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Rules assistance for Black Rose Wars: Christmas School
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–4 players
Rules assistant for Black Rose Wars: Christmas School
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Black Rose Wars: Christmas School is an expansion for Black Rose Wars released in 2022 for 2–4 players. It was designed by Marco Montanaro and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Area Movement.
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About the game
This is a new Christmas themes magic school for Black Rose Wars and Black Rose Wars Rebirth. It was released 2022 from Ludus Magnus Studio for print and play. It also contains a new Christmas themed evocation and many spells to cause havoc among your enemies. In contrast to all other schools released so far, the Christmas school has no flip spells. So every Spell has only one way to play it.
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Ludus Magnus Studio
Questions and answers
Black Rose Wars: Christmas School supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
Black Rose Wars: Christmas School belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Print & Play, and Bluffing. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Area Movement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Black Rose Wars: Christmas School are: Marco Montanaro. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Black Rose Wars: Christmas School as an expansion for Black Rose Wars. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Black Rose Wars to use it. Check that your edition of Black Rose Wars is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.