- When a Research Encounter says, “this Clue,” it is referring to the Clue being encountered.
- If the Clue token being encountered is not gained or discarded, it remains on its space and can be encountered again.
- When a Research Encounter says, “additional Clue,” it is referring to Clues in the Clue pool.
- When an investigator encounters a Clue on the Antarctica side board, he does not resolve a Research Encounter for the chosen Ancient One. Instead, he draws and resolves an Antarctica Research Encounter. An Antarctica Research Encounter is considered a Research Encounter for all game effects.
- When an Other World Encounter says, “this Gate,” it is referring to the Gate being encountered.
- If an Other World Encounter card instructs an investigator to “close this Gate,” he discards the Gate token from his space.
- While an investigator is resolving an Other World Encounter, he is still considered to be on his current space and is not removed from the game board.
- After resolving an Expedition Encounter, the investigator moves the Active Expedition token to the space that matches the newly-revealed top card of the Expedition Encounter deck.
- The Mystic Ruins token is placed on the space corresponding to the top card of the Mystic Ruins Encounter deck. This space is referred to as the “Mystic Ruins space.” If the top card of the Mystic Ruins Encounter deck changes for any reason, move the Mystic Ruins token to the appropriate space.
- Each Mystic Ruins Encounter’s back indicates the space it corresponds to.
- The Dream-Quest token is placed on the space corresponding to the top card of the Dream-Quest Encounter deck. This space is referred to as the “active Dream-Quest space.” If the top card of the Dream-Quest Encounter deck changes for any reason, move the Dream-Quest token to the appropriate space.
- Each Dream-Quest Encounter’s back indicates the space it corresponds to.
Phase 3: Mythos Phase
During this phase, the Lead Investigator draws the top card of the Mythos deck. If the Mythos deck is empty, the discard pile is not shuffled into the deck. Instead, if a Mythos card cannot be drawn, the Mythos Phase ends. Then, if investigators have not won the game, investigators lose the game.
There are seven possible effects on a Mythos card, and the Lead Investigator resolves them in the order they appear (left to right, starting from the top). The order and effects of each element are listed below:
Advance Omen
Move the Omen token one space clockwise around the track. Then advance Doom by one for each Gate on the game board that matches the Omen token’s current space.
Resolve Reckoning Effects
Resolve all effects proceeded by a icon on components in play. These components are marked with a red reckoning icon in the lower-right corner as a visual reminder.
Resolve these effects in the following order: Monsters, Ancient One sheet, Ongoing Mythos cards, and lastly starting with the Lead Investigator and proceeding clockwise, each investigator resolves the effect on each possession and Condition he has, if any, in the order of his choice.
If a Mythos card has the icon on the lower-right corner, it is a reminder that the card has a effect. That card does not cause other effects to be resolved.
If a Monster is spawned or an investigator gains a component while investigators are resolving effects, they do not resolve the effect on that Monster or component.
Spawn Gates
Spawn a number of Gates as defined by the Reference card.
Monster Surge
At each gate that matches the Omen token’s current space, spawn the number of Monsters listed on the Reference card. If there are no matching Gates currently on the game board, spawn one Gate instead.
Spawn Clues
Spawn a number of Clues as defined by the Reference card.
Place Rumor Token
Place a Rumor token on the space listed.
Place Eldritch Tokens
Place the listed number of Eldritch tokens on this Mythos card.
Resolve Effect
If the card has the Event trait listed above the text effect, immediately resolve the effect and then discard the card. If it has the Ongoing trait, place it in play near the Ancient One sheet. It remains in play until discarded by a game effect.
Investigators resolve only the effects displayed on the current Mythos card. For example, if the Mythos card does not have the spawn clues icon, investigators do not resolve the spawn clues step.
What are the Doom and Omen Tracks?
The Ancient One awakens when Doom reaches the “0” space of the Doom track . When Doom advances , move the Doom token toward the “0” space of the Doom track. If the Ancient One has not awoken, when Doom retreats, move the Doom token away from the “0” space of the Doom track.
If an effect advances Doom beyond the “0” space, Doom advances to 0, the Ancient One awakens, and then Doom continues to advance using the Ancient One’s rules for advancing Doom.
The Omen track’s purpose is to advance Doom. When the Omen advances, move the Omen token the indicated number of spaces clockwise around the Omen track one space at a time. For each space it enters, advance Doom by one for each Gate on the game board that corresponds to the current Omen.
The “current Omen” is the icon on the space of the Omen track containing the Omen token.
Spawning Gates
When an effect spawns a Gate, take the top Gate token from the Gate stack and place it faceup on the space indicated on the Gate token.
When a Gate is spawned, a Monster is spawned on the same space.
If an effect would spawn a Gate and the Gate stack and discard pile are empty, advance Doom by one instead.
What are Gates?
Gate tokens represent tears in the fabric of reality. These gateways can lead to other worlds, dimensions, or even points in time. These dangerous anomalies allow deadly powers into our world, such as Monsters and eventually even the Ancient Ones.
Gates are the main way that Doom advances. To prevent Doom from advancing (and the Ancient One from awakening), investigators need to resolve Other World Encounter cards to close (discard) Gates.
Revealing Gates
Some effects cause Gates in the Gate stack to be revealed. Revealed Gates remain where they are in the Gate stack unless the effect that causes the Gates to be revealed states otherwise.
If an effect would cause a number of Gates to be revealed that exceeds the number of Gates in the Gate stack, the active investigator randomizes the Gates in the discard pile and places them at the bottom of the Gate stack before resolving that effect.
After a Gate in the Gate stack has been revealed, it remains revealed until it is removed from the Gate stack or the Gate stack is randomized.
Dream Portals
Dream Portals represent locations where the Dreamlands bleed into the waking world. Each space containing a Dream Portal is connected by a Local path to the space that corresponds to that token.
Some effects cause Dream Portals to spawn. To spawn a Dream Portal, reveal Gates from the top of the Gate stack until a Gate is revealed that corresponds to a space that is not on the Dreamlands side board and does not contain a Dream Portal. Place the Dream Portal on that space. A revealed Gate remains revealed in the Gate stack; do not randomize the Gate stack after spawning a Dream Portal.
If a Gate would spawn on a space containing a Dream Portal, spawn that Gate on the space that corresponds to that Dream Portal instead.
Spawning Monsters
When an effect spawns a Monster, draw one random Monster token from the Monster cup and place it on the space indicated by the effect.
If the Monster has the spawn icon, look at the back of the Monster token and resolve its effect immediately after spawning it (for example, “When this Monster is spawned, move it to Heart of Africa”).
Monsters cannot be spawned from the Monster cup if the Monster cup is empty. Set aside Monsters cannot be spawned if all set aside Monsters of the named type are on the game board.
Cultists
- Unlike most Monsters, a Cultist Monster does not have information printed on the back of its Monster token.
- When an investigator encounters a Cultist Monster, he references the Cultist information on the Ancient One sheet. This includes its test, test, horror, damage, toughness, and effects.
- All Cultist Monsters have and icons printed on their fronts. These icons remind players to check the Ancient One sheet, which may list a “When this Monster is spawned,” or effect.
What is the Monster Cup?
During setup, players choose any opaque container, such as the game box lid, to serve as the Monster cup. When a Monster is spawned, one player draws a random Monster token from the Monster cup without looking. When a Monster is defeated or discarded, return it to the Monster cup. Then shake the container to randomize the Monster tokens.
Spawning Clues
When an effect spawns a Clue, take one random Clue token from the Clue pool and place it facedown on the space indicated on the Clue token.
Clues cannot be spawned or gained from the Clue pool if the Clue pool and discard pile are empty.
What are Clues?
Clue tokens represent secrets and lore about the Ancient One. Investigators can collect these tokens by resolving Research Encounters.
Investigators use Clues to solve Mysteries, solve Rumors, and to reroll dice during tests.
Winning the Game
The game immediately ends when an effect specifies that “Investigators win the game,” or “Investigators lose the game.” In the rare circumstance that both of these effects happen at the same time, investigators win the game.
Investigators win the game by solving Mysteries as indicated on the front of the Ancient One sheet.
Investigators lose the game if any of the following occur:
- If the Ancient One awakens, the back of the Ancient One sheet lists how investigators can lose the game.
- All investigators have been eliminated from the game.
- A card effect causes investigators to lose the game. This most frequently appears on some Rumor Mythos cards.
- The investigators are required to draw a Mythos card but cannot because the Mythos deck is empty.
- When all nine named City spaces on the main board are devastated.
Tests
Many effects require investigators to resolve a test, which involves rolling dice to determine whether he passes or fails the test. Passing tests often provides benefits to the investigator, while failing tests often have negative side effects. When an investigator resolves a test, he performs the following steps:
- Determine Dice Pool: The investigator determines the number of dice he will roll. This number is his dice pool .
- He starts with a number equal to the skill being tested.
- He adds or subtracts the test modifier (the number that follows the skill icon on the effect).
- If he has an Improvement token for the skill being tested, he adds the Improvement token’s modifier.
- He adds the single highest bonus that applies (for example “Gain +3 ”).
- He adds any “additional dice” he gains from effects that apply. Additional dice are cumulative and are in addition to other effects.
- Roll Dice: He rolls a number of dice equal to his dice pool.
- If an investigator’s dice pool is below 1, he rolls 1 die instead.
- If an investigator’s dice pool is greater than the number of dice available, he rolls as many dice as possible, counts his successes, and rolls the dice again until he has rolled a number of dice equal to his dice pool.
- Immediately after rolling, some game effects may allow the investigator to reroll some dice.
- Determine Result: Each “5” or “6” rolled is one success . The total number of successes rolled is the test result . If he rolls at least one success, he passes the test. If he does not roll any successes, he fails the test.
- Resolve Pass or Fail Effect: The consequence of passing or failing the test is determined by the effect that triggered the test.
- Some effects specify only a pass effect or a fail effect. If an investigator passes a test that does not have a pass effect, there is no effect. Likewise, if an investigator fails a test that does not have a fail effect, he suffers no ill effects.
- On encounter cards, tests are declared using their skill icon embedded in the text in parentheses. The test declaration may also indicate a test modifier.
- Effects that are dependent on a test are always preceded by “if you pass,” or “if you fail.” Any effect in that sentence occurs only if you pass the test or fail the test, respectively. Any effect after the period or part of a new paragraph, is independent from previous effects.
Example: Lily Chen has an “Arcane Tome” Asset card which reads: “When you perform a Rest action, you may test . If you pass, gain 1 Spell.” When resting, Lily resolves this test using her Lore ( ) of 2. She rolls 2 dice with results of “1” and “3.” Since she did not roll a “5” or “6,” she fails the test does not gain a Spell.
Tests on Cards
On many cards, tests are declared using their skill icon embedded in parenthesis following a short narrative. When an investigator is resolving an effect that includes a skill icon in the text, he must immediately test that skill. The test declaration may also indicate a modifier (such as “–1”), which causes the investigator to roll more or fewer dice in the test.
Note that most gameplay terms are capitalized on cards to help differentiate them from narrative text.
Rerolling Dice
Immediately after rolling dice during a test, an investigator may spend a Clue token or a Focus token to reroll one die.
If multiple effects allow an investigator to reroll a die, he may resolve each effect separately. There is no limit to the number of times a die or test can be rerolled, so long as the investigator has the means to do so. There is no limit to the number of Clues or Focus he can spend to reroll dice.
When a die is rerolled, use the result of the reroll, even if the new result is worse. He determines whether he passed or failed after resolving all rerolls.
Most reroll effects (including spending Clue tokens) specifically reroll dice during a test. Such effects cannot be used on other die rolls, such as the effect of a Blessed Condition card.
What are Skills?
Each investigator has five different skills listed on the bottom of his Investigator sheet. The number below each skill is the base number of dice the investigator rolls when resolving a test.
- Lore ( ) is often tested when casting Spells and resolving Other World Encounters.
- Influence ( ) is often tested when performing the Acquire Assets action and resolving General Encounters on City spaces and Defeated Investigator Encounters.
- Observation ( ) is often tested when resolving Research Encounters and Expedition Encounters.
- Strength ( ) is often tested when resolving Combat Encounters and Expedition Encounters.
- Will ( ) is often tested when resolving Combat Encounters and Other World Encounters.
Improvement Tokens
These tokens represent an investigator’s training in particular skills. When an effect allows an investigator to improve a skill, he gains an Improvement token with the matching icon and places it below his Investigator sheet with the “+1” side up. If he improves that skill a second time, he flips that token to the “+2” side. An investigator cannot improve a single skill more than twice. An investigator’s skill is equal to the value printed on his sheet plus the value of the matching Improvement token.
Impairment Tokens
Impairment tokens represent a permanent impairment to an investigator’s skills.
- When an investigator impairs a skill, he gains an Impairment token for that skill with the “–1” side up.
- If an investigator already has an Impairment token for that skill, he flips that token to the “–2” side instead. Each “–2” Impairment token counts as two “–1” Impairment tokens.
- An investigator cannot choose to impair a skill if doing so would reduce that skill’s modified value to below 1.
- An investigator cannot choose to impair a skill if that skill has already been impaired twice.
Skill Values
Some effects reference an investigator’s skills as a value. A skill’s value is equal to its printed value as modified by Improvement tokens and Impairment tokens.
- A skill’s value is not affected by bonuses from possessions or other effects, since those effects are applied only when resolving a test.
For example, Rex Murphy has a printed of 3 and a single “+1 ” Improvement token. As such, his value is 4 (3 from its printed value plus 1 from his Improvement token). The bonus to that Rex would gain from the Personal Assistant Asset does not affect the skill’s value.
Complex Encounters
Expedition Encounters, Other World Encounters, Mystic Ruins Encounters , Dream-Quest Encounters , Devastation Encounters, and Special Encounters are rewarding but dangerous experiences called complex encounters. Each of these cards has three effects. To resolve these encounters, an investigator first resolves the initial effect (the top box of the card). Depending upon the result of this effect, he immediately resolves one of the other two effects.
If he passes the test in the initial effect, he resolves the card’s pass effect in the middle of the card. If he fails the test, he resolves the card’s fail effect at the bottom of the card. He resolves the entire effect in the appropriate box (which may involve additional tests), then discards the card.
Other World Encounter Example
- Silas Marsh is on a space containing a Gate token during the Encounter Phase.
- He decides to encounter the Gate, and draws a card from the Other World Encounter deck. He resolves the initial effect, and comes upon “( –1).” This means that he needs to test his Observation.
- He takes his investigator’s skill in Observation (3) and applies the test’s modifier (–1).
- He does not have any abilities or possessions that further modify this value, so he rolls 2 dice.
- He did not roll a “5” or “6” and, therefore, fails the test. He resolves the fail effect that causes him to lose 3 Sanity unless he spends 1 Clue. He then discards the Other World Encounter card.
Devastation Encounters
Some effects, notably those of Disasters, can cause named City spaces to be devastated.
When a space is devastated, discard all Clues and defeated investigator tokens on that space, search the Expedition Encounter deck for each card that corresponds to that space and return them to the game box, then place a Devastation token on the space.
- If a Clue would be spawned on a devastated space, discard that Clue instead. A Clue cannot be moved to a devastated space.
- A devastated space does not have a space type; it is no longer a City space.
Gaining Possessions and Conditions
Investigators frequently gain Assets, Artifacts, Spells, and Conditions. When an investigator gains a card or token, he places it faceup near his Investigator sheet.
An investigator can gain a card or token only if it is available.
- A card is available if it is in the deck, discard pile, or reserve.
- Cards and tokens on a defeated investigator’s sheet are not available.
- Gaining a Random Card: Some effects instruct an investigator to gain a card (for example, “Gain 1 Artifact”). The investigator draws one card from the top of the deck matching the specified card type.
- Double-sided cards are gained from the bottom of the deck.
- If an investigator gains a Spell or Condition that he already has, he discards it and draws a replacement, repeating this process until he draws a card he does not already have (if able).
- An investigator that gains a Spell or Condition in this way searches the deck for the first card matching the specified trait he does not already have and gains that card.
- If the named card is in the reserve, the investigator gains that card instead.
- If the specified card cannot is not found while searching, he does not gain a card. For instance, if other investigators or defeated investigators possess all copies of the card or all copies of the card have been returned to the game box.
Search
- When an investigator searches for a card, he looks at cards from the bottom of the deck until he finds a card that matches his search criteria.
- If an investigator does not find a card that matches his search criteria while searching a deck, he then searches that deck’s discard pile.
- After a deck is searched, the investigator shuffles that deck.
Possessions
- An investigator’s possessions include his Clue tokens, travel ticket tokens, Resource tokens, Asset cards, Artifact cards, Spell cards, and Unique Asset cards.
- If an effect does not list a limit, it may be used only once per instance of the triggered event. For example, if an Asset allows an investigator to recover 1 additional Health when he performs a Rest action, he may only use that effect once per Rest action.
Double-Sided Cards
- Double-sided cards of the same type do not share a common back and instead have hidden information on the back of their cards. They can be identified by the card type under the card’s name.
- When a player gains a double-sided card, he can only look at the front of the card. The card describes when an investigator flips it, at which point he immediately resolves the back of the card. When a card is flipped to its front side, do not resolve the effects on its front.
- Decks of double-sided cards remain faceup. Investigators may look at the front of the top card of each deck of double-sided cards.
- When an investigator draws a random card from a deck of double- sided cards, he draws the bottom card.
- When a double-sided card is discarded, it is immediately shuffled back into its respective deck.
- After a player shuffles a deck of double-sided cards, another player cuts the deck.
Spells
- Spell cards are double-sided. An investigator cannot look at the back of Spell cards unless an effect allows him to.
- An investigator can resolve a Spell card’s effect as described on the card. A Spell card’s effect may be triggered by a specific event or require an action.
- When an investigator resolves a Spell card’s effect, he resolves the effects on the front of the card. This may include a test and/or flipping the card.
- An investigator cannot have multiple copies of the same Spell card. If he gains a duplicate Spell card for any reason, he discards the newly-gained card.
Conditions
- Condition cards are double-sided. An investigator cannot look at the back of Conditions unless an effect allows him to.
- Conditions cannot be traded.
- An investigator cannot have multiple copies of the same Condition. An investigator cannot choose to gain a copy of a Condition that he already has. If he would gain a Condition that he already has a copy of, he does not gain another copy of that Condition.
- Some Conditions allow an investigator to perform unique actions as described on the card.
- If a Condition’s effect does not list a limit, it may only be used once per instance of the triggered event.
Lost in Time and Space
- He removes his Investigator token from the game board.
- He passes the Lead Investigator token to another investigator, if able.
- He discards any Detained Condition he has.
- He cannot move or perform actions.
- He does not occupy any space on the game board, nor does he occupy the same space as tokens or other investigators. This includes other investigators that have Lost in Time and Space Conditions.
- He is unaffected by effects of Mythos cards, effects, or any other game effects except those of his Lost in Time and Space Condition.
- His Investigator’s passive ability cannot be resolved and does not affect other elements of the game.
- He cannot spend resources as a part of a group.
- An investigator cannot give the Lead Investigator token to another investigator that has a Lost in Time and Space Condition.
- If a Lost in Time and Space Condition effect would “spawn 1 Gate” and there are no Gates in the Gate stack or discard pile, he (the investigator) chooses one Gate on the game board instead.
- An investigator that has a Lost in Time and Space Condition loses the game if investigators lose the game, and he wins the game if investigators win the game.
Unique Assets
Unique Assets are double-sided cards. An investigator cannot look at the back of Unique Assets unless an effect allows him to. There is no limit to the number of Unique Assets an investigator can have.
- “Asset” refers to both Assets and Unique Assets. “Non-Unique Asset” refers to Assets but not Unique Assets.
- When a Unique Asset is discarded, also discard all tokens on it.
- After resolving the effects on the back of a Unique Asset, if the investigator was not instructed to “flip this card”, the Unique Asset is shuffled into the Unique Asset deck.
Discarding
- An investigator can discard only his own possessions and Condition cards.
- When an effect discards a token from the game board, the active investigator discards that token.
- Whenever a card is discarded, it is placed in a faceup discard pile by its deck.
- Double-sided cards, such as Spells or Conditions, are immediately shuffled back into their respective decks when discarded.
- When an investigator searches a deck for a specific card and does not find the card he is looking for, he also searches that deck’s discard pile.
- When a deck of cards is empty, immediately shuffle its discard pile to form a new deck and have another player cut the deck. The Mythos deck is never replenished.
- When Clue tokens are discarded, they are placed in a faceup discard pile near the Clue pool. If there are no Clue tokens remaining in the Clue pool, place the Clue tokens from the discard pile facedown in the Clue pool and randomize them.
- When Gate tokens are discarded, they are placed in a faceup discard pile near the Gate stack. If there are no Gate tokens remaining in the Gate stack, place the Gate tokens from the discard pile facedown in the Gate stack and randomize them.
- When Monster tokens are discarded, they are returned to the Monster cup, and the cup is randomized.
- Monsters that have been set aside during setup are never returned to the Monster cup. Instead, they are set aside when discarded.
- All other tokens are returned to the token pool when discarded.
- If an effect forces an investigator to discard a component and he does not have enough of that component, he discards all of that component instead.
- Components that are not on the game board cannot be discarded from the game board. If an effect forces investigators to discard a component from the game board and there is not enough of that component on the board, they discard all of that component instead.
Spend
- When an investigator spends a token or card, such as a Clue token, he discards it in exchange for an effect.
- An investigator cannot spend a token or card he does not have.
- An investigator may choose not to spend a token or card he has.
- An investigator cannot spend Health or Sanity if doing so would cause him to be defeated (i.e., he cannot spend his last Health or Sanity).
Delayed Investigators
Investigators can become Delayed by various effects. A Delayed investigator cannot perform any actions.
If an investigator would become Delayed on his turn during the Action Phase, he immediately ends his action and loses all remaining actions instead of becoming Delayed.
When an investigator becomes Delayed, he tips his Investigator token on its side to remember that he is Delayed. Instead of performing actions during the Action Phase, he stands up his Investigator token and is no longer Delayed.
Health and Sanity
Each investigator starts the game with Health and Sanity tokens equal to his maximum Health and Sanity, respectively.
When an effect causes an investigator to lose Health or Sanity, he discards Health or Sanity tokens from his Investigator sheet.
If an investigator recovers Health or Sanity, he gains Health and Sanity tokens from the token pool. An investigator cannot have more Health or Sanity than his maximum.
Health or Sanity tokens that are marked with a “3” represent three single Health or Sanity tokens, respectively. Players may swap a “3” token for three single tokens or three single tokens for a “3” token at any time.
Effects that prevent the loss of Health or Sanity cannot be used when an investigator spends Health or Sanity. An investigator cannot spend Health or Sanity if doing so would cause him to be defeated (i.e., he cannot spend his last Health or Sanity).
Defeated Investigators
When an investigator has zero Health or Sanity, he is immediately defeated , stops resolving any encounter or action he is currently resolving, and resolves the following steps:
- Advance Doom: Advance Doom by 1.
- Relocation: Move the Investigator token to the nearest City space. Then lay the Investigator token on its side and place a Health token on it to indicate the investigator has lost all Health, or place a Sanity token on it to indicate the investigator has lost all Sanity. If the investigator has lost all Health and Sanity, he chooses either a Health token or a Sanity token to place on his Investigator token.
- Collect Possessions: The investigator discards all Condition cards, Health, Sanity, and Improvement tokens and places his possessions on his Investigator sheet. He places the sheet and possessions out of the way; they will be needed if an investigator encounters this defeated investigator.
- Pass Lead Investigator: If the defeated investigator has the Lead Investigator token, he must pass the token to an investigator of his choice.
A defeated investigator is not considered an investigator. A defeated investigator cannot perform actions, resolve effects, or be affected by effects that affect investigators.
After resolving the steps above, investigators continue resolving the current phase of the game.
Choosing a New Investigator
If an investigator is defeated, the player controlling that investigator chooses a new investigator at the end of the Mythos Phase. To choose a new investigator, he chooses any unused Investigator and follows steps 3–4 of setup. A player may not choose an investigator that has been previously defeated during the same game. If the Ancient One has awoken or the player cannot choose a new investigator because there are none available, he is eliminated.
Encountering Defeated Investigators
Investigators may encounter a defeated investigator’s token in order to retrieve its possessions and possibly retreat doom.
If an investigator is on the same space as a defeated investigator’s token during the encounter phase, he may resolve one of the encounters on the back of the defeated investigator’s sheet. He resolves the “Crippled” encounter if the Investigator token has a Health token on it or the “Insane” encounter if the Investigator token has a Sanity token on it.
After resolving this encounter, remove the defeated Investigator token and Investigator sheet from the game. That investigator cannot be used for the remainder of the game.
Devoured Investigators
Some game effects cause investigators to be devoured. When an investigator is devoured, he is considered defeated but only follows steps 1 and 4 of Defeated Investigators. He then discards all Conditions, possessions, Health, Sanity, and Improvement tokens and returns his Investigator sheet and token to the game box. At the end of the Mythos Phase, he chooses a new investigator.
Combat Encounter
Resolving Combat Encounters is the main way in which investigators can defeat Monsters to remove them from the game board.
During the Encounter Phase, an investigator on a space containing one or more Monsters must encounter each Monster on his space, one at a time, in the order of his choice, encountering all non-Epic Monsters before Epic Monsters . An investigator resolves a Combat Encounter by following these steps:
- Check Monster Effects: The Monster might have effects that alter how the investigator resolves the combat. Flip the Monster token facedown and read the information on the back of the token before resolving any other part of the Combat Encounter.
- Resolve Will Test: The investigator resolves the Will ( ) test listed on the Monster token.
- If the Monster’s horror (the number next to the Sanity icon) is greater than the test result, the investigator loses Sanity equal to the difference.
- Resolve Strength Test: The investigator resolves the Strength ( ) test listed on the Monster token.
- If the Monster’s damage (the number next to the Health icon) is greater than the test result, the investigator loses Health equal to the difference.
- If he passes, the Monster loses Health equal to the test result. Indicate this by placing a equal number of Health tokens on the Monster token. The investigator and Monster lose Health simultaneously.
- Some Monsters require the player to test skills other than and . If a Monster has another skill icon in place of either the or test indicators, the player tests the indicated skill in place of the skill it replaced.
- When a Monster has lost Health equal to or greater than its toughness, the Monster is defeated and returned to the monster cup.
- If a Monster does not have a or test, the investigator does not resolve that test.
- If an investigator defeats every Monster on his space during the Encounter Phase, he may resolve an additional encounter of his choice.
- If the investigator did not defeat the Monster, it remains on his space along with any Health tokens on it.
Magical Resistance
When resolving a Combat Encounter against a Monster with the Magical Resistance ability, an investigator cannot apply any bonus to his die pool from Magical possessions or Spells. Effects that allow the investigator to reroll dice or manipulate dice results can be used as normal.
Physical Resistance
When resolving a Combat Encounter against a Monster with the Physical Resistance ability, an investigator cannot apply any bonus to his die pool except from Magical possessions and Spells. Effects that allow the investigator to reroll dice or manipulate dice results can be used as normal.
Combat Example
- During the Encounter Phase, Lily Chen is on the same space as a Deep One Monster and must encounter it in combat.
- Lily flips the Monster token over. It does not have any effects that are resolved during combat.
- Lily resolves a test. She has a of 3. The Monster does not list a modifier, so she rolls 3 dice.
- She rolls 1 success and subtracts it from the Monster’s horror of 2. She loses 1 Sanity (equal to the difference).
- Lily resolves a test. She has a of 4. She applies the Monster’s modifier (–1) and gains a bonus from her “.38 Revolver” (+2), so she rolls 5 dice.
- She rolls 1 success, and subtracts it from the Monster’s damage of 1. Since she rolled a number of successes equal to its damage, she does not lose any Health. Since she rolled 1 success, the Monster loses 1 Health. She places 1 Health token on the Monster. Its toughness is 2, so it is not defeated and her encounter ends.
Epic Monsters
Some Monsters are so powerful or unmanageable that they are immune to some effects. Epic Monsters are treated like Monsters for all effects except for the following:
- An Epic Monster cannot be defeated unless it has lost Health equal to or greater than its toughness, at which point it is returned to the game box.
- An Epic Monster cannot be discarded.
- An Epic Monster cannot be moved, except by an effect on its token or the component that spawned it.
- Epic Monsters are never placed in the Monster cup and are spawned by specific effects that call them out by name.
- When an Epic Monster is defeated, it is returned to the game box.
“Monster” refers to a Monster and/or an Epic Monsters. “Non-Epic Monster” refers to a Monster but not an Epic Monster.
Ambush
Some effects cause investigators to encounter Monsters that are not on the game board. When an effect says “A Monster ambushes you,” the investigator draws one random Monster from the Monster cup and immediately encounters it in combat.
- The Monster is not spawned. If it has a “when spawned” effect, do not resolve that effect.
- After resolving the Combat Encounter, the Monster is discarded even if it was not defeated, and the investigator continues resolving the effect that caused the ambush.
- If a specific Monster ambushes an investigator, do not draw a Monster token. Instead, reference the Monster’s attributes from a token that has been set aside or is on the game board.
- If a Cultist Monster ambushes an investigator, do not draw a Monster token. Instead, reference the Cultist information on the Ancient One sheet.
- Unlike a normal Combat Encounter, if an investigator is ambushed by a Monster and he defeats that Monster, he cannot resolve an additional encounter.
Nearest
When determining the “nearest” space or token, find the space or token separated by the fewest number of interconnected paths.
- If two or more spaces are tied for nearest, the active investigator chooses.
- If the origin space matches the specifications or contains the specified token, that space or token is the nearest.
Adventures
Adventures are used only if specifically mentioned by another game componet such as the Ancient One sheet or Prelude card.
When an Adventure is drawn, the active investigator places it faceup in play and resolves that card’s “when this card enters play” effect.
Each Adventure has an effect that allows investigators to complete the Adventure. When an Adventure is completed, the active investigator resolves that card’s “when this Adventure is completed” effect, which often includes drawing another Adventure representing the next chapter of the story. Then the active investigator discards the Adventure, any tokens on it, and any tokens placed by its effects.
Rumors
Rumor Mythos cards often place Rumor tokens on specific spaces of the game board. An investigator on a space containing a Rumor token can encounter the token during the Encounter Phase. To do so, he resolves the effect on that Mythos card instead of resolving an encounter card.
When a Rumor Mythos card is “solved,” discard it, all tokens on it, and all Rumor tokens, Epic Monsters, and Eldritch tokens it placed on the board.
- Do not discard any other tokens placed by the Rumor Mythos card such as Clues, non-Epic Monsters, or Gates spawned by its effects.
- Do not discard any Conditions or tokens gained by investigators due to the Rumor Mythos card’s effects.
How do you Determine a Random Space?
Some effects found on Rumor Mythos cards and Mysteries place tokens on a “random space.” Whenever an effect refers to a random space, that space is determined by drawing one Clue token from the Clue pool and using the space indicated by the back of the token. The drawn Clue token is then discarded.
If there are no Clue tokens remaining in the Clue pool or discard pile, the Lead Investigator chooses a space instead.
Disasters
Disasters represent natural or unnatural destructive forces that act on the cities of the world or other locations.
Some effects cause the investigators to draw and resolve one or more Disasters. To do so, the Lead Investigator draws the top card of the Disaster deck, then he reads the card aloud to all investigators, resolving the card’s effects as instructed.
The card’s effect is resolved immediately. After resolving the card’s effect in its entirety, the card is discarded to a faceup discard pile by the Disaster deck.
Mysteries
In order to win the game, investigators need to solve a number of Mysteries as indicated on the Ancient One sheet. Each Ancient One has its own deck of Mystery cards with a unique set of tasks that the investigators must resolve.
During setup, draw one Mystery card and place it faceup next to the Ancient One sheet. Each card lists how investigators can solve that Mystery.
“Active Mystery” refers to the faceup Mystery card in play that has not yet been solved. When the active Mystery is solved or removed from play, discard all tokens on it or placed by it. Then draw a new Mystery, placing it on top of any solved Mysteries.
As soon as investigators solve the number of Mysteries indicated on the front of the Ancient One sheet, investigators win the game. If the Ancient One awakens, investigators additionally need to solve the Final Mystery.
If a solved Mystery is shuffled into the deck or returned to the game box, that Mystery no longer counts as a solved Mystery.
Advancing the Active Mystery
Some game effects “advance the active Mystery.” Due to the complexity of Mysteries, this can result in a number of different effects. When investigators are instructed to advance the active Mystery, the active investigator resolves one of the following effects that applies:
- If the active Mystery requires one or more tokens to be placed on the card, place one token of that type on the card.
- Clues, Gates, and Monsters placed on the active Mystery in this way are drawn from the Clue pool, Gate stack, and Monster cup, respectively.
- However, if the active Mystery requires more than one Epic Monster to be defeated, place only one Health on the card. The toughness of each Epic Monster spawned by the Mystery is reduced by one for each Health on the card.
The Ancient One Awakens
When the Doom token reaches the “0” space of the Doom track, the Ancient One awakens . Flip the Ancient One sheet and immediately resolve the “Awakens” effects (if any) on the upper- left corner of the sheet. This sheet remains facedown for the rest of the game, and its effects replace those found on the front of the sheet (including Cultist information). The back of the Ancient One sheet describes how the investigators can lose the game and describes the Final Mystery which the investigators must complete in addition to the other Mysteries.
After the Ancient One awakens, Doom cannot retreat. The Ancient One sheet describes what happens if Doom advances after the Ancient One awakens.
Eliminated Players
After the Ancient One has awakened, when an investigator is defeated or devoured, the player controlling that investigator is eliminated . Eliminated players do not select a new investigator to control and can no longer participate in the game.
If all players are eliminated, investigators lose the game.
If the investigators win the game, any eliminated players win as well.
Final Mystery
Once the Ancient One awakens, it is much more difficult for investigators to win the game. Each Ancient One sheet describes one Final Mystery the investigators must solve in order to win the game, usually confronting the Ancient One head-on.
Return to the Game Box
Components that have been returned to the game box are removed from the game unless specifically recalled from the game box.
Rounding
If an effect references “half” of a number, round up to determine the final number.
Traits
- Artifact, Asset, Condition, Spell and Mythos cards have traits.
- Traits can be identified by their formatting: bold, italic, and small caps (for example “ Weapon ”). A card’s traits are separated by spaces and/or commas.
- Traits have no inherent effects of their own.
- Effects may refer to cards by their trait. For example, “Gain a Madness Condition.”
Optional Rules
Some players may wish to adjust the game’s difficulty or keep score in order to compare their success across multiple games. This section lists optional rules for adjusting the game’s difficulty and length or keeping score.
Adjusting Game Difficulty
Some groups may find Eldritch Horror too easy or too challenging. If all players agree at the start of the game, they can make the game easier or harder as listed below.
Mythos Deck
Players can alter the game’s difficulty when building the Mythos deck.
Players can make the game easier by returning all hard Mythos cards (with red tentacles) to the game box before building the Mythos deck.
Likewise, players can make the game harder by returning all easy Mythos cards (with a blue sigil) to the game box before building the Mythos deck.
Insane Game Difficulty
If players wish to have an even more challenging game experience, they can make the game significantly more difficult by building the Mythos deck using only hard Mythos cards.
Note—This optional rule may require several expansions depending on the chosen Ancient One.
Starting Rumor
If players want a greater challenge, they may choose to begin the game with one starting Rumor Mythos card. After setup, draw one unused Rumor Mythos card from the game box and place it in play. Resolve any “When this card enters play,” effects, as well as the Place Rumor Token icon (if it appears on the card). Do not spawn Clues from the Rumor’s Spawn Clues icon.
Staged Difficulty
Players can make the game’s difficulty increase in stages by building stage I of the Mythos deck using only easy Mythos cards, building stage II of the Mythos deck using only normal Mythos cards, and building stage III of the Mythos deck using only hard Mythos cards.
- To increase the difficulty of this optional rule, players can use normal blue Mythos cards when building stage I of the Mythos deck and hard blue Mythos cards when building stage II of the Mythos deck. Players may also start with an easy blue Mythos card in play following the Starting Rumor rule.
Control Your Fate
Instead of drawing a random Prelude card before setup, players as a group may choose one Prelude card, following the card’s effects as normal.
Alternatively, players may choose to not use a Prelude card.
Variant Reference Cards
With the introduction of new mechanics in Eldritch Horror expansions, some player groups may wish for a more difficult or more relaxed experience with certain player counts. Use the following values instead of those on the Reference Card in order to increase or decrease the game’s difficulty.
Player Count Difficulty Gates Clues Surge 1 Easier 1 2 1 4 Harder 2 2 1 5 Easier 2 3 1 7 Harder 3 4 1 8 Harder 3 4 1 Scoring
If investigators win the game, they can determine how well they did and record this score on a sheet of paper along with the Ancient One and any optional rules used. The lower the score, the better! To calculate a score, start with zero, then:
- Add one for each Gate on the game board.
- Add one for every three Monsters on the game board (rounded up).
- Add one for each Cursed or Dark Pact Condition investigators have.
- Add three for each Rumor Mythos card in play.
- Subtract one for every three Clue tokens investigators have (rounded up).
- Subtract one for each Blessed Condition investigators have.
- Subtract the current level of Doom.
Campaign Mode
This expansion features a new mode of play to challenge experienced players. With the campaign mode, players will embark upon a series of six sequential games. Over the course of these games, major events within each game will create lasting effects that linger until the end of the campaign.
The goal is win all six games of the campaign. If the investigators lose any single game, the world has ended and the investigators lose the campaign.
Campaign Setup
Each game of a campaign is set up in the same way as a normal game except as stated here:
- You must use personal stories.
- The Ancient One for the first game is selected at random. Also randomly determine a second Ancient One that will be played against in the next game of the campaign.
- The game is played using two Preludes: one that corresponds to the current Ancient One and a second for the Ancient One that will be played against next game. Each Ancient One is listed below with its corresponding Prelude.
Ancient One Specific Preludes
- Abhoth Epidemic
- Antediluvium The Stars Align
- Atlach-Nacha Web Between Worlds
- Azathoth Beginning of the End
- Cthulhu Call of Cthulhu
- Hastur The King in Yellow
- Hypnos Otherworldly Dreams
- Ithaqua Rumors from the North
- Nephren-Ka Under the Pyramids
- Nyarlathotep Harbinger of the Outer Gods
- Rise of the Elder Things Doomsayer from Antarctica
- Shub-Niggurath Twin Blasphemies of the Black Goat
- Shudde M’ell Apocalypse Nigh
- Syzygy In Cosmic Alignment
- Yig Father of Serpents
- Yog-Sothoth The Dunwich Horror
Subsequent Games
- The Ancient One for each subsequent game was determined during setup of the previous game. The Ancient One for the next game must be determined at random during setup to inform which two Preludes will be used in the game.
- For the sixth and final game, instead of determining a second Ancient One, play using the Prelude for the current Ancient One and the Unto the Breach Prelude.
All other components and effects are reset between games. Undefeated investigators do not retain the possessions or skill improvements they accrued during previous games; defeated investigators and their possessions are returned to their respective decks and pools; gates and monsters do not remain on the game board; etc.
Solo Game
To play a single player game of Eldritch Horror, follow all of the normal rules while using a single investigator. During setup for a single investigator game, return all components with the Teamwork trait to the game box.
For a slightly more dynamic game, the player can choose to control multiple investigators instead of one. In this situation, choose multiple investigators during setup and use the corresponding Reference card. Treat each investigator as if it were being controlled by a different player. For example, one investigator is the Lead Investigator and they take separate turns during the Action Phase and Encounter Phase.
Errata
- The Dynamite Asset’s effect should read as follows: “Action: You may discard this card to cause each Monster on your space to lose 3 Health.”
- The Holy Water Asset’s second effect should read as follows: “Action: You may discard this card to choose an investigator on your space. That investigator gains a Blessed Condition.”
- The Puzzle Box Asset’s effect should read as follows: “When you perform a Rest action, you may attempt to open the puzzle box ( –2). If you pass, you may discard this card to gain 1 Artifact.”
- The Police Ledger Asset’s effect should read as follows: “When you perform a Rest action, you may attempt to decipher the ledger ( ). If you pass, you may discard this card to gain 1 Clue.”
- The Mi-go Braincase Artifact should have the Teamwork trait in addition to its other traits.
- The text effect of the Zombie Monster should read as follows: “ : Spawn the Zombie Horde Epic Monster on this space. If you do, discard this Monster.”
- The “Shub-Niggurath Awakens!” text on the back of the Shub-Niggurath Ancient One sheet should read as follows: “Spawn the Shub-Niggurath Epic Monster on The Heart of Africa. Then move all Ghoul, Goat Spawn, and Dark Young Monsters on the game board to that space.”
- The second paragraph of the Fractured Reality Mythos card’s effect should read as follows: “When there are no Eldritch tokens on this card, advance Doom by 1 for each Gate on the game board, and then solve this Rumor .”
- The second paragraph of the Lost Knowledge Mythos card’s effect should read as follows: “When there are no Eldritch tokens on this card, each investigator discards all Clues, and then discard all Clues on the game board and solve this Rumor .”
- The Exploring Hyperborea Mystery’s final paragraph should read as follows: “At the end of the Mythos Phase, if there are Eldritch tokens on this card equal to half , solve this Mystery.”
- Other World Encounter #34’s fail effect should read as follows: “The shape pulls you underground. Lose 1 Health. You see a little bit of light and climb toward it ( ). If you pass, you climb out back on Earth; close this Gate. If you fail, the ground crushes you; gain 1 Injury Condition.”
- The first paragraph on the back of the “All In” Funding Condition should read as follows: “With so much money burning a hole in your pocket, you cannot resist the opportunity to double your winnings. Roll 1 die.”
- The Excavating the Elder Things Adventure’s second paragraph should read as follows: “When this Adventure is completed, advance the active Mystery by 1; then draw a random Antarctica III Adventure.”
- The Through the Mountains Adventure’s second paragraph should read as follows: “When this Adventure is completed, advance the active Mystery by 1; then draw a random Antarctica III Adventure.”
- The Through the Frozen Waste Adventure’s second paragraph should read as follows: “When this Adventure is completed, advance the active Mystery by 1; then draw a random Antarctica III Adventure.”
- The Cold White Silence Mythos card’s effect should read as follows: “When there are no Eldritch tokens on this card, each investigator that has a Hypothermia Condition loses 4 Health and becomes Delayed; then solve this Rumor .”
- The Haunter of the Dark Mystery card’s effect should read as follows: “When this card enters play, spawn the Haunter of the Dark Epic Monster on Arkham. An investigator on Arkham chooses an encounter as if the Epic Monster is not on his space unless he has the Shining Trapezohedron Artifact.”
- The Doom replacement effect on the back of the Abhoth Ancient One sheet should read as follows: “Each time Doom would advance, spawn 1 Cultist Monster on a Wilderness space instead; spawn the Monster on a space that does not contain a Cultist Monster if able. Then, if there are no Cultist Monsters on this sheet, investigators lose the game.”
- The Focused Training Prelude’s second paragraph should read as follows: “ Talent Conditions in the reserve can be gained as part of the Acquire Assets action. Each Talent Condition in the reserve has value 1. As an additional cost to gain a Talent Condition, an the investigator must spend 1 Focus.”
- The Twin Blasphemies of the Black Goat Prelude’s second paragraph should read as follows: “During step 9 of setup (‘Resolve Starting Effect’), if Shub-Niggurath is the Ancient One, search the Mystery deck for the Spawn of the Black Goat Mystery instead of drawing a random Mystery.”
- The It Could Be Worse Mythos card’s first paragraph should read as follows: “When this card enters play, the Lead Investigator loses all but 1 Sanity.”
- The Exploring the Crater Mythos card’s first paragraph should read as follows: “As an encounter, an investigator on Tunguska may search for samples of the meteorite that fell there ( ). If he passes, he may spend Clues equal to half to solve this Rumor .”
- The Return to G’harne Mythos card’s first paragraph should read as follows: “As an encounter, an investigator on The Heart of Africa may search for the symbol that once held the cthonians at bay ( ). If he passes, he may spend Clues equal to to solve this Rumor .”
Investigator Abilities
This section lists clarifications to complex investigator abilities.
Akachi Onyele
- Akachi may share any information she learns from using her action ability with other investigators. If there is one or fewer Gates remaining in the Gate stack, she randomizes the Gates in the discard pile and places them on the bottom of the Gate stack before resolving her ability. If there is only one Gate remaining in the Gate stack and discard pile, Akachi’s action ability allows her to look at that Gate.
- If an effect prevents Akachi from moving, she cannot use her passive ability. When Akachi moves using this ability, she moves directly onto the chosen space and does not move onto or through any other spaces.
Amanda Sharpe
If Amanda’s action ability is used to discard multiple Talent Conditions, she may improve the same skill more than once. However, she cannot improve a skill to more than two above its printed value.
Charlie Kane
- Charlie’s action ability may allow another investigator to perform one additional action whether that investigator has already performed actions during the round or not. However, he cannot affect a Delayed investigator. This action ability can be used on an investigator that has not performed any actions yet.
- When Charlie uses his passive ability, he may divide the Assets he acquires between any number of investigators in any spaces, including himself. If another investigator gains a Service Asset from Charlie’s passive ability, the investigator immediately resolves that card.
- The effect that allows an investigator to gain a Provisions Unique Asset while the Supplying the North Mystery is in play triggers when the investigator performs the Acquire Assets action, but it is not a part of that action. As such, Charlie is not able to purchase a Provisions Unique Asset and allow another investigator to gain that possession. Likewise, Charlie Kane cannot spend two successes during an Acquire Assets action to move another investigator to Miskatonic Outpost when the Antarctica side board is in play.
Diana Stanley
- If Diana uses her action ability to move a Cultist Monster, she does not discard or move any other Monster.
- If Diana uses her passive ability during the test of a Combat Encounter, she does not lose any Sanity as long as she rolls 1 success. If she fails the test, she loses 1 Sanity from the Monster’s altered horror.
Finn Edwards
- When Finn uses his active ability, he chooses himself, another investigator on his space, or both himself and another investigator on his space.
- If Finn chooses only himself, he moves to an adjacent space connected by a Ship or Train path.
- If Finn chooses only another investigator on his space, that investigator may move to an adjacent space connected by a Ship or Train path.
- If Finn chooses both himself and another investigator on his space, Finn moves to an adjacent space connected by a Ship or Train path, and the chosen investigator may choose to move to that space as well. Finn and the chosen investigator cannot move to separate spaces.
Hank Samson
- When Hank Samson encounters a Monster, if that Monster has both a test and a test, he resolves the test first. Then he resolves the test only if he lost one or more Health from the test.
- If the Monster has a or other test in place of the test, Hank resolves that test first, and then he resolves the test only if he lost one or more Health.
- If the Monster has an or other test in place of the test, Hank’s passive ability has no effect on the encounter.
Harvey Walters
As an action, Harvey chooses another investigator on his space. That investigator improves one skill of his choice if Harvey’s value for that skill is equal to or higher than his own.
Jacqueline Fine
- Jacqueline may use her action ability to give any number of Clue tokens to one other investigator and allow that investigator to give any number of Clue tokens to her. Other possessions cannot be traded using this ability.
- If Jacqueline uses her passive ability, she may share any information about that Condition card with other investigators. Jacqueline cannot use her passive ability when an investigator gains a Condition with the Common trait (such as a Debt). She cannot use this ability when she gains a Condition herself.
- If Jacqueline has her Reward card (“Oracle”), during the Mythos Phase, after the Mythos card is revealed, Jacqueline may spend three Clues. If she does, the Mythos card is resolved as if its text box is blank. She must choose to do this before any part of the text effect is resolved.
Jenny Barnes
Jenny can use her action ability to allow herself or another investigator to perform the Acquire Assets action only if he is on a City space and only if there are no Monsters on his space.
Jim Culver
Jim and other investigators on his space recover Sanity from his action ability in addition to any Sanity recovered from a Rest action performed during the current Action Phase.
Kate Winthrop
If Kate is on a space containing a Dream Portal and a Gate would spawn on that space, Both the Dream Portal effect and Kate’s passive ability will attempt to replace the Gate spawn. The active investigator decides which effect takes priority. As such, he could have Kate’s passive ability cause the Gate to be discarded instead of spawning.
Leo Anderson
Leo can perform his action ability on any space, even if there is a Monster on his space. If he rolls at least one success, he chooses a single Ally Asset from the reserve or discard pile, regardless of that Asset’s value, and gains that card.
Lily Chen
- If Lily uses her action ability she must spend only Health or only Sanity. She cannot spend both. She cannot spend Health to recover Health or spend Sanity to recover Sanity.
- Lily cannot use her passive ability to improve a skill more than twice. If she improves a skill and already has an Improvement token for that skill, she cannot use her passive ability.
Lola Hayes
- When Lola uses her action ability, each “+2” Improvement token she spends counts as two “+1” Improvement tokens. All spent tokens are discarded. She can choose to improve the same skill twice with this ability if she has spent an appropriate number of Improvement tokens.
- Lola can use her passive ability on herself. Like all additional dice effects, this must be declared before the investigator rolls the test.
Luke Robinson
- Luke can resolve his passive ability to ignore Monsters on his space when choosing an encounter. However, he must choose to encounter a Gate. The most common way to encounter a Gate is to draw and resolve an Other World Encounter card. However, resolving any encounter that requires Luke to occupy a space containing a Gate is encountering a Gate. For example, the Caught in the Web Mystery grants a different option for encountering a Gate.
- Luke’s Investigator token is not placed during step 3 of setup as usual. After resolving setup, Luke chooses a space that contains a Gate and places his Investigator token on that space. If there are no Gates on the game board, he places his Investigator token on a space of his choice instead.
Mandy Thompson
After resolving a Research Encounter, Mandy’s passive ability could allow her to gain an additional Clue. This Clue is gained from her passive ability, not from the Research Encounter.
Marie Lambeau
If Marie has gained her Reward card (“Smokey Velvet”) and performs an action, her Reward effect does not allow an investigator to also perform that action if that investigator has already performed that action this round. However, after performing her action ability (which allows her to perform an action she has already performed this round), her Reward effect can allow another investigator to perform an action the investigator has already performed.
Mark Harrigan
- If Mark’s action ability causes a Monster to lose its last Health, he has defeated that Monster. However, this does not count as a Combat Encounter.
- If an effect has a choice between two or more outcomes and Mark chooses to become Delayed or to gain a Detained Condition from that effect, he is Delayed or gains a Detained Condition, respectively. Mark is not affected by effects that say “become Delayed” or “gain a Detained Condition” without a choice. If an effect says, “Become Delayed unless,” or, “Gain a Detained Condition unless,” Mark is not affected by that effect, even if he chooses not to resolve the effect following “unless.”
Sister Mary
Sister Mary and each other investigator on her space adds 1 to the result of each die rolled as part of an effect printed on a Condition card that has the Bane or Boon trait. This modification applies whether the die is rolled as part of a test or not.
Michael McGlen
- Michael can use his action ability even if he already has a Wanted Condition. If he does, he resolves all effects of the ability except that he will not gain another Wanted Condition.
- Michael’s passive ability allows him to reroll any single die that is rolled as part of a Deal or Pursuit Condition’s effect even if the die is not rolled as part of a test. This includes the one die rolled when resolving the effect of a Dark Pact Condition or a Promise of Power Condition.
Phan Thi Minh
Minh’s action ability is not a Prepare for Travel action. It allows her to gain a travel ticket of her choice, even if her space is not connected to another space by the appropriate path and even if she is not on a City space.
Norman Withers
Norman may use his passive ability anytime he could spend a Clue. For example, he may use this ability to reroll a die during a test or to pay for his action ability.
Preston Fairmont
The actions granted by Preston’s action ability can be performed in any order, including allowing the other investigator to perform actions before or after Preston.
Rex Murphy
If at any time, Rex does not have a Cursed Condition, he immediately gains one Clue and improves one skill of his choice and then gains a Cursed Condition.
Sefina Rousseau
The two successes required for Sefina’s passive ability to trigger must be rolled on the dice during her test. Successes granted by another effect (such as accepting a bank loan) do not count toward the requirement. However, Sefina may use any rerolls or other dice manipulation effects to achieve her two successes.
Silas Marsh
Silas cannot spend travel tickets to move additional spaces when using his action ability. The additional action granted by this ability does not count against his usual two actions per round. He may use his action ability and the Travel action during the same round.
“Skids” O’toole
When resolving a test, Skids can reroll any die with a result of 1. There is no limit to the number of dice he can reroll or the number of times a die can be rerolled.
Trish Scarborough
When an investigator on Trish’s space, including herself, would spend a Clue to reroll a die during a test, Trish may allow that investigator to reroll two dice instead. If that investigator’s dice pool is only one die, Trish cannot use her passive ability.
Ursula Downs
Once per round, Ursula may choose to spend one fewer Focus when paying for an effect, including spending a Focus to reroll a die when resolving a test. This can reduce the cost of an effect to zero Focus.
Wendy Adams
If an effect allows Wendy to choose to gain a Condition as part of a cost, such as “you may gain 1 Madness Condition” or “unless you gain a Blight Condition,” she may use her passive ability to not gain that Condition instead. If she does, the cost of gaining the Condition has still been paid.
Wilson Richards
If Wilson or another investigator on Wilson’s space spends a Focus to reroll a die and his dice pool is only one die, that investigator cannot use Wilson’s passive ability to reroll that single die twice.
Frequently Asked Questions
This section lists clarifications to commonly overlooked rules organized by topic.
Core Mechanics
If I use an effect that applies to “investigators,” does this include myself?
Yes. Unless the effect says “other investigators,” it affects all investigators, including the one who is using the effect.
Can an investigator resolve a triggered effect multiple times?
No. A triggered effect is resolved exactly once for each time it is triggered.
For example, the “Bank Loan” effect triggers exactly once when an investigator performs the Acquire Assets action. As such, an investigator would not be able to resolve that effect more than once to add more than two successes to his test result.
Can an investigator use an ability that lets him roll “additional” dice after he’s already rolled for a test?
No. When an investigator resolves a test, he must declare any additional dice he wish to roll before rolling any dice.
When does the minimum-one-die-on-tests rule apply?
When resolving a test, the investigator, first, calculates his dice pool. That is, he adds together his skill, Improvements, test modifier, bonuses, and additional dice. Then he rolls his dice pool. At this point, if his dice pool is zero or fewer dice, he rolls one die instead.
What happens if an effect allows an investigator to reroll up to two dice but he has rolled only one die?
The investigator may use that effect to reroll his single die. He cannot use that effect to reroll a single die more than once.
Is every roll considered a test?
No. An effect that tells you to roll a specific number of dice, such as the effect on a Cursed Condition, is not a test. These rolls cannot be rerolled or modified by effects that affect tests.
Are effects that say “may,” “or,” and “unless” optional?
Yes. Effects using the words “may,” “or,” and “unless” grant the investigator a choice. If an effect says, “may,” the investigator chooses to resolve that effect or not.
If an effect says, “or,” the investigator chooses one of the effects separated by the “or.”
If an effect says, “unless,” the investigator may resolve the effect following “unless.” However, if he chooses not to or is unable to resolve that effect, he must resolve the effect preceding “unless.”
If an investigator chooses an effect, can that effect be prevented?
Yes. The effect an investigator chooses can be prevented by another effect. In such a case, the investigator’s choice is not negated. For example, an investigator must discard his Spell unless he loses 2 Sanity. If that investigator chooses to lose 2 Sanity, that loss of Sanity can be prevented with the Whiskey Asset or the Instill Bravery Spell.
Can an investigator choose not to apply a passive bonus when resolving a test?
No. A passive bonus, such as “gain +3 ,” must be applied when resolving a test with the indicated skill.
Some bonuses, such as “you may gain +5 during a Combat Encounter,” use the word “may.” As such, these bonuses are optional and do not need to be applied when resolving a test.
Investigators
If an investigator uses an effect that applies to “investigators” or “an investigator,” does that effect include himself?
Yes. Unless the effect says “other investigators” or “another investigator,” it can affect any or all investigators, including the one who is using the effect.
What happens if a new investigator’s starting possessions are being used by another investigator?
When a player chooses a new investigator, he receives that investigator’s starting possessions from the decks, discard piles, or reserve. If the starting possessions are not in these places, such as if another investigator or a defeated investigator has them, the new investigator does not start with those possessions.
If an investigator has an ability that functions “once per round” can that ability affect setup?
No. Setup occurs before the first round has begun. As such, effects with a “once per round” restriction cannot be used during setup.
When an investigator is defeated, can the newly chosen investigator be given the Lead Investigator token at the end of the Mythos Phase?
Yes. Both choosing a new investigator and passing the Lead Investigator token occur “at the end of the Mythos Phase.” The Lead Investigator chooses the order to resolve effects that occur at the same time, so a new investigator can be chosen, and then the Lead Investigator token can be passed to him.
If all investigators are defeated at the same time, do investigators lose the game?
No. At the end of the Mythos Phase, each defeated investigator will choose a new investigator to play as. However, if being defeated would cause a player to be eliminated, such as if the Ancient One has awoken, all players could be eliminated. In this case, investigators lose the game.
Does reducing my maximum Health reduce my current Health?
No. If your maximum Health is changed, your current Health remains the same. However, your current Health cannot exceed your new maximum Health. In such a case, your current Health is set to your new maximum Health. The same is true for current and maximum Sanity.
Ancient Ones & Mysteries
Do effects that “advance the active Mystery” or “solve the active Mystery” affect the Final Mystery?
No. The Final Mystery is not a Mystery card nor is it considered the active Mystery. As such, effects that advance or solve the active Mystery do not affect the Final Mystery.
If the third Mystery would be solved at the end of the Mythos Phase, but investigators lose the game during the Mythos Phase, is this the investigators winning and losing at the same time?
No. If investigators lose the game while resolving a Mythos card, the Mythos Phase has not yet ended, and the third Mystery is not yet solved.
An example of investigators winning the game and losing the game at the same time would be if the only remaining investigator is resolving a Combat Encounter against the Cthulhu Epic Monster, and his test result causes both the Cthulhu Epic Monster and the investigator to be defeated at the same time.
Against Azathoth, what does the Eldritch token on the Omen track do?
When the Omen advances to the green space, Doom advances by one for each Eldritch token on that space. Note that Eldritch tokens placed on the green space of the Omen track do not replace that space of the track. This advancement of Doom is in addition to the advancement for each Gate on the game board with the green Omen icon.
If an investigator discards a Relic Unique Asset as a part of its flip effect, can he still place an Eldritch token on the Relics of the Ancient World Mystery?
Yes. The Mystery gives the investigator the option to both place an Eldritch token on the Mystery and discard the ReliC Unique Asset. The investigator may choose to resolve this effect even if he can resolve only part of the full effect.
Against Yig, what happens when an investigator is defeated and Yig has awoken?
Unlike other Ancient Ones, when an investigator is defeated, that player is not eliminated. The player will selected a new investigator as if the Ancient One has not awoken.
When playing against Syzygy, do investigators need to solve two Mysteries to win the game?
No. When the Syzygy Ancient One sheet is flipped, one Clue will be placed on the Ancient One sheet for each solved Mystery. However, the Sealing the Portal Special Encounters will also place Clues on the Ancient One sheet.
Solving the Mysteries is not required to attempt the Special Encounters or win the game. However, solving Mysteries greatly reduces the difficulty of the Final Mystery.
If an investigator defeats a Cultist Monster as part of a Spawn of Abhoth Special Encounter during the Encounter Phase, can he resolve another encounter?
Yes. If an investigator defeats every Monster on his space during the Encounter Phase, he may resolve an additional encounter of his choice.
When resolving a Spawn of Abhoth Special Encounter, can an investigator benefit from a bonus that applies during a Combat Encounter?
No. A Spawn of Abhoth Special Encounter is not a Combat Encounter. As such, bonuses that state “during a Combat Encounter” do not apply to tests resolved during the Special Encounter.
When resolving Nephren-Ka’s reckoning effect, if an investigator is already on The Bent Pyramid, does he lose Sanity?
Yes. The effect on the Nephren-Ka Ancient One sheet first allows each investigator to move one space toward The Bent Pyramid. Then each investigator that did not move loses 1 Sanity. Because an investigator on The Bent Pyramid cannot move closer to the space he occupies, he cannot move and will lose 1 Sanity.
Does the Spawn of Hastur Epic Monster’s ability prevent it from losing two or more Health during a Combat Encounter?
Yes. If any effect, including the effects of a Combat Encounter, would cause the Spawn of Hastur Epic Monster to lose two or more Health, it loses one Health instead.
Possessions & Conditions
Can an investigator choose to discard a possession he does not want?
No. An investigator cannot simply discard possessions he does not want. However, he can trade those possession to another investigator or discard them if an effect causes him to.
How does the Blunderbuss Asset’s effect work?
Similar to the Double-barreled Shotgun, an investigator with the Blunderbuss gets two successes for each 6 he rolls when resolving a test during a Combat Encounter.
However, for each 1 he rolls during that test he negates one success. This means that when calculating his total successes, he subtracts one from the test result for each 1 he rolled to a minimum of zero successes.
Can the Grotesque Statue Artifact prevent other investigators from losing Sanity?
No. The Grotesque Statue Artifact’s second effect allows the investigator to spend one Clue to prevent himself from losing Sanity from a single effect. It does not allow him to prevent any other investigator from losing Sanity.
Can the Agency Quarantine Asset or the Shrivelling Spell cause an Epic Monster to lose Health?
Yes. Effects that cause Monsters to lose Health, such as the Agency Quarantine Asset or the Shriveling Spell, can cause Epic Monsters to lose Health.
Can an investigator have multiple copies of the same Unique Asset?
Yes. There is no limit to the number of Unique Assets an investigator can have.
Can an investigator gain a random Unique Asset when told to gain a random Asset?
No. If an effect says, “gain 1 random Asset from the deck,” the investigator gains the Asset from the Asset deck, not the Unique Asset deck. An investigator gains a Unique Asset only if the effect specifically calls for a Unique Asset.
Can the effects on the front of a double-sided card be used while the card is facedown?
No. Only the currently showing face of a double-sided card is relevant. While a double-sided card is facedown, the effects of its front face are ignored and cannot be used.
Can investigators trade Task Assets?
Yes. Task Assets, like other Assets, may be traded using the Trade action. If a Task Asset has one or more tokens on it, those tokens remain on the card when traded.
What happens if an investigator gains a Courier Run Unique Asset and there are no Clues in the Clue pool that correspond to City spaces?
The investigator should discard the Clue on the nearest City space containing a Clue, placing that Clue faceup on his Courier Run Unique Asset.
Does an effect that gives a bonus to when resolving Spell effects apply to the test on the front of the Spell card?
Yes. All text on the Spell card, both front and back, is that Spell’s effect. As such, when resolving the test on the front of the Spell, the investigator adds one bonus to his .
If an investigator fails to cast the Wither Spell, can he still use a different Spell or Asset to gain a bonus to his test during a Combat Encounter?
Yes. Choosing to resolve the Wither Spell does not prohibit the investigator from using other effects to modify his test.
Can an investigator cast the Mists of Releh Spell if there are no Monsters on his space?
Yes. The Mists of Releh Spell does not require an investigator to be on a space containing a Monster. However, that investigator will still suffer any consequences of resolving the Spell’s effects.
Can an investigator use the Mists of Releh Spell to encounter some of the Monsters on his space but not all of them?
No. If an investigator passes the test of the Mists of Releh Spell, he chooses an encounter as if there are no Monsters on his space or encounters all Monsters on his space as normal.
Can the Clairvoyance Spell allows an investigator to ignore Monsters on his space?
No. The Clairvoyance Spell’s effect allows an investigator to choose to encounter a Clue on another space. The investigator is considered to be on that space for all effects during that encounter.
While casting a Blessing of Isis or Plumb the Void Spell, when is the investigator chosen?
When resolving the effects of a Blessing of Isis Spell or a Plumb the Void Spell, you choose an investigator before resolving the test. This choice is made regardless of the success or failure of the test.
Can an investigator benefit from both the Storm of Spirits Spell and a Weapon Asset?
No. The Storm of Spirits Spell allows an investigator to resolve a test in place of the test during a Combat Encounter. If he does, bonuses to his do not apply to the test. However, bonuses to the investigator’s apply to the test.
If an investigator gains a Condition during a Rest action, can he resolve a “when you perform a Rest action” effect of that Condition?
No. All effects that trigger “when you perform a Rest action” trigger at the same time as the investigator performs that action. Any Conditions he gains thereafter will not trigger until the next time he performs a Rest action.
Can an investigator with a Lost in Time and Space Condition be moved by another investigator using the Plumb the Void Spell?
No. If an effect states that an investigator cannot move, such as a Lost in Time and Space Condition or a Detained Condition, that investigator cannot move on his own nor can he be moved by any effect.
When can an investigator discard a Debt Condition with a Funding Condition?
If an investigator would gain a Debt Condition and he already has a Funding Condition, he may discard the Funding Condition instead of gaining the Debt Condition.
If an investigator has both a Debt Condition and a Funding Condition, he may discard both cards at any time so long as the effect of neither Condition is currently being resolved.
For instance, a Mythos card instructs investigators to resolve effects; an investigator may choose to discard both Conditions before resolving the effect of either Condition, but he cannot begin resolving his Debt Condition, decide he doesn’t like what he sees, and then discard both Conditions before finishing the effect.
Does an investigator recover additional Health and Sanity from effects, such as the Healing Words Spell or Provisions Unique Asset, if he has a Condition that restricts him from recovering Health or Sanity during a Rest action?
No. An investigator with a Condition that restricts him from recovering Health or Sanity, such as Poisoned or Hypothermia, cannot recover Health or Sanity from a Rest action including additional Health and Sanity from other effects during a Rest action.
However, effects that cause an investigator to recover Health or Sanity without performing a Rest action, such as the Private Care Asset, affect that investigator as normal.
When an investigator moves to another space using the Kopesh of the Abyss Artifact’s effect, does that investigator encounter the Monsters on his new space?
No. The investigator will encounter each Monster on his space. Then, if he defeats all Monsters on his space, he may move to the nearest space containing a Monster. He will not encounter the Monsters on his new space nor will he resolve an additional encounter. If he remains on that space until the next Encounter Phase, he will then encounter each Monster on that space as normal.
Can the Crystal of the Elder Things Artifact negate Health loss that cannot be prevented?
Yes. An investigator with the Crystal of the Elder Things Artifact cannot lose Health or Sanity from Mythos card text effects even if that Health or Sanity loss cannot be prevented.
The Crystal does not create a prevention effect that “prevents” the loss of Health or Sanity if it would occur. Instead, it prohibits Mythos card text effects from causing the investigator to lose Health or Sanity.
If an investigator with a Know Thy Enemy Unique Asset gains more than one Clue during a Research Encounter, can he place multiple Eldritch tokens on his task?
Yes. An investigator places one Eldritch token on a Know Thy Enemy Unique Asset for each Clue he gains as part of a Research Encounter.
However, Clues gained from other effects, such as Mandy Thompson’s passive ability, are not gained as part of the Research Encounter and do not allow the investigator to place an Eldritch token on the Know Thy Enemy Unique Asset.
What happens if an investigator gains a Treasure Map Unique Asset and there are no Clues in the Clue pool?
The investigator should discard the Clue on the nearest space containing a Clue, placing that Clue faceup on his Treasure Map Unique Asset.
Are the Eldritch tokens gained from a Corruption Condition discarded when I discard the Condition?
No. The Corruption Condition (and some other effects) cause you to gain Eldritch tokens which are placed on your Investigator sheet. Eldritch tokens you have gained are not discarded unless an effect specifically allows you to spend or discard them.
Actions & Delayed
Can an investigator’s “additional” action be used to perform an action he has already performed in that round?
No. An investigator may perform an action only once each round, even if he is able to perform an additional action, such as from the Ruby of R’lyeh Artifact or Charlie Kane’s action ability.
Can an investigator be Delayed more than once?
No. Becoming Delayed while already Delayed has no effect. An investigator cannot choose to become Delayed to pay for an effect if he is already Delayed.
What happens if an investigator becomes Delayed during his action?
If an investigator becomes Delayed during the Action Phase, he immediately ends his current action, loses any remaining actions, and ends his turn instead. If the investigator has no actions remaining to lose, he will not become Delayed, and he will be able to perform actions in the next round.
If the Lead Investigator or investigators as a group choose an investigator to become Delayed, can that investigator negate that effect with the Pocket Watch Asset?
Yes. The Pocket Watch Asset or Mark Harrigan’s passive ability prevents the investigator from becoming Delayed unless he chooses to become Delayed to pay for an effect. In this case, there is a choice involved, but that choice does not pay for an effect. This remains true regardless of that investigator’s role in the decision making process and even if the Lead Investigator is Mark Harrigan or the investigator with the Pocket Watch Asset and he chooses himself.
Can an investigator resolve effects with a “during the Action Phase” restriction if she is Delayed?
No. Effects that state “during the Action Phase” can be resolved before or after performing an action. An investigator who begins the Action Phase Delayed, rights her Investigator token but does not perform any actions. As such, she does not have an opportunity to resolve effects that state “during the Action Phase.”
Does the Trade action cause an investigator to “gain” the possessions given to her?
No. As part of the Trade action, both investigators may give any number of their possessions to one another. However, none of the exchanged possessions were gained as part of the action.
Can an investigator use a component action multiple times if he has access to multiple copies of the same component?
Yes. An investigator may use each component action he has access to up to once per round.
For example, an investigator could perform the component local action of a Detained Condition of another investigator on his space as his first action; then perform the same component local action of a third investigator’s Detained Condition as his second action.
Similarly, if an investigator has two copies of the Dog Sled Unique Asset, he could use the component action of both of those Unique Assets during the same round.
Encounters & Combat
Can an investigator resolve an “as an encounter” effect if there is a Monster on his space?
No. Effects that say “as an encounter” are treated just like any other encounter option available. The investigator must encounter all Monsters on his space. Then, if there are no Monsters on his space, he may resolve that effect as his additional encounter.
If an effect says “instead of resolving an encounter,” such as the Detained Condition, this can be resolved even on a space containing a Monster.
Why do some Research Encounter not give the investigator the Clue?
Some Research Encounters do not allow the investigator to “gain this Clue.” However, these encounters often feature other beneficial effects for the investigator, such as gaining an Artifact or retreating Doom.
Can an investigator use multiple weapons during combat?
An investigator can apply only a single bonus to a test. However, he may use any other effects from his other possessions. For example, if an investigator has a Bull Whip Asset and a .45 Automatic Asset, he may apply the +3 bonus from the .45 to his instead of the +1 bonus from the whip, and he may reroll one die by using the whip’s other effect.
What effects are negated by Physical Resistance and Magical Resistance?
When resolving a Combat Encounter against a Monster with Physical Resistance or Magical Resistance, an investigator cannot apply bonuses to his dice pool.
Bonuses are effects on cards or other components that grant extra dice when testing a skill. Bonuses are always written with the following format: “Gain +X Skill” where X is the number of dice and Skill is the affected skill. For example, the .38 Revolver Asset says, “Gain +2 . ”
Any other effects that allow rerolls (such as the Lucky Rabbit’s Foot Asset), dice manipulation (such as the Lucky Cigarette Case Asset), or “additional dice” (such as Jim Culver’s and Agnes Baker’s passive abilities) still apply.
Does Physical Resistance or Magical Resistance restrict an investigator from using the Storm of Spirits Spell, Shriveling Spell, or Banishment Spell?
No. The Storm of Spirits Spell allows an investigator to test in place of during Combat Encounters. This is not a bonus, and as such, it is unaffected by Magical Resistance or Physical Resistance. Similarly, the Shriveling Spell and Banishment Spell do not apply a bonus during a Combat Encounter, so they are unaffected by Magical Resistance or Physical Resistance.
Mythos, Gates & Monsters
If a Mythos card’s effect causes another Mythos card to be resolved, should that Mythos card’s icons be resolved as well?
Yes. When resolving a Mythos card, all elements of the card must be resolved if possible. If a Mythos card’s effect is to resolve an additional Mythos card, all elements of that additional card must also be resolved.
Is closing a Gate and discarding it the same thing?
No. Although closing a Gate does cause it to be discarded, discarding a Gate is not considered closing it. For example, if an effect would discard a Gate while the Mysterious Lights Mythos card is in play, that effect is still resolved, discarding the Gate, even though “Gates cannot be closed.”
When is a Monster’s spawn effect resolved?
When a Monster is spawned, it’s “When this Monster is spawned” effect is resolved immediately as part of the effect that spawned it.
If a Monster’s or Epic Monster’s toughness is reduced to zero, is that Monster defeated?
Yes. A Monster or Epic Monster is defeated if it has lost Health equal to or greater than its toughness. If a Monster’s toughness is reduced to zero, it is defeated. Even if it has not lost any Health, zero lost Health is equal to zero toughness.
What happens if an effect would cause the Omen to advance to the red space while it is already on that space?
“Advance the Omen to the red space of the Omen track” means to advance the Omen until it is on the red space. If the Omen starts on the red space, it will advance four times in total and return to the red space of the Omen track.
If Syzygy is the Ancient One, this will trigger its “When the Omen advances to the red space of the Omen track” effect.
What happens to Gates in the Gate stack after they are revealed?
Revealed Gates remain where they are in the Gate stack unless the effect that causes the Gates to be revealed states otherwise. The Gate stack is not randomized nor are the Gates discarded or otherwise moved in the Gate stack.
After a Gate in the Gate stack has been revealed, it remains revealed until it is removed from the Gate stack or the Gate stack is randomized.
Preludes
If Doom starts on a space containing an Eldritch token placed by the “Apocalypse Nigh” Prelude, do you resolve a Disaster?
No. The Prelude states that a Disaster is resolved only when Doom advances to a space containing an Eldritch token. Doom must advance for the effect to trigger.
Spaces & Paths
What space type are spaces on the Antarctica side board?
The spaces on the Antarctica side board do not have a space type. When an investigator encounters a Clue on the Antarctica side board, he draws and resolves an Antarctica Research Encounter.
Are two spaces connected by a Local path adjacent?
Yes. Two spaces connected by a Local path are adjacent.
Do paths leading off the side of the game board connect to the opposite side of the game board?
Yes. Paths that lead off the side of the game board connect to the corresponding paths on the opposite side of the game board. For example, Tokyo and space 2 are adjacent, connected by a Ship path.
Can there be multiple Clues on a space?
Yes. Some effects move Clues to other spaces or spawn Clues on specific spaces. There is no limit to the number of Clues that can be on a space. However, each Clue is encountered separately.
Can an investigator interrupt part of his action to move along a Local path?
Yes. Once per round, during the Action Phase, an investigator may move along any number of interconnected Local paths. This movement can be resolved before, after, or during any action the investigator performs.
Are devastated cities still “named city spaces”?
Devastated spaces are no longer City spaces; they have no space type. However, a devastated space does retain its name.
An effect that refers to a “named City space” means a space that is both a City space and a named space. As such, a devastated space is not a named City space because it is no longer a City space.
