game · Office Collection

Res Arcana

Mages use a compact personal deck to produce and transform magical essences, build artifacts, and control monuments and places of power in a race to ten points.

Players2–4 players

Player age12+

Playing time30–60 min

Weight2.66 / 5

Average rating7.61 / 10

People behind the game

Designer

Thomas LehmannView collection credits

A closer look

See what it looks like

Res Arcana, Res Arcana photographed in Bruno’s office collection.

About the game

Collection: Office Collection
Record type: game
Published: 2019
Publishers: Sand Castle Games · 17wanzy (Yihu BG) · ADC Blackfire Entertainment · GaGa Games · Galápagos Jogos · Geekach LLC · Gémklub · Rebel Sp. z o.o.

Mechanisms

Hand Management Income Multi-Use Cards Open Drafting Race Score-and-Reset Game Take That Turn Order: Pass Order Variable Player Powers

BoardGameGeek ranks

Overall#186Strategy#147

What is still uncertain

BoardGameGeek lists 10 publishers across editions; this concise snapshot retains the first 8.

Your collection

Your versions and boxes

1 version · 1 physical box

standard

Standard version

Owned edition

Office Collection: 1 copy

Office Part 2 photo decision: Visible title; photographed Office collection object. Photo attaches to an existing Office holding; inventory quantity is unchanged.

PhotographOFFICE-PART-2-025

Source and provenance

References for this record

Sand Castle Games 2019 front cover, image provided by the publisher

BGG facts checked 1 September 2026 · Manual static snapshot. Ratings, voter totals and ranks do not update automatically.

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