The Vale of Eternity: Artifacts (NL) - Card game

The Vale of Eternity: Artifacts – Expansion for The Vale of Eternity

The Vale of Eternity: Artifacts is an expansion for the card-drafting and set-collection game The Vale of Eternity, where tamers hunt and tame mythical creatures to power up their scoring engines. This expansion adds 28 new creature cards with fresh effects and introduces artifact tiles that players draft at the start of each round during the hunting phase. Artifacts provide immediate boosts, ongoing bonuses or once-per-turn powers, pushing you to rethink your turns and build even more explosive combos.

Key Features:

• Artifact drafting every round: Before drafting creatures, each player selects an artifact, shaping their strategy for that round and adding a new decision point to the hunt phase.

• 28 new creature cards: Additional elemental and dragon creatures expand the deck and introduce new synergies, engines and scoring paths.

• Raised victory threshold to 80 points: When playing with artifacts, the target score increases from 60 to 80, creating a longer, more competitive race for experienced groups.

• 11 double-sided artifact tiles: Mix basic and advanced artifacts to tailor the level of complexity and combo-potential to your table.

• Extra area tiles and shelter markers: New tiles and shelters add positional nuance and let you protect or save key creatures for later rounds.

• More depth, same smooth ruleset: Artifacts focuses on additional effects and choices rather than rule overhead, keeping the game’s core flow easy to teach.

• 2–4 players, 40–60 minutes, ages 14+: A natural next step for groups who’ve mastered the base game and want more strategic depth and replayability.

Why Choose The Vale of Eternity: Artifacts?

Artifacts is the kind of expansion that doesn’t just add “more of the same” but meaningfully reshapes how you approach each round. Drafting artifacts first forces you to plan around a powerful effect and then draft creatures that best exploit it, rewarding players who spot synergies and adapt quickly when the perfect artifact appears. The extra creatures and higher victory threshold extend the arc of your engine, giving you time to build something truly impressive before the game ends. If The Vale of Eternity already hits your table regularly and you’re ready for tougher decisions, stronger combos and a higher skill ceiling, The Vale of Eternity: Artifacts is a standout upgrade for your collection.