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CHAMPIONS OF
MIDGARD
A GAME BY OLE STEINESS
RULEBOOK
GREY FOX
GAMES

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1 The Jarl of Trondheim has died.
Without strong leadership, his prosperous port has fallen into a state of catastrophe. Fearsome
creatures have sensed this weakness in Midgard and are coming in droves, driving chaos and
destruction before them. Trolls attack the town. Draugr terrorize nearby villages. Monsters strike at
travelers and merchants alike. The people are suffering and they need a champion.
In Champions of Midgard, you are a Viking Leader who seeks to gain Glory for your clan
and fill the boots of the old Jarl. Defeat the Trolls to keep the townsfolk on your side. Slay Draugr
to earn gold to fund your journeys. Kill Monsters in their lairs to gain Glory and the Favor of the
Gods. By defeating these epic creatures, you will prove yourself worthy to become the new Jarl
and be heralded as a Champion of Midgard!
The goal of the game is to have the most Glory at the end of 8 rounds.
Glory is gained primarily through fighting enemies and lost by accruing Blame for failing to
defend the town. See end game scoring for more details.

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Viking Warrior Dice
12 Swordsmen (White Dice)
12 Spearmen (Red Dice)
10 Axemen (Black Dice)
1 Start Player Marker
5 Viking Leader Boards
Each with a unique special ability
1 Round Marker
1 Game Board
20 Worker Meeples
5 of each player color
20 Wood Cubes
3 Damage Tokens
30 Food Cubes
28 Blame Tokens
Blame tokens cause Glory loss at the end of the game
8 Player Color Markers
10 Rune Cards
21 Draugr Cards
8 Merchant Ship Cards
12 Destiny Cards
18 Journey Cards
16 Troll Cards
36 Monster Cards
54 Favor Tokens
60 Coins
4 Private Longships
1 Large Public Longship
1 Small Public Longship
8 Market Stall Tiles
4 Military / 4 Economic

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3 B
Place o tabuleiro de jogo no meio da mesa.
C
Coloque o Marcador de Rodada no espaço marcado Rodada 1.
D
Embaralhe as peças de Barraca de Mercado e adicione-as (viradas para cima) aos espaços vazios com base no número de jogadores participantes. As peças de Barraca de Mercado funcionam como outras localizações do tabuleiro, mas fornecem opções diferentes para cada jogo.
Em um jogo de 2 jogadores, adicione 1 peça Militar e 1 peça Econômica.
Em um jogo de 3 jogadores, adicione 1 peça Militar e 2 peças Econômicas.
Em um jogo de 4 jogadores, adicione 2 peças Militares e 2 peças Econômicas.
Retorne as peças de Barraca de Mercado restantes para a caixa.
E
Coloque os Barcos Longos Públicos Pequenos e Grandes em seus espaços correspondentes no tabuleiro e os Barcos Longos Privados ao lado do tabuleiro, perto da Cabana do Construtor Naval. (Barcos Longos Privados marcados com 3+ e 4+ devem ser devolvidos à caixa em jogos com menos jogadores do que o indicado.)
F
Embaralhe as Cartas de Runa, Cartas de Destino, Cartas de Navio Mercante, Cartas de Troll, Cartas de Draugr, Cartas de Jornada e Cartas de Monstro e coloque-as em seus espaços correspondentes no tabuleiro.
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Coloque a Comida, Madeira, Guerreiros Vikings (Dados de Espadachim, Dados de Lanceiro e Dados de Machadeiro), Moedas, fichas de Favor e fichas de Culpa perto do tabuleiro de jogo, onde todos os jogadores possam acessá-las.
H
O jogador que mais recentemente ganhou glória em batalha recebe o Marcador de Primeiro Jogador. (Alternativamente, selecione um jogador inicial aleatoriamente.)
I
Começando com o jogador à direita do jogador inicial e prosseguindo no sentido anti-horário, cada jogador escolhe um Tabuleiro de Líder Viking.
Os Tabuleiros de Líder Viking indicam qual Habilidade Especial seu Líder possui, bem como sua capacidade máxima de Guerreiros Vikings.
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Cada jogador pega meeples de trabalhador em sua cor preferida, juntamente com recursos iniciais de 1 Comida, 1 Madeira, 1 Moeda, 1 ficha de Favor e 1 Dado de Espadachim.
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Coloque 1 disco em sua cor de jogador no placar e o outro em seu tabuleiro de jogador para indicar sua cor. Em seguida, coloque 1 meeple de trabalhador no suprimento geral (a ser ganho pelo uso da localização das Cabanas de Trabalhadores) e mantenha os outros 3 em seu suprimento pessoal (4 em um jogo de dois jogadores). Quaisquer meeples de trabalhador adicionais devem ser devolvidos à caixa.
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Finalmente, cada jogador recebe 1 Carta de Destino aleatória – então você está pronto para começar.

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5 H
Add 1 Viking Warrior (of the appropriate color) to each of the Swordsmith, Hafter, and Blacksmith locations and add 1 Food to the Smokehouse location.

G
Reveal the top Merchant Ship Card, placing it on top of any previously revealed Merchant Ship cards.

F
Place 1 Monster Card face-up in each empty Monster Space on the board. Note: the rightmost Journey Space and Monster Space are only used in a 4-player game.

E
Place 1 Rune Card face-up in each empty space next to the Runesmith Location.

D
Place 1 Journey Card face-down in each empty Journey Space on the board.

C
Place the top 2 cards of the Draugr Deck face-up in the Draugr Spaces on the board.

B
Place the top card of the Troll Deck face-up in the Troll Space on the board.

Blue locations receive an additional item each round regardless of whether or not they are empty. These goods can build up and make these locations more attractive in future rounds.

The game is played over 8 rounds, during which you send workers from your clan into town to gather weapons and supplies necessary to fend off the hordes of enemies just beyond the walls. Workers may set the stage for your Viking Warriors to fight the Trolls who regularly attack the town, fight the Draugr who plague the neighboring villages, or hunt the Monsters who reside on distant shores poised to strike at the town and the ships which ensure the survival of the Nordic harbor. Most locations on the board can only be occupied by 1 worker per round; if you want something, you had better send your worker there first!

At the end of the 8th round, the player who has earned the most Glory wins the game.

Playing a Round
The steps you follow to play a complete round of Champions of Midgard are laid out in iconography in the top right of the game board. This should serve as a handy reminder during your game and as a refresher for subsequent plays. These steps are described below.

Round Setup
At the start of each round, board and card locations should be stocked as follows. Board locations which need attention in this phase are blue for easy identification.

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Board locations have a wide variety of effects which are described in detail below. If it is your first time playing Champions of Midgard make sure you read these effects completely in order to better understand the iconography on the board.
Note that many locations allow you to recruit Viking Warrior Dice or collect resources. Food, Wood, Coins, Favor, and Blame are unlimited. Viking Warrior Dice are limited by their supply and each player may only hold 8 at a time as indicated by the longhouse printed on your Viking Leaderboard. If taking dice would ever cause you to exceed 8 Viking Warriors, take as many as you are legally able and return the rest to the supply. (Warriors will not come fight for you if you do not have room for them in your longhouse!)

Worker Placement
During the worker placement phase, players take turns placing their workers on board locations and executing their effects. Most locations only have space for a single worker.
Beginning with the player holding the First Player Marker and proceeding clockwise, players take turns assigning 1 worker at a time to an available space on the board and carrying out the associated action. This process is repeated until no player has workers remaining. Then, all players proceed to assigning Viking Warriors.

Board locations are color-coded in order to enable faster understanding of how to resolve each space:

Red locations are combat locations. These locations have no instant effect. When a player places a worker on a combat location, they are reserving this space to do combat with the associated monster in the next phase – Assign Viking Warriors and Resolve Combat.

Blue locations are also resolved immediately. These locations are colored differently because they will receive special attention during each round setup phase of the game.

Brown locations are resolved immediately. As soon as a player places a worker meeple on a brown location, they follow the instructions for that location.

Worker Placement - locations
Note: Public Longships are unique locations in that they are both brown and red. They have 1 effect which is resolved instantly and another effect which is resolved in the Assign Viking Warriors and Resolve Combat phase. This is described in detail in the location descriptions below.

Blacksmith
Collect all the Viking Axemen Dice present at this location and place them in your personal supply.

Draugr Card Spaces 1 & 2
During the Assign Viking Warriors Phase, commit Viking Warriors to fight the Draugr.

Hafter
Collect all the Viking Spearmen Dice present at this location and place them in your personal supply.

Hunting Grounds
Send Viking Warriors hunting for Food during the Combat Resolution phase. (This space may accommodate several workers – there is no restriction on the number of players who may place a worker here. Favor tokens may be used to reroll here.)

Placing a worker in the Hafter

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7 Stave Church
Pay X Coins to the supply. Collect Favor from the supply based on the amount of Coins you paid.
No more than 4 Favor may be purchased on a single activation of this location.
1 Coin = 1 Favor
3 Coins = 2 Favor
6 Coins = 3 Favor
10 Coins = 4 Favor

Smokehouse
Collect all the Food present at this location and place it in your personal supply.

Small Public Longship
Place this longship in the harbor adjacent to the Distant Shores location you wish to journey to. During the Assign Viking Warriors phase, you will need to load this longship with Viking Warriors and Food to feed them. How many Viking Warriors and how many Food you place on the ship is up to you, but the combined total may not exceed the ship’s capacity of 5.

Shipwright
Select a Private Longship and pay the cost indicated on the card. Take that Private Longship from next to the board and place it beside your Leader Board. You may place a worker on this Private Longship in any Worker Placement phase (including the round it was acquired) and use it just like either the Small or Large Public Longship. The capacities of Private Longships and their Glory rewards vary based on cost. Each player may only build 1 Private Longship.

Sage's House
Look at 1 face-down Journey Card then draw 1 Destiny Card. Destiny Cards provide opportunities for end-game scoring and should be kept secret from your opponents until the end of the game.

Runesmith
Pay 1 Wood to the supply and claim 1 Rune Card, placing it face-up in front of you. You may select either of the face-up Rune Cards, or take a random one from the deck. Runes provide powerful single use abilities (as printed on the Rune Cards). In order to activate a Rune Card, simply flip it over. Runes may be activated at any time. Keep the card for end game scoring.

Merchant Ship
Pay 1 Coin to the supply then collect the Food, Wood, or Viking Warriors displayed on the current Merchant Ship Card.

Market
Trade Food, Wood, and/or Coins to the supply in exchange for Food, Wood, and/or Coins at a ratio of 1:1. Any number of trades may be made when you activate this location.

Large Public Longship
Pay 1 Coin to the supply then place this longship in the harbor adjacent to the Distant Shores location you wish to journey to. During the Assign Viking Warriors phase, you will need to load this longship with Viking Warriors and Food to feed them. How many Viking Warriors and how many Food you place on the ship is up to you, but the combined total may not exceed the ship’s capacity of 10.

Jarl's Longhouse
Collect 1 Viking Swordsman from the supply and take the First Player Marker from whoever presently has it. If you have the First Player Marker already, you must pass it to the player on your left. This is the only way the First Player Marker moves.

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8 Economic Market Stall Tiles

Wealthy Stranger
Collect 2 Coins from the supply.

Skald
Score 2 Glory.

Generous Merchant
Collect 1 Food and 1 Wood from the supply.

Aumingi
Return 1 Food to the supply and collect 1 Favor. You may repeat this action up to 3 times with a single activation.

Worker Huts
Pay 5, 4, 3, or 2 Coins and collect your extra worker. The worker may be used during this game round and all future game rounds. The first player to use this space pays 5, the next player pays 4 and so on.

Troll Card Space
During the Assign Viking Warriors phase, commit Viking Warriors to fight the Troll.

Swordsmith
Collect all the Viking Swordsmen Dice present at this location and place them in your personal supply.

Worker Placement - Market Stalls
Market Stall tiles function just like other board locations but provide different options for each game. Market Stalls may only be activated once per placement unless otherwise indicated.

Begging
If you find yourself unable or unwilling to activate a board location, you must Beg. To Beg, lie a worker down on your player board then take 1 Food and 1 Blame from the supply.

Military Market Stall Tiles

Varyags
Return 1 Coin to the supply and collect 1 Viking Swordsman Die and 1 Viking Spearman Die.

Raiders
Return 1 Wood to the supply and collect 2 Viking Spearmen Dice.

Jomsvikings
Return 2 Coins to the supply and collect 1 Viking Swordsman Die and 1 Viking Axeman Die.

Folk Warriors
Return 1 Food to the supply and collect 2 Viking Swordsmen Dice.

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9 Any Viking Warriors not assigned elsewhere are assumed to be hunting if you placed a worker on the Hunting Grounds.
Some enemies have combat restrictions:
If an enemy has a “no swords/axes/spears” symbol on it, players are not permitted to assign that type of Viking Warrior to fight that enemy. Viking Warriors of any type may travel on a longship to face an enemy but Warriors of the prohibited type are destroyed by the enemy before the first round of combat. They do not participate and are discarded to the general supply without ever being rolled.
It is permitted that a player assigns no dice to a combat location.
After all players have finished Assigning Viking Warriors proceed to Combat Resolution.

Viking Warriors sent to fight the Troll should be placed on the Troll Card.
Viking Warriors sent to fight Draugr should be placed on the corresponding Draugr Card.

Longships carry Viking Warriors to distant shores to combat Monsters.
Players must assign both Food and Viking Warrior dice to the Longships in this phase. Both Food and Viking Warrior dice count toward a ship's capacity and players are not permitted to assign more objects to a ship than the capacity can support.

Assigning Viking Warriors
Any player who placed a worker on a Combat Location (Troll Card Location, Draugr Card Location, or Longship(s)) now assigns their Viking Warrior Dice. Dice are assigned simultaneously. Occasionally a player may find it advantageous to wait to assign their Viking Warrior dice until after their opponents have done so. In such a case, any player may request that this phase is resolved in turn order beginning with the start player and proceeding clockwise.

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10 Combat Resolution
The Combat Resolution phase is resolved in the following order:

B
First, any players who placed a worker on the Hunting Grounds roll all of their dice not assigned elsewhere and collect Food equal to the number of hits rolled. A maximum of 6 Food may be collected from hunting — even if a player rolls more than 6 hits.

C
Next, if a player has assigned Viking Warriors to fight the Troll, they participate in combat against the Troll until either the Troll or the player has been defeated.
BLAME: If no player kills the Troll, each player takes a Blame token from the supply during round clean-up. Blame causes loss of Glory at game end. If any player kills the Troll, the player who killed the Troll discards one of their Blame tokens (if they have any) and selects another player to take 1 Blame token from the supply. (The townsfolk have fickle attitudes about those who protect them and those who fail to.)

D
Then, beginning with the left Draugr and proceeding to the right Draugr, players who have sent Viking Warriors to fight Draugr now resolve combat against them. If no player has assigned Viking Warriors to the Draugr Card(s), proceed to the next step.

E
Finally, beginning with the leftmost distant shore location and proceeding to the rightmost distant shore location, players resolve their journeys and then combat the Monsters by following the steps below. If no player assigned a longship to a particular location, simply skip that location and move on to the next one.

A. Reveal the Journey Card and resolve its effect (described in detail in the appendix at the end of the rules). Any loses indicated by the card must come from the Warriors and Food on the Longship. If a Longship has been assigned to a distant shore location, the Journey Card is revealed and discarded even if the player ended up assigning no Warriors to the Longship.

B. Feed your Viking Warriors. You must have enough Food in the longship to feed all your Viking Warriors. The 2 locations closest to the left edge of the board are closer to the port and therefore require less Food for the shorter journey (1 Food feeds 2 Viking Warriors). The 2 locations closest to the right of the board are further from the port and require more Food (1 Food feeds 1 Viking Warrior). This is depicted on the board for your reference. If there is not enough Food to feed all Viking Warriors, unfed Warriors starve and are returned to the general supply. All Food sent on a journey is returned to the supply, even if there is more than the Vikings require.

C. Combat the Monster!
Note: In earlier editions, these locations were reversed.

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11 Details of combat
Combat against Trolls, Draugr, Krakens, and Monsters (referred to
collectively as enemies) is resolved in the same way. Enemies have
an Attack Value and a Defense Value. In order to defeat an enemy,
a player must deal damage equal to or greater than the enemy’s
Defense Value (referred to as lethal damage).
Combat takes place in a series of rounds which consist of the player rolling their Viking Warrior
dice in an attempt to deal damage to the enemy and then taking damage from the enemy
by discarding their Viking Warriors. A player’s damage and an enemy’s damage are dealt
simultaneously so even if a player deals lethal damage to an enemy, they still take damage from
that enemy. Combat ends at the end of a round in which at least one of the following is true:
* The enemy has taken lethal damage.
* All committed Viking Warrior dice have been defeated.
Follow these steps in order to resolve a round of combat:
B
* Attack with all of your Viking Warriors by rolling the
dice you have committed to fight the enemy.
C
* (Optional) Discard 1 Favor token to reroll some or
all of the dice just rolled. This step may be repeated if
you have, and wish to spend, multiple Favor tokens.
D
* For each Weapon Result rolled, place a Damage
token on the enemy’s card. (Some dice faces show 2
weapons and count as 2 hits.)
E
* Discard Viking Warrior dice equal to the Attack Value
of the enemy. Reduce these losses by 1 for each
Shield Result rolled.
Enemy
Attack Value
Enemy
Defense Value

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12 Clean-Up

B. Take back your workers from all locations, returning Public Longships to their spaces on the board and Private Longships to your play area.
C. If the Troll was not defeated, discard the Troll Card and give each player 1 Blame token.
D. Discard any undefeated Draugr Cards.
E. Discard any revealed Journey Cards.
F. Add 1 Coin to each undefeated Monster card. This is an additional reward for the player who eventually defeats this Monster. Monsters may gain several Coins before they are defeated.
G. If this was Round 8, proceed to final scoring. Otherwise advance the Round Marker and return to Round Setup to play another round.

Discarded Troll and Draugr cards go to the monster discard pile in the bottom right corner of the board.

All enemies provide Glory when defeated. Additionally you collect Wood from defeating Trolls, Coins from defeating Draugr, and Favor from defeating Monsters.

Quick References

Remember that the game steps are indicated on the top right of the board for quick reference and that a reference card is provided to reiterate the meaning of the various icons used in the game.

F. Check to see if the enemy has been dealt lethal damage:
A. If the enemy has received lethal damage: take the enemy card and collect the reward indicated. Return surviving Viking Warriors to your personal supply. In this example, the player would score 6 Glory on the score track and gain 4 Coins from the supply. Defeated Enemy Cards should be kept in a single face-down pile. The number, type, and color of the enemies defeated throughout the game need not be shared with your opponents.
B. If the enemy has not received lethal damage and you still have Viking Warriors left: begin a new round of combat.
C. If the enemy has not received lethal damage and you have no Viking Warriors left: your Viking Warriors have been defeated and you collect no reward. Remove any Damage tokens placed on the Monster.

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13 Game End & Final Scoring
After the 8th Round, the game is over and players begin final scoring.
We recommend players calculate their final scores one at a time, beginning with the player furthest behind on the Glory Track.
First, sort your defeated Monsters and Draugr by color and lay them in front of you. Then score the following:
Destiny Cards – If you alone have satisfied the condition of a Destiny Card in your possession, you have completely fulfilled your destiny and score the larger Glory bonus. If you are tied for the condition you have only partially realized your potential and score the smaller Glory bonus. You may only score Glory for your own Destiny Cards. Fulfilling or tying for another player's Destiny Card provides you with no Glory, it merely prevents them from gaining it. You must have at least 1 of the required items to satisfy a Destiny Card.
Sets of Enemies (1 of each color) – The townspeople are impressed with your ability to brave varying combat conditions! Score 5 Glory for each complete set.
Trolls do not have a color and do not count for end game scoring.
Runes (used or unused) – Runes are symbols of power and provide varying amounts of Glory indicated on each card.
Private Longships – Longships are status symbols and provide Glory based on the type of longship you built.
Favor of the Gods – Each unspent Favor token is worth 2 Glory at the end of the game.
Coins – Score 1 Glory for every 3 Coins you have remaining.
The player with the most Glory is declared a Champion of Midgard. They earn the title of Jarl and are the winner of the game!
In the case of a tie, the tied player who defeated the most enemies (total cards collected, including Trolls) wins the game. If there is still a tie, the tied players rejoice in their shared victory.
Blame — Lose Glory based on your reputation with the townsfolk. Glory loss is calculated according to this chart:

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14 I. Journey Card Effects
All Quiet – No Effect.
Kraken – Resolve Combat against the Kraken.
Defeating the Kraken grants the player 3 glory.
Surviving Warriors advance to combat the Monster.
Lost – Lose 2 items of your choice (2 Food, 2
Viking Warriors, or 1 of each).
No Wind – Lose 1 Food.
Storm – Lose 1 Food or 1 Viking Warrior (your
choice).
Whirlpool – Lose 1 Viking Warrior.

II. Viking Leaders
Asmundr the Pious – Asmundr wishes to be
Odin’s Chosen representative in Midgard and
has turned acquisition of Favor into a Glorious
pursuit! His ability essentially allows Asmundr to
use his Favor Tokens for free. He will always gain
the 2 Glory from them whether he spends them
on rerolling or not. He may still wish to use them
sparingly in order to either achieve a destiny or
make it more difficult for other players to do so.
Asmundr still discards Favor tokens when he uses
them to reroll.

Dagrun the Destined – Dagrun has the gift
of a sage but never focused on developing it due
to all her combat training – she has not however
suppressed her abilities completely. Whenever
Dagrun places a worker on the Sage’s House
location she draws an extra Destiny Card allowing
her to more freely choose her destinies. The card
she does not select is returned to the bottom of the
Destiny Card deck. When used in conjunction with
the True Vision Rune Card, Dagrun draws 4 Destiny
Cards but still selects only 1 to keep.

Gylfir the Seaworthy – Half merchant and
half warrior, Gylfir has connections down at the
docks. When going to the Merchant Ship location
he finds many warriors willing to fight by his side
and many merchants willing to part with some
spare supplies to aid his cause. Whenever Gylfir
places a worker at the Merchant Ship location he
takes whatever is indicated on the card without
paying the Coin required of the other leaders.

Svanhildr the Swordmaiden – Svanhildr
has specialized in a weapon generally scoffed at
by other Viking Leaders. Regarded as weaker than
the axe and less versatile than the spear, a sword in
Svanhildr’s hands can be just as deadly as either. A
result of 1-hit on a Swordsman die does 2 damage
for Svanhildr and a result of 2-hits does 3 damage.
This does gain her extra Food when hunting but
she may still not exceed the maximum of 6 in the
Hunting Grounds space – there are only so many
deer in the forest after all.

Ullr the Berserker – Ullr was trained in the
ways of the berserker and in turn teaches his
Warriors how to fight without fear, for the Glory of
their clan! During any round of combat in which
1 or more Warrior Dice shows a 2-hit result, Ullr
gains 1 Glory to be scored immediately on the
track (regardless of the final outcome of the battle).

APPENDIX
III. Rune Cards
All Rune Cards are single use and contain the “flip
to activate” symbol. They may be activated at any
time.

Gifts – Collect 4 resources from the general
supply. Choose any combination of Wood, Food,
and/or Coins.

Glory – Use when defeating an enemy (Troll,
Draugr, Kraken, or Monster). Gain 50% more
Glory for defeating that enemy (rounded down).
(e.g. Use when defeating a Monster worth 13
Glory; Gain 6 additional Glory.)

Healing – Negate the losses suffered in a single
round of combat. If the combat continues, future
losses are suffered in full.

Journey – After revealing a Journey Card,
discard it without suffering the consequences.
Reveal the next Journey Card in the deck and
apply those results instead (even if they are worse).

Knowledge – View all face-down Journey
Cards on the board. Do not look at the Journey
Cards in the deck.

Potential – Use after rolling for a round of
hunting or combat. Any dice which show a blank
result are re-rolled and their new result is used
instead.

Reaction – Use after rolling for a round of
hunting or combat. Count shield results as single
hits. They still count as shields as well. (Swordsman
dice used this way count as 2-hit results for
Svanhildr)

Success – Reveal a Destiny Card in your
possession and score it immediately. Keep the card
and score it again at game end.

True Vision – Use when activating the Sage’s
House. Draw two additional Destiny Cards. Keep
just 1 and return the others to the bottom of the
deck.

Wealth – Double the amount of Coins currently
in your possession. You may not gain more than 5
Coins in this way.

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Credits
Game Design: Ole Steiness
Development: Joshua Lobkowicz & Shane Myer scough
Art: Victor P. Corbella
Graphic Design: Andre Garcia
Rulebook Layout: Mathew Hobson & Nick Banjai
Editing: Joshua Lobkowicz, Owen Reissmann, Becky Hislop, Dawn Lobkowicz
Playtesters: Rafael Sanchez, Kyle Perryman, Brad Brooks, Josh Black, Charles Bowman, Robert Jones, Owen Reissmann, Joseph
Reissmann, Dawn Lobkowicz, Julian Seppala, Amethyst Gonka, Bailey Coleman, Ve Hermann, Jeff Fournier & C.O.R.P.S.E., J.J.
Novacek & The N.C. Triad Gamers

Variants
The following variants are provided to allow you to customize your Champions of Midgard experience.
Using these variants is strictly optional and is not recommended for your first few games. We advise you
to play with the basic rules before trying one or both of the proposed alterations. Enjoy the game!

Variant #1 – Hall of Records
The townsfolk keep a record of each leader’s
successes in battle.
Play with all defeated enemy cards revealed in
front of the player who defeated them. This variant
allows for more strategic decisions to be made
regarding Destiny Cards.

Variant #2 – Mistrustful Villagers
The townsfolk are skeptical of any who seek to
replace the old Jarl.
Each player begins the game with a Blame token.
This variant tends to lead to more dynamic end
game scoring as there are generally more Blame
tokens in play.

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