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Spending Requisition Credits
Ø 2 Agents - 8 Credits
Ø 3 Agents - 7 Credits
Ø 4 Agents - 6 Credits
Backup Agents
Ø Can be recruited with requisition credits at the start of
the mission.
Ø Choose Remote or Direct support
• Remote
o Checks in during Rest action to provide
information
• Direct
o Is treated as an extra agent in all respects.
o Only has 1 action cube and cannot do Interact,
Trade or Explore actions. Their skill level for all
tests is deemed to be Yellow unless otherwise
specified.
o Once per round as a free action a backup agent
can move to the area of the agent they are
supporting.
o Can never be chosen when using target priority
but can be the target of enemy attacks (e.g. if
they are closest). If in the same area as the agent
they are supporting when that agent takes
damage, the damage may be applied to the
backup agent. Damage is applied in the same
way as enemies. If the agent is defeated their
card is discarded
Area Travel Conditions
Ø Entering
• Can only enter if there is space
• Each area can hold up to 6 characters - some
characters take up more space.
• Scenery reduces the available space by its size.
• Destruction Counters - Spend 1 action cube or suffer
1 damage.
Ø Leaving
• With Minions present
o Evade (take 1 damage) or take them with you.
o You must evade if they cannot follow.
• With Inferno Tokens present
o Take 2 damage
End Phase Checklist
Ø Resolve Inferno Tokens
• Remove one clue, Frog Swarm, Sinister Bird and any
scenery in an area that contains an inferno.
• Then roll a red die for each token.
o On a 0, the inferno is removed.
o On a 1-3, each character in the area takes that
much fire damage.
o On a 3, additionally, add an inferno token to each
explored adjacent area without an inferno (these
are not resolved this round).
Ø Resolve Frog Swarms
• Check the area of each swarm,
o In ones without an agent, nothing happens.
o In ones with an agent, the Frog Swarm moves to
an adjacent area free of agents, if possible.
• For every 2 Frog Swarms on the board, advance the
Impending Doom track by 1.
Ø Resolve Sinister Birds
• If there are 3 or more Sinister Birds, they are
replaced with Harpies.
Status Effects
Ø Hurl
• Target is moved to an adjacent explored area.
• Each other figure in the area suffers damage equal
to the roll of 1 orange die.
• Scenery in the area is destroyed and the target
receives damage equal to its size
Ø Fire Damage
• Any attack that causes fire damage results in an
inferno token being placed in the area.
Ø Stunned
• Stunned figures are laid on their side.
o Enemies stand up at the start of their turn and
take no further action.
o Agents must spend 2 action cubes to stand up
during their turn, any remaining cubes can be
spent as normal.
• Combat effects
o Agents upgrade 1 die on attacks on stunned
Minions.
o Stunned agents downgrade 1 die on defense
tests.
Playing the Confrontation
Ø No Rest or Doom Phases
Ø Boss moves before minions
Ø Last Ditch Recovery
• If an agent gets knocked out, roll 3 orange dice at
the start of the agent phase.
o If there are no blanks, the agent wakes up.
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Special Scenery Breakdown

Ø Forbidden Tome
• To use on an Interaction, roll the effect die.
o On a 1 or 2, advance the Information Gathered track by
that amount.
o On a Skull, advance the Impending Doom track once.
o On anything else, nothing happens

Ø Comms Array
• Setup: add 1 cube.
• To use on an Interaction, remove 1 cube, then test Examine.
o On a result of 0-2, spawn one of Minion B is the Starting
Area.
o On a result of 3-5, nothing happens.
o On a result of 6+, you may look at one facedown
encounter card.

Ø Orrery
• To use on an Interaction, roll the effect die.
o On a 1 or 2, look at that many cards from the top of the
Deck of Doom, without changing their order.
o On a Skull, the Agent is stunned.
o On anything else, nothing happens.

Ø Writing Desk
• Setup: add 2 cubes.
o Cubes are lost if desk is destroyed.
• To use on an Interaction, remove 1 cube to advance the
Information Gathered track by 1.

Ø Cabinet
• Setup: add 2 cubes.
o Cubes are lost if cabinet is destroyed.
• To use on an Interaction, remove 1 cube to heal 2 damage
from you and/or another Agent in the same area.

Ø Bookcase
• Setup: add 2 clues.
o Clues are lost if bookcase is destroyed.
• To use, examine clues as normal.
o No Interaction required

Ø Generator
• Roger can make an Interaction with a generator to reset his
vital spark track once per a game.
• If destroyed, characters suffer damage based on their
location.
o In the same area, they suffer 4 damage and are stunned.
o In another area in the same room, suffer 2 damage.