Objective

Recover the treasure and escape before the citadel is overrun at the end of turn 15. At least one Hero must leave the Citadel through the exit in the starting area in order to keep any loot recovered during the scenario.

Setup

The game starts with the Heroes’ turn. The Heroes start in the area marked with the red X.

Shuffle these 5 Trap Door tokens face down and randomly place them on the map as indicated.

Shuffle 12 Treasure tokens face down and randomly place them on the map as indicated.

x12, x8, x4

Shuffle the extra numbered tokens 1 through 4 and place them on the map as indicated.

x4, , , ,

Shuffle 8 Fire Trap tokens and set them aside, the 1 side up.

x8, x4, x4,

Set aside 3 Pit Trap tokens, 3 Water tokens, and the Key.

x3, x3,

After setup, each Hero moves 4 gems from their Reserve zone to their Fatigue zone.

Asset Deck

Chests require the Key and a simple Manipulation to open. The Asset Deck contains a Lockpick, Mantle of Gullah, and Spellbook (Summon Demon - Outer Dark Demon). Chests have a weight of 2 but cannot be carried out of the Citadel.

Special Rules

This scenario works differently than most scenarios. Activation tokens are not used to activate units, but rather to randomly choose which units spawn. The number of acti- vations does not depend on how many Heroes are on the board. The Overlord turn always goes as follows:

Overlord Turn Sequence

1. Advance the Turn marker
2. Activate all revealed enemy units. Players choose the order in which to activate these units.
3. Spawn a monster in one of the areas with a reinforce- ment token. The location alternates each turn, so place the monster at location 1 at the ends of turn 1, 3, 5, etc. and at location 2 at the ends of turn 2, 4, 6, etc.

Trap Door: Heroes may spend one Movement Point to explore a Trap Door token and flip it. If the back of the token has an X, it is a dead end. If the Trap Door token has a number, place the Hero in the Hidden Chamber with the corresponding Trap Door number and spawn a random monster in the chamber. The monster will interrupt the Heroes’ turn and activate. Once the monster has finished with its activation, the Heroes will continue their turn. Units may spend 1 Movement Point to move between a room and its corresponding Hidden Chamber, but they do not have line of sight to each other.

Monster Spawns: When you need to spawn a random monster, follow the rules for drawing an Activation token from the Book of Skelos, but instead of activating the corre- sponding unit, place its miniature in the intended location. If the monster is already on the board, draw another token. If all monsters are on the board, do not spawn another monster. Once all Activation tokens are in the Fatigue zone in the Book of Skelos, flip them face down, shuffle them, and place them back in the Reserve.

Doors: Doors require a Complex manipulation of 3 or Wall Wrecker to open.

Barricade: The barricade acts as a wall that cannot be crossed or destroyed.

Traps: The first time a Hero enters an area with a Treasure token, flip the token. If it’s a 1, discard the token and nothing happens. If it is a 2, the Hero has triggered a trap. Roll 1 (no rerolls allowed) to determine the type of trap. If the result is blank, place a Pit Trap (max 3) in the area. If it’s not blank, place a random Fire Trap in the area with the 1 side up. The Hero that triggered the trap immediately suffers the effect but does not lose any remaining free Movement Points.

Pit Trap: When a unit enters an area with a Pit Trap, roll 1 (no rerolls allowed) and suffer unblockable damage equal to the result. Leaving this area costs 1 additional movement point for Heroes without Climb. In addition, Heroes with Climb may choose to spend 1 extra movement point when entering the area to take no damage. Heroes with flying, and all Overlord units, are unaffected by Pit Traps.

Fire Trap: Heroes take unblockable damage equal to the value on a Fire Trap token whenever they:

• enter an area with a Fire Trap token, or
• start their turn in an area with a Fire Trap token.

Overlord units are unaffected by Fire Traps.

Wells: Heroes may use a simple Manipulation to investigate a face down number token to search for a secret well. Flip the token. If it is a 1, place the Well token in the room. Spawn the Deep One Champion in the room and activate it.

Sunken Key: A Hero in the same area as the Well may retrieve the Key by performing a complex Manipulation with a difficulty of 4.

Water Buckets: A Hero in the same area as the Well may fill a water bucket by performing a complex Manipulation with a difficulty of 2. Use a Water token to represent the bucket with a weight of 2.

Dousing the Fire: A Hero with a Water token may perform a simple Manipulation and discard the Water token to remove a Fire Trap token from their area, or an adjacent area if they have line of sight.

Nameless Horror: At the end of the Overlord’s turn 10, spawn the Nameless Horror at spawn location 2 instead of a random spawn. In addition, flip all Fire Trap tokens on the board to the side with the higher number. From now on, whenever spawning a Fire Trap token, flip it to the side with the higher number after randomly drawing it.

Options

Non-Campaign Mode

Heroes may choose one Boon from the options listed in the Hero Victory section on page 32.

Cache: Akbitanan Sword, Atlantean Axe, Bossonian Bow, Buckler, Chain Mail, Cutlass, Dagger, Heavy Spear, Leather Armor, Parrying Dagger, Shield, Sorcerer’s Scepter (see page 22), Spiked Shield, Sword, Throwing Knives, Tribal Mace

Spells: Bori’s Rage, Born by the Wind, Mitra’s Healing, Pestilential Swarm, Set’s Halo, Telekinesis, Ymir’s Retribution, Yog’s Hunger

Four Player Mode

• After setup, each Hero removes 5 gems from their Reserve zone to their Fatigue zone.
• Increase the Life Points of each monster by 1.

Substitutions

• Giant Snake may substitute for the Son of Set.
• Giant Spider may substitute for the Zamorian Spider.
• Demon of the Earth may substitute for Deep One Champion.
• Manifestation of Yog may substitute for Nameless Horror.
• Servant of Ahriman may substitute for Scourge of Set.

• Hard Mode: When a door is opened, spawn 2 Ghouls in the room. The Ghouls will interrupt the Heroes’ turn and activate. Once the Ghouls have finished their activation, the Heroes will continue their turn.