Quick Start Guide: Learn to Play Revolt N Reign in 5 Minutes
Learn to Play in 5 Minutes
Two players. One battlefield. Four ways to win. Here's everything you need to know for how to play Revolt N Reign, starting right now.
What You're Doing
Build a 60-card deck from 357 cards sourced from America's founding documents. Both players start with 100 Liberty Points. Three Unconstitutional Acts are already on the battlefield before either player draws a card, draining Liberty Points every turn. The board is under pressure from the first moment. That's by design.
Win by driving your opponent's Liberty Points to zero, or by executing one of three other card game victory conditions.
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Four Ways to Win
Liberty Victory - Reduce your opponent's Liberty Points to zero through sustained attack and attrition.
Attack Victory - Destroy all three of your opponent's Unconstitutional Acts. The game ends instantly.
Petition Victory - Control four Petition cards plus three Scroll Pillar cards while holding 20 or more Liberty Points.
Deck-Out Victory - Force your opponent to draw from an empty deck. Strip their options until nothing remains.
Your opponent must defend against all four simultaneously. Every decision carries weight.
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Seven Card Types
Pillars - Your resource engine. They generate Independence Points each turn. Build them early and build them often. Eighteen or more per deck is recommended.
Rights - Fast tactical cards. Deal damage, gain Liberty Points, draw cards. Some count as Petitions.
Attack - Deal damage to Defense cards and Unconstitutional Acts.
Defense - Protect your Unconstitutional Acts. Damage must clear Defense before reaching a UA.
Freedom - Powerful historical hero cards. Maximum three per deck.
Bills - Legislative action cards played once per turn, then returned to hand. Maximum three per deck. Each repeated play doubles the IP cost.
Unconstitutional Acts - Three start in play for each player before the game begins. They drain your Liberty Points during your opponents turn until destroyed.
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How a Turn Works
Draw - Draw one card. If your deck is empty when you must draw, you lose.
IP (Independence Points) - Gain Independence Points from your Pillars. Unused IP does not carry over.
Play - Spend IP to play Pillars, Attacks, Defense, Rights, Freedom, or Bills.
Resolve - All effects execute in order. Card text is the highest authority in every case.
End - Discard down to seven cards. Turn passes to your opponent.
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One of the Rules That Makes Revolt N Reign Unique
Player 2 may place one zero-IP card on the battlefield before Player 1 draws their first card to start the game. This pre-game equalization levels the first-mover advantage. No other TCG does this.
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Four Branches. Four Strategies.
Bison - Direct Liberty Point damage. Pressure and attrition.
Eagle - Mill, exile, and control. Strip your opponent's options.
Liberty Bell - Destroy Unconstitutional Acts. Built for Attack Victory.
Scroll - Petitions and disruption. Built for Petition Victory.
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Your First Game
Build Pillar cards early. Play Defense to survive UA drain. Pick one victory path and pursue it. Learning all four paths comes with experience.
That is the game. Five minutes to learn. A lifetime to master.
Ready to go deeper?
Read the full How to Play Guide - revoltnreign.com/how-to-play
Read the Official Rulebook - revoltnreign.com/rulebook
This quick start guide is the fastest way to learn how to play Revolt N Reign. In minutes, you'll understand deck building, Liberty Points, Independence Points, and all four card game victory conditions, Liberty, Attack, Petition, and Deck-Out. No prior trading card game experience required. Ready for more depth? Read the full Rulebook.
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