Space might be the final frontier, but it's also a battleground. The need to explore and find new worlds is accompanied by the strong desire to own and control whatever is found. Spaceships built for exploration are accompanied by spaceships built for war. In this game, you can only keep what you take by force.
Students of the arcane learn two important lessons while at the academy. First, magic is powerful. Second, only the powerful deserve to wield it. It's the day before graduation and the top Mages must take their final exam. The test is simple: survive. You have worked and studied hard. It's time to test what you know. Failure is not an option.
American actor, writer, director, and producer, Michael Landon, said "I think all of us create our own miracles." In this game, Mr. Landon is absolutely correct. By collecting the right number and type of cards, miracles can be created. But be careful, as miracles can be sabotaged, as well!
In the action movie Kick-Ass, the fictional character Dave Lizewski said, "In the world I lived in, heroes only existed in comic books. And I guess that'd be okay, if bad guys were make-believe too, but they're not." In the world of comic books and in real life, there are always opposing forces. In this game, players become heroes or villains and battle for dominance.
American author, speaker, and pastor, John C. Maxwell, said "Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years." Once you find gold, it's not enough to hold it up for the world to see. There is more to be obtained. In this game, there is wealth to be found, but only for those who persevere.
When the United States looked westward to the new territories it acquired, many saw a chance for a new life. Even more saw opportunities for wealth. Acquiring ownership of this new land meant speculating its worth. For those who could manipulate the railroad, land became better than gold.