Consolidated Frequently Asked Questions: Core Box
Consolidated Frequently Asked Questions: Core Box
Consolidated Frequently Asked Questions: Core Box
Frequently
Asked Questions
Core Box
Building Walls
Moving Monsters
What happens when two Monsters move into
the same space in the Castle ring at the same
time? Two Monsters wont fit in one space.
If two or more Monsters occupy the same space
in the Castle ring, they should be stacked, one
on top of the other. It doesnt matter which
Monster is on top. They will stay stacked as
Playing Cards
Can you play a card, Scavenge it, and play it
again, all in the same turn?
Yes, you may play Scavenge to retrieve a card
that you just played, and play that card again.
Technically, you are still in the Play cards
phase of your turn, so that is entirely legal. Plus,
it's a great way to do some serious damage.
If you have cards in your hand that you cannot
play, (such as a Red Archer with no Monsters in
that ring, or Brick without Mortar) can you
play those cards just to discard them?
to draw.
Scavenge card?
Yes.
victory points?
Giant Boulders
When I draw a Giant Boulder, do I roll for it
and place it in the forest like a regular Monster?
No, Boulders are not placed in the Forest at all.
Instead, you roll to determine which arc the
Boulder starts in. The Boulder immediately
travels within that arc straight across the board
toward the arc on the opposite side of the board.
Boulders destroy any Monsters in their path and
do not stop until they hit and destroy a Wall,
Tower, or Fortify token. See page 10 in the
Overlord Version
Is the Overlord counted as 1 of the 6 maximum
players or apart? That is, can 7 players play the
game, 1 as the Overlord?
You can play the game with 6 Castle players and
1 Overlord, making the Overlord the 7th player.
Six players is still the maximum for either a
Standard or Co-op variation, though.
When 5 players and 1 Overlord are playing,
can the human players exchange 6 cards
among them or only when there are 6 human
players?
The Castle players are still limited to the same
hand size and number of trades that they would
be for a game with the same number of
human players. In the example above, each
player would have a hand size of 5 and would be
able to trade 1 card per turn.
If the Overlord plays the Goblin King, does he
have to play the three tokens which come with
him or can he play any other token from his
hand?
The Overlord can play any token from his or
her hand after drawing up. When the Overlord
draws any token that lets him or her draw more
tokens (such as the Goblin King, Draw 3
Monster tokens, or Draw 4 Monster tokens), he
or she adds that number of tokens to his or her
hand. The Overlord can then play that same
number of tokens, and those tokens can be
ANY tokens from his or her hand. It doesnt
have to be the tokens that were just drawn.
Boss Monsters
When the Chimera hits a Wall and has one
health point left, does it live to breath fire, since
move.
monster token.
They do not move by the special movement
rules if they are moved by a card, such as KnockBack, Drive Him Back, Teleport, Extinguishing
Wind, or Wall of Force.
Is the Conjurer a Boss Monster?
Yes, the Conjurer is a regular Boss Monster, not
a Mega Boss Monster.
Playing Cards
Monsters
What happens when a Climbing Troll
encounters a Wall that is on fire?
When a Climbing Troll encounters a Wall that is
on fire, the Climbing Troll bypasses the Wall
and moves from the Swordsman ring into the
Castle ring as usual and then catches fire. A new
Flame token is added to the Climbing Troll, but
the Flame token is not removed from the Wall.
Damage from the Flame token is not taken until