Catacombs 3E

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What is the Gelatinous Cube piece?
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Why are discs different colours?
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Are Antients immune to all shots and shot modifiers?
Yes.
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Can Antients be damaged, destroyed, or suppressed?
No.
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What are Antient's immune to?
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Who controls the Antients?
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How many Spell cards do allies get?
2.
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How many Ability cards does an ally start with?
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What's an ally's maximum health?
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Can allies buy or sell items?
No.
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Is an ally's earned gold given to its hero?
Yes.
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Can allies themselves earn gold?
No.
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Can allies be resurrected?
No.
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Can allies be devoured, poisoned, or stunned?
No.
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What happens when a hero controlling an ally dies?
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Do heroes or allies take their turns first?
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Do I take turns for both the ally and hero during each round in the Battle Phase?
Yes.
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Does a hero immediately die once the Poison cards equal their starting maximum health?
Yes.
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Does a hero draw Poison cards if they didn't suffer damage?
No.
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What if there are no more Poison cards left to draw, but a hero has been poisoned?
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Are undead monsters vulnerable to fire walls and fire obstacles?
Yes.
What are monster vulnerabilities?
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Can I perform an item's shot sequence and the hero's shot sequence during my turn?
No.
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Can I choose to do the permanent item's shot sequence?
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When are items played once per room refreshed?
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Can any hero buy and wield weapons?
No.
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Can every hero buy and cast spells?
No.
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Can a stunned hero use an item?
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Can items be given away or traded?
No.
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Is there a limit on how many Item cards a hero can carry?
No.
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Are hero enhancements optional?
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What is a hero enhancement?
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Why is there a hero's face on my Item card?
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Do dead familiars return in the next Setup Phase?
Yes.
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Can a stunned or devoured hero still take turns with its familiar?
Yes.
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Can familiars be teleported or devoured?
Yes.
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Can familiars be frozen or stunned?
No.
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Can familiars earn gold?
No.
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Does a familiar stay with its hero until the end of the game?
Yes.
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How many familiars can a hero have?
1.
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Do heroes or familiars take their turn first?
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How many Combo items can be played per turn?
1.
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When can Combo items be played?
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Can Catacomb Lords be devoured?
No.
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Can Catacomb Lords be frozen?
No.
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Does suppression prevent the shot modifier too?
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What are the monster icons?
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What happens if I draw the same Monster Metre icon twice randomly?
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What is suppression?
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What's a Suppresses Box?
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Can you perform a melee after doing a Runic Shift?
Yes.
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Can characters heal beyond their starting limit?
No.
Do all heroes heal with Heal All?
Yes.
How many points do heroes recover with Heal All?
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Do heroes collect the discs of monsters they've killed?
Yes.
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Is the Overseer required to transform the Fire Spirit into the fire wall?
No.
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Can the Overseer control the fire wall?
No.
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Do reflected shots cause damage to the shooter?
Yes.
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What happens to a reflected shot?
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What happens to a nullified shot?
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What do the arrows and lines in the shot sequence mean?
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What do the symbols in the shot sequence mean?
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What are shot connectors?
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What's a shot sequence?
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Do I remove the shield piece when the owner dies?
Yes.
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Do I remove the shield piece at the end of the Battle Phase?
Yes.
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How do you destroy shadow monsters?
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What determines a monster's family?
The colour.
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What are the monster colours?
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Can I refresh an Ability or Item card?
How many times can Item cards be refreshed?
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Where do I get Item cards?
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Can players perform a rush shot before playing a Spell card?
Can heroes do their shot sequence and play a card in the same turn?
No.
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Who decides the turn order for heroes?
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Who is the strongest Catacomb Lord?
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Who is the weakest Catacomb Lord?
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Who chooses the Catacomb Lord?
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Which heroes should beginners start with?
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Can players control more than one hero?
Yes.
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Can we play with 2 players?
Yes.
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Where do Poison cards go?
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Can any other hero besides the Wizard cast spells?
No.
Do heroes need to start the game with all Item cards?
No.
Do heroes need to start the game with all Ability cards?
Yes.
How many Spell cards does the Wizard choose?
10.
Who chooses the Room cards?
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What are the Monster Pool and the Treasury?
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Where do spent coins go?
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How much gold does each hero start with?
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Do heroes lose in the Catacomb Lord's Lair if they are all unable to take actions?
Yes.
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Do heroes need to destroy all monsters in the Catacomb Lord's Lair to win?
No.
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Do heroes win if no heroes are alive after beating the Catacomb Lord?
No.
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How much gold do heroes get in the Resolution Phase?
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Are Stunned cards removed at the end of the Battle Phase?
Yes.
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Does the Battle Phase end if all remaining mosters are frozen?
Yes.
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Are heroes freed from Teleported and Devoured cards after the Battle Phase?
Yes.
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When are heroes freed from Teleported and Devoured cards?
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Where does the Overseer place obstacles?
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Where do players place Hero pieces?
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Where does the Overseer place monsters?
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Where should I place a Familiar piece?
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Can we choose Battle Room cards and Special Room cards at random?
Yes.
What are alternative card layouts?
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Is the Catacomb Lord's Lair always the last card?
Yes.
What is a shot?
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How many turns and rounds are there per room?
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What is a turn and a round?
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Can teammates on the same side damage each other?
No.
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What is a Shot Sequence?
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What are the best strategies to win the game?
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What shot modifiers are Catacomb Lords immune to?
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What shot modifiers are Catacomb Lords not immune to?
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How many Poison cards do I cure if I draw 3 heroes at Alewife Tavern?
All.
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Can you choose a lower prize from Alewife Tavern if you win?
Yes.
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Is there a limit on how many gold coins you can spend to reveal Item cards at Izchak the Merchant?
No.
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How many Item cards does the Overseer flip over at Izchak the Merchant?
6.
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May players pool gold coins at Izchak the Merchant?
Yes.
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How much health does sleeping at Amaranth Inn heal?
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What items do you receive for helping the innkeeper clean out the cellar at Amaranth Inn?
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Do heroes resurrected by Althea the Healer get their Item and Spell cards back?
Yes.
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Do heroes resurrected by Althea the Healer get their gold coins back?
Yes.
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How many Poison cards does Althea the Healer remove for 20 gold coins?
1.
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How much health is restored at Althea the Healer?
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Can you purchase multiple services from Althea the Healer?
Yes.
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Can heroes pool gold coins together at Althea the Healer?
Yes.
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Can Allies be resurrected by Althea the Healer?
No.
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Can Allies be healed by Althea the Healer?
Yes.
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What are the Gelatinous Cube Monster's attacks for each round?
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How many different rounds of attacks does the Gelatinous Cube Monster have?
How does the Gelatinous Cube Monster work?
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Can multiple characters be placed on the Devoured card?
Yes.
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Can a character be teleported off the Devoured card?
No.
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Where do you place characters freed from being devoured?
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How much damage does a devour shot inflict?
1 point.
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If multiple characters are hit by a devour shot, do they all take damage?
Yes.
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If multiple characters are hit by a devour shot, who decides which character is devoured?
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If multiple characters are hit by a devour shot, are they all devoured?
No.
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When are devoured characters released?
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Can a devoured character take any actions?
No.
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Do you perform the shot sequence of the character performing the summon shot?
Yes.
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Do you perform a melee and shot sequence of a summoned character?
Yes.
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Can a frozen character take any action?
No.
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Do you take damage when hit with an ice shot?
No.
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How can a hero be freed from being frozen?
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Do heroes collect gold for frozen monsters?
Yes.
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How much damage does a Target Shot inflict?
1 point.
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Where do I start the second Target Shot from?
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What if my hero ends on its side in the Roll Shot?
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Can I hit multiple monsters with a Roll Shot?
No.
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What if I hit more than one monster with a Roll Shot?
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How much damage does a Roll Shot do?
2 points.
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Can you switch yourself when using Open Portal?
Yes.
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Do Open Portal characters leave the playmat?
No.
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Where do you place a character using Runic Shift?
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Do we still play the Battle Phase if all monsters and Catacomb Lord are on the Teleported card?
Yes.
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Can frozen or stunned characters teleport?
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Can a character be damaged or killed while on a Teleported card?
No.
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When do teleported characters come back into play?
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When do you teleport characters?
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What happens if the Fire Wall is pushed off the playmat?
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How much damage does the Fire Wall inflict?
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What does the Transform Shot modifier do?
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What does the Stun Shot modifier do?
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What does the Regeneration Shot modifier do?
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What does the Poison Shot modifier do?
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What does the Petrify Shot modifier do?
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What does the Fear Shot modifier do?
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What does the Critical Shot modifier do?
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What does the Corrosion Shot modifier do?
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What does the Chain Shot modifier do?
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What do shot modifiers do?
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What cards do heroes lose when they die?
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Do heroes lost unused Spell cards when they die?
No.
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Do heroes lose gold coins when they die?
Yes.
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Do heroes lose monsters they've killed when they die?
Yes.
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Do heroes lost Poison cards when they die?
Yes.
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Do heroes lose Item cards when they die?
Yes.
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When do dead heroes return to life?
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Do dead heroes return to life?
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How many points of health do heroes recover with Heal All?
1 point.
Do all heroes heal with Heal All?
Yes.
Can a character heal beyond their starting limit?
No.
Can multiple targets be damaged by a single shot?
Yes.
Where do you place a shield piece?
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When do you remove shield pieces from the playmat?
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How far away from a character do you place a ranged shot piece?
2.5cm/1 inch
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Do you remove a ranged shot piece from the playmat after taking a shot?
Yes.
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Can pieces end on top of another piece?
No.
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How much damage does a bite shot do?
2 points.
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How much damage does a melee shot do?
1 point.
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How many gold coins do heroes receive in the Resolution Phase?
Heroes receive gold coins for each monster they destroyed in a room.
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What are the three phases?
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Can Item cards be used more than once?
Varies.
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Can Ability cards be played more than once?
Yes.
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Can Spell cards be played more than once?
No.
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Do heroes take turns before the Overseer?
Yes.
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What can heroes do on their turn?
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How many rounds can be played per room?
Unlimited.
There are three phases that repeat, in each room, until the end of the game: Setup, Battle, and Resolution.
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How does the Overseer win?
If the heroes defeat the Catacomb Lord, they win. The Overseer wins by defeating all four heroes.
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How do heroes win?
If the heroes defeat the Catacomb Lord, they win. The Overseer wins by defeating all four heroes.
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