I C E

Designed by Bragou & Sams

Illustrated by Léonard Dupond

Graphic design by Denis Hervouet
& Alexis Vanmeerbeeck

GAMEPLAY PRE-ORDER

I C E

Designed by Bragou & Sams
Illustrated by Léonard Dupond
Graphic design by Denis Hervouet
& Alexis Vanmeerbeeck

GAMEPLAY

PRE-ORDER

A NEW EXPERIENCE IN GAMING

Playing on an innovative board containing multiple stacked layers of superimposed tiles, players take on the role of guilds of explorers at an archaeological site.

In the glacial universe of I C E, you will discover precious artifacts, vestiges of an ancient civilization, which will increase your prestige!

1-5 players

90-120 mins

12+

I C E

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“It’s a truly outstanding game. It’s unique. There are not a lot of games that give me this experience.”

— Mike DiLisio (of The Dice Tower, who awarded the First Edition the “Seal of Excellence”)

ICE AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE…

In this frozen world, swept by blizzards, a lone city clings to life.

Every year during the summer season, the city’s guilds organise expeditions.

Their destination: the valley of the ancient ones, where vestiges of an antediluvian civilization might be buried. Looking for answers, prestige or riches, every guild has its own motivations.

“It really takes theme and thematic immersion overall to a whole new level… and creating a brand new boardgame mechanic”

— Tim Chuon

DELUXE COMPONENTS:

1 magnetic board (in four parts), 5 Guild boards, 112 hexagon tiles, 75 cards, 5 Expedition Leader meeples, 45 Archaelogist meeples, 7 camps, Expedition booklet, various tokens, and more!

“I C E is a super beautiful and innovative game!”

— Becca Scott, Good Time Society

WHY IS IT UNIQUE?

You will be immersed in a rich universe with beautiful artwork made by french illustrator Léonard Dupond.

You will discover a game with unique componenets, consisting of a one-of-a-kind board with multiple levels of tiles!

The purpose is to dig deep directly into the board, like real archaeologists.

WHO WILL YOU BE?

NAVIGATORS

You may bring up to 1 Archaeologist with you on ANY type of special move action (unlike other Leaders), including the once-a-round teleporation to your Camp.

INCANDESCENTS

Once a day, you may place your Activation token on an Artifact slot on your Guild Board.

You gain the effect of that Artifact Type.

CRYOARCHITECTS

Normallly Camps add a +1 to the cost of Excavation, but if the CryoArchitect excavates a tile where their Camp is present, it’s a -1 to the cost! They can also “rebuild” their Camp in another place, once per round.

ICEWALKERS

After you Excavate, you may use a grappling token to place your Leader (without restriction) on any of the tiles, after you place all other Explorers with the Placement Rule.

NOURISHERS

Once per Day you can have up to 2 Archaeologists from the reserve on your guild board. As a free action once per turn, you can bring them to any Snow tile in the game.

ALCHEMISTS

Once per day, you may retrieve up to 2 tiles from the discard bag and keep one.

(From Edifices & Guilds expansion)

ENLIGHTENED

You can make predictions about the tiles you excavate.

Guess the Type of the Snow tiles: Animal, Expedition or Ancient. If correct, gain 1 EP.

Guess the shape of Artifact tiles. If correct, gain 2 RP.

(From Edifices & Guilds expansion)

GAMEPLAY

BUILD A CAMP

Place a Camp and your Expedition Leader on the upper level.

You cannot put a Camp on a tile that already has one. Archaeologists and Camps are shared by all players.

RECRUIT/SAIL

Recruit: Put an Archaeologist from the reserve on a tile where there is a Camp.

Sail: Move your Expedition Leader from any tile, or the reserve, to a tile with a Camp.

EXPLORE

Move your Expedition Leader 1 space to an adjacent tile. When an Expedition Leader Explores, they may freely bring with them up to 3 Archaeologists from their starting tile.

EXCAVATE

Remove a tile with no more than one other tile on it, and only if your Expedition Leader is present on it. Each Leader or Archaeologist on the tile lowers the Excavation cost by 1.

STUDY

Study the Artifact that your Leader is currently standing on, and take a Study token. Study tokens can be used to activate Artifact abilities of the same color, or help in scoring Requests.

THE ARTIFACTS

Once excavated, Artifacts are placed on a player’s guild board. During the game players can unlock their artifact’s abilities — and each one has its own unique power!

REQUEST & DECREE CARDS

During the game Artifacts that are gained can be used to validate Request cards, or score Decrees at the end of the game. These are the main source of Renown points!

THE EDIFICES

Soft Legacy: In the Edifices & Guilds expansion, players can go on unique Expeditions and discover Edifices! These act as a game variant that you will be able to play for your next chapters of I C E.