Aurealis 2026

In Aurealis, your goal is simple:

To lead the best expedition possible!

To do so, collect 7 tiles (Fame or Discovery) in your camp before your opponent does.

On your turn, choose one of three actions:

Play an Adventurer card from your hand based on the types (backs) of cards in play (in your deck, your opponent’s deck, and the card pool) to earn gold, move your archeologists, observe local wildlife, or explore new areas of the jungle. It’s up to you to play your Adventurers at the right moment to trigger powerful effects! Build an Excavation Site to obtain Discovery tiles (Temples and Magical Relics) that will bring you closer to victory. Perform an action from your base camp: discard 3 Adventurer cards to trigger one of your camp’s four powers.

To win, beat your opponent to it and gather 7 Discovery tiles (Relics, Temples, Legendary Animals) or Fame tiles (based on your discoveries compared to your opponent ones) in front of you at the start of your turn. Note: Only at the START of your turn! During your opponent’s turn, they can reclaim your hard-earned achievements by matching or surpassing your Fame goals. Fame tiles thus circulate between players based on each player’s discoveries.

Get ready for this race for fame, the tension rising crescendo, and the increasingly intense indirect interactions.

And as Axel Rose would say: “Welcome to the Jungle!”

—description from the publisher