Official Game Rules
CHANGE LOG
(2026-02-07) Added clarification to Rule 2.II.7.F2 that Fallen-wizards generally can’t use a site if they’ve already used a different alignment of that site.
(2026-02-07) Added clarification to Rule 2.IV.vii.F1 that a Fallen-wizard’s company's covert/overt status doesn’t apply when determining if an attack against it is detainment.
(2026-02-07) Added clarification to Rule 2.IV.viii regarding how sites are returned to their player’s location deck if they count as a haven for that player.
(2026-02-07) Corrected Rule 4.1 to note that the hazard player may return an agent to its home site regardless of whether the agent is tapped or wounded.
(2026-02-07) Added clarification to Rule 9.6.6 about multiple chains of effects "at the end of [this phase/turn]".
(2026-02-07) Added quotation marks to the word “Darkhaven” in Rule g.dh.1.
(2026-02-07) Added quotation marks to the word “Haven” and removed the word “generic” in Rule g.hav.3.
(2026-02-07) Removed unnecessary note about a site’s card text applying from Rule g.hav.F1.
(2026-02-07) Removed the word “unique” from Rule g.man.1.
(2025-09-04) Corrected Rule 3.II.3 that a creature card with a detainment attack is discarded if all of its strikes are defeated.
(2025-08-10) Added clarification to Rule 2.II.2.1.R2 regarding what happens when a Ringwraith is played as a player’s avatar versus a follower.
(2025-08-10) Added clarification to Rule 2.II.7 for declaring movement to sites already in play.
(2025-08-10) Added clarification to Rules 2.VI and 2.VI.iii regarding which actions can be taken during the end-of-turn phase versus the end of the turn.
(2025-08-10) Added clarification to Rule 3.II.4 that an effect could make a Nazgûl automatic-attack detainment even if it isn’t normally.
(2025-08-10) Added clarification to Rules 10.2.R1 and 10.2.B1 regarding the conditions under which Sudden Call may be played.
(2025-08-10) Added clarification to Rule 10.3.i that effects may be taken during Step 1 of ending the game even if the effect would last “until the end of the turn”.
(2025-08-10) Expanded definition of “Fallen-wizard” to note the gray-colored backgrounds of Fallen-wizard sites.
(2025-02-19) Added clarification to the parenthetical in Rule 1.6 that the “allowed maximum” refers to the number of each specific card, and removed reference to “combined play deck and sideboard” from Rule 1.9 (Character Draft).
(2025-01-01) Initial rulebook finalized.
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