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Phantom Ink: Arcana

Phantom Ink: Arcana

2025·Mary Flanagan, Max Seidman

Videos
6
Creators
5

Mostly reviews and unboxings. Phantom Ink: Arcana is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 2 unboxings.

2 - 8 players
15 - 30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

A standalone expansion to the party game Phantom Ink, Phantom Ink: Arcana adds 75 brand new question cards, over 200 new secret objects, a cooperative 2-3 player gameplay mode, and 22 fully-illustrated tarot-themed Arcana cards with unique special abilities to spice up gameplay. Players form two teams, both competing to identify the same secret object. Teams take turns passing their spirit question cards, like “What would it have as a pet?” or “What is a jumbo version of it called?” Spirits know the secret object, and answer the questions in order to provide clues to help their mediums guess the secret object. Each turn, the mediums can spend a crystal to play one of their Arcana cards, which gives their team a one-time or permanent bonus to help them figure out the object. For example, increasing their hand size of question cards they can choose from, or letting them secretly learn the next letter of one of their clues. There's a catch: the other team doesn't see what question you asked, but they do see the answer. Mediums call “Silencio” when they know the Clue their Spirit is writing, to make it hard for the other team to learn anything from the Clue. -description from the publisher

Phantom Ink: Arcana

Watch first

Learn to play

Phantom Ink: Arcana: New Cooperative Mode Unlocked!1:49:28

Phantom Ink: Arcana: New Cooperative Mode Unlocked!

Ruel Gaviola

Ruel Gaviola

Review

Best Board Game Expansions Coming to Retail in February, 202521:41

Best Board Game Expansions Coming to Retail in February, 2025

Grant Lyon

Grant Lyon

Watch it played

TLN XLIII - Phantom Ink Arcana with special guests from @GeekGirlCon2:05:03

TLN XLIII - Phantom Ink Arcana with special guests from @GeekGirlCon

PhantomMeeple

PhantomMeeple

Which Phantom Ink: Arcana video should I watch?

Phantom Ink: Arcana has 6 videos from 5 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough and 2 unboxings. They date from 2024 to July 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "Phantom Ink: Arcana: New Cooperative Mode Unlocked!" by Ruel Gaviola, which runs 1 h 49 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Best Board Game Expansions Coming to Retail in February, 2025" by Grant Lyon. To see it played, watch "TLN XLIII - Phantom Ink Arcana with special guests from @GeekGirlCon" by PhantomMeeple.

If you like it, try Phantom Ink, Avant Carde, Surrealist Dinner Party and Retrograde, also by Mary Flanagan.

All videos

Best Board Game Expansions Coming to Retail in February, 2025Review21:41

Best Board Game Expansions Coming to Retail in February, 2025

Grant Lyon

Grant Lyon

Is Phantom Ink Arcana for you? A Quick Overview!Review3:36

Is Phantom Ink Arcana for you? A Quick Overview!

ShelfClutter

ShelfClutter

Phantom Ink: Arcana: New Cooperative Mode Unlocked!How to play1:49:28

Phantom Ink: Arcana: New Cooperative Mode Unlocked!

Ruel Gaviola

Ruel Gaviola

TLN XLIII - Phantom Ink Arcana with special guests from @GeekGirlConPlaythrough2:05:03

TLN XLIII - Phantom Ink Arcana with special guests from @GeekGirlCon

PhantomMeeple

PhantomMeeple

Phantom Ink Arcana UnboxingUnboxing12:16

Phantom Ink Arcana Unboxing

ThisBoardGameLife

ThisBoardGameLife

Mailbag July 11, 2025Unboxing11:45

Mailbag July 11, 2025

ThisBoardGameLife

ThisBoardGameLife

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PhantomMeeple
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Ruel Gaviola
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About Phantom Ink: Arcana

From BoardGameGeek:

A standalone expansion to the party game Phantom Ink, Phantom Ink: Arcana adds 75 brand new question cards, over 200 new secret objects, a cooperative 2-3 player gameplay mode, and 22 fully-illustrated tarot-themed Arcana cards with unique special abilities to spice up gameplay. Players form two teams, both competing to identify the same secret object. Teams take turns passing their spirit question cards, like “What would it have as a pet?” or “What is a jumbo version of it called?” Spirits know the secret object, and answer the questions in order to provide clues to help their mediums guess the secret object. Each turn, the mediums can spend a crystal to play one of their Arcana cards, which gives their team a one-time or permanent bonus to help them figure out the object. For example, increasing their hand size of question cards they can choose from, or letting them secretly learn the next letter of one of their clues. There's a catch: the other team doesn't see what question you asked, but they do see the answer. Mediums call “Silencio” when they know the Clue their Spirit is writing, to make it hard for the other team to learn anything from the Clue. -description from the publisher

Designers

Mary Flanagan, Max Seidman

Artist

Spring Yu

Publisher

Resonym

Categories

Party GamePuzzleWord Game

Mechanics

Communication LimitsDeductionTeam-Based Game
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