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Using This RefeRence

This document is the definitive source for all The Lord of the Rings:

Journeys in Middle-earth™ rules. Before using this document, players

should read and understand the rules presented in the Learn To Play

book. After reading the Learn To Play and playing their first adventure,

players should read both the “Advanced Rules” and “Campaign Rules”

sections of this document. These sections contain rules that were

omitted from the Learn To Play but are necessary for continuing and

completing an entire campaign.

The majority of this Rules Reference is the glossary, which provides

players with detailed game rules and clarifications listed in alphabetical

order by topic. As questions arise during gameplay, the players should

refer to the glossary. Players are also encouraged to use the index to find

specific topics within the glossary entries.

This Rules Reference is divided into several sections:

AdvAnced RUles

The following rules describe game rules that appear in the campaign

after the first adventure.

golden RUles

The golden rules are the fundamental concepts on which all other

game rules are built.

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If information in this Rules Reference contradicts the Learn To

Play book, the Rules Reference takes precedence.

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If a card ability contradicts information in the Rules Reference,

the card takes precedence. If both the card and the rules can be

followed at the same time, they should be.

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If a card ability uses the word “cannot,” it is absolute and cannot

be overridden by other abilities.

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If an ability in the app contradicts information in the Rules

Reference or on cards, the app takes precedence.

conflicTs

During the game, some effects may lead to conflicts within the game.

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It is possible for multiple game effects to occur at the same time.

When this happens, the players, as a group, determine the order

in which those effects are resolved.

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It is possible for a game effect to have more than one possible

outcome. In such a case, players as a group determine the

outcome of that effect.

BlAck BoRdeRs

The edges of the dark journey map tiles that make up Middle-earth’s

mountains, caves, and halls have both gray borders and black borders.

Spaces separated by black borders are not adjacent unless they are

connected by gray borders that are aligned together. Arrows point to

gray borders to help players identify them—when two gray borders are

aligned, the arrows on each side of the aligned borders point toward

each other.

If two spaces are separated by black borders and their gray borders are

not aligned (in other words, if a gray border meets a black border),

those spaces are not adjacent.

These two spaces are adjacent because they share

aligned gray borders (border with two arrows).

AdvAnced RUles .................................... 2

cAmpAign RUles ..................................... 3

seTUp .................................................... 5

glossARy .............................................. 6

Appendix: App scReen AnATomies ............ 28

index .................................................. 30

QUick RefeRence .................................. 32

The BATTle mAp And TeRRAin

Some adventures use a battle map that is composed of battle map tiles

instead of the typical journey map tiles. The battle map is used when

the focus of the campaign shifts from travel and exploration to a pivotal

moment in the journey.

When playing on a battle map, all of the rules of the game remain the

same. However, adventures on a battle map may feature terrain tokens,

which can affect movement and attack rules.

When setting up a battle map, the heroes place terrain tokens as

indicated in the app. Some terrain tokens are placed in spaces and

others are placed on borders, altering the rules of that border.

A player can select a terrain token in the app to review the terrain’s rules,

which may include the option of an interact action. Additionally, each

terrain token has a corresponding terrain card that describes its effects.

Some adventures use adventure-specific terrain. These terrain tokens

are highlighted in the app by a sparkle effect, and their effects are

different from the effects described on the terrain cards. To review the

rules for an adventure-specific terrain token, the heroes must select the

terrain token in the app.

seT icons

There is a ring icon in the lower-right corner of all

cards in The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth

base game. This set icon distinguishes the cards in this

product from the cards present in other Journeys in

Middle-earth products.

Battle Map TileJourney Map Tile

Base Game

Set Icon

cAmpAign RUles

Each campaign of Journeys in Middle-earth contains a series of

adventures. This section describes rules for hero advancement that

can occur between adventures, such as upgrading items, purchasing

skills, and changing roles, and describes how to save and continue a

campaign that is in progress.

AfTeR eAch AdvenTURe

After each adventure, each hero discards all of their tokens and their

damage, fear, and boon cards. Then, they return their weakness cards

to the supply and return all other skill cards to their skill deck.

cAmp

After the heroes complete an adventure, a camp screen appears. While

at camp, heroes can upgrade their items and purchase new skill cards.

Then, the heroes can either select “Save & Quit” to save their campaign

and return to the app’s title screen or “Continue” to proceed to the role

selection screen prior to beginning their next adventure.

The pARTy’s invenToRy

The inventory is a collection of the party’s items and skills. The app

tracks each hero’s armor (), one-handed (), and two-handed ()

items as well as their skill cards, including titles. The app also tracks the

entire party’s collection of trinkets (). Heroes can view their items by

selecting the “Items” button, and they can view their skills by selecting

their portraits.

Heroes cannot trade items and purchased skills; however, trinkets can

be equipped by different heroes during setup.

To facilitate tracking over multiple game sessions, the heroes can keep

the cards in their inventory separate from the other cards that are

included in the game.

Camp Screen

loRe () And iTems

The information the heroes have gathered

and the knowledge they have obtained

throughout the campaign is represented

by lore (). All heroes share the lore they

have gained, which is tracked in the app. As

heroes gain lore, new item upgrades become

available. Gained lore is permanent; it

cannot be spent or lost.

UpgRAding iTems

Each item card has a lore value that indicates the

amount of lore the heroes must have to upgrade

that item. The item menu displays all of the

party’s items; items that can be upgraded are

highlighted.

When a highlighted item is selected from the item menu, any available

upgrades for that item are displayed. To upgrade the item, the upgraded

version is selected in the app. Then, the hero gains the card that

corresponds to the upgrade and returns the card that was upgraded to

the supply.

Total Lore in

Camp Screen

25 



Dagger

1: 2 hits

2: 3 hits, pierce

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Lore Value on

Item Card

The heroes have enough lore to upgrade all

of the highlighted items.

At 25 lore, “Dagger” can be upgraded to “Ered

Luin Dagger” or “Gondolin Dagger.”

expeRience And skills

As heroes complete adventures they gain experience, representing how

their abilities grow and change in their travels. Experience is a currency

that heroes spend to purchase new skill cards. Experience is gained

by each hero individually and is specific to that hero’s role—during

an adventure, a hero gains experience for their current role. If a hero

changes their role during the campaign, it is possible for them to have

experience for multiple roles.

pURchAsing And selling skills

While at camp, each hero can spend experience to purchase any

number of skill cards. Skill cards that are available for purchase have an

experience value that indicates the amount of experience a hero must

spend to purchase that card.

A player can select their hero to open a menu that sorts that hero’s

experience by role. Selecting a role expands the menu, providing a list

that contains all the skill cards that correspond to that role. Skill cards

that a hero already has are colored green, skill cards that are too

expensive to purchase are colored red, and skill cards that are unavailable

because they belong to another hero are colored red and include a

portrait of the hero who has that item.

Skill cards that are not colored green or red are available for the hero

to purchase. To purchase a skill card, a hero selects it from the list. The

purchased skill will be marked green and any experience spent will be

deducted from that hero automatically. Then, that hero adds that skill

card to their skill deck. There is no limit to the number of cards a hero

can have in their skill deck.

Heroes can also sell any skill cards they have purchased. To sell a skill

card, a player selects it from the list and the hero gains experience

equal to the sold card’s experience value automatically—the experience

gained is for the role displayed at the bottom of that skill card. Then,

the hero removes that skill card from their skill deck and returns it to

the available skill cards.

Hunter 9

Creature

During your turn, you may

discard this skill to apply

3 hits and pierce to a nearby

enemy.

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Falcon Companion

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Experience Cost

Role and

Card Number

Aragorn is a Burglar and has four experience in that role.

He already has “Word of Fortune,” so he can purchase either

“Sneaking” or “Pockets” from the available Burglar skills.

new cAmpAign

1. Select Campaign and Difficulty: Select the “New Game”

button on the app’s title screen. Then, the app will guide the

players through a series of screens for selecting a campaign, a

difficulty, and a save slot.

2. Create Party and Select Heroes: Each player selects a hero in the

app, takes their hero’s corresponding figure and hero card, and

places them in their play area. If playing a single-player game, the

player chooses two heroes and controls both of them.

3. Select Starting Items: Each player selects their starting items and

gathers the cards that match the name and tier displayed in the

app and places them near their hero card.

4. Create Damage, Fear, and Weakness Decks: Shuffle the

damage, fear, and weakness cards into separate decks and place

them in the center of the play area where all players can reach

them.

5. Create Supply: Separate all tokens and boon cards by type and

place them in separate piles to create the supply. Set aside all map

tiles and enemy figures.

6. Begin Campaign: The players input a group name, and then

select “Begin” in the app and watch the short cutscene that

introduces the story and the heroes’ quest.

7. Choose Role: Each player selects a role in the app—this is the

role their hero takes for the first adventure.

8. Gather Skill Cards: Each hero gathers the following cards for

their skill deck and sets them aside:

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one copy of each skill card numbered 1–6 that has the word

“Basic” on the bottom of the card

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the skill cards numbered 1–5 that have the name of their

hero on the bottom of the card

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the skill cards numbered 1–3 that have their role on the

bottom of the card

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one weakness card from the top of the weakness deck

9. Prepare Role Card and Create Skill Decks: Each hero prepares

their skill card that has the number “1” after the role name at the

bottom of the card. Then, each player shuffles their remaining

14 cards together to create their skill deck and places it facedown

in their play area.

10. Embark: Players select “Embark” in the app to begin the next

adventure of their campaign.

conTinUing A cAmpAign

1. Select Campaign: Select the “Load Game” button on the

app’s title screen. Then, select the appropriate save slot for the

campaign that is being continued.

2. Create Damage, Fear, and Weakness Decks: Shuffle the

damage, fear, and weakness cards into separate decks and place

them in the center of the play area where all players can reach

them.

3. Create Supply: Separate all tokens and boon cards by type and

place them in separate piles to create the supply. Set aside all map

tiles and enemy figures.

4. Gather Skill Cards: Each hero gathers the following cards for

their skill deck and sets them aside:

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any skill cards purchased from the camp screen between

adventures, regardless of role

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the skill cards numbered 1–5 that have the name of their

hero on the bottom of the card

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one copy of each skill card numbered 1–6 that has the word

“Basic” on the bottom of the card

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the title cards a hero has gained (if any)

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one weakness card from the top of the weakness deck

5. Equip Hero-Specific Items: Each player places their hero card

in their play area and equips their items, which are displayed in

the item menu in the app. Equipped items are placed next to

their hero card.

6. Equip Trinkets: Each hero may equip one trinket () from the

inventory, which includes all trinkets that the party has gained

during the campaign.

7. Choose Role and Create Skill Deck: Each player selects a role

for the next adventure in the app—a hero is not committed to

a single role for the entire adventure campaign. Then, the hero

gathers the skill cards numbered 1–3 that have their role on the

bottom of the cards. The hero prepares the card numbered 1.

Then, the hero shuffles the cards numbered 2 and 3 with the

set-aside cards from Step 4 to form the hero’s skill deck for

the adventure.

8. Embark: Players select “Embark” in the app to begin the next

adventure of their campaign.

seTUp

To start a campaign of Journeys in Middle-earth, players follow the steps presented in the New Campaign section—these steps will set up everything

they need for the first adventure of the campaign. To set up all subsequent adventures in the campaign, players follow the steps presented in the

Continuing a Campaign section.

glossARy

This glossary provides players with detailed rules for Journeys in

Middle-earth, organized by topic. If a player is unable to find a topic,

they should use the Index on page 30.

1 ABiliTies

Most cards have abilities that heroes can use at various times during

the game.

1.1 Each ability describes when a hero can use it and how its effects

are resolved.

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A hero can only resolve an ability on a skill card while that skill

card is prepared.

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If a skill card is not prepared—even when it is revealed during a

test—the ability text on that skill card is ignored.

1.2 Some abilities are presented as keywords, which is shorthand for

specific abilities that appear frequently on cards.

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Each keyword has specific rules that players can reference in

that keyword’s glossary entry.

1.3 When using an ability on a card with multiple abilities, only

one can be used unless an ability specifically states that it is used

before, when, or after the other ability is resolved.

1.4 cosTs

Many abilities have a cost that a hero must resolve to use that ability.

1.5 A hero cannot resolve an ability if they cannot resolve its cost.

1.6 Costs may include spending success () icons, spending

inspiration tokens, discarding cards, and depleting trinkets.

1.7 If multiple abilities have the same cost, a hero cannot resolve the

cost once to resolve each of those abilities. Only one ability can

be resolved per cost.

Example: If a skill card has two abilities that require the skill card

to be discarded—one text ability and one keyword—the hero cannot

discard that card and resolve both of its abilities.

1.8 An ability that requires a card to be discarded cannot be resolved

if the card is discarded by another game effect.

1.9 If an ability instructs a hero to remove a card from the adventure,

that card should be set aside and cannot be used again during

that adventure.

1.10 Timing

The timing of an ability refers to when a hero can resolve it.

1.11 If the timing of an ability uses the word “after,” the ability’s effect

resolves immediately after the described timing event.

1.12 If the timing of an ability uses the word “before,” the ability’s

effect resolves immediately before the described timing event.

1.13 If the timing of an ability uses the word “when,” the ability’s effect

resolves at the moment of the described timing event.

1.14 Effects that occur “when” an event occurs take precedence over

effects that occur “after” that same event.

1.15 If multiple abilities resolve at the same time, the party determines

the order in which those abilities resolve.

1.16 If an ability uses the word “then,” a hero must resolve the effect

that occurs before the word “then,” followed by the effect that

occurs after the word “then.”

2 AcTion phAse

The action phase is the first phase of a game round during which each

hero takes a turn.

2.1 During the action phase, each hero takes a turn by performing up

to two actions.

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The hero can perform the same action more than once.

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The hero can choose to perform zero actions or one action,

instead of two.

2.2 The primary actions a hero can perform during the action phase

are the travel action, attack action, and interact action.

2.3 Abilities may allow heroes to resolve game effects other than

actions during their turn.

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If an ability allows a hero to move, attack, or interact, these

abilities are not actions even though the effects are identical to

those granted by performing actions.

2.4 The app may include adventure-specific rules that provide

additional actions that a hero can perform.

2.5 Each round, the heroes can take turns in any order, but a hero

must resolve their turn completely before another hero takes

their turn.

2.6 After each hero has taken a turn during the action phase, the

hourglass button is selected in the app and the game proceeds to

the shadow phase.

3 AcTions

There are three primary actions that a hero can perform during their

turn of the action phase: travel action, attack action, and interact action.

3.1 The travel action allows a hero to move twice, the attack action

allows a hero to perform an attack against an enemy group,

and the interact action allows a hero to interact with tokens in

their space.

3.2 The app may include adventure-specific rules that provide

additional actions that a hero can perform and expand the ways in

which a hero can travel, attack, or interact.

3.3 An ability that uses the language “as an action” indicates that the

hero can perform that ability during their turn as one of their

two actions.

3.4 If an ability allows a hero to move, attack, or interact, these

abilities are not actions even though the effects are identical to

those granted by performing actions.

4 AcTivATion

See “Enemy Activation” on page 13.

5 Add And Apply

Abilities that add and apply hits differ in the following ways:

5.1 Some abilities, such as “Strike X,” explicitly state to “add” hits or

modifiers. These abilities alter an attack that is in progress.

5.2 Some abilities explicitly state to “apply” hits or modifiers—these

abilities resolve outside of an attack. They are not attacks and

cannot cause counterattacks.

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The hero inputs the hits and modifiers and selects “Apply”

as though resolving an attack, but if prompted to resolve a

counterattack, the hero selects “No.”

6 AdjAcency

Borders are gray or black lines between spaces on the map. If a border

between two spaces is gray, those spaces are adjacent.

6.1 If two spaces are adjacent, a hero or enemy can move from one of

those spaces to the other.

6.2 Components that are in the same space or adjacent spaces are

nearby each other.

6.3 Because it can be difficult to detect gray borders on tiles that also

have black borders, gray borders on such tiles have a white arrow

printed on them that points to each gray border.

6.4 Neither heroes nor enemies can move across black borders.

However, two black-bordered tiles are adjacent if they each have

at least one gray border that is aligned with a gray border on the

other tile.

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When two gray borders are aligned, there are two white arrows

pointing at each other—one arrow on each side of the aligned

gray border.

6.5 If the border between two spaces on the battle map is covered by

a stream token, those two spaces are adjacent and components in

those spaces are nearby each other.

6.6 If the border between two spaces on the battle map is covered by a

wall token, those two spaces are not adjacent and components in

those spaces are not nearby each other.

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Heroes and enemy groups cannot move across a border covered

by a wall token.

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If wall tokens create diagonal spaces, those spaces are not adjacent.

7 AdvenTURe

An adventure is a single scenario of a Journeys in Middle-earth campaign.

7.1 Each campaign consists of multiple adventures played in order.

7.2 Between each adventure of a campaign, heroes can purchase skills,

upgrade items, equip trinkets, and change their roles.

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Heroes cannot trade items. However, heroes can equip

any available trinket from the item menu at the start of

each adventure.

7.3 Most adventures occur on a journey map that represents large

areas of Middle-earth.

7.4 Some adventures occur on a battle map, which is used when the

focus of the campaign shifts from travel and exploration to a

pivotal moment in the journey.

8 App

The Journeys in Middle-earth app guides the players through their

campaign by providing narratives and objectives, generating maps and

enemies, and determining when the heroes win or lose an adventure.

The app also saves the party’s progress and manages their inventory.

8.1 At any time, heroes can navigate the app’s menus to view enemy

information, the chronicle, and the party inventory. Heroes can

also select tokens and threat thresholds to read information about

those tokens and thresholds.

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Heroes cannot select a button that includes an interact ()

icon without resolving an effect that allows them to do so, such

as performing an interact action.

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To avoid accidentally applying hits or modifiers to an enemy

group, it is recommended that players do not open the attack

pane of an enemy menu unless they are resolving an effect that

allows them to apply hits or modifiers to that enemy group.

8.2 The collection manager in the app allows players to select which

Journeys in Middle-earth products they want to incorporate into

the game’s procedurally generated adventures.

8.3 An anatomy of the app’s prominent screens and menus can be

found in the appendix on page 28.

9 Apply

See “Add and Apply” on page 7.

10 Applying hiTs To enemies

To defeat an enemy group, heroes must apply hits until no enemies in

the group have health remaining.

10.1 The primary way that a hero can apply hits to an enemy group is

by attacking it.

10.2 By selecting the attack tab from an enemy group’s menu, a hero

can open the attack pane that provides the hero with an interface

for applying hits and modifiers to that enemy group.

10.3 To apply hits and modifiers to an enemy group, the hero selects

the “+” button in the enemy group’s attack pane once for each

hit they wish to apply, and they select the modifier button for

each modifier they wish to apply. Then, the hero must select the

“Apply” button to apply the hits and the modifiers.

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As heroes add or subtract hits or select and deselect modifiers,

the app dynamically displays how these hits and modifiers will

be applied the enemy group.

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A hero can freely add or subtract hits and select or deselect

modifiers in the attack pane without permanently altering an

enemy group’s state. However, after they select the “Apply”

button, the hits and modifiers will be applied and cannot

be reversed.

10.4 When resolving an attack, if the hero resolves multiple abilities

on their item cards that add hits and modifiers, they input the

hits and modifiers from all of their abilities before selecting the

“Apply” button.

10.5 After applying hits and modifiers to an enemy group, the app

provides the heroes with instructions to remove any enemy figures

from the group that have been defeated. If any figures remain, the

app may provide the hero with a counterattack prompt.

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If a counterattack prompts appears, and if the enemy is able

to counterattack, the hero selects “Yes.” Otherwise, the hero

selects “No” (see “Counterattack” on page 10).

10.6 For each hit that is applied to an enemy group, the health bar of

an enemy within that group is reduced by one.

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Hits reduce an enemy’s armor or sorcery before they are able to

reduce an enemy’s health.

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If an enemy has both armor and sorcery, hits are applied to that

enemy’s armor before they are applied to that enemy’s sorcery.

10.7 The app applies hits to a single enemy within an enemy group,

attempting to defeat one enemy before applying hits to another

enemy within the group.

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When the “cleave” modifier is selected, hits are applied to all

enemies within a group instead of just a single enemy.

10.8 Some abilities explicitly state to “apply” hits or modifiers—these

abilities resolve outside of an attack. They are not attacks and

cannot cause counterattacks.

11 ARmoR

Enemies and heroes can have armor, which makes them more difficult

to defeat.

11.1 enemy ARmoR

An enemy group’s armor is displayed as gray units on its health bar

within its enemy menu.

11.2 When a hero applies hits to an enemy that has armor, the hits

are applied to that enemy’s armor before they are applied to that

enemy’s health.

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If an enemy has both armor and sorcery, hits are applied to that

enemy’s armor before they are applied to that enemy’s sorcery.

11.3 After a hero selects the “Apply” button to apply hits to an enemy,

any enemy that was not defeated regains any armor it had lost.

11.4 When the “pierce” modifier is selected, any hits that are applied to

an enemy ignore that enemy’s armor.

11.5 When the “sunder” modifier is selected, one or more enemies in

the group permanently lose one armor.

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The topmost enemy displayed in the app permanently loses one

armor. If that enemy is defeated, the next enemy displayed in

the app permanently loses one armor as well.

11.6 heRo ARmoR (iTems)

Each hero has one armor item equipped during the campaign. Each

armor item has an armor () icon printed on it.

11.7 Each hero’s armor item provides them with one or more abilities

that describe when they are used and how they are resolved.

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These abilities typically allow a hero to prevent damage ()

and fear ().

11.8 During the camp screen between adventures, a hero may be able

to upgrade their armor if they have gained enough lore.

12 ATTAcks

This entry contains separate sections for how to resolve hero and

enemy attacks.

12.1 heRo ATTAcks

Heroes can attack enemy groups to defeat them and remove them

from the map. The primary way that a hero attacks an enemy is by

performing an attack action.

To resolve an attack, a hero performs the following steps, in order:

12.2 Step 1—Choose Item and Stat: The hero chooses any number of

their equipped items to use for the attack. Then, the hero chooses

a stat to test from those items.

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If the hero chooses multiple items, all items that they choose

must have at least one stat in common, and the chosen

stat must match an icon that is on all of the items that the hero

has chosen.

12.3 Step 2—Choose Target: The hero chooses an enemy group as the

target of the attack.

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The hero can target any enemy group that is in the same space

as that hero.

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The hero can target an enemy group in an adjacent space if all

of that hero’s chosen items have the ranged () icon.

12.4 Step 3—Perform Attack Test: An attack test follows the same

rules as a standard test (see “Tests” on page 25); however,

the success () icons that the test produces are spent to resolve

abilities on the item cards being used for the attack.

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Many abilities on item cards are preceded by a cost that is

represented by a success () icon and a value (e.g., 2). To

resolve such an ability, the hero must spend a number of success

() icons from among those produced by the attack test equal

to the cost’s value. Then, they resolve the ability’s text.

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Most abilities add hits or modifiers to the enemy group that

is being attacked. Heroes do this from that enemy group’s

menu in the app (see “Applying Hits to Enemies” on page

8).

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If an attack does not add any hits or modifiers to an enemy

group, the hero still selects “Apply” in the attack pane, which

can cause a counterattack.

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After performing an attack test, any enemies that are not

defeated regain their armor and sorcery.

12.5 Step 4—Counterattack: After a hero attacks an enemy group,

that enemy group may be able to attack the hero who attacked it.

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If the app provides the hero with a counterattack prompt, the

hero selects “Yes” if the enemy is in range of the hero who

attacked it. Otherwise, the hero selects “No.”

12.6 enemy ATTAcks

Enemy groups can attack heroes to defeat them and cause them to lose

the game.

12.7 Typically, an enemy group attacks a hero when it activates, when

it counterattacks, or when it is provoked.

12.8 When an enemy group attacks, the app provides the hero with a

damage () value and a fear () value. These values represent the

amount of damage and fear the hero suffers.

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Typically, the hero has a chance to perform a test to negate

damage () and fear () before they suffer it.

12.9 In addition to damage () and fear () values, some enemy

attacks have additional text, which describe when and how they

are resolved.

13 BARRels (TeRRAin)

Barrels are a type of terrain that can be placed on

the battle map.

13.1 During the action phase, if a hero is nearby

an enemy group and in a space with a barrels token, that hero

can perform an interact action to interact with that barrels token.

13.2 If a hero is in a space with one or more enemies, performing an

interact action to interact with a barrels token does not provoke

enemy attacks.

13.3 When a hero interacts with a barrels token, they perform a

wisdom () test.

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If the test produces at least two success () icons, the hero passes

the test and can apply four hits and stun to one nearby enemy

group of their choice. Then, they discard the barrels token.

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If the test produces fewer than two success () icons, the hero

fails the test and nothing happens.

14 BATTle mAp

Battle maps are used during specific adventures that focus on tactical

combat. When playing an adventure that uses battle maps, all the

normal rules of the game apply with the following exceptions:

14.1 There are no unexplored battle map tiles, so heroes do not explore

when they move.

14.2 Battle maps contain terrain tokens that each add rules to

the adventures.

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Terrain can change how heroes and enemies move and attack.

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Terrain can provide heroes with abilities that they can resolve

by performing interact actions.

14.3 If an ability, such as “Keen Eyes,” allows for a hero or enemy to

resolve a ranged attack that is up to two or more spaces away on

a battle map, it may be possible for a hero or enemy to resolve

a ranged attack against a target that is on the opposite side of a

wall token.

15 Boon cARds

Boon cards can provide heroes with positive effects that aid them when

performing tests, attacking enemies, or being attacked by enemies.

15.1 If a game effect instructs a hero to become hidden, emboldened, or

determined, that hero gains a hidden, emboldened, or determined

boon card, as appropriate.

15.2 When a hero gains a boon card, they take the appropriate boon

card from the supply and place it faceup in their play area.

15.3 When a hero would gain a boon card that matches a boon card

that they already have in their play area, they do not gain another

copy of that boon card.

15.4 The ability on each boon card describes when it can be used and

how its effect is resolved.

16 BoUldeR (TeRRAin)

A boulder is a type of terrain that can be placed on the

battle map.

16.1 If a hero is in a space with a boulder token while

performing a test to negate damage () and fear (),

that hero may convert one fate () icon to one success () icon

during the test without spending an inspiration token.

16.2 Each boulder token can be used one time during each negate

test that is performed by a hero that shares a space with that

boulder token.

17 BUsh (TeRRAin)

A bush is a type of terrain that can be placed on the

battle map.

17.1 During the action phase, if a hero ends their turn in

a space with a bush token, that hero may perform a

wit () test.

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If the test produces at least two success () icons, the hero passes

the test and becomes hidden, gaining a “Hidden” boon card.

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If the test produces fewer than two success () icons, the hero

fails the test and nothing happens.

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Performing this test is not an action.

17.2 If there are multiple bush tokens in a space, a hero can perform a

wit () test once for each bush token in that space.

18 chRonicle

The chronicle is an archive of all the prompts that the app has provided

to the hero throughout their entire campaign. The prompts are

organized by both adventure and game round.

18.1 If the heroes wish to read past prompts, they select the party

button in the lower-left corner of the app and proceed to the

“Chronicle” tab.

19 cleAve

See “Modifiers” on page 19.

20 collecTion mAnAgeR

The collection manager allows the app to generate content that uses

components from other Journeys in Middle-earth products.

20.1 A player can access the collection manager from the title screen.

20.2 Within the collection manager menu, a player can enable or

disable each Journeys in Middle-earth product from which the app

can generate content.

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When a product is enabled, the app may generate content that

requires components from that product.

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When a product is disabled, the app cannot generate content

that requires components from that product.

20.3 If a product is disabled in the collection manager, any saved

campaigns that use those products cannot be loaded until those

products are enabled.

21 coUnTeRATTAck

After a hero attacks an enemy group, that enemy group may be able

to attack the hero who attacked it. After applying hits or modifiers

to an enemy group in the app, the app may provide the hero with a

counterattack prompt that reads, “Can the enemy attack?”

21.1 When the app provides the hero with a counterattack prompt, if

the enemy group can attack, the hero selects “Yes.” Otherwise, the

hero selects “No.”

21.2 An enemy group can counterattack if that enemy group is in

range of who attacked it.

21.3 If a hero applies hits or modifiers to an enemy group because

of a game effect other than an attack, that enemy group

cannot counterattack.

21.4 A non-elite enemy group cannot counterattack if it is exhausted.

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After a hero applies hits to an exhausted enemy group, the app

will not provide the hero with a counterattack prompt.

21.5 Elite enemy groups can counterattack if they are exhausted.

21.6 If the “stun” modifier was applied to an enemy group during an

attack, that enemy group is exhausted, and if the enemy group is

elite, it cannot counterattack.

21.7 If an attack does not add any hits or modifiers to an enemy group,

the hero still selects “Apply” in the attack pane, which can cause

a counterattack.

22 dAmAge And feAR

Damage () represents inflictions to a hero’s body, and fear ()

represents inflictions to a hero’s mind and soul.

22.1 sUffeRing dAmAge And feAR

The threats of Middle-earth can cause heroes to suffer damage () or

fear (). When a hero suffers too much damage or fear, they are in

danger of being defeated.

22.2 Each hero has a damage limit and a fear limit presented on their

hero card. These limits represent the amount of damage () or

fear () a hero can have before they must perform a last stand

(see “Last Stands” on page 18).

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Some game effects may increase or decrease these limits. Multiple

effects that increase or decrease these limits are cumulative.

Example: If a hero has two abilities that increase their fear limit

by one, that hero’s fear limit is increased by two.

22.3 To suffer a damage () or fear (), a hero reveals the top card

of either the damage or fear deck, as appropriate, and resolves its

ability. The ability instructs the hero to discard the card or to place

it either faceup or facedown in their play area.

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When suffering multiple damage () and fear () from a single

source—an enemy group or game effect—the hero suffers each

damage and fear one at a time, revealing and resolving one card

completely before revealing and resolving the next card.

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If a game effect specifically instructs a hero to suffer a number

of “facedown damage” or “facedown fear,” that hero takes the

top card from the appropriate deck and places it in their play

area without revealing or resolving the card’s ability.

22.4 A hero cannot look at the front of a facedown damage or fear card

in their play area unless a game effect specifically allows it.

22.5 After a hero suffers damage () or fear (), if a hero has a number

of damage cards equal to or greater than their damage limit or a

number of fear cards equal to or greater than their fear limit, they

must perform a last stand.

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When suffering multiple damage () or fear () from a single

source—an enemy group or game effect—the hero does not

determine if their damage or fear is equal to or greater than

their damage and fear limits until all the damage or fear cards

from that source are resolved completely.

22.6 Damage or fear cards that remain faceup in a hero’s play area have

abilities that are persistent and negatively affect the hero while the

cards remain in their play area.

22.7 Some game effects allow a hero to discard damage () or fear

(). When a hero discards a damage or fear card, they may

discard a faceup card of their choice or a random facedown card.

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When a hero discards a damage () or fear (), they take

a damage or fear card from their play area and place it at the

bottom of the damage or fear deck, as appropriate.

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If a game effect allows a hero to discard multiple damage ()

or fear (), they can discard a combination of faceup and

facedown damage or fear.

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Facedown damage () or fear () is always discarded randomly.

22.8 When a game effect instructs a hero to flip one or more damage

() or fear () faceup, that hero selects those cards at random

from among all of their facedown damage or fear cards.

22.9 negATing dAmAge And feAR

Sometimes a hero can attempt to negate damage () or fear ()

before they suffer it. This typically occurs during an enemy attack or

during the darkness step of the shadow phase.

22.10 When a hero has an opportunity to negate damage () or fear

(), the app provides the hero with a stat followed by the word

“negates” (e.g.,  negates).

22.11 To negate damage () and fear (), the hero performs a test of

the specified stat and may prevent one damage or fear for each

success () icon that the test produces.

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Heroes do not suffer damage () or fear () that is prevented —

the damage or fear cards are not revealed.

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If a hero would suffer both damage () and fear () at the

same time, the hero can choose whether each success () icon

negates either one damage or one fear.

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If a hero wishes to suffer an amount of damage () or fear ()

even if they have enough success () icons to negate it, they

may choose to do so.

22.12 Abilities that explicitly use the word “prevent” always reduce

damage () or fear () without the hero needing to perform a test.

22.13 If a hero can both prevent and negate damage () or fear (),

they may negate the damage and fear first and then resolve abilities

that prevent the damage and fear.

23 dARkness

Darkness is a property of some spaces on the map and it can

cause heroes to suffer fear () during the shadow phase.

23.1 Some spaces on the map have a darkness icon printed

on them. These spaces are always in darkness.

23.2 Game effects can add darkness to specific spaces on the map.

When this happens, a darkness token is placed on that space to

represent that the space is in darkness.

23.3 The app may indicate that the entire game map is in darkness.

When this happens, there is a darkness icon on the screen in the

app to indicate that all the spaces on the map are in darkness—it

is not necessary to place a darkness token on each space of the

game map.

23.4 During the darkness step of the shadow phase, each hero that is

in darkness suffers an amount of fear () indicated by the app.

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A hero is in darkness if that hero is in a space that contains

either a darkness icon or a darkness token.

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Typically, a hero has an opportunity to negate this fear ().

24 defeATed

A hero is defeated when they fail a last stand, which occurs when that

hero has suffered too much damage () or fear (). An enemy is

defeated when its health is reduced to zero.

24.1 After a hero fails a last stand, the app informs the hero that they

are defeated.

24.2 When a hero is defeated, their figure is removed from the map

and they can no longer participate in the adventure.

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Any damage cards, fear cards, and tokens that are in the hero’s

play area remain there until the adventure is complete.

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Defeated heroes still gain experience and can participate in the

next adventure as normal.

24.3 After a hero is defeated, at the beginning of the next shadow

phase, the adventure automatically ends and the heroes lose.

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It is possible for the heroes to win the adventure, but they must

do so before the next shadow phase begins.

24.4 After applying hits to an enemy group, if an enemy within the

group has no health remaining, that enemy is defeated.

24.5 When an enemy is defeated, the app instructs the heroes to

remove that enemy’s figure from the game map.

25 depleTion Token

Depletion tokens are placed on trinkets to track the

number of times that a hero can deplete that trinket to

resolve its effect.

25.1 When a hero equips a trinket, they place a number of depletion

tokens on that trinket equal to the number in the lower-left corner

of the card that is presented near the depletion icon.

25.2 If a game effect instructs a hero to deplete a trinket, they remove

one depletion token from that trinket.

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When a trinket has no remaining depletion tokens, it cannot

be used; the hero flips the trinket facedown as a reminder that

it has been fully depleted.

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A hero cannot resolve passive abilities or abilities that do

not require the depletion of the trinket while that trinket

is facedown.

25.3 If a game effect allows a hero to place a depletion token on a

trinket, they can place that token on a facedown trinket. When

this happens, the trinket is flipped faceup and a hero can resolve

abilities on that trinket.

26 difficUlTy

There are two difficulty settings for Journeys in Middle-earth: normal

and hard.

26.1 Players select a difficulty setting when they are setting up their

first adventure of a campaign.

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Difficulty cannot be changed during a campaign.

26.2 The hard difficulty setting alters the game in the following ways:

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There are more enemies and those enemies have more abilities.

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Heroes do not gain inspiration tokens when they explore an

unexplored map tile.

27 discARding

When components are discarded, they are placed in a specific place

depending on which component it is, as follows:

27.1 Damage and fear cards are discarded to the bottom of their

respective decks.

27.2 Skill cards, including weaknesses, are discarded to the skill card

discard pile of the hero to whom the skill cards belong.

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If a game effect instructs a hero to remove a weakness card from

the game, that card is shuffled into the weakness deck.

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If an ability instructs a hero to remove a card from the

adventure, that card should be set aside and cannot be used

again during that adventure.

27.3 Tokens and boon cards are discarded to their respective

supply piles.

28 eliTe enemies

Elite enemies are stronger, more menacing versions of an enemy type.

28.1 Each elite enemy group has one or more bonuses.

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An elite enemy group’s bonuses are displayed at the top of its

enemy menu in the app, and a description of each bonus is

displayed when that bonus is selected in the app.

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Enemy bonuses are automatically applied by the app—the

description of a bonus simply informs the heroes how an elite

enemy is different from a standard enemy of that type.

28.2 Elite enemy groups can counterattack heroes even if the enemy

group is exhausted.

28.3 Each elite enemy group in the app has a spiked frame around its

portrait to indicate that the enemy group is elite.

28.4 When placing an elite enemy group on the game map, an elite

enemy banner (in a plastic stand) is also placed on the map in the

same space as the elite enemy group.

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The elite enemy banner should match the color and symbol of

the icon presented on that enemy group’s portrait in the app.

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If the enemy group moves to a new space, its elite enemy

banner is moved with it.

29 ending An AdvenTURe oR cAmpAign

An adventure ends when the party completes or fails its objectives,

when threat reaches the end of the threat bar, or at the start of the

shadow phase after a hero has been defeated.

A campaign can end in one of many ways, in either victory or defeat;

this happens when the heroes win or lose certain adventures.

29.1 Each adventure has a series objective for the heroes to complete

to win the adventure.

29.2 If the heroes complete all of an adventure’s objectives, the app

indicates that the adventure is over and that the heroes have won.

29.3 Some objectives can end the adventure if the heroes fail to

complete them. When this happens, the app indicates that the

adventure is over and that the heroes have lost.

29.4 When the threat bar in the app becomes completely filled, the app

indicates that the adventure is over and that the heroes have lost.

29.5 After a hero is defeated, the adventure automatically ends at the

start of the next shadow phase. If this happens, the app indicates

that the adventure is over and that the heroes have lost.

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The heroes can still complete the adventure’s objectives and win

that adventure after a hero is defeated if they do so before the

start of the next shadow phase.

29.6 After the adventure ends, whether or not the heroes win or lose,

the app provides the heroes with an adventure epilogue and then

proceeds to the camp screen where heroes can buy skills and upgrade

items prior to beginning the next adventure of the campaign.

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If the adventure ends the campaign, the app provides the heroes

with a campaign epilogue.

30 enemy AcTivATion

During the shadow phase, each readied enemy group activates.

30.1 When an enemy activates, the app automatically chooses a readied

enemy and highlights its portrait on the enemy bar. Then, the

app provides a prompt that includes instructions for that enemy

group’s activation.

30.2 If an enemy’s instructions include “Move,” followed by a number,

that enemy can move a maximum number of times equal to that

number toward the indicated target during the activation.

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When an enemy’s instructions includes a move value and an

attack target (e.g., “Move 2: Attack Aragorn”), the target of the

attack is also the target of the move.

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If the move instruction provides no target, the enemy moves

toward the target of its attack and stops moving when it is

in range.

30.3 When an enemy group moves toward a target, each space that the

enemy group moves into must reduce the distance (the number

of spaces) between that enemy group and the space containing

its target.

30.4 If multiple paths to get into range of the target hero are tied for

being the shortest paths, the party chooses which of the paths the

enemy group moves along.

30.5 If an enemy group cannot get into range of the target of its attack

but can get into range of the hero that it is closest to, the enemy

group targets that hero instead.

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If multiple heroes are tied for being closest to the enemy

group, the heroes choose which of the tied heroes the enemy

group targets.

30.6 If an enemy group can neither get into range of its target nor the

hero it is closest to, the enemy group does not resolve any of its

current instructions, and the hero selects “No Target” in the app.

Then, the app provides the hero with additional instructions for

how to move the enemy group.

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After following any additional instructions that the app

provides, the enemy group’s activation ends.

30.7 If an enemy group moves across a border that is covered by a

stream token to get into range of a hero, the enemy group’s

activation ends immediately. When this happens, the “Cross

Stream” button in the app is selected.

30.8 When all enemy groups are exhausted, the shadow phase proceeds

to the darkness step.

31 enemy BAnneRs

Enemy banners are used to distinguish elite enemy groups and multiple

enemy groups of the same type.

31.1 When placing an elite enemy group on the game map, an elite

enemy banner (in a plastic stand) is also placed on the map in the

same space as the elite enemy group.

31.2 When placing an enemy group on the game map that is the same

type as another enemy group that is already on the game map, an

enemy banner (in a plastic stand) is also placed on the map in the

same space as the enemy group.

31.3 When placing an enemy banner on the map, the banner must

match the color (elite or standard) and symbol of the icon

presented on the enemy group’s portrait in the app—the app

automatically generates an icon when this is necessary.

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The color and symbol of the banner that must be placed on the

map is also displayed at the top of the prompt that instructs the

players to place an enemy group.

31.4 If the enemy group that is accompanied by an enemy banner

moves to a new space, its enemy banner is moved with it. If an

enemy group is removed from the map, its banner is also removed.

32 enemy BAR

The enemy bar is presented in the app along the bottom of the screen.

32.1 The enemy bar contains an enemy portrait for each enemy group

that is currently on the map.

32.2 If an enemy group is elite or if there are multiple enemy groups

of the same type, a banner icon appears near that enemy group’s

portrait. This icon indicates which enemy banner the heroes place

on the game map along with that enemy group.

32.3 If an enemy group can perform ranged attacks, that enemy group’s

portrait has a ranged () icon.

32.4 The leftmost button on the enemy bar is the provoke button. If a

hero needs to provoke an enemy, they select the provoke button

and then they select the portrait of the enemy group they are

provoking. Then, the app provides the information required for

the hero to resolve an attack from that enemy group.

32.5 By selecting an enemy portrait in the app, a hero can access that

enemy group’s menu.

32.6 If an enemy group is exhausted, that group’s portrait is darkened.

32.7 When an enemy is activated during the shadow phase, its portrait

is highlighted.

33 enemy gRoUp

An enemy group is represented on the game map by one or more

plastic figures and it is represented digitally in the app by a portrait

and an enemy menu.

33.1 An enemy group always moves, activates, and attacks together.

33.2 Players can access an enemy group’s menu by selecting that enemy

group’s portrait in the app (see the appendix on page 28).

33.3 Each enemy menu displays the name of the enemy group, any

bonuses the enemy group has, and a number of health bars equal

to the number of enemies in the group.

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A brief description of each enemy bonus is available by selecting

any of the bonus names.

33.4 By selecting the attack tab in the enemy menu, the attack pane

opens to provide the heroes with an interface for adding and

applying hits and modifiers to the enemy group.

33.5 If an ability or game effect refers to an “enemy,” it is referencing

an enemy group.

34 eQUipping iTems

Before starting a campaign, each hero selects their starting items and

equips them. These items—or upgraded versions of these items—will

remain equipped for the duration of the campaign.

34.1 At the start of an adventure, a hero can have one armor () card, a

number of item cards that have a total of two or fewer hand icons

(two  items or one  item), and one trinket () equipped.

34.2 A hero is allowed to equip multiple trinkets if they gain one or

more trinkets during an adventure.

34.3 Equipped cards are available for a hero to use during an adventure.

34.4 The items a hero should have equipped are displayed in the item

menu in the app.

34.5 At the start of each adventure, each hero can equip up to one

trinket from the party’s inventory.

35 exhAUsTed

Each enemy group is either readied or exhausted.

35.1 A readied enemy can activate during the shadow phase

and counterattack.

35.2 When an enemy is exhausted, its portrait in the app is darkened

to indicate that enemy’s exhausted state.

35.3 An exhausted enemy cannot activate during the shadow phase.

35.4 An exhausted enemy cannot be provoked.

35.5 An exhausted enemy cannot counterattack unless it is an

elite enemy.

35.6 The app automatically readies and exhausts enemies as required;

all enemies are readied at the end of the shadow phase.

36 expeRience

Experience, which is referred to as “XP” in the app, is a currency that

represents a hero’s training and maturity within their chosen role.

36.1 Experience is specific to each role a hero chooses to play throughout

the campaign, and it is automatically tracked in the app.

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If a hero changes their role during a campaign, it is possible for

them to have experience in multiple roles.

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Each hero’s experience is displayed below their portrait in the

camp screen. If a hero selects their portrait, they can see the

amount of experience they have for each role they have played.

36.2 The app informs the heroes when they have gained experience,

which typically occurs at the end of an adventure.

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The experience a hero gains at the end of an adventure is

always specific to that hero and the role that the hero chose for

that adventure.

36.3 pURchAsing And selling skill cARds

While at the camp screen between adventures, a hero can spend

experience they have gained to purchase skill cards and sell skills that

they have previously purchased to gain experience.

36.4 Each skill card that can be purchased or sold has an experience

value presented in the lower-left corner of the card.

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This experience value indicates how much experience a hero

must spend to purchase that skill card and how much experience

a hero gains by selling that skill card.

36.5 From the camp screen, a hero can select their hero’s portrait and

any roles they have chosen to play throughout the campaign to

see a list that contains all the skill cards that correspond to their

selected role.

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Any skill cards that are part of that hero’s skill deck are

colored green.

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Any skill cards that the hero cannot purchase are colored red.

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If a value is displayed, the hero does not have enough

experience to purchase that skill card.

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If an image of another hero is displayed, the depicted hero

currently has that skill card.

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Any skill card that is not colored red or green is available for

that hero to purchase.

36.6 To purchase a skill card, a hero selects it from the skill card list

in the app. Then, that hero adds the physical version of that skill

card to their skill deck.

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A hero can only spend experience from a role to purchase a skill

card that matches that role.

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The experience a hero spends is automatically deducted in

the app.

36.7 To sell a skill card, a hero selects a card that is colored green from

the list in the app. Then, that hero removes the physical version of

that skill card from their skill deck.

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When selling a skill card, a hero gains experience for the role

that corresponds to the skill card that was sold.

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The experience a hero gains is automatically added in the app.

36.8 A hero can purchase and sell as many skill cards as they wish from

any of the roles they have chosen to play each time they are at the

camp screen between adventures.

37 exploRATion

Each journey map tile has a square box where an exploration

token can be placed when the tile is initially revealed in the

app. This token indicates that the tile is unexplored.

37.1 After revealing and placing a new journey map tile, an exploration

token is placed in the square box on that map tile if instructed by

the app.

37.2 A map tile that has an exploration token is unexplored.

37.3 If a hero moves into a space on an unexplored tile, that hero must

immediately explore it.

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Exploring a tile is not an action.

37.4 To explore a tile, the hero selects the exploration token in the

app that corresponds to the exploration token on the map tile

being explored. Then, the hero selects “Confirm” and follows the

instructions in the app.

37.5 Exploring a tile does not require that the hero ends their movement

in a space in that tile.

38 fATe

Fate () icons appear on the upper-left corner of skill cards, and

heroes use them when they are performing tests. Fate () icons can

also appear in abilities and in the app.

38.1 Unlike success () icons, fate () icons have no inherent effect.

However, during a test, a hero can spend any number of their

inspiration tokens. For each inspiration token they spend, they

can convert one fate () icon on their revealed skill cards to one

success () icon.

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After a fate () icon is converted to a success () icon, the fate

() icon cannot be used for any other purpose and is no longer

treated as a fate () icon.

38.2 During a test, some game effects allow heroes to use or spend fate

() icons on revealed cards in unique ways.

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When a hero spends a fate () icon, that icon cannot be spent

again during that test. It is important that a hero tracks which

fate () icons they spend.

38.3 When a skill card is prepared, any fate () icons on that card have

no effect and are ignored.

39 feAR

See “Damage and Fear” on page 11.

40 fiRe piT (TeRRAin)

A fire pit is a type of terrain that can be placed on the

battle map.

40.1 When resolving an attack, if a hero is in a space

with a fire pit token, that hero can discard one card

that has a fate () icon that was revealed during that attack test

to apply either “pierce” or “smite” to the enemy group that is

being attacked.

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If a skill card is discarded because of the effect of a fire pit

token, any icons on that card, such as fate () or success ()

icons, cannot be converted or spent during that test.

41 gAme mAp

The game map is the general term for the physical components that are

representing Middle-earth during an adventure.

41.1 If a rule or game effect refers to the “journey map,” it is referring

specifically to a map that consists of journey map tiles—this is the

type of map used during most adventures.

41.2 If a rule or game effect refers to the “battle map,” it is referring

specifically to a map that consists of battle map tiles—this

type of map is used during specific adventures that focus on

tactical combat.

41.3 If rule or game effect refers to the “game map” or the “map,” it

is generically referring to all maps—both the journey map and

battle map.

42 gAme RoUnd

See “Round” on page 22.

43 gUARd x (keywoRd)

Guard is a keyword that allows a hero to prevent damage ()

or fear ().

43.1 Any hero that is in the same space as a hero who would suffer

damage () or fear () can discard a card that has the “Guard

X” keyword to prevent an amount of that damage and fear equal

to X.

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A hero must choose to use the “Guard X” keyword before

damage and fear cards are revealed.

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A hero can use the “Guard X” keyword to prevent damage ()

and fear () to themselves.

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A hero can prevent any combination of damage () and fear

() that is equal to or less than X.

43.2 A hero can only discard a card to use the “Guard X” keyword if

that card is prepared.

43.3 Multiple abilities that have the “Guard X” keyword can be used to

prevent damage () and fear () from a single source. Multiple

heroes can use abilities with the “Guard X” keyword to prevent

damage and fear from the same source.

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If multiple heroes suffer damage () and fear () while they

are in the same space, a single ability that has the “Guard X”

keyword can only prevent the damage and fear suffered by one

of those heroes.

44 heRo

Each player controls a hero of Middle-earth.

44.1 Each hero is represented on the game map by a plastic figure.

44.2 Each hero has a play area that includes their hero card, their

equipped items, and their unique skill deck.

44.3 When playing single-player, that player controls two heroes.

45 heRo cARds

Each hero has a hero card that displays information about that hero.

45.1 Each hero card displays that hero’s values for each of the five stats.

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A stat’s corresponding value indicates how many skill cards a

hero reveals when performing a test of that stat.

45.2 Each hero card displays that hero’s damage and fear limits.

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If a hero ever has a number of damage cards in their play area

equal to or exceeding their damage limit or a number of fear

cards in their play area equal to or exceeding their fear limit,

that hero must perform a last stand.

45.3 Each hero card displays that hero’s unique hero abilities. Each hero

ability describes when it can be used and how its effect is resolved.

45.4 A hero places their prepared cards below their hero card.

46 hide (keywoRd)

Hide is a keyword that allows a hero to gain a “Hidden” boon card.

46.1 After a hero performs any test, they may discard a card that has

the “Hide” keyword to gain a “Hidden” boon card.

46.2 A hero can only discard a card to use the “Hide” keyword if that

card is prepared.

46.3 A hero cannot use the “Hide” keyword if they are hidden.

47 hiTTing enemies

See “Applying Hits to Enemies” on page 8.

48 inspiRATion

Inspiration tokens allow heroes to convert fate () icons to

success () icons during tests.

48.1 When a hero gains an inspiration token, they place the

token on their hero card.

48.2 Each hero card has an inspiration limit, which indicates the

maximum number of inspiration tokens they can have at a time.

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If a hero gains inspiration but already has inspiration equal to

their limit, they cannot gain that inspiration.

48.3 During a test, a hero can spend any number of their inspiration

tokens. For each inspiration token they spend, they can convert one

fate () icon on their revealed skill cards to one success () icon.

48.4 To spend an inspiration token, a hero takes one inspiration token

from their hero card and places it in the supply.

49 inTeRAcT AcTion

The interact action allows heroes to encounter points of interest on

the map.

49.1 If a hero is in the same space as a search, person, threat, or certain

terrain token, they can interact with that token by performing an

interact action.

49.2 To perform an interact action, a hero selects the token in the app

that they wish to interact with. When a prompt appears, the hero

selects a button that has the interact () icon. Then, the hero

follows the instructions that the app provides.

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Buttons that have the interact () icon cannot and should not

be selected outside of a hero performing an interact action—it

often has irreversible impacts on the adventure.

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If a hero selects the incorrect token in the app or decides not to

perform an interact action, they select the button without an

interact () icon when the prompt appears.

49.3 If a hero wishes to perform an interact action while in a space that

contains one or more enemy groups, before that hero performs

that action, they must provoke each enemy group in that space in

the order of their choice.

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After provoking each enemy group, the hero can perform an

interact action.

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A hero must provoke each enemy group in their space for each

interact action they wish to perform.

Example: If a hero is in a space with a person token, a search

token, and an enemy group, they must provoke that enemy

group before interacting with the person token and again before

interacting with the search token.

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Enemies are provoked in this way if the hero is interacting with

a component in that space either through an interact action or

because of a game effect that allows them to do so.

49.4 Heroes may be able to perform interact actions to resolve specific

effects provided by terrain tokens.

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This counts as one of the actions a hero can perform during

their turn.

50 invenToRy

The inventory refers to the party’s items and any skills they

have purchased.

50.1 To view the items that are in the inventory, a hero selects the

“Item” button in the app.

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Each hero’s starting items or upgraded items are listed in the

“Hero” tab of the item menu.

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The party’s trinkets are listed in the “Trinkets” tab of the

item menu.

50.2 To view the skills (including titles) that a hero has in their

inventory, they select their portrait on the camp screen.

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Each of a hero’s purchased skills are organized by role and are

colored green.

50.3 If a game effect instructs a hero to equip a trinket from the

inventory, they can equip any trinket from the “Trinket” tab that

is not already in play.

50.4 Some abilities on title skill cards instruct a hero to remove the card

from the adventure. When this happens, the hero sets the card

aside and cannot use it for the duration of the adventure.

50.5 When continuing a campaign, players gather the item and skill

cards in their inventory from the game box.

51 iTem cARds

Item cards represent the weapons, armor, trinkets, instruments, and

other equipment that the heroes use during their adventure.

51.1 Item cards have unique abilities for heroes to use at various times

during a game.

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Most abilities describe when they can be used and how their

effects are resolved.

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Abilities that are prefaced by a numeral and success () icon,

can only be used by spending success () icons during an

attack test.

51.2 Items that can be used during an attack test contain one or more

stats in the upper-left corner of the card.

51.3 Each item type is represented by one of the following icons:

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 Armor

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 One-Handed

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 Two-Handed

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 Trinket

51.4 A hero can equip up to one armor () card, a number of item

cards that have a total of two or fewer hand icons (two  items or

one  item), and one trinket ().

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A hero is allowed to equip multiple trinkets if they gain one or

more trinkets during an adventure.

51.5 Each item card has a lore value presented in the lower-right corner

of the card.

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This lore value indicates how much lore the party must gain

before an upgrade for that item card becomes available.

51.6 Each item has a tier, represented as a roman numeral on its card.

When upgrading an item, a hero always upgrades it to a card of

the next higher tier.

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A hero’s starting items are tier “I.”

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If an item reaches the highest tier, heroes cannot upgrade that

item further, even if there is a lore value printed on the card.

51.7 By selecting the “Items” button in the camp screen, the party can

view all of the items in its inventory.

52 joURney mAp

The journey map is used during adventures that focus on exploration

and travel.

52.1 The journey map consists of a procedurally generated arrangement

of journey map tiles.

52.2 The fog that is depicted near the edges of tiles in the app indicates

to heroes where new map tiles will be placed.

53 keywoRds

Keywords are shorthand for specific abilities that appear frequently

on cards.

53.1 Each keyword has specific rules that players can reference in that

keyword’s glossary entry. The keywords are:

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Scout X

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Strike X

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Guard X

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Sprint X

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Rest X

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Hide

53.2 If a card adds a keyword to a card and that card already has

that keyword, the card is treated as having the better version

of that keyword.

Example: If a skill card has “Strike 2” and that card gains

“Strike 1” through a game effect, that card is treated as having

the “Strike 2” keyword.

54 lAsT sTAnds

A last stand is a test that determines whether or not a hero who has

exceeded their damage or fear limit is defeated.

54.1 After a hero suffers damage () or fear (), if a hero has a number

of damage cards equal to or greater than their damage limit or a

number of fear cards equal to or greater than their fear limit, they

must perform a last stand.

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When suffering multiple damage () or fear () from a single

source—an enemy group or game effect—the hero does not

determine if their damage or fear is equal to or greater than

their damage and fear limits until all the damage or fear cards

from that source are resolved completely.

54.2 To begin a last stand, the hero selects the party button in the

lower-left corner of app and then selects the portrait of the hero

that is performing the last stand.

54.3 During the last stand, the app instructs the player to select the

type of last stand test to perform: a damage test or a fear test.

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If the last stand was triggered because the number of damage

cards a hero has is equal to or greater than their damage limit,

they must perform a damage test. If the last stand was triggered

because the number of fear cards a hero has is equal to or greater

than their fear limit, they must perform a fear test.

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If a hero has a number of damage cards equal to or greater

than their damage limit and a number of fear cards equal to

or greater than their fear limit, that hero must perform two

successive last stands—one for damage () and one for fear

(). The hero can choose the order in which they perform

these last stands.

54.4 After resolving the test for the last stand, the app provides the hero

with additional instructions.

55 leThAl

See “Modifiers” on page 19.

56 loRe

Lore () is a representation of the knowledge that the heroes have

obtained throughout the campaign.

56.1 The app informs the heroes when they have gained lore—this can

occur during an adventure or at the end of an adventure.

56.2 Heroes share their lore as a party, and it is automatically tracked

in the app.

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The party’s lore value is displayed in the lower-left corner of the

camp screen between adventures.

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The party’s lore value is displayed in the party menu during

an adventure.

56.3 The party cannot lose lore; it can only be gained. Lore is not spent

when a hero upgrades an item.

56.4 As the party’s lore value increases, new item upgrades

become available.

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Each item card has a lore value presented in the lower-right

corner of the card that indicates how much lore the party must

gain before an upgrade for that item card becomes available.

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A hero cannot upgrade their item until they are at the camp

screen between adventures.

56.5 UpgRAding iTems

While at the camp screen between adventures, a hero can upgrade

their items.

56.6 If an item can be upgraded, that item is highlighted in the item

menu. If a highlighted item in the menu is selected, the app

provides a list of available upgrades for that item.

56.7 To upgrade an item, a hero selects a highlighted item from

the item menu in the app and then selects one of the available

upgrades. Then, the hero discards the item card that was upgraded

and replaces it with the upgraded version that matches the one

they selected in the app.

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The discarded upgrade card is returned to the supply and is no

longer in the hero’s inventory.

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After confirming the upgrade, the app automatically removes

the upgraded item from the inventory and replaces it with the

upgraded version.

56.8 A hero can upgrade as many items as they wish while they are at

the camp screen between adventures.

57 losing An AdvenTURe oR cAmpAign

See “Ending an Adventure or Campaign” on page 13.

58 misT (TeRRAin)

Mist is a type of terrain that can be placed on the

battle map.

58.1 If a hero would suffer damage () while in a

space that has a mist token, any damage that the

hero suffers is suffered facedown.

58.2 When resolving an attack that targets an enemy group that is in

a space that has a mist token, during the attack test, the hero

cannot convert fate () icons to success () icons by spending

inspiration or by resolving any other game effect that allows such

a conversion.

59 modifieRs

There are six attack modifiers that can change how hits are applied to

enemy groups.

59.1 When attacking an enemy group, a hero can resolve abilities on

their item cards that add hits or modifiers to that enemy group.

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Other game effects and abilities can also allow a hero to apply

modifiers to an enemy group.

59.2 Multiple modifiers can be applied to the same attack and all of

their effects combine.

59.3 Some enemy abilities prohibit the application of certain modifiers.

If an ability would apply a prohibited modifier, the modifier has

no effect.

59.4 Modifiers can be selected and unselected to view their effects

before selecting “Confirm” to resolve an attack.

59.5 The same modifier cannot be applied multiple times during a

single attack.

59.6 The six modifiers and their effects are as follows:

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Pierce: Hits ignore an enemy group’s armor when they are

applied in conjunction with the “pierce” modifier.

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Smite: Hits ignore an enemy group’s sorcery when they are

applied in conjunction with the “smite” modifier.

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Cleave: Hits are applied to all enemies in an enemy group when

they are applied in conjunction with the “cleave” modifier.

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Lethal: If an enemy’s remaining health (not armor or sorcery)

is halved during an attack and the “lethal” modifier is applied,

that enemy is defeated.

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Sunder: The “sunder” modifier permanently decreases an

enemy’s armor by one. If an enemy is defeated, the armor of

another enemy in the group is also reduced by one.

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Stun: If the “stun” modifier is applied to an enemy group, that

enemy group is exhausted, and if the enemy group is elite, it

cannot counterattack.

59.7 The rules for applying modifiers can be found in the “Applying

Hits to Enemies” section on page 8.

60 movemenT

This entry contains separate sections for how to resolve hero and

enemy movement.

60.1 heRo movemenT

The primary way that a hero moves around the map is by performing

a travel action during their turn.

60.2 To move, a hero moves their figure from the space it currently

occupies to an adjacent space.

60.3 If a hero moves into any space of an unexplored tile, that hero

must explore that tile.

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Exploring a tile is not optional; it occurs immediately and is

not an action.

60.4 If a hero wishes to move out of a space that contains one or more

readied enemy groups, before that hero moves, they must provoke

each readied enemy group in that space.

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After provoking each enemy group, the hero can move to an

adjacent space.

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Enemy groups are provoked in this way if the hero moves either

because of a travel action or a game effect that causes or allows

them to move.

60.5 If a game effect instructs a hero figure to be “placed” on the game

map, that placement is not a move for purposes of game rules and

interactions of game effects.

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If a hero is placed in a space from another space that contains one

or more enemy groups, those enemy groups are not provoked.

60.6 enemy movemenT

Enemy groups move during their activation. Typically, they move

toward a specific hero to resolve an attack against them.

60.7 Each time an enemy group moves, its figures are moved from the

space they currently occupy to an adjacent space.

60.8 When an enemy group moves, the app indicates the maximum

number of times an enemy group can move and provides a target

that the enemy moves toward.

60.9 During its activation, if an enemy group moves across a border

that is covered by a stream token, that enemy group’s activation

ends immediately.

61 neARBy

Some rules and game effects refer to nearby components or spaces.

61.1 A component is nearby another component if they are in the

same space or are in spaces that are adjacent to each other on the

game map.

61.2 A component is not nearby itself.

62 negATing dAmAge And feAR

See “Damage and Fear” on page 11.

63 oBjecTives

Each adventure provides the heroes with a series of objectives.

63.1 The heroes’ current objective is displayed beneath the threat bar

in the app.

63.2 After the heroes complete their current objective, the app provides

the heroes with a new objective automatically.

63.3 If the heroes complete all of an adventure’s objectives, the

adventure ends, the heroes win the game, and the app proceeds

to the camp screen prior to beginning the next adventure of

the campaign.

64 pARTy

The party is the collective term for all the heroes playing a game.

64.1 If a rule or game effect uses the word “party” is it is referring to

each hero playing the game.

64.2 Before beginning a campaign, the players create a name for their

party which is displayed in their save slot.

65 peRson Tokens

A person token may appear on the map and represents a

person with whom the heroes can interact.

65.1 By selecting a person token in the app, a hero can

obtain information about that person token.

65.2 If a hero is in the same space as a person token, they can interact

with that token by performing an interact action (see “Interact

Action” on page 16).

65.3 Any hero can select a person token in the app at any time; however,

they can only select a button that has an interact () icon if they

are performing an interact action.

66 pieRce

See “Modifiers” on page 19.

67 piT (TeRRAin)

A pit is a type of terrain that can be placed on the

battle map.

67.1 If a hero moves into a space with a pit token,

that hero must perform an agility () test.

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If the test produces at least two success () icons, the hero

passes the test and nothing happens.

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If the test produces fewer than two success () results, the hero

fails the test and suffers two damage ().

67.2 A hero must perform an agility () test when they move into

a space that has a pit token even if that hero is moving through

that space—the pit token affects a hero even if that hero is not

ending their movement in that space.

67.3 If a game effect “places” a hero in a space that has a pit token, that

hero ignores the effects of that pit token.

68 plAy AReA

Each hero has a play area where their game components are placed.

68.1 A hero’s play area always consists of their hero card, equipped

items, and skill deck as well as other components that are added

or removed during play, such as damage and fear cards.

68.2 When a hero suffers damage () and fear (), they place damage

and fear cards in their play area.

68.3 When a hero gains a boon card, they place it in their play area.

69 pRepARing cARds

Heroes can prepare their skill cards to use the abilities on those cards.

69.1 To prepare a skill a card, a hero places it below their hero card.

69.2 The most common way for a hero to prepare a skill card is to

resolve an ability that allows that hero to scout.

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During most adventures, the app prompts each hero to scout

before the first action phase and during each rally phase.

69.3 During setup, each hero prepares the “1” card that corresponds to

their chosen role.

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This card has stars on each side of the card’s name.

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This card is prepared during the setup steps.

69.4 A hero can have up to four prepared cards at the same time.

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After a hero prepares one or more skill cards, if that hero has

more than four prepared cards, they must discard any of their

prepared cards until only four cards remain prepared.

69.5 When a skill card is prepared, a hero is able to use that card’s ability.

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To use a card’s ability, a hero follows the instructions on

the card.

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A hero cannot use an ability on a skill card if that card is

not prepared.

69.6 When a skill card is prepared, any success () and fate () icons

on that card have no effect and are ignored.

70 pRevenTing dAmAge And feAR

See “Damage and Fear” on page 11.

71 pRovoking enemies

When a hero is in the same space as an enemy group, certain actions

that the hero performs will provoke that enemy, causing it to attack.

71.1 To provoke an enemy group, a hero selects the leftmost button on

the enemy bar followed by the portrait of the enemy group they

are provoking. Then, the app provides the information required

for the hero to resolve an attack from that enemy group.

71.2 If a hero wishes to move out of a space that contains one or

more enemy groups, before that hero moves, they must provoke

each enemy group in that space.

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After provoking each enemy group, the hero can move to an

adjacent space.

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Enemy groups are provoked in this way if the hero moves either

because of a travel action or a game effect that causes or allows

them to move.

71.3 If a hero wishes to perform an interact action while in a space that

contains one or more enemy groups, before that hero performs

that action, they must provoke each enemy group in that space.

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After provoking each enemy group, the hero can perform the

interact action.

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A hero must provoke each enemy group in their space for each

interact action they wish to perform.

Example: If a hero is in a space with a person token, a search

token, and one enemy group, they must provoke that enemy

group before interacting with the person token and again before

interacting with the search token.

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Enemies are provoked in this way if the hero is interacting with

a component in that space either through an interact action or

because of a game effect that allows them to do so.

72 pURchAsing skills

See “Experience” on page 14.

73 RAlly phAse

The rally phase is the last phase of each round. During this phase,

heroes plan for the next game round.

To resolve the rally phase, heroes perform the following steps in order:

73.1 Step 1—Reset: Each hero resets their skill deck by shuffling their

discard pile into their deck.

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If a hero does not have any skill cards in their discard pile, they

still shuffle their skill deck.

73.2 Step 2—Scout: Each hero scouts two cards by revealing two cards

from the top of their skill deck. Then, they prepare up to one of

those cards, placing each remaining card on the top or bottom of

their skill deck in any order.

74 RAnge

Range refers to the distance between a hero and enemy when one of

them is resolving an attack.

74.1 A hero can only resolve an attack against an enemy group that is

in range, and an enemy can only resolve an attack against a hero

that is in range.

74.2 A hero and enemy group are in range of each other if they occupy

the same space.

74.3 A ranged attack is an attack in which the range between a hero

and an enemy group is extended.

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During an adventure on a journey map, a hero and enemy

group are in range of each other if they occupy the same space

or if they are in spaces adjacent to each other.

74.4 Heroes and enemy groups that can perform ranged attacks are

identified in different ways, as follows:

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If an enemy group can resolve ranged attacks, that enemy

group’s portrait contains a ranged () icon.

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If an item allows a hero to resolve ranged attacks, that item has

a ranged () icon in the upper-right corner of the card.

75 ReAdied

See “Exhausted” on page 14.

76 ReseT

If a game effect instructs a hero to reset their skill deck, they shuffle

their skill discard pile into their skill deck. If a hero does not have any

skill cards in their discard pile, they still shuffle their skill deck.

76.1 If no cards remain in a hero’s skill deck, that hero shuffles their

skill deck discard pile to create a new skill deck.

77 ResT x (keywoRd)

Rest is a keyword that allows a hero to discard facedown damage ()

or fear () they have already suffered.

77.1 At the end of a hero’s turn during the action phase, they can

discard a card that has the “Rest X” keyword to remove an amount

of facedown damage or fear cards from their play area equal to X.



A hero can discard any combination of damage () and fear

() that is equal to or less than X.

77.2 A hero may use multiple cards that have the “Rest X” keyword at

the end of a single turn.

77.3 A hero can only discard a card to use the “Rest X” keyword if that

card is prepared.

78 Roles

Roles define part of a hero’s capabilities.

78.1 During setup before each adventure, each hero selects the role

they would like to play for that adventure.

78.2 The role a hero chooses during setup determines the three role-

specific skill cards (numbered 1–3) that become part of that hero’s

skill deck.

78.3 During setup, each hero’s role-specific card that is numbered 1

is prepared.

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There are stars depicted on each side of this card’s name to help

a hero identify and gather this card quickly.

78.4 A hero can select a different role for each adventure. This allows

a hero to gain experience in different roles, which provides a hero

with additional options when purchasing skills.

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When a hero selects a new role, the role-specific cards numbered

1–3 that correspond to the previous role are removed from

their skill deck; however, any role-specific cards numbered 4 or

greater remain in their skill deck.

78.5 Heroes can spend experience they have earned to purchase role-

specific skill cards from the camp screen between adventures.

78.6 Any skill cards a hero purchases remain part of their skill deck

even if that hero selects a new role.

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This allows a hero to have role-specific skill cards (numbered 4

or greater) from multiple roles in their skill deck.

78.7 When a hero gains experience at the end of an adventure, that

experience is always specific to that hero and the role that the hero

chose for that adventure.

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A hero can only spend experience from a role to purchase a skill

card that matches that role.

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When selling a skill card, a hero gains experience for the role

that corresponds to the skill card that was sold.

79 RoUnd

A game round consists of the following three phases:

1. Action Phase (see page 6)

2. Shadow Phase (see page 23)

3. Rally Phase (see page 21)

80 sAving And conTinUing

When starting a campaign, the heroes must select a save slot. The app

provides players with multiple save slots so they can have multiple

campaigns in progress at the same time.

80.1 During an adventure, the app automatically saves the game at the

end of each round.

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During an adventure, the players can manually save the game in

the options menu, which they can access by selecting the gear

button in the upper-right corner.

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Between adventures, the players can save the game by selecting

the “Save & Quit” button in the camp screen.

80.2 Players can quit the game any time during an adventure or

between adventures.

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The app does not track the positions of enemies or heroes on

the map nor does it track each hero’s play area or the state of

their skill decks—if quitting during an adventure, players must

track that information on their own or keep the game set up

between sessions.

80.3 To continue a campaign, the players select the “Load Game”

button from the app’s main title screen. Then, they select the save

slot for the game they wish to continue.

80.4 When continuing a campaign, the app will load the game at the

exact moment when the save state was created.

81 scoUT x (keywoRd)

Scout is a keyword that allows heroes to prepare and reorder cards in

their skill deck.

81.1 When an effect instructs a hero to “Scout X,” that hero reveals X

cards from the top of their skill deck. That hero may prepare one

of those cards. Then, that hero places the other revealed cards on

the top or bottom of their skill deck.

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The cards placed back in the deck can all be placed on the top,

all on the bottom, or split between top and bottom.



If the hero places multiple cards on the top or bottom of the

skill deck, those cards can be placed in any order.

82 seARch Tokens

A search token may appear on the map and represents

a location or area within a space with which the heroes

can interact.

82.1 By selecting a search token in the app, a hero can

obtain information about what that specific search

token represents.

82.2 If a hero is in the same space as a search token, they can interact

with that token by performing an interact action (see “Interact

Action” on page 16).

82.3 Any hero can select a search token in the app at any time; however,

they can only select a button that has an interact () icon if they

are performing an interact action.

83 shAdow phAse

The shadow phase is when enemies, darkness, and other threats

attempt to hinder the party’s progress.

The shadow phase contains three steps that the heroes resolve in order:

83.1 Step 1—Enemy Activation: Each readied enemy group activates

as instructed by the app.

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When an enemy group activates, it typically moves toward a

hero and attacks them.

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If there are not enemy groups present on the game map, the app

automatically skips the “Enemy Activation” step.

83.2 Step 2—Darkness: Each hero that is in a space that contains

darkness suffers an amount of fear () indicated by the app.

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If darkness is not present on the game map and if the app is not

causing darkness, the app automatically skips the “Darkness” step.

83.3 Step 3—Threat: The threat bar increases and a threat event is

resolved for each threshold that the bar meets or exceeds.

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Threat increases during this step by the following amounts:

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two for each hero in the party

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one for each threat token on the game map

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one for each unexplored tile

83.4 After resolving the threat step, the app proceeds to the rally phase.

83.5 At the end of the shadow phase, all exhausted enemies are

automatically readied.

84 single-plAyeR gAme

If playing with only a single player, that player controls two to four

heroes. All other rules of the game remain the same.

84.1 The player maintains a separate play area for each hero they

control. Heroes do not share items, tokens, skill card decks, etc.

84.2 During the action phase, the player must completely resolve a

hero’s turn before resolving another hero’s turn.

85 skill cARds

Each hero has a deck of skill cards that represents their capabilities.

85.1 Each hero’s skill deck consists of the following cards:

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One of each skill card numbered 1–6 that has the word “Basic”

on the bottom of the card.

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The skill cards numbered 1–5 that have the name of their hero

on the bottom of the card.

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The skill cards numbered 1–3 that have their role on the

bottom of the card.

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One weakness card from the top of the weakness deck.

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Any skill cards that the hero has purchased during the campaign.

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Any title cards that the hero has gained during the campaign.

85.2 Many skill cards have unique abilities that can be resolved at

various times during the game.

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A hero can only resolve an ability on one of their skill cards if

that skill card is prepared.

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If a skill card is not prepared, any text abilities on that skill card

are ignored.

85.3 Many skill cards contain success () and fate () icons in the

upper-left corner of the card.

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These icons are used when a skill card is revealed while a hero

is performing a test.

85.4 Some role-specific cards have an experience value in the lower-left

corner of the card.

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This value indicates how much experience (within that role)

a hero must spend to purchase that skill card or how much

experience a hero gains (for that role) when selling that

skill card.

86 smiTe

See “Modifiers” on page 19.

87 soRceRy

Some enemy groups have sorcery, which can make them more difficult

to defeat.

87.1 An enemy group’s sorcery is displayed on its health bar within its

enemy menu.

87.2 When a hero applies hits to an enemy that has sorcery, the hits

are applied to that enemy’s sorcery before they are applied to that

enemy’s health.

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If an enemy has both armor and sorcery, hits are applied to that

enemy’s armor before they are applied to that enemy’s sorcery.

87.3 After a hero selects the “Apply” button to apply hits to an enemy,

any enemy that was not defeated regains its sorcery.

87.4 When the “smite” modifier is selected, any hits that are applied to

an enemy ignore that enemy’s sorcery.

88 spend

Heroes can spend various tokens and currencies throughout the game

to purchase cards and resolve game effects.

88.1 During a test, a hero can spend any number of their inspiration

tokens. For each inspiration token they spend, they can convert

one fate () icon on their revealed skill cards to one success ()

icon.

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When a hero spends an inspiration token, they take the token

from their hero card and place it in the supply.

88.2 A hero can spend experience between adventures to purchase new

skill cards.

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When a hero spends experience, the app automatically deducts

any experience the hero spends.

88.3 When performing an attack test, a hero can spend success ()

icons that the test produced to resolve abilities on the item cards

being used for that test.

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When a hero spends a success () icon, that icon cannot be

spent again during that test. It is important that a hero tracks

which success () icons they spend.

88.4 When performing a test, some game effects allow heroes to spend

fate () icons on revealed cards in unique ways.

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When a hero spends a fate () icon, that icon cannot be spent

again during that test. It is important that a hero tracks which

fate () icons they spend.

89 spRinT x (keywoRd)

Sprint is a keyword that allows a hero to move extra spaces.

89.1 When a hero is taking a turn during the action phase, that hero

can discard a card that has the “Sprint X” keyword to move X

additional spaces.

89.2 A hero can perform other actions and resolve other game effects

between each movement that is provided by the “Sprint X”

keyword.

89.3 A hero can only discard a card to use the “Sprint X” keyword if

that card is prepared.

90 sTATs

Each hero has five stats that represent their agility (), might (),

spirit (), wisdom (), and wit ().

90.1 Each hero’s stats are printed on their hero card and have a

corresponding value that determines how many skill cards they

reveal during a test using that stat.

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A higher stat value indicates that the hero has a greater

proficiency and lower stat values represent a lower proficiency.

90.2 When performing most tests, the heroes are instructed which of

their stats they must test.

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When performing an attack test, heroes can choose to test a stat

from among their item cards.

90.3 Each item card that can be used during an attack test has one or

more stats presented in the upper-left corner of the card. To use

an ability on this type of item card, a hero must perform an attack

test using one of the stats presented on that card.

Example: If a hero wishes to attack an enemy using their “Sword”

card, that hero must perform an attack test using their might ()

stat because that is the stat presented on the “Sword” card.

91 sTATUe (TeRRAin)

A statue is a type of terrain that can be placed on the

battle map.

91.1 During the action phase, if a hero is in a space with

a statue token, that hero can perform an interact

action to interact with that statue.

91.2 When a hero interacts with a statue token, they perform a might

() test.

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If the test produces at least two success () icons, the hero

passes the test and can choose one enemy group in their space

and apply four hits and sunder to that enemy group. Then, they

discard the statue token.

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If the test produces fewer than two success () icons, the hero

fails the test and nothing happens.

91.3 If a hero is in a space with one or more enemies, performing

an interact action to interact with a statue does not provoke

enemy attacks.

92 sTReAm (TeRRAin)

A stream is a terrain token that

can be placed over a border on a

battle map.

92.1 Two spaces on opposite sides of a stream token are adjacent.

92.2 During the action phase, if a hero moves across a border that

contains a stream token, that hero’s turn ends immediately.

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The hero cannot perform any actions or resolve any game

effects that occur during the current turn.

92.3 During the shadow phase, if an enemy moves across a border that

contains a stream token, that enemy’s activation ends immediately.



If an enemy can end its movement in range of its target but

must move across a border that contains a stream token to do

so, that enemy still moves; however, the “Cross Stream” button

is selected instead of the “Attack” button.

92.4 A hero or enemy that is performing a ranged attack can be in

range of a target that is on the other side of a stream.

93 sTRike x (keywoRd)

Strike is a keyword that allows a hero to add hits to enemies during

an attack.

93.1 When a hero is performing an attack test, that hero can discard a

card that has the “Strike X” keyword to add X hits to the enemy

group that is the target of that attack.

93.2 A hero can only discard a card to use the “Strike” keyword if that

card is prepared.

94 sTUn

See “Modifiers” on page 19

95 sUccesses

Success () icons appear on the upper-left corner of skill cards, and

heroes use them when they are performing tests.

95.1 During a test, a hero reveals skill cards from their skill deck and

calculates the number of success () icons the test produced.

95.2 Depending on the type of test, success () icons produced during

the test are used in different ways (see “Tests” on page 25).

95.3 During a test, a hero can spend any number of their inspiration

tokens. For each inspiration token they spend, they can convert one

fate () icon on their revealed skill cards to one success () icon.

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After a fate () icon is converted to a success () icon, the fate

() icon cannot be used for any other purpose and is no longer

treated as a fate () icon.

95.4 When a skill card is prepared, any success () icons on that card

have no effect and are ignored.

95.5 Success () icons that a test produces that are in excess of the

required number of success () icons have no effect.

96 sUndeR

See “Modifiers” on page 19.

97 sUpply

The supply refers to the collection of tokens and cards that are available

for players to use during the game.

97.1 The supply consists of distinct piles for each type of token as well

as separate decks for weakness cards, trinket cards, title cards, and

each of the three types of boon cards.

98 TABle (TeRRAin)

A table is a type of terrain that can be placed on

the battle map.

98.1 During the action phase, if a hero is in

a space with a table token, that hero can

perform an interact action to interact with that table.

98.2 When a hero interacts with a table token, they perform a spirit

() test.

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If the test produces at least one success () icon, the

hero passes the test and gains one inspiration token and

becomes emboldened.

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If the test does not produce at least one success () icon, the

hero fails the test and nothing happens.

98.3 A hero can interact with a table even if they are already

emboldened, have a number of inspiration tokens equal to their

limit, or both.

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A hero that is already emboldened can still gain inspiration

tokens.

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A hero that has a number of inspiration tokens equal to their

limit can still become emboldened.

98.4 If a hero is in a space with an enemy, performing an interact

action to interact with a table does not provoke enemy attacks.

99 TeRRAin cARds

Each type of terrain has a corresponding terrain card.

99.1 A terrain card is a reference for its corresponding terrain token’s

abilities. The complete rules for each terrain token can be found

in its individual glossary entry in this Rules Reference.

99.2 After the heroes set up a battle map, they should gather each

terrain card that corresponds to one of the terrain tokens on the

map and place it near the play area for all players to reference.

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A terrain token’s ability can also be referenced in the app by

selecting one of the terrain tokens.

99.3 Some terrain tokens have adventure-specific rules that are

described by the app. If a terrain token has adventure-specific rules,

the heroes should ignore the terrain card for that terrain token.

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Terrain that has adventure-specific rules is depicted with a

sparkle effect in the app.

100 TesTs

Heroes perform tests throughout the game to interact with the world

and attack enemies.

A test is a measure of one of a hero’s stats. A hero may be instructed to

perform a test of a specific stat, of one stat from a list of options, or of

any stat of their choice.

To perform a test, a hero resolves the following steps in order:

100.1 Step 1—Reveal Cards: The hero reveals a number of cards from

their skill deck equal to the value of their stat that is being tested.

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To reveal a card, a hero takes the top card from their skill deck

and flips it faceup, placing it in their play area.

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A game effect can cause a hero to reveal more or fewer cards

than is determined by the stat that is printed on the hero’s card.

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A hero always reveals a minimum of one while performing a

test, even if the number of revealed cards is modified below one.

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If there are multiple game effects that alter the number of skill

cards a hero reveals, all of these effects are calculated before any

cards are revealed.

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A game effect can increase or decrease a hero’s stat. This may

cause the hero to reveal more or fewer cards than the number

that is printed on their hero card.



A game effect can directly increase or decrease the number

of skill cards a hero reveals when they are performing a test.

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The text on all revealed cards is ignored. During a test, only the

success () and fate () icons in the upper-left corner of the

revealed cards are relevant.

100.2 Step 2—Convert Fate: The hero may spend any number of their

inspiration tokens. For each inspiration token they spend, they

can convert one fate () icon on their revealed skill cards to one

success () icon.

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Abilities that a hero can resolve when they are performing a test

are resolved during this step.

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A hero can spend any number of their inspiration tokens

during each test.

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After a fate () icon is converted to a success () icon, the fate

() icon cannot be used for any other purpose and is no longer

treated as a fate () icon.

100.3 Step 3—Calculate Results: The hero calculates the total number

of success () icons that the test produced and applies those

successes according to the test’s instructions, as follows:

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If the test provided a hero with a stat to test followed by a

number (e.g., “Test ; 2”), the hero passes the test if the number

of success () icons the test produced meets or exceeds the

number that the test provided. Otherwise, the hero fails the test.



Some tests require the hero to select a “Pass” or “Fail” button

in the app and some provide instructions for the hero to

follow according to the test’s outcome.

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If the test requires the hero to input the number of success ()

icons that the test produced into the app, the hero uses the

“+” and “–” buttons to increase or decrease the value until it

matches the number of their success () icons.



Many of these tests are cumulative and may require a hero to

perform them multiple times. A cumulative test keeps track

of the number of success () icons that have been applied to

it across multiple test attempts.

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If a hero is performing a test to negate damage () or fear (),

they suffer one fewer damage or fear for each success () icon

the test produces (see “Damage and Fear” on page 11).

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If a hero is performing a test to attack an enemy group, they

spend each success () icon that the test produced to resolve

abilities on their items that add hits or modifiers to that enemy

group (see “Attacks” on page 9).

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Even if an attack does not add any hits or modifiers to an

enemy group, the hero still selects “Apply” in the attack pane,

which can cause a counterattack.

100.4 After calculating the results of the test, the hero discards all skill

cards that were revealed during the test.

100.5 If the timing of an ability uses the language “after you test,” the

hero resolving that ability can do so after the “Calculate Results”

step of any test.

101 ThReAT BAR

The threat bar is displayed along the top of the app’s main screen and

tracks the amount of threat accumulated during the adventure.

101.1 During the threat step of each shadow phase, the threat bar

increases by the following amounts:

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two for each hero in the party

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one for each threat token on the game map

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one for each unexplored tile

101.2 When threat reaches the end of the threat bar, the adventure ends

and the heroes lose.

101.3 The threat bar contains one or more thresholds. During the

shadow phase, a threat event is resolved for each threshold that

the threat bar meets or exceeds.

102 ThReAT Tokens

A threat token may appear on the map and represents a

threat within a space with which the heroes can interact.

102.1 By selecting a threat token in the app, a hero can read

about what that specific threat token represents.

102.2 If a hero is in the same space as a threat token, they can interact

with that token by performing an interact action (see “Interact

Action” on page 16).

102.3 Any hero can select a threat token in the app at any time; however,

they can only select a button that has an interact () icon if they

are performing an interact action.

102.4 During the threat step of the shadow phase, threat increases by

one for each threat token that is on the game map.

103 ThResholds

See “Shadow Phase” on page 23 and “Threat Bar” on page 26.

104 TieRs

See “Item Cards” on page 17.

105 TiTle cARds

Title cards are a type of skill card that heroes can gain during

an adventure.

105.1 When a hero gains a title card, the app specifies the name of the

title that the hero gains. Then, the hero gathers the specified title

card and prepares it immediately.

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The app requires the hero who gained the title to be selected in

the app—this allows the app to place that title card into that

hero’s inventory.

105.2 After a hero gains a title card, it is part of that hero’s inventory for

the duration of the campaign.

105.3 Like all skill cards, a hero can only resolve a title card’s ability

while it is prepared.

105.4 Abilities on many title skill cards instruct the hero to remove that

skill card from the adventure; that title card should be set aside

and cannot be used again until the next adventure. That title

card will be shuffled into the hero’s skill deck during setup of the

next adventure.

106 Token

Token is the term used not only for the cardboard components

that are placed on the map or on hero cards but also for the digital

representation of those components in the app.

106.1 Every token that is displayed in the app corresponds to a physical

version of that token on the game map.

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If there is an exploration, search, person, threat, terrain,

or darkness token displayed in the app, there must be a

corresponding physical token of the same type and in the same

location on the game map.

106.2 If a rule or game effect instructs a player to select a token in the

app, that player should tap on the image of the specified token.

107 TRAiTs

A card may have one or more traits that are presented in italics at the

top of that card’s text box.

107.1 Traits are always presented in an italic typeface.

107.2 A trait has no inherent effects, but some game effects may refer

to a card’s trait.

108 TRAvel AcTion

The travel action allows a hero to move around the game map.

108.1 When a hero performs a travel action, they can move up to

two times.

108.2 If the first action during a hero’s turn is a travel action, they

can perform their second action and resolve other game effects

between each of their moves.

108.3 For the rules for resolving a move, see “Movement” on page 19.

109 TRinkeTs

Trinkets () are a type of item card that heroes can gain during

an adventure.

109.1 When a hero gains a trinket, the app specifies the name of

the trinket that the hero gains. Then, the hero takes the specified

trinket from the trinket deck and equips it.

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During an adventure, if a hero already has a trinket equipped,

they can still equip any new trinkets they gain.

109.2 During the adventure in which a trinket is gained, only the

specific hero who gained that trinket can equip it.

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After each adventure, all equipped trinkets are returned to the

party’s inventory.

109.3 When a hero equips a trinket, they place a number of depletion

tokens on that trinket equal to the number in the lower-left corner

of the card (“Depletion Token” on page 12).

109.4 Unlike other items, trinkets belong to the entire party instead of

individual heroes.

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During setup before each adventure, each hero can equip one

trinket from among all the trinkets that the heroes have gained.



The item menu in the app tracks all the trinkets that the heroes

have gained during a campaign.

109.5 If a game effect instructs a hero to deplete a trinket, they remove

one depletion token from that trinket.

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When a trinket has no remaining depletion tokens, it cannot

be used; the hero flips the trinket facedown as a reminder that

it has been fully depleted.

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While a trinket is facedown, the hero cannot resolve any of

its abilities, even passive abilities.

109.6 A game effect can allow a hero to place a depletion token on

a trinket.

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A hero can have a number of depletion tokens on a trinket that

exceeds the number in the lower-left corner of that trinket’s card.

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A hero can place a depletion token on a facedown trinket.

When this happens, the trinket is flipped faceup and its abilities

are available for the hero to resolve.

109.7 Each trinket describes when it can be used and how its effect

is resolved.

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Most trinket abilities require that the trinket be depleted for its

effect to be resolved.

110 UpgRAding iTems

See “Lore” on page 18.

111 wAll (TeRRAin)

A wall is a terrain token that can be

placed over a border on a battle map.

111.1 Spaces on opposite sides of a wall token are not adjacent—a hero

or enemy cannot move across a border that contains a wall token.

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If wall tokens create diagonal spaces, those spaces are

not adjacent.

111.2 If an ability, such as “Keen Eyes,” allows for a hero or enemy to

resolve a ranged attack that is up to two or more spaces away on

a battle map, it may be possible for a hero or enemy to resolve

a ranged attack against a target that is on the opposite side of a

wall token.

112 weAknesses

A weakness is a skill card that has no inherent game effect. It is designed

to clutter a hero’s skill deck and to provide no useful icons during a test.

112.1 During setup, each hero adds one random weakness card from the

weakness deck to their skill deck.

112.2 It is possible for a hero to gain additional weaknesses during

an adventure.

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Each weakness is taken from the top of the weakness deck.

112.3 All of a hero’s weakness cards are removed from their skill deck

between adventures.

112.4 Weakness cards can be prepared like other skill cards, but they

have no effect while they are prepared. A prepared weakness

counts as one of a hero’s four prepared cards.

113 winning An AdvenTURe oR cAmpAign

See “Ending an Adventure or Campaign” on page 13.

1. Map: The majority of the screen is the map. As players work

toward their objective, more map tiles and the tokens on them

will be displayed in the central area of the screen. Only the tokens

that players interact with via the app are displayed on the map.

2. Threat Bar: The threat bar displays the amount of threat the

players have accumulated and the next threshold at which a

threat event will occur.

3. Settings Menu Button: A player can select this button to open

the settings menu.

4. Hourglass Button: During the action phase, a player selects this

button after all heroes have taken their turns to proceed to the

shadow phase.

5. Enemy Bar: This bar contains a portrait for each enemy group

that is present on the board.

6. Enemy Portrait: Each enemy group’s portrait depicts the figure

type that is used with that group, a ranged () icon if that enemy

can perform ranged attacks, and a banner icon to identify which

banner token to use with that group (if any). Portraits for elite

enemy groups have spiked frames. Portraits for exhausted enemy

groups are darkened.

7. Provoke Button: When a hero must provoke an enemy group,

they select the provoke button, and then they select the portrait

of the enemy group they wish to provoke.

8. Party Button: A player can select this button to open the party

menu. In this menu, heroes can perform last stands, view their

items, and review the chronicle.

Appendix: App scReen AnATomies

in-gAme inTeRfAce

During the game, players will primarily interact with the in-game user interface.

enemy menU inTeRfAce

Selecting an enemy group’s portrait opens the enemy menu for that group. Players use this menu while attacking enemies during the game.

1. Selected Enemy Summary: This box displays the name of the

selected enemy group. If the group is elite, it also lists the group’s

bonuses. The heroes can select any bonus to view its effect.

2. Modifier Buttons: Heroes select modifier buttons to add those

modifiers to an attack.

3. Hit Counter: Heroes select the “+” or “-” buttons to add hits to

or subtract hits from an enemy.

4. Apply Button: After inputting hits and modifiers, heroes select

this button to apply them to the selected enemy group.

5. Enemy Bar: This bar contains a portrait for each enemy group

that is present on the board.

6. Selected Portrait: The portrait for the currently selected enemy

group is highlighted red.

7. Health Bars: The health (red units) of each enemy figure in

the group is displayed here, along with armor (gray units) and

sorcery (purple units) if the enemy has armor or sorcery.

abilities, 1.0

“apply” effects, 5.2

“as an action,” 3.3

costs, 1.4

dened, 1.6

one cost per ability, 1.7

during tests, 100.2

hero abilites, 45.3

identical to actions, 3.4

keywords, 53.0

multiple per card, 1.3

“placed” effects, 60.5

“prevent” effects, 22.12

“removing” effects, 105.4

skill cards, 69.5

timing, 1.10

“after” effects, 1.11

“before” effects, 1.12

same timing, 1.15

“then” effects, 1.16

“when” effects, 1.13

“when” vs “after,” 1.14

action phase, 2.0

completed, 2.6

hero turns, 2.1

actions, 3.0

action summary, 3.1

adventures-specic, 3.2

“as an action,” 3.3

attack, 12.1

identical abilities, 3.4

interact, 49.0

same action, 2.1

travel, 108.0

activation, 4.0

add, 5.0

adjacency, 6.0

black borders, 6.4

gray borders, 6.0

aligned, 6.4

arrows, 6.3

movement, 6.1

streams, 92.1

walls, 111.1

adventure, 7.0

difculty, 26.0

losing

hero defeated, 24.3

threat, 101.2

quitting, 80.2

saving and continuing, 80.0

winning

objectives, 63.3

app, 8.0

collection manager, 8.2

darkness, 23.3

enemy bar, 32.0

interact action, 49.2

objectives, 63.1

saving and continuing, 80.0

applying hits, 10.0

enemy armor, 11.2

pierce, 59.6

sunder, 59.6

armor, 11.0

enemy armor, 11.1

applying hits, 11.2

pierce, 59.6

regaining, 11.3

sunder, 59.6

hero armor, 11.6

attack pane, 10.2

attacks, 12.0

counterattack, 21.0

enemy attacks, 12.6

damage and fear, 12.8

text effects, 12.9

hero attacks, 10.4, 10.5

applying hits, 10.4, 10.5

choose item and stat, 12.2

choose target, 12.3

no hits or modiers, 12.4

perform attack test, 12.4

process, 12.2–12.5

using multiple items, 12.2

ranged, 74.3

attack tab, 10.2

banners, 31.0

elite enemy, 28.4

movement of, 31.4

placement of, 31.3

barrels, 13.0

interacting with, 13.1

provoke, 13.2

test process, 13.3

battle map, 14.0

exploration, 14.1

shooting around walls, 14.3

bonuses, 28.1

boon, 15.0

“become” effects, 15.1

discarding, 27.3

multiple copies, 15.3

placement, 15.2

boulder, 16.0

bush, 17.0

effect, 17.1

multiple bushes, 17.2

campaign, 7.1

camp screen

purchasing skills, 36.3

selling skills, 36.3

upgrading items, 56.5

cards

boon, 15.0

damage, 22.3

fear, 22.3

hero cards, 45.0

item, 51.0

skill cards

titles, 105.0

weaknesses, 112.0

chronicle, 18.0

cleave, 59.6

collection manager, 20.0

costs, 1.4

dened, 1.6

one cost per ability, 1.7

counterattack, 21.0

elite enemies, 21.5, 21.6

enemy range, 21.2

exhausted enemy, 21.4

non-attacks, 21.3

stun, 21.6

damage, 22.0

discarding damage, 22.7

facedown

discarding, 22.7

ipping, 22.8

suffering, 22.3

viewing, 22.4

last stand, 54.1

negate, 22.9

process, 22.11

prevent, 22.12

suffer, 22.3

darkness, 23.0

app, 23.3

hero, 23.4

icons, 23.1

shadow phase, 83.2

tokens, 23.2

defeated, 24.0

enemy, 24.4, 24.5

hero, 24.1–24.3

depletion token, 25.0

placing, 25.3

removing, 25.2

difculty, 26.0

discarding, 27.0

dual-wielding, 12.2

elite enemy, 28.0

banner, 28.4

bonus, 28.1

counterattack, 21.5, 21.6

presentation of, 28.3, 28.4

enemy

activation, 30.0

armor, 11.1

applying hits, 11.2

attacks, 12.6

damage and fear, 12.8

text effects, 12.9

defeated, 24.4, 24.5

elite, 28.0

banner, 28.4

bonus, 28.1

counterattack, 21.5, 21.6

presentation of, 28.3, 28.4

menu, 32.5

movement, 30.2–30.6

closest hero, 30.5

multiple paths, 30.4

no target, 30.6

process, 60.7

streams, 92.3

toward target, 30.3

provoke, 71.0

interact action, 49.3

ranged, 32.3

sorcery, 87.0

applying hits, 87.2

regaining, 87.3

smite, 87.4

enemy activation, 30.0

activated, 32.7

closest hero, 30.5

“move” instructions, 30.2

multiple paths, 30.4

no target, 30.6

shadow phase, 83.1

toward target, 30.3

enemy armor

applying hits, 11.2

pierce, 59.6

sunder, 59.6

enemy attacks, 12.6

damage and fear, 12.8

text effects, 12.9

enemy bar, 32.0

provoke button, 32.4

enemy group, 33.0

dened, 33.0, 33.1

enemy menu, 33.2, 33.3

attack pane, 33.4

enemy movement, 60.6

process, 60.7

streams, 92.3

enemy portrait

activated, 32.7

enemy menu, 32.5

exhausted, 32.6

ranged, 32.3

equipping items, 34.0

restrictions, 34.1, 34.2

exhausted, 35.0

experience, 36.0

gaining, 36.2

skill cards, 85.4

spending, 36.6

tracking, 36.1

exploration, 37.0

battle maps, 14.1

process, 37.4

unexplored tile, 37.2

while moving, 37.5

exploration token, 37.1

fate, 38.0

converting, 38.1

mist, 58.2

spending, 38.2

fear, 22.0

darkness, 23.4

discarding fear, 22.7

facedown

discarding, 22.7

ipping, 22.8

suffering, 22.3

viewing, 22.4

last stand, 54.1

negate, 22.9

process, 22.11

prevent, 22.12

shadow phase, 23.4

suffer, 22.3

re pit, 40.0

effect, 40.1

fog, 52.2

game map, 41.0

battle map, 14.0

journey map, 52.0

game round, 79.0

guard X, 43.0

effect, 43.1, 43.2

multiple instances, 43.3

hero, 44.0

actions, 2.1

armor, 11.6

attacks, 12.1

applying hits, 10.4, 10.5

choose item and stat, 12.2

counterattack, 21.0

no hits or modiers, 12.4

perform attack test, 12.4

process, 12.2–12.5

using multiple items, 12.2

damage and fear, 22.0

damage limit, 22.2

defeated, 24.1–24.3

fear limit, 22.2

hero abilities, 45.3

in darkness, 23.4

index

This index refers to paragraph numbers instead of page numbers. The number listed after each entry corresponds to a paragraph number in the

glossary. The relevant information for that entry can be found in the paragraph sharing that number or in a bullet point following that paragraph.

movement, 60.1

exploration, 37.3

pit, 67.2

“placed” effects, 60.5

process, 60.2

provoking enemies, 60.4

streams, 92.2

travel, 108.1

stats, 90.0

turns, 2.1

hero armor, 11.6

hero attacks, 12.1

hero cards, 45.0

damage and fear limits, 45.2

hero abilities, 45.3

inspiration limit, 48.2

stat values, 45.1

hero movement, 60.1

pit, 67.2

“placed” effects, 60.5

process, 60.2

provoking enemies, 60.4

streams, 92.2

travel action, 108.1

hide, 46.0

already hidden, 46.3

effect, 46.1

hits

applying hits, 10.3

enemy armor, 11.2

pierce, 59.6

sunder, 59.6

sorcery, 87.2

smite, 87.4

hourglass button, 2.6

inspiration, 48.0

gaining, 48.1

limit, 48.2

spending, 48.3, 48.4

interact action, 49.0

in space with enemy, 49.3

person tokens, 65.2

process, 49.1

search tokens, 82.2

terrain

barrels, 13.1

statue, 91.1, 91.2

table, 98.1, 98.2

threat tokens, 102.2

inventory, 50.0

item cards, 50.1

skill cards, 36.5

trinkets, 109.4

item cards, 51.0

armor, 11.6

dened, 51.1

lore value, 56.4

ranged, 74.4

stats, 90.3

tier, 51.6

trinkets, 109.0

type, 51.3

upgrading, 56.5–56.8

journey map, 52.0

fog, 52.2

keywords, 53.0

guard X, 43.0

hide, 46.0

multiple instances, 53.2

rest X, 77.0

scout X, 81.0

sprint X, 89.0

strike X, 93.0

last stand, 54.0

multiple at once, 54.3

process, 54.2–54.4

trigger, 54.1

lethal, 59.6

lore, 56.0

gaining, 56.1

tracking, 56.2

losing

hero defeated, 24.3

threat, 101.2

map, 41.0

battle map, 14.0

journey map, 52.0

mist, 58.0

effect, 58.1, 58.2

modiers, 59.0

list, 59.6

multiple instances, 59.5

multiple modiers, 59.2

movement, 60.0

enemy, 60.6

process, 60.7

streams, 92.3

hero, 60.1

exploration, 37.3

“placed” effects, 60.5

process, 60.2

provoking enemies, 60.4

streams, 92.2

travel action, 108.1

nearby, 61.0

negate, 22.9

process, 22.11

objectives, 63.0

completing, 63.3

tracking, 63.1, 63.2

one-player game, 84.0

party, 64.0

person tokens, 65.0

interact action, 49.1

pierce, 59.6

re pit, 40.1

pit, 67.0

effect, 67.1

“placed” effects, 67.3

play area, 68.0

prepare, 69.0

during setup, 69.3

limit, 69.4

placement, 69.1

scout X, 69.2

weakness cards, 112.4

prepared cards

fate, 38.3

prevent, 22.12

provoke, 71.0

barrels, 13.2

button location, 32.4

hero movement, 71.2

interact action, 49.3

process, 71.1

statue, 91.3

table, 98.4

purchasing skill cards, 36.3

rally phase, 73.0

process, 73.1, 73.2

reset, 73.1

scout, 73.2

range, 74.0–74.2

ranged attack, 74.3

streams, 92.4

walls, 111.2

reset, 76.0

rest X, 77.0

effect, 77.1

multiple, 77.2

roles, 78.0

changing roles, 78.4

gaining experience, 78.7

skill cards, 78.2

round, 79.0

action phase, 2.0

rally phase, 73.0

shadow phase, 83.0

saving and continuing, 80.0

scout X, 81.0

process, 81.1

search token, 82.0

interact action, 49.1

selling skill cards, 36.3

setup, page 5

shadow phase, 83.0

darkness, 83.2

enemy activation, 83.1

process, 83.1–83.3

readied enemies, 35.6

threat, 83.3

single-player game, 84.0

skill cards, 85.0

deck composition, 85.1

discarding, 27.2

experience, 85.4

inventory, 36.5

modifying deck, 78.4–78.6

out of cards, 76.1

prepare, 69.0

limit, 69.4

purchasing, 36.6

reset, 76.0

role, 78.2

spending, 36.7

success icons, 95.0

titles, 105.0

weaknesses, 112.0

smite, 59.6

re pit, 40.1

solo game, 84.0

sorcery, 87.0

applying hits, 87.2

regaining, 87.3

smite, 87.4

spend, 88.0

experience, 88.2

fate icons, 88.4

inspiration, 88.1

success icons, 88.3

sprint X, 89.0

between moves, 89.2

effect, 89.1

stats, 90.0

statue, 91.0

effect, 91.2

process, 91.1, 91.2

provoke, 91.3

streams, 92.0

enemy movement, 92.3

hero movement, 92.2

strike X, 93.0

effect, 93.1

stun, 59.6

success, 95.0

sunder, 59.6

supply, 97.0

table, 98.0

already emboldened, 98.3

effect, 98.2

max inspiration, 98.3

process, 98.1, 98.2

terrain

barrels, 13.0

boulder, 16.0

bush, 17.0

re pit, 40.0

mist, 58.0

pit, 67.0

statue, 91.0

stream, 92.0

table, 98.0

wall, 111.0

terrain cards, 99.0

setup, 99.2

tests, 100.0

calculate results, 100.3

convert fate, 100.2

process, 100.1–100.3

reveal cards, 100.1

spending inspiration, 48.3, 48.4

threat, 101.0

increase causes, 101.1

shadow phase, 83.3

threat event, 101.3

thresholds, 101.3

threat event, 101.3

threat token, 102.0

interact action, 49.1

thresholds, 101.3

timing, 1.10

“after” effects, 1.11

“before” effects, 1.12

same timing, 1.15

“then” effects, 1.16

“when” effects, 1.13

“when” vs. “after,” 1.14

title cards, 105.0

gaining, 105.1, 105.2

“removing” effects, 105.4

tokens, 106.0

darkness, 23.2

depletion, 25.0

discarding, 27.3

exploration, 37.1

inspiration, 48.0

person, 65.0

search, 82.0

threat, 102.0

traits, 107.0

travel action, 108.0

trinkets, 109.0

depleting, 109.5

equipping, 109.2, 109.3

gaining, 109.1, 109.2

inventory, 109.4

placing depletion, 109.6

turn

actions, 2.1

unexplored tile, 37.2

upgrading items, 56.5

walls, 111.0

adjacency, 111.1

shooting around walls, 111.2

weaknesses, 112.0

gaining, 112.2

preparing, 112.4

removed, 112.3

winning

objectives, 63.3

QUick RefeRence

RoUnd sTRUcTURe

Each game round consists of the following three phases:

1. Action Phase: Each hero takes a turn by performing two actions.

2. Shadow Phase: Enemies activate, darkness is resolved (if

necessary), and threat increases—threat events are activated if

threat reaches a threshold.

3. Rally Phase: Each hero resets their skill deck and then scouts

two cards.

AcTions

During a hero’s turn, they can perform two actions. A hero can perform

the same action twice or two different actions.



Travel: Move up to two times. A hero can perform their second

action between their first and second movement.



Attack: Attack an enemy in your space. If you have a ranged

weapon, you can attack a nearby enemy.



Interact: Interact with a token in your space.

ReseTTing skill decks

A hero must reset their deck at the following times:



during the rally phase



when there are no cards remaining in their deck



when an effect instructs them to do so

A hero resets their deck by shuffling their discard pile with any

remaining cards from their deck and placing the newly shuffled deck

facedown. Prepared cards are not shuffled into the deck.

fReQUenTly oveRlooked RUles



When instructed to move and attack, if an enemy cannot get in

range of any target, it ignores that entire instruction (including

movement). The “No Target” button is selected and the enemy

receives a new instruction.



A readied enemy is provoked when a hero moves out of its space

or when a hero interacts with a token in its space.



A component is nearby another component if they are in the

same space or adjacent spaces.



A hero can have a maximum of four prepared cards at a time.

ATTAck modifieRs

There are six modifiers that can benefit heroes during an attack:



Pierce: This attack ignores the enemy’s armor.



Smite: This attack ignores the enemy’s sorcery.



Sunder: This attack permanently reduces the enemy’s armor by

one (before hits are applied).



Cleave: Each enemy in the group suffers the full number of hits.



Lethal: If this attack reduces the enemy’s current health by at least

half, the enemy is defeated.



Stun: This attack exhausts the enemy group. If the group is elite,

it also cannot counterattack this attack.

keywoRds



Scout X: When an effect instructs you to “Scout X,” reveal X cards

from the top of your skill deck. You may prepare one of those

cards (place it faceup under your hero card). Then, place each of

the remaining revealed cards on the top or bottom of your skill

deck in any order.



Strike X: During your attack test, you may discard a card that

has the “Strike X” keyword to add X hits to the attack.



Guard X: When you or a hero in your space would suffer damage

or fear, you may discard a card that has the “Guard X” keyword

to prevent any combination of X damage and fear.



Sprint X: During your turn, you can discard a card that has

the “Sprint X” keyword to move X additional spaces. You can

perform actions between each movement.



Rest X: At the end of your turn, you can discard a card that has

the “Rest X” keyword to discard any combination of X of your

facedown damage or fear cards.



Hide: After performing a test, you can discard a card that has the

“Hide” keyword to gain a “Hidden” boon card.

icons

 Success

 Fate (Each inspiration spent during a test converts 1  to 1 )

 Damage

 Fear

 Ranged (Can attack a target in an adjacent space)

 Lore

 Interact Action

heRo sTATs

 Agility

 Might

 Spirit

 Wisdom

 Wit

iTems

 Trinket

 Armor

 One-Handed Item

 Two-Handed Item