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Game Overview

Your task is to travel the Kingdom of Xidit, recruit brave

military Units, free Cities from dark threats and become the

Kingdom’s savior. Your bravery, ingenuity and boldness will be

rewarded and future generations will sing your praises.

"Eons ago, before the world became the world and men began to dream and the ﬁrst magic was weaved, there existed

nothing but chaos and destruction. The just and merciful Old Gods eventually overcame the darkness that reigned the

cosmos, sealing it in a sacred urn.

On that day, we are told, the reign of men began.

Legend has it that the last God to travel up from the south entrusted the sealed urn to the ﬁrst Grand Wizard of the Kingdom of Men,

which would later become the Kingdom of Xidit.

It is said that the lid of the urn was lifted slightly, once and only once, in the city of Onys... The town was ravaged, and when the threat

was ﬁnally repelled the urn was sealed again and carried far away, to the Temple of Destiny in the farthest conﬁnes of the kingdom.

Centuries passed and the Southern Host was gradually forgotten... until that fateful day when the balance of the world was upset

once more.

The peaceful Kingdom of Xidit was celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Ragnor Nelfaro, Xidit’s most powerful Grand

Wizard. The Guardians of Argos, the Arcane Council and the House of Nobles were all invited to the public festivities held in the

gardens of the Temple of Destiny.

The ceremonial Revelry Bell was rung to commemorate this remarkable event. As the crystal-clear sound of the bell rang out, the

temple doors shattered and a dark fog ﬂooded out, spreading shadow to every corner of the kingdom.

Thus was the Southern Host awakened for the second time. This emissary of chaos corrupted the hearts of creatures throughout the

land, whispering to their darkest instincts. Driven by a desire to destroy all forms of reason and order, they turned against their masters

and attacked the cities of men. The overwhelmed Wizards and awe-struck soldiery were unable to protect the kingdom, which rapidly

descended into terror and despair.

The House of Nobles acted on the people’s last desperate hope, sending out the Idrakys to raise armies and rally citizens’ hearts to

save the kingdom from a somber fate."

Chronicles of a Forgotten Host, Pycatrix, Vol. I.

Regis Bonnessee

Summary of content (20 pages)

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Rules Regis Bonnessee "Eons ago, before the world became the world and men began to dream and the ﬁrst magic was weaved, there existed nothing but chaos and destruction. The just and merciful Old Gods eventually overcame the darkness that reigned the cosmos, sealing it in a sacred urn. On that day, we are told, the reign of men began.
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ard rd d with w 1 Dummy Player Board for 3 Dummy Player tokenss use in three-player games. 18 1 Game Board. 19 (description page 4) Game Components 70 Unit ﬁgurines of 5 different types: 18 1 18 Peasant Militia 16 Archers 14 Infantry Units 12 Clerics 10 Battle Mages . 16 After recruiting these units, players can eliminate the threats faced by Cities. 17 75 Sorcerers’ Guild Story ﬁgurines (15 of each color: blue, red, green, yellow and black).
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17 1 Bastion (requires assembly). Bard tokens played in the central region of the Game Board are placed inside the Bastion. 16 1 Year wooden token. 15 8 2 14 2 Empty tokens. These tokens show which Regions are unavailable during a threeplayer game or short game. 11 10 18 Score tokens (3 of each color: blue, red, green, yellow, black and grey - for the dummy player).
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6 1 Game Board representing the Kingdom of Xidit, showing: 10 3 17 11 9 14 5 18 1 16 15 13 4 18 7 18 12 2 8 Cities 1 , numbered from 1 to 21. During the game, players can recruit Units in certain Cities. Other Cities require Units in order to eliminate threats. Roads 2 , in three different colors (black, red and blue). These roads run between Cities, enabling players to travel through the Kingdom of Xidit. Nine Regions 3 bounded by roads.
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" Of all the Kingdom’s Cities, the eponymous capital is undoubtedly the most majestic. People come from far and wide to admire its elephantine walls, which according to legend, were sculpted by the Old Gods themselves." Game Rules – A Traveler’s Guide to Xidit, Ned’Mod, Volume III – The following guide relates to the long version of the game (12 Game Years). The changes required for the short version (9 Game Years) and the three-player version are described on pages 17 and 18.
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Remove the top tile from the Recruitment pile and place it on the Next Recruitment tile space 1 . This tile becomes the Next Recruitment tile. Similarly, remove the top tile from the Threat pile and place it on the Next Threat space 2 . This tile is now the Next Threat tile. 2 1 The Next Recruitment tile and Next Threat tile respectively show which Recruitment and Threat tiles will appear next in the concerned Cities. They will be followed by the top tiles in the Recruitment and Threat piles.
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Recruit a Unit PHASE TWO: ORDER RESOLUTION When all players have ﬁnished programming their Orders for the Game Year, they reveal their Programming Boards. Players then execute the programmed orders as follows. Beginning with the First Player and proceeding clockwise, each player in turn executes their ﬁrst programmed Order.
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Threat tiles "- Sergeant! Don’t tell me your army has been routed by an arcano-leech ! – Not by one, Milord… by a thousand of ‘em". 3 1 Hostile creatures roaming the area around the City. 1 2 – Conversation between Raskadur the Ram and his slime-covered sergeant-at-arms – The following information appears on Threat tiles: 2 The Units that the local lord requires in order to repel the threat. 3 The three types of reward that the lord is willing to offer the player who liberates the City.
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Sorcerers’ Guild Stories are used at the end of the game to determine each player’s level of Inﬂuence with the magical community. As one of his two rewards, Paul has chosen for the local lord to send out Bards to sing his praises in the neighboring Regions. He may place four tokens in Regions adjacent to his Idrakys, as shown on the Threat tile. If he decides to place any Bard tokens in the central Region, they are placed in the Bastion where they remain secret until the end of the game.
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Replenish the Recruitment Queue and Threat Queue: When a Recruitment tile is moved to a City, immediately take the top tile on the Recruitment pile and place it in the Next Recruitment space. When a Threat tile is moved to a City, immediately take the top tile on the Threat pile and place it on the Next Threat space.
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City tiles – Forward planning It is possible to anticipate the appearance of a particular Recruitment or Threat tile and issue Orders for the current Game Year accordingly. Players can see which Recruitment and Threat tiles will be placed on the Game Board next by looking at the Recruitment Queue and the Threat Queue. If there are no more tiles in the Threat Queue and it is not possible to replenish the Threat pile, perform the Awakening of the Titans and Arrival of Reinforcements events immediately.
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B – Awakening of the Titans and Arrival of Reinforcements Arrival of Reinforcements Titan tiles Whenever the Awakening of the Titans event occurs, Reinforcements arrive as follows: Titan tiles are double-sided : Collect all tiles in the Threat Discard pile and ﬂip them over. When the Front is visible, they are referred to as Slumbering Titan tiles. Slumbering Titan tiles have no effect on the game. FRONT SLUMBERING TITAN TILE When ﬂipped so that the Rear is visible, they are known as Raging Titan tiles.
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Take the top tile from the Threat pile and place it on the Next Threat space. 4 2 1 3 Eliminating a Raging Titan tile "Some still say that giant familiars lie sleeping, deep beneath Xidit’s rolling countryside, banished and imprisoned in the depths of the earth since the dawn of time. No wizard, not even Arus the Fallen, has ever succeeded in rousing them from their slumbers.
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The player with the most Peasant Militia Units receives 1 Gold Sovereign token of value 1. The player with the most Archers receives 2 Gold Sovereign tokens of value 1. The player with the most Infantry may place 1 Bard token in a Region adjacent to their Idrakys. The player with the most Clerics may place 2 Bard tokens in either one or two Regions adjacent to their Idrakys. The player with the most Battle Mages may add one story to an existing Sorcerers’ Guild, subject to the normal height limit.
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First Assessment For the Reputation Assessment tile: Identify the ﬁrst Assessment tile and carry out the ﬁrst assessment. If this is the Wealth Assessment tile: A player’s Wealth is considered to be the combined value of all the Gold Sovereign tokens accumulated during the game. 12 If two or more players tie for ﬁrst place, each player scores reputation points equal to the greater of the two numbers in the Region’s scoring symbol. If there is a tie for ﬁrst place, no points are awarded for second place.
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Resolving ties Second and third Assessments If two or more players are tied in the Hall of Fame, the tie is broken by comparing the total number of Units behind the Screens of the players concerned. The player with the most units wins the tie. The stacked Score tokens can then be separated. If players are still tied, the player furthest from the First Player token (in the direction of play) wins the tie.
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Variants Note: The two variants described below may be played separately or combined. Three-player game with a Dummy Player Regions 1 and 2 will be unavailable: place an Empty token over the scoring information for these Regions. 1 2 Note: During the game, players may move to and from Cities that border Regions containing an Empty token. Players may travel through all Cities, even if a City’s tile is not used in the game (e.g. City no. 21).
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Only four Recruitment tiles and four Threat tiles are placed on the Game Board (instead of ﬁve). The three Assessment tiles are placed with the side visible. The Dummy Player does not take part in Military Census events and does not move around the Game Board. Set up the Dummy Player Board next to the Game Board.
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Example Game Turn Turn 3: – Five Units are stationed in City no. 6: 1 Peasant Militia, 2 Archers, 1 Infantry and 1 Battle Mage. The blue player recruits the least powerful available Unit (i.e. the Peasant Militia) and places it behind her Screen. 3 The blue player has been designated First Player and is beginning her turn in City no. 7. She already has 2 Peasant Militia, 2 Archers and 1 Cleric behind her Screen. The other players carry out their third Order.
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www.libellud.com Game design : Libellud Author : Régis Bonnessée Illustrators : Naïade & Stéphane Gantiez 20 Translation : Andy Seaward Proofreading : Stéphane Fantini & Stephan Brunell Acknowledgements Adrien, Alexis, Amélie, Andy, Anna, Arnaud, Barbora, Catalina, Cathy, Chloé, Clément, Emmanuel, Etienne, François, Ghislain, Guillaume, Hélène, Mathieu, Maxime, Nicolas, Oriane, Pascal, Paul, Quentin, Victor, Yves.