Danmaku Rulebook

Prologue
GameContents
GameOverview
GameSetup
DetermineRoles
AssignCharacters
StartingLifeandHand
TurnOrder
StartofTurn
IncidentStep
DrawStep
MainStep
DiscardStep
WinningtheGame
GameConcepts
Life
Attacking
DistanceandRange
Seasons
Flipping
Trashing
Canceling
MainDeckCards
SplitCards
CardSymbols
Actioncards
Reactioncards
Itemcards
Invocationcards
Danmakucards
Dodgecards
Healingcards
Powerupcards
Defensecards
Artifactcards
CharacterCards
Abilities
SpellCards
RoleCards
TheHeroineandtheRival
StageBosses
 Partners
ExtraBosses
TableTalk
Incidentcards
Collecting
CardRulings
MainDeckCards
Bomb
CaptureSpellCard
Shoot
SupernaturalBorder
CharacterCards
Cirno
HijiriByakuren
HongMeiling
IbukiSuika
KamishirasawaKeine
KawashiroNitori
KazamiYuuka
KochiyaSanae
KomeijiSatori
MononobenoFuto
PatchouliKnowledge
ReisenUdongeinInaba
ReiujiUtsuho
RemiliaScarlet
ShameimaruAya
YakumoYukari
GameCredits

Prologue
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Fromunsettlingscarletmiststorestlessspirits,incidentsarehappeningatanalarmingrateall
overGensokyo.Youhavehadquiteenoughofthisandwanttogettothebottomofthings.
However,betweenalloftheyoukaiandhumansinvolved,youhavenoideawho'sresponsible
fortheseincidentsandwho'stryingtoresolvethem.Asusual,theresonlyonesolutiontaketo
theskiesandsortitalloutwithdanmakubattles!

DanmakuisaJapanesewordmeaningcurtainfire,andisusedtodescribevideogames
calledtopdownshooters,orbullethellgames.Inthesegames,playersdodgecomplexand
oftenbeautifulpatternsofbulletsonthescreenwhiletryingtoshootdownenemies.Theword
danmakucanreferbothtothegamesthemselvesaswellasthepatternsofbulletsinthese
games.

TouhouProjectisoneofthebestknownseriesinthegenre,widelyrecognizedforitsfantastic
setting,beautifulmusic,andwidecastoffascinatinggirls.Danmaku!!bringthesebeloved
charactersandgamemechanicsfromTouhoutogethertocreateanexcitingpartystylecard
game.

Game Contents
Danmaku!!
comeswiththefollowing:

16Rolecards
1Heroineand1Rivalcard(Yellowface)
4Partnercards(Greenface)
6StageBosscards(Darkredface)
4ExtraBosscards(Violetface)
80MainDeckcards(Lightblueface)
16Incidentcards(Redface)
24doublesizedCharactercards(Pinkface)
8Quickreferencecards(Grayface)
8SpellCardtokens

Game Overview
Danmaku!!
In ,playerstakeoncharactersfromtheTouhouProjectseriesofgames.Eachplayer
hasarolecard,eachwithitsowngoal.Inthebeginning,onlytheHeroineisrevealed.Basedon
whoattackswhom,playersmustfigureoutwhoisontheirteamandworktogethertoachievea
commongoal,orriskbeingtakendownoneatatime.

Game Setup
Beforeplaying,separatecardsintopilesbasedonthecardtype.ShuffletheIncidentcardsand
setthemaside.ShuffletheMainDeckcardsandsetthemaside.ThenshuffletheCharacter
cardsandsetthemaside.

Inadditiontothesecards,eachplayerneedssomethingtokeeptrackoftheircurrentlife.This
canbeanythingdice,slipsofpaper,coins,etc.

Determine Roles
SeparatetheRolecardsbytheircolororseason.Removesomeofthesecards,basedonhow
manyplayersareplayinginthecurrentgame.Thenumberinthetoprightofthecardindicates
whethertherolecardshouldbeincludedinthecurrentgame.Forinstance, OneTruePartner
hasa7,soitshouldonlybeincludedif7ormoreplayersareplaying.Settheseunusedcards
aside.Pulloutthe
EXBossRevealedand
TruePhantomBoss cardsandsetthemaside
wheretheycanbefound.Donotmixtheminwiththeremainingrolecards.

Fortheremainingcards,shuffleeachofthesepilesindividually.Then,withoutlookingatthem,
takeanumberofcardsfromthesepilesaccordingtothefollowingchart:

4players:1Heroine,2StageBosses,1ExtraBoss
5players:1Heroine,1Partner,2StageBosses,1ExtraBoss
6players:1Heroine,1Partner,3StageBosses,1ExtraBoss
7players:1Heroine,2Partners,3StageBosses,1ExtraBoss
8players:1Heroine,2Partners,3StageBosses,1ExtraBoss,1Rival

Afterpullingoutthenecessaryrolecards,shuffleandrandomlydistributeonetoeachplayer.
Lookatyourownrolecard,butdonotrevealittoanyoneelse.Then,withoutlookingatthem,
settheremainingrolecardsaside.Theyarenotused.

Your First Game

Foryourfirstgame,werecommendplayingwith7orfewerplayersandremovingtheadvanced
Rolecards.TheadvancedRolecardshavetwotitlesonthecard.

Assign Characters
ShuffletheCharactercardstogether.Then,dealeachplayertwoCharactercards,facedown.
OfthetwoavailableCharactercards,eachplayerchoosesonetokeepandonetodiscard.
PlayersmaylookattheirownRolecardbeforechoosingwhichcharactertouse,butdonot
revealeithertheRolecardorCharactercard.

OnceeachplayerhaschosenaCharactercard,allplayerssimultaneouslyrevealtheirchosen
Charactercard.SetasidealloftheunselectedandremainingCharactercards.Theseareno
longerused.

Set Up Decks
ShuffletheMainDeckcardstogetherandplacetheminapilewhereeveryonecanreach.Set
asideanareanexttotheMainDecktoserveasthediscardpile.ShuffletheIncidentcards
togetherandplacetheminapilenexttotheMainDeckcards.

Designated Dealer
Somegroupsmayfinditeasierforasingleplayertoactasthedealer,distributingcardsfor
playerswhentheyneedtodrawandcollectingcardsthatgotothediscardpile.Thisplayerflips
cardsasnecessary,drawsnewIncidentcards,collectsanycardsforthatIncident,and
announcestoplayerswhentheIncidentisresolved.Thisispurelyamatterofconvenienceand
hasnoeffectongameplay.Ifaplayerisdefeatedearly,thatplayermayfinditconvenientto
taketheroleofthedealer.
Starting Life and Hand
AftereachplayerhasaCharactercard,theplayerwiththeHeroinerolerevealstheirrole.This
istheonlyrolecardtoberevealedatthestartofthegame.

Eachplayerthensetstheirstartinglife.Allplayersstartatfourlife,excepttheHeroine,who
startsatfive.Then,startingwiththeHeroine,eachplayerdrawscardsfromtheMainDeck
equaltotheirmaxhandsize.Allplayershaveastartinghandsizeandmaxhandsizeof4
cards,excepttheHeroine,whogetsamaxhandsizeof5.TheHeroinethentakesthefirstturn.

Turn Order
Turnshavethefollowingsteps:

1. StartofTurn
2. IncidentStep
3. DrawStep
4. MainStep
5. DiscardStep

Start of Turn
Atthestartofaplayer'sturn,anyeffectsforthatplayerthatlastuntilyournextturnend.Limits
onhowmanyDanmakucardsandSpellCardsaplayercanplayalsoresetatthestartoftheir
turn.

Incident Step
Atthebeginningoftheincidentstep,checkthecurrentIncident.Ifthereisnoincidentinplay,
thecurrentplayerputsthetopcardoftheIncidentdeckintoplay.Thisincidenttakeseffect
immediatelyandlastsuntilresolved.

IfanIncidentcardisalreadyinplay,performanyactionsthattakeplaceduringtheIncident
step.EvenifthecurrentIncidentresolvesduringthisIncidentstep,donotdrawanewIncident
untilthenextplayersIncidentstep.SeeIncidentCardsformoreinformationonIncidentcards.

Draw Step
Theplayerdrawsfortheturn.Bydefault,playersdrawtwocardsperturn.

Main Step
Themainstepiswhenmostcardsareplayed.Duringthemainstep,playerscanplay
Actioncardsorputout
Itemcards.Cardtypescanbeidentifiedbythesymbolsattachedto
thesideoftherulestextbox.SeeCardSymbolsformoreinformationoncardtypes.

Thereisnolimittothenumberofcardsaplayercanplayontheirturn,withtwoexceptions:
Playerscanonlyplayone
Danmaku cardperround.Danmakucardsinclude
Shoot
and
SealAway .SomecardsincreasethenumberofDanmakucardsaplayermayplayeachround,
suchas
PowerandStopwatch.

Playerscanonlyactivateone
SpellCardperround.ThisincludesactivatingyourownSpell
Card,suchaswitha
Bomb or
SpiritualAttack ,oranotherplayersSpellCardwith
Capture
SpellCard.TherearenoeffectsthatincreasethenumberofSpellCardsaplayercanactivate
inoneround.

ThelimitsonDanmakuandSpellCardsareindependent.YoucanactivateaSpellCardina
turnyouplayaDanmakucardandviceversa.Youcanalsousea Bomb ssecondaryeffectto
cancelaDanmakuorSpellCard,evenafteractivatingyourSpellCard.Theselimitslastuntilthe
startofyournextturn.

Discard Step
Duringeachplayersdiscardstep,
allplayers
discarddowntotheirmaxhandsize.Thisisthe
onlytimeplayersmustdiscardduetomaxhandsize.Ifaplayerdrawsabovetheirmaxhand
size,theydonotneedtodiscarddowntotheirmaxhandsizeuntilthenextdiscardstep.

Afterthediscardstep,playmovestothenextactiveplayerontheleft(goingclockwise).That
playertakesthenextturn.

Winning the Game

Life
Playersstartwith4life,exceptfortheHeroine,whostartswith5.Therearethreemainways
playersloselife.Playersloselifewhentheyare attacked byotherplayers(seeAttacking
below).Additionally,somecardsandabilitiescauseaplayertoloselifedirectly.Finally,some
cardsandabilitiesallowaplayertopaylifetoactivateaneffect.Youcanpaylifeevenifitis
yourlastlife,butyoucannotpaylifeifyouareat0life.Aplayerslifecannotgobelow0.

Whenaplayerloseslifeforanyreason,theydrawonecardforeachlifelost.

Attacking
Manycardsandabilitiessuchas Shoot allowyoutoattackanotherplayer.Whenaplayer
attacks,thedefendingplayermayplaycardssuchas Graze toavoidtheattack.Iftheplayer
avoidstheattack,theylosenolifeotherwisetheyloselifeequaltothedamageoftheattack.
Attacksdeal1damageunlessotherwisespecified.Playerscannotattackthemselvesforany
reason.

Cardsthatcauseaplayertoloselifedirectlydonotcountasattacksandthedamagecannotbe
avoided.Thusthedamagecannotbepreventedbyplayinga Grazecard.
Distance and Range
Severalcards,like
Shoot,onlyaffectaplayerthatsinrange.Aplayerisconsideredinrange
ofyouifyour
Range
isequaltoorgreaterthantheshortest Distance fromyoutothatplayer.

EachplayerstartswithaRangeof1.CertaincardscanaddorsubtractfromRange.For
instance,aplayerwitha
Power cardhas+1Range,givingthematotalRangeof2.These
effectsstack,soaplayerwithtwoPowercardshasarangeof3.Someeffectscanreduce
Range,butRangecanneverbelessthan1.

Distanceismeasuredfromoneplayertoanothertargetplayer.Distancedependsontheorder
players|aresitting.Thedistancetoanotherplayeristhefewestnumberofhopstoreachthe
targetplayer,plusanyDistancemodifiersthetargetplayerhas.Theplayerssittingimmediately
toyourleftorrightstartatadistanceof1.Onlyactiveplayersarecounted,soasplayersare
defeated,thedistancebetweentheremainingplayersgetssmaller.

DistancemodifierscancomefromcardslikeFocus.OnlycounttheDistancemodifiersofthe
playeryouarecountingto,andnotmodifiersonyourselforanyotherplayers.Someeffectscan
reducetwoplayersdistance,butthiscannevergobelow1.

ThefigureontheoppositepageshowsanexampleofcalculatingdistancefromReimutoother
playersatthetable.ThenumbernexttoeachplayeristheRangerequiredtoattackthatplayer.


Defeat
AplayerisdefeatedwhentheircurrentLifereaches0.Playersarenotimmediatelydefeated
whentheyareat0life.PlayersareonlydefeatedaftertheoriginalActioncardisresolvedand
allplayershavebeengiventheopportunitytoplayReactioncards.Inthisway,itispossiblefor
morethanoneplayertobereducedto0atthesametimeduetoReactioncards.Allsuch
playersaredefeatedatthesametime.

SomeReactioncardssuchas 1Upcansaveaplayerfromdefeatandreturntheirlifetoabove
0.Aplayerwholoseslifeandissavedinthiswaystilldrawsacardforlosinglife.Ifaplayeris
notsavedandar,theybecomedefeatedandcannolongerbesavedorgainlife.
Onceaplayerisdefeated,thatplayerdiscardsallcardsinhandandItemsinplay.Theythen
revealtheirRolecard.Ifthatplayersdefeatsatisfiesanotherplayersgoal,thatplayermay
immediatelyrevealtheirroleanddeclarethattheyhavewonthegame.Otherwise,thegame
continueswiththecurrentplayersturn,orthenextplayersturnifthecurrentplayerwas
defeated.

Defeatedplayersarenotconsideredactiveplayersandarenotcountedwhencounting
thedistancefromoneplayertoanother.

Declaring Victory
EachplayerhasaRolecard.Theparticularvictoryconditionsforeachplayerarewrittenastheir
Goal onthatplayersRolecard.Thisinvolvesdefeatingacertainnumberofotherplayerswith
particularroles.Youdonotneedtobetheonetodealthelastdamagetoaplayerforyourgoal
tobecompleted.Allthatmattersisthatthespecifiedplayerorplayersaredefeated.

Onceaplayers Goal
hasbeencompleted,iftheyarestillalive,theyrevealtheirrolecardand
declarevictory.Thegameisnowover,andanyplayerswhohavecompletedtheirgoalhave
wonthegame.Defeatedplayerscannotdeclarevictory,eveniftheirgoaliscompleted,butthey
canstillwinthegameiftheirgoaliscompletedbyateammate.Inthisway,.

Itispossibleformorethanoneplayertowinthegameatthesametime.Thisismostobvious
whenthosecharactershavethesamerole,butnotallroleshaveconflictinggoals.Forinstance,
PartnersandtheHeroinehavethesamegoal.Ifonewins,theothersdoaswell.Likewise,itis
possiblefornobodytowinthegame.Ifallplayersaredefeatedatthesametime,thenthegame
endsinadraw.

Main Deck Cards

TheMainDeckisthemainplaydeckusedinDanmaku!!.TheMainDeckcontainsthecardsthat
makeupaplayershandandthatareplayedtoperformactionsinthegame.

MainDeckcardshavethefollowingelements:

CardName
Season
Illustration
RuleText
CardTypes
Expansion

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Split Cards
SplitcardslooklikenormalMainDeckcards,excepttheruletextissplitintotwopanes.When
youplayasplitcard,youchoosewhichsidetouse.Eachhalfofasplitcardshasitsowntiming
andcardtypes.Whenasplitcardisplayed,ignoretheotherhalfofthecardcompletely.

Shuffling the Main Deck

WhenaplayerneedstodrawcardsandtherearenotenoughcardsleftintheMainDeck,draw
asmanycardsaspossible,thenmakeanewMainDeckbythoroughlyshufflingthediscardpile
andplacingitfacedowninapile.ContinuedrawinganyremainingcardsfromthenewMain
Deck.

ThereisnolimittothenumberoftimestheMainDeckcanbeshuffledinasinglegame.Donot
shufflethediscardpileintotheMainDeckuntiltheMainDeckiscompletelyempty.

Card Types and Subtypes

Everymaindeckcardhasatleastoneofthefollowingsymbols.Thisindicatesthecards
types
,
whichdeterminewhenthecardmaybeplayed,andanylimitationsonplayingthatcard.

Action cards
Actioncardsmakeupthebulkofthemaindeck.Theymustbeplayedonyourturn,whenno
othercardiswaitingtoberesolved.

Reaction cards
ReactioncardsandSpellCardsspecifiedasReactionscanbeplayedduringanyplayersturn,
butonlywhencertainconditionsaremet.TheconditionsforaReactioncardorSpellCardare
listedatthetopoftheruletextintheformat,Playthiscardwhen___,orActivatethisability
when___.

Playersmayplayanynumberofreactioncardsinresponsetoasingleaction.Anynumberof
playersmayrespondtoasingleevent.SomeReactioncardsandSpellCardsmaycreate
additionaleffectsthatthencanberespondedto.Ifthereisdisagreementabouttheorderof
events,resolvetheseeventsinclockwisefashion.

Item cards
Itemcardsprovideacontinuousbenefit.WhenyouplayanItemcardyouplaceitonthe
tablefaceup,anditremainsuntilaneffectcausesittobediscarded.ThatItemcardisnowin
play,andthepersonwhoplayeditcontrolsit.SomecardsandabilitieslikeBorrow allowyouto
takecontrolofanotherplayersItemcard.WhoevercontrolsanItemcardgetstheeffectsofthat
Itemcard.IfaplayerdiscardsanItemcardfromplay,theylosetheeffectsofthatItemcard
immediately.YoucanonlyputItemcardsinplayonyourturn,whennoothercardiswaitingto
beresolved.
Invocation cards
InvocationcardsallowaplayertoinvokeacharactersSpellCardability.SomecharactersSpell
Cardsareactions,whileothersarereactions.YoumayonlyusethoseSpellCardsatthe
appropriatetime.

PlayersmayonlyactivateoneSpellCardperround.OnceyouactivateaSpellCard,youmay
notactivateanotheroneuntilthestartofyournextturn.ThisistrueeveniftheSpellCardwas
canceled.However,youmaystillusetheBombCancelhalfofaBombcardtocancela
DanmakuorSpellCard.

Danmaku cards
Danmakucardsallowaplayertoattackanotherplayer.Thesearedenotedbythe Danmaku
symbol.

Bydefault,playerscanonlyplayone Danmakucardperround.Somecards,suchasPower,
increasethelimitfor Danmakucardsaplayercanplayeachround.Onceinplay,the
increasetakeseffectimmediately.Ifthecardislost,thelimitisreducedimmediately.Any
Danmakucardplayedcountsagainstthelimit,evenifthatDanmakucardwasavoidedor
canceled.

YoucannotplayaDanmakucardifthenumberofDanmakucardsplayedthisroundisequalto
orgreaterthanyourcurrentDanmakucardlimit.

SomeDanmakucardssuchas Melee ignoretheDanmakucardlimit.Thesecanbeplayedeven

ifyouareatyourDanmakulimit,andtheyarenotcountedwhendetermininghowmany
Danmakucardshavebeenplayedsofarthisround.

Dodge cards
Dodgecards,suchas
Graze,allowaplayeravoidanattack.AlldodgecardsarealsoReaction
cards.ThesearedenotedbytheDodgesymbol.

Healing cards
Healingcards,suchas
1Up
,allowaplayertoregainlifeorsaveaplayerfromdefeat.Theseare
denotedbytheHealingsymbol.

Invocation cards
Invocationcards,suchas
SpiritualAttack
,allowaplayertoactivateaSpellCard(SeeSpell
Cardsbelow).ThesearedenotedbytheInvocationsymbol.

Powerup cards
Powerupcards,suchas
Power
,areakindofItemcard.ThesearedenotedbythePowerup
symbol.
Whenaplayerishitbyan attack
,theymustchoose oneofallofthePowerupcardsthey
currentlycontrolanddiscardthatcard.Iftheplayeravoidstheattack,theydonotneedto
discardaPowerupcard.AdditionallyplayersdonotdiscardPowerupcardswhenacardcauses
themtoloselifedirectlyorwhentheypaylifetoactivateaneffect.Thereisnolimittothe
numberofPowerupcardsaplayercanhaveinplay.

Defense cards
Defensecards,such
SupernaturalBorder
,areakindofItemcard.Thesearedenotedbythe
Defensesymbol.

PlayersmayonlyhaveoneDefensecardinplayatatime.IfaplayereverhastwoDefense
cardsinplay,theymustimmediatelychooseanddiscardone.

Artifact cards
Artifactcards,suchas
MiniHakkero
,areamongthemostpowerfulItemcards.Theseare
denotedbytheArtifactsymbol.

PlayersmayonlyhaveoneArtifactcardinplayatatime.IfaplayereverhastwoArtifactcards
inplay,theymustimmediatelychooseanddiscardone.

Character Cards
AtthebeginningofthegameeachplayerchoosesaCharactertoplayas.Everycharacterhas
auniqueAbilityaswellasaSpellCardtheycanactivateduringthegame.

Abilities
Abilitiesarepassivebenefitsthatyougetforplayingagivencharacter.Abilitiesarealwaysin
effectandallowyoutodothingsotherscantorotherwisebreaktherules.Remembertouse
yourcharactersabilityforthebestchanceatvictory!

Spell Cards
SpellCardsareuniqueonetimeeffectsthatagivencharacterhasaccessto.Inordertouse
yourSpellCard,youmustactivateitbyplayinganInvocationcardsuchasSpiritualAttackor
Bomb,orusingtheeffectofMiniHakkero.

SomeSpellCardsareActions,whileothersareReactions.IfaSpellCardisanAction,itcan
onlybeactivatedduringaplayersmainstep,whennoothercardisbeingresolved.Reaction
SpellCardsstatewhentheycanbeusedatthetopoftheSpellCardeffectbox.

WhenaSpellCardisactivated,alloftheeffectslistedareperformedinorder.Thisusually
includesauniqueeffect,suchasdrawingcards,followedbyanattack.Attackslikethisarepart
oftheSpellCard'seffectsanddonotrequireplayingadditionalcardstouse.

Role Cards
Therearefourbasicroles:Heroine,Partner,StageBoss,andExtraBoss.


Inadditiontothefourbasicroles,therearesevenadvancedroles,whichmightreplacethe
basicrolesatthebeginningofthegame.Eachofthespecialroleshasaslightlydifferentgoal,
thoughtheystillcountasthefourbasictypes:Heroine,Partner,StageBoss,orExtraBoss.
Withtheadvancedroles,youcanneverbequitesurewhosreallyonyourteam.

The Heroine and the Rival

TheHeroineistheonlyRolerevealedatthestartofthegame.Thegamestartsonthe
Heroinesturn.TheHeroinewinsifalloftheStageBossesandExtraBosseshavebeen
defeated.


Rival
InadditiontotheHeroine,inan8playergame,oneplayerisdealttheRivalcard.TheRivalis
likeasecondHeroine.TheRivalreallywantstobecometheHeroine,andtheonlywaytodo
thatistotakedownthecurrentHeroineandtakeherplace!

WhenplayingwiththeRival,thegamedoesnotendwhentheHeroineisdefeated.Instead,if
theHeroineisdefeated,theRivalrevealstheirrolecard,takestheHeroinerolecard,andgains
1life.ThatplayerthenbecomestheHeroine,andthegamecontinuesasnormal.Anyplayers
thatmustdefeattheHeroineaspartoftheirgoalmustdefeatthenewHeroinebeforetheycan
winthegame.

Stage Bosses
StageBosseswanttodefeattheHeroine.

InadditiontothebasicStageBoss,therearethreespecialStageBossroles,eachwiththeir
ownparticularwincondition:


TheChallengerisaStageBossthatwantstodefeattheExtraBossbeforedefeatingthe
Heroine.

TheFinalBossisaStageBossthatwantstodefeatthePartnersbeforedefeatingthe
Heroine.

TheAntiHeroineisaStageBossthatwantstodefeatatleastonefellowStageBoss
beforedefeatingtheHeroine.

Partners
LiketheStageBosses,thereisarespecialPartnerroleswithdifferentwinconditions:


TheOneTruePartnercantstandanyotherpartnersandwantstodefeatthembefore
defeatingtheStageBossesandExtraBosses.

TheEXMidbossisntreallytheHeroinespartneratall!ShewantstodefeattheStage
Bosses,thendefeattheHeroine,helpingtheExtraBosswin!

Extra Bosses
ExtraBosseshaveitrough,astheywanttodefeatalltheStageBossesontopofdefeatingthe
Heroine.Fortunately,ExtraBosseshavetheuniqueabilitytorevealthemselvesduringthe
gameinordertogainspecialadvantage.TherearetwokindsofExtraBosses:


TheEXBosscandrawanextracardeachturnwhilerevealed.

ThePhantomBosshastheabilitytomanipulatetheIncidentdeckwhilerevealed.

TherearetwocardsforeachExtraBoss:TheEXBossandtheEXBossRevealedthenthe
PhantomBossandtheTruePhantomBoss.BesureyouonlyincludetheEXBossand
PhantomBosscardswhenassigningroles.TheothercardsareusedwhentheExtraBossuses
theirrevealpower.

TheExtraBosscanrevealthemselvesatanytime,aslongasatleastoneotherplayerhas
beendefeated.Thisisaspecialactionthatplayerscannotrespondto.AnExtraBossmayeven
usethisabilityonanotherplayersturnorwhentheyareabouttobedefeated.AnExtraBoss
maynotusethisabilityiftheyarethefirstplayertobedefeated.

Table Talk
Whilethereisnothingtophysicallystopaplayerfromannouncingtheirrole,its
consideredbadmannersandgoesagainstthespiritofthegame.Keepingyourrole
secretwhilestillsuggestingtootherswhichteamyoureonisanimportantandfunpart
ofthegame.Forinstance,aStageBossmightactsurprisedwhentheHeroineattacks
them.APartnermaycomplainthattheydidntdoanythingtoaBosswhensheis
attacked.AnEXBossmighthelptheHeroinethroughoutthegame,hopingtheycan
convincehertotakedownherPartner.Actingsneakyisencouragedinthegame.
Outrighttellingsomeoneyourrole,evenifitsalie,spoilsthisforeveryone.
Incident cards
Incidentcardsaredrawnthroughoutthegameandprovideaconstantchangetothegames
rulesuntiltheyareresolved.DuringaplayersIncidentstep,beforetheydraw,ifthereisno
incidentcurrentlyinplay,putthetopcardoftheIncidentdeckintoplay.

Incidentstakeeffectimmediatelyandlastuntiltheyareresolved.Eachincidentisresolvedafter
aparticularconditionismet.ThisisspecifiedbytheResolution:textonthecard.Once
resolved,theIncidentisplacedintheIncidentdiscardpilenexttotheIncidentdeck.Donotput
anewIncidentintoplayyetthishappensduringthenextplayersIncidentstep.

Collecting
Manyincidentsresolveafter collectingacertainnumberofparticularcards.Thekindofcard
thatanincidentcollectsisspecifiedontheincidentcardforinstance,Collect6Springcards.
Anytimeacardtheincidentcollectsisplacedinthediscardpileforanyreason,insteadputitin
thecollectionpilenexttotheIncidentDeck.Thatcardisnowcollected.Iftheincidenthas
alreadycollectedenoughofagivencard,itwillnotcollectmoreofthatcard.

Whenthespecifiednumberofcardsofthecorrecttypehasbeencollected,theincidentis
resolved.Onceanincidentresolves,shufflethecardsitcollectedtogetherandplacetheminthe
discardpile.

Seasons
Manyincidentscollectcardsofaparticularseason.Theseasonforacardcanbeidentifiedby
thesymbolinthetopleftcircle.Therearefourseasons:

Game Terminology
Flipping
Somecardstellyoutoflipthetopcardofthedeck.Thismeanstorevealthetopcardofthe
MainDeck,thenputitinthediscardpile.Thesecardsusuallyhaveaneffectbasedonthe
Seasonoftherevealedcard.

Discarding
Somecardsorabilitiesmayforceyouto discardcards.Thismayincludecardsfromyourhand
orItemcardsinplay.Ifthismustbedoneatrandom,shufflethecardstogetherandhave
anotherplayerrandomlyselectacardtodiscard.Placetheselectedcardsintothediscardpile.
Playersmustdiscarddowntotheirmaxhandsizeattheendofeachplayersturn.Whena
playerdiscardsduetomaxhandsize,theymaychoosewhichcardstokeepandwhichto
discard.

Canceling
Somecardssuchas Bomb allowyoutocancelanothercardbeingplayedorSpellCardbeing
activated.Whenacardiscanceled,itdoesnotperformanyofthatcardseffectsandistreated
asifitwereneverplayedinthefirstplace.Forinstance,a
SealAwaythatiscanceleddoesnot
forceaplayertotrashanItemcard,anddoesnotperformanattack.IfplayersplayedReaction
cardssuchas Graze inresponsetoacardthatisthencanceled,theytakethosecardsback.

CanceledcardsstillcountagainstthatplayersDanmakuorSpellCardlimitperround.

Skipping Turns
Cirnosspellcard,PerfectFreeze,andHongMeilingsabilitycauseplayerstoskipturns.Ifa
playerskipstheirturn,theyskipallphasesoftheirturnexceptfortheStartofTurnphase.This
meansthateffectsthatlastuntilthestartoftheirnextturnstillend.However,thatplayerwillnot
triggerorcheckIncidentsontheirIncidentstep,willnotdrawcardsontheirDrawstep,anddo
notdiscardontheirDiscardstep.

Playerscannotskiptwoturnsinarow.Ifaplayerwouldskipasecondturninarow,they
insteadtakethatturnasnormal.Thisturnskipisnotpostponedtothefollowingturn,andis
ignoredcompletely.

Playing on Others Behalf

CardssuchasGrazeandYagokoroEirinsabilityallowyoutoplaycertaincardsonothers
behalf.Thismeansthatyoumayplaythecardasifyouwerethatperson.Forinstance,ifthat
playerisattacked,youmayplayacardthatcanonlybeplayedwhenyouareattacked.The
cardseffectshappenasifthatplayerhadplayedit.AnItemcardplayedonanotherplayers
behalfiscontrolledbythatplayer.

FAQ/Card Rulings
Main Deck Cards
Bomb
YoucannotuseaBombtocancelaBombthatisbeingusedforitssecondeffecttocancela
DanmakucardorSpellCard.You canuseaBombtocancelaSpellCardthathasacancelas
partoftheSpellCardseffects,suchasKamishirasawaKeinesSpellCard,Phantasmal
Emperor.Inthiscase,thecancelfromPhantasmalEmperordoesnotoccurandthefirstcard
takeseffectasnormal.
Capture Spell Card
ChooseanotherplayerandactivatetheirSpellCardasifitwereyourown.Iftheirspellcardis
anAction,itmustbeduringyourturnifitisaReaction,youmustmeettheconditionslistedon
theSpellCard.YoucanusetheSpellCardofdefeatedplayers.

Shoot
DiscardingadditionalDanmakucardswithShootonlyincreasesyourrangeforthatattack.
CardsdiscardedthiswaydonotcountagainstyourDanmakulimit.Thesecardsremain
discardedevenifsomeonecancelsoravoidstheShoot.

Supernatural Border
YoumayonlyactivateaSupernaturalBorderonceperattack.YoumaystillplayGrazeorBomb
toavoidorcanceltheattackafteractivatingSupernaturalBorder.

Character Cards
Cirno
CirnosabilitycountsthedistancefromCirnototheplayer.IfaplayersdistancefromCirno
becomes2fromaFocuscard,Cirnowillbeabletoattackthem.

YoucanusePerfectFreezeagainstatargeteveniftheyhavealreadyskippedaturn.They
willnotskiptwoturnsinarow,butitwillstillallowyoutoattackthem.

Hong Meiling
IfMeilingskippedherlastturnforanyreason,shemaynotchoosetoskipherturn.IfMeiling
mustskiphercurrentturn,shemaychoosetoactivateherability.WhenMeilingskipsherturn,
sheskipsallsteps,includingherdrawstepanddiscardstep.

Ibuki Suika
GatheringandDissipatingignoreseffectsthataddorsubtractdistancelikeFocus.Ifanother
effectlatersetsplayersdistance(suchasaplayercopyingSuikasSpellCard),itoverwrites
thiseffect.

Kamishirasawa Keine
Keinemayputanycardontopofthedeck,notjustonethatshedrew.

PhantasmalEmperormaycancelanyactioncard.ShecancancelaSpellCardaslongasthe
SpellCardbeingusedhastheActionsymbol.

Kawashiro Nitori
AplayersItemshavenoeffectwhileaffectedbyKappasFlashFlood.Ifanotherplayergains
oneoftheseItems,itimmediatelyregainsitseffects.IfaplayeraffectedbyKappasFlash
FloodgainscontrolofanewItem,itwillhavenoeffectuntilNitorisnextturn.
Kazami Yuuka
Yuukasabilityonlycountscardsthatdirectlyattackanotherplayerorcauselifeloss.

Kochiya Sanae
PlayersmaynotrefusetotakeacardgivenbySanae.

AplayeraffectedbyMiracleFruitmustrevealtheirhandtoeveryone.

Komeiji Satori
Satorimaychoosetolookatanotherplayershandatanytimeduringherturn,includingwhile
othercardsarewaitingtoberesolved.Thisisaspecialactionthatcannotberespondedto.

TerrifyingHypnotismcanbeactivatedanytimethechosenSpellCardcouldbeactivated.

Mononobe no Futo
OomonoimisDinnermaybeusedonaplayerwithnocardsinhand.

Patchouli Knowledge
Patchoulistartsthegamewith8cardsinhandifsheistheHeroine.

Reisen Udongein Inaba

TheattackgeneratedbyReisenspassivemustbeinrange,eveniftheoriginalcardcouldbeat
anyrange.

IfReisensattackisavoidedbyYukari,bothwillgenerateanextraattack.Reisensattackwillbe
resolvedfirst,followedbyYukarisattack.

IfacardcopiedbyLunaticRedEyesrequirestargetstobeinrange,yournewtargetsmustbe
inrangeforyou.

Reiuji Utsuho
UtsuhomayactivateNuclearExcursionevenifsheisat1life.Utsuhowillstillloselifeevenif
shedefeatshertarget.ThislossoflifemaycauseUtsuhotobedefeated.IfUtsuhoandthelast
playeralivearedefeatedatthesametime,thegameendsinadraw.

Remilia Scarlet
IfRemiliawouldavoidanattack,buttheattackiscanceled,Remiliadoesnotgettotakeacard.

Shameimaru Aya
DiscardingDanmakucardsforAyasabilitydoesnotcountagainstheroneDamakucardper
round.

Yakumo Yukari
Yukarimustpickatargetinrangeofherselfwhensheusesherability,whetherornotthe
originalattackrequiredthetargetbeinrange.
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