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Hi! first of all thank you for giving it a try!

1) Technically you start in the tile with a shelter (there is always one in the starting locations), which makes sense but I see now it is not clear. I will add this to the FAQ in the Designer's Notebook (coming soon).

2) The game is intended to be played using a traditional draw-your-own map, but if you choose to use the tiles (which was a stretch goal) you can just print more. There are copies of all the starting locations. however, if you are using the Playingcards hexmap, you just need to enter edit mode (the suitcase icon), click on the tile collection and add more tiles of whatever type you need. This will add the tiles to the holder.

3) This is an unforgiving game and it is designed for you to choose whatever is less harmful (or, at least, what you think is less harmful at the moment). If, nonetheless, you want to play the hardcore mode or you just can't decide, you can roll a d10 and let fate be your demise.

4) The lantern token is just a way for you to keep track of your character's position on the map (if you are drawing it). If you printed the tiles, there are tokens for every character. The bottles are the elixirs you can craft if you are playing the Apoticari.

I hope this helps! Let me know how it goes.

Thank you so much for your time!

darkvash832 years ago(-1)

Amazing, thank you!

I have some additional questions after playing a little more if I may:

1) are the +1 for the blacksmith cumulative? eg. can I spend 2 tools for a +4 on the control check?

2) can I build multiple tools with 1 action? Or just 1 tool per action?

3) Do failed investigations leave a mark (for the two investigations per hex rule) or only successful ones?

Thanks!

Blind Archivist2 years ago (1 edit)

Great!

1) Yes, every tool used by the Blacksmith adds an extra +1 to the regular bonus.

2) You can build as many items as you wish and can afford in the same action.

3) Every time you investigate, it counts as one of the two uses per location. This way, the game forces you to keep exploring and discovering new locations.

darkvash832 years ago

Here I am back with a few more questions!

1) I'm guessing the woodsman gets +1 flamewood per action only? I mean he doesn't get +1 for every flamewood gained (via tools) as well does he? So if he Chops Wood using 2 tools, he would get 4 flamewood, correct? (1 base, 1 extra, 2 from tools)

2) Players suffer two conditions if they do not find shelter. This applies as soon as the 8 actions are spent, correct? If the player suffers Amnesia (via Forest action) and he ends up in a tile without Shelter, this doesn't trigger the two conditions, right?

3) When the Forest action applies Torment, what type of condition is received?

4) Because 1 King and 2 Queens are shuffled into the Spades deck, the player cannot win if he doesn't suffer the Twist Reality effect from the Forest action, is this correct?

Thanks!

Blind Archivist2 years ago

Hi! Glad to anwser all these.

1) That is correct, +1 wood per action. Might not seem much, but it is way easier for him to recover from zero and save the tools for the hard events when investigating. Also that +1 flamewood will come in handy for trading at towns and such.

2) That's correct.

3) As with the rest of the game, it is designed for the player to chose whatever is or seems less harmful at the moment. So, whichever you want.

4) It is 2 K and 1 Q. The idea is that the player will choose Twist Reality/Spread the Darkness often, since those are the "less harmful" actions. Also, whenever the Diamond pile empties up, you start drawing from Spades every time you investigate. Also, whenever you find the Cemetery, you can retrieve "and find" one of the special cards from the Spades deck, be it the last Q or one of the Ks. So there's 3 failsaves in the mechanics to keep the game from endlessly stalling

Hope this helps!

darkvash832 years ago

oh where is it mentioned that after emptying the diamond pile, player draws from the spades? I must've missed that!

darkvash832 years ago

Hello again!

We played again, lovely experience!

Again, I have yet another two questions if I may...

1) The Jack of hearts location. Lets you gain a flame once per round. What happens if I enter the tile, I then gain the flame token and, at beginning of the next round, since I'm already on the tile, I gain another token again?

2) there are four copies of the 8 of hearts location hex tile and only one 4 of hearts... Why? :(

Blind Archivist2 years ago

I need to reread the English translation, but it should be once per turn, only one time within your eight actions, then you can do it again after waking up for the next turn.

In an earlier version (around the time the tokens were designed), one of the Forest's actions turned a random location into flamewood forest, so there were some extra copies of that tile. Also, the game was originally intended to be played with a map drawn as you go. The tiles were an adition, unlocked during the campaign, that a friend offered to add to the game. I will definitely look at the file again and balance the amount of each tile. Thank you for the heads up.

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