Rules

Table of Contents
Component List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Component Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Round Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1. Event Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2. Player Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Move. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Attack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Scavenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cast a Spell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Use a Token. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3. Deadite Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Deadite Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Deadite Attacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Boss Monsters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Introduction
Pages of the Necronomicon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Virtue Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 You know how it is. You get together with your friends
Corruption Deck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 and decide to have a nice weekend in the woods.
Playing as a Deadite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Maybe head up to the cabin, go for a walk in the
Taking too many Wounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 woods. No city, no distractions, just some time with
Dropping Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 your mates and your girl. Groovy!
Defeating Another Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Appendix: Map Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 And then some evil darkness decides to crash your
Appendix: Tokens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 party, possessing people. And before you know it, the
Important Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 dead start rising from the ground, looking for this
magic book or perhaps just a tasty snack. The only
hope to stop them is to find that book ourselves, and
Credits seal the portal near the cabin. But be careful, ‘cause
Designed and Developed by Team Lynnvander: the evil can get in you and turn you bad. And evil has
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Component List
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Deadite

12 Plastic Character Miniatures

or Kandarian dagger.
area. The first Deadite Minion entering the You may not use this in combinationMinion with the Deadite
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Axe, Chainsaw, or Kandarian dagger.
Minion in an adjacent area (if you survive).

• 1 Ash • 1 Evil Ash

• 1 Linda • 1 Evil Linda
• 1 Annie • 1 Evil Annie
• 1 Ed • 1 Evil Ed
1 Folding Game Board 47 Playing Cards • 1 Jake • 1 Evil Jake
6 Player Boards • 6 Character cards • 1 Bobby Joe • 1 Evil Bobby Joe
3 Cursed dice • 3 “Deadite” Corruption cards
• 21 “Human” Corruption cards 34 Plastic Enemy Miniatures
104 Punchboard tokens • 13 Event cards • 1 Henrietta
• 56 Item tokens • 4 Boss reference cards • 1 Hand
• 30 Wound tokens • 1 Killer Tree
• 1 Start Player token • 1 Rotten Apple Head
• 5 Barrier tokens • 2 Rotten Apple Head Arms
• 3 Trap tokens • 28 Deadite Minion minis
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Component Overview
(6p) (5p) (4p) (3p) Seal or Summon (3p) (4p) (5p) (6p) Game Board
A x 3 x 2 x 2 B x 2 x 2 x 3 C The cabin we were planning on using to relax and enjoy
some quiet time. It’s a wonderful place with some great
x 1 x1
(6p)
Kitchen Study
Porch forests around, if it weren’t for that pesky portal.
x 2 Bathroom

x 1
x 1 x 2
x 2 This shows where all of us are in the woods at any time,
x
(4p)
1 including those evil Deadites. The board is divided into
x 2
Hallway
The
Portal
areas, marked by solid lines. When moving around,
D x 1 x1 E
crossing an area line counts as one movement.
(6p) (5p)

Sitting Room Bedroom

x 1
1
I
1 2
The track along the top of the board also shows how
x x x
(5p) (4p)
x 2

2 Cellar

many pages we need to find to seal the portal, or open

x Trapdoor

Porch

x 2 x 2 x 2 G x 2
it if you’ve gone bad.
Workshed Grave

x 3
F 2 2 3
x x x
H

Alcohol
Discard to gain 2
bonus Actions.
Pendant
Human players only.
Discard before you make a
Running Shoes
Discard to gain +1 speed
for all your Move Actions
Necronomicon Page
Collect these to cast
the spells below:
Player Boards
Virtue Check instead of this turn.
x3

Cooked Chicken
x3 rolling the dice.

Flashlight Chainsaw
x3
Seal Portal/Summon Demon (1 page)
A handy guide to all the various items you might find
In the Portal’s area, place any/all of

in the woods. Seems like whoever was here before

Discard to remove Discard to flip tokens face-up You have a permanent +1 your pages onto one side of the Portal
3 Wounds from in any 2 areas adjacent to your attack success every time you track. Win the game if your side,
your Character. current area. You may choose attack as long as you hold the plus the center space is full!
x3 x3 your own area as one of the 2. x1 Item token.
Speed Boost (1 page)
Leather Gloves
Discard to steal
Barricade
Discard to place a Barrier
Kandarian Dagger
Before rolling for your attack,
Gain +3 Speed this turn, then make
a Virtue 1 Check.
Identify Deadite (1 or more pages)
us left a lot of stuff behind. Hopefully it will be just
an Item from token over a door or window Discard to gain 2 successes.

enough to get us across that finish line. There’s also

Choose 1 player anywhere and roll
another player that borders your area. dice equal to pages you have. Look at 1 of
x3 in your area. x5 x1
their Corruption cards per success.
Axe Make a Virtue Check = Failure results.
Rabbit’s Foot Holy Water

some reminders about what you can use the pages of

You may reroll 1 die per Axe Command Deadite (3 pages)
Discard to reroll Reveal 1 Corruption card for you have whenever you attack. Choose any number of Deadite Minions
any number of any player and leave it faceup. In addition, removing a Barrier within 2 Areas and move each of them
Cursed dice you This can force a player to token can be done without 1 Area. Then, make a Virtue 2 Check.
x3 x3 become a Deadite player. x2
the Necronomicon for, if you’re willing to risk it. Any
just rolled. spending an Action.
Bend Time (3 pages, 1/turn)
Wooden Spikes Roll 1 die. If not Failure, take +3 Actions
Shotgun Shells
If there are no Deadite Minions in your area, this turn. Then, make a Virtue 3 Check.
Discard to attack your current area or an adjacent

items you acquire over the course of the game will be

discard this to place a Trap token in your
area. The first Deadite Minion entering the
x3 area is killed and the trap is discarded.
area, ignoring any Neutral or Failure results.
You may not use this in combination with the
x3
Axe, Chainsaw, or Kandarian dagger.
Summon Deadite (3 pages, 1/turn)
Deadite players only. Roll 3 dice: For each
success, take 1 Wound & Place 1 Deadite
Minion in an adjacent area (if you survive).

placed on this card.

Character Cards Cursed Dice

5
Wounds
Check out that handsome face! Lady luck, don’t fail me now!
3 This represents who you are. That’s what you’ll be saying when
Attack
You can admire your profile, and you pick up the Cursed dice
2
Speed this keeps track of various stats and give them a toss. They are
1
Virtue
showing how you’ll perform needed for a great many things
when facing the evil hordes. from combat to attempting to
resist corruption. They have the
Corruption Cards following faces:
Remember how I said the corruption
Success
could get inside you turn you bad? (Chainsaw)
That’s what these Corruption cards
are for. If you get too close to the evil, Neutral
(Blank)
you might have to draw one of these
cards. If it says “Deadite”, then you’ve Failure
(Deadite)
gone bad, and there’s not much to be
done for you.
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 Event Event Cards Henrietta Boss Cards
They’re Coming!
Life would be easier if evil These are for those special evil
at:
Spawn 1 Deadite
3p 4p 5p 6p
followed plans, but it’s monsters. The ones so powerful
E G I
A C
unpredictable. These cards are they need their own set of rules.
Each Deadite Mini
on not in
Character
how the evil changes every turn. Special Rules:
These cards keep those rules
the same area as a sses on the same
rd the • Requires 3 Succe
Be careful! If the Event cards handy, so you always know just
moves 1 Area towa
t.
nearest character. Attack roll to defea
s as a Deadite.
• Deadite Turn: Move
ites when Attacking.
Counts as 3 Dead
run out, it will be too late, for how bad they are.
Deadites and Humans alike!

Note: Artistic differences on Necronomicon
pages have no impact on gameplay.
Item Tokens
Every good camper needs some good loot! Not to mention, there are
those whole Necronomicon pages we need to find. Unfortunately, the
items in the woods are scattered and it takes some effort to find what
we need. Once you gain an Item token, place it on your Player Board.

Start Player Token Wound Tokens

Don’t be scared of this book, it can’t No good deed goes unpunished. And
hurt you. It doesn’t have the evil fighting Deadites is definitely a good deed!
running through it. But it does let If you get injured, you need to take these
you know which of the players will tokens to keep track of your damage. If you take too
go first each turn. many Wound tokens, you’ll be defeated.

Trap Tokens
The Deadites aren’t the only ones with Barrier Tokens
tricks up their sleeves. You play your Sometimes this is the last line of
cards right, and you might get the defense against the evil lurking
chance to put one of these babies down. in the woods. You ever see those zombie movies
You do that, and it’s sure to slaughter any where the monsters claw at the wooden boards across
Deadite Minion who walks into it. Doesn’t work on the the windows? I never thought those late night horror
bosses though. They’re too strong or too smart, or both. movies would be research.

Miniatures
Characters Bosses Deadite Minions
Check it out! These are the great These brutes are scary!
We’re gorgeous! big scary ones. The And they come in
Use these to evil that’s grown so many different shapes.
show where we strong, can’t call it a It isn’t bad enough
are on the map minion anymore. they’re willing to attack and kill
at all times. Be extra careful anything breathing, they also
around these baddies corrupt anyone they get their hands
because they come with their own on. I’d say stay away, but sometimes
special rules and card. you need to show evil who’s boss!

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 Setup
(5p) (4p) (3p) the gameboard in the middle of the table.
1. Place Seal or Summ on (3p) (4p)

7. Create the Corruption Deck. Add cards according

2. Setup Item Tokens. Take all the to the following table and shuffle them together.
3 x 2 and add a number of x2 x 2 face down on thex 2
x Item tokens Place the Corruption Deck B table x 3
Necronomicon page tokens according and return any unused Corruption cards to the box.
to the number of players.
Players Deadite Cards Human Cards
• 3 players: Use 11 Necronomicon page tokens.
3 1 11
• 4 players: Use 13 Necronomicon page tokens.
4 2 14
• 5 players: Use 15 Necronomicon page tokens. 5 2 18
• 6 players: Use all 17 Necronomicon
Kitchenpage tokens. 6 3 Study 21
Porch
x 13. 1 x
Place Item Tokens. Mix up the Item tokens and 8. Starting Corruption. Deal each player one
(6p)

place a number of tokens facedown in each square Corruption card. Players are not allowed to look at
spot as indicated by the number inside
Bathroom this card until they gain a second Corruption card
x1
the square. A couple of these token or pick up a Necronomicon page. x2
x1
placement zones have a player count
on them, whichx1 means they only gain a 9. Start Player. The last player who
token if you have
(4p)
that many players or more. read (or pretended to read) a Latin
Note: After the tokens have been distributed, phrase is the start player, and takes
you should have no leftover
Hallway tokens except for the Start Player token.
Necronomicon tokens returned to the box based
on the number of players.
x1
(6p)
x1
(5p)

4. Form the Supply. Place the rest of the tokens, the

Cursed dice, the Boss reference cards, the Deadite
Bosses, and the Deadite
Sitting RoomMinions
Bedroomin a general

supply near the gameboard.

x 1
5. Choose Characters. Each player takes a player
x1 chooses a Character, taking
I
x1the 2
board, then
(5p) (4p)
corresponding Character miniature and card.
6 x

Each player places their Character miniature

Cellar
anywhere inside the cabin (not on the Porch). Trapdoor
x8 Porch
6. Assemble the Event deck. Set aside the “We’re
Gonna Die” Event card. Shuffle the remaining
Event cards. Deal 4 cards facedown into a pile.
x2 x2 x2 2
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pile, then place the remaining 8 cards facedown on

top. This completes the Event deck.
x4

Workshed Grave

6 x 3
x 2 x 2 x 3
2 1
(6p) (5p) (4p) (3p) Seal or Summon (3p) (4p) (5p) (6p)

3 2 2 B 2 2 3 C
A x x x x x x

3 x 1 x1
(6p)
Kitchen Study
Porch

x 2 Bathroom x 2
x 1 2
x 1 x

x
(4p)
1
x 2
Hallway
The
Portal

D x 1
(6p)
x1
(5p)
E

6 Sitting Room Bedroom

x 1
1
I
x x 1 x 2
(5p) (4p)
x 2

x 2 Cellar
Trapdoor

Porch

x 2 x 2 x 2 G x 2

7
Workshed Grave

x 3
F 2 2 3
x x x
H

5 Alcohol
Discard to gain 2
bonus Actions.
Pendant
Human players only.
Discard before you make a
Running Shoes
Discard to gain +1 speed
for all your Move Actions
Necronomicon Page
Collect these to cast
the spells below:

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Virtue Check instead of this turn.
x3 x3 rolling the dice. x3

Wounds Seal Portal/Summon Demon (1 page)

Cooked Chicken Flashlight Chainsaw In the Portal’s area, place any/all of
Discard to remove Discard to flip tokens face-up You have a permanent +1

3
your pages onto one side of the Portal
3 Wounds from in any 2 areas adjacent to your attack success every time you track. Win the game if your side,
your Character. current area. You may choose attack as long as you hold the plus the center space is full!
Attack x3 x3 your own area as one of the 2. x1 Item token.
Speed Boost (1 page)
Gain +3 Speed this turn, then make

2
Speed
Leather Gloves
Discard to steal
an Item from
Barricade
Discard to place a Barrier
token over a door or window
Kandarian Dagger
Before rolling for your attack,
Discard to gain 2 successes.
a Virtue 1 Check.
Identify Deadite (1 or more pages)
Choose 1 player anywhere and roll
another player that borders your area. dice equal to pages you have. Look at 1 of
x3 x5 x1
1
Virtue
in your area.

Rabbit’s Foot Holy Water

Axe
You may reroll 1 die per Axe
their Corruption cards per success.
Make a Virtue Check = Failure results.
Command Deadite (3 pages)
Discard to reroll Reveal 1 Corruption card for you have whenever you attack. Choose any number of Deadite Minions
any number of any player and leave it faceup. In addition, removing a Barrier within 2 Areas and move each of them
Cursed dice you This can force a player to token can be done without 1 Area. Then, make a Virtue 2 Check.
x3 just rolled. x3 become a Deadite player. x2
spending an Action.
Bend Time (3 pages, 1/turn)
Wooden Spikes Roll 1 die. If not Failure, take +3 Actions
Shotgun Shells
If there are no Deadite Minions in your area, this turn. Then, make a Virtue 3 Check.
Discard to attack your current area or an adjacent
discard this to place a Trap token in your area, ignoring any Neutral or Failure results. Summon Deadite (3 pages, 1/turn)
area. The first Deadite Minion entering the You may not use this in combination with the Deadite players only. Roll 3 dice: For each
x3 area is killed and the trap is discarded. x3 success, take 1 Wound & Place 1 Deadite
Axe, Chainsaw, or Kandarian dagger.
Minion in an adjacent area (if you survive).

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Gameplay
Objective
The Human players win when they
spend enough Necronomicon pages to
seal the portal. The number of pages
needed to seal the portal is P + 3 where
P is the number of players (These are
the spaces on the left side of the track,
plus 1 page for the center space).
The Deadite players win when they spend enough All players lose
Necronomicon pages to summon Kandarian demons. during the Event
The number of pages needed to summon is P + 3 Phase if you need to
where P is the number of players. (These are the spaces draw an Event card
on the right side of the track, plus 1 page for the center and there are none.
space). They can also win if the human players need
to draw a Corruption card and there are none.

Round Sequence 2. Player Phase

The game is played over several rounds. Once the Event is finished, players take turns
During each round, the following phases occur: beginning with the start player and going clockwise
1. Event Phase around the table. A player takes their entire turn before
2. Player Phase play proceeds to the next player. Once all players have
3. Deadite Turn taken a turn, the Player Phase is complete.

On a player’s turn, they have multiple Actions.

1. Event Phase The number of Actions each player receives is
At the beginning of every turn, dependent on the number of players in the game.
including the first turn, draw a Refer to the following table to determine how many
card from the Event deck and Actions each player receives on their turn:
resolve it. First, spawn the Deadite
Players Actions
Minions listed on the card. The
3-4 3
Deadite Minions that spawn will 5-6 2
be dependent based on the number of players. Spawn
Eventat each location that is less than or
a Deadite Minion Player Actions may be any of the following Actions
equal toThey’re
the number of players.
Coming! and there is no limit to the number of times a player
Example: In a can perform a specific Action in a single turn.
Spawn 1 Deadite at: 5-player game,
3p 4p 5p 6p areas A, C, E and G
will each receive 1
Move
A C E G I
Deadite Minion. When a player moves, they may move a number of
adjacent areas up to their speed. You do not need to use
Once those are on
Each Deadite thenot
Minion board,
in read the card. Always your full speed and may stop at any time.
perform as much
the same area as of the card text as possible, then
a Character
moves 1 Area toward the
discard thenearest
card. If you can’t spawn any more Deadite
character. Adjacent areas
Minions because you ran out of minis, either you’re Two areas are considered adjacent if they share an area
very lucky or very unlucky depending on the situation. border (orange line) and are not completely separated
Either way, ignore those Deadite Minion spawns. by a black wall. Areas separated by a window or a
barrier token are still considered adjacent, although
If the Event card has a continuous effect that lasts for the window or barrier may affect movement.
the remainder of the round, place it face-up on top of
the event deck as a reminder.

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 Attack
Moving away from enemies A player may attack an enemy (or an ally) in the same
If you are trying to leave an area with more enemies area as their character mini. In order to attack, roll a
than allies, your effective speed for that movement number of dice equal to your attack rating. The results
(after modifiers) is 1. You may always leave an area, vary depending on the target of the attack.
regardless of how many enemies are in it. If you
(6p) (5p) (4p)
move(3p)
to an area without enemies and take a second If you are (3p)
attacking
(4p)
Deadite
(5p)
Minions, remove a number
(6p)
Seal Summon or
(6p) (5p) (4p) (3p)
movement Action, your speed is normal for that second of minions equal to the number of successes. Seal Summon or

x3
movement. x2
Note: Players xwho
2 cast Speed Boost x2 2
A B x
3x 3 C
x2 2 B
If youAare attacking another player (Deadite or
x x x
before moving are not affected by this rule.
Human), either you take one Item token per success
Moving through windows or inflict one Wound per success. Players do not roll
If you move from one area to a neighboring area through Kitchen defense if they are being attacked by another player.
Study
Porch Kitchen
x1 x1 of your remaining speed. Your
a window, it costs all (6p) x 1 x1
(6p)

Move Action ends on the other side of the window. In either case, if the dice result
x2
shows an equal number
x 2 Bathroom
x 1 x2
Bathroom

x 1 of failures and successes, you must make a Virtue 1

x2 x 1
x1
Move Example:
1 x
Check. If you’re unlucky and roll more failures than
(4p) x1

x 2 successes, you suffer 1 Wound and must make a (4p)

x2
Hallway Virtue 1 Check. See "Virtue Checks" on page 14. Hallway
The
Portal

D x 1 1 E
Attack
D Examples: 1
x
(6p) (5p) x
(6p)
x1
(5p)

Sitting Room Bedroom

Sitting Room Bedroom

x 1
x1
(5p)
x
(4p)
1
I
x 2 12
xx
(5p)
1 x 1
(4p)
x 1

x 2 Cellar
Trapdoor
x 2
Porch

2 2 2 G 2
2
x x x x
x 2 x 2 x 2 G

Workshed Grave
From the Bedroom, Ash can use his 2 Speed to move Workshed

to the Sitting
x 3 Room, Hallway or Cellar Trapdoor,
x 3
x 2 then move a second area after that. x2 Ash Attacks a xDeadite inHthe Bedroom (1). He rolls
F F 2x 3 x 2
He can also move through the window to head 3 Cursed Dice for his Attack stat, and gets .
outside, though doing so will end his Move Action. He removes the deadite because he rolled at least
1 success, and he does not make a Virtue Check
because he rolled more successes than failures.

Jake Attacks a pair of Deadites outside (2), rolling 2

Cursed Dice for his Attack stat and gets
–ouch. Without any successes, he doesn’t remove any
Deadites. Since there are more failures than successes
Jake takes a Wound, and must make a Virtue 1 Check.

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 Scavenge Remove a Barrier Token
In order to find the pages of the Necronomicon, Any player may remove a Barrier
players will need to scavenge locations in the woods Token in their area for one Action.
and surrounding buildings. When you take a Scavenge Place the barricade Item token back in the box.
Action, pick up all the tokens in your current area. Players need to remove a Barrier Token before they
Keep one of the tokens, placing it face-up on your can move past it.
Player Board. If there are any additional tokens, return
them to the board facedown. Use a Token
Players may use tokens without spending Actions.
There is no limit to the number of Item tokens a You may use any number of tokens during your turn
Character can carry, but all tokens you own must be and may use a token as soon as you pick it up. In most
kept faceup on your Player Board at all times. cases, the token is returned to the game box after being
(4p) (3p) (3p)
Seal or Summon
used(4p)and (5p) (6p)
gaining the temporary benefit.
For example, Annie searches See "Appendix: Tokens" on page 18.
x 3 x 2 x 2 x2
B outside, x2 x 3 C
the woods picking
up a pair of tokens and
secretly looking
(6p) (5p)
at them.
(4p)
She
(3p)
Barrier Token Example: Seal or Summon (3p) (4p) (5p)

chooses 1 to keep and places

Kitchen
x3 x2
Study
2 B 2 2 3
it faceup onAher Player Board
Porch x x x x
x 1 x 1
(6p)

for everyone to see.

Bathroom x 2
x 1 2
x 1 x

She returns the other facedown, but can say whatever

x1
Kitchen Study

she likes about what she saw.

(4p)
x1 x 1
Porch

(6p)

Hallway

Trade 2 Bathroom
x The
Portal x 1 2
1 x
1 may trade with any other player
Players x
(6p)
x1 in the same
(5p)
E x

x 1
area. During a trade, you may take any number of (4p)

tokens from a player or give them anyx2number of

Sitting Room Bedroom
Annie suspects Ash is a Deadite and wants to limit
Hallway

tokens. Both players must agreex1

to the trade, but it can his options. She discards her barricade Item token
x1 be one player gifting tokens to another.
D I x1 her turn to place a Barrier Token
during x1 over the
x1 x2 (6p) (5p)
(5p) (4p)
x2
Living Room window.
Cast a Spell Cellar
Trapdoor
Sitting Room Bedroom

Once players have acquired pages of On Ash’s turn, he won’t be able to move into the Porch

x1
the Necronomicon, they may attempt x1
Living Room; xhe can either move I
over and enter
1 x 2
2 x2 x2 x2
to use them. Refer to “Pages ofGthe
(5p)
x (4p)

through the Kitchen, or use an Action to remove the

Necronomicon” on page 13 to see thex2 Barrier Token first, then use his second Action to Cellar
Trapdoor

possible spells that may be attempted and the potential Move through the window into the Living Room. Porch

results. Regardless of which magic is attempted, casting

Workshed Grave

x2 x2 x2 x2
any spell takes an Action. G
x3

2 2 3
x x x
H
Workshed Grave

x 3
F x 2 x 2 x 3

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 (6p) (5p) (4p) (3p) Seal or Summon (3p) (4p) (5p)

3 2 2 B 2 2 3
A x x x x x x
3. Deadite Turn Grouping up can be dangerous because Deadites will
Once all players have moved, it is time for the Deadites attack every player in their area!
to act. The Deadites are trying to injure the players and
keep them from assembling the Necronomicon. All If more than 3 Deadite Minions attack you, each
Kitchen Study
Porch

Deadite Minions move, then all Deadite Bossesx 1move. extrax1Deadite Minion in the area automatically
(6p)

After all Deadites have moved, they each attack if able. inflicts 1 Wound. This happens before rolling.
x 2 Bathroom
x 1
1 x
x 2
Roll Result Effect
Deadite Movement x1
(4p)
Success No Effect - you fight them off!
If there is a Character in the Deadite’s
x2
area, it does not
Neutral Drop 1 Necronomicon page, if possible.
move. Otherwise it will move 1 area toward the nearest Hallway
After this attack, make a Virtue 1 Check*.
area containing a character, following the shortest path
x1
Failure Take 1 Wound for each . x1
D paths, the player
possible. If there are multiple shortest (6p) (5p)
Drop 1 Necronomicon page, if possible,
with the Start Player token decides where the Deadite After this attack, make a Virtue 1 Check*.
Sitting Room Bedroom
moves. *Regardless of how many Deadite Minions attack, you
only ever make a single Virtuex 11 Check as a result of
I
If multiple Characters are the same distance away from x1 (5p)
x1 every round. Even if you suffer too many x 2
Deadite attacks (4p)

a Deadite, the Deadite moves toward the Character Wounds, you must still make the check. See "Virtue
x2
Cellar
holding the most Necronomicon pages. If there’s still a Checks" on page 14. Trapdoor

Porch

tie, the Deadite moves toward the player with the Start
Player token or closest to it in a clockwise direction.x2 Deadite
2 Attack
2 Example: 2
x x
G x

Tracking Movement
If you have difficulty keeping track of which Deadite
Workshed Grave

Minions have moved, we recommend laying them

down on their side after moving them. Once all x 3
Deadite Minions are on their sides, F 2
set them xback up. x 2 x 3

Barrier Tokens
Deadite Minions and Bosses cannot move through
Barriers. If the target Character mini is on the other
side of a barricade, the Deadite will move up to the
Barrier and remain there until another Character mini
becomes the target or the Barrier is removed.
Windows
Only one Deadite Minion may move through a
window per turn. If multiple Deadite Minions would
try to move through the window, one moves through
and any remaining Deadites wait on the other side,
pawing until they get their chance to come through.
Ash decided to be brave and charge into a clump
of Deadite Minions and attempt to take them out.
Unfortunately, his attack did not go too well, and he’s
stuck in an area with five Deadite Minions. On their
turn they attack. First Ash takes 2 Wounds because
there are five Deadite Minions in his area. Then he
has to roll all 3 Cursed dice. He rolls 2 successes and
1 neutral. Because of the neutral result, he doesn’t
take any more Wounds, but he does need to drop
a Necronomicon page if he has any. Now that the
Deadite Attack is complete, he must immediately
make a single Virtue 1 Check.

Deadite Attacks End of the Round

After all Deadites have moved, see if any are in the After all Deadites have attacked if able, begin a new
same area as a Character. If so, they will attack that round by drawing a new Event.
Character. Each player rolls a number of Cursed dice
equal to the number of Deadite Minions in their area.
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Boss Monsters
As if the onslaught of the undead minions was not
enough, there are some Deadites that are so strong,
so powerful, they can’t be considered minions. They
have special rules to follow. This section covers these
powerful horrors. On the groovy side, they each come
with a fantastic looking miniature!
Deadite Bosses are not affected by items or effects that
specify Deadite Minions.
Henrietta
Henrietta is one of the strongest and most terrifying
deadites of all time. She acts like a normal Deadite
Minion in terms of movement and attack rules. However,
when she attacks, she does so with the strength of 3
Deadite Minions. In order to defeat Henrietta, players
need to get three successes on a single attack. Yes, that means
some Characters will just need to stay away from her or
seek out certain items to strengthen their attacks.
Killer Tree
The Killer Tree is what happens when evil spirits and
vegetation mix, proving once and for all that gardening
is evil. Once the Killer Tree spawns, it never moves.
However, it has long roots and branches it can use to
ensnare nearby players. When the Killer Tree would
move, any Human player within two areas outside or an
adjacent inside area is dragged into the area with the Killer
Tree. The Killer Tree will not drag any players into its
area if it already has a Human player in its area. The Killer
Tree counts as 2 Deadite Minions when it attacks.
In order to kill the Killer Tree, a player needs to get two
combat successes in a single attack.
A player cannot leave the area with the Killer Tree if they
are the only Human player in the area. If another Human
player enters the area, everyone can leave except for one
Human player.
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The Hand
After The Hand spawns, it skitters around with
frightening speed. During the Deadite Turn, The Hand
will move up to 3 areas toward the nearest Human
player. It cannot go through windows and will treat
them as walls. However, it can skitter through barriers.
When it attacks, it counts as a single Deadite Minion.
In order to defeat it, a player only needs a single combat
success. When defeated, it is not destroyed. Instead,
the player moves it five areas away. The hand can never
be destroyed for good. Once it goes bad, it’s always
around somewhere!
Rotten Apple Head
The monster known as Rotten Apple Head is
represented by three different miniatures: two arms
and a head. This is a physical manifestation of the
Kandarian Demon, and it will do whatever it can to
stop the humans from sealing the portal. When Rotten
Apple Head spawns, place the Head on the porch in
the same spot as The Portal. Place one of the arms in
the hallway and the other in the study.
Rotten Apple Head cannot be killed. If you
successfully attack Rotten Apple Head’s arms or head,
remove the mini as if it was killed. During the next
Event phase, before the Event is drawn, respawn the
removed Rotten Apple Head minis in the areas where
they were defeated.
During the Deadite Turn, the head will not move.
The arms will move to any room in the house with a
door or window facing outside. However, two arms
cannot be in the same area. They follow the normal
rules for targeting Human players. If there is no valid
area for them to move to, they will not move. When
the Deadites attack, Rotten Apple Head automatically
inflicts a Wound and forces a player to both drop a
page of the Necronomicon and make a Virtue Check.
Human players cannot use the power of the
Necronomicon if they are in the same area as Rotten
Apple Head. This includes the "Seal the Portal" spell.
Pages of the Necronomicon
The pages of the Necronomicon
have great power for those who
are willing to tempt fate by using
it. But be warned that it also
carries the power to corrupt.
Just holding onto pages of the
Necronomicon can be damaging
to a Character’s sanity.
Holding at least 1 page of the Necronomicon
enables a player to attempt to use the power of the
Necronomicon for their benefit. The following spells
may be attempted as an Action.
Seal the Portal
(requires 1 page; must be in The Portal area.)
Dedicate any number of your Necronomicon pages
toward sealing the portal. Take all of the page tokens
from your Player Board and place them on the Sealed
side of the portal track. These pages are removed from
the game, and you are that much closer to your goal. If
you filled up the track to the appropriate spot indicated
by the number of players, plus 1 page in the center
space, you and your allies close the portal and win the
game! Unlike other spells, this one does not require a
Virtue Check.
Summon Kandarian Demon
This functions the same as Seal the Portal, but if you
are a Deadite player, you must choose this option.
Rather than placing your pages on the Sealed side of
the portal track, you place them on the Summon side.
When the track is filled, you summon the Kandarian
hordes to conquer the world and win the game!
Speed Boost (requires 1 page)
Your speed is increased by 3 for the remainder of this
turn, then make a Virtue 1 Check. Alternatively, if your
character is surrounded by enemies, you can use this
spell to move as if you had a Speed of 3 and are not
affected by enemies.
Identify Deadite (requires 1 page)
Choose another player in any area and roll a number
of Cursed dice equal to the number of Necronomicon
pages in your possession (maximum of 3). Total the
number of successes rolled and look at that many of
the target’s Corruption cards at random.
If you roll at least 1 Failure result, make a Virtue X Check
where X is the number of Failure results you rolled.
Command Deadite (requires 2 pages)
Choose any number of Deadite Minions within 2 areas
of your character, and move each of them 1 area. Then,
make a Virtue 2 Check.
Bend time (requires 3 pages)
Roll a single Cursed die. If the die comes up as
anything but a failure, you may take 3 additional
Actions before ending your turn. Whether or not the
spell succeeds, you must make a Virtue 3 Check.
Each player may only cast this spell once a round.
Summon Deadite Minion (requires 3 pages)
Only Deadite players may cast this spell.
Roll 3 Cursed dice. For each success, take 1 Wound and
place 1 Deadite Minion in an adjacent area. If the player
gains too many Wounds, they don’t get an opportunity
to summon Deadite Minions before suffering the
penalties under Taking too many Wounds below.
Each player may only cast this spell once a round.
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(4p) (3p) Virtue Checks Seal or Summon (3p) Corruption Deck
(4p) (5p) (6p)

3 x 2 Certain Actionsx 2 require players to make a Virtue

B x2 Check.
x2 The
x 3 Corruption
C Deck represents the dark forces trying
When this happens, you roll a number of Cursed dice to take over good people. When players make a Virtue
equal to your Virtue value and count the number of Check, they might be told to draw a card from the
successes. The number of successes you need depends Corruption Deck. These cards can never be discarded and
on the Action causing you to make a Virtue Check; they
Kitchen Study
stay with you for the rest of the game.
Porch
x 1 x1
are written as “make a Virtue X Check” where X is the
(6p)

number of successes you need. If you do not roll at least

Bathroom x 2
x1
x2
that many successes, x1 you must draw a Corruption
x1card from the Corruption Deck.
(4p)

The table below lists all of the possible effects that can
Hallway
The
Portal
causex1you to make a Virtue Check: x1 E
(6p) (5p)

Action Virtue Check

Sitting Room Bedroom
There are two types of cards in the Corruption Deck:
Deadites successfully attack you 1
“Human” and “Deadite”. If you have one or more Deadite
Virtue Check from an unsuccessful attack 1
x1
I1 cards, you have embraced the darkness and become a
1 Casting Speed Boost
x1
x x2
(5p)

Casting Identify Deadite

(4p)
1 per Failure result Deadite. It doesn’t
x2 matter how many Corruption cards
Casting Command Deadite 2
Cellar
you have, it only matters if at least one of them says “Deadite”.
If you gain multiple “Deadite” cards, you are still just a
Trapdoor
Casting Bend time 3 Porch

single “Deadite”, just really committed to being corrupt.

x 2 Virtue
2 Check2 Example:
x
G x x 2
At the beginning of the game, players received a
Corruption card, but they are not allowed to look at it
Workshed
until they gain a second Corruption card or pick up their
Grave

first Necronomicon page.

x 3
2 2 x3
x x
When eitherHof those events happen, they may look at
their initial Corruption card. This Corruption card still
affects whether someone is a Deadite even if the player
Continuing the example from page 11, Ash must never looks at it.
make a Virtue 1 Check after being attacked by the
Deadites. His Virtue stat is only 1, so he rolls 1 die All of these cards remain facedown next to your
and gets a . To pass a Virtue 1 Check, he needed Character Card. Only a few very specific Actions can
1 Success ( ), so this is a failure and Ash draws reveal these cards.
a Corruption card.

Now that Ash has drawn a Corruption card, he

can also look at the one he was dealt at the start
of the game.

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Playing as a Deadite
Unrevealed Deadites
Once you gain a single “Deadite” Corruption card, you
are a Deadite, but your identity is not immediately
revealed. You still take Actions like a normal human and
play continues normally as long as you are not revealed.
Note that if someone casts Identify Deadite, that does
not count as revealing you. After all, they could be lying
about what they saw! You are considered a Human
player until you have at least one revealed “Deadite” card
faceup next to your Character card.
However, once you are a Deadite, your goal has changed.
Now you want to try and use the portal to summon the
demon hordes rather than seal it. If the portal closes, you
will lose the game!
You can always voluntarily reveal you are a Deadite
player at any time by turning one of your “Deadite”
Corruption cards faceup and leaving it faceup on your
Character card.
If you take any of the following Actions, you must reveal
yourself as a Deadite:
• Attack another player
• Cast Summon Kandarian Demon
• Choose to have Deadites ignore you
• Choose to not be affected by a card that affects
Human players.
Note that if you have more than one “Deadite”
Corruption card, you only need to reveal one. After all,
why let the other players start trusting each other?
Revealed Deadites
If you are a revealed Deadite, you still take your turn as
normal, but you follow a slightly different set of rules:
1. Other players are now considered your enemies and
Deadites are considered your allies.That means you
can no longer move freely through areas containing
multiple human players, but may move through
areas containing Deadites.
2. Deadite Minions will ignore you - they won’t attack
you and won’t consider you with respect to their
movement rules.
3. You are not affected by cards or items that target or
affect Human players or Deadite Minions.
However, You are affected by cards or items that
target Deadites.
4. You cannot gain any more Corruption cards.
Anytime you have to make a Virtue Check, roll
dice equal to the Virtue Check strength and gain
a Wound for each failure rolled. Your Virtue score
no longer affects gameplay.
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Taking too many Wounds
One of your Character’s stats is Wounds. That is the
maximum number of Wound tokens you may receive.
When you have a number of Wound tokens equal to
this value, you are defeated. If you become defeated,
do the following:
1. Remove your Character Mini from the board.
2. Put any Item tokens you were carrying facedown
in the area where your mini was.
3. You must reveal one of your Corruption cards.
On your next turn...
• If you are a Human player: place your Character
Mini back on the board and remove any Wound
tokens. If you are human, you dropped everything you
had and ran back to the cabin, sheltering yourself in
the basement to patch up your injuries. Place yourself
in any spot in the cabin.
• If you are a Deadite player: Place your Character
Mini in any of the Deadite Minion spawn areas.
You need to reassemble your body where the barrier
between worlds is weakest and where the Deadite
Minions can break through. You have no Actions on
the turn you return from the dead.
Dropping Items
Several effects may cause you to drop items. If items
need to be dropped, place the Item tokens in your
current area in a facedown stack. If there are Item
tokens currently in the area, the dropped items are
added to it. Any player may Scavenge these items
according to the normal rules.
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Defeating Another Player
Let’s face it, with the possibility for some of the players
to become Deadites, there might be some players
fighting each other. If you inflict another player’s last
Wound, certain bonus effects apply depending on the
situation. First, you may take any or all of the Item
tokens the defeated player would drop in the area.
Remember that a player is considered a Human player
unless they have a “Deadite” Corruption card faceup
next to their Character card. All of these effects are
in addition to the effects described under “Taking too
many Wounds”.
If a Human player defeats a Human player:
The winner looks at the entire hand of Corruption
cards of the defeated player and returns them
facedown. They can say whatever they want about the
content of those cards and do not need to tell the truth!
If a Human player defeats a Deadite player:
This has no additional effect beyond another
short-lived blow against evil. The winner may feel
accomplished for helping to push evil back.
If a Deadite player defeats a Human player:
The winner may give one of their facedown Corruption
cards to the defeated player. If the Corruption card
is a “Deadite” card, that player now joins the side
of evil. But remember, they still are considered a
Human player until that card is turned faceup. The
Deadite player may choose to hand over a “Human”
Corruption card to help sow the seeds of doubt. If the
Deadite player chooses, they may draw a card from
the Corruption Deck, look at it, and then hand it over
facedown. The player receiving the Corruption card
may look at it.
If a Deadite player defeats a Deadite player:
Well, let it never be said evil was smart enough to
work together. The only special effect in this case is the
winner may gloat over the defeated player.
Appendix: Map Areas
This diagram shows which areas are adjacent, as well as where all of the doors and windows are.

(6p) (5p) (4p) (3p) Seal or Summon (3p) (4p) (5p) (6p)

3 2 2 B 2 2 3 C
A x x x x x x

Kitchen Study
Porch
x 1 x1
(6p)

x 2 Bathroom x 2
x 1 2
x 1 x

x1
(4p)

x 2
Hallway
The
Portal

D x 1
(6p)
x1
(5p)
E

Sitting Room Bedroom

x 1
1
I
x x 1 x 2
(5p) (4p)
x 2

x 2 Cellar
Trapdoor

Porch

x 2 x 2 x 2 G x 2

Workshed Grave

x 3
F 2 2 3
x x x
H

Area borders are shown as thin white lines.

Walls are shown as thick white lines.

Red-lined areas are windows and doors.

They are area borders that are also legal
positions for barrier tokens.

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Appendix: Tokens
Alcohol (x3)
Discard to gain 2 bonus Actions.
Axe (x2)
While you have the axe, you may reroll
one die per axe you have whenever you
attack. You must take the new result.
This cannot be combined with the
Shotgun shells. In addition, removing a
Barricade can be done without paying
an Action.
Barricade (x5)
Discard to Place a
Barrier token over a
door or window to act as a barricade. You
must be in an area bordering the door or
window to place the Barricade token.
Chainsaw (x1)
You have a permanent +1 attack success
every time you attack as long as you hold
this Item token.
Cooked Chicken (x3)
Discard to remove up to 3 Wounds
from your Character card.
Flashlight (x3)
Discard to flip tokens faceup in any two
areas adjacent to your current location.
You may choose your own area as one of
the two.
Holy Water (x3)
Reveal a single random Corruption card
for any player and leave it faceup next
to their Character card. This can force a
player to become a Deadite player.
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Kandarian Dagger (x1)
Discard to gain 2 successes when you
attack. This cannot be combined with
the Shotgun shells. You must use this
before rolling for your attack.
Leather Gloves (x3)
Discard to steal an item token from
another player in your area.
Pendant (x3)
Human players only. Discard to ignore
a Virtue Check. This can only be used
on yourself; you can’t use it to enable
another player to ignore a Virtue Check.
You must spend this before rolling.
Rabbit’s Foot (x3)
Discard to reroll any number of Cursed
dice you just rolled. You can use this for
any kind of roll you make, including an
Attack or a Virtue Check.
Running Shoes (x3)
Discard to gain +1 speed for all your
Move Actions this turn.
Shotgun Shells (x3)
Discard to attack your current area or
an adjacent area, ignoring any Neutral
or Failure results. You may not use
this in combination with the Axe,
Chainsaw, or Kandarian dagger.
Wooden Spikes (x3)
Set a trap in your current
area. The first Deadite
Minion entering the area
is killed and then this
token is discarded. This cannot be
used if you are in an area with any
Deadite Minions.
Important Terms
Adjacent: Areas are adjacent if they share a border and Necronomicon: The book of the dead. A passageway
are not separated by a wall. to the evil worlds beyond. It grants unholy power to
Area: Any individual location on the map separated those willing to use it.
by a thin line. Each Deadite or player needs to be Reveal: When a player reveals a Corruption card, it is
located in a single area. turned faceup for all players in the game to see.
Attack: When a player or Deadite decides to bust Speed: The maximum number of areas a player or
some skulls. Deadite may move with a Move Action.
Boss: A very powerful Deadite with its own special Spell: One of numerous effects players can attempt if
rules. There are four that might be spawned over the they read the Necronomicon and use its powers. It
course of a game: Henrietta, Killer Tree, The Hand, usually results in requiring a Virtue Check to avoid
and Rotten Apple Head. Corruption.
Corruption card: Cards dealt out usually as a result Success: on the dice. These are good.
of Virtue Checks which indicate whether players Virtue: The number of dice you roll when making a
remain human or succumb to corruption and become Virtue Check.
Deadites. Virtue Check: A roll made to see whether or not your
Deadite: A term that includes Deadite Bosses, Deadite character gains a corruption card. Necessary after
Minions, and Deadite players. tangling too closely with the forces of darkness.
Deadite Minion: One of the simple Deadite characters Wound: Used to indicate when a player gets hurt.
spawned every round. Multiple miniatures sculpts Collect too many of these, and you become Defeated.
represent Deadite Minions.
Deadite player: A player who has a revealed “Deadite”
Corruption card. Even if a player has a “Deadite”
Corruption card, they are not a Deadite player until
the Corruption card is revealed.
Defeated: When a player suffers a number of Wounds
greater than their Wounds value.
Failure: on the dice. These are always bad.
Human: What most players start as, (relatively) good
people not yet corrupted. Their goal is to close the
portal and prevent the Deadite invasion.
Item token: They represent items found in the woods
or the cabin and can be used for a variety of effects.
Once a player picks up a token, they are carrying the
item.
Look: When a player looks at a Corruption card, they
are the only one who gets to see the value. The card is
returned to the same location facedown.
Move: The action of leaving one area and entering an
adjacent one. Can be blocked or made difficult due to
barricades and windows.
Neutral: on the dice. Sometimes they’re bad.
Portal: The gateway to a hellish dimension where the
Deadites come from.

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Quick Reference
Objective
The Human players win
when they spend enough
Necronomicon pages to seal
the portal.
The Deadite players win when they spend enough All players lose during the
Necronomicon pages to summon Kandarian demons. Event Phase if you need
They can also win if the human players need to draw a to draw an Event card and
Corruption card and there are none. there are none.

Round Sequence (page 8)

1. Event Phase 2. Player Phase 3. Deadite Turn
a. Spawn Deadite Minions Spend Actions and use Item Tokens. a. Move Deadite Minions
b. Resolve Effect • 3-4p = 3 Actions each. b. Move Deadite Bosses
• 5-6p = 2 Actions each. c. Deadites Attack

Actions (pages 8-10) Virtue Checks (page 14)

Move areas up to your Speed.
• Your Speed is 1 if there are Enemies in your Area.
• Moving through a window ends your Move Action.
Attack, rolling dice equal to your stat.
• vs. Minions: Remove 1 Deadite minion per . Starting Corruption
• vs. Player: take 1 Item/ or inflict 1 Wound/ .
• If you roll = , make a Virtue 1 Check.
• if you roll > , make a Virtue 1 Check and
take 1 Wound.
Scavenge to look at Items in your area and take one.
Trade items with another player in your area.
Cast a Spell if you have enough Necronomicon pages.
Remove a Barrier Token from your area.
Deadite Turn (page 11)
Deadite Movement
1. If there is a player in their area, don't move.
2. Move 1 toward the nearest character.
• If characters are the same distance, move toward
the one with the most pages. If still tied, the
player sitting closest to the start player, clockwise.
• Start Player decides which area if there are
multiple shortest paths.
Deadite Attacks
• Each player rolls 1 die per Deadite Minion in their area.
• Take 1 Wound for each Minion after the first 3.
• Take 1 Wound for each rolled.
• If you roll any or , drop 1 Necronomicon page
and make a Virtue 1 Check.
To make a "Virtue X Check”, roll dice equal to your
Virtue stat. If you get at least X successes, you pass.
Otherwise, you fail and draw 1 Corruption card.
Look at your starting Corruption card when you draw a
second Corruption card or pick up a Necronomicon page.
Playing As a Deadite (page 15)
You must reveal yourself as a Deadite when you:
• Attack another player.
• Cast Summon Kandarian Demon.
• Choose to have Deadites ignore you.
• Choose to not be affected by a card that affects
Human players.
Once you are a revealed Deadite:
• You can no longer move freely through areas
containing multiple human players.
• Deadite Minions ignore you, and you ignore them.
• You are not affected by cards or items that target or
affect Human players or Deadite Minions.
• You cannot gain any more Corruption cards.
Anytime you have to make a Virtue Check, roll
dice equal to the Virtue Check strength and gain a
Wound for each failure rolled. Your Virtue score no
longer affects gameplay.
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