Taming The Dragon
Conan crept forward through the dark jungle in the depths of Darfar. Up ahead, he spied Valeria moving lithely through the tropical vegetation. Her head perked up and he froze, listening for the sound of whatever caught her attention. With a beastly howl, Pictish warriors emerged from the brush all around them.
Conan drew his sword and the Picts paused, as if sensing their prey would not be as easy as they initially thought. Their war cry changed pitch into a series of guttural roars, as if calling for help. Conan tensed, ready to spring at the lead warrior when the guttural roars echoed back from the forest, far louder than the Picts had chanted and accompanied a thunderous shaking. Suddenly, a dragon emerged from the forest. Shockingly, it ignored the Picts and almost seemed to obey them. How could this tribe have domesticated such a terrible creature? Determination gripped Conan. Not only would they need to defeat the Picts, but this monstrous beast as well.
Winning the Game
Heroes
To win, the Heroes must slay the Dragon of Xuchotl to scare away the Picts.Overlord
To win, the Overlord must kill both Heroes.Setup
Heroes
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The game starts with the Heroes’ turn. The Heroes start in the areas indicated by the setup diagram. |
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Suggested Heroes and Equipment: |
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Conan Free Companion (Battle Axe, Leather Armor, Life Potion), commands 2 Pirates |  |
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Valeria Free Companion (Sword, Dagger, Leather Armor, Throwing Knives, Life Potion) |
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After setup, each Hero moves 4 gems from their Reserve zone to their Fatigue zone. |
Overlord
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The Overlord starts with 8 gems in their Reserve zone and 4 in their Fatigue zone, and places the Recovery token showing a recovery value of 5 in the Book of Skelos. |
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When an event tile is activated the Overlord may chooses one Event: Reinforcements: Gain 3 reinforcement points
Attack: Activate the Dragon of Xuchotl without moving its tile. |
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Special Rules
Game Board Rules: Standard game board rules apply.
Setup: During setup, the Overlord takes 4 Chest tokens
marked 1 (which represent Thick Branches) and 4 Chest tokens marked
2 (which represent poisonous Apples of Derketo) and places them as they wish face down in the indicated areas.
Thick Hide: Heroes cannot damage the Dragon of Xuchotl until it has 2 Poison Spear tokens
on its tile.
Makeshift Supplies: Heroes need to find supplies and build a weapon to weaken the Dragon of
Xuchotl. A Hero can have a maximum of 2 Thick Branches and 2 Apples of Derketo at a time. A Hero in an area with
a token can search the area by performing a complex Manipulation
with a difficulty of 1 to flip the token and take it if possible. Otherwise, leave it face up in the area. A Hero in an area
with a face up token can pick it up by performing a simple
Manipulation. Thick Branches and Apples of Derketo have an Encumbrance value of 0.
Make a Poison Spear: A Hero with 2 Thick Branches tokens and 2 Apple of Derketo tokens may
perform a complex Manipulation with a difficulty of 1 to make a Poison Spear. Discard all
4 tokens and take 1 
token (which represents a Poison Spear). This has an Encumbrance value of 0 and can only be used to poison the Dragon of Xuchotl.
A Hero can have 2 Poison Spear tokens.
Poison the Dragon: A Hero with a Poison Spear may attempt to poison the Dragon of Xuchotl by
rolling 2 successes with a Melee Attack. The attack does not need to exceed the Dragon’s Armor and the Overlord cannot Guard
against this attack. However, this attack does not benefit from Weapon or Item cards Attack bonuses. If the attack succeeds,
place the token on the Dragon’s tile. Then the Overlord removes 1
energy gem from the Book of Skelos (from the zone of the Overlord’s choice) and the Dragon loses 1 point of Armor.
If the attack fails, the Hero keeps the token.
Enraged: If the Dragon of Xuchotl has 2
tokens when it activates, the Overlord must move the Dragon towards the closest Hero and attack them if possible. In the event
of a tie, the Overlord chooses which Hero to attack.