#SECRETS OF THE LOST TOMB RULES FREE#

He must avoid it at that point (roll of the dice decides about success), but other events from rooms will provide an injury or undergo various tests, depending on their abilities (as cards randomly drawn story tell them to). All other decks of cards and tokens are prepared next to the board.īy reading the initial plot, the game itself is already starting. And it will be all about players most of the time performing some actions. They pay for them by rotating a bullet tokens. With their use, heroes can perform a variety of activities. The most basic is obviously a move, that is possible up to value of hero’s movement (in his stats). He may move not only to familiar rooms, but can also explore by entering some hollow place. Player acquires a new tile from inventory and attach it. This new location may be wearing have some effects, that need to be evaluated right away. Hero can also come across a monster. Before the game, players also choose the difficulty by using kit of dungeon cards. To have everything they need, all participants will also receive a search token.

This starting equipment is then covered with cardboard pointer. These are not connected, but each has its own story. Now, these individual adventures have some specific conditions: first, players need some (five) rooms, put them on the table and create initial layout of the dungeon. Then they can equip different maps according to specific conditions of that particular adventure.Įach player gets his adventurous pointer and must choose their hero and put his figure on entry into the dungeon. Equipment of each player comes in the form of cards and tokens (initial setup parameters are listed on the adventurer card). In addition, players can enjoy hero cards, monsters (three levels with various statistics), artifacts, companions, objects, statuses, crypts and stories. There are a staggering total of 313 cards inside (!). Some contain texts of special effects. There is also a pile of tokens with different purposes, including stats or damage. Heroes are also made of cardboard and will thus need plastic holders. Game includes eight dice. For player boards mentioned in the beginning, players will also need pins for labeling courage.Īt the beginning of the game, players choose one of the scenarios. Also comet indicator will require some assembly. Major components are fifty-two puzzle pieces of map, that form rooms and hence together a map. For anyone, who will be opening this box, it is probably no secret, that players will represent heroes. Now we have to mention most interesting component of the entire package – adventurer board. It is a sophisticated component, that has two scales with holes, and then the two rotary indicators (life and commitment). Players will have to build each of them from components.

#SECRETS OF THE LOST TOMB RULES FREE#

It started up in 2013 with its campaign on Kickstarter site and gathered a total of $ 112,000 from 685 sponsors.Īnd this allowed the author to create a huge box, but most of its space is occupied by a cardboard insert and air. At least in our test version, which does not offer any bonuses from Kickstarter (mainly miniatures). The free space might be handy for that, but we can not judge and it will not even be interesting for potential buyers at the moment (you already get the game without bonuses, which were only reward for KS support). Parts of the game are mostly made of cardboard parts. But above them are two brochures, that have reversed front pages. Fortunately, content is okay. World has still so much mystery in it and places, that nobody visited for centuries. It does not matter, whether it was built by Egyptians, Mayans or the Atlanteans. All these long lost civilizations are a great resource for treasure hunters. But what stands behind their disappearance? May it be, that in the dark corners of buildings and cool caves hides secret, that we should let rather sleep?Īnswer is definitely yes. At least, if we listen to advice of Christopher Batarlis, that created board game Secrets of the Lost Tomb. This game has is never enough of adventures, as we discover in creation of his company Everything Epig Games.

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