Culdcept is a hybrid board/card game where the objective is to generate the most mana before making it back to the castle.
Each player starts out with a deck of 50 cards. Card types range from monster cards, which are used to accumulate territory on the board to increase your mana; Equipment, which will boost your monsters' abilities when they battle; and Magic, which can be used to help you or hinder the other players on the board. When a player lands on another player's monster, he/she can challenge it to a battle in an attempt to take over the territory. If the attacker wins, he/she gets the space on the board and additional mana.
The game features more than sixteen different boards, each with its own unique rules and layouts. This variety adds replayability to the game, as players must adapt their strategies to suit the specific board they are playing on.