description Argent: The Consortium Overview
Argent: The Consortium is a competitive worker-placement and deckbuilding card game released by Level 99 Games in 2015. Players act as candidates vying for the position of chancellor at a magical university by gathering resources, researching spells, and sending out mages to secure votes. The game's defining feature is its hidden-objective victory condition, where specific consortium members determine the winner based on secret criteria. It is designed for 2 to 4 players who enjoy tactical planning and high player interaction.
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How do you actually win Argent: The Consortium?
Players compete for votes held by a secret consortium rather than simply totaling money or resources. Each voter rewards a different achievement, such as influence, supporters, or particular resources, and only some voting conditions may be known early in the game.
Why can workers be attacked or displaced in Argent?
Argent is deliberately confrontational: spells and special abilities can wound, move, or neutralize opposing apprentices. This makes placement temporary and contested, unlike worker-placement games where an occupied space is normally secure.
How many people can play Argent: The Consortium?
The base game supports two to five players. A typical session can run around two hours, although early games may take longer because of its spells, variable rooms, and hidden voting conditions.
Is Argent set in the same world as BattleCON?
Yes. Argent University belongs to Level 99 Games' World of Indines, the setting also used by BattleCON and Pixel Tactics. Familiar characters and magical schools appear in a political contest to choose the university's next chancellor.
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