The cards are used as playing cards, and also as the playing field. I play to watch the story unfold. This spawned a discussion on creation, chaos, games, etc., between Andy Looney, me, and Kory, much of which can be seen here , here , and here. Zarcana is the new title for the same game that used to be called Arcana. Course, you would have to have played those games to know what the hell I'm talking about, but that's the best I could come up with.
All players initially keep their goals secret from each other.
Some strategy ideas Much thanks to Jacob Davenport , one of the best playtester-consultants I've ever worked with. Couldn't have done IT without him. Zagami - a Heathcoop game Zagami happens to be the name of a rock that somehow launched itself from Mars and made it all the way to Earth. Those Martian rocks seem to be good at that. The game Zagami is about the little microbes on that rock, feeding, fleeing, and fighting each other during their long space voyage.