Birdsong: p.19
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Determine # of phases: A player always at least two phases
(called basic phases) and if not part of his turn is spent in a
cave two additional phases (sunlight phases).
Horses/Extra Phases:
Pony: Bonus Move phase available if prior phase was a
regular move. Pony Bonus Move must be used before any
future regular Move phase.
Workhorse: Extra available Move phase.
Record activities using one letter code per phase as follows:
M-Move, H-Hide, S-Search, T-Trade, R-Rest, A-Alert, F-Follow,
E- or E-Enchant or HR-Hire.
The first enchant phase of the day should be written as “E-“
(treated as blank phase) to “prep” all subsequent enchant
phases which will either enchant one Magic chit or tile where
they are located.
Record “-“for blank phase which still allows trading,
rearranging items, and blocking. A canceled phase is not the
same as a canceled activity. The former doesn’t allow trading,
blocking, etc.
Record bonus induced phases with asterisk.
All recorded activities must be carried out for better/worse.
For Movement Record M followed by clearing number & tile
name (abbreviated). Entering mountain clearings require two
move activities.
Players who record F must do so across the entire day’s row
(no other activity may be performed) and name a character
(termed guide) in the same clearing as them even if the guide
is hidden or not.
Sunrise: p.20
Following: Followers reveal whom they are following. Their
character counter is removed from the map and placed with
their guide.
Monster Roll: Any player roll a die. Place monster roll chit in
corresponding box. These monsters are now considered
prowling and may appear (end of turn)/move on the map. On
the Seventh day of each week where the monster roll chit is
placed monsters regenerate in that row. Regenerated
monsters prowl normally and may appear the same day.
Attention Chits: Non-following characters mix their attention
chits together face down to be picked at random during
daylight.
Daylight: p.22
Players randomly choose a facedown player attention chit.
Revealed player and followers become unhidden and perform
the phases of their turn.
1) Phases of turn in order:
A) Rearrange belongings and trade/sell with players in
clearing.
B) Perform recorded activity this phase.
I: Hide: Roll dice. 1-5 Hidden, 6 remain unhidden
II: Move: First phase of mountain movement is considered a
blank phase as two consecutive moves are required to move
into mountain clearing.
You may not enter a cave if on the same day a sunlight phase
is used. Horses inactivate when entering a cave.
Natives do not block movement like monsters.
Carrying items – A player must play a move chit with
strength equal to/greater than the heaviest item to carry his
items. The chit played is not exhausted or affected but simply
indicated.
III: Searching: Choose where, what table, and roll that table.
Peer & Locate: Use to discover hidden things i.e. paths,
passages, treasure site chits, etc. Normally, a character can
only search his own clearing. However, in a mountain clearing
a player may peer any mountain or woods clearing in his own
or adjacent tiles. Reference search table p.114.
Loot: If in a clearing with a site chit that they already
discovered the player may roll the loot table. Same method is
used to loot abandoned items. The number rolled is counted
in the item/treasure stack from top to bottom i.e. one being
the top item. If number rolled is larger than stack nothing is
gained. For gained treasure cards and other belongings the
player must activate it, keep it inactive or abandon it. If
looting a face-down site chit it’s turned up for all to see and
back down when looting is done.
Reading Runes: p.59 The player specifies an artifact,
spell book he has active or a discovered site in his clearing and
rolls on the search table.
Special Sites:
Cairns: Must fatigue an asterisk before rolling loot table.
Pool: Fatigue any asterisk for each item gained whether kept
or not.
Vault: Must have keys or play chit, horse, or treasure card
with Tremendous strength to open. Chit will fatigue. Once
open anyone can loot.
IV: Trade: Player specifies one native leader in his clearing and
states buying or selling. Trading can be canceled.
Selling: Move item(s) in order of counter size to buyer’s
box underneath any belongings of the same type and player
receives gold listed on item(s). Treasure cards are placed face
down and damaged armor is sold for damaged price (p.102)
but is “repaired” by the natives.
Buying: Only one belonging can be bought per trade
activity. Secretly look at treasure cards leader may have and
indicate its position if buying. Once seller’s cards are seen the
player is committed to try and buy. Roll on the meeting table
(see trade relationship with seller p.113) and/or buy drinks p.
becoming blocked on battle/blocked result. Drinks cost 1 gold
per member of the group and increase friendliness to the next
level. If the meeting table gives a price the player may decline or
he may buy including trading in items for their worth of gold
(overpayment lost).
Fame price: When selling/buying items with fame points
the player gains(sell)/losses(buy) the fame points.
Buying Spells: Spells have a base cost of 10 and can be
bought from the box a visitor resides in (roll on meeting table
for final price). Same rules apply for reading runes in that a
character must have a Magic chit of the same type as the spell
and he can only learn a spell from each spell card once. Spells
cannot be sold to visitors.
V: Rest: A player may do one of the following:
”Activate” means move from right side of player sheet to the left side.
a. Activate a wounded zero-asterisk chit.
b. Activate a fatigued one asterisk chit or flip over a wounded
one asterisk chit.
c. Activate a fatigued two asterisk chit or flip a wounded two
asterisk chit. In both cases the player must fatigue an active one
asterisk chit.
VI: Alert: Player may flip his active weapon chit alert side up or
prepare one of his Magic chits (changing its time number to 0
until the end of day).
VII: Following: When a guide does an activity the player shares
it. p.27
a. Hide: Guide’s results apply to followers.
b. Move: Followers who can move with the guide do so. If the
guide is hidden when moving he may leave behind the follower.
This means a follower can end his turn and summon monsters in
the middle of the guide’s turn. If a guide bonus moves with a
pony when followers lack ponies they are left behind. Followers
discover hidden paths/roadways their guide moves through.
c. Search: Seen map chits, hidden enemies and discoveries are
also seen by followers even when guide is hidden.
d. Rest or Alert: Followers may do the activity.
e. Any other action is not done by followers.
If a player is left behind or decides to stop following he places
his counter on the map in the guide’s clearing and ends his turn.
Once the guide completes his activity the ex-follower proceeds
with the end of turn steps.
VIII: Enchant: p.53 Characters with Magic chit types I-V may use
this activity to do enchantments (either to a Magic chit or map
tile).
For Magic chits: Turn Magic chit symbol side up as it now
becomes a color chit as follows:
a. Type I – White
b. Type II – Grey
c. Type III – Gold
d. Type IV – Purple
e. Type V – Black
A color chit is no longer considered a Magic chit and remains so
until played in which it then flips over and becomes a normal
Magic Chit again.
A player’s color chit may be fatigued at the start of a phase on
their turn to get the Magic chit back. In addition a color chit can
be fatigued or wounded if it is the last chit available (but before
fatigued chits when taking a wound).
For Map tile: Play Magic chit (doesn’t fatigue, simply indicated)
with a matching color i.e. Type I Magic chit with White color,
flipping the color chit to its normal side and fatiguing it. When
completed flip the tile the player is in (do not rotate, match new
position so the tile name is in same location).
IX: Hire: The player specifies one group of natives in his clearing
and rolls on the meeting table to determine price. All rules from
the trade activity apply here except the player cannot trade in
items towards the price of hiring and hiring can occur without a
leader in the clearing. Refer to list of Natives for hire price. p.105
Most Natives must be hired as a group except the Order and
Rogues who are hired individually (one per hire phase) starting
with the highest ID (Leaders are hired last this way).
When hired record the Native(s’) ID code and the day of when
their term of hire expires. The term starts on the day of hire,
lasts 14 days and ends at midnight of the last day. Natives may
be rehired while already hired using a hire phase as normal;
adding 14 days to their term. A hired Native may block, insult, or
challenge just like in a regular hire phase when rehiring. Hired
Natives do count as members of their group when buying drinks;
even when hired under another player. Drinks must be bought
for all Natives (of same group) in your clearing.
Once hired a Native is considered a minion of the hiring player
(employer).
There are two types of minions: underlings and agents.
Underling: A Non-leader minion. Underlings may only move
around by following. Players may assign their underlings to
guides at the very beginning of Sunrise before the monster roll
and before players reveal who is following whom. The
“following” rules for players apply for underlings (put underling
chit with guide). Players may split their underlings with different
guides as well. Unassigned underlings remain unhidden side up
in the clearing for the day.
When underlings follow they only perform the Move and Hide
activities and do not share the results of other activities.
a. When a Guide hides underlings flip dark side up to represent
hiding. Underlings In this way behave like a character.
b. When a Guide moves underlings may be left behind just like
under normal Following rules. If so put the underling’s chit back
on the map.
A guide can use the strength of any following minion. He can use
their Move strength instead of a Move chit to carry items.
Underlings cannot block or be blocked and do not summon
denizens or cause them to move. By himself an underling does
not cause combat in his clearing unless there is a player or
agent.
Agents: A Leader minion. Each agent gets its own personal
history sheet and attention chit (any unused chit). Agents record
and take turns just like a character.
An agent can own items & round horse counters but cannot
activate/use them himself. Belongings gained are put with their
character sheet. Belongings on the setup card are left there and
are considered out of play (cannot be used for any game
functions).
Again, Agents take their turn exactly like players would with
some notes:
Discoveries made when searching are crossed off the Agent’s
sheet, not the employer’s.
Looting the Cairns or Pool doesn’t fatigue an Agent.
When trading/hiring an Agent uses his employer’s trade
relationships. Any gained/lost fame/notoriety is reflected on the
employer’s sheet. Natives hired by an Agent are considered
hired by his employer.
Resting doesn’t benefit an Agent but still can be done to the
benefit of any followers.
C) Block or be blocked. p.28
May occur at the end of each phase in a clearing as follows:
a. If a player ends in a clearing unhidden all monsters in clearing
block him. Other characters may choose to block as well.
b. Players may choose to block any monster or hidden
characters (if he already discovered them via hidden enemies in
search table).
When a character is blocked the following occurs:
a. If hidden they become unhidden
b. If taking his turn any remaining phases are canceled.
c. If turn not already taken that day it is lost.
d. May not trade with other players until evening.
Blocked monsters stop prowling and cannot move for the rest of
the day. When monsters arrive at the end of the turn blocking
can occur as well.
Natives only block when rolling on the meeting table as part of a
Trade or Hire phase (even if character is hidden, which he then
become unhidden).
D) End of turn. p.29
When a player’s turn ends (last activity, stopped following or is
blocked) the following in order occurs: p.29
I. Prowling monsters in tile move to player’s clearing (hidden or
not). Ghosts are always prowling.
II. The player turns up all map chits in their tile face up
exchanging any replacement chits as appropriate i.e. Stink
W=L.Campfire, Smoke W=S.Campfire. Exchanged dwellings are
placed in highest numbered clearing connected to Borderlands
tile. Lost City/Castle will have the five chits set aside at startup
placed on the tile’s clearings face up by their number. Map chits
with numbers are placed on corresponding clearings. Map chits
stay turned up until the end of the day.
III. Each chit that was turned up may summon monsters if the
chit is listed above a box in the row of monsters that is currently
prowling. If the chit is listed above a group of boxes the leftmost
occupied box is summoned. A sound chit (followed by M or C)
only summons when a corresponding M or C warning chit is in
the tile. Warning chits (yellow) summon monsters directly to
player’s clearing. Sound (red) and Site chits (gold) summon
monsters to the clearing they are in. Warning chits summon first
then Sound from lowest to highest if both come up. Each map
chit can only summon monsters once per day.
IV. Unhidden players are blocked by monsters that appear
in/moved into his clearing. Hidden players may block monsters
in their clearing if they wish.
V. Natives: Summon natives if the player is in the clearing of the
dwelling and the group of natives is prowling.
Sunset: p.30
Take one attention chit from each clearing with players (even if
multiple characters are in a single clearing) and mix them
together blank side up.
Evening: p.30
Randomly pick one of the attention chits set aside at Sunset, one
at a time. When a character’s chit is picked combat takes place
in his clearing. Even when no enemies are present in a clearing
players still do rounds of combat allowing them to run away or
cast spells. At the end of the last round of combat in a clearing
players can rearrange belongings or trade with each other. A
player may only cast spells during evening, during rounds of
combat.
1) Before Combat Begins: Flip over character sheet to melee
section. Place all active armor pieces where pictured on the
melee sheet.
If Natives present players determine if they will fight for each
group of Natives (if multiple Natives present) (roll meeting table
[even if hidden]. Battle takes place on Insult or Challenge result
if cost isn’t paid or on a Block/Battle result. All other results are
ignored). Drinks may be bought (p.25); one gold per member of
the group to increase friendliness to the next level.
2) Using Chits in Combat:
A) Action chits are placed in “used this round box if used. Each
action chit may be used only once per combat round.
B) No more than two effort asterisks per round (including Magic
chits. Cancelled spells still count towards limit).
C) Move chit can be used if its strength equals or exceeds
weight of all items. Fight chit can be used if its strength equals
or exceeds weight of active weapon.
D) Horse (use optional) can be either side up as long as its
strength equals or exceeds player’s weight and items. In combat
horses may only use galloping side once.
3) Encounter Step:
A) Order of Play: The character who took the first turn during
daylight is the first character.
Note that when a minion engages a denizen one is considered
the attacker and the other the defender. In either case the
minion and the denizen are placed on an unused melee sheet.
The defender is placed in the first center square with any head,
club, or horse chit in the second. The defender is the owner of
the melee sheet. The attacker is placed in the top attack circle
with any head, club or horse chit in the second. Multiple
attackers are stacked on top of each other. Each attacker is
targeting the owner of the sheet.
Minions and Natives take their horses into battle except when in
a cave.
B) All Native horses are turned light side up.
C) Assigning Denizens: Monsters from previous rounds of
combat remain assigned to same player. Unassigned denizens
may be assigned voluntarily to a player or one per minion by
luring (other players’ minions cannot be lured however).
Minions that lure are considered the defender. Denizens lured
by a minion cannot be lured away again that round. If
unassigned denizens remain in a clearing they are then assigned
to unhidden characters or minion(s) (only if employer is hidden
or not in clearing) at random (roll two dice per monster, highest
roller gets monster). Minions that are assigned a denizen at
random are considered is the defender. Monsters still
unassigned (i.e. only hidden characters/minions in clearing)
remain unassigned.
D) Deployment: A character may charge another character in
the same clearing. See p.32 for full details.
A player may flip his minions and their horses either side up.
Every minion of a player that is not being attacked may be
assigned a target. In this case the Minion would be considered
an attacker. There are three possibilities:
I. If a minion is assigned to a denizen not on his sheet the
denizen is placed in the center boxes of an unused melee sheet
and the minion is put in the top attack circle.
II. If a minion is assigned to a denizen who is defending on its
own sheet the minion is put in the top attack circle on top of
all other attackers.
III. If minion A is assigned to attack denizen B who is currently
attacking a player or another denizen C the old assignment is
broken. B is put in the center boxes of an unused melee
sheet, and A is put in the top attack circle. If C is a denizen and
B was the only attacker on his sheet (i.e. if C is left alone on
his sheet), then C moves to the new sheet and is placed on
top of A, becoming the newest attacker.
A minion assigned to a character is put in the center red boxes
of that character’s sheet.
Minions that are left unassigned or become assigned after
deployment cannot attack this round.
E) Taking Actions: Non-charging players can take one action
listed below. Minions cannot take actions including running
away.
I. Activate one belonging and/or inactivate one belonging.
II. Abandon as many belongings as he wishes.
III. Play Move chit or Horse on top of Melee section to run
away.
IV. Play Fight chit on top of Melee section to turn active
weapon counter over.
To do action III or IV the player must use a Move chit/horse
(running) or Fight chit (alerting) with a time number less than
the maneuver time of every denizen (or any number if he has
no assigned monsters) and/or attention chit on his sheet (use
horse maneuver time for mounted Natives).
If a character runs away any denizens on his sheet become
unassigned and he moves in a roadway leading out of his
clearing (the way he came if he moved that day).
V. Cast spell by playing a Magic chit (onto spell box in melee
sheet) of the same type as the spell and with a completion
time equal to or less than all maneuver times on his sheet.
Player must supply appropriate color (if using a color chit flip
and fatigue said chit) and is then referred to as a spellcaster.
4) Melee Step:
A) Native and Minion horses turn over (dark side).
B) Order of Play: Players mix attention chits together and reveal
one at a time. A spellcaster specifies their target(s) at this point.
Once all targets are selected spells come to life in order of their
completion time (lowest to highest). Casted spells remain on
target(s) until they expire or are broken. Until then the spell
cannot be cast again and the Magic chit is placed on the target
(or where the spell states) and cannot be used in any way. This
is known as bewitching the target. Note the target in the spell’s
spell box and erase when the spell ends to reuse the box.
When a spell comes to life it also cancels any spell its target was
in the process of casting (faster spells cancel slower ones). Note
this only affects spells that specifically name the spellcaster as a
target.
Each Independent denizen on his own sheet targets the topmost
minion in the attack circles. That minion is moved to the left
most square at the bottom of the sheet.
C) Choosing Targets: Place drawn attention chit on a monster or
on another player’s melee section by the attack circles (in PvP
combat). That is now the character’s target. The player then
selects a target for each minion that is on a minion’s own sheet.
The minion may choose any denizen in the attack circles of his
sheet. The target is put in the left most bottom square.
D) Positioning Denizens: Place attacking denizens in all available
red boxes as evenly as possibly. Native horses must be played in
different box from rider. Players also arrange denizens on sheets
owned by their minions using normal guidelines. In addition
minions that are on sheets owned by independent denizens are
arranged. The normal guidelines do not have to be followed as
long as the minions stay in the same set of circles/squares and
do not flip.
E) Attacks and Maneuvers (after all attention chits are placed):
Lower numbers mean either faster attacks (attack chit) or faster
maneuvers (move chit). Players secretly play shield (must if able)
and/or attack and maneuver chits. To attack place active
weapon and fight chit with strength equal to/greater than
weapon’s strength in one attack circle (this cannot be done if a
player successfully casted a spell. If they failed to cast a spell and
their attention chit is not on a character/denizen they don’t get
to attack). If no target was chosen this round the player may flip
their weapon either side up. Place a Move chit (or horse) on a
maneuver square to maneuver. Minions on their own sheets
may be secretly positioned on any center square either side up.
If using a horse it can be moved to any square but not flip.
F) Revealing and Repositioning: Reveal melee sections
simultaneously. Roll one die and relocate denizens and minions
not on their own sheet as noted by the “repositioning denizens”
table. Then for each box that has denizens roll two dice. If either
is a 6 the denizen(s) flips, termed changing tactics.
G) Resolving Attacks: Attacks take place in a particular order
with the first round of combat having attacks resolved in order
of weapon length, longest to shortest; ties broken by attack
times. In all rounds after the first, attacks resolve in order of
attack time, lowest to highest, with ties broken by weapon
length. Still tied attacks resolve simultaneously. Attack time for a
player is listed on their active weapon OR their attack chit if
weapon lacks a speed number. Also, if no weapon is used then
the attack chit’s number is used. Natives use their horse’s
maneuver time if they are mounted.
In order players determine whether an attack hits as follows
(applies for minions as well):
A) Attack time is less than the maneuver time of target (termed
undercutting)
OR
B) Attack direction intercepts the maneuver direction of target
(termed matching directions).
I. Thrust hits charge II. Swing hits dodge III. Smash hits Duck
If a character did not play a maneuver they are automatically
hit.
If an attack neither undercuts nor matches directions it misses.
Note that a player can only hit the target he chose. Other
denizens on his sheet are not harmed even if he matches
directions with them. All denizens on the sheet are attacking so
any that match directions will hit the player.
If a player’s attack misses he must turn his weapon alerted side
up and if it hits turn the weapon alerted side down.
H) Determining Harm: Harm is equal to a weapons weight and is
adjusted as follows:
I. Harm is adjusted up for each sharpness start minus one for
armored targets. Multiple pieces of armor do not reduce harm
further as the attack stops on the first piece of hit armor.
II. If a fight chit is played that exceeds a striking (melee)
weapon’s weight harm is adjusted one level up, one max.
III. For missile weapons roll the missile table (p.111) to adjust
harm.
If only a fight chit is played (no weapon) then the player is using
a dagger which has Light harm and one sharpness star
regardless of the chit used.
Compare harm to the vulnerability of the monster and if it
equals/exceeds the monsters vulnerability it is killed.
Harm dealt to a Mounted Native redirects to the Native’s horse.
Determine harm on players as follows:
I. When a Native’s horse is killed the Native continues to fight
but still uses its horse’s maneuver speed and direction for rest of
the round.
II. If player used a horse in the melee step harm is resolved
against the horse.
III. If an attack is intercepted by armor and harm is less than the
armor’s weight the armor is unaffected. If harm is equal to
weight armor is damaged. If harm is greater than the weight of
the armor it is destroyed. Regardless of the effect of armor if the
final harm of the attack was medium or greater the character
takes one wound. Destroyed Helms/Shields go to Soldier’s box,
breastplate-Guard’s box, suit-Order’s box.
IV. If attack does not hit armor or horse the harm is directed
onto the player. If the harm is equal to/greater than his
vulnerability the player is killed.
Once all the results of an attack are applied, players should
evaluate the next attack in order.
5) Fatigue Step:
At the end of a round of combat each character must inactivate
chits to pay fatigue and/or wounds. Effort asterisks on Magic
chits are ignored.
Fatigue: Players can play one asterisk per round without
fatiguing but if two are played he must fatigue one asterisk. If
both were Move chits payment must be by Move chits. Same for
Fight chits. If one of each was played the player chooses which
to fatigue. You can make “change” when paying fatigue (except
for Magic chits). Players who run with two asterisks are still
subject to this rule.
Wounds: Flip over any active chit and place it with the other
inactive chits/right side of character card. If there are no
available active chits instead flip inactive chits. If no available
inactive chits die.
6) End of Combat:
Determine if another round of combat begins. Combat ends in a
clearing if there are no more characters or minions in the
clearing or when two consecutive uneventful rounds occur:
rounds where no characters, denizens, minions or horses were
killed, no armor was damaged or destroyed, and no action chits
were wounded or fatigued and no spells were cast.
If combat continues players take their attention chit back and
place used action chits back with his active chits. Denizens not
on a player’s sheet become unassigned.
When combat ends any remaining denizens in the clearing are
turned light side up and players can rearrange and trade.
Evening then ends.
7) Spoils of War: p.38
Gain fame, notoriety, and gold as indicated on monster. Multiply
rewards by two for second kill, three for third, etc. (except for
kills by minions or a spell kills multiple monsters simultaneously.
The player would then calculate as if he killed them one at a
time). Agents take belongings and record gold. Victims to an
underling abandon their belongings in the clearing they are in
and gold isn’t gained. Gold is not multiplied and Native horses
don’t count as kills. When a Native leader is killed his group’s
belonging are abandoned in his clearing. Agents killed by Natives
lose gold and belongings are placed on their space on the setup
card. Agents killed by denizens lose gold and abandon
belongings. See p.38 for player deaths.
7) Special Denizens: p.38
Archers and Spear-carrying Goblins: Don’t cause harm when
light side up but act normal in all other ways.
Demon, Winged Demon, and Imp: In place of harm roll on
“Power of the pit” (Demons) or “curse” table (Imp)(p.109)
Head/Club Counters: Place Head/Club counter in separate box
when monster is assigned to character (essentially giving that
monster two attacks). The Head/Club counter cannot be
targeted. Kill the owner to remove the counter.
Tremendous Monsters: Instead of changing tactics the main
counter flips red side up only when it or its Head/Club hits its
target (hits include horses/armor) without killing the target and
remains so until killed. Head/Club chit can change tactics.
Red sided Tremendous monsters do not inflict harm but instead
instantly kill target regardless of armor. Also:
I. They cannot change targets or be lured away.
II. The target cannot play a Move chit during the encounter step.
III. Target maneuvers as normal but cannot play horse.
IV. Combat cannot end in clearing while Tremendous monster is
red side up.
Midnight: p.39
The day ends at midnight. If it is the 28th day of the month the
game ends and players determine the winner. Otherwise:
I. All weapons become unalerted.
II. All face-up map chits except Lost City/Castle turn face down.
Sound/Site chits remain in their clearings.
III. All curses are removed from players in clearing with Chapel.
IV. Play proceeds to next day. Advance day marker one space.
Odds and Ending: p.40
1) Sharing Information, Secrecy, and Spying:
A) Public and Secret Information:
The following info is public about a character:
I. All information on character card.
II. All belongings except inactive treasure cards.
III. Disposition of chits.
IV. Recorded Fame/Notoriety.
V. Whether he has found hidden enemies.
VI. Current trade relationships
The following info is secret about a character:
I. Recorded activity just before he does it.
II. Each discovery until used or sold.
III. Each recorded spell until used.
IV. Recorded gold until end of game.
V. Victory conditions until end of game.
B. Selling information:
Discoveries may be sold to others if they are both in the clearing
with the discovery. If the discovery is face down it is flipped up
to the purchaser to prove its existence (owner looking at other
chits to find it is okay) and then placed face down again.
C. Spying:
Characters are always considered spying on all other unhidden
characters in their clearing. Those who found hidden enemies
can spy on hidden characters as well. Followers spy normally.
When a payer uses a discovery all spies discover it too i.e.
roadways, treasure sites, etc.
Curses, Wishes, and Power of the Pit
Being cursed with the same curse has no effect.
Curses have no effect on monsters. See p.109 for curse tables.
Fresh Starts
If a player dies they may restart picking any character not in use
including the one just killed and re-enter the game at the start
of the next day.
Quitting the Game
Player may agree to end the game at any time i.e. after one hour
of play, etc. If so the game ends as if it was the end of the
month.
Winning the Game
Characters must discard any items he cannot carry as a “final
move” to end the game. Then we record scores as follows:
A. Great Treasures: Sum number of red dot treasures.
B. Fame: Add recorded fame plus belonging(s) fame.
C. Notoriety: Add recorded notoriety plus belonging(s)
notoriety.
D. Gold: Recorded gold minus gold price of all weapons/armor
at start of game and the 10 starting gold.
For each category he subtracts the amount in the required
column. If negative multiple it by 3 then divide the result by its
multiplier rounding down (to zero). This is the basic score in
each category.
He then multiplies the basic score by the player assigned score
(recorded at setup) for each category to get his bonus scores.
Sum the basic and bonus scores in each category and sum all
categories to get the final score.
Players with a positive total score have won the game while the
highest scorer is the victor!
Magic: p.52
Spells are cast using rituals (magic chit/treasures) to bind
spirits/energy (enchanted magic chit/treasures) aka colors.
1) Other sources of color:
I. The Chapel dwelling supplies White magic to everyone in its
clearing.
II. On the seventh day of the week color is supplied to all
players: Day 7 – White & Black, Day 14 – Grey, Day 21 – Purple,
Day 28 - Gold
III. Enchanted map tiles provide the color shown on the tile;
either gold, grey or purple. Craigs provide all three and
Borderlands provide Grey on 1, Gold on 2-3, Purple on 4-5, and
Grey & Purple on 6.
IV. Enchanted cards supply color to those in the clearing with
them.
2) Stopping, Nullifying, and Ending Spells:
Stopping a spell’s effect does not alter the consequences it had
already caused i.e. discoveries remain discovered, chosen
targets remain chosen, denizens hired remain hired etc.
A spell that cannot go into effect can still be cast in the hopes
that conditions will change later.
I. Nullification: When a spell’s effect is nullified the spell and
Magic chit remain committed to the target but do not affect it. If
the spell still exists when the nullification ends the spell resumes
its effects on the target
II. Release: When a target is released from a spell he is no longer
a target and the spell and Magic chit are not committed. When
last target of a spell is released the spell is broken.
III. Breaking: When a spell is broken all of its targets are
released, the spell expires and the Magic chit returns to its
owner and fatigues.
IV. Canceling: Cancelled spells are considered broken before
they go into effect. The spell is treated as it had worked for the
purposes of fatigue only.
V. Competing Spells: Unless specified a spell with ongoing
effects cannot go into effect if it duplicates a spell that is already
bewitching a target. If a spell is bewitching a target when
another copy of a spell goes into effect the target is released
from the second spell. If duplicate spells go into effect against
the same target simultaneously they cancel each other.
VI. Automatic Spellbreaking: A spell that was cast by a Magic
chit is broken when the chit’s owner is killed. Curses do remain
in effect at the end of the game.
Spell Targets:
1) “Character”: is any one character including the spellcaster.
2) “Monster”: Any one monster, specific ones if noted.
3) “Individual”: Any one player, native, or monster.
4) “Multiple”: Any assortment of “individual” targets.
5) “Clearing”: Target is the spellcaster’s clearing. Affects
everyone in the clearing.
6) “Tile”: Target is spellcaster’s map tile. Affects everyone in that
tile.
7) “Magic Chits”: Target can be any or all of the spellcaster’s
own active Magic Chits. Color chits and chits committed to spells
cannot be targets.
8) “Spell”: Target is one existing spell cast by one Magic chit
whose spellcaster or target is in the spellcaster’s clearing.
Doesn’t target spells in the process of being cast.
Spell Duration:
1) Instant: Resolved and expires immediately.
2) Combat: Magic chit is put with target (see bottom of p.56).
Expired at midnight.
3) Day: Works like a combat spell, expires at sunset of next day.
4) Attack: Acts like a weapon, expires at sunset of next day.
During melee step during attacks & maneuvers the player
secretly places Magic chit in an attack circle. Attack time is the
same as the completion time of the spell. Attack is resolved like
a weapon with length, harm, and method of attack defined by
spell. Spells that affect multiple targets make an identical attack
on all of them. If it’s a missile attack make a separate roll for
each hit on the missile table.
Hired Natives (additional notes):
Becoming Unhired: When a Minion stops being hired he
remains where he is until hired again or his group regenerates.
The ways a Minion can become unhired:
I. Automatically unhired at midnight of last day of term of hire.
II. When employer is killed all hired Minions become unhired
finishing the round of combat they are in.
III. When a Minion is returned to the setup card for any reason.
IV. When a Minion is killed. The employer loses notoriety points
equal to the minion’s notoriety bounty.
V. When an employer targets a minion all other minions of the
same group rebel and unhire regardless of their location on the
map. This is termed treachery.
When unhired all attacks on a Native by independent denizens
are cancelled and vice versa. The exception to this is if he is
attacking a player or minion in which case he and his Native
group instantly begin battle with said character or minion.
When a Native leader becomes unhired his group takes all
belongings he possesses and places them on his group’s box on
the setup card as if they had just been sold (p.25). If hired again
the Agent gets a blank personal history sheet.
Combat: An employer may use his minions in a clearing to fight (even
when he is not in the clearing himself) but underlings do not cause
combat to begin if by themselves. Once combat starts underlings and
agents fight identically.
Before combat begins put hidden minions to one side since they can flip
in combat.
Natives that are battling a player also attack his minions in the same
clearing.
If an Agent’s attention chit was the first chit drawn during daylight the
employer is the first character for that day. When said employer takes
his turn during the encounter and melee steps he does all activities for
his minions as well, agents and underlings alike.
Search Table Results:
Nothing: You find nothing.
Hidden enemies: Check off the “enemies” column for this day. For the remainder of the day, you are considered
to have “found hidden enemies”, and can spy on, block, and target hidden individuals. This ability functions
regardless of what clearing you were in when you obtained the result, or what individuals were in the clearing
with you.
Paths: On your discoveries list, mark all the hidden paths (brown speckled roadways) that end in your clearing.
You may move through these freely for the rest of the game. Note that the paths on the enchanted side of a tile
are different roadways, and must be discovered separately.
Passages: Same as paths, but for the black speckled secret passages.
Clues: You secretly look at the map chits in your tile, but do not cross any sites off your discoveries list. You have
found rubble or monster spoor that allows you to deduce what is in the tile. If one of the chits is a replacement
chit, you may secretly look at the substitute chits, then put them in the tile. Or you may choose not to look at the
replacement chits, and leave them where they are.
Discover chits: Same as clues, but you also discover every site chit in the clearing you are searching. Mark all
discovered sites on your discoveries list; you may freely loot them for the rest of the game.
…and…: You get both results.
Choice: You can choose any one result on either the peer or locate table (including a double result such as “clues
and paths”) regardless of what table you initially rolled on.
Awaken: You look at the spell card. If it belongs to an Item, put it with the treasure card.
Learn /Awaken: As above, plus if you have a Magic chit that matches the spell’s type you can record it.
Curse!: Immediately roll on the curses table to see what curse is inflicted on you.
Counters: You find hidden enemies, but only those who have weapon counters, armor counters or horse
counters, plus all hidden natives, goblins, ogres, and giants. If your clearing contains a pile of abandoned
belongings, you can take the topmost counter (weapon, armor or horse) from the pile.
Treasure cards: You find hidden enemies, but only those who have treasure cards. If your clearing contains a site
chit you have discovered or a pile of abandoned belongings, you can take the topmost treasure card from a site
or from the pile. You must still follow the normal restrictions to loot the Cairns, Pool, or Vault. The Vault must be
opened using T strength before you can take any items from it. Similarly, you must fatigue chits if you take a
treasure card from the Pool or Cairns. However, you only fatigue a chit when you actually take an item, not every
time you roll on the Magic Sight table in a clearing with the Cairns.
Perceive spell: You find hidden enemies, but only those hidden enemies who have spells recorded. If you have an
artifact or spell book active, or if you have discovered a site chit with spell cards in your clearing, you can look at
one group of spell cards and learn the one you want without awakening it.
Meeting Table Results:
Price: The final price is equal to the basic price times the indicated number.
Boon (x1): You can either treat this as a “Price x1” result, or you can take the belonging or hire the native(s) for
free, as a “boon”. When a character accepts a boon he loses one level of friendliness with the group. This should
be noted on his character record sheet, along with the basic gold price of the item. At any time in the future, he
may use a trade phase to try to buy back the lost level of friendliness exactly as if it were an item with the
recorded price; however, if he fails to make the purchase on the first try the lost friendliness is gone for good.
No Deal: No result.
Block/Battle: If this roll is made during a trade or hire phase, the individual is blocked. If the roll is made
in the evening, the native group starts battling him and his minions in that clearing.
Challenge: The character can choose to lose 5 recorded fame points and treat this as “no deal”.
Otherwise, treat it as a “block/battle” result. Note that characters can have negative fame. If a hired leader
gets this result, the fame points are lost by his master.
Insult: As challenge, but with notoriety instead of fame.
Trouble: Immediately roll again and find your result in the unfriendly column.
Opportunity: Immediately roll again and find your result in the next column to the right.
Missile Table Results:
When a missile attack hits, roll the dice and adjust the harm inflicted as
indicated on the table. If the result is Negligible or less, the hit inflicts no
harm but it still counts as a hit: if a weapon attacks it is unalerted, if a
Tremendous monster attacks it turns red side up. If the final harm exceeds
Tremendous, it kills the target without affecting his armor (it hits a vital
unarmored spot).