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Among games, Chess has probably inspired more study than any other. Hundreds of books have been published about its strategy. If you find Chess exciting, you'll find it satisfying to read one or more of them. For now, here are some basic strategies.

1. Your Opening Move

The most popular opening move is to advance your King's Pawn two spaces. This is known as the "King's Pawn" opening. The second most popular opening is to advance the Queen's Pawn two spaces ("Queen's Pawn" opening). …

Who can call a bluf if a skip or reverse card is used?

The player that used the Skip or Reverse card does not decide if the previous player was bluffing. The next player to roll the dice must either accept the score or call a bluff.

Can I play a reverse or skip during another player's turn?

No, it must be your turn. A Skip or Reverse is only used to avoid having to roll or call a bluff.

Can we play with more than 8 players?

Yes! There is no limit but you may run out of strike cards. If you do, just keep track on a piece of paper. …

Hidden Agenda is an expansion for The Resistance consisting of several different module rules. A copy of The Resistance is required to play these expansion modules.

How you play and win The Resistance remains the same as the base game except for the changes outline in each of the various module sections. Modules can be combined, though it is recommended that you play each module separately (and without the Plot Cards) before combining them.

Contents

• 6 Assassin Character cards (Commander, Assassin, Body Guard, Deep Cover, Blind Spy, False Commander) …

Faction Icons / Ally Ability

These icons are found in the upper-left-hand corner of many cards, and they indicate that card's faction. When this icon is found in a card's text box, it indicates an Ally Ability.

Guild Faction

The fortune in trade that flows through Thandar has fueled a powerful organized-crime syndicate known as "The Guild".

Necros Faction

The demon-worshiping Necros cult festers in the city's underbelly, preying on the homeless, the forgotten, and any that dare challenge them.

Imperial Faction

The Empire still clings to its military traditions. Its highlytrained soldiers, reality-bending wizards, and deadly dragons comprise the best fighting force the world has ever known. …

Q: When Do The Abilities On The 3 (fox) And 5 (woodcutter) Occur?

Each of these two abilities takes place immediately when the card is played, before another card is played or the winner of the trick is determined. (NOTE: If the person playing a 3 changes the decree card, the trump suit may also change. The new trump suit is used to determine the winner of the current trick).

Q: If My Opponent Leads A 9 (witch), Do Ihave To Follow The 9's Suit Or The Trump Suit?

You must follow the 9's suit if you can. A non-trump 9 is not treated as if it were in the trump suit until after both cards in the trick have been played following the normal rules. …

The main source of actions in the game are the local actions of the neutral building tiles and of your private building tiles, though there are a few other situations in which actions might be triggered (delivery actions, single auxiliary actions, etc).

However, irrespective of the situation in which actions are performed, the actions themselves are always represented by the same icons. So wherever the same icon appears, it refers to the same action.

We start with a few general notes and explanations. Right after that, the local actions of the neutral building tiles will be explained in detail (in alphabetical order of the tiles). These explanations will then serve as a frame of reference for the local actions of the private building tiles and for the objective cards. …

Advanced Play - Poser Round

We've added an optional 4th round foreven more hilarious fun! Play the same way as Round 3, except the Guesser starts with their eyes closed. The Cluegiver looks at a card and must then freeze in a pose.

Once frozen they shout OPEN! and the Guesser opens their eyes and must give one Guess. The Cluegiver then shouts CLOSE! and the Guesser closes their eyes again while the Cluegiver looks at the next card and repeats the process. …

Ability: a Collect effect, placement discount, or victory formula on a component that automatically applies (when appropriate) whether or not that component is turned.

Component: an artifact, mage, magic item, monument, or Place of Power.

Creature: a type of artifact.

Destroy: to discard an artifact from play, not from hand. Destroyed artifacts are placed in your discard pile.

Discount: a reduction in the number of essences needed to place a given component. Placement discounts cannot reduce a cost below zero.

Dragon: a type of artifact. …

The cards usually offer a power. The power of a card may only be used immediately upon fulfilling that contract (erecting that building).

If it is not used at that time, the power is lost and may not be used at a later time in the game. some powers appearing on the cards may conflict with the general rules of the game.

in such cases, the power on a card always takes precedence over the regular rules.

Private Contracts

Quiet Town 2

This card offers no power but rewards you with 4 points at the end of the game. …

We highly recommend playing with only one additional Hive expansion at a time whilst familiarising yourself with the rules.

Once you have mastered them individually it's time to take on the ultimate Hive challenge by combining Hive: Venom with the Honeycombo, Predators and Guardians expansions for a superbug showdown. But, If you really want to mix things up, try including Hive: Swarm rules to push your mental skills to the absolute limit and discover who has the definitive Hive Mind.

Hive Swarm

Setup

Hive: Swarm can be played with Hive: Original or Hive: Venom, including any other Hive expansions. Both players select their initial hand which includes their Queen Bee and three secretly selected pieces of their colour. The remaining pieces are placed into the Swarm bag. The Players then reveal their hand ready for play to begin. …