5. Read

7. Heptagram

1. Introduction

8. Capture

3. Beginning

4. Board

2. Enter

9. Affinities

10. Types

11. End

6. Playing

HOW TO PLAY

Cross The Ages is easy to learn, hard to master. Follow this guide step by step and become the Hero of the Appologium.

Introduction

Cross The Ages: Trading Card Game, is a fast paced tactical game of territory conquest. Players compete to take control of the game board by capturing opponent’s cards while defending their positions.

Master the synergies between the seven elements, pursue powerful cards & build unique decks. Compete in highly strategic duels and ultimately rule over the Appologium !

Add your own deck

Your deck of cards

Ranking

Power of the card

Name of the artist
who created the card

Card’s name

Leader card

Power of your deck
(max 10000)

Level

Ranking

Super attack link
with the leader

Profile picture

Countdown

Deck

Fight

Cross The Ages: Trading Card Game, is a fast paced tactical game of territory conquest. Players compete to take control of the game board by capturing opponent’s cards while defending their positions.

Master the synergies between the seven elements, pursue powerful cards & build unique decks. Compete in highly strategic duels and ultimately rule over the Appologium !

Enter the Appologium

• A coin-flip decides who begins
• Players have 10 seconds to explore their hand
• The first player starts, then players alternate turns.
• Each player plays 8 times (16 turns in total).
• Each player has an individual timer of 5 minutes.
• Your personal countdown timer is paused when it's not your turn.

Beginning of a game

The board

Cross The Ages is played on a four-by-four (4x4) square grid.The game is a conquest of territory. Both players share the same board. When you play a battle or leader card, it is placed on the board.

TURN COUNTER

PLAYER TIME REMAINING

PLAYER’S DECK LEADER AND SA

DRAW NEW CARD

PLAYER’S HAND

GAME HISTORY

HEPTAGRAM | EMOTES

LOOT COUNTER / CHAIN COUNTER

Border

During the game, the border is blue if you possess the card, grey if your opponent possesses the card.

The element on the card will help you to trigger effects such as Advantages and Affinities.

The number represents the strength of your card and will help you capture your opponent’s cards. You can increase the value of your card.

Power value

Read a Card

Card's element

To have the best game or know when and where to put your card, you must already know how to read it! Take the number to know the main information.

ACTION TURN
• Discard a card to draw a new one. Drawing one doesn’t end your turn.
• Play a field card. Playing one doesn’t end your turn. You can play between 0 and 2 field cards during the game maximum.
• Play a battle card. Playing one ends your turn.

Terms of Victory
• There are two ways to win a game in CTA: TCG:
⇒ You own more cards on the board than your opponent at the end of the game.
⇒ Your opponent’s time limit reaches zero.
⇒ If both players own 8 cards on the board at the end of the game, the player with the most time left wins the game. Play smart, play fast!

PLAYING CTA : TCG

Heptagram

The heptagram is at the heart of the mechanics of the CTA: TCG experience, mastering its dynamic complexity will elevate your strategic potential in game. Let’s break it down.

• Advantages in Cross The Ages, represents the first layer of mechanics you must learn to master throughout your journey to rule over the Appologium.
• Advantages work as a rock-paper-scissor relationship between all the 7 elements which constitute the heptagram of the game. Advantages allow you to benefit from a bonus of power value when trying to capture an opponent's cards.
• If your card’s element has an advantage over the element of your opponent’s card, your battle card will receive a power value bonus of +150 during the attack.
• If your card’s element has a disadvantage over the element of your opponent’s card, your battle card will receive a power value penalty of -150 during the attack.

Capture a Card

Note : If you attack with your leader card (=2 chain counter), you will be able to attack the cards adjacent to an opponent card. Those cards will at thor turn attack every adjacent cards.

• When you put a card that is adjacent to an opponent's card, your card will try to capture the opponent's card. The attack is automatically initiated against every eligible adjacent card simultaneously. (top, bottom, left and right).

• Your attack is based on the power of your card, including modifiers and/or advantages. It is then compared to the power of the card you attack, including every modifier applied to it as well.

• If your attack is successful, you will claim ownership of the card/s. Depending on your chain counter, the new card/s will then attempt a capture.

The Affinity system allows you to boost the power value of the cards you own if they are next to an allied card that shares an affinity. There are two types of affinities: simple and double affinities.
Ex: On the exemple water and earth create an affinity (only if the 2 cards are possessed by the same person). You cannot create an affinity with your opponent’s card.

The second type of affinity that you can create between your cards are double affinities. A double affinity is an affinity between 3 cards of 3 elements next to each-other on the heptagram. For example, when water, darkness and earth cards are placed next to each-other, a double affinity is created as a result.

NOTE : If you have 1 water card and 2 earth cards, the bonus will apply only ones on the water card.

Affinities

• Battle Cards : The cards that you play on the board to capture your opponent’s cards and/or defend your positions.

There are three types of cards.

Cards Types

• Leader Card : When building your deck you will choose one of your battle cards to be your leader. Your leader card will always be drawn at the beginning of each game. Once played, it will trigger a “special attack”. Special attacks can be chosen & attached to your leader during deck building. Your leader will also increase your chain counter by 1 as long as your leader is in your possession. (read the “chain” section of the guide).

• Field Cards : Field cards are special cards that will allow you to change the element of the board, and boost all cards of the same element. This effect lasts for 3 turns and can be replaced if another field card is played. Two field cards cannot be active at the same time.
Field cards don’t take space on the board, and playing one will not end your turn.

CAUTION : use field cards wisely! A field card can backfire at you as it also boosts opponent’s cards of the same element!

Did you win ?! Congrats !!

• Win points for the ladder (better ranking)
• Win chests that contain between 1- 4 cards
• Win trisel (game’s money)
• Win experience

End of the Game

Did you lose ?
Don’t worry, you will lose points but win experience ! Try again next time, you’ll crush it!

Game Guide Rules

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HOW TO PLAY

Cross The Ages is easy to learn, hard to master. Follow this guide step by step and become the Hero of the Appologium.

Introduction

Add your own deck

Your deck of cards

Ranking

Power of the card

Name of the artist
who created the card

Card’s name

Leader card

Power of your deck
(max 10000)

Level

Ranking

Super attack link
with the leader

Profile picture

Countdown

Deck

Fight

Enter the Appologium

Beginning of a game

The board

Read a Card

PLAYING CTA : TCG

Heptagram

Capture a Card

Note : If you attack with your leader card (=2 chain counter), you will be able to attack the cards adjacent to an opponent card. Those cards will at thor turn attack every adjacent cards.

Affinities

There are three types of cards.

Cards Types

End of the Game

Game Guide Rules

Get ready to be the best

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HOW TO PLAY

Cross The Ages is easy to learn, hard to master. Follow this guide step by step and become the Hero of the Appologium.

Introduction

Add your own deck

Your deck of cards

Ranking

Power of the card

Name of the artist who created the card

Card’s name

Leader card

Power of your deck (max 10000)

Level

Ranking

Super attack link with the leader

Profile picture

Countdown

Deck

Fight

Enter the Appologium

Beginning of a game

The board

Read a Card

PLAYING CTA : TCG

Heptagram

Capture a Card

Note : If you attack with your leader card (=2 chain counter), you will be able to attack the cards adjacent to an opponent card. Those cards will at thor turn attack every adjacent cards.

Affinities

There are three types of cards.

Cards Types

End of the Game

Game Guide Rules

Get ready to be the best

Contact Us

Follow Us

Our Partners

Name of the artist
who created the card

Power of your deck
(max 10000)

Super attack link
with the leader