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Ottoreg : Hades Trap Rules (EN)

Goal of the game : 
 Collect 4 Medallions or collect 3 and reach the portal cell. 

 Hero Phase : 
 On their turn, the active player begins by consulting the action bar of their Hero
Board. The highest visible number shows the available Action Points a Hero
got. They use their Action Points to perform a range of actions (detailed in the next section).
Heroes can perform the same action more than once per turn.
Heroes do not need to spend all of their Action Points available on their turn, however,
unused Action Points does not carry over to their next turn. 

How to spend your Action Points ?


Movement (1 AP) 
 Move your Hero to a free, adjacent and visible square 
 Heroes cannot move through obstacles, or through standees, and cannot move
diagonnaly.
When a Hero crosses the Limbo, they reappear on the opposite side of the
labyrinth.
A Hero can move onto a space that is occupied by a Hero’s Stunned token, and
steal an Amphora token from the Stunned Hero (if they have one). 

Exploration (1 AP)

Reveal a face-down tile

The Minotaur spawn on the center cell of the Lair tile when it is revealed.

You can reveal a tile through Limbo.
If a Spirit medallion is formed, don’t put the medallion token on the corresponding cells.
Tiles must be manipulated to make it appear

Interaction (1 AP)

Activate the ability of a special space, or use an item.

When your Hero moves onto a space that features a symbol, they can interact
with the symbol and use it’s special ability. You can use an item the same way,
except the item is discarded after using. 

Attacking (1 AP)

If your Hero is standing on a space next to another Hero, you can push the other
character. The pushed Hero is moved one space away from you in a straight line.
If the pushed Hero cannot move one space away, and would otherwise be pushed
into an obstacle, they do not move, but become Stunned (see p.12).
To defeat a Skeleton, Heroes only need to stand on a space next to a Skeleton. If
it is on his flaming side up, attack a skeleton allows you to flip it. You will have to
attack it again to finally defeat it.
Keep the Skeleton next to your Hero board.

Attacks can push through Limbos and Ariadne’s threads. It triggers them.
Note : Two standees can never occupy the same space.

Picking up (0 AP)

Take the Amphora you are standing on.When your Hero moves onto a space with an Amphora token on it, you can pick
up the Amphora token for free. Secretly look at the symbol on the token, then
place it on one of the designated spaces on your Hero Board.

If a Hero is already carrying 2 Amphorae, before picking up any new Amphora, they must
discard one. The discarded Amphora token is revealed and is removed from the game.
Note : You cannot discard the Fortune medallion.

Heroic abilities (0 AP)

A drink of elemental quintessence
grants a unique temporary feat.

Heroes can discard their Aether
Potion to activate their Hero’s
special ability

Medallion powers (0 AP)

Divine power flows through your
body, to bestow bonus abilities

When a player earns a Medallion, their
Hero becomes empowered with a range
of additional abilities, gained from each
of the different Medallions

labyrinth phase

Once the Lair tile has been revealed, the Boss Monster is
placed. The player at the left of the active one becomes
Ariadne. She will make note of the spaces through which
the Hero moves, and controls the Boss’ movement.
During the Hero Phase, Ariadne will put the colored Ariadne’
tokens from left to right according to the crossed threads

If a Medallion was awarded during the player’s turn, then the black Side-Effect token
is placed at the end of the Ariadne’s Thread sequence. When you have to resolve it, do
the side-effect of the corresponding medallion

After the active player’s turn has ended, Ariadne moves the Boss Monster in
the direction of the arrows that correspond with the coloured sequence of
Ariadne’s Thread tokens, from left to right.

If several identical Ariadne’s Threads were crossed,
only the first token of the corresponding colour will be activated

Boss : The minotaur

The direction of the Minotaur’s movement is determined
by the coloured arrows placed around the edge of the play
area, when they are triggered by corresponding colour of the
Ariadne’s Thread tokens placed during the Hero Phase.
The Minotaur jumps from the centre space of one tile to the
centre space of another tile. The Minotaur can move onto
the centre spaces of unrevealed Labyrinth tiles, but never the
Portal tile: he bounces on it and keep moving in the same direction.

Tremor
When the Minotaur jumps onto a
Labyrinth tile, all Heroes on that
tile receive a hades token, which must be
placed on their Hero Board.

Crushing jump
In addition to the Tremor effects,
if the Minotaur lands on the
same space as a Hero, that
Hero is immediately Stunned.
The Minotaur can finish its
movement on top of a Stunned
Hero

Skeletons
When a Hero moves onto a space occupied by a
Skeleton, or a space next to a Skeleton, the Hero must
engage in combat with the Skeleton.
A Hero who is engaged in combat, cannot move until
someone attack to defeat the Skeleton.
When a Hero defeats a Skeleton, the player takes the
Skeleton token and places it to the right of their Hero Board. Once all Skeletons
have been defeated, the Glory Medallion is awarded

Note : If the Skeleton token is flaming side up, players must use attack once to
flip the Skeleton token over to the non-flaming side. Then the Hero must attack once again
to defeat the Skeleton and claim the token.

Becoming Stunned
When your Hero becomes Stunned, you must immediately replace the Hero pawn with your Hero’s Stunned
token :
• They can only perform a move action.
• They can move past another standee, and others may
pass over the Stunned Hero, but they cannot end their turn on the same space
as another standee.
• When the Stunned Hero is on an empty space, they must spend 1 AP to replace
their Stunned token with their standee and recover their full range of actions.

Note : You can move your Hero on top of a Stunned Hero to steal
an Amphora from them.

The Hades token
When a Hero takes a hades token, it is placed on the action bar, reducing the
total AP by 1. At the end of your turn’s Hero Phase, unless your Hero is still on
the same tile as the Boss Monster, the hades token is discarded.

You can only ever have one hades token on your Hero Board.

Special spaces

Hermes’ Sandals
You can spend 1 AP to have your Hero
charge.
Charge : Your Hero charge in a single
direction, as far as you want. He is forced to
stop if they encounter an obstacle, however - all
other Heroes they run past become Stunned, all
Skeletons they pass by are instantly defeated,
and all Amphorae your Hero runs over can be
collected for free. 

Wheel of Fate
Rotate the tile you are on or adjacent
to, by 90º. Doesn’t work through
Limbo.

Stairs of Olympus
Move to the other space featuring
the same symbol. It must be free

Pad of the Titans

Swap the places of two tiles (ensuring
the tiles maintain the same orientation). You may not swap the Portal
tile, or the tile you are currently standing on.

Amphorae
Hermes’ Sandals, Pad of the
Titans, Wheel of Fate (1 AP)
See special spaces above

Narcissus’ Mirror (1 AP)
Your Hero and another instantly
swap places within the labyrinth

Zeus’ Shield (0 AP)
Protects from becoming Stunned
and from receiving hades token. You can
use the shield outside of your
turn. (digital version : you can use the shield to remove a hades token or recover from a stun then you get back the 1 AP lost)

Boomerang of the Nymphs (1 AP)
Stun another Hero. The target
must be in your Hero’s line of
sight.

The medallions

Each of the Medallions are earned by successfully completing a specific task.
Whenever you gain one, you gain a special ability. However, a side-effect is also
triggered by Ariadne.


courage
how to get it :
Charge the Boss.
side-effect :
A random Ariadne’s Thread
token is added to the
sequence. It does not allow
you gain a half of the Duplicity
Medallion.
medallion power :
If you’re on the Hermes’ Sandals space, you can either
charge or teleport to another
Sandal space. It costs 1 AP.

spirit
how to get it :
The Spirit Medallion appears
when a Hero rotates tiles to
align the Spirit symbol.
When the two halves align, the
Spirit Medallion is placed on
the shared border of the two
aligned spaces. Heroes cannot
move these tiles until the
Medallion has been picked up
by stepping on it.
side-effect :
Rotate the two tiles that
formed the Spirit symbol 90º
clockwise. 
medallion power :
Your Hero can spend 1 AP
to use any Wheel of Fate to rotate any tile except
the Portal one 90º in either
direction.

strength
how to get it
When standing on the centre
space of the Lair tile, spend 2
AP in a single turn to earn the
Medallion.
side-effect :
All the Skeleton tokens (in
play or waiting to be placed)
are flipped over onto their fire
side.
medallion power :
You can throw an Amphora at
another Hero to Stun them.
The other Hero must be in line
of sight. Throwing an Amphora costs you 1 AP for each
space it has to travel and then,
it is discarded.

Complete Medallions are placed on the action bar of your Hero Board.
Medallions cannot be discarded.
Multiple Heroes may be in possession of Courage, Spirit, and Strength Medallions, but
Heroes cannot be in possession of more than one of the same Medallion.

luck
how to get it :
This Medallion is hidden
in one of the Amphorae.
Find it and keep it
secret!

glory
how to get it :
When the final Skeleton is
defeated, the Glory Medallion
is awarded to the Hero
who has defeated the most
Skeletons.
If two or more Heroes have
the equal-highest total of
defeated Skeletons, whichever
tied Hero most recently
defeated a Skeleton, is
awarded the Glory Medallion.
side-effect :
Place 8 skeletons from any
players all around the Portal. 
medallion power :
Your Hero can move and
attack simultaneously.

duplicity
how to get it
When you give a hades token because your
movements caused the Boss
to attack a player:
- If the attacked Hero got a
Duplicity half, steal it.
- If not, take a half from the
supply.
- If there is no half available,
better chose another target,
next time !
Once both halves have been
joined, the Duplicity Medallion
can no longer be stolen.
side-effect
All other Heroes immediately
refill their Aether Potion.
medallion power
Your Hero gives a hades token when he
attacks.

Heroes

Odysseus can use his
Aether Potion to replace
one Ariadne’s Thread
token of his choice.

Andromeda can use her
Aether Potion to gain an
additional AP.

Eurydice can use her
Aether Potion to become
incorporeal and can
move through walls. This
movement still costs 1 AP.


Theseus can use his
Aether Potion to avoid
taking a hades token.


Daphne can use her Aether
Potion to pass by Heroes and
Skeletons for a full turn

While Achilles got his Aether
Potion, he cannot take any hades token.
When he’s Stunned, he loses his
Potion.

After using an item, Circe can
spend her Aether Potion to keep
the item instead of discarding it.

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