The Unmatched Club | Glossary

Acid token

· acid, acid tokens

A token left by the Blob minion; a hero or sidekick entering its space takes 1 damage.

Action deck

· deck

A hero's unique deck of action cards, played to maneuver, scheme and fight.

Adjacent

· adjacency

Two spaces connected by a single line. Melee attacks require the attacker and target to be adjacent.

After combat

· after

An AFTER COMBAT effect resolves once damage from the combat has been dealt.

Attack

· attacking

An action that pits an attack value against a defense value to deal damage. Can be melee or ranged.

Attack action

· declare attack

An action where you pick a fighter and declare an attack on a legal target, beginning combat.

Boost

· boosting, boost value

Playing a card face down to add its boost number (top-left) to an attack or to power a BOOST effect.

Card type

· attack card, defense card, scheme card

Each card is an attack, a defense, a versatile (either), or a scheme (non-combat) card.

Character card

· hero card

The card identifying a hero — it lists their move value, starting health and special ability.

Combat

· fight

The exchange after an attack is declared: both players play a card face down, reveal, resolve effects by timing, then compare values.

Damage

· dealing damage

A successful attack deals damage equal to its value, reducing the target's health.

Deception card

· deception, deception cards

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

Defeated

· defeat, knocked out

A fighter at zero health is removed from play. Defeat your opponent's hero to win.

Draw

· drawing

Take the top card of your action deck into your hand.

During combat

· during

A DURING COMBAT effect resolves after immediate effects and before attack and defense values are compared.

Enemy

· enemies

Any fighter controlled by the game in Unmatched Adventures — the villain and its minions.

Errata

· official ruling

Official corrections from Restoration Games that override printed card text. Errata beats card text, which beats general rules.

Exhausted deck

· empty deck

A deck with no cards left. You do not reshuffle — you simply cannot draw until an effect lets you.

Fighter

· fighters

Any miniature or token you control on the battlefield — your hero plus any sidekicks.

First player

· active player, starting player

The player who takes the first turn, chosen during setup. The active player breaks ties on simultaneous effects.

Hand

· hand limit

The cards a player holds. You start with five and may hold up to seven, discarding down at the end of your turn.

Health

· health dial, hp

A fighter's life total, tracked on a health dial. At zero health the fighter is defeated.

Hero

· heroes

Your primary fighter, with a character card, special ability and unique deck. If your hero is defeated, you lose.

Immediately

· immediate

An IMMEDIATELY effect resolves the moment combat cards are revealed, before the other windows.

Initiative

· initiative order, who goes first

The order simultaneous effects resolve in. The attacker (or active player) resolves first.

Initiative deck

· initiative card, initiative cards, initiative

The shuffled deck that sets the turn order of players and enemies each round in Adventures.

Maneuver

· maneuvering

A maneuver action: draw a card and move one of your fighters up to its move value (you may do either or both).

Melee attack

· melee

An attack that may only target an adjacent fighter.

Minion

· minions

A secondary enemy in Unmatched Adventures that fights alongside the villain, controlled by the game.

Move value

· movement value

The number on a hero card showing the maximum spaces that fighter may maneuver in one turn.

Objective

· objectives

A villain's goal in Adventures; completing it makes the game harder, and completing it enough times defeats the heroes.

One-way connection

· one-way movement

A board connection that may be crossed in one direction only.

Ongoing effect

· ongoing

A static effect that stays in play and applies continuously until it leaves.

Passage

· door, teleport

A special board connection (such as a door or teleport) linking spaces that are not otherwise adjacent.

Placed

· place

A fighter set directly into a space by an effect. Placing is not a maneuver, so it ignores normal movement rules.

Push

· pushed, forced movement

Forced movement of a fighter caused by an opponent's effect. It still follows the printed lines.

Ranged attack

· ranged

An attack that may target any fighter in the same zone, not just an adjacent one.

Scheme

· scheme card, scheming

A scheme action: play a scheme (purple) card from your hand to resolve its non-combat effect.

Sidekick

· sidekicks

A secondary fighter represented by a token. A sidekick can be defeated without ending the game.

Space

· spaces, zone

A single position on the battlefield. Fighters occupy one space and move between connected spaces along printed lines.

Special ability

· hero ability, ability

The unique rule printed on a hero's character card. It is always in effect unless the card says otherwise.

Threat track

· threat marker, threat level

The track on the villain's board showing its progress toward its objective.

Timing

· sequencing, effect order

The order in which simultaneous effects resolve: errata, then card text, then general rules.

Value

· combat value

The combat number on a card or fighter. In combat the attack value is compared against the defense value.

Versatile

· versatile card

A card that may be played as either an attack or a defense.

Villain

· villains

The main enemy in Unmatched Adventures, controlled by the game. Reduce its health to zero to win.

Web token

· web, web tokens

A token left by the Tarantula minion; a hero or sidekick entering its space must stop moving.

Zone

· zones

A coloured region of the battlefield. Ranged attacks and many effects care about which zone a fighter is in.