Spike

A relentless hunter, seeks the shadows and calls on Drusilla’s Sight to let him know just where and when to strike. Bloody hell! Bloody Hell! Spike

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

At the start of your turn, you may place Placed A fighter set directly into a space by an effect. Placing is not a maneuver, so it ignores normal movement rules. a Shadow token in any space Space A single position on the battlefield. Fighters occupy one space and move between connected spaces along printed lines. adjacent Adjacent Two spaces connected by a single line. Melee attacks require the attacker and target to be adjacent. to Spike or Drusilla.

At a glance

• Starting health Health A fighter's life total, tracked on a health dial. At zero health the fighter is defeated.: 15

• Move value Move value The number on a hero card showing the maximum spaces that fighter may maneuver in one turn.: 2

• Attack Attack An action that pits an attack value against a defense value to deal damage. Can be melee or ranged. type: Melee Melee attack An attack that may only target an adjacent fighter.

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

• Drusilla: Melee, 7 health, move 2.

Set-specific rules

Shadows

Spike has 3 shadow tokens, which do not start on the board. At the start of your turn, you may place a shadow token in any space adjacent to either Spike or Drusilla. You may place it in a space occupied by a fighter Fighter Any miniature or token you control on the battlefield — your hero plus any sidekicks. or another token. If all 3 are on the board, you may move a shadow token instead. Spaces with shadow tokens are still in the zones Zone A coloured region of the battlefield. Ranged attacks and many effects care about which zone a fighter is in. indicated on those spaces; shadow tokens have no effect other than as indicated on cards.

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

When an effect tells you to BLIND BOOST, reveal the top card of your deck Action deck A hero's unique deck of action cards, played to maneuver, scheme and fight. and add its BOOST value Value The combat number on a card or fighter. In combat the attack value is compared against the defense value., then discard it. A BLIND BOOST does not count as drawing Draw Take the top card of your action deck into your hand. a card. If your draw pile is empty, the BLIND BOOST value is treated as 0.