epic pvp rulebooks (kickstarter)

7/25/2019 Epic PVP rulebooks (Kickstarter)

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Epic PvP: Fantasyis a battling card game. Eachplayer builds a character by shuffling 2 decks o cardstogether a race deck and a class deck. Players then

take these character decks and battle until only oneplayer is lef standing. Te game can be playedhead-to-head, as a 3-player ree-or-all or as a2-on-2 team battle.

I you want to skip all this reading, just goto www.funto11.comand check out the

Learn-to-Play video

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Rules

7 Class Decks (20 cBoard or each; Sam

Paladin, Barbarian, 6 Race Decks (20 ca

or each; High El, HDark El, Orc)

17 Random Class/RCreation Counters

45 Game CountersBlock, 3 +1 Dama3 Wol/Barbarian, 25 Deceit/Dark El, 5Lunchies/Halfling, 3

3 Sheets of stickers


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(Starting with the 2-player game is by far the best way to learn).

SE-UPEach player chooses a race and a class or themselves. Tey then collect the corresponding bo

decks. Te boards go on the table in ront o the player, and the two decks are shuffled ace doto orm a draw deck.

Lie

InitiativeRace Name Class Name

Initiative:

Your charactersinitiative is the

total o both oyour race and

class boardsinitiatives.

Race and Class Board

Set-up Diagram


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Each player then takes a number o cards off the top o theirdeck equal to their characters lie stat (on the race board), andputs them ace down in a pile to their lef. Tis is called the lifepile.A player loses when they have no cards lef in their lie pile.

Place the remaining cards in the draw deck ace down on the

players right. Players should leave room or a discard pile aswell as leaving room in ront o their race and class boards ortheir aggression pilewhich will be built during the game.

Next, each player draws a starting hand o 5 cards. Teplayer with the highest total initiative goes first (to find

your characters initiative, add the initiative numbers onyour race and class boards together). In the case o a tie,

the player with the lowest lie goes first. I that is alsotied, both players discard the top card o their deck andcompare the cost o the cards; highest cost goes first(skill cards have 0 cost).


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Lie Pile Deck

Spot or your Aggression Pile

Te Field - where you and your opponent play moves

Your opponent is over here

Race Board Class Board


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CardName

DeenseCost

Attack

DeckIndicator

Card Ability

CardName

DeckIndicator


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Epic PvP is played in turns, with each player takingturns back-and-orth until one player has their liepile reduced to zero cards, at which point the otherplayer wins. Each turn is straightorward and

ollows these steps.1. Aggression Phase:ake two cards rom the

top o your deck and, without looking atthem, add them to your aggression pile.Your aggression pile provides you energyto play moves during your turn.

2. Draw Phase:I you want, you may draw any

number o cardsfrom your aggression pileand put them in your hand. You MUSdeclare how many you want to draw beforeyou start drawing. And remember, youraggression pile provides you with energyto play cards, so every card you drawwill reduce the amount o energy youhave lef to play cards during your turn

3. Play Moves:You can play move cyour hand with a total cost equal than)the number o cards in youpile (For example: I a player has 2

they can play a single 2 cost move,moves, a single 1 cost move, or no

Put any move cards you play in thyou and your enemy with the detowards your enemy.

4. Assign Blocks:You may assign anymoves to block incoming attacks th

my has (i any) in the field rom tonly i your move has a deense at as the attack.Each deense can onto a single attack. You may not split uagainst multiple attacks or add up mdeense against a single attack.

Game Play continued on next page


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5. Block: Tis is when all the deenses that you assigned to attacksactually block (Some card abilities happen during this step).

6. ake Damage:I there are any remaining unblocked enemy attacksin the field, you take 1 damage rom each attack (each attack justdoes 1 damage if unblocked,NOT damage equal to the attack stat).

For each damage you take, reveal the top card o your lie pile cardsand add it to your discard pile (which is always ace up).

7. End Phase:Spin your moves around so the attack stat is now pointedtowards your enemy. Any abilities that says End Phase go offhere as well. Ten, your enemy discards all move cards they havein the field (the ones that were blocked and the ones that did damage).At this point you should be the only player with move cards inthe field.

Tats it. Just keep going back and orth playing turns until oneo you is out o lie. OK, Tats not all of it

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Most move cards and all skill cards have texton them. Unless otherwise stated, draw a cardis rom you deck, discard a card is rom yourhand, gain an aggression is rom your deck, and

gain a lie is rom your deck. Card text supersedesrules text.

Basic Strikes:Basic Strikes are a type o move card that appear ineach deck. Lots o cards trigger off o Basic Strikes(like +1 to this moves attack i you also played aBasic Strike this turn).

Class and Race Abilities:Your class and race boards also have text on them.Tese are powerul abilities you can use during thegame. I you have any questions about them, orany other rules, go to www.funto11.com orwww.alderac.com/epicpvp.

iming Icons and

In the text area o cards you will these helpul icons. Here is what

Tis text is important durin

Tis text is important durin

Tis text reacts to somethinthe game.

Some card abilities instruct you +1 attack or deense counters to

I a move creates more than one the +1 counter only affects one oTe same is true or cards that crmore than one deense.


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Getting ired (reshuffling your deck):When you need to draw a card rom your deck (to use asaggression or or any other reason), and there are no cardslef in your deck, you take 1 damage. Ten, reshuffle your

discard pile to make a new draw deck.

iming:Sometimes two abilities will happen at the same time.I the abilities are controlled by the same player, then thatplayer gets to choose which one happens first resolve thatone ully, then move on to the other. I they are controlledby different players (very rare), first all cards in play happen

in an order chosen by the player whose turn it is, then cardsthat players play rom their hand happen.


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Afer youve played a ew 1-on-1 games o Epic PvP:Fantasy, you may want to try to play a bigger battle.I you want to play PvP with 4 players, this is how itworks. You should totally do this, it is super un

Here are the changes to the game.

SE-UP (see ull diagram to the right)

1) Establish eams: Sit next to your partner(across rom the enemy team)

2) Make a Shared Life Pile:Each player makestheir lie pile as normal, but beore the game

starts, each team shuffles their lie piles togetherto make one big lie pile. Te first team to havetheir lie pile reduced to 0 cards loses.

3) Going First:Te team with the highest totalinitiative goes first.

URNS

eam members take their tugoing through each phase totheir own aggression pile. Wmoves, the team member wplays first (i initiatives are tthe start o the game who wilwhole game).

1) Assigning Blocks:Any assign moves to block aduring their turn.

2) Damage:When a team tin the lie pile is revealepile o the player whose d

3) Sharing Information:Pwant, but they may NOeach other and all talkin


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Joan and

MattsLie Pile

Deck

Joans Aggression Pile

Te Field - Where all players play their moves.

Joans enemyis over here

Race Board Class Board

Matts Aggression Pile

Matts enemy

is over here

Race Board Class B


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A Few Points On Card Effects In 2-On-2:

1) Te Word Enemy:In 2-vs-2, your enemy is theplayer directly across rom you or card abilities. Soi a card says i your enemy blocks this move, youdraw a card you ONLY get to draw a card i the

player directly across rom you was the one whoblocked your move Tis can greatly affect how youplay your cards.

2) Damage Effects:Some effects happen whendamage is taken. I you have an effect that triggerswhen you take damage, it only triggers i the liecard rom your teams lie pile is rom your deck.

Tats it, just play until one team is out o lie, makingthe other team the winners


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I teamwork isnt your thing, and you enjoy beatingup on your riends, then this variant is or you

SE-UP

Here are the changes to the game:

1) Players sit around the table in any orderthey want.

2) Te player with the highest initiative goes first.

Te turn sequence is the same as it is or 1v1 battles.Te biggest change is how you play moves.

MOVES HA YOU ASSIGN AS BLOCKS

Tese moves must attack the player who played themove that your move blocked. (I your move blockedmore than one attack rom more than one opponent,as some cards can, then you can choose).

MOVES HA YOU DON ASSIGN

You reely choose or each move whyou want to attack. (I player A attac

move, and you block that attack withmoves, your move is now attacking pl

WINNING HE GAME

Whenever a player loses all o their they are eliminated rom the game. player lef alive wins

HE WORD ENEMY

Whenever you play an ability that aenemy, you must choose which playTe only exception to this is i the amove card in that case, the effect mthe player you are attacking with th


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Human:You are probably amiliar with these. Humans are smartwith an uncanny ability to do well at finding what they need whenthey need it.

Goblin:Small and sneaky, Gobins are like 8-year-olds with knivesand youve just turned off their avorite V show and told them toclean their room. Dangerous little buggers who draw cards like crazy.

High Elf:Long-lived enough to be super annoying at cocktailparties, High Elves are super ast and they rarely make a mistake.And they will tell you about your mistakes until you want topunch them in the ace. Which you likely cant do as they will see

it coming a mile away.Dwarf:Dwarves are short like Goblins, but its best i you dontmention that act to them as they drink a lot o beer. UnlikeGoblins though, Dwarves are some o the toughest o beings, andhurting them just seems to make them tougher. Tats probablythe beer too.

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Orc(expansion 1): Slow to start, but easy to angerewer letters in their name than any other race inFantasy. Teir fierce war paint and terriying demthem very tough to beat.

Dark Elf(expansion 1): Evil cousins o the High E

Elves are some o the most deceitul and nasty figthe ability to recycle their avorite moves over andTey are also surprisingly snappy dressers.

Halfling(expansion 2): Like that tiny bug that seemimpossible to squash, when you invite a Halfling oshould hide the valuables as they tend to steal thiyou least expect it including your avorite move

Catfolk(expansion 2): Te internets avorite Epicrace, despite being sogrumpy. Catolk live a ullooking into the uture and perorming just the riwhen needed.

Orc

Dark El

Catolk

Halfling


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Barbarian (expansion 1):Te Barbarian is always lookigood fight actually even i the fight isnt good, the Baup or it. Te Barbarian is good at figuring out what wothen doing it over and over again. And then doing it ag

Dark Knight (expansion 2):Te Paladins evil twin, the

Knight is ull o helpul suggestions to create a better wull o more Dark Knights. A very dangerous enemy, thKnight is very aggressive and has the ability to curse thenemies creatively.

Cleric (expansion 2):Here, let me help you with that wmy massive mace Clerics can just as easily heal as theyand when they harm, its some pretty bad medicine (cu

Samurai: We added Samurai thanks to our partnershipand obviously because Samurai are awesome. Tey areFocusing and getting done what needs to get done. Bam

Barbarian

Dark Knight

Cleric

Samurai


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Game Design and Development:Ryan Miller, Luke Peterschmidt

Art Direction and Graphic Design:Jay Hernishin

Art:Javier Bolado, Riccardo Rullo, Nate Lovett

eam AEG:Nicolas Bongiu, John Goodenough, Dave Lepore,odd Rowland, Mark Wootton, John Zinser.

Guy who did a lot of really important stuff:Jordan Martin

Playtesting:Rob Noss, Rose Peterschmidt, Mike Mullins, and

about 100 people whose name I orgot to write down.

Special Tanks #1:o our antastic Kickstarter backers that made

this whole madcap adventure possible, thank you so much orbelieving in Epic PvP: Fantasy

Special Tanks #2:o AEG, our wonderul publishing partner. Tanks

so much or all the help in getting Epic PvP: Fantasy to the world Epic PvP: Fanare

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