Objectives
Heroes: Complete the Quest objective
Overlord: Remove all heroes’ conquest tokens
Setup
1. Choose Overlord – player to left of Overlord is
First Hero
Heroes:
2A Choose (or deal) Hero Sheets (choose 2 for
2-player game)
3A Take wound tokens, fatigue tokens, 300
coins, order tokens, and a hero turn token (all
next to Hero Sheet)
4A Draw skill cards according to Hero Sheet. Each
player may discard one skill for another draw from
the same deck
5A Purchase equipment from town shop deck
6A Take conquest tokens according to quest
(shared by group)
7A Starting with first hero, place figures on or
next to an activated glyph on the map
Overlord:
2B Choose quest
3B Randomize chests and place number-side
down next to the board, & lay out monster cards
4B Assemble map board. Set compass rose and
town marker near the board
5B Place starting pieces. Randomly draw chest
markers of appropriate type and place face number-
side down as required
6B Take three Overlord cards (start with 0
threat tokens)
How to Play
Rounds
A. Heroes take turns (they collectively decide order
each round)
B. Overlord takes turn
A. Hero Turn
1. Refresh Cards – Rotate back exhausted cards
2. Equip Items – Equip the following, any excess
must be dropped or added to pack (holds three
items)
 Items whose hand icons total two or less
 1 Armour
 3 Potions
 2 Other
3. Take one Action
B. Overlord Turn
1a. Collect one threat token for each hero.
Collect additional threat tokens by discarding
Overlord cards (always and at any time)
1b. Draw two Overlord cards (discard down to
eight). If last card drawn, then heroes lose three
conquest tokens
2. Play at most ONE spawn Overlord card
3. Activate each monster. Move ONCE and
make ONE attack
 End of Overlord Turn and End of round
Actions (must be declared)
 Run – Move up to TWICE your speed (move +
move)
 Battle – Make TWO attacks (attack + attack)
 Advance – Move ONCE and make ONE attack
(move + attack)
 Ready – Move ONCE OR attack ONCE AND place
ONE order token (move OR attack + order)
 Aim – Use before attacking. Re-roll any
number of dice. Remove when wounded,
moved, re-equipped, or used
 Dodge – Attacker must re-roll any number
of dice you choose. Remove at start of next
turn (multiple dodges allowed)
 Guard – Interrupt attack during Overlord’s
turn. Remove when wounded, at start of next
turn, or when used
 Rest – Return fatigue to maximum at start
of next turn. Remove when wounded, or next
turn (when used)
Overlord Cards – Pay threat cost to play
 Event – Play one per triggering condition at any
time
 Trap – Play one per triggering condition at any time
 Spawn – play one during step three of Overlord
turn
 Place figure on spaces that do not contain
figures or obstacles, are not in an unrevealed
area, and are not in LOS of a hero (other figures
do not block LOS for this)
 Spaces may contain treasure or encounter
tokens
 Monster is NOT placed if no valid location or
none left in supply (monsters may be moved from
board to supply)
 Power – Play ONE face up on Overlord’s turn before
activating monsters
Movement
 You may move diagonally and pass through
friendly creatures (cannot stop or attack on
occupied space)
 Attack is allowed before, during, or after
movement
 Heroes may spend fatigue to get additional
movement point(s)
 May perform movement actions:
 0 Pick up item/token or Drop item/token
 1 Move through glyph/staircase, pass item,
drink potion
 2 Open or close door/chest/rune door (if
unlocked), re-equip item, climb pit
 3 Jump over pit or shop in the town
Heroes only
Attacking
1. Declare target space and equipped weapon
to be used
2. Confirm LOS – Blocked by wall, closed door,
figure, obstacle
3. Count range and roll dice according to hero’s
weapon (add off-hand bonus -- unarmed melee
attack grants 1 red die) or monster’s reference card
(heroes add power dice per attack type trait)
4. Determine Success
4.1. “X” result is automatic failure
4.2. Compare range result. Attack succeeds if
total is equal to or greater than range
5. Spend Power Enhancement, Surges, and Fatigue
  Enhancement – For each rolled on power dice,
may add ONE to either range OR damage
 Power Surge Heroes may use to trigger effects
(may be used more than once) / Overlord gets one
threat token for every TWO surges rolled
 Fatigue – spend to roll additional power dice
(five max)
6. Inflict Wounds [Damage Rolled - max((Armour -
Pierce), 0) = Damage Dealt]
6.1. Total damage rolled and bonus damage
added
6.2. Subtract armour rating (heroes = armour +
base rating)
6.3. Heroes remove one wound token for each
wound. Overlord places one token next to monster
for each wound
6.4. Hero killed if last wound token
 Move to town and end turn (familiars
remain in dungeon)
 Hero loses conquest tokens and half
their money
 Fatigue and wound tokens returned to
max
 Lingering effects are removed
Conquest Tokens
Activating a glyph +3
Opening chest +? (varies)
Hero Killed -2 to -4 (varies)
Overlord draws last card -3
Encounters varies
Killing named monsters +? (varies)
Effects
 Burn – At start of turn roll one power dice for each
token. Remove token for each surge rolled. Suffer
wound for remaining tokens
 Poison – Replace any number of wounds with
poison tokens. Poison is removed instead of replacing
wound tokens when healing
 Stun – On next turn one token is discarded.
Monster’s turn ends. Heroes may either move,
attack, or place one order
 Transformed – Replace hero with monkey token.
Turn ends. Cannot attack or use items. Can move 5
spaces but cannot take movement actions. Has
hero’s wound and fatigue but Zero armour. Collect
two wound tokens. Discard one after each of the next
two turns. When last is discarded, you return to
normal
 Web – at start of turn roll one power dice for each
web token. Remove token for each power surge
rolled. If any remain, then hero cannot spend any
movement points
Props
 Pit – Do not block LOS. If space is occupied, hero
falls in and suffers one wound. Climb out for 2
movements points. Figure in pit cannot see out but
others can see in
 Rubble – Block movement and LOS
 Water – Block movement but NOT LOS
 Staircases – Heroes and small monsters may move
through staircases of matching colour. Attacks can be
made through staircases both up and down
 Glyphs – Move between activated glyphs and town.
Activated by a hero moving onto it (gain 3 conquest
tokens). May only be used ONCE per turn by a hero.
Monsters MAY NOT end movement on activated
glyphs, but may move through and target attack on
Town – Shop for three movement points.
Items are sold for half value rounded down.
 50 Healing potion
 50 vitality potion
 250 draw copper treasure
 500 draw silver treasure
 750 draw gold treasure
 1000 Draw skill card
 500 Gain 1 training token (maximum of five in each
area)
Treasure
 Healing Potion – May immediately pickup and
equip for free. Drink to recover three wounds
 Vitality Potion – May immediately pickup and
equip for free. Drink to restore Fatigue to maximum
 Money Markers – EACH hero gains 100 coins
 Chest – Move onto space to open. Remove when
complete
 Money – Each hero gains indicated amount
 Copper treasure – Each hero draws one.
Discard now for 250. Sell later for 125
 Silver treasure – Each hero draws one.
Discard now for 500. Sell later for 250
 Gold treasure – Each hero draws one. Discard
now for 750. Sell later for 375
 Conquest tokens – Heroes gain indicted
number
 Curse – Overlord gains threat equal to number
of heroes
 Relic Markers – Never sold or lost. Use token when
dropped
Special Abilities
 Aura – Suffer one wound after moving adjacent to
 Blast – Affects X spaces around target space within
LOS (ignores figures). Only one re-roll is made for all
dodges
 Breathe – Use breath template. Ignore range. Only
one re-roll is made for all dodges
 Burn – If attack inflicts at least one damage (before
armour), then add burn token
 Command – Add one damage and range to all
attacks by friendly units within three spaces (ignore
LOS). Effects are cumulative for each friendly unit
with ability
 Fear – Attacker must spend one power surge for
every rank of fear. If not enough surges, then the
attack misses
 Fly – May move through enemy figures and
movement blocking obstacles. Cannot end
movement on them
 Grapple – Adjacent units cannot spend movement
points until figure is dead
 Knockback - After inflicting one damage (before
armour), move figures affected up to three spaces
away. Enemies are knocked over first two spaces
 Pierce – Ignore one point of armour for every rank
of pierce
 Poison – wounds taken are replaced with poison
tokens
 Reach – Melee attack against adjacent spaces and
two spaces away. Requires LOS. Ignore range
 Quick Shot – May attack two times when activated
 Sorcery – After attack roll, may add one range OR
one damage per rank
 Stun – If attack inflicts one damage (before
armour), place stun token next to character. Named
monsters not affected
 Sweep – Affects all enemies within melee range.
Only one re-roll for all dodges
 Undying – If killed, roll one power die. If surge
rolled, then figure recovers to full strength. Leftover
damage is still dealt. Lingering effects are removed
 Web – After inflicting one damage (before armour),
place a web token

Miscellaneous Rules
 Doors – Monsters may open/close doors to
unrevealed areas
 Rune-locked doors- Place rune-key next to
compass rose when found. All heroes may now open
matching door
 Encounters – Triggered when a hero ends
movement on space
 Exploring – Overlord places ALL: monsters, items,
and doors as indicated by Quest Guide and then
reads any text aloud
 Familiars/companions – Move after owner’s turn.
They CAN move through enemy spaces, CAN end
movement on a hero’s space. DO NOT count as a
hero for monster spawning. CANNOT carry items,
perform movement actions, or be attacked or
harmed
 Boggs the Rat – Speed is 4. Cannot spawn
within LOS
 Mata and Kata – Speed is 6. May be given or
pickup ONE item each. May pass item for one
movement point
 Skye – Speed is 5. Adjacent enemies cannot
dodge or aim
 Pico- Does not move on own. Pass Pico for 2
movement points. Anyone carrying Pico rolls one
extra power die
 Large Monsters – Not affected by pits unless they
fit. LOS from any space they are on. They are only
affected once by the Blast or Sweep abilities. Dragon
and hell hound movement:
 Non-diagonal: rest of body follows to space
previously occupied
 Diagonal: move both halves in the same
direction
 Master Monsters – 50 Coins to the hero who kills
them
 Named Monsters- Overlord explains stats but not
special abilities. They are immune to stun