Overlord Player’s Turn
1. Collect threat tokens and draw cards All attacks (heroes and monsters) follow these steps:
2. Spawn monsters
3. Activate monsters
Step 1: Collect Threat & Draw
 Take 1 threat token for each hero and draw 2 cards.
 Discard down to 8 cards (or fewer), collecting threat
tokens for each discard.
 You can play one Power card during this step.
 You can discard more cards at any time during your
turn to collect threat tokens
Step 2: Spawn Monsters
Play a ‘Spawn’ threat card to spawn monsters, once per turn
and only in this step
 Can’t spawn monsters on obstacles (water, pit, rubble,
slime), heroes, or other monsters
 Can’t spawn monsters in an unrevealed area (except as
allowed by Hordes of the Things)
 Can’t spawn monsters where heroes have line of sight
(for spawn purposes, monsters do not block heroes’ line
of sight)
 Can spawn monsters on treasure or encounter markers
(including potions, chests, money piles, and activated or
unactivated glyphs)
 Can remove an existing monster from the board to use
it as a new spawn
Step 2: Activate Monsters
 Activate each monster once per turn.
 Each monster can move up to its speed and can make
one attack (monsters use the ‘Advance’ action).
 Attack can occur at any point during the monster’s
movement.
 Take one threat token for each two power surges you
roll.
Event and Trap Cards
You can play event and trap cards at any time as long as the
triggering conditions on the card have been met.
After playing the card and paying its threat cost, follow the
instructions on the card, resolve its effects, and discard the
card. Note that some events and traps are played during the
heroes’ turns.
Attack Sequence
1. Declare attack
2. Confirm line of sight
3. Count range to target
4. Roll attack dice for attack, plus power dice
5. Spend power surges, power enhancements, and
fatigue
6. Determine attack success
- Ranged & Magic attacks miss if ✕rolled or range
total rolled is less than the range to target
- Melee attacks miss if ✕rolled
7. Inflict wounds
Subtract armour from wound total
Monster Movement Actions
Cost Action
1 Walk up or down staircase *
2 Open or close normal door
2 Climb out of pit
3 Jump over pit
* Small (1 square) monsters only
Special Abilities
 Aura
Trigger: Each time an enemy figure moves into a space
adjacent to a figure with the Aura ability.
Effect: Immediately suffers 1 wound (ignore armour).
The Aura ability inflicts no damage when the figure that
possesses the ability moves adjacent to an enemy figure.
 Blast
Attacks with the Blast ability affect every space within X
spaces of the target space, where X is equal to the rank of
the Blast ability. A space is only affected by the Blast attack
if it has line of sight to the target space. Blast effect cannot
pass through walls, closed doors, or blocking obstacles. The
Blast attack deals its full damage to each figure affected by
it (friendly and enemy). If a Blast attack is dodged by more
than one figure, only one re-roll may be made
 Breath
Attacks with the Breath ability use the Breath template to
determine which spaces they affect. The template is placed
against one side of the attacking figure and all figures
underneath the template are affected by the attack. A Breath
attack only misses on a miss result. If a Breath attack is
dodged by more than one figure, only one re-roll may be
made
  Burn
Trigger: Take damage from a figure with the Burn ability
(before armour is applied).
Effect: Place one Burn token on affected figure (stacks)
Start of Turn: Roll 1 Power Die for each Burn token. For
each Power Surge remove one Burn token.
Remaining Burn tokens inflict 1 wound (ignore armour).
 Command
A figure with Command adds 1 to the damage and range of
all attacks made by friendly figures within three spaces of it
(including itself, and ignoring line of sight). If there are
multiple figures with Command within three spaces of a
figure, the effects stack
 Fear
When attacking a figure with the Fear ability, the attacker
must spend 1 power surge for every rank of Fear the figure
possesses. If the attacker cannot spend enough surges to
overcome the Fear ability, the attack automatically misses.
 Fly
Figures with the Fly ability may move through enemy
figures and obstacles as if they weren’t there. However,
flying figures cannot end their movement in a space
containing another figure or an obstacle that blocks
movement. A flying figure may end its turn in a space
containing an obstacle that inflicts damage without effect.
 Grapple
Trigger: In adjacent square to a figure with the Grapple
ability
Effect: Cannot spend any movement points until Grappling
figure is killed or otherwise removed (e.g. Knockback)
 Knockback
Trigger: Take damage from a figure with the Knockback
ability (before armour is applied).
Effect: Attacker may immediately move each affected target
figure up to three spaces away from its current location.
Ignoring obstacles that block movement as it is knocked
completely over them. A figure cannot be moved through a
closed door or wall this way
 Pierce
An attack with the Pierce ability ignores 1 point of armour
for each rank of Pierce it has. Shields are not affected by the
Pierce ability.
 Poison
Wound tokens lost due to a Poison attack are replaced by
poison tokens. When healing, these poison tokens are
removed first, one token per wound that would otherwise be
healed
 Reach
The Reach ability allows a figure to make a melee attacks
targeting spaces at a range of 2. LOS still applies. Rolled
range is ignored as with normal Melee attacks
 Quick Shot
A monster with the Quick Shot ability attacks up to twice
each time it is activated.
 Sorcery
After making an attack roll, a figure with Sorcery may add 1
to either its range or damage for each rank of Sorcery it has.
A figure with multiple ranks of Sorcery may split this bonus
between range and damage.
 Stun
Trigger: Take damage from a figure with the Stun ability
(before armour is applied).
Effect: Place one Stun token on affected figure (stacks)
On figures next turn: Remove 1 Stun token and the
following effect triggers:
- Normal monster; its action immediately ends - it can do
nothing else until the overlord's next turn.
- Master monster; it may either move up to its speed or
attack once.
- Named monster; it ignores the Stun effect
- Hero; the hero receives a “half-action this turn. The hero
may only move a number of spaces up to his speed or make
one attack or place one order.
 Sweep
Sweep attacks affect all enemy figures within melee range
of the attacker. The Sweep ability deals its full damage to
each figure affected by it. If a Sweep attack is dodged by
more than one figure, only one re-roll may be made
 Undying
When an Undying figure is killed, roll one power die. If a
power surge is rolled, the figure is instantly restored to full
health. Any leftover damage from the killing blow is then
applied to it. An Undying figure must stay dead in order for
effects that take place when it is “killed” to actually occur.
 Web
Trigger: Take damage from a figure with the Web ability
(before armour is applied).
Effect: Place one Web token on affected figure (stacks)
Start of Turn: Roll 1 Power Die for each Web token. For
each Power Surge remove one Web token.
A figure with any Web tokens cannot spend movement
points