Shadow RPG The Shadow RPG , known as the Dark RPG or Dark Role - Playing Game ( ・ " Dāku Rōru Pureingu Gēmu " ) in the Japanese version , is the final Shadow Game in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga . When Dark Yugi entered the World of Memories to relive his past life as Pharaoh Atem , Dark Bakura commenced a Shadow Game . Using a diorama of the ancient Egyptian city as a game board and cards representing people and items , they controlled events happening in the World of Memories . Dark Bakura played with the intention of stopping Atem from defeating Zorc Necrophades in the replaying of his life and resurrect Zorc into the modern world . Dark Yugi played to regain his memories and defeat Zorc again . Dark Bakura had previously played a similar game of " Monster World " with Dark Yugi . He considered that to be a warm up for this game . Many events from the " Monster World " game paralleled events from this game . Rules . The game ' s main players were Dark Bakura and Dark Yugi . Akhenaden ' s mummy , whose soul was one with Zorc Necrophades ' , was considered to be a player on Dark Bakura ' s side . The game contained a number of non - player characters , including ancient Egyptian civilians and people from the modern world , who entered the game world . Each player was represented by a character card , with Dark Yugi ' s being the " Pharaoh " card and Dark Bakura ' s being " Bakura , King of Thieves " ( his own character ) and " Akhenaden " ( Akhenaden ' s mummy ' s character ) . Each player had a deck of cards , which were initially blank . When a player envisions an item or remembers a person from their past , a picture of the item or person appeared on the card . Each character card contained stats , include a " ba " gauge indicating their life force . If a character ' s " ba " gauge empties they die . Most characters have a single bar as their ba gauge . Other ' s such as Zorc Necrophades have multiple bars . By paying " ba " , characters can summon " ka " and engage in battle . When characters are not given commands by their controller , they behave according to their own motives . The game featured seven Millennium Item cards , which at the beginning of the game are in possession of Dark Yugi ' s party , the pharaoh and the High Priests . Each player had a special ability . Events . Prior . The Seal of Memories on Marik Ishtar ' s back contained a prophecy , " In the future , one will come who will wield the stone slab s of the three gods . By the gods shall you know him for it is he in whom the pharaoh ' s soul resides . " . Ishizu Ishtar explained to Dark Yugi that the God cards were the modern equivalent to the stone slabs . While observing Marik ' s back , the God cards showed Dark Yugi a vision of the Tablet of Memories . Dark Bakura got his host Ryo Bakura to build an elaborate diorama of the Egyptian kingdom for them to use in the game . Since Bakura ' s father was the owner of Domino City Museum , Bakura had access to a hidden room , where the diorama was mounted on a giant table , shaped like the Millennium Puzzle . Akhenaden ' s corpse , which was to have some influence on the game once his soul was released from the Millennium Puzzle , was also placed in this room . Following the vision of the Tablet of Memories , Dark Yugi , along with Anzu Mazaki , Katsuya Jonouchi , Hiroto Honda and Ryo Bakura went to Domino City Museum , where the tablet was located . At the entrance , they were greeted by Bobasa , who explained that Dark Yugi was to enter the World of Memories . Knowing Dark Yugi was going to relearn his real name , Anzu purchased a cartouche pendant at the museum ' s souvenir shop , so Dark Yugi could inscribe his name and not forget it again . Dark Yugi brandished the God cards before the tablet , causing him to leave Yugi ' s body . When Bobasa explained that he was now in the World of Memories and re - experience his death , Yugi and his friends requested that they enter the World of Memories too to save him . As a permission check , Bobasa used Millennium Scales to check for evil in their hearts , with only Bakura , due to the influence of the Millennium Ring . He took everyone else to Yugi ' s soul room , where they searched for the entrance to the World of Memories . They succeeded in doing so and unbeknownst to them were followed by a portion of Dark Bakura ' s consciousness , which had been sealed in the Millennium Puzzle . While Yugi , Anzu , Jonouchi and Honda were in Yugi ' s soul room , their real bodies fell unconscious . Dark Bakura took them to the hidden room in the museum and placed them in coffins , from where they could act as non - player characters . He hung the Millennium Puzzle above the diorama , so that all the energies and souls within the World of Memories could be unleashed upon it and the Shadow Game could commence . When Dark Yugi had held the God cards before the tablet , a part of his consciousness also awoke the RPG table , outside of Yugi ' s body . Game . Initially events in the game played out similar to how they did in the original course of events . Dark Yugi relived his life as pharaoh , where he re - experienced his first battle with Bakura , King of Thieves , the mock battles and Mahado ' s sacrifice . , during which he noting similarities between " ka " battles and " Duel Monsters " . When Yugi and his friends entered the World of Memories , Bobasa informed them of their mission to learn the pharaoh ' s name . He explained that since there were not truly part of this world , they were unable to interact with its people or items . This prevented them from helping Kisara , who they witnessed being stoned , but she was saved by Seto , whom they recognized as looking like Seto Kaiba . They heard him mention that the pharaoh was at the palace , so they followed him there , but the will of the pharaoh blocked intruders from entering . The portion of Dark Bakura ' s consciousness that entered the world as an NPC located Thief Bakura and laughed as he watched him execute the inn massacre . Characters . Dark Yugi ' s party . Dark Yugi ' s side contained the following characters . They Summoned the following " ka " , during the course of the game . Dark Bakura ' s party . They summoned the following " ka " , during the game . Non - player . The majority of non - player characters were townspeople and soldiers . People from the modern world who entered the game included : " Monster World " parallels . " Monster World " was another tabletop role - playing game , which Dark Bakura used as a medium for a Shadow Game against Dark Yugi . Dark Bakura mentions that in many ways , it was a warm - up for the current game . As such , a number of events in the Shadow RPG mirrored events that happened in the " Monster World " game .