14Players

Playtime:4580minutes

Introduction:
Thisisnttheendoftheworld.Thatalreadyhappened.Thisiswhatsleft.Us,Gravehold,andTheNameless
creaturesseekingtosnatchwhatlittlewehaveleftfromourgrasp.Thebreathinourlungs.Theweaklight
inoureyes.Forgenerationswehavetakenrefugeinanancientandhauntedplace,onewhosefirstpurpose
wasforgottenforathousandages,untilourexodusonceagainfilleditsemptyhallsandhovelswithour
shadows.Hereinthedarkness,weseekawaybacktothelight.

Ithastakenthebreachmagesanaeontohonetheirdarkcraft,buttheyareready,theyarelethal.The
breaches,theveryconduitsthroughwhichTheNamelesstravel,havebecomeourweapon.Thebreach
mageswieldthispowerwithundeniableambition:tosurvive,totakebackTheWorldThatWas,toprotectour
home.

YaleesaRhykk,Graveholdsurvivor

ObjectoftheGame:
InAeonsEnd,youmustbuildadeckofgems,relics,andspellsinordertodefeattheincoming
nemesis.Youstartwithatencarddeck,whichyoumustimproveoverthecourseofthegamein
ordertodefeatthenemesis.Eachturnyoumayacquirenewgemsandrelics,learnnewspells(by
purchasingthemfromthesupply),castspells,andincreaseyourcastingpotentialbyopening
additionalbreaches.Ineachgameyouwillfightanemesis,allofwhomhavedifferentabilitiesand
uniquecardsaddedtotheirdeck.Yourgoalistodefeatthenemesisbeforeyourhome,
Gravehold,isoverrunortheplayersareexhausted.Bealwaysonguard,forthenemesismay
haveotherwaystodefeattheplayers...

Contents:
Cards:
303Cards

52startercards
49gemcards
30reliccards
70spellcards
75nemesiscards
9turnordercards
16breaches
1lifetrackerboardforGraveholdandnemesis
6charactermats
4nemesismats
80tokens:
30lifetokenswithvalue1
10lifetokenswithvalue5
21chargetokens
4playernumbertokens
2Graveholdlifetokens
2nemesislifetokens
10powertokens
15rage/husktokens

ComponentAnatomy
Thefollowingsectionintroducesthemajorgamecomponentsandthegametermsusedwith
thosecomponents.Pleasetakesometimetobecomefamiliarwiththissectionbeforereadingthe
rules.

Tokens:
Tokensareincludedsothatplayersmaytrackvariousvaluesinthegamewhileplaying.

ChargeToken

Chargetokensareusedtofuelplayersabilities.

LifeTokens

Lifetokensareusedtotrackthelifeoftheplayersandminions.

PowerToken

Powerstakeoneormoreturnstoresolve.Powertokensareusedtotrackthenumberofturns
untilthepowerresolves.

PlayerToken

Playertokensareusedtoremindtheplayersofturnorder.

GraveholdLifeToken

TheGraveholdlifetokenisusedtotrackGraveholdslife

NemesisLifeToken

TheNemesislifetokenisusedtotrackNemesisslife

LifeTracker:

UsedtotracktheamountoflifeGraveholdandthenemesishaveduringthegame.

PlayerCards:
Playercardsarethevariouscardstheplayerscanusetobuildthemselvesupandtearthe
nemesisdown.Eachplayerstartswithauniquedeckofcardsandwillacquiremorecardstoadd
totheirdeckduringthegamebyspending
thetable.

togainthemfromthesupplypilesinthecenterof

Name
Type:Therearethreetypesofplayercards:gems,relics,andspells.

Gemsareplayedtogiveyouaether(
),themaincurrencyofthegame.Aethercanbe
spenttogainmorecards,gainchargesforplayerabilities,andfocusbreaches.(Breaches
aretheconduitsthroughwhichspellsareplayed.)
Spellsmustbepreppedtoabreach(thatis,thespellcardmustbeplacedonthebreach
areaofyourcharactermat)beforeyoucanCastthem.Spellsarethemainwayofdealing
damagetothenemesisandhisminions.
Reliccardshaveawiderangeofeffectsthatresolveassoonasyouplaythem.

Cost:Theamountof

youspendtogainthiscard.

Text:Theeffecttoresolvewhenyouplaythecard.Gemsandrelicshaveeffectsthatareresolved
immediately.SpellsneedtobepreppedtoabreachbeforetheycanbeCast.Ifanycard
contradictsthisrulebook,followthecardstext.
FlavorText:Hasnoeffectonplay.ProvidesfurtherbackgroundintotheworldofAeonsEnd.

NemesisCards:
NemesiscardsarethecardsthenemesisusesagainsttheplayersandGravehold.Thenemesis
deckisconstructedatthebeginningofeachnewgamefromamixtureofgeneralnemesiscards
thatcanbeusedinanynemesisdeck,andanumberofuniquecardsthatareonlyusedwiththat
particularnemesis.Youmayencounterthesamenemesismanytimes,butitwillneverattackyou
inexactlythesamewaytwice.

Name
Tier:Therearethreetiersofnemesiscards.Tier1cardsarelessdangerousthanTier2cards,
whicharelessdangerousthanTier3cards.
Type:Therearethreetypesofnemesiscards:attacks,minions,andpowers.
Attacksareresolvedimmediatelyandarethendiscarded.
Minionsstayinplayuntildefeatedandhavepersistenteffectswhichareresolvedduring
thenemesismainphase.
Powersstayinplayforavariablenumberofturnsuntiltheyareeitherresolvedorthe
playersareabletodiscardthemwithoutresolvingthem.AllpowercardshavePOWER
X:onthem.Whenapowercardisdrawn,placeitinplaywithXpowertokensonit.
Duringthenemesisminion&powersphase,removeonetokenfromeverypowercardin
play.Whenapowercardhasnotokensleft,discarditandresolvethetextfollowing
POWERX:.
Text:Theeffecttoresolveforthisnemesiscard.

Life:Minioncardshavelifewhichcanbedepletedbydealingitdamage.Ifthelifeofaminion
reacheszero,itisimmediatelydiscarded.
Nemesis:Thenemesisthecardbelongsto.CardsthatsayGeneralmaybeusedwithany
nemesis.

CharacterMats:

Name
PlayerNumber:Placeyourplayernumbertokenhere.Playernumberisusedfortheturnorder
deck.
BreachSetup:Theinitialconfigurationofyourbreaches.Notallcharacterswillhaveallfour
breaches.
StartingHand:Thefivecardswhichyouwillhaveinyourhandatthestartofthegame.
StartingDeck:Thefivecardswhichyouwillhaveinyourdeckatthestartofthegame.The
leftmostcardshouldbethetopcardofyourdeck.
DeckArea:Placeyourdeckherewhileplaying(facedown).
DiscardArea:Placeyourdiscardpileherewhileplaying(faceup).
Ability:Eachcharacterhasauniqueability.Thecharactermatexplainswhenthatabilitycanbe
activatedandwhatitdoes.Abilitiescanonlybeactivatedwhenyouhaveachargetokenonallof
thespacesshownbelowtheability.Onceanabilityisactivated,allofthechargesareremoved.
LifeArea:Placeyourlifetokenshere.

Breaches:

Closed/Opened:Indicateswhetherornotthebreachisclosedoropened.Youcannotprepa
spelltoaclosedbreachunlessyouhaveusedthefocusactiononthatbreachthisturn.Youcan
alwaysprepaspelltoanopenedbreach.Onceabreachisopened,itremainsopenedfortherest
ofthegame.Onlyonespellcanbepreppedtoabreachatatime.Youcannotprepspellsto
breachesthatalreadyhavespellspreppedinthem.Youmayopenorfocusbreachesinany
order.Forexample,youmayfocusBreachIIIbeforeBreachII,oropenBreachIVbeforeeither
ofIIorIII.
OpenCost:Thecosttoopenthebreach.Whenabreachisopened,flipittotheopenedside.
FocusCost:Thecosttofocusthebreach.Whenabreachisfocused,rotateit90clockwise.
Spellscanbepreppedtoaclosedbreachonlyontheplayersturnwhenthefocusactionwas
usedonthatbreach.
OpenedEffect:Somebreacheshaveeffectsthatoccurwheneveraspelliscastfromthatbreach
whileitisopened.
BreachNumber:Usedprimarilyduringsetuptoindicatewhichbreachgoeswhereonthe
charactermat.
Adjacency:Somespellsmayrefertoadjacentbreaches.Breachesarealwaysadjacenttothe
oneortwodirectlynexttothemphysically.Forexample,IisadjacenttoII.IIisadjacenttoIandIII.

Example:Thebreachaboveontheleftisclosed.Youcanfocusthebreachontherightby
paying3
androtatingit90clockwise.Itcanbeopenedfor7
whichflipsthebreachover
toitsopenedside.Ifyoufocusthebreach,youcanprepaspellinthatbreachonthatturnonly.
Onsubsequentturns,youmustfocusitagain,oropenit,toprepanotherspellthere.Afteryou
focusabreach,itbecomeslessexpensivetoopen.Ifabreachscurrentopenandfocuscost
arethesameandyoufocusthatbreach,openitinstead.

NemesisMat:

Name
Setup:Anyspecificstepsyoumusttakewhenstartingthegamewiththisnemesis.
UnleashEffect:TheeffectthatoccurswhentheUnleashkeywordresolves.
AdditionalRules:Anyadditionalrulesthatpertainonlytothisnemesis.
DifficultyRule:Anadditionalruletoadjustdifficulty.Seepagexxforfurtherdifficulty
modifications.

Setup:

PlayerSetup
Eachplayerchoosesacharactermatandaplayernumbertoken.Allplayersshouldbuildtheir
startinghandanddeckasshownontheircharactermat.Thecardsshouldbeintheordershown
withtheleftmostcardbeingthetopcardoftheirdeckandtherightmostcardbeingthebottom

cardoftheirdeck.Playersshouldeachreceiveoneofeachtypeofbreachshownontheirsheet
(IIVaslisted).Playerssetuptheirbreachesasindicatedontheircharactermat.Eachplayer
startsthegamewith10life.Setthenemesisslifeto70,andGraveholdslifeto30.Thenemesis,
Gravehold,andtheplayerscanneverhavemorethantheirstartinglife.

TurnOrderDeck
Theturnorderdeckisalwayscomposedoffourplayerturncardsandtwonemesisturncards.
Theturnordercardsforeachplayercorrespondtotheirplayernumber.Foratwoplayergame,
placetwoturnordercardsforeachplayerinthedeck.Forthreeplayers,placeoneturnorder
cardforeachplayerplustheWildturnordercardinthedeck.Whenthewildturnordercardis
drawn,theplayersdecidewhichoneofthemwilltakethatturn.Thewildturnordercardisa
playerturnordercard.Forfourplayers,placeoneturnordercardinthedeckforeachplayer.
Regardlessoftheplayercount,addtwonemesisturnordercardstothedeckandshuffleit.When
theturnorderdeckisemptyandanewturncardmustbedrawnorrevealed,shufflealloftheturn
ordercardstogetherandplacethemfacedowntomaketheturnorderdeckagain.

NemesisDeck
Thenemesisdeckconsistsofthreetiersofcards.Chooseanemesistoplayagainst,andsetits
nemesismatneartheplayers.Eachnemesishasasetofcardswiththeirnamewrittenatthe
bottomleft.Inaddition,thereareGeneralcardsthatdonotbelongtoanyspecificnemesis,but
someofwhichareincludedineachnemesisdeck.Eachnemesishasthreecardspertierspecific
tothatnemesisthatwillbeincludedinthenemesisdeck,wherethetierisindicatedbya1,2,or3
inthebottomrightofthecard.
Theremaybeothercardsincludedbesidesthenemesisdeckdependingonwhichnemesisyoure
playingagainst.

Tomakethenemesisdeck,includethethreenemesisspecificcardsthatshowthattiersnumber
inthebottomright,thenaddthenumberofgeneralnemesiscardsshowninthechartbelow,
basedonthenumberofplayersinthegame.Shufflethechosengeneralnemesiscardsandthe
threenemesisspecificcardstogetherforeachtier.Placethetier3cardsonbottom,thetier2
cardsontopofthetier3cards,andthetier1cardsontopofthetier2cards.Thesethreetiers
combinetoformthenemesisdeck.Donotshufflethenemesisdeckonceithasbeencreated.

Generalnemesiscards 1Player
added

2Players

3Players

4Players

Tier1

Tier2

Tier3

Aftercreatingthenemesisdeck,followallSetupinstructionswrittenonthenemesismat.


Supply

Thesupplypilesarethecardsthatcanbegainedoverthecourseofthegame.Theyforma3x3
gridbetweenthecharactermats.Theplayerscandeterminethesepilesrandomlyorchoosethe
onestheywishtouse.Includethreegemsandsixspells/relicsineachgame.Werecommend
thatyouincludetworelicsandfourspells.

Guidelinesforchoosingthesupply

Choose3gems,2relics,and4spellsandplacethem,eachintheirownseparatepile,inthe
middleofthetable.Eachseparatepileincludesallcopiesofthatparticularcard.
Gemsaretheprimarysourceofgaining
.
ishowyougainnewcards,openbreaches,and
hasvariousotherfunctions.Gemscanbechosenrandomlyorbytheplayers.Thereareseven
gemcardsineachgemsupplypile.

Spellsaretheprimarysourceofdamagetothenemesisanditsminions.Theymustbepreppedto
abreachononeturnandresolvetheirCasteffectinalaterturn.Spellscanbechosenrandomly
orbytheplayers.Therearefivespellcardsineachspellsupplypile.

Relicshaveawidevarietyofeffectsandareresolvedassoonastheyareplayed.Therearefive
reliccardsineachrelicsupplypile.

Includeallcopiesofeachcardincludedinthe3x3grid.(7forgems,5forspellsorrelics).Ifapile
ofcardsrunsout,donotreplaceit.

SuggestedStartingSupplies
Iftheplayersprefernottochoosetheirownsupplypilesanddonotwishtoselectrandomly,
belowaresomesuggestedstartingsupplies.Thesearerecommendedforthoselearningthe
game.

Suggestedstartingsupply1
Gems:Jade,SearingRuby,BurningOpal
Relics:FlexingDagger,BottledVortex
Spells:AmplifyVision,EssenceTheft,PlanarInsight,ConsumingVoid

Suggestedstartingsupply2
Gems:Jade,VriswoodAmber,DiamondCluster
Relics:UnstablePrism,MagesTalisman

Spells:SpectralEcho,Ignite,FeralLightning,WildfireWhip

Guidelines

Belowaresomeguidelinestochoosingcardsforyoursupply.

Atleast1gemthatcosts2

or3

Atmost1gemthatcosts5
2relics
4spellsofvariouscosts

or6

Nomorethan2cardsthatcost7

ormore

GamePlay

Turnorderisdeterminedbytheturnorderdeck.Whenaplayerornemesisturnends,drawa
cardfromtheturnorderdecktodeterminewhotakesthenextturn.Placethatcardonthetopof
theturnorderdiscardpile.Ifyouneedtodraworrevealacardfromtheturnorderdeckandthat
deckisempty,shufflethediscardedturnordercardstogetherfacedowntoreplenishtheturnorder
deck.

PlayerTurn

TurnOverview:
1. CastingPhase:
YoumayCastanyofyourpreppedspellsinopenedbreaches.YoumustCastanyofyour
preppedspellsinclosedbreaches(thatis,aspellthatwaspreppedtoafocusedbreach
onthepreviousturn).
2. MainPhase:
Youmayresolvethefollowingactionsinanyorderandasmanytimesasyouwant:
a. Playagemorreliccard
b. Gainacard
c. Focusoropenabreach
d. PrepaSpelltobreach
e. ResolveWhilepreppedeffects
f. Gainacharge
3. DrawPhase:
Inanyorder,discardallofthecardsthatyouplayedfromyourhandthisturn.Drawcards
fromthetopofyourdeckuntilyouhavefivecardsinyourhand.

1CastingPhase

Castpreppedspells:AnyspellsthatarepreppedinanopenedbreachmaybeCastduringthis
phase.WhenaspellisCast,discarditfromplayitontopofyourdiscardpileimmediately,then
resolvetheeffectafterthewordCast:onthecard.Thisisyourprimarymeansofdealing
damage.Everyspellpreppedinaclosedbreach(thatis,aspellthatwaspreppedtoafocused
breachinthepreviousturn)mustbeCastduringthecastingphase.Somebreacheshavea+1
damagewhenCasteffectoncetheyareopened.WhenaspellisCastfromanopenedbreach
thathasthiseffect,thatspelldeals1additionaldamage,evenifthatspellseffectwouldnormally
deal0damage.Whenyoudealdamagetoaminion,removelifetokensfromthatminioncard
equaltothedamageyoudealt.Whenyoudealdamagetothenemesis,subtractthatdamage
fromitslifetotal.WhenyouCastaspell,thatspellcanonlydealdamagetoasingleminionorthe
nemesisunlessotherwisespecified.

TherearesomeeffectsinAeonsEndthatwillallowyoutoCastotherplayerspreppedspells.
WhenyouCastaspell,youaretheyoureferredtoonthespell,regardlessofwhosebreachthe
spellispreppedin,andyoumakeanydecisionspertainingtothatspell.Forexample,ifyouplay
TemporalHelixonanallyspreppedDarkFire,whichrequirestheplayertodiscarduptotwo
cardsfromtheirhand,youmustdiscardthecardsandchoosethenemesisorminionthatDark
Firedamages.

2MainPhase

Thefollowingfiveactionscanbedoneinanyorder,anynumberoftimes.Forexample,youcould
playagem,gainacard,prepaspell,playanothergemcard,andgainanothercard.

A. Playagemorreliccard:Whenyouplayacard,youmustexecuteallofthetextonthat
card,ifpossible.IfthereisanOR,youchooseexactlyoneoftheoptionslisted.Youmay
gain
evenifyouchoosenottospendit.Any
gainedonaturnthatisnotspentis
lost.Itdoesnotrollovertothenextturn.Attheendofyourturn,anygemorreliccards
youplayedareplacedontopofyourdiscardpileinanyorder.
B. Gaincards:Youmaygainacardfromthesupplybyspending
youhavegainedthis
turnequaltothethecostshownintheupperrighthandcornerofthecard.Whenyougain
acard,itisimmediatelyplacedontopofyourdiscardpile.
C. Focusoropenabreach:Youcanfocusaclosedbreachbypayingthefocuscost
shownnearthecenterofthecard.Rotatethecard90clockwise.Youmaynowprepa
spelltothisbreachthisturn.Youcanopenaclosedbreachbypayingtheopencost
currentlyindicatedonthetopofthebreach.Theopencostdecreaseseachtimeyou
focusthebreach.Ifthebreachsopencostatthetopofthebreachisthesameasthe
focuscost,theninsteadofrotatingthebreach,openit.Whenyouopenabreach,flipthe
breachtotheopenedside.Openedbreachesstayopenedfortherestofthegame.Spells

canbepreppedtoopenedbreachesontheturntheyreopenedandanysubsequentturns
forfree.Breachesmaybefocusedanynumberoftimesperturn.Youmayfocusa
breachwithoutpreppingaspelltothatbreach.AnyspellCastfromanopenedbreachwith
+1damageonitdealsoneadditionaldamage.Focused(butclosed)breachesdonotgive
+1damage.(Ex:ASparkCastfromanopenedbreachwiththe+1damageeffectwill
deal2damageinsteadof1damage.)
D. Preppingaspell:Prepaspellbyplayingitonanopenedbreachoraclosedbreachthat
hasbeenfocusedthisturn.PreppedspellsmaybeCastduringthecastingphaseofthat
playersnextturn.
E. ResolveWhileprepped...effects:Youcanusetheeffectofanyofyourspellsthat
haveaWhilepreppedeffecttheturnthatspellisprepped,oranysubsequentturn
whileitisstillprepped.
F. Gaincharges:Aplayermaypay2
togainacharge.Whengainingacharge,placea
chargetokenonthecharactermatbeneaththeabilitydescription.Youcannothavemore
chargesthantheabilityrequires.

3DrawPhase

Onceyouhavefinishedyourmainphase,placeallofthecardsyouplayedfromyourhandthis
turnintoyourdiscardpileinanyorder.Then,drawcardsfromthetopofyourdeckuntilyouhave
fivecardsinhand.Thereisnomaximumhandsize.Youmaynotchoosetodiscardcardsduring
yourturn.Youdonotdiscardyourhandbeforerefillingyourhandbackuptofivecards.Ifatany
timeyouwoulddraworrevealacardandyouhavenocardsinyourdeck,flipoveryourdiscard
pileanditbecomesyourdeck.(Unlikeinmanyotherdeckbuildinggames,youdonotshuffleyour
discardpilewhenyourdeckisempty.)Youmaylookthroughyourdiscardpileatanytime,
althoughyoumaynotrearrangeit.Youmaynotlookthroughyourdeck.

AdditionalPlayerInformation

Ally
Anallyisanyplayerotherthanyou.

Destroy
Cardswhicharedestroyedarepermanentlyremovedfromthegameandarenotusedor
interactedwithinanywayoncetheyaredestroyed.

NemesisTurn:
TurnOverview:
1. Mainphase:Fromoldesttonewest,resolvetheeffectsofeachminioncardandpower
cardthenemesishasinplay

2. Drawphase:Drawacardfromthenemesisdeckandresolveit.Ifitsanattack,resolveits
effectimmediately.Ifitisaminioncardorpowercard,placeitintoplay.Resolveany
effectsfollowingIMMEDIATELYonthecard.Therestofitseffectswillnotberesolved
thisturn.

MainPhase

Startingwiththeminioncardorpowercardthathasbeeninplaythelongest,theplayerswill
resolvetheeffectsofeachminioncardandpowercardinplay.Persistenteffectsareresolved
now.Eachpowercardinplaywilllose1powertoken.Afterremovingatoken,ifapowercardhas
notokensonit,resolvetheeffectthatisshownafterPOWERX:anddiscarditfromplay.

DrawPhase

Drawanemesiscard,ifpossible.Ifthedrawncardisanattackcard,resolveallthetextonthe
cardimmediately,intheorderthatitappearsonthecard,andplaceitinthenemesissdiscard
pile.Iftheplayersmustresolveaneffect,butcannotcompleteallofit,thentheyresolveasmuch
aspossible.Ifthecardisaminionorapower,firstexecuteanytextthatfollowstheword
IMMEDIATELY:,thenplacethecardinplay.Ifitisaminioncard,placelifetokensequaltoitslife
onthecard.Ifitisapowercard,placepowertokensequaltothenumbershownafterPOWER
onthecard.Persistentandpowereffectsonlyoccurduringthenemesissmainphase,sothose
areignoreduntilthenemesissnextturn.Aminionslifeisdenotedintheleftpartofthemiddleof
thecard.Whenaminionhas0life,itisdiscarded.Minionsdonotregainlifeattheendofeach
turn.Ifthenemesisdeckisemptyandthenemesiswoulddrawacard,insteadunleashthree
times.

AdditionalNemesisInformation

Ambiguity
Nemesiscardsmayhaveambiguoussituationswhereitsnotclearwhatorwhoshouldbe
affected.Forexample,ifanemesiscardmakestheplayerwiththelowestlifesufferdamageand
twoplayershavethesameamountoflifethentheplayersdecidewhosuffersdamage.Another
cardmayhavetheplayerwiththemostchargessufferdamagewhennoplayershaveany
charges.Inthiscasealso,theplayerschoosewhowillsufferthedamage.

WhenresolvingcardswithOReffects
WhenanemesiscardgivestwooptionsseparatedbyanOR,youmaychooseeitheroption,
unlessyoucannotfullyresolveoneofthem.Inthatcase,youmustchoosetheeffectthatyoucan
fullyresolve.

TODISCARD:

SomepowercardshaveTODISCARD:onthem.Duringaplayersmainphase,thatplayermay
resolvethetextfollowingTODISCARD:todiscardthatpowercardfromplay.Ifaplayerdoes
discardapowercardthisway,thenthatcardhasnoeffect.

Unleash
SomenemesiscardswillsayUnleash.Eachnemesishasauniqueeffectthatisresolvedwhen
thishappens.Thiseffectislistedoneachnemesismat.

Exhausted

Ifaplayerslifeisreducedtozero,thatplayerisexhausted.

Whentheplayerbecomesexhausted,firstresolvethenemesissUnleasheffecttwice.
Then,thatplayermustdestroyoneoftheirownbreachesanddiscardanyspellpreppedin
thatbreach.Destroyedbreachescanbereturnedtothebox.
Theremainingbreachesstayintheircurrentposition.
Then,thatplayerlosesalloftheircharges.
Afterthat,theplayercontinuestoparticipateinthegameasusual,buttheycannot
normallygainlife.
Whenacardspecificallydealsdamagetotheplayerwiththelowestlife,italwaysdeals
thatdamagetothenonexhaustedplayerwiththelowestcurrentlife.
Whenanexhaustedplayerwouldsufferdamage,insteaddealtwicethatamountof
damagetoGravehold.Thisincludesanyadditionaldamagefromthecardthatcausesa
playertobecomeexhausted.

Example:DoomAegis,whichdeals4damagetotheplayerwiththemostpreppedspells,is
beingresolved.Christyhasthemostpreppedspells,butonly2life.Shesuffers2damage,
causinghertobecomeexhausted.Theother2damagedoublesandgoestoGravehold,causing
4damagetoGravehold.Shemustchooseabreachtodestroyanddiscardanyspellpreppedin
thatbreach.

GameEnd:

Theplayersarevictoriousifanyofthefollowingconditionsaretrue:
Ifthenemesishasnocardsinitsdeckandnominionsorpowersinplay.
Ifthenemesiseverhas0life.

Theplayersloseifanyofthefollowingconditionsaretrue.
Ifalltheplayersareexhausted(have0life).
IfGraveholdhas0life.
Inaddition,anemesismayormaynothaveaspecificconditionthatmakestheplayers
loseimmediately.


Inallsituations,whenaendgameconditionismet,gameplayendsimmediatelywithoutfurther
resolutionofeffects.

SoloPlay:
Youcanplaysoloastwoseparatemageswhereyoucontrolboth.Ifyouchoosetoplaylikethis,
justfollowtherulesasnormalfortwoplayers.

Toplayatruesoloexperience,consultthechartabove(pg.xx)forconstructingthenemesisdeck.
Createtheturnorderdecktocontain4playerturnordercardsand2nemesisturnordercards.
Whenanyoftheplayerturnordercardsaredrawn,thesoloplayertakestheirturn.Insoloplay,
youareyourownally.Forexample,ifacardgivesachargetoanally,youinsteadgainthat
chargeyourself.Otherwise,playthegameasnormal.

VariableDifficulty:
AeonsEndhasadjustabledifficulty.Playthecardsaswrittentoplaynormalmode.Toadjustthe
difficulty,followtherulesbelow:

Beginner:Eachplayerstartsthegamewith2additionallife.Graveholdstartswith5additional
life.Thenemesisstartswith10lesslife.

Expert:Implementtheadditionalrulesshowonthedifficultyrulesectionofthenemesismat.This
rulemayaffectsetup,unleash,oradditionalrulessectionofthatnemesis.

Nightmare:Usetherulefromtheexpertsectionshownabove.Also,eachplayerstartsthegame
with2lesslife.Graveholdstartswith5lesslife.Thenemesisstartswith10morelife.

FAQ:

PlayerCards:

HowmuchlifedoIneedtopaytosplitCombustionsdamageamongmultiplehusks
whenplayingagainsttheCarapaceQueen?
Youcandealdamagetotwodifferenthuskswithoutsufferingdamage.Then,youcansuffer1
damagetodivideoneinstanceofCombustionsdamagetotwohusks,thuskillingthreetotal.Or,
youcouldalsosuffer2damagetotaltodistributethedamagetoallfourhusks.