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Components
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Turn Deck and

top card from the
PRAYER – Draw the
Capital City Mountains Desert Desert, lose 1 Forest
to Plains Spend
: it (once per Turn): Coast Ruins Pile

: RESTtheir
if they
: MEDITATE – Place your Defender in the circle. : MIRAGE - While in the
of the Turn Deck and
: ENCHANT – Secure 1 2
immediately discard
Card, reduce 1 in Card.
the Outer Region(s)

: REJUVENATE –.If the Coast is Level 0

Spend
: ENTOMB – Place any
1 card from the Discard
At the start of the
next Round,
1
Spend Spend • If it is an Enemy Spend ,
– Replenish all of a
Defender’s
are attacked, move
out of reveal the top 3 cards
any order, placing
them of any Outer Region. matching the symbol(s)
on the Enemy onto this card's slot.
card directly into the
Discard
start Turn in the Capital
City.
1 When the Mountains
the circle to Defend
losing . without rearrange them in
back on top. 2 • If it is a Defender
Card, reduce 1 in
the Capital City.
2 restore to full
place the Entombed
Pile (only once per
Round).

7 Region Cards (double-sided)

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HUMAN Outer Region. Secure 1current
MERFOL Outer Region. Secure 1current
CENTAU Outer Region. Secure 1current
ELF COMMA
Outer Region. Secure 1current
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in the Outer Turn. : Gain 1
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your Defender to gain 1 Regions and still pay
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adjacent Outer
Regions.
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card of the
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start of your current Outer from Outer Region. adjacent Region of continue your
Turn.
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Outer Region
move the Giant Region to the the Capital

6 Epic Foe Cards 10 Artifact Items

4 Defender 4 Defender 1 Epic Foe

ITEMeeples® Hit Point Hit Point 7 Threat Tokens
Tokens Token

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 Prologue
After the Great War (depicted in Tiny Epic Kingdoms), many of the
shattered factions of Aughmoore looked for something to cling to;
one final hope before the last of their races would fall into decline,
gone and forgotten in whispers of legend.

It was the sages of the Order of Gamelyn who answered their

prayers. They provided a new perspective on unity, and a Treaty of
Life that would welcome peaceful members of any faction. A utopia
for most, but a ray of hope for all. With very few options and a will
to survive, this alliance became an inevitable truth in the eyes of
many of the factions’ leaders. Even factions who were once mortal
enemies soon found purpose and a timid trust in each other.

Under the guidance of the Order, a Capital in the land of

Aughmoore was chosen, and factions from all over the world came
to call this city their new home. It was known as Edenmoore. At
last, the world was at peace… but not for long. A great storm is
amassing on the fringes of the Capital, and in that encroaching
darkness, there be demons.

Overview
In Tiny Epic Defenders, players work together to defend Aughmoore
from the hordes of attacking Enemies and ultimately defeat the Epic
Foe. All players win or lose together, Moving between the Capital
City and its Outer Regions, Defending them from attacks, and
Securing their Threats. The game ends when either the Capital City
falls (players lose) or the Epic Foe is defeated (players win).
Game Setup
1. Place the 7 Region Cards to form the Game Map:
A. Place the Capital City Region Card in the center of the table.
B. Place the 6 Outer Region Cards (Forest, Ruins, Mountains, Plains, Coast,
and Desert) in a circle around the Capital City (see diagram on next page):
The Outer Region Cards are placed randomly in ANY order.
i Place 2 Outer Regions to the left and right of the Capital City.
ii. Place 4 Outer Regions around the Capital City forming a circular shape,
2 above and 2 below.
iii. Randomly choose which Outer Region Card side to play with (“A or B”,
denoted by an icon on the bottom left of each card. The Regions do not
have to be all on the same “letter” side).
C. Place all 7 Threat Tokens on the “0 space” of each Region Card’s
Threat Track (the numbered spaces on the right side).
2. Give each player a Hero Card (selected or randomly drawn) along with
a Defender ITEMeeple® and a Hit Point Token in their choice of color.
Place the remaining Hero Cards and tokens back in the box.
D. Each player places their ITEMeeple® on the Capital City Card.
E. Each player places their Hit Point Token on the highest number of the
number track on their Hero Card, indicating full Hit Points.

3. Shuffle the Artifact Cards and place the deck face down within reach of all
players. Place the Artifact Items near this deck.

4. Shuffle the Epic Foe Cards and place one face down near the Game Area.
Put the unused Epic Foe Cards back in the box without revealing them.
Place the Epic Foe Hit Point Token nearby for use later.
5. Create the Turn Deck and the Horde Deck, and remove any Leftover
Cards (see Creating the Card Decks, page 6):
F. Place the Turn Deck in its starting configuration within reach.
Designate an area next to it for a Discard Pile.
G. Shuffle the Horde Deck and place it on top of the Epic Foe Card.
H. Place the Leftover Cards in the Box Lid; these cards will remain face
down for the remainder of the game.

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immediately discard it (once per Turn):
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: REJUVENATE – If the Coast is Level 0 : REST – Replenish all of a Defender’s if they
• If it is an Enemy Card, reduce 1 in the Outer Region(s)

2
matching the symbol(s) on the Enemy Card.
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start their Turn in the Capital City. • If it is a Defender Card, reduce 1 in the Capital City.

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3
current Outer Region.
Use an Ability.
Fight the Epic Foe.

2 Defend against an Enemy if in

the same Outer Region.

Sacrifice 1 to gain 1 additional .

1
(once per Turn, when your Defender Card is drawn)

Defender’s Ability
RETRIBUTION

0 3
After you Defend, you may also choose to pay 1 to:

Artifact
Give 1 to any other Defender OR

2
Secure Reduce 1 in your current Outer Region.
Defend

Items
Fight

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Creating the Card Decks
First, separate the cards into piles based on type (Regular Enemy,
Dire Enemy, and Defender) before creating the Card Decks:

Enemy
Turn Deck
Second

First

9 Enemy Cards Shuffle and add 3 Enemy Cards

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3 Players: 3 Cards
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Add 1 Defender Card
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color and shuffle

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Shuffle in with the

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*All Defenders Cards

1

other Defender Cards

Place the shuffled 3 Enemy Cards ON TOP 3 Enemy Cards

of the Defender (and All Defenders) Cards.
DO NOT SHUFFLE; this configuration
is only used in the first Round.
Defender Cards
In subsequent Rounds the Turn Deck
will be shuffled completely. Discard
Pile Area

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 * For an increased difficulty, add 1-2 additional Dire Enemy
Cards to the Horde Deck. Your funeral...

Horde Deck Leftover Cards

All
Shuffle and add 3 Enemy Cards Add any remaining
Enemy Cards
Defenders
All Defenders
* Add Dire Enemy Cards
3 to
gainbased Add remaining
onspend
the number Dire Enemy Cards
ORthe game
of players in
collectively
4 if there are any
Destroyed Regions.

1 2 3 Add any unused

Defender Cards

* Add Cards matching

the number of Heroes:
1-2 Players: 2 Cards
3 Players: 1 Card
4 Players: No Cards Add any unused
All Defenders Cards

Shuffle and Place into

place on the top the Box Lid
of the face down without
Epic Foe Card. revealing Box
Lid

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Gameplay Overview
The game is played in a series of Rounds. Each Round is as follows:

1. Draw and Resolve Turn Cards - During a Round, players draw

cards, one at a time, from the Turn Deck until it is depleted,
resolving the actions or outcomes of each card and then placing
them into the Discard Pile (see next page).
2. Reshuffle Turn Cards and Add a Horde Card - When there are
no more cards left in the Turn Deck, flip the cards in the Discard
Pile and add 1 card from the Horde Deck without revealing it.
Shuffle these cards together to make a new Turn Deck to start a
new Round (pg. 15). Dragon
EPIC FOE

3. Reveal Epic Foe - If there was no Horde Card to add to the Turn
Deck this Round, reveal the Epic Foe instead, and place its card
next to its Region Card (pg. 15).

Game End – The game will end in one of two ways:

Victory!
The players win the game
if they Fight and defeat the SCORCH
When ANY Defender Card is drawn, immediately

Epic Foe, reducing its Hit

move the Dragon clockwise 2 Regions.

On : All Defenders lose 2

Points to 0 !
.

Defeat!
The players lose the game if
the Capital City is Destroyed,
its Threat ( ) reaching the
Destruction Level.

Capital City

: REST – Replenish all of a Defender’s

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start their Turn in the Capital City.
if they
1. Draw and Resolve Turn Cards
During a Round, players draw the top card
from the Turn Deck and resolve the actions
or outcomes listed on that card. After the
card is resolved, it is placed into the Discard
Pile and then the next card is drawn. There
are 3 types of Turn Cards:
Draw 1 card from the
A. Defender Cards (see below) Turn Deck, resolve it, then
B. Enemy Cards (pg. 13) place it into the Discard Pile.
C. Dire Enemy Cards (pg. 14)

A. Defender Cards Red

Defender
’s Turn
OR
Gain 3
re are

When a Defender Card is drawn, it grants Defender

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the card. That Defender gains 3 Action Blue

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OR
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perform actions and abilities.

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Sacrifice Health:
When a Defender’s Card (not the All Defenders Card) is drawn,
the active player may choose to pay 1 Hit Point (move the Hit
Point Token down on the track) from their Hero Card to gain
1 additional (must be spent immediately). Sacrificing may
happen only once per Turn.

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Defender Actions Blue
Defender’s Turn
Defenders may spend Action Points ( ) on Gain 3 OR

their Turn to take the following Actions in 4 if there are

any Destroyed
Regions.
any order and any number of times, as long
as they have enough to spend.

Move to a Region:
For 1 , a Defender may move to an adjacent Region.
When moving around the Game Map:
• The Capital City is only adjacent to 2 Outer Regions, the ones on
its left and right.
• The 4 Outer Regions above and below are not considered adjacent
to the Capital City.
• Each Outer Region is adjacent to exactly 2 other Outer Regions, on
either side of it.
• Outer Regions all have another Outer Region directly opposite to it.
In the example below, the Mountains Region is opposite of the Desert
Region. Regions opposite each other are not considered adjacent.

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or the Plains. Coast Capital City

: REST – Replenish all of a Defender’s

Plains
2
Spend
:
PRAYER – Draw the top card from the Turn Deck and
immediately discard it (once per Turn):
Spend
: REJUVENATE – If the Coast is Level 0 if they
• If it is an Enemy Card, reduce 1 in the Outer Region(s)

2
matching the symbol(s) on the Enemy Card.
,
start their Turn in the Capital City. • If it is a Defender Card, reduce 1 in the Capital City.
restore to full .

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 Secure a Region’s Threat:
For 1 , a Defender may reduce the Threat
( ) by 1 in the Outer Region they occupy.
Increase 1 in
Move the Threat Token down one level. the Capital City

• The Capital City cannot be Secured (unless

with a specific Ability).
• An Outer Region with Level 0 cannot be
Secured any further.
Mountains
• Destroyed Regions cannot beSpendSecured (see
: MEDITATE – Place your Defender in the circle.
Destroyed Regions, pg. 13) 1
When the Mountains are attacked, move out of
the circle to Defend without losing .

Use an Ability:
For the amount of indicated on a relevant card, a Defender may
use their own Defender’s Ability, a Region’s Ability they occupy, or an
Artifact’s Ability they possess.
• Defender Abilities: Each Defender has an ability listed on their
Hero Card, which may require to be Used. Some do not require
and are instead conditional. For instance, an Ability that says
“When Defending” applies only when that Defender is Defending.
• Region Abilities: Regions have Abilities that can be used ONLY
when Defenders occupy them. There are 2 types of Region Abilities:

• Active: requires a Defender to spend to Use.

• Passive: the effect is triggered if certain
Active Passive
conditions are met.
• Artifact Abilities: Like Defender Abilities, some require to be
spent while others are conditional. Artifacts can only be Used by
the Defender who is carrying them.

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Defender Actions Continued
Dragon
EPIC FOE

Fight the Epic Foe:

For 1 , a Defender may Fight the Epic
Foe (see Revealing the Epic Foe, pg. 15)
if they are in its same Region. Move
the Epic Foe’s Hit Point Token down 1
space on its track. Note the effect listed
on the Epic Foe Card. For example, the
Dragon’s effect is “When ANY Defender SCORCH
When ANY Defender Card is drawn, immediately

Card is drawn, immediately move the

move the Dragon clockwise 2 Regions.

On : All Defenders lose 2 .

Dragon clockwise 2 Regions.”

Epic Events: If the Hit Point Token enters a space marked with
an Epic Event Icon, the event listed on the Epic Foe Card occurs
immediately, or it triggers a condition that changes how the game is
played. For example, on spaces 6 and 2 of the Dragon’s track, the event
“All Defenders lose 2 ” is triggered.

Defenders Becoming Exhausted

4 Lealith
When a Defender’s Hit Point Token reaches the HUMAN PALAD

“0 space” on their Hero Card’s track, they are

Exhausted. That Defender may not use to
3
Secure, Fight, or Defend, but may still use to
Move and Use Abilities (as long as they do not 2
Secure, Fight, or Defend).
1
If a Defender is in the Capital City at the start of
their Turn (during a Defender or an All Defenders
Card) they are restored to full Hit Points.
0Secure
Defend

A Defender must spend at least 1 for it to be

Fight

considered their Turn.

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B. Enemy Cards Attacks the
Mountains first
If an Enemy Card is drawn, it will increase the and then the Plains
Threat Level ( ) of each of the 2 Outer Regions
Enemy

it attacks in order of “First” and “Second.” Move

the Threat Token up 1 space on the track of the First Second

first Region attacked and then the second. After an

Enemy Card is drawn and resolved, place it into the Discard Pile.

Destroyed Regions: Destruction

If the Threat Token ever reaches the top Destruction Increase 1 in
the Capital City

Space of the Threat Track, that Region is Destroyed.

Immediately place the Enemy Card attacking that Mountains
Spend
: When
MEDITATE – Place your Defender in the circle.
1
Region face down over the top of that Region,
the Mountains are attacked, move out of
the circle to Defend without losing .

covering its ability text. The Destroyed Region’s ability can no longer
be Used, but Defenders may still move into or through it. Also
immediately increase 1 in the Capital City Region. If the “First”
Region gets Destroyed by the card’s attack, the “Second” Region does
not increase its Threat because the Enemy Card has already been
placed face down onto a Region Card, negating any further effects.
If a Region is Destroyed by the special effect of an Epic Foe or a Dire
Enemy, use a face down Leftover Card from the box lid.

Attacking the Capital City:

When a Destroyed Outer Region is attacked and NOT Defended, or if
Threat was increased in a Destroyed Region due to an effect, the Capital
City’s increases instead. Defenders cannot Secure Destroyed Regions,
and Destroyed Regions cannot be restored to their original state.

Defending an Outer Region:

If a Defender is in an Outer Region when it is attacked, they may
Defend it by losing 1 . The attack is then canceled and the Threat
does not increase in that Region, or in the Capital City if it is a
Destroyed Region. When an Enemy Card attacks two Regions, to
Defender both, a Defender would need to be in each Region.

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C: Dire Enemy Cards Harpy
DIRE ENEMY

If a Dire Enemy Card is drawn, it is FRENZY

All Outer Regions

resolved the same as a “Regular” Enemy at Level 0 must

increase to 1 .

Card with the following exceptions:

• Dire Enemies only attack 1 Outer Region. For example, the

Harpy only attacks the Mountains Region.
• If a Defender in the Dire Enemy’s Region chooses to Defend
against it, they MUST lose 2 to Defend instead of 1.
• If the Dire Enemy is NOT Defended against, it raises 1 in
the Region attacked and then also triggers an effect listed on
the card. For example, the Harpy’s effect is “All Outer Regions
at Level 0 must increase to 1 .”

Gaining Artifacts:
Artifacts are gained by Defenders when
they Defend against Dire Enemies. After
Defending, the Defender immediately draws
Spear of Valor
an Artifact Card from the Artifact Deck,
placing it next to their Hero Card and then Spend 2 : Fight, dealing
3 Damage instead of 1
(once per turn).
inserting the matching Artifact Item into
one of their Defender ITEMeeple’s® hand
slots, or into the two slots on its back. Hand Back

• A Defender can hold a maximum of 2 “Hand Artifacts” (1 pin

each) and 1 “Back Artifact” (2 pins).
• If a Defender gains an Artifact but is already at the maximum
amount, the Defender MAY drop one of their Artifacts (both the
card and the item) and equip the new Artifact drawn. However, if an
Artifact is dropped, it is removed from play and its Artifact Card is
shuffled back into the Artifact Deck.

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2. Reshuffle Turn Cards and Add a Horde Card
Once the Turn Deck is depleted and all of its cards are resolved, the
Round is over. Flip the Discard Pile so that it is face down and then
do the following: New Horde
Card
• If there ARE cards in the Horde Deck: Add and
shuffle
Add 1 card from the Horde Deck to the
Discard Pile (now face down) without
revealing the new card. Shuffle these cards
together to make a new Turn Deck to start
the next Round.

• If there are NO MORE cards in the Dragon

EPIC FOE

Horde Deck to add to the Turn Deck:

The Epic Foe is then revealed (see below).
After this, continue playing Rounds until FLIP
the game ends in Victory or Defeat (see
SCORCH
When ANY Defender Card is drawn, immediately
move the Dragon clockwise 2 Regions.

On : All Defenders lose 2 .

Game End, pg. 8)

Revealing the Epic Foe

Dragon
EPIC FOE

Flip the Epic Foe Card face up to Increase 1 in

the Capital City

reveal it. Place it onto the Region Card

that matches its symbol, covering the SCORCH

move the Dragon clockwise 2 Regions.

1
Mountains
When ANY Defender Card is drawn, immediately
: Spend
MEDITATE – Place your Defender in the circle.
When the Mountains are attacked, move out of

left side. Then place the Epic Foe’s Hit

On : All Defenders lose 2 . the circle to Defend without losing .

Point Token on the highest space on its track, and note any effect
that may be triggered when it is revealed. The Epic Foe does not leave
the game until it is defeated.

Solo Variant Rules

For solo play, use 2 Defenders. Setup a 2-player game and choose 2
Hero Cards to track the separate Defenders’ Hit Points.

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Credits
Designer: Scott Almes Game Developer: Michael Coe
Illustrator: Ian Rosenthaler Graphic Designer: Benjamin Shulman
Editor & Lore: Dylan D. Phillips

Honorary Producers
Stephen Eckman, Robert Corbett, Colin McRavey, Michael Gills,
Gareth Davies, and Cuddles.

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