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Lost Ruins of Arnak
Year
2020
Players
1–4
Play time
120min
Min age
12+
Weight
2.93
BGG rating
8.08
BGG rank
#30
Best with
3

Board game

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Arnak elveszett romjai

Designed by Elwen, Mín

MeepleMates notes for Lost Ruins of Arnak

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  • Lost Ruins of Arnak is available as a public board game page on MeepleMates for group planning and collection tracking.
  • Best with 3 player according to player poll data.
  • BoardGameGeek average rating 8.08 and BGG rank #30.
  • Groups use this page to connect Adventure, Card Game, Exploration metadata with real play history, ratings and game night notes.
  • Recommended player counts include 1, 2, 4.
On an uninhabited island in uncharted seas, explorers have found traces of a great civilization. Now you will lead an expedition to explore the island, find lost artifacts, and face fearsome guardians, all in a quest to learn the island's secrets. Lost Ruins of Arnak combines deck-building and worker placement in a game of exploration, resource management, and discovery. In addition to traditional deck-builder effects, cards can also be used to place workers, and new worker actions become available as players explore the island. Some of these actions require resources instead of workers, so building a solid resource base will be essential. You are limited to only one action per turn, so make your choice carefully... what action will benefit you most now? And what can you afford to do later... assuming someone else doesn't take the action first!? Decks are small, and randomness in the game is heavily mitigated by the wealth of tactical decisions offered on the game board. With a variety of worker actions, artifacts, and equipment cards, the set-up for each game will be unique, encouraging players to explore new strategies to meet the challenge. Discover the Lost Ruins of Arnak! -description from the publisher

Categories

AdventureCard GameExplorationFantasy

Mechanics

Area MovementContractsDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed PurchaseEnd Game BonusesHand ManagementMulti-Use CardsOnce-Per-Game AbilitiesOpen DraftingResource to MoveSolo / Solitaire GameTrack MovementTurn Order: ProgressiveWorker Placement

Best with how many players

1
Recommended
2
Recommended
3
Best
4
Recommended
4+
Not rec.

Community votes from BoardGameGeek

Language dependence

Moderate in-game text(32 of 50 votes)

Sub-rankings

  • Strategy Game Rank#28

Expansions in collection

Videos

YouTube7

Instructional7

BoardGameGeek11

Review6

Session1

Instructional2

Other2

External data

Wikidata enrichment: 3 links · 2 facts · latest game data 07/26/2026.

Latest Wikidata run: ok · 09/12/2026.

Links

  • Wikipedia (en)en.wikipedia.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 07/26/2026

  • Wikidatawikidata.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 07/26/2026

  • Imagecommons.wikimedia.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 07/26/2026

Facts

Publication date
2020
Publisher
Czech Games Edition