Rules assistance for Hands in the Sea: Deus Ex Machina Cards
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
Rules assistant for Hands in the Sea: Deus Ex Machina Cards
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Hands in the Sea: Deus Ex Machina Cards is an expansion for Hands in the Sea released in 2026 for 2 players.
About the game
A mini-expansion containing a set of 8 optional cards (4 per side), with powerful one-time events that can be activated at the cost of losing Victory Points. This set was free for all backers who followed the Hands in the Sea campaign before it was launched, and then backed the game. —description from the publisher
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Publishers
- PHALANX
Questions and answers
Hands in the Sea: Deus Ex Machina Cards supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
Hands in the Sea: Deus Ex Machina Cards belongs to these categories: Wargame, Ancient, and Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Hands in the Sea: Deus Ex Machina Cards and want something comparable for your next game night.
The catalogue lists Hands in the Sea: Deus Ex Machina Cards as an expansion for Hands in the Sea. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Hands in the Sea to use it. Check that your edition of Hands in the Sea is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.