Stranger Things: Upside Down

Game Setup

Board and Decks

  1. Place the board with the chosen season side up.
  2. Shuffle separately:
    • Action deck
    • Item deck
    • Ally deck for chosen season
    • Scene deck for chosen season

Token Setup

  1. Separate the numbered tokens from the 5 Demogorgon tokens.
  2. Shuffle numbered tokens.
  3. Season 1:
    • Take 7 random tokens and shuffle them with the Demogorgon tokens.
    • Stack 4 in each of the three Rescue Will slots.
    • Place the Demogorgon in the Upside Down school.
    • Place a patrol in Hawkins Castle Byers.
    • Harder: Also place a patrol in the Upside Down lab.
    Season 2:
    • ...to be continued
  4. Fill numbered slots with tokens.
  5. Place remaining tokens in pile nearby.
  6. Reveal top token of each stack in Hawkins.

Characters and Allies

  1. Draw and place Ally card(s).
  2. Place El on the 1st Act track space.
  3. Choose 2 or more characters. For each:
    • Place miniature in starting location.
    • Take dashboard.
    • Place fear tracker cube at start.
    • Draw 5 action cards.

Begin Game

Objectives

WIN (Season 1): Rescue Will.

WIN (Season 2): Rescue Will, then Close the Gate.

LOSE: