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v1.7
Jan 2018

Game: CONAN
Publisher: Monolith Games (2016)

Page 1: Rules summary front

Page 2: Rules summary back
Page 3: Play reference: Heroes x2
Page 3: Play reference: Heroes x1, Overlord x1
Page 4: Skills reference

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 3. ACTION PHASE For each gem assigned, roll 1 die of the type shown on your guard Opening a chest
space, plus the dice shown on the chosen card. To open a chest, pick the lock by performing a complex
Heroes may perform the actions they are permitted to perform. manipulation with a difficulty of 2 (unless the scenario specifies
Then determine the defense power by adding the number of
They do not act according to a defined turn order, but instead otherwise) in same area as the chest. If you succeed, remove the
symbols on the dice and your armor, if you have it.
freely coordinate each of their actions. chest from the board and place the top card of the asset deck
Armor cards grant a minimum amount of defence that does not next to your hero sheet.
The phase ends when heroes cannot or choose not to perform any
require the spending of energy. Whether you use a guard action
further actions. The available actions are: When you open a chest, you can choose not to claim its content.
or not, you still benefit from the armor bonus from one of your
equipment cards when calculating your defense power. You must Place the top card of the asset deck in the same area as the chest;
Melee Attack declare whether or not you are guarding before using your armor. it can be picked up later by performing a simple manipulation.
SETUP Choose one enemy in your area (or, if appropriate, in an
adjacent area) to attack, then assign 1 or more gems A guard action is only effective against a single attack unless Reroll
One player is the Overlord and the other players are heroes. from your reserve zone to your melee attack space. You may specified otherwise.
You can perform reroll actions after rolling dice but
Choose a scenario and follow its setup instructions. choose to attack with one of your weapon cards with a melee before finalizing the results of the roll. Assign 1 or more
The Overlord sets up the dashboard (The Book of Skelos) and attack bonus. Move gems from your reserve zone to your reroll space. Then reroll that
places the indicated tiles in its river and their equipment, spell, For each gem assigned, roll 1 die of the type shown on your You must spend 1 movement point (MP) to move across many dice.
and item cards faceup in front of him. Take the number of red melee attack space, plus the dice shown on the chosen card. a border from one area to an adjacent area (hindering
and some terrain effects can increase the MPs required). You can perform the reroll action multiple times and may reroll
gems indicated by the scenario and split them between the
After resolving any rerolls, add up the number of symbols on the the same dice or different dice each time.
reserve zone and the fatigue zone. At the start of the Action phase, if you are in aggressive stance
dice to determine your attack power.
The Overlord places his models on the board, with any tokens and
If you perform a melee attack action without a weapon card, the
you receive MPs equal to your base movement value. These are Casting a spell
colored bases if necessary. free; they do not require you to assign gems to the move action. Place your spell cards faceup near your hero sheet. To cast a
attack is unarmed: reduce your attack power by 2. Attacks made
Each hero takes the character sheet and model of their chosen by the Overlord’s units are never unarmed. Each turn, when you stop moving to perform an action other than spell, assign gems equal to the spell’s cost from your reserve
hero and places the model on the board as indicated by the a move, you lose all of your remaining MPs. However, you can still zone to that card. The number of gems placed cannot exceed the
scenario. Each hero also takes the equipment, spell, and item You can perform the melee attack action more than once during perform a move action to gain MPs that turn: assign 1 or more spell’s exertion limit.
cards indicated by the scenario and places them faceup near their the Action phase to attack the same or different characters. gems from your reserve zone to your move space. For each gem
However, you cannot assign gems to a space if this would raise In the End phase, each player moves all gems from their spell
character sheet. assigned, you receive 1 MP that must be spent immediately. cards to their fatigue zone. Some spells function as attacks:
the total number of gems on the space above its exertion limit
Each hero takes the number of blue gems indicated at the bottom (the red number in the space’s lower left corner). You cannot assign gems to a space if doing so would raise the determine the attack power by adding up the number of symbols
left corner of their character card’s reserve zone (green/left) and total number of gems on the space above its exertion limit. on the dice. Characters defend against, and suffer damage from,
spell attacks as they would against other attacks.
splits them between their reserve zone and their fatigue zone (red/ Ranged Attack At the end of the Action phase, all unspent MPs are lost.
middle) as specified by the scenario. Finally, each hero places a
Attack with one of your weapon cards that has a ranged 4. END PHASE
red gem on the recovery chart, on the aggressive icon.
attack bonus. Then assign 1 or more gems from your Manipulation
The Overlord places the turn track near the Book of Skelos and reserve zone to your ranged attack space, and choose 1 enemy in To perform a simple manipulation (pick up, give, take, Once all heroes have finished performing actions, each hero
places the turn marker on 0, as well as any life point markers as your line of sight (LOS) to attack. or catch an object such as an item or equipment card), moves all gems from their action spaces, ally tiles, spell cards to
indicated by the scenario. assign 1 gem from your reserve zone to your manipulation space their fatigue zone. Then proceed to the Overlord’s turn.
To determine LOS, trace an imaginary line from the in your
All players take note of the scenario’s special rules, create an area to the in the chosen enemy’s area. If this line crosses (do not roll any dice).
asset deck if required, and prepare any other components. Unless an obstacle on the board, the line is blocked and the target area When a hero wants to give an object to another hero, one of them
OVERLORD TURN
specified otherwise, all information in the scenario is known to is not in your LOS. Otherwise, you have LOS to the area. The performs a simple manipulation, and that object is immediately 1. RECOVERY PHASE
the heroes and the Overlord. distance between areas does not affect LOS. You always have LOS equipped by the hero who takes it.
to your own area. The Overlord moves all the gems he spent during the heroes’ turn
GAME TURN To perform a complex manipulation, assign 1 or more gems from to his fatigue (red/middle) zone. Then he moves a number of gems
Friendly or enemy models do not block LOS but can hinder your reserve zone to your manipulation space and choose one of from his fatigue zone to his reserve (green/left) zone equal to his
Heroes perform actions in any order, coordinating and alternating ranged attacks. your equipment cards with a manipulation bonus. recovery value (on the recovery value tile specified by the scenario).
among themselves until they all agree to stop and end their turn. In general, only higher areas have LOS to lower areas; use your For each gem assigned, roll 1 die of the type shown on your
Then the Overlord may activate tiles to move and attack with his best judgment. When a character attacks an enemy at a lower
units. Sides alternate until one side completes their objectives.
manipulation space, plus the dice shown on the chosen card. 2. ADVANCE TURN MARKER
elevation using a ranged attack, the attacker rolls an extra .
Determine the manipulation power by adding up the number of The Overlord advances the turn marker 1 space on the turn track.
HERO TURN For each gem assigned, roll 1 die of the type shown on your symbols on the dice.
ranged attack space, plus the dice shown on the chosen card.
1. START PHASE If the manipulation power is equal to or higher than the 3. ACTIVATION PHASE
After resolving any rerolls, add up the number of symbols on the manipulation’s difficulty, you succeed at the manipulation.
Each hero player moves all the gems he spent during the dice to determine your attack power. The Overlord can activate 0, 1 or 2 tiles in the river. To activate
Complex manipulations have a difficulty defined by the scenario.
Overlord’s turn to the fatigue zone on his hero sheet. a tile, move a number of gems from your reserve zone to your
If the chosen weapon has next to its ranged attack bonus, You can perform the manipulation action more than once during fatigue zone equal to the tile’s activation cost (on the token above
drop the weapon card in the defender’s area after the attack. the Action phase. However, you cannot assign gems to a space if the tile).
2. STANCE PHASE this would raise the total number of gems on the space above its
You can perform the ranged attack action more than once during Then remove the activated tile from the river, sliding the
Each hero player chooses their stance for the next action phase. the Action phase to attack the same or different characters. exertion limit.
remaining tiles to the left, and place the tile at the end of the
However, you cannot assign gems to a space if this would raise river. You can also activate a dead unit tile.
Aggressive stance: Place your stance marker on the . Throwing and catching an object
the total number of gems on the space above its exertion limit.
Then move gems from your fatigue zone to your reserve zone: To throw an object, choose one of your objects that has an If the activated tile is a unit, activate all units in the group,
if no heroes have died, move 2 gems; if 1 hero has died, move encumbrance value of 3 or less, and an area in your LOS.
3 gems; and if 2 or more heroes have died, move 4 gems. Guard spending any number of their MPs to move them. Each unit can
perform 1 attack during its activation. When a unit attacks, all
When you are attacked, after the attack power is Then perform a complex manipulation with a difficulty equal
An aggressive hero can perform any action during the action to the distance from you to the chosen area. If you succeed, units in that group lose their remaining MPs. You can activate the
determined, you may defend against the attack by same tile twice, but the second time you must move gems equal
phase as long as they can assign gems. you drop the object in the chosen area. If you fail, you drop the
performing a guard action. to the tile’s new activation cost.
Cautious stance: Place your stance marker on the . object a number of areas away equal to the manipulation power,
Assign 1 or more gems from your reserve zone to your guard following the LOS to the chosen area. When the object is dropped
Then move gems from your fatigue zone to your reserve zone: A unit tile may correspond to a single character or a group of
space. You may also choose to defend with one of your equipment in an area, 1 hero in that area may immediately perform a simple
if no heroes have died, move 5 gems; if 1 hero has died, move minions. Unless specified otherwise in the scenario, the number
cards that has a guard bonus. manipulation to catch the object or pick it up.
6 gems; and if 2 or more heroes have died, move 7 gems. of characters corresponding to a tile cannot exceed the number
If you defend with an equipment card, you are parrying; Dropping an object indicated at the start of the scenario. A single character may also
A cautious hero can perform only guard and reroll actions and
otherwise, you are dodging. be represented by more than 1 unit tile.
cannot perform melee attack, ranged attack, manipulation, and You can drop one of your objects in your area as a free action
move actions, nor drop an object or cast a spell (unless it is a When defending against a ranged or area attack, you can only (without assigning gems). If an object with an area effect is If the activated tile is an event tile, resolve events as described
reaction spell). choose a shield. dropped, resolve the effect as if it had been thrown. by the scenario.
 4. END PHASE FALLING DAMAGE When a unit attacks, all units in that group lose their remaining The dead unit tile continues moving normally in the river. If one or
MPs. Extra MPs can be gained by using the Movement benefit. more characters from that dead unit tile return as reinforcements,
The Overlord moves all gems spent during his turn (including When a hero falls, roll dice as instructed by the scenario. You that tile is immediately flipped faceup and remains in its current
those placed on spell cards) to his fatigue zone. cannot defend against falling (the guard action, and armor, do not Melee Attack position in the river.
prevent the damage), but can perform reroll actions to reroll the
The number and type of dice that each unit represented The Overlord may activate a dead unit tile; this still counts as
HINDERING dice. Falling does not cause you to lose any remaining base MPs.
by the unit tile rolls when performing a melee attack. The one of the 2 tiles the Overlord can activate during his Activation
A character may be affected by hindering when moving, making a If a falling character is carrying another character, both suffer the results of these dice may be rerolled, but their number and type phase. In this case, the Overlord does not activate any models
ranged attack, or performing a complex manipulation in an area same damage but the player controlling the carrying character is cannot be changed. and simply moves the unit tile to the end of the river.
where the total number of enemy characters is equal to or higher the only one who can perform reroll actions.
than the total number of friendly characters. Ranged Attack DREDGING THE RIVER
AREA ATTACKS The number and type of dice that each unit represented
These actions are affected by hindering: movement, ranged At any time during his turn, the Overlord may dredge the river by
indicates that an effect is an area attack. A character by the unit tile rolls when performing a ranged attack. removing 1 or more dead unit tiles from the game.
attacks, and complex manipulations.
attacking an area attacks each character in that area. The The results of these dice may be rerolled, but their number and
These actions are not affected by hindering: melee attacks, guard, type cannot be changed. To do so, the Overlord must permanently return 2 gems from his
dice for an area attack are rolled once and apply to each attack.
rerolls, spell casting, and simple manipulations. fatigue zone to the game box. If there are not enough gems in his
The attacker resolves the attacks in the order of their choice.
Skills fatigue zone, the Overlord can return gems from his benefit zones
Movement: To move out of an area, you must spend 1 extra Guard bonuses from weapon cards cannot be used to defend or spell cards. If those are also empty, the Overlord can return
Skills are represented by icons.
MP for every enemy character that isn’t ‘cancelled out’ by the against area attacks, but dodging, armor, and guard bonuses gems from his reserve zone.
presence of another friendly character in the area. from shields work as usual. Assets with the area attack icon are
discarded after use.
Event Tiles The dead unit tile is then permanently removed from the river
Movement of Overlord characters is also affected by hindering. When an event tile is activated, the Overlord must and returned to the game box, and the remaining tiles are slid to
Dice Rolling: When rolling dice for an action affected by perform one of the events described by the scenario. the left. Dredging the river does not count as an activation and
OCCUPIED AREAS there is no limit to the number of tiles that can be removed from
hindering, ignore 1 symbol on the dice for every enemy character Sometimes the event tile is used to resolve more than
that isn’t ‘cancelled out’ by the presence of another friendly A character cannot end its movement or move across an area if the Book of Skelos, as long as the Overlord can and wants to pay
one event each time it is activated. for them.
character in the area. the model’s base could not fit entirely in that area; that area is an
occupied area. Occupied areas are considered to be within melee Units from a removed dead unit tile can no longer return to play
range of all adjacent areas. However, it is not possible to perform
OVERLORD BENEFITS
REROLLS (including as reinforcements).
a melee attack from an occupied area to an adjacent area. The Overlord can use benefits to temporarily improve a single unit.
Once, after you roll a die indicated by a reroll icon, you may reroll REINFORCEMENT COST
1 die of the matching type for free (without performing a reroll ACTIVATING ALLIES Movement
action). Certain skills allow players to reroll a die for free even if This is the number of reinforcement points the Overlord must
A hero with the Leadership skill can give orders to any ally on After spending the points from a unit’s base movement,
that die has already been rerolled. spend to return 1 model represented by that unit tile to the board.
the battlefield unless specified otherwise in the scenario. When you may use the movement benefit to gain extra MPs.
If a unit tile does not have a reinforcement cost, it cannot be
SKILLS AND ENCUMBRANCE instructed, place the corresponding ally tile next to the sheet of Assign 1 or more gems from your reserve zone to the movement reinforced.
the hero with the Leadership skill. benefit space. Each gem assigned grants 1 extra MP to a single
The icon to the left of a hero’s skills is that hero’s maximum unit from the activated unit tile. During the game, the Overlord gains reinforcement points by
During the Action phase, if he is in an aggressive stance, the hero activating the event tile. He may then immediately spend these
encumbrance value.
may activate the ally’s models by assigning gems from his reserve A unit can gain at most a number of extra MPs equal to its base points to return models to the board.
If your encumbrance level ever exceeds your maximum zone to the ally tile: movement value during each activation. You can use this benefit
encumbrance value, you must immediately drop 1 or more objects before or after an attack. This is the only way for a unit to move Reinforcements are placed in any of the reinforcement
– Assigning 1 gem activates an ally model. Each ally model areas (indicated by reinforcement tokens).
to reduce your encumbrance level to equal to or less than your after attacking. The movement benefit can be used only during
can only be activated once per Action phase. An ally loses its
maximum encumbrance value. the Overlord’s turn. If a reinforcement area is occupied, the Overlord can choose to
remaining points from its base movement value when it attacks.
The red number in the lower-right corner of each skill icon is the place the reinforced models in an adjacent area. If the adjacent
skill’s encumbrance limit.
– The hero can assign additional gems to gain additional MPs Guard area is also occupied, reinforced models cannot be placed in this
(1 gem = 1 MP for 1 ally model) after they spent their base area.
The total of the encumbrance values of all of your objects is Use to defend against an attack. Assign 1 or more gems
movement or after they attacked. A hero cannot gain more MPs
your encumbrance level. If your encumbrance level is equal to or from your reserve zone to the guard benefit space. Unless specified otherwise, the Overlord can spend reinforcement
than the ally’s base movement value.
higher than a skill’s encumbrance limit, the skill cannot be used. Roll for each gem assigned, then determine the defense points only to return to the board models that have been killed
An aggressive or cautious hero can also perform a guard action during the scenario.
Encumbrance also affects movement. The icon to the right of power by adding the number of symbols on the dice to the unit’s
with an ally by assigning gems. For each gem assigned, the hero
your skills is your movement and has 2 encumbrance limits. armor value. If one or more models from a dead unit tile are returned to the
rolls .
During the Action phase, if your encumbrance value is equal to or Only 1 guard action can be performed per attack. You must board as reinforcement(s), the unit tile is flipped faceup and
higher than either encumbrance limit, you receive fewer MPs from An aggressive or cautious hero may reroll an ally’s dice by remains in its current position in the river.
choose the number of gems to assign before rolling the dice, after
your movement value based on the highest exceeded limit (as assigning 1 gem per rerolled die.
which you can no longer add dice.
indicated under the limit). Unless specified otherwise, an ally has only 1 life point (LP). OVERLORD UNIT SPELL CASTING
One-handed and two-handed weapons At the end of the Action phase, gems on ally tiles are moved to Reroll To cast a spell, the Overlord must first activate the unit tile of the
A weapon with an encumbrance value of 2 or less is a one- the hero’s fatigue zone. If all the heroes with the Leadership skill Use to reroll dice before the results of the roll are unit with the Spellcaster skill who has that spell. The Overlord
handed weapon. die, allies are immediately removed from the game. determined. Assign 1 or more gems from your reserve can then cast the spell in addition to moving and attacking with
zone to the reroll benefit space. that character.
A weapon with an encumbrance value of 3 or more is a two- OVERLORD TILE ATTRIBUTES
handed weapon (a character with such a weapon cannot use For each gem assigned, you may reroll 1 die of your choice. You A spell’s cost can be fixed or variable depending on the spell.
another weapon for a single attack). can use this benefit at any time, including during the heroes’ turn. When the spell is cast, the Overlord assigns a number of gems
Armor from their reserve zone to the spell card equal to the spell’s cost
HERO DAMAGE The amount of damage automatically absorbed by the LIFE POINTS AND DEAD UNIT TILES and resolves the spell’s effects as described on the card.
unit’s armor each time a unit represented by that unit tile
Minions have only 1 LP. Lieutenants and monsters have several The icon on a spell card indicates that the spell is a reaction
Each time a hero suffers damage, move that many gems from is attacked. Subtract the unit’s armor value from the attack power
LPs, represented by a life point marker placed on the turn track. spell that can be cast anytime. When casting a reaction spell
their fatigue zone to their wound zone. If there is still more to determine the amount of damage suffered by that unit for each
during the heroes’ turn, it is not necessary to activate the
damage to suffer, move gems from their action spaces, spell attack against that unit. When a unit reaches 0 LPs, it is dead and its model is removed spellcaster’s unit tile.
cards, and ally tiles. If there is still more, remove gems from their from the board.
reserve zone. Base Movement When all units from the same unit tile are dead, that unit tile is
The Overlord cannot assign gems to a spell card if doing so would
raise the total number of gems on the card above its exertion limit.
When all of a hero’s gems are in their wound zone, that hero dies. The number of free MPs available to each unit considered dead. The Overlord removes that unit tile from the
Drop their weapon and item cards in their area on the board and represented by the unit tile. These points can be spent river, slides the remaining tiles to the left, places the dead unit
remove their model from the board. only before any unit from the same unit tile attacks. tile at the end of the river, and flips it to its bloodied side.
 When you stop moving to perform an action other than a move, When you stop moving to perform an action other than a move,
you lose all of your remaining MPs, but you can still perform a you lose all of your remaining MPs, but you can still perform a
move action to gain MPs that turn. For each gem, gain 1 MP move action to gain MPs that turn. For each gem, gain 1 MP
that must be spent immediately. that must be spent immediately.

Manipulation Manipulation
Simple manipulation: assign 1 gem to your Simple manipulation: assign 1 gem to your
manipulation space (do not roll dice). manipulation space (do not roll dice).
HERO TURN To give an object to another hero, one of them performs a
HERO TURN To give an object to another hero, one of them performs a
1. START PHASE simple manipulation, and the object is immediately equipped 1. START PHASE simple manipulation, and the object is immediately equipped
by the receivinghero. by the receivinghero.
Heroes move all the energy gems they spent during the Heroes move all the energy gems they spent during the
Complex manipulation: assign gem(s) and choose an equipment Complex manipulation: assign gem(s) and choose an equipment
Overlord’s turn to their fatigue zones. Overlord’s turn to their fatigue zones.
card with a manipulation bonus. The difficulty is defined by the card with a manipulation bonus. The difficulty is defined by the
scenario. If the manipulation power is equal to or higher than scenario. If the manipulation power is equal to or higher than
2. STANCE PHASE the manipulation’s difficulty, you succeed.
2. STANCE PHASE the manipulation’s difficulty, you succeed.
Each hero player chooses a stance. Move gems from your Throwing and catching an object Throw an object with Each hero player chooses a stance. Move gems from your Throwing and catching an object Throw an object with
fatigue zone to your reserve zone depending on how many an encumbrance value of 3 or less. Perform a complex fatigue zone to your reserve zone depending on how many an encumbrance value of 3 or less. Perform a complex
heroes have died (if any). manipulation with a difficulty equal to the distance from you heroes have died (if any). manipulation with a difficulty equal to the distance from you
Aggressive stance Perform any action. to an area in LOS. If you succeed, drop the object there. If Aggressive stance Perform any action. to an area in LOS. If you succeed, drop the object there. If
you fail, drop the object a number of areas away equal to the you fail, drop the object a number of areas away equal to the
Cautious stance Perform only guard and reroll actions and Cautious stance Perform only guard and reroll actions and
manipulation power, following the LOS. When the object is manipulation power, following the LOS. When the object is
cannot perform melee attack, ranged attack, manipulation, and cannot perform melee attack, ranged attack, manipulation, and
dropped, 1 hero in that area may immediately perform a simple dropped, 1 hero in that area may immediately perform a simple
move actions, nor drop an object or cast a non-reaction spell. move actions, nor drop an object or cast a non-reaction spell.
manipulation to catch it or pick it up. manipulation to catch it or pick it up.
3. ACTION PHASE Dropping an object Drop an objects in your area as a free action. 3. ACTION PHASE Dropping an object Drop an objects in your area as a free action.
If an object with an area effect is dropped, resolve its effect. If an object with an area effect is dropped, resolve its effect.
Assign gems to the appropriate space up to its exertion limit. Assign gems to the appropriate space up to its exertion limit.
Opening a chest Complex manipulation with a difficulty of 2 Opening a chest Complex manipulation with a difficulty of 2
Melee Attack unless specified otherwise. If you succeed, remove the chest Melee Attack unless specified otherwise. If you succeed, remove the chest
Choose an enemy in your area. You may add the dice from the board and take an asset card. You can leave the card Choose an enemy in your area. You may add the dice from the board and take an asset card. You can leave the card
from a weapon card with a melee attack bonus. in the area to be picked up later with a simple manipulation. from a weapon card with a melee attack bonus. in the area to be picked up later with a simple manipulation.

If you perform a melee attack action without a weapon card, Reroll If you perform a melee attack action without a weapon card, Reroll
the attack is unarmed: reduce your attack power by 2. Reroll as many dice as the number of gems you assign. the attack is unarmed: reduce your attack power by 2. Reroll as many dice as the number of gems you assign.

Ranged Attack Casting a spell Ranged Attack Casting a spell

Choose an enemy in LOS to attack. You may add the Pay the spell’s cost in gems. In the End phase, each player Choose an enemy in LOS to attack. You may add the Pay the spell’s cost in gems. In the End phase, each player
dice from a weapon card with a ranged attack bonus. moves all gems from their spell cards to their fatigue zone. dice from a weapon card with a ranged attack bonus. moves all gems from their spell cards to their fatigue zone.
A character has LOS to its own area. Models do not block LOS A character has LOS to its own area. Models do not block LOS
but can hinder ranged attacks. but can hinder ranged attacks.
4. END PHASE 4. END PHASE
When a character attacks an enemy at a lower elevation using a When a character attacks an enemy at a lower elevation using a
ranged attack, the attacker rolls an extra . Once all heroes have finished, heroes move all gems from their ranged attack, the attacker rolls an extra . Once all heroes have finished, heroes move all gems from their
action spaces, ally tiles, spell cards to their fatigue zone. action spaces, ally tiles, spell cards to their fatigue zone.
If the weapon has , drop the weapon card in the defender’s If the weapon has , drop the weapon card in the defender’s
area after the attack. HINDERING area after the attack. HINDERING
Guard Affected by hindering: movement, ranged attacks, and complex Guard Affected by hindering: movement, ranged attacks, and complex
When you are attacked, defend with a guard action. manipulations. When you are attacked, defend with a guard action. manipulations.
You may defend with an equipment card with a guard Not affected by hindering: melee attacks, guard, rerolls, spell You may defend with an equipment card with a guard Not affected by hindering: melee attacks, guard, rerolls, spell
bonus (parrying), otherwise you are dodging. When defending casting, and simple manipulations. bonus (parrying), otherwise you are dodging. When defending casting, and simple manipulations.
against a ranged or area attack, you can only choose a shield. against a ranged or area attack, you can only choose a shield.
Whether you guard or not, you still benefit from the armor Movement: To move out of an area, you must spend 1 extra Whether you guard or not, you still benefit from the armor Movement: To move out of an area, you must spend 1 extra
bonus from one of your equipment cards. You must declare MP for every enemy character that isn’t ‘cancelled out’ by the bonus from one of your equipment cards. You must declare MP for every enemy character that isn’t ‘cancelled out’ by the
whether or not you are guarding before using your armor. presence of another friendly character in the area. whether or not you are guarding before using your armor. presence of another friendly character in the area.
Movement of Overlord characters is also affected by hindering. Movement of Overlord characters is also affected by hindering.
Move Move
Dice Rolling: When rolling dice for an action affected by Dice Rolling: When rolling dice for an action affected by
1 MP to move from one area to an adjacent area. 1 MP to move from one area to an adjacent area.
hindering, ignore 1 symbol on the dice for every enemy hindering, ignore 1 symbol on the dice for every enemy
At the start of the Action phase, an aggressive hero gains free character that isn’t ‘cancelled out’ by the presence of another At the start of the Action phase, an aggressive hero gains free character that isn’t ‘cancelled out’ by the presence of another
MPs equal to his base movement value. friendly character in the area. MPs equal to his base movement value. friendly character in the area.
 When you stop moving to perform an action other than a move, BENEFITS
you lose all of your remaining MPs, but you can still perform a
move action to gain MPs that turn. For each gem, gain 1 MP Movement
that must be spent immediately. Gain extra MPs after spending the a unit’s base MPs.
Each gem assigned grants 1 extra MP to a single
Manipulation unit from the activated unit tile. Can be used only during the
Simple manipulation: assign 1 gem to your Overlord’s turn.
manipulation space (do not roll dice).
OVERLORD TURN A unit can gain at most extra MPs equal to its base movement
HERO TURN To give an object to another hero, one of them performs a value during each activation. You can use this benefit before or
1. START PHASE simple manipulation, and the object is immediately equipped 1. RECOVERY PHASE after an attack.
by the receivinghero.
Move all the gems you spent during the heroes’ turn to your
Heroes move all the energy gems they spent during the
Complex manipulation: assign gem(s) and choose an equipment fatigue zone. Then move a number of gems from there to your
Guard
Overlord’s turn to their fatigue zones. Defend against an attack. Roll for each gem
card with a manipulation bonus. The difficulty is defined by the reserve zone equal to your recovery value.
scenario. If the manipulation power is equal to or higher than assigned, then add the number of symbols to the unit’s
2. STANCE PHASE the manipulation’s difficulty, you succeed. armor value. Only 1 guard action can be performed per attack.
2. ADVANCE TURN MARKER
Each hero player chooses a stance. Move gems from your
fatigue zone to your reserve zone depending on how many
Throwing and catching an object Throw an object with 3. ACTIVATION PHASE Reroll
an encumbrance value of 3 or less. Perform a complex
heroes have died (if any). For each gem, you may reroll 1 die of your choice. You
manipulation with a difficulty equal to the distance from you Activate 0, 1 or 2 tiles (even dead tiles) in the river. To activate can use this at any time, including in the heroes’ turn.
Aggressive stance Perform any action. to an area in LOS. If you succeed, drop the object there. If a tile, move gems to your fatigue zone equal to its activation
you fail, drop the object a number of areas away equal to the cost. Remove the tile from the river, slide the rest to the left,
Cautious stance Perform only guard and reroll actions and
manipulation power, following the LOS. When the object is and place the tile at the end of the river.
HINDERING
cannot perform melee attack, ranged attack, manipulation, and
dropped, 1 hero in that area may immediately perform a simple Affected by hindering: movement, ranged attacks, and complex
move actions, nor drop an object or cast a non-reaction spell. If the activated tile is a unit, activate all units in the group,
manipulation to catch it or pick it up. manipulations.
spending any number of their MPs to move them. Each unit
3. ACTION PHASE Dropping an object Drop an objects in your area as a free action. can perform 1 attack during its activation. When a unit attacks, Not affected by hindering: melee attacks, guard, rerolls, spell
If an object with an area effect is dropped, resolve its effect. all units in that group lose their remaining MPs. casting, and simple manipulations.
Assign gems to the appropriate space up to its exertion limit.
Opening a chest Complex manipulation with a difficulty of 2 If the activated tile is an event tile, resolve events as indicated
Movement: To move out of an area, you must spend 1 extra
Melee Attack unless specified otherwise. If you succeed, remove the chest by the scenario.
MP for every enemy character that isn’t ‘cancelled out’ by the
Choose an enemy in your area. You may add the dice from the board and take an asset card. You can leave the card
presence of another friendly character in the area.
from a weapon card with a melee attack bonus. in the area to be picked up later with a simple manipulation. 4. END PHASE
Movement of Overlord characters is also affected by hindering.
If you perform a melee attack action without a weapon card, Reroll Move all gems spent during your turn (including those placed
Dice Rolling: When rolling dice for an action affected by
the attack is unarmed: reduce your attack power by 2. on spell cards) to your fatigue zone.
Reroll as many dice as the number of gems you assign. hindering, ignore 1 symbol on the dice for every enemy
character that isn’t ‘cancelled out’ by the presence of another
Ranged Attack Casting a spell TILE ATTRIBUTES
friendly character in the area.
Choose an enemy in LOS to attack. You may add the Pay the spell’s cost in gems. In the End phase, each player
dice from a weapon card with a ranged attack bonus. moves all gems from their spell cards to their fatigue zone.
Armor DREDGING THE RIVER
A character has LOS to its own area. Models do not block LOS Subtract the unit’s armor value from the attack power
but can hinder ranged attacks. each time it is attacked. At any time during your turn, you may dredge the river: remove
4. END PHASE
When a character attacks an enemy at a lower elevation using a a dead unit tile from the game by permanently returning 2
ranged attack, the attacker rolls an extra . Once all heroes have finished, heroes move all gems from their Base Movement gems to the game box. Units from a removed dead unit tile can
action spaces, ally tiles, spell cards to their fatigue zone. The number of free MPs available to each unit. Extra no longer return to play (including reinforcements).
If the weapon has , drop the weapon card in the defender’s
MPs can be gained by using the Movement benefit.
area after the attack. HINDERING REINFORCEMENT COST
Guard Melee Attack You may spend RPs to return models to the board. A tile that
Affected by hindering: movement, ranged attacks, and complex
The dice each unit rolls when melee attacking. Attacks does not have a reinforcement cost cannot be reinforced.
When you are attacked, defend with a guard action. manipulations.
made by the Overlord’s units are never unarmed.
You may defend with an equipment card with a guard Not affected by hindering: melee attacks, guard, rerolls, spell Reinforcements are placed in any of the reinforcement
bonus (parrying), otherwise you are dodging. When defending
against a ranged or area attack, you can only choose a shield.
casting, and simple manipulations. Ranged Attack areas. If such area is occupied, you can place the
models in an adjacent area.
Movement: To move out of an area, you must spend 1 extra The dice each unit rolls when ranged attacking.
Whether you guard or not, you still benefit from the armor You can usually only spend RPs to return to the board models
bonus from one of your equipment cards. You must declare MP for every enemy character that isn’t ‘cancelled out’ by the
whether or not you are guarding before using your armor. presence of another friendly character in the area. Skills that have been killed. If models from a dead unit tile are
returned to the board as reinforcement(s), flip the tile faceup.
Movement of Overlord characters is also affected by hindering. Skills are represented by icons.
Move SPELL CASTING
1 MP to move from one area to an adjacent area.
Dice Rolling: When rolling dice for an action affected by Event Tiles
hindering, ignore 1 symbol on the dice for every enemy When activated, you must perform one of the scenario Reaction spell: can be cast anytime. When cast during the
At the start of the Action phase, an aggressive hero gains free character that isn’t ‘cancelled out’ by the presence of another events. heroes’ turn, you do not activate the spellcaster’s unit tile.
MPs equal to his base movement value. friendly character in the area.
 Precision Strike: When this character performs a Jinx: Reroll actions and free rerolls are not allowed in
melee attack, the defender’s armor value is reduced the area occupied by an enemy with this skill.
by 1 for that attack.
Leadership: This character can move 1 gem from their
Reach: This character can attack a character in an reserve zone to their fatigue zone to activate an ally.
adjacent area with a melee attack if there is no Activated allies move and attack like units. Each ally can
obstacle (wall, door, bar, flap, etc.) between the areas. The only be activated once per turn.
character still needs to have LOS to attack an adjacent area.
SKILLS Lock-picking: This character rolls an extra when
picking a lock.
Attack Skills Defense Skills
Poison: Defined by the scenario.
Ambidextrous: When performing a melee attack, this Bodyguard: When a friendly character in this
character can choose 2 of his 1-handed weapon cards character’s area defends, this character can parry (not Support: Friendly characters in the same area as this
to attack with. Can be used only to perform melee attacks dodge) instead of that character’s guard action, adding the character can reroll a single die for each of their
and cannot be used to perform a guard action. symbols shown on the dice to the character’s defense power. actions, for free, even if that die has already been rerolled.
The attacked character cannot perform a guard action, but
Attack from Beyond: When this character dies, before they can still use their armor in addition to their bodyguard’s Movement Skills
the model is removed from the board, he may perform defense power. Any damage is dealt to the character who Blocking: Enemy characters without Evasive cannot
a free unarmed melee attack, rolling instead of was initially attacked, not the character using Bodyguard. move out of this character’s area.
his normal dice.
When using this skill, ignore penalties from unarmed attacks Protected: This character can be attacked only with Climb: Defined by the scenario.
and do not benefit from melee attack bonuses from weapons. area attacks if there is a friendly character without
Protected in their area. Two or more characters with this Evasive: This character can move as if there were no
skill cannot protect each other. enemy characters in the characters area.
Circular Strike: When this character kills an enemy
with a 2-handed melee attack, another enemy in the Feline Grace: Moving costs this character 1 fewer MP
same area suffers the excess damage from the attack (if Sacrifice: When a friendly character in this character’s
if the movement is affected by hindering.
that enemy is killed, repeat this process). area is attacked, before dice are rolled, this character
may choose to be attacked instead. Flying: This character can spend 2 MPs to move from
The attacker decides the order in which damage is dealt
to defending enemies. Resolve the attack normally on one He can only use his armor and cannot guard. He suffers any one area adjacent to a leap area to another area
enemy before proceeding with the next one if there is still damage from the attack to prevent the character who was adjacent to a leap area. This character can spend 1 MP to
damage left to be dealt. initially attacked from suffering damage. move across an obstacle.

Untouchable: Reduce by 1 the number of successes Intangible: This character can spend 1 MP to move
Constriction: When this character’s attack power is
on a ranged attack targeting this character. across an obstacle from 1 area to an adjacent area.
determined, if any die shows 2 or more symbols,
This character’s movement is not affected by hindering.
move the attacker’s and defender’s models together so their
bases touch. As long as they remain in the same area, the Magic Skills Leap: This character can spend 2 MPs to roll .
defender treats the attacker as though the attacker had If the number of symbols rolled are equal to or higher
Blocking. Spell Caster: This character can have and cast spells.
than the number on an adjacent leap area, place this model
Whenever a character loses the Spell Caster skill
A character with Evasive ignores this skill’s Blocking effect, in an area adjacent to that area. Leaping costs 1 MP per
(because of encumbrance for example), any active spells
but not the damage from the attack. crossed area border and is not affected by hindering.
remain active for their specified duration.
Counterattack: When a character attacks this Swimming: This character can move into water areas.
Teleportation: The teleportation movement of a Moving out of a water area costs 1 extra MP.
character with a melee attack, after the attack is
character who casts this spell is not affected by
resolved, this character may immediately attack that
hindering or Blocking. Wall Wrecker: A character using this skill can spend
character with a free unarmed melee attack, rolling
instead of his normal dice. 2 additional MPs to move across a wall or wooden

When using this skill, ignore penalties from unarmed

Miscellaneous Skills door between adjacent areas and place a Wall Wrecker token
on that obstacle to indicate the opening they created.
attacks and do not benefit from melee attack bonuses from Alchemy: Defined by the scenario. From now on, the 2 areas are adjacent, there is no penalty
weapons. A counterattack is a melee attack resolved after
Concentration: This character’s die rolls are not for moving from one to the other, and LOS is not blocked
the first attack (whether damage was dealt or not) and can
affected by hindering. between them. Stone walls cannot be wrecked.
be performed only if the character with this skill survives
the first attack. Web Projection: Instead of a normal attack,
Fascination: This character cannot be attacked by
another character unless that character has been this character can perform a ranged attack, rolling
Elite Shooter: This character’s ranged attacks are not
previously attacked by the character with Fascination. instead of his normal dice.
affected by hindering and ignore Protected.
If the attack power is higher than the defense power, the
Precision Shot: When this character performs a Horror: The exertion limit of melee attack, ranged defender places a Web token on their model and suffers no
ranged attack, the defender’s armor value is reduced attack, move, and manipulation actions of enemy damage. A character with a Web token cannot move, but
by 1 for that attack. characters in this character’s area is 2. can spend 4 MPs to discard the token.