If Cain is not in play, then the saddest person plays first. All players start with 3 loot cards and 3¢ from the supply of ¢. If you aren’t going first, you can activate your starting item before your first turn.
Everyone starts with their starting item recharged (turned upright). All players start with their character card deactivated (turned sideways). Shuffle the character deck and deal out one character card and their starting item to all players. Place 2 treasure cards face up next to the treasure deck. Place any non-monster cards revealed during set up on the bottom of the monster deck. These are the current active mon sters, and each occupies an active monster slot. Place 2 monster cards face up next to the monst er deck.
Shuffle the loot, monster, and treasure decks. (Draw 1 from the loot deck.) 3) Action Phase During their Action Phase, the active player may do any or all of the following in any order: This is the first opportunity to play effects during a turn. Start of turn effects trigger (are put onto the stack), then players can respond. Recharge all your active items and your character card. Cooperation, bartering, and betrayal are all strongly encouraged.ġ. The first player to gain 4 souls is the winner. HOW TO PLAY 2-4 players take turns playing loot cards and using items to kill monsters in order to gain more items, loot, and sometimes souls.
