Enemies: villains & minions

Enemies Enemy Any fighter controlled by the game in Unmatched Adventures — the villain and its minions. are opposing fighters Fighter Any miniature or token you control on the battlefield — your hero plus any sidekicks. controlled by the game. The main enemy is the villain Villain The main enemy in Unmatched Adventures, controlled by the game. Reduce its health to zero to win.; the others are minions Minion A secondary enemy in Unmatched Adventures that fights alongside the villain, controlled by the game.. They behave like heroes Hero Your primary fighter, with a character card, special ability and unique deck. If your hero is defeated, you lose. and sidekicks Sidekick A secondary fighter represented by a token. A sidekick can be defeated without ending the game., but effects that refer specifically to “heroes” or “sidekicks” do not affect villains or minions. Effects that refer to “fighters” affect enemies as normal.

Action cards

Each enemy has its own deck Action deck A hero's unique deck of action cards, played to maneuver, scheme and fight. of action cards. All enemy cards are versatile Versatile A card that may be played as either an attack or a defense. and can attack Attack An action that pits an attack value against a defense value to deal damage. Can be melee or ranged. or defend, but unlike normal versatile cards they have separate attack and defense values Value The combat number on a card or fighter. In combat the attack value is compared against the defense value.. In combat Combat The exchange after an attack is declared: both players play a card face down, reveal, resolve effects by timing, then compare values., use the attack value when the enemy attacks and the defense value when it defends; while a card is in the deck or “hand Hand The cards a player holds. You start with five and may hold up to seven, discarding down at the end of your turn.”, use its attack value. Many cards also carry effects.

Enemy hands & discarding

Enemies have no hand of cards. If an effect would reveal or look at an enemy’s hand, look at the top card of its deck instead. If an enemy must discard cards, move that many cards from the top of its deck into its discard pile.

Movement

Enemies may move through other enemies, but not through heroes or sidekicks. Some effects place Placed A fighter set directly into a space by an effect. Placing is not a maneuver, so it ignores normal movement rules. an enemy on the “closest empty starting space Space A single position on the battlefield. Fighters occupy one space and move between connected spaces along printed lines.” — the closest starting space without a fighter.

Deception Deception card A card in each enemy's deck that reshuffles its discard pile back into its deck when discarded. cards

Each enemy has a Deception card in its deck. Whenever it is put into the enemy’s discard pile, shuffle that discard pile (including the Deception card) back into the deck. This always resolves and cannot be canceled. If it happens mid-combat, shuffle immediately Immediately An IMMEDIATELY effect resolves the moment combat cards are revealed, before the other windows. but leave out the card the enemy is using in combat; discard that card afterward.