Stranger Things: Upside Down

Sequence of Play

When playing action cards for any reason, keep track of the number of danger icons revealed.

1. Move

Move up to your movement value. You may play action cards to move additional spaces (spaces = card value + movement value). Movement ends when a foe is encountered.

2. Perform Actions

If in a space with a foe, you may only fight:

• Beat the stack in the foe's slot group.
• If successful:
  • Move Demogorgon to an adjacent space.
  • Move Patrol to any space. (House rule: remove patrol from board until a scene card brings it back.)
  • Remove Demodog from board.

If no foe is present, choose from:

Uncontested actions:

• Calm Down: Lose fear equal to the action total value.
• Get Item: Draw items equal to the action value, keep 1.
• Gather Info: Reveal the top of stacks equal to the action value.

Contested actions (beat a stack by playing cards with total value >= stack value):

• If failed: Gain fear equal to (stack value - action value). Reshuffle stack and remove one token. (House rule: on success, lose fear equal to action value - stack value.)

• Recruit Ally (replace card and stack if successful)
• Help Eleven (each power is single use only)
• Investigate the Lab
• Rescue Will
• Fight (beat stack for foe; if no stack, discard one action card and succeed automatically)
• Remove Vines
• Close Gate

3. Refill Hand

Draw back up to five action cards. If the action deck is depleted, reshuffle and advance to the next Act.

House rule: Play Acts 1 and 2 twice each. Or consider Acts [1, 1.5], [2, 2.5], [3].

4. Reveal Scene Cards

Reveal scene cards equal to the current Act number plus the number of danger icons revealed this turn (one at a time).

If you draw the End of Day card: stop drawing scenes and reshuffle the scene deck.

Contested Action Reference

Play action cards with a total value greater than or equal to the stack value to succeed.

Outcome	Result
Success	Action resolves. (House rule: lose fear = action value - stack value.)
Failure	Gain fear = stack value - action value. Reshuffle stack, remove one token.

Scene Cards

Reveal Act # + danger icons scene cards at end of turn. Danger icons accumulate from all action cards played during the turn.

End of Day card: stop drawing and reshuffle the scene deck.

Acts

Advance to the next Act when the action deck runs out. Running out in Act 3 is an immediate loss.

House rule: replay each act to extend the game - play Acts [1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3] or simply play Acts 1 and 2 twice each.