<s>
Sanctum	B-Application
is	O
a	O
two-player	O
digital	B-Application
collectible	I-Application
card	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
played	O
online	O
against	O
human	O
opponents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
do	O
not	O
exist	O
as	O
actual	O
physical	O
cards	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
a	O
few	O
that	O
were	O
distributed	O
by	O
Digital	O
Addiction	O
for	O
promotional	O
purposes	O
)	O
but	O
they	O
are	O
owned	O
and	O
traded	O
in	O
an	O
online	O
account	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
played	O
solely	O
within	O
the	O
virtual	O
environment	O
of	O
Sanctum	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanctum	B-Application
has	O
had	O
a	O
devoted	O
user	O
following	O
,	O
with	O
player	O
clubs	O
and	O
cabals	O
,	O
tournaments	O
and	O
prizes	O
,	O
secondary	O
card	O
markets	O
,	O
fan	O
fiction	O
,	O
trivia	O
contests	O
,	O
and	O
dozens	O
of	O
fan	O
web	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanctum	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
run	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
its	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
each	O
player	O
is	O
to	O
defend	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
sanctum	B-Application
from	O
encroachment	O
by	O
their	O
opponent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
player	O
manages	O
to	O
get	O
some	O
of	O
their	O
units	O
into	O
the	O
opponent	O
's	O
sanctum	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
over	O
with	O
that	O
player	O
declared	O
the	O
winner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
home	O
base	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
bottom	O
rows	O
,	O
taking	O
up	O
five	O
squares	O
in	O
a	O
plus-sign	O
shape	O
;	O
the	O
opponent	O
's	O
sanctum	B-Application
similarly	O
was	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
rows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
towns	O
are	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
board	O
,	O
one	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
center	O
squares	O
,	O
and	O
each	O
pair	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
four	O
are	O
located	O
closer	O
to	O
one	O
sanctum	B-Application
than	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
two	O
towns	O
are	O
closer	O
than	O
two	O
spaces	O
apart	O
,	O
and	O
each	O
player	O
's	O
sanctum	B-Application
was	O
the	O
same	O
number	O
of	O
moves	O
to	O
its	O
closest	O
town	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
,	O
such	O
that	O
no	O
player	O
has	O
a	O
tactical	O
advantage	O
from	O
town	O
placement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanctums	B-Application
and	O
towns	O
produce	O
one	O
of	O
six	O
"	O
mana	B-Application
"	O
types	O
every	O
turn	O
(	O
Clarity	O
,	O
Mystery	O
,	O
Order	O
,	O
Strife	O
,	O
Will	O
,	O
and	O
World	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
sanctums	B-Application
only	O
able	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
mana	B-Application
associated	O
with	O
the	O
house	O
the	O
player	O
utilized	O
,	O
while	O
towns	O
can	O
be	O
dedicated	O
to	O
any	O
mana	B-Application
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
card	O
has	O
a	O
cost	O
in	O
mana	B-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
varying	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
player	O
is	O
dealt	O
five	O
cards	O
out	O
of	O
their	O
decks	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
cast	O
as	O
many	O
in	O
their	O
turn	O
as	O
their	O
mana	B-Application
allows	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
discard	O
up	O
to	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Towns	O
and	O
sanctums	B-Application
also	O
periodically	O
produce	O
novices	O
every	O
so	O
many	O
turns	O
(	O
every	O
other	O
turn	O
for	O
towns	O
,	O
and	O
every	O
fourth	O
turn	O
for	O
sanctums	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
trained	O
as	O
Swordsmen	O
or	O
Archers	O
to	O
fight	O
for	O
their	O
player	O
,	O
to	O
attack	O
monsters	O
summoned	O
by	O
the	O
enemy	O
,	O
to	O
capture	O
towns	O
,	O
or	O
ultimately	O
to	O
capture	O
the	O
enemy	O
Sanctum	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
units	O
can	O
stack	O
in	O
groups	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
eight	O
,	O
and	O
individuals	O
or	O
entire	O
groups	O
can	O
be	O
affected	O
by	O
various	O
spells	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
many	O
fantasy	O
games	O
,	O
spell-casting	O
in	O
Sanctum	B-Application
is	O
constrained	O
by	O
a	O
limited	O
resource	O
called	O
Mana	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
game	O
,	O
mana	B-Application
comes	O
in	O
six	O
types	O
,	O
in	O
three	O
pairs	O
of	O
opposites	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
twelve	O
"	O
houses	O
"	O
,	O
each	O
holding	O
claim	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
pair	O
of	O
mana	B-Application
types	O
,	O
one	O
major	O
and	O
one	O
minor	O
for	O
that	O
house	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
race	O
of	O
beings	O
who	O
serve	O
it	O
with	O
a	O
special	O
power	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Sanctum	B-Application
was	O
built	O
by	O
Digital	O
Addiction	O
starting	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
on	O
July	O
9	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
Sanctum	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
online	B-Application
collectible	I-Application
card	I-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Sanctum	B-Application
servers	O
were	O
shut	O
down	O
at	O
the	O
co-location	O
facility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
a	O
new	O
community	O
effort	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
Sanctum	B-Application
game	O
available	O
for	O
play	O
was	O
started	O
at	O
.	O
</s>
