Vagrantsong

Scenario Phase - Round Structure

Players decide the order Vagrants act each round. After each individual Vagrant's turn, the Haint immediately takes a turn. The Haint always takes the final turn of the round.

Vagrant Turn

Each Vagrant has 3 Coins to spend on actions. Coins are placed on Skills or General Actions. More Coins on an action increases its potency or the number of Bones rolled.

• Move: Spend Coins to move orthogonally based on your Move value.
• Rummage: Draw tokens from the Bindle to gain items - Iron Nails (attack), Salt (defense), or Apples (healing).
• Investigate: Trigger Event Tokens in your space to progress the story.
• Patch Up: Roll Bones to regain lost Humanity.
• Bust: An adjacent action to return Humanity to a Haint.
• Skills: Each Vagrant has unique Skill cards. Place Coins on a Skill to activate it.

Humanity and Wounds

• Vagrants lose Humanity when attacked. If Humanity hits 0, the Vagrant suffers a Wound - one Skill card is flipped over and becomes unusable.
• If all Skills and Junk are flipped, the Vagrant becomes Westbound - they gain a unique Westbound Action but can no longer use standard Skills.
• If all Vagrants become Westbound, the players are defeated for this Scenario but continue the campaign.

Haint's Turn

Draw a Rummage Token from the Bindle and match it to the Haint's current Mood to determine its action. The Haint moves toward its target, Haunting (applying negative effects to) any Vagrant it moves through or ends its movement on.

Haint Target Priority:

1. Vagrant with the Special Target Priority Token
2. Action-specific targets (as listed on the Haint's card)
3. The closest Candle token
4. The most Hurt Vagrant in the same car
5. The Nearby Vagrant
6. A Westbound Vagrant
7. The Recent Vagrant (who just took their turn)

Camp Phase

After each Scenario, players enter the Camp Phase to recover and upgrade.

1. Tear Down: Restore all Vagrant Humanity to maximum. Clean up all Scenario components.
2. Build Up: Pool together Coins (3 per Vagrant plus any Ritual rewards) to spend on collective upgrades.
3. Camp Actions (spend pooled Coins):
   • Buy new Common Skills
   • Acquire Junk from DC the cat
   • Heal Wounds
   • Perform a Seance for bonuses
   • Bank Coins to reach milestones
4. Witness the In-Between: Each player draws an In-Between card and makes a secret individual choice that can grant bonuses or penalties for the next Scenario.

Rituals and Mile Posts

• Rituals: Optional objectives within a Scenario. Completing them rewards extra Coins or story progression.
• Mile Posts: Tracked in the back of the rulebook to mark major campaign achievements. Reaching Mile Posts unlocks Moments - special narrative events.

Key Reminders

• Scenario cards, Event cards, and Skill cards override Rulebook rules.
• When in doubt, choose the outcome worst for the Vagrants.
• Terrain blocks Vagrant movement and range - but Haints can pass through it freely.
• A Vagrant who becomes Westbound is not eliminated - they fight on with their Westbound Action.
• The Haint takes a turn after each Vagrant, not just at the end of the round.