Learn to Play

Find your Kindred Spirit Lord and wield their unique powers to develop your own tactics and play style.

Quick Start Guide

We've just released a Quick Start Guide to make your first few games as easy as possible. We recommend starting with this.

Learn the basics with this quick 3-minute video covering the different items, lanterns and more!

Watch and learn as we play through some 3-player games of Kitsunedo

When you lose a challenge, the Herald does not count as a card in your hand. Cannot be discarded except when you lose your last life.

Can still be Stolen, traded, or moved by abilities that don’t discard it.

Rituals are a special type of item card which are played onto your Spirit Lord. They provide powerful effects that last for the rest of the game!

When you add a Ritual to your hand, you can play it immediately, no matter whose turn it is!

When an attack against you is resolved, the 200 Clay Shisu topple — rotate this card 90°.

While toppled, you cannot be targeted by any attacks. At the start of your next turn, this card stands — rotate this card back.

For more detailed rules, you can download the full rulebook below.