A scenario consists of a series of rounds that are played until players either meet the victory conditions of the scenario or fail the scenario. A round consists of the following steps:

1 - Card selection: Each player will either select two cards from his or her hand to play or declare he or she is performing a long rest action for the round.

2 - Determining initiative: Players reveal their cards for the round, and an ability card for each monster type currently in play is also revealed. An initiative order is then determined based on the initiative values of these revealed cards.

3. Character and monster turns: Starting with the lowest initiative, players and monsters will act out their turns, performing the actions on their cards, possibly modified by character item cards.

4. Cleanup: Some cleanup may be required at the end of the round.