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The Treasure of Tranicos

  Solo/Cooperative 3 Players
  Uses content from:     Core Game     King Pledge     Stretch Goal     King Pledge Solo/Coop

Conan and his companions have been surviving for many months under difficult conditions in the head of the bay of Korvela, along the coast which borders the Pict territory, far in the north of the kingdom of Zingara. They have followed their employer, Count Valenso Korzetta, who has exiled himself far from civilization for reasons known only to himself.

They are soon joined by the mercenary captain Zaporavo, an acquaintance of count Korzetta, who has come with his crew to lend a hand in exchange for glittering gold.

As everyone is working to improve the defenses of the colony against the Pict threat, they discover an ancient citadel which holds the mythic treasure of Tranicos the Bloodthirsty, the most famous pirate the Baracha Isles have ever known.

Zaporavo, little disposed to share the loot, attempts to claim it and takes advantage of the absence of the bulk of the troops to get rid of the few guards left posted on location. Only Conan, the warrior Valeria, and Taurus can interpose themselves, but they are quickly overwhelmed by Zaporavo’s forces.

After sounding the alarm horn, Valeria and Taurus barely had enough time to hide themselves, but Conan is captured and tossed in a pit filled with hyenas.

Objective

To win the game, the Heroes must prevent the Overlord from setting aside Gold bags with a value of 9 or more when the game ends at the end of the Overlord’s turn in turn 9. If all Heroes are defeated, the Heroes immediately lose.

Setup

The game starts with the Heroes’ turn.

Randomly place 13 Treasure tokens facedown as indicated by the setup diagram.

x9 x4

After setup, Conan Warlord moves 5 gems from his Reserve zone to his Fatigue zone. Valeria and Taurus move 3 gems from their Reserve zone to their Fatigue zone.

Asset Deck

Chests require a complex Manipulation with a difficulty of 1 to open. The Asset deck contains: Crossbow, Explosive Orb, Halberd, Life Potion x3, Stygian Scepter, Two-Handed Sword.

Event

Perform both of these actions in order:

  • 1. Reinforcements: Reinforce 1 Hyena in each reinforcement area . If there are not enough available for all 3 locations, players may distribute them as evenly as possible in the reinforcement areas that benefit them the most. Then do the same for the Pirates, Bossonian Guards, and Bêlits’ Guards.

  • 2. Human Chain: Choose a Gold bag in an area with the longest Human Chain and move it to the end of the chain. A Human Chain is when two or more adjacent areas contain an Overlord unit (human or non-human). Only count areas that would move the Gold bag closer to the nearest reinforcement area . Move up to 2 Gold bags in this manner, if possible. If the Gold bag reaches a reinforcement area , set it aside face-up.

Special Rules

Game Board Rules: Standard game board rules apply.

Gold Bags: The tokens represent Gold bags and count as objects with an Encumbrance value of 2. A Hero can pick up a Gold bag with a simple Manipulation.

“Grap the loot!”: When the Pirates activate, perform the following steps in order:

  1. Add 1 Pirate to each reinforcement area .
  2. Activate Pirates in areas with Gold bags first, starting with the Pirate furthest from a reinforcement area . Players choose in case of a tie. This Pirate will pick up a Gold bag, move 1 area towards the closest reinforcement area , and then drop the Gold bag. If the Pirate reaches a reinforcement area , set its Gold bag aside face-up. These Pirates do not leave the game board. Pirates that carry a Gold bag during their activation will not attack that turn. Repeat this for each Pirate in an area with a Gold bag, even if it was previously dropped into their area by another Pirate.
  3. Once all Pirates in areas with a Gold bag have activated, the remaining Pirates will activate one at a time using their movement points to move towards the closest area that contains more Gold bags than Pirate miniatures. They will only attack a Hero if they end their movement in the area with a Hero.

Zaporavo: Zaporavo targets the Strongest Hero.

Bossonian Guards: Will use Sacrifice if a Pirate in their area is attacked.

Inner Demon: When Zaporavo dies, place the Dark Demon miniature in his area and replace his tile with the Dark Demon tile. The players may remove any 2 tokens on the game board from the game.

Citadel

(15 Max) (5 Max) 3   (5 Max) (5 Max) 10  
Hard Mode: Choose one of these tiles to substitute.