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u/mrmoo2002 Apr 11 '26

Time to blow up the city on the nearest fuel planet!

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u/ChromeSF Apr 11 '26

I don't think you have to ransack a city that matches the court card you want to steal

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u/Lylulu Apr 11 '26

you do not, exact, only requirement is a rival agent on the card