Arena Elemental is a micro wargame that consists of meeples, character cards and paper clips. Each character card has two sections on which to mark the life points and the aura points with paper clips. The battlefield is set up at the players' discretion; any household items or really just anything can be put on the table. The rules contain seven scenarios and the encouragement to invent your own. On their turn, a player can move, attack or do other actions, for which they pay with aura points (the only limit on how much they can do in a turn). Distance to other players is measured by a simple ruler on the side of the character card and can affect the aura point cost. The winning conditions are defined by the respective scenario, like last meeple standing, team versus team, first meeple to reach the highest point in the arena, etc.