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# Basic rules
## Basic Rules
The objective of the game is to reduce your opponent to 0 Life points.
Players take it in turns to play cards from their hands and attack their opponents’ creatures or heroes directly.
There are currently 2 types of cards in Berserk. Creature cards and Spell cards.
Creature cards are played to 1 of 7 spaces on the board, and can only be played if there is room to do so. Spell cards can be played at any time during your turn.
Each Player has a deck of exactly 30 cards.
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