Fate: Defenders of Grimheim

Game Setup

 1. Place Monster and Legends boxes nearby.

 2. Place town pieces in Grimheim.

Always include Freyja's Well

 3a. Place 3 damage markers in Troll Caves.

Hero may remove them to remove damage from itself.

 3b. Place 3 mana markers in Nailfare.

Hero may gain them.

 3c. Place 3 gold markers in Wyrm Lair.

Hero may gain them.

 4. Place the Rune Stone on the first spot of time track.

 5. Shuffle the yellow and red monster cards into separate decks.

Each player draws a yellow monster card and places monsters accordingly.

Player Setup

 6. All players take a player board.

 7. Each player chooses a hero.

Hero deck and miniature.

Place miniature in Grimheim.

 8. Place hero card, starting equipment, and starting ability outside of player board = active cards.

Cards on player board aren't yours yet.

 9. Place 1 player cube at green start of upgrade cost track, and 2 in the empty Actions spots.

10. Shuffle remaining ability cards (blue) and place them on the Abilities spot with Level 1 side up.

11. Shuffle remaining equipment cards (green) and place face-up on Equipment spot.

If you complete the quest, you get the equipment.

12. Shuffle event cards (red) and place face-down on Event Deck spot.

13. Add 2 gold to each player board, 1 mana to starting ability card, and draw 1 card from Event deck.

Begin Game

Game End

WIN: Freyja's Well survives until end of time track.
LOSE: The entire village of Grimheim is destroyed.

Difficulty Adjustments

Easier:

• Use short time track
• Draw one to six Resistance cards at start of game
• Start with all 10 buildings in Grimheim
• Only use the yellow Monster Deck
• Start on upgraded side of hero card
• Play 2 heroes but only draw 1 Monster card per player
• Play with a sidekick

Harder:

• Use long time track
• Use Monster Die
• Draw one or more Threat cards at start of game
• Start with no gold, mana, or cards
• Start one step up on upgrade cost track
• Only use the red Monster Deck