The difficulty table runs from 0 to 10. These 11 levels allow you to make Tanglewoods: Red easier or harder.

You must choose your difficulty level during setup; it can’t be altered during play.

If you are a beginner to 20 Strong, try your first game at zero. If you have played 20 Strong before, try your first game at 5. If you succeed, move up a level until you can beat the game at 10, and if you’re finding the game too difficult, feel free to move down a level.

Difficulty Level: 0

Effect: +1 to any two stats and remove one random Wolf Pack card from
the game.

Difficulty Level: 1

Effect: +1 to any two stats.

Difficulty Level: 2

Effect: +1 to any stat and start with 20 gold.

Difficulty Level: 3

Effect: Recover and from the banished area and gain one random item.

Difficulty Level: 4

Effect: Start with 20 gold and one random item.

Difficulty Level: 5

Effect: After setup, you may shuffle one scouted enemy back into the deck, replacing it with the new card from the top of the Minion Deck.

Difficulty Level: 6

Effect: Add one nighttime forest card to your path or banish two .

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Difficulty Level: 7

Effect: Reduce starting gold to 5 and add one nighttime forest card to your path.

Difficulty Level: 8

Effect: -1 to any stat.

Difficulty Level: 9

Effect: -1 to any stat and also choose to apply either the 6, 7, or 8 difficulty modifier.

Difficulty Level: 10

Effect: Flip the Trailhead and Grandma's Cabin Cards to nighttime (they cannot be flipped back).