About the Academy
Arcanum Academy
A school you can walk through
Arcanum Academy is an online school of magic where mythical creatures learn to fight with spell cards. You enrol as a Dragonkin, a Thunderbird, a Yuki-Onna or a Golem, swear to one of four elemental houses, and then spend your term inside the Academy itself: climbing candlelit halls, sitting lessons that ask you to choose between a lecture, a drill or a sparring match, trading at the shop counter, feeding a companion, and taking on turn based duels against beasts, teachers, rival students and finally the Blood-Forged Legion.
Who it is for
It is built for players who prefer a deck builder and a tabletop duel to fast reflexes, and who like a world with real history behind it: four rival houses, a nation that was once divided, and an academy raised as the peace that ended the war. Every duel is about mana growth, sequencing and reaction, so a patient player with a well built deck can beat a stronger one.
Who builds it
Arcanum Academy is made by a small independent studio of writers, illustrators and developers who grew up on tabletop card games and old libraries. The setting, the houses and the card art are ours, painted and written in house, and the game grows a little every term.