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Dark Pact

Dark Pact

Trick or Treat Studios · 2026
1–450 min14+ yrs2.5/5 complexity7.2 BGG#5.989 BGG710Couples
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How do you play Dark Pact?

To win the deck-building game Dark Pact, you need to complete one of the game's thirteen Dark Pacts, each of which has a unique winning condition. To set up, each player has a deck of ten cards, with cards being either actions, treasures, or multipliers.

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Dark Pact box art
official art · Trick or Treat Studios

To win the deck-building game Dark Pact, you need to complete one of the game's thirteen Dark Pacts, each of which has a unique winning condition.

To set up, each player has a deck of ten cards, with cards being either actions, treasures, or multipliers. Players take turns clockwise until someone achieves a Dark Pact: "Keeper" Dark Pacts can stay in play, and if you ever meet their condition based on the cards you have in play, you win; "Instant" Dark Pacts are played as an action, and if you meet their condition based on the cards you have in hand, you win. (Alternatively, if the deck runs out, the player with the highest sum of Insight minus Curses wins.)

On a turn, you play one action from your hand, and an action might let you play additional actions; draw cards; gain cards from the supply; exile cards; and so on. Some cards attack opponents, and they can reveal a react card in response. Played cards stay in your play area.

Next, you can buy cards, first playing treasures from your hand to gain coins. (Action cards played earlier might also have coins on them.) You can purchase cards from the ten-card supply, as well as one card from your grimoire, which starts with three specific cards and to which you can add other cards during play.

You can modify an action or a treasure by playing x2 and x3 multipliers at the same time. Multipliers affect all numerals on the action or treasure, whether for coins, curses, draws, actions, etc.

To end your turn, clean up, first carrying out "clean up" effects on played cards, then discarding all played cards (except those that can remain in play, such as some Dark Pacts) and cards from your hand that you don't want. If necessary, draw to fill your hand to five cards.

Dark Pact includes solitaire rules in which you compete against a bot that tries to win in one of three ways.

game anatomy
Complexity2.5 / 5
BGG rating7.2 / 10
Vibe
Couples
Language dependence
Extensive text — heavy translation needed
Play time
50 min
Players
1–4
Recommended age
14+ yrs
BGG rank
#5.989
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Q3How do you play Dark Pact?
Dark Pact is a card game game, for 1–4 players, taking ~50 minutes, featuring deck, bag, and pool building. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Dark Pact — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Dark Pact support?
Dark Pact is played by 1–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Dark Pact take?
A game of Dark Pact takes about 50 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Dark Pact for?
Dark Pact is recommended from age 14.
Q7How complex is Dark Pact?
Dark Pact has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.5 out of 5.
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