2022Charlie Bink
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1 - 4 players30 - 60 minLight weight
2026
From BoardGameGeek
Mana Mania is a light set-collection card game with hand-management and drafting gameplay. Players collect colored cards matching their own elemental identity, which changes as they shift on a linear board called the Leyline. Across 6 rounds, they'll burn, block, and freeze fellow players as they gather from a refilling Mana Pool. Utilize nine elements with unique playstyles and effects to sabotage other players' plans. In the end, only one spirit will amass enough energy to claim victory. Players start each round by refilling their hand (tableau) with elemental cards from a shared deck. A shared resource pool called the Mana Pool is also filled. Players are randomly assigned to spaces along a board called the Leyline. Their position shows their current "Alignment." A player's elemental alignment determines how they score at the end of the game, but also what abilities they can use. The aligned element and its two adjacent elements on the Leyline form that element's "Range." Players take turns completing 3 actions to move, acquire cards, and use effects. They can only use the effects of elements within their range. Between rounds, hands refill and the Mana Pool is refreshed. The last rounds provide boosted versions of the 3 actions. After the final round, players will count points from cards in their hand that match their elemental alignment. The player with the highest point total wins. -description from the publisher
Mana Mania has 2 videos from 1 creator: 2 how-to-play guides. They date from 2023 to September 2025.
If you like it, try Trekking Through History, Pampero, Citadels or New Frontiers, which share several of its mechanics.
2022Charlie Bink
1 - 4 players30 - 60 minLight weight
2024Julián Pombo
1 - 4 players60 - 150 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Mana Mania is a light set-collection card game with hand-management and drafting gameplay. Players collect colored cards matching their own elemental identity, which changes as they shift on a linear board called the Leyline. Across 6 rounds, they'll burn, block, and freeze fellow players as they gather from a refilling Mana Pool. Utilize nine elements with unique playstyles and effects to sabotage other players' plans. In the end, only one spirit will amass enough energy to claim victory. Players start each round by refilling their hand (tableau) with elemental cards from a shared deck. A shared resource pool called the Mana Pool is also filled. Players are randomly assigned to spaces along a board called the Leyline. Their position shows their current "Alignment." A player's elemental alignment determines how they score at the end of the game, but also what abilities they can use. The aligned element and its two adjacent elements on the Leyline form that element's "Range." Players take turns completing 3 actions to move, acquire cards, and use effects. They can only use the effects of elements within their range. Between rounds, hands refill and the Mana Pool is refreshed. The last rounds provide boosted versions of the 3 actions. After the final round, players will count points from cards in their hand that match their elemental alignment. The player with the highest point total wins. -description from the publisher
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Diceratops Games
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