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In the far future depleted world, rare crystals power many of the found remnants of technology from earlier ages. This game is believed to have been played by those far future humans. This recreated version is just one of many versions that were played.

The game is played with 9 crystal cards laid out in a single row. Each card shows a crystal of 1 of 3 colors (black, blue, white) and 1 of 3 shapes (circle, rectangle, diamond), along with two potential consume actions, one on the top and one on the bottom of the card. The top action will always apply to all cards to the LEFT of this card, and the bottom action will always apply to all cards to the RIGHT of this card.

The object of the game is to, over the game's eight rounds, consume all the crystals but one. Each turn of each round, take one consume action from a card in the row to remove one or more other cards. Continue until only one crystal remains, then set that card aside, shuffle the remaining cards, deal them face up in a row, and begin the next round.

—description from the designer