Settlement Phase Hunt Phase

0 First Story Setup 1 Setup

During your first game: At the beginning of the Hunt Phase:
• Name your Settlement • Shuffle the Monster’s Hunt Event cards; place one
• Returning Survivors gain +1 Survival Monster Hunt Event facedown on each space
• Add names to the Population List indicated with an “E” on the Hunt Board diagram
• Place one Basic Hunt Event in every open, empty
1 Survivors Return space except for the Start space, Overwhelming
Remove all tokens & Heal any existing light or heavy injuries Darkness, and Starvation
• Place any Hunt Event cards triggered by Gear in
2 Gain Endeavor your Gear Grid
Each returning Survivor generates 1
• Place the Monster & Survivor miniatures on the
3 Settlement Event board where indicated
Play a random Settlement Event card
2 Reveal Hunt Events
4 Update Death Count If any Hunt Event cards are in your current space,
Update Death Count on the Settlement sheet reveal the top card and follow its directions. Continue
until all Hunt Event cards in your space are exhausted
5 Update Timeline
Update Lantern Year & trigger any Story Events 3 Movement
• If no Hunt Events are left on your current space,
6 Develop move one space and Reveal Hunt Events
Survivors may spend , Craft Gear, Innovate & Build • If you move and there is no Hunt Event cards at the
next location, roll once on the Hunt Event Table
7 Prepare Departing Survivors
• Choose a Monster from the Quarry List 4 Showdown
• Each Survivor chooses Gear & updates Stats • If the Survivors move into the same space as the
Monster on their Hunt turn, begin the Showdown
8 Record & Archive Resources phase immediately. Do not resolve any Hunt Events
Record unspent Resources & unworn Gear • If the Monster moves into the Survivors’ space,
begin the Showdown phase: the Survivors are
9 End Settlement Phase Ambushed and they must skip their first turn
 Hunt Phase
• Event Revealer
Survivors take turns as the Event Revealer. The Event
Revealer draws Hunt Event cards, rolls on the Hunt
Event Table, and is responsible for making any
randomized choices.
• Overwhelming Darkness
The first time the Survivors move into the
Overwhelming Darkness space, trigger the Story
Event. This space cannot be skipped over.
• Event Damage
Damage caused by Hunt Events is non-lethal and will
not cause severe injuries or brain trauma unless
specified. Any damage accrued persists into the
Showdown phase. Any tokens gained remain through
the aftermath of the next Showdown or the beginning
of the next Settlement phase, whichever comes first.
• Starvation
If the Survivors perish on the hunt, reach the end of
the Hunt board without a Showdown, or the Monster
moves off the board, the Hunt phase ends. Apply
Starvation rules from the board and begin a new
Settlement phase on the next Lantern Year.
Showdown Phase
• Knocked Down
For Survivors: when the heavy injury level is filled,
a Survivor is Knocked Down and no longer a threat.
• Lay the miniature on its side
• Unresolved hits are canceled
• Cannot spend activation or movement,
or be Knocked Down again
• Can spend Survival to Dodge,
but stay Knocked Down
• Get up at the END of the next Monster Turn.
For Monsters: While a Monster is Knocked Down,
attack rolls will hit on a 3+ (in place of normal accuracy).
• Lay the miniature on its side
• All further Reactions are canceled
(even beneficial ones)
• Does NOT cancel Critical Wound effects
• If during a flow, cancel any remaining actions
A Knocked Down Monster stands when:
• It draws an AI card,
• A Trap is played, or
• At the START of the next turn (Monster’s or Survivor’s)
• Killing the Monster
When the Monster is Wounded and no AI cards can be
moved to the Wound Stack, the Monster is Dead.
If a Wound leaves a Monster without any cards in its AI
deck or its AI discard pile, it will perform its Basic Action
instead of drawing AI cards until it is defeated by being
Wounded one more time.