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Sword & Sorcery: Immortal Souls
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Expansion for Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles
Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles – Lawful Familiars
2021
Rules assistance for Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles – Lawful Familiars
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–5 players
- 60–90 min
- 12+
Rules assistant for Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles – Lawful Familiars
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Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles – Lawful Familiars is an expansion for Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles released in 2021 for 1–5 players, 60–90 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Simone Romano and Nunzio Surace and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Area Movement, and Modular Board.
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About the game
The world of Sword & Sorcery is imbued with many mystical secrets, and familiars are but one of these! In this set players can find five intelligent little creatures that are able to create a magical link with their humanoid friends. The ancient scrolls of the Archmagi classify Lawful familiars into three types, each characterized by a deep bond with their owner: Domestic (Dog); Wild (Boar, Horned Lizard, Owl); Legendary (Pixie). Each of these Familiars provides valuable help on the battlefield or grants peculiar abilities to its owner, such as the superior sense of smell of a Dog or mystic enchantments of a Pixie. But this deep bond has a downside. When a Familiar dies, its owner suffers a terrible mental shock, which hampers their skills for a time. This expansion can be used with any Sword & Sorcery Quest or Campaign (Immortal Souls or Ancient Chronicles), by simply shuffling the Familiar cards into the Treasure deck.
Designers
Publishers
- GaGa Games
- Ares Games
- Gremlin Project
Questions and answers
Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles – Lawful Familiars supports 1–5 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.
The listed playing time for Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles – Lawful Familiars is 60–90 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles – Lawful Familiars for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles – Lawful Familiars belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Fighting, and Adventure. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Area Movement, and Modular Board. 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 Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles – Lawful Familiars are: Simone Romano and Nunzio Surace. 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 Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles – Lawful Familiars as an expansion for Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles to use it. Check that your edition of Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.