THE OVER LOR D friendly figures.
A figure cannot end its
OVER LOR D T UR N
The Overlord takes his turn after all hero players
have completed their turns.
1. Start of Turn
Effects affecting the Overlord that last “until the
start of your next turn” end. Then one Overlord
card is drawn. If the overlord deck is empty,
shuffle the discard pile and place them face
down, creating a new deck. The overlord player
may use any overlord cards that state they may
be played “at the start of your turn.” Then the
overlord player refreshes his exhausted cards.
2. Activate monsters
The overlord activates each of his monster
groups, one at a time, in any order he chooses.
All monsters in group must be activated before
the next one.
3. Perform Actions
A monster can perform two actions per turn, may
perform these actions in any order he chooses,
though may not attack twice, and is not
required to perform both actions. Unless noted
otherwise, an action must be resolved before
the monster performs his next action.
• Move: The monster may move up to a number
of spaces equal to
it’s Speed. May interrupt movement
with another action and then complete the
movement after the other action is resolved.
• Attack: Attack a hero.
• Monster Action: Some monsters have unique
actions lsited on their Monster card with a . If
any special action allows the monster to perform
an attack, it counts as the monster’s one attack
action for that activation.
• Open or Close a Door: Open or close one
adjacent door.
• Special: Different cards or quests may provide
monsters with unique actions to perform. These
actions are either clearly stated “as an action”
or noted with a 
4. End of round
The overlord ressurects any monsters if applica-
ble. Each hero flips his activation cards face up.
MOVEMENT
A figure may decide to perform two move actions
consecutively, in which case the monster receives
movement points equal to twice his Speed.
Figures cannot move into or through spaces
containing figures or obstacles. These spaces
are known as blocked spaces. However, figures
may move diagonally (including around corners
and between two blocked spaces) and through
movement in the same space as another figure.
A figure performing a move action may interrupt
its movement to perform another action, such as
attacking, and continue the rest of its movement
after resolving the other action.
Large Monster Movement: When determining
movement for large monsters, the overlord player
chooses one of the space that the monster occupies
and counts movement from the chosen space as if
the figure occupied a single space. When moving, it
is considered the size of a regular figure, including
through doorways and narrow passages. When the
large monster ends its movement (or interrupts) ,
the overlord player places the large monster so that
its base occupies the space where its movement
end. It can be placed in any orientation, so long as
it can fit its entire base on the map.
TER R A IN
•Obstacle (Red Outline) - Blocks Movement and
Line of Sight.
•Water (Blue Outline) - A space containing
water costs two movement points to enter. When
a large monster ends its movement adjacent to a
movement space, it may freely place its base in
tghe water spaces withotu suffering any movement
penalty.
•Pit (Green Outline) - Suffer two damage and end
move action. Only adjacent figures have LoS to/
from a figure in a pit. Figure may only perform a
climb out action. Large monsters are only affected
by pits if they end their movement and all spaces
they occupy are pit spaces.
•Lava (Yellow Outline) - Suffer one damage when
entering (defeated if turn ends in lava). A large
monster is immediately defeated only if all spaces it
occupies are lava spaces.
COMBAT
1. Declare Monster and Target: Overlord player
chooses which monster in activated group to use
and declares the target space (check Line
of Sight if Ranged).
2. Roll Dice: Overlord player gathers and rolls
the monter’s attack pool (X is a miss) while the de-
fending player rolls defense dice. If an attack affects
multiple heroes, each hero rolls defense dice.
3. Check Range: If a Ranged attack, attacking
player must roll enough range to reach the target.
4. Spend Surges: After rolling the dice, the
attacking player may spend any surge results to
trigger special abilities.
5. Deal Damage: Any damage not canceled by
defense dice or other effects is applied to each
affected hero.
PLAYER NOTES
Fatigue Damage: Since monsters do not have a
stamina value, if a monster suffers any amount of
fatigue, it suffers that amount of damage instead.
Overlord Cards: Each card specifies when it may
be played. Two Overlord Cards with the same
name cannot be played on the same target in
response to the same triggering condition. After
resolving the effects of an Overlord Card place it
face up in the discard pile. There is no hand limit
for Overlord Cards.
Overlord Deck Setup: As long as your deck is
a minimum of 15 cards, you may remove any of
your cards from play for the entire quest. At the
beginning of the quest the overlord player draws a
number of Overlord cards equal to the number of
heroes into his hand. At the end of the quest all
Knocked Out Hero: When a hero is knocked out
you may immediately draw one Overlord card.
Lieutenants: Lieutenants are represented on the
map by lieutenant tokens, but they are treated as
monster figures for all purposes - influcind figure
activation, unless specified otherwise. Each lieuten-
ant is treated as its own mosnter group.
Attribute Tests: The lieutentant rolls one gray
and one black defense die. Test passes if the total
shields rolled are equal to or less than the attribute.
Cards that affect defense rolls do not affect this test.
COMBAT NOTES
Line of Sight (LoS): Trace a straight line from
any corner of the attacker’s space to any corner
of the target space. LoS is blocked if the line
passes through or along the edge of a map tile, a
door, or a blocked space. If the line only touches
the corner of a blocked space, target is in LoS.
Surge Rest: Up to one unused 7 may be used
by an attacking hero to recover one fatigue.
Blast: All spaces adjacent to the targeted space
are also affected by the attack. Attacker rolls
attack pool once and applies the result to each
affected figure; each affected figure individually
rolls its defense pool. Only the target space
needs to be in range and in Line of Sight. Blast
attacks affect both enemy and friendly figures.
Pierce: The attack ignores a number of shield
results generated by the defending player equal
to the rating of Pierce. Pierce from multiple
sources are added together.
Reach: Figure may Melee attack a figure up to
two spaces away, rather than only adjacent
spaces. Target must be in Line of Sight.