Rome vs Hannibal — Card Game

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How to Play

🖨 Printable Co-op Rules Summary opens in a new window · Print button + co-op/duel toggle

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🔍 Check Phase AUTO

Check for active conditions and status effects.

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🔁 Reset Phase AUTO

Un-rotate all your cards.

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✍️ Roman Draw Phase AUTO

Draw cards equal to Domination + 2.

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❌ Cost Zone Phase

Play up to 4 cards face-down from your hand to your Cost Zone. No other card types can be played this phase.

🔮 Tactic Cards — play any time except the Cost Zone Phase. Last one played resolves first (stack).

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😈 Hannibal Draw / Play Phase

Hannibal draws and plays the same number the Roman player draws, minus 1.

Exception: if the Roman player is at Domination 2+, Hannibal draws and plays Domination + 2.

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🛡️ Defense Phase

Resist ambush or suffer Chaos. Play Defense and Tactic cards. Click Resist or Fail on each active ambush.

⚠️ Failing a ambush / ambush: choose either lose 1 Power or discard 1 card from your hand or Cost Zone.

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🎮 Main Phase

Play Domination, Encampment, and Token cards. Rotate field cards to activate abilities. Tactic cards may be played now.

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🗑️ Discard Phase

Discard down to your hand limit.

Power & Domination

Start at 3/10 Power. Power is changed only by card effects (e.g. "Gain X Power", "Resist an Ambush → Gain X −3 Power") and by failing ambushes: −1 Power if you have any; if Power is already 0, the overflow forces a discard per point — from hand OR Cost Zone (your choice). Placing cards in the Cost Zone does not change Power.

Reach Domination L3 on all roman players to win. Level up Domination by playing Domination-type cards: each resolved Advance Card raises your Domination level by 1 (0 → 1 → 2 → 3).

Right-click the Power or Domination badge to adjust either stat manually (house rules, testing, or card effects not yet implemented).

✦ Domination Abilities — "Mature Together"

The Roman team can unlock shared abilities. Each time all players reach the next Domination Level (L1, L2, L3), you collectively choose one ability for the whole team — free. You may also purchase an ability by spending Cost (11 high-tier / 7 low-tier) right after your own Cost Zone phase (from the abilities bar, bottom-left).

Benevolence / Double Defense — any player may spend their own Cost Zone to help resist a ambush (not just the targeted player).
Brotherly Horse — redirect your next card's beneficial effect to a teammate.
Restoration — once each time all players reach a new Domination Level, every Roman Player shuffles up to 15 random cards from their discard pile back into their own Deck. Recharges at every new shared level.
✝ Deliverance — once each time your team reaches a new Domination Level, break up to 3 Hannibal's Encampments in play (removed to the Resisted pile). Recharges at every new level.
Vibrancy — flip 2 Cost Zone cards face-up after your Cost phase.
Cost Zone Power — gained 3+ Power this turn? Draw a card straight to your Cost Zone at end of turn.
Speed — play 1 Encampment/Advance Card at any time on your turn.
Foresight — reveal the Hannibal Deck's next draws at the start of your Cost phase.

Toggle the whole system on/off in the game menu (Domination Abilities) or with ?matAbilities=0. These Roman abilities are also available in ⚔️ Duel mode (the lone Roman seat unlocks them by leveling up or purchasing with Cost).

Win Conditions

🏆 Roman Win: All players reach Domination L3 with no active hannibal ambushes on the field.

💀 Hannibal Wins: Roman don't reach max domination within the round limit.

Prefer head-to-head? Try ⚔️ Duel Mode (Roman vs Hannibal decks) — its rules appear here when you launch a duel.

Power Loss at 0 (Overflow Rule)

If a card causes you to lose Power while already at 0, you must discard 1 card per Power lost from your hand or Cost Zone.

Printable Rules Summary

Want a clean, printer-friendly page of these co-op rules? Open the 🖨 Rules Summary (opens in a new window — has a Print button and a co-op/duel toggle).

Card Rules Glossary

For every keyword, cost pattern, and trigger that appears on cards in the deck — boosts, rotate, search, attach, reveal, conditional effects, and so on — see the full 📖 Rules Glossary (opens in a new tab).

Card Types & When To Play

Type	When	What it does
Domination	Main Phase	Raises your level by 1 (0 → 3). Reach L3 to win.
Good Encampment	Main Phase	Stays in play, ongoing benefit while in your field.
Hannibal's Encampment	Hannibal Phase (auto)	Sticks in your Hannibal's Encampments zone if not resisted — keeps hurting you until removed.
Ambush	Hannibal Phase (auto)	Resolved during the Defense Phase — resist or fail.
Defense	Defense Phase	Pay its cost to resist an Ambush (or trigger its specific effect).
⚡ Tactic	Any phase except Cost	Instant-speed. Stack: last played resolves first.
🎴Token	Created by effects	Persistent helpers spawned by other cards. Lives in your field until removed.

Phases run in order: Check → Reset → Draw → Cost → Hannibal → Defense → Main → Discard. Open 📖 How to Play for the full phase walkthrough.