From the Invisible City Productions website:Create mysteeeerious patterns to cast mysteeeerious spells on two to five mysteeeerious players.Object: To accumulate Prestige by casting complex spells.You Need:* Spell Components: 6 Icehouse sets: Red, yellow, green, blue, white, and black. * A Knucklebone: A six-sided die. * Prestige Certificates: A standard deck of playing cards. * A Casting Field: A checker board. * Moon Crescents: Chess pieces or checkers equal to the number of players. * An Essence Pool: lots of pennies, stones, or other generic markers. * A Spell Deck: lots of index cards and a pencil for each playerPlayers attempt to cast spells by using components and essence. In most cases, casting spells will gain the players Prestige Certificates. The player with the most Prestige Certificates at the end of the game wins. - BoardGameGeek