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Gamehelpdungeontwister

2020-03-12T13:19:55Z

Vrmlghost:

== Actions ==
=== Reveal a Room ===
A room can only be revealed (turned face-up) if one of
your characters has direct access to it before it is
revealed (figure 2). All characters on your starting line
have direct access to the first two rooms adjacent to the
starting line. So, both these rooms can be revealed for 1
AP each.
Remove all the tokens on the room to be revealed. Slide
the room to the side from the board’s structure, flip the
room and replace it in the structure face up as indicated in
figure 3. The player revealing the room first places all the
tokens that were on this room except the objects matching
his own color. These objects are placed by his opponent
after the revealing player has placed all the other tokens.
All tokens are placed face-up, no more than one per
square. Each token must be placed on an empty floor
square or on a Rotation Gear

=== Rotate a Room ===
Each room in the labyrinth is equipped with a complex
wheels and gears mechanism allowing it to rotate. The
Rotation Gear which triggers this movement is represented
by a colored spinning arrow and a number within a square of
each room. Such squares are called Rotation Gear.
For 1 AP, a character standing on a Rotation Gear can
rotate the room 1/4 of a turn in the arrow’s direction. He
can spend 2 AP to rotate 1/2 of a turn, or 3 AP to rotate
3/4 of a turn, etc.
All rooms are matched as colored pairs (they are also
numbered for easier identification), rotating in opposite
direction from each other. A character standing on the
Rotation Gear #1 can also choose to remotely rotate the
other room bearing the same number for 1 AP for each
1/4 of a turn. The targeted room will rotate in the direction
of the arrows printed on its own board. In short, to know
which way the room rotates, look at the arrow printed on
the rotating room. 1 AP only allows you to rotate one
room at a time! You can never rotate two rooms at the
same time.
To rotate a room, slide the room out of the board’s structure.
Rotate the room and put it back into the structure.
When a player rotates a room, he is not allowed to change
his mind if the new game situation isn’t to his liking. None of
the tokens in the room change place during a rotation.

=== Move ===
You can use 1 AP to move one of your own characters. The
white number on the left on each character token (Speed)
shows how many squares a character can move for 1 AP (for
example, the Thief can move 5 squares with 1 AP).
You are never forced to use all of your movement points.
You can also give more than one AP to the same character
in order to have it move several times, although one movement
must be fully completed before another can start
(first Golden Rule).

===Initiate Combat ===
You need to spend 1 AP to initiate Combat. A character can
attack any adjacent enemy character. You cannot initiate a
Combat through a closed Portcullis or a wall.
Each player selects a Combat card from his hand and
places it face-down in front of him. Both cards are then
revealed simultaneously. Each player adds the card’s value to
his character’s Combat value (black number on the right on
his character token).
The player with the highest total wins the Combat and the
opponent’s character is wounded. Wounded characters are
placed face-down.
In the case of a tie, nothing happens and the player
whose turn it is can decide to spend 1 new AP to initiate a
new Combat.
All used Combat cards are removed from the game. Gather
them in a single face-down pile. Players are not allowed to look
at these cards. The “Combat +0” card is the only card that the
owner always gets back.
The Active Player cannot attack again a character that has
been wounded during this turn, even if another character did
the wounding.

====Group Combat====
If more than 1 character is adjacent to one or more of his
opponent’s characters, all living (unwounded) characters
must participate in the Combat (see figure 4). The attacking
player adds the Combat value of all his adjacent characters
and the defending player does the same. Although more
than one character is attacking or defending, each player
only plays one Combat card for his team. When the Combat
is over, all the loser’s characters involved in the combat are
wounded and placed face-down.

==== Wounded characters====
When a character is wounded, the object he was carrying is
left in the square with him. A wounded character cannot carry
out any Actions. His Combat value is 0 but he is still permitted
to play a Combat card if he is attacked during following turns. If
a wounded character loses a Combat, he is removed from the
game. The player who killed him removes the character token
from the board and places it in front of him as proof of having
earned 1 VP. A wounded character cannot attack or participate
in group Combat. He can only defend himself if he is directly
attacked (you can only attack one wounded character at the
same time). If a wounded character wins a Combat, the attacking
character or characters are wounded.

=== Use a Character’s Special Ability===
Most characters have one or more Special Abilities. Some of
them are permanent and do not require the player to spend
AP to use them; others require 1 AP to be activated. Refer to
the character description to learn about each character's
Special Abilities. Unless otherwise specified, a wounded
character cannot use his Special Abilities, even if they are
permanent Abilities.

=== Use an Object ===
Some objects also have permanent Special Effects that do
not require the player to spend AP to use them; others
require 1 AP to be activated. Objects with permanent
Effects always stay on the board. Objects that require AP to
have their Effect activated are removed from the board
once they are used. A wounded character cannot use an
object requiring AP activation since he is not permitted to
carry out an Action.

== Objects ==
Each character can only carry one
object or one wounded character
of his own color. To pick
up an object or a wounded
character, simply pass
through or stop on the
square containing it. This
doesn’t require the player
to spend any AP as it is
part of the character’s movement. A character can also
drop an object or wounded character in a square while
carrying out a movement. This also does not require the
player to spend any AP. But, the second Golden Rule must
still be followed and no object or wounded character may
be left on a Pit Trap (unless it is a Rope) or on any other
forbidden square. There can never be two objects on the
same square.
A character moving through a square occupied by a
wounded character (friendly or enemy) and an object can
pick up the object for no AP. If one of your characters
moves through another character of the same color, you
can take, give or trade objects and/or wounded characters
as you wish between the two characters. This does
not cost any AP. However, at the end of any Action, the
second Golden Rule must always be followed (1 character
+ 1 object or 1 character + 1 wounded character
maximum per square).
Blue characters can use and carry Yellow objects and
vice versa.
Objects or wounded characters are always placed underneath
the token of the character carrying it. At any time,
any player can look at a token underneath a character,
friendly or enemy

=== Carrying wounded characters ===
Wounded characters can be carried like objects by characters
of the same color. All rules applicable to objects are
applicable to wounded characters. If a character carrying a
wounded one loses a Combat, the wounded one is removed
from the game (+1 VP for the winner) and the carrier
becomes wounded himself

===Moving a Character out of the Labyrinth===
As soon as one of your characters moves into any of the
10 squares on your opponent’s starting line, he exits the
labyrinth. Remove it from the game and place it in front of
you to symbolize 1 VP. It is not possible to stay on your
opponent’s starting line or to move once on it. On the other
hand, your characters can move, rest or initiate Combat on
your own starting line.
You can exit the labyrinth by moving through an opponent’s
wounded character standing on his starting line. You can also
initiate Combat against an opponent’s character standing on
his starting line, as long as your attacking character is still in
a room and still in the labyrinth.
If a character leaves the labyrinth while transporting a
wounded character, the wounded character is safe (remove
from the game) but is not worth any VP.
If a character leaves the labyrinth while transporting an
object, this object is removed from the game
unless it is the Treasure which is worth 1
VP (place the Treasure in front of you to
keep track of your extra VP.)

== Cards ==
=== Action Cards ===
The Active Player chooses an Action card from his deck
and places it face-up in front of him. All of a player’s Action
cards must be stacked together face-up, so that only the
last card played is visible. At the end of a turn, if a player
has no more Action cards, he gets his 4 Action cards back
(see phase 3). This is called a completed Action Card Cycle.
During the first turn, the first player can only play a “2
Actions” card. Then, during the entire duration of the first
Action Cards Cycle, a player can only play a card whose
Actions number is inferior, equal or superior by 1 to the
highest Action card played since the beginning of the game.
This rule only applies to the first Action Card Cycle.

As soon as a “4 Actions” card has been played, any player
can play any Action card for the rest of the game.

=== Combat Cards ===
You need to spend 1 AP to initiate Combat. A character can
attack any adjacent enemy character. You cannot initiate a
Combat through a closed Portcullis or a wall.
Each player selects a Combat card from his hand and
places it face-down in front of him. Both cards are then
revealed simultaneously. Each player adds the card’s value to
his character’s Combat value (black number on the right on
his character token).
The player with the highest total wins the Combat and the
opponent’s character is wounded. Wounded characters are
placed face-down.
In the case of a tie, nothing happens and the player
whose turn it is can decide to spend 1 new AP to initiate a
new Combat.
All used Combat cards are removed from the game. Gather
them in a single face-down pile. Players are not allowed to look
at these cards. The “Combat +0” card is the only card that the
owner always gets back.
The Active Player cannot attack again a character that has
been wounded during this turn, even if another character did
the wounding.

=== Jump Cards ===
Each player starts the game with 3 “Jump” cards. You can
use a Jump card to allow any of your characters to jump over
a Pit Trap. Your character can jump over the Pit Trap and
land on a square directly behind it (figure 6). A Jump card
allows you to move two squares: the first square crossed
must be the Pit Trap and the character must then land on a
valid square adjacent to the Pit Trap. A valid square is any
square where the character can complete his movement
while obeying the second Golden Rule.
Playing a Jump card costs 1 AP. The used Jump cards are
removed from the game after use and placed face-down
with the used Combat cards.
It is not permitted to jump over a Pit Trap that is occupied
by a living or wounded character.

== Winning ==
You win the game by scoring 5 VP.
Eliminating an enemy scores 1 VP.
Getting one of your characters to your enemies starting line earns 1VP (+1VP for goblin, +1VP if carrying treasure)

Gamehelphive

2016-03-01T00:23:12Z

Vrmlghost:

Each turn, you may either place an insect or move an insect. All insects in play must be contiguous at all times.

The first player's Queen Bee to be surrounded on all sides loses. You must place your Queen Bee by your fourth turn.

Tournament opening rule: You cannot place your queen as your first move.

Movement rules:
* Queen Bee: Can only move one space
* Beetle: Only one space, but it can move on top of another insect
* Spider: 3 spaces in one direction
* Grasshopper: Moves to the next open space in a straight line
* Soldier Ant: It can move an unlimited amount along outside borders

Expansion Pieces:
* Mosquito: Uses the movement ability of any piece it is touching
* Ladybug: Travels two spaces on top of other pieces and one space back down
* Pill bug: Can move a single space, or move a piece* currently adjacent to it to another adjacent location

* The pill bug isn't allowed to move the piece that just moved. Also, the piece that the pill bug moves isn't allowed to move on the very next turn

This is just a brief summary of movement rules. This has a comprehensive overview of movement rules: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/371756/hive-detailed-review

Gamehelpeightmastersrevenge

2015-11-16T21:50:02Z

Vrmlghost: /* Passive player (defender) */

===Overview and aim of the game===

8 Masters’ Revenge is a fighting game for 1 to 4 players (only available for 2 players on BGA).

You are a martial arts master and you want to beat your opponents, strike after strike. Your only weapons
are your 2 hands, represented by the 2 cards you have in play. Find the weak point in your opponent’s guard
to deal damage to him.

As soon as his "health" marker reaches the last space of his life track (whose length depends of the number
of players), he is out of the game.

The last surviving player wins the fight.

====Turn break down====

=====Active player (attacker)=====

The active player can choose to perform one of the following actions:

Draw 2 cards (or 1 card if he or she already has 3 cards in hand due to having a handsize limit of 4 cards).
After drawing cards the active player may move one token, in his or her area, to an adjacent field. '''Important: A damange token that lies on a emtpy field can only be placed on an adjacent empty field, and a damage token that lies on a card can only be placed on an adjacent card!'''

''Or''

Perform an attack! In order to do so the active player has to place a card from his/her hand in play. This card has to be put adjacent to the two cards already in play. The card that is not adjacent to the new card will be discarded and is the card that performs the attack.
Now 5 steps take place:
# Apply token effect (if any).
# Check if the attack hits! An attack hits if the ''attacker’s attack value'' is '''exactly equal''' to the ''defender’s defense value''. (the attack value is the value created with the new card put in play; more below).
# Deal damage if the attack hits.
# Apply the effect of the discarded card.
# Play an extra turn if a pair was formed with the new card (meaning that the center numbers are equal -> 1/1 2/2 3/3 4/4 5/5).

During the extra turn a new attack can be launched or '''1''' card can be drawn. When no new pair is formed or when a card is drawn the turn is passed on the the second player.

=====Passive player (defender)=====
When the active player launches an attack, the passive player has 3 options if certain conditions are met.
<ol>
<li>Do nothing and take the blow (shouting: "''that doesn't hurt me!''")
<li>Block the attack. You can block an attack if you meet the following condition.
<ol><li>If you have a card in play that has the same color as the card with which is attacked. (so you can block a yellow card with a
yellow card).
</li></ol>
Blocking will reduce incoming dmg with 1. However, a card used for blocking stays in its blocking state, until it is discarded (used to attack), meaning you cannot use it a second time for blocking and you cannot form a pair with it. Most important if you're attacked a second time with a card of the same color and you still have the card in the blocking area '''you will suffer 2 additional damage'''.</li>
<li>Counter the attack. You can launch a counter attack on your opponents attack when you meet 2 conditions.
<ol><li> you have in play a card with a dragon symbol</li>
<li>you have a card in your hand with a dragon symbol</li></ol>
If both conditions are met, you can form a dragon pair by playing the dragon card from your hand next to the dragon card you have in play. Be careful, as your opponent may perform a counter attack on your counter attack, if your opponent matches both conditions as well. When the attacker is not able to counter the counter attack his/her turn ends immediately and as such the effects from the card with which was attacked are not applied. (You can continue countering each other until one of you no longer has a card with a dragon symbol, to put in play).
</li>
</ol>

=====Computation of defense and attack values=====

The Attack value is equal to the sum of the numbers in the center of the couple of cards you have in play 
The Defense value is equal to the sum of the numbers of both ends of the couple of cards you have in play

Example: you have a 2-4 and a 5-1 card in play. (2-4/5-1) 
Thus attack value = 9 (4+5) 
and defense value = 3 (2+1)