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RULEBOOK
HOW TO SURVIVE AND NOT GO INSANE
Special Edition of Brookhaven Newspaper
You and your crew are on the trail of Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett. You
are the rescue team, sent out with instructions to bring Fawcett back home safe-
ly. Your group is a motley collection of individuals, all joined by a strong desire
to uncover everything that Fawcett came to the island in search of. This could be
the discovery of the century, bringing each one of you fame and wealth, though
these are not the only reasons you have decided to take on this journey. You are
adventurers driven by the urge to explore, and the desire to unveil the unknown.
Many have tried to convince you not to go, but all in vain.
After a long trip, the shore of the mythical island Colonel Percy Fawcett trav-
eled to finally appears in the distance. Prepare yourself! Your journey to reveal
the Lost City of Z, and all of the secrets it contains, begins now!Mystery Tales is the second big expansion for Robinson Crusoe: Adventures
on the Cursed Island, containing 2 different game modes. Players will be able
to go through a haunting Campaign with an immersive story, completing
Scenarios one by one, in the Campaign Mode. Players will also experience
Robinson Crusoe like never before, enriching their base game and refreshing
already-known Scenarios, with the new Horror Mode. Additionally, there are
two stand-alone Scenarios in the box, one of which is exclusively designed to
be played in Horror mode. Most of the components from this expansion are
used for both the Campaign and Horror Modes, but note that some are exclu -
sive to the Campaign.
For the best experience, we do not recommend using this expansion in
combination with any others.
INTRODUCTION
GAME COMPONENTS .............................................................................................
Character Boards and Character cards ..............................................................
CAMPAIGN MODE ...................................................................................................
Overview .............................................................................................................. Campaign Goal ....................................................................................................
Campaign Mode setup .........................................................................................
CHANGES IN GAME .................................................................................................
New tokens and icons ..........................................................................................
Madness / Breakdown / Delusion tokens ......................................................... Mystical Weapon / Mystical combat ................................................................. Stone / Additional Stone / Mystical Danger tokens .........................................
New cards ......................................................... ...................................................
Condition cards / Natives .................................................................................. Equipment cards / Cultists Cards / New Mystery card types ..........................
Changes to the game mechanics and new rules ..........................................
Character’s death, going Insane & losing the game ................................... Diary of expedition participants /New tiles / New Effects on dice ............ Additional Scout Hunt Action / Setting up the traps ................................. Progressing to another scenario / 2-3 Player game / Solo game ................
HORROR MODE ..................................................................................................
Stone Production and Gathering ..................................................................
Horror Mode setup ........................................................................................
APPENDIX ..........................................................................................................
Adjusting the game difficulty .......................................................................
Cards clarification .........................................................................................
Campaign .......................................................................................................
Stand Alone Scenarios ...................................................................................
Icons and Symbols .........................................................................................
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GAME COMPONENTS GAME COMPONENTS 2 3
1 Scenario Sheet
60 New Adventure Cards
17 Equipment
Cards
5 Lair
Cards
10 Cultist
Cards
3 New Invention
Cards
9 Convict
Cards
5 Dice
Stickers
27 Insanity Cards
82 Event Cards 3 Wreckage Cards
24 Mystery Cards
1 Local Guide Card
9 Character Cards 2 Native Cards
10 New Tiles
1 Campaign Book 1 Diary of Expedition
Participants
(double-sided)
20 Build
9 Build
20 Explore
9 Explore
34 Event Cards
for Campaign Mode
48 Event Cards
for Horror Mode
1 Wreckage Card
for The Arrival Scenario
2 Wreckage Cards
for Horror Mode
20 Gather
9 Gather
for use in the
Scenario "Hunting
Convicts" only
double-sided:
Player and NPC
6 Curse, 6 Mystical Beast,
6 Spell, 6 Clue
double-sided
(for 2 and 3 players)
8 Condition
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8 Player
Action Pawns
2 x 2 x
2 x 2 x
1 Green Marker
8 Equipment Markers
9 Sanity Markers GAME COMPONENTS GAME COMPONENTS
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Before your first game using this expansion, you need to find the stick-
ers included in the box. Every sticker with a icon goes on an empty
side of your choice on the Wound die of the matching color. Keep the sticker with the
icon inside the box until the game prompts you to
place it on an empty side of the Hungry Animals (red) die (see page 12).
In the future, if you wish to play a game according to the standard rules
without the use of this expansion, treat any sticker side of a die as an
empty side.
MYSTERY TALES CHARACTER BOARDS
AND CHARACTER CARDS
Mystery Tales introduces a new type of character presented on standard size
cards instead of the usual Character sheets. These Character cards are dou-
ble-sided, with one side showing the playable character (in the horizontal
position) which will be placed onto the new Character board, while the other
side is a non-playable character (NPC) that will aid players with extra abilities
during the game (in the vertical position). Each character also has 3 Insanity
cards associated with them that are shuffled into the Adventure decks in the
instance that this character goes Insane.
CHARACTER CARD - PLAYABLE CHARACTER SIDE
1. The Character
A character is a playable person, part of the rescue mission sent after Lie-
utenant Colonel Percy Fawcett. On a card, players will find a name, profes-
sion, and image. When a game effect mentions a character, it always refers
to a person controlled by a player.
2. Special Ability
Each character has 2 special abilities they can use at
any time. As in the base game, players need to discard
the specified number of Determination tokens (
) to
use their character abilities and may only use them once per round.
5 Dice
Stickers
2 Local Guide Action Pawns
2 Native Cards
10 New Tiles
4 Discovery
Tokens
3 Additional
Stone Tokens
1 Breakdown
Token
4 Defensive
Painting
Tokens
6 Mystical
Danger
Tokens
3 Madness Tokens
3 New Numbers Tokens
4 Character Boards
for use in the
Scenario "Hunting
Convicts" only
double-sided
for Character cards
8 Stone
Tokens
16 tokens
1 Gathering Tile
(Horror Mode only)
1 Cultist
Tile
1 Traps
Tile
1 Hunting
Tile
4 Delusion
Tokens
6 White Paint
Tokens
4 Stone
Amulet Tokens
8 Torch
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GAME COMPONENTS
CHARACTER CARD - NPC SIDE
The remaining members of the rescue team not picked to be played by a player
will support them with their special abilities as NPCs.
1. Sanity track
Sanity is a new term introduced in this expansion. Both characters and
NPCs can be impacted by traumatic events that affect their mental health.
Players will be able to track each character’s and NPC’s Sanity level with a
Sanity marker.

Each NPC card has a Sanity track on which the Sanity marker will be pla-
ced. When an NPC suffers
, the Sanity marker is moved 1 space to the
right.
If the Sanity marker reaches the last space (
), the NPC goes Insane and
their card is removed from the game. Subsequently, shuffle all Insanity cards of this character into their corresponding Adventure decks.
Many effects within the game can heal an NPC’s Sanity. When this occurs, move the Sanity marker 1 space to the left, if possible.
2. NPC Special Ability
Each NPC has a special ability that any player may use at any time. Players will not have to discard any
to use them. Instead, the NPC will suffer
1 every time that ability is used. Every NPC ability may only be used
once per round. Place 1 black marker on an NPC to indicate that the ability has been used. The marker is removed at the end of the Night Phase.
CHARACTER BOARDS
Along with the new type of character, players will also receive Character
boards with an indicated space in which to place their Character cards.
1. Character board color
Each Character board is a different color. When a player chooses a board,
they also receive 2 Action pawns matching the color of the Character board.
2. Space for a Character card
When players choose a Character card, they place it in the indicated space on their Character board, with the playable character face up (horizontal position of the card). It stays there until the character dies or goes Insane.
3. Condition token(s)
The Condition token(s) spaces work similarly to the Special Wound spaces from the base game, however here we do not have distinct areas for dif-
ferent parts of the body. Whenever a game effect tells you to get a Spe- cial Wound token of any color, place it on this space. Additionally, this is where you will be putting the Delusion token (see page 8 for more details about Delusion tokens).
4. Wound track
As in the base game, when a character suffers , the Wound marker is
moved 1 space to the right after right (skip the ). When a morale
arrow is skipped, the group’s morale is lowered. To indicate this, move the Morale marker 1 space to the left, if possible. If the Wound marker reaches the last space (
), the character immediately dies. When a character dies
in the Campaign or in Horror Mode, it is always resolved the same way, and does not necessarily mean the end of the game (see page 11).
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GAME COMPONENTS
CAMPAIGN MODE
5. Sanity track
The Sanity track works similarly to the Wound track. When a charac-
ter suffers , the Sanity marker is moved 1 space to the right (skip the
Breakdown icon). When is skipped, place the Breakdown token ()
on the Night Phase space as a reminder that during the next Night Pha-
se, players will need to deal with a Breakdown effect. Ignore placing the
Breakdown token on the Night Phase space if there is already one there
(according to the normal Token and Marker Exclusivity rule).
OVERVIEW
Most of the Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island base game rules
apply to the Mystery Tales Campaign Mode. There are some changes that you
will find in the appropriate sections of this rulebook, as well as on the specific
Scenario sheets.
Scenarios of the “Lost City of Z” Campaign shouldn’t be picked randomly, as
they can only be played one by one in ascending order. An entire Campaign
has to be finished with the same player count as it started. You should always
keep in mind the essential aspect of the Campaign, which is, that your prog-
ress is carried over from one Scenario to the next.
You should always save your game between Scenarios on the Save Game pag-
es. You will receive those after your first successful Scenario. Additional pages
are available on our website. As such, you will be able to restart the game if
you lose or if you decide to take a break and resume the game another day. You
do not have to finish the entire Campaign in one sitting.
CAMPAIGN GOAL
To win the Campaign, you must work together to successfully finish each of
the 5 Scenarios present within the Campaign Book. Each Scenario has unique
goals, which will include building specific objects and exploring new areas, but
will also get more complicated as the Campaign progresses. Goals are always
presented on the first page of the Scenario inside the Campaign Book (see ad-
ditional info about Scenarios on page 17).
Once you successfully finish a single Scenario, you can set up the game for the
next one. Continue a game this way until your final victory in the 5th Scenario.

Characters can nurture their mental health. Each time you are instructed
to heal Sanity, move the Sanity marker 1 space to the left. If
is skipped
during this step, nothing happens. Do not remove the Breakdown token from the Night Phase space. If the Sanity marker reaches the last space (
), the Character goes Insane.
When a Character goes Insane in the Campaign or in Horror Mode, it is always resolved the same way (see page 11).
If you do not achieve the goal of a single Scenario within the time limit, you
lose the entire Campaign.
In Campaign Mode, players will have the whole crew at their disposal. That
means if your character dies or goes Insane, you will not lose the
game, but will instead continue with another member of the crew.
Once there are no more crew members when a player has to pick one to play
as a new character, the Campaign is lost.
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CAMPAIGN MODE SETUP
1. Place the board in the middle of the table.
2. Depending on which Scenario you are playing, open the Campaign Book to
the current Scenario page, and place the Round marker on the first space of
the Round track.
The following rules describe the setup for the first Scenario "The Arrival"
played with 4 players. Adaptations for 1-3 players, as well as things carried
over to the setup of the next Scenarios, can be found on page 13.
3. Each player takes a single Character board and places it in front of them. Un-
used boards are returned to the box. Additionally, each player takes:
a. 2 Action pawns of the same color as the Character board.
b. 1 Wound marker
, which they place on the square Start space to the left
of the Wound track, with icon.
c. 1 Sanity marker , which they place on the square Start space to the left
of the Sanity track, with icon.
4. Each player draws a Mystery Tales Character card at random and places it on
their Character board on the indicated space with the character side up. Al-
ternatively, players can choose which character they want to play. Addition-
ally, each player also places the 3 Insanity cards associated with their charac-
ter face down next to their Character board without reading their effects.
5. All remaining Character cards should be placed next to the board within all players reach, with the NPC side up. Without reading their effects, the 3 In-
sanity cards associated with each NPC should be placed face down under that NPC card. Sanity markers should be placed on the square Start space to the left of their Sanity track.
6. Place a white marker on the 0 space of the Morale track on the board.
7. Place a black and a green marker on the topmost space of the Weapon level track (next to the Weapon icon which can be treated as level 0). Black rep-
resents a normal Weapon as usual, and green will represent a Mystical Weapon (see details on Mystical Weapon on page 8). The space for the Shelter and the tracks for the Roof and Palisade levels will gain black markers during the game.
8. Sort the Adventure cards from this expansion by their backs into three decks, shuffle each thoroughly, and place them face down on their respective spaces on the board together with the 3 Action dice corresponding to each deck, as seen in the image. Do not use any Adventure cards from the base game.
9. There are new Cultist cards in this expansion. These have the same backs as Beast cards, but with a Cultist's image on the front. Shuffle them separately and place them face down as the Cultist deck on the special Cultist tile. Then shuffle the Beast cards from the base game and put them face down next to the Cultist deck, as the Beast deck.
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10. Find all the Clue cards from among the Mystery cards of this expansion,
marked with on top, and leave them in the box. Then, shuffle the Mystery
cards from the base game as well as those from the Mystery Tales expansion together. Place them face down next to the board, as the Mystery deck (see de-
tails on the new types of the Mystery cards on page 10).
11. Shuffle the Condition cards from this expansion and place them face down next to the board to form the Condition deck.
12. Take the 11 Island tiles.
a. Find tile 8 and place it, face up on the Starting Space (the leftmost space in
the center row on the board).
b. Place the Camp token on this tile with the Camp side up.
c. Shuffle the remaining Island tiles and stack them, face down, next to the board.
13. Take the 8 Starting Equipment cards, draw 2 at random, and place them next to the board. Place 2 white markers on each card, in the respective spaces (1 for each use). Return the remaining cards to the box.
14. Take all Invention cards from the base game, shuffle them and place next to the board, Invention side up, as the Invention deck. Set all new Invention cards aside, use those when instructed. Do not set up any Invention cards on the board.
15. Shuffle the Discovery tokens from the base game and from Mystery Tales to-
gether and stack them, face down, next to the board.
16. Place all resources, Action and Weather dice, additional Action pawns, and all additional tokens and markers next to the board.
17. Each Scenario has a preconstructed Event deck associated with it, marked with
a Scenario number (first Scenario -
) on the top left corner. Take all Event
cards for the Scenario that you are about to play, shuffle them, and place them
face down in the corresponding space on the board to form the Event deck.
18. Place the Hunt tile above the space for the Hunting deck and the Traps tile
above the space for the Gathering deck (see details on these tiles and how they
affect the game on page 12) Place 2 white markers on the Traps tile, covering
both food sources.
19. When playing with 4 players, cover the “Arrange Camp” space on the board
with the “Arrange Camp” card.
20. Check the Scenario page for any special setup rules and execute those, if needed.
21. The youngest player becomes the First Player and receives the First Player token.
When setting up the next Scenario in the Campaign, keep in mind that every-
thing is transferred and/or saved from the previous Scenario. Meaning players
don’t start with the Wound marker on the starting space of the Wound track,
but on the space it was at the end of the last Scenario, and begin with all re-
sources left in the previous Scenario (see page 13).
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NEW TOKENS AND ICONS
MADNESS TOKENS
In Mystery Tales, things get truly horrific, and that’s why players will see a
new icon on the Event cards and Adventure cards, called a Madness icon
( / / ). If there is a Madness icon on the top of the Event card, or it
shows as an effect on an Adventure card, place the Madness token on top of the Adventure deck of the same color (Brown, Gray, Green) unless it is already there, in which case this is ignored.
When there is a Madness token on an Adventure deck, and an Action of that
type is taken, the player who resolves it takes 1
, whether or not the Action
dice are rolled. If the Action dice are rolled, ignore the result / / on
the Wound die in this situation. if appears on the Wound die. After a player
takes , as the result of this Action, the Madness token is discarded. Important:
You may ignore taking a from that token effect if you remove 1 from the
Available Resources space, the Madness token is still discarded.
BREAKDOWN TOKEN
The Breakdown token () is used when a character suffers , and a icon
is skipped on the Sanity track, or when a card effect tells players to get a . The
token should always be placed on the Night Phase space and resolved during the next Night Phase. If there is already a
on the Night Phase space and players
are instructed to place another, ignore this effect (Token and Marker Exclusivity).
When there is a Breakdown token on the Night Phase space, during the Night
Phase, one of the characters in the Camp has a mental breakdown and lashes
out. Players have to decide before feeding anyone, which 2 resources and/or
tokens to remove from the Available Resources space. If there are no resources
or tokens to be discarded from the Available Resources space, all players suffer
1
for each resource/token that they cannot remove (Unfulfilled Demand).
After resolving effect, remove it from the Night Phase space.
DELUSION TOKENS
Some effects in the game might cause a character to become delusional, which means this character starts to feel like they are being watched by something dreadful, and their perception of reality is blurred. When a character is in-
structed to gain a Delusion token, that player places
on their Character
board. The stays there until another effect lets the player remove it, or the
character dies/goes Insane.
A character with is more susceptible to horrifying events, meaning this char-
acter will go Insane faster. When an effect causes a player with on their Char-
acter card to gain another , that player should ignore this effect.
Beware: Only certain effects allow players to remove these tokens from their characters.
MYSTICAL WEAPON
There is a new type of weapon in Mystery Tales called the Mystical Weapon.
The green token on the Weapon level track represents its level. Mystical Weapons are used during encounters with two new types of enemies
- Cultists and Mystical Creatures. These enemies cannot be dealt with by the
use of a standard Weapon, that is why it is necessary to use mystical power.
At the start of the Campaign, players will not be able to Build Mystical Weap-
ons, but they will be able to find them during the game on different cards and
tokens. When any player acquires
, they should move the green disc on
the Weapon level track by 1 to increase their Mystical Weapon level.
Apart from the standard combat with Beast cards from the base game, there is
also Mystical combat, which is resolved in a similar way.
MYSTICAL COMBAT
Mystical combat can commence during the Hunt Action, an Event, an Adven-
ture, or a Mystery card. All will have a similar combat table, but with different
icons that have to be resolved in order (from left to right) on the card:
1. The enemy’s Mystical power is compared to the current Mystical Weapon
level. If the Mystical Weapon level is lower, the resolving character suffers
as many
as the difference between the values.
2. The Mystical Weapon level (on the board) is reduced by the indicated value. If this is not possible, the resolving character suffers 1
for each
missing Mystical Weapon level (according to the normal Unfulfilled De- mand rule).
3. If the resolving character has
on their Character card, they must re-
solve the presented effect.
4. The indicated reward is placed in the Future Resources space.
Note: Some Mystical combat may have different weapon requirements
(example: Warrior Cultist card). In such cases, compare your current
Weapon level with the enemy’s power, and lower the appropriate Weapon
level afterwards. In those cases, you take regular
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STONE AND ADDITIONAL STONE TOKENS

Stone () is a new resource presented in this expansion, which will be used
to Build, among other effects. The additional stone token (), similarly to the
additional wood token (), will work differently depending on where it is
placed.
If theis on the Build Action space, the next time a Build Action is planned
which requires stone, it must be assigned 1 additional stone. Place the token
with the Action pawns and the extra stone as a reminder. If the Action is
successful, discard the token. If the Action is unsuccessful, return to
the Build Action space.
Exception: If the Action with is unsuccessful, and another Build Action
requiring stone is successful in the same round, the effect of the is ap-
plied to that Action, discard 1 extra stone and then discard that token.
If the is on an Island tile, it produces 1 additional stone, but only if the cor-
responding source has not been exhausted (covered with a marker). If the extra
resource token is on the same tile as the Camp, you gain an additional stone
in the Production Phase. If it is on another tile, you gain it after performing a
successful Gather Action on a source with
token.
Note: in order to gather the extra stone, you must gather the appropriate
resource.
The token is not discarded from the Island tile after a successful
Gather Action.
MYSTICAL DANGER TOKENS
Mystical Danger tokens () are similar to the Greater Danger tokens (),
and work differently depending on where they are placed.
If this token is on the Hunt Action space, the enemy’s Mystical power is in-
creased by 1 during the next Mystical combat resolved against a Cultist card.
The token is discarded after the Mystical combat is resolved.
If this token is on an Island tile/space (other than the Camp), the Mystical
Weapon level must be at least 1 for all Actions planned there or the Character
planning the Action suffers 1 when placing the Action pawn (if a stack of
pawns is placed, only the character on top suffers). The token is not discarded
in this case.
If this token is on the Island tile with the Camp, any character performing an
Action in the Camp (the Build, Arrange Camp, and Rest Actions) suffers 1
for each Action unless the Mystical Weapon level is at least 1. The token is
not discarded in this case either.
Note: When there is both a Greater Danger and a Mystical Danger token on
the Hunt Action space, each affects their respective type of combat and will
be discarded afterwards. Meaning if the combat uses regular power, a Greater
Danger token will influence that enemy’s strength and a Mystical Danger to-
ken will be ignored until Mystical combat occurs. The same way, if the combat
uses the Mystical power, a Mystical Danger token will influence that enemy's
Mystical power, and a Greater Danger token will be ignored.
Example:
Mike is resolving a Hunt Action while both a Greater Danger token and a My-
stical Danger token are present on the Hunt Action space.. He draws a card from
the top of the Hunting deck, a Warrior Cultist, which is a special kind of Cultist
that uses regular power. In this case, the Greater Danger token will increase the
power of this Cultist by 1 and will be discarded afterwards. The Mystical Danger
token will be ignored until combat that uses mystical power occurs.
NEW CARDS
CONDITION CARDS
Some game effects might cause a character to receive a
Condition card. These Conditions are harmful to charac-
ters. Players should try to avoid getting one or at least try
to get rid of it as soon as possible. Each character may
only have 1 Condition card assigned to them. If a
player is instructed to take a Condition card and their
character already has one, that player ignores this effect.
When a Condition card is discarded due to a character's
death, going Insane, or a game effect, shuffle that card
back into the Condition deck.
NATIVES
During the game, it is possible to come across Natives of
the island that may help you in your adventure. When
a game effect tells you to gain one of those cards, you
should place it next to the remaining NPC cards and put
the Sanity marker on the first space from the left on the
Sanity track. From now on, treat this character like any
other NPC card, except that it cannot be chosen as a play-
able character if your character dies or goes Insane (See
details on page 11).
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EQUIPMENT CARDS
These cards will support characters during the Campaign, and
can be acquired only during the first Scenario. Keep this in
mind as these cards can be very helpful on your journey.
Once an Equipment card is acquired, players should place it on
one of the spaces in the available Inventions area of the board.
All players may use the Equipment cards at any moment (unless
stated otherwise). If an Equipment card has a Usage track on it,
players should put an Equipment marker
on the highest val-
ue. The track represents how many times that Equipment may be used. When a player decides to use the Equipment, they must adjust the Equipment marker on that card right away. If the Equipment marker is on the last space, and the Equipment is used, remove the Equipment marker and discard the card (unless stated otherwise). Equipment cards without a Usage track provide ongoing pas- sive effects and stay with players until instructed otherwise.
Example of using an Equipment card:
Amanda decided to use the Revolver during combat with a Beast to
temporarily increase Weapon level by 3. The Revolver has only 1 Usage
left, but there is also a full Ammo card available. It does not matter if
she moves the Equipment marker on the Ammo card or Revolver card.
She decides to spend the Usage on the Revolver card and removes the
Equipment marker from it. The card stays in play according to its de-
scription, and can still be used in the future by using the Ammo.
CULTIST CARDS
New cards with the same backs as Beast cards, but with char-
acters on the front, are called Cultist cards. When a player en-
counters one of these, they have to Fight them by commencing
Mystical combat (see page 8). These cards are placed separately
from the standard Beast cards on a special Cultist tile to distin-
guish them, but some game effects will instruct players to shuf-
fle one of these into the Hunting deck. Players will not be able
to distinguish between Beast cards and Cultist cards when they
want to Hunt. This can spoil plans to Hunt for food or pelts
when they end up meeting Cultists instead. This is when the new Scout Hunt
Action option described on page 12 comes into play.
NEW MYSTERY CARD TYPES
There are 4 new types of Mystery cards included in this expansion that will be used in addition to the 3 from the base game. New game effects may instruct players to draw these new types of Mystery cards. When this happens, players keep revealing new Mystery cards until they have drawn a Mystery card of the specified type. The new types include:
Mystical Beasts
In some cases, players that will encounter one of these will end up
resolving Mystical combat. In others, they will roll
to determine
what occurs.
Curse
These dangerous game effects cause a lot of distress to characters. It
is best to avoid these at any cost.
Spells
Powerful, single-use abilities. When players receive these, they will
put them in the Future Resources space unless stated otherwise.
Once they become available, any player may use it at any time, but
be careful! Powerful magic often comes at a price.
Clues
Used in specific Scenarios. These will help players reveal hidden
knowledge.
CHANGES TO THE GAME MECHANICS
AND NEW RULES
A game round is still comprised of the same 6 Phases, resolved in the same order:
1. Event Phase
2. Morale Phase
3. Production Phase
4. Action Phase
5. Weather Phase
6. Night Phase
IMPORTANT! Excluding the first Scenario (more on the Scenario sheet),
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CHARACTER'S DEATH, GOING INSANE & LOSING THE GAME
The Mystery Tales Campaign is filled with things that might kill your charac-
ters or drive them Insane. On a positive note, the rescue expedition has many
members who will not give up easily. This means that the game is not lost
when a character dies or goes Insane. The expedition will push forward as long
as there are enough members!
A character dying or going Insane are resolved similarly. Once a Wound marker
reaches the last space on the Character board Wound track
, the character dies
and that player must resolve the following steps:
1. Remove the current Character card, along with its Insanity cards, and place them in the box. It will no longer be used in this Campaign.
2. If this character had any Condition card assigned to it, shuffle it back into the Condition deck, and discard any tokens assigned to that character (Determi- nation, Delusion, Special Wounds etc.).
3. Choose one of the available NPC's to use as your character. Its current Sanity level will not affect you, meaning it is sometimes useful to choose an NPC that is lower on the Sanity track, to make sure it will not go Insane, and de- plete your future NPC pool too fast. It is okay to check the playable side of a Character card to learn their Special Abilities, but make sure to put the Sanity marker back in the same position on the Sanity track if you decide not to choose it.
4. Place the chosen character on the indicated Character space on your Charac- ter board, return this NPC's Sanity marker to the token pool, place its Insanity cards next to your Character board, reset both Wound and Sanity tracks to their starting values (the leftmost spaces on the tracks).
5. Move the Morale marker 2 spaces to the left, if possible.
Once a Sanity marker reaches the last space on the player’s Sanity track
, a
character goes Insane. That player must resolve the same steps as with death, but with two exceptions. Instead of placing the character’s Insanity cards into the box, shuffle them into the appropriate Adventure decks. Those cards represent the roaming mad characters that will try to stop your expedition from succeeding. Ad- ditionally, the 5th step is ignored and the Morale marker stays where it is.
NPC might go Insane as well. When that happens, remove the NPC Character card
and place it back in the box along with the Sanity marker and shuffle its Insanity
cards into the appropriate Adventure decks.
Whenever any Adventure card is resolved it should be placed in a separate discard pile
(this will make it easier to draw an Insanity card during that Scenario), but they are
always shuffled back into their appropriate decks when preparing the next Scenario.
Any Insanity Cards in the Adventure decks stay there until the end of the Campaign.
Characters may die or go Insane in many situations, during different round phases.
But if this happens during the Action Phase, finish that phase as if that character
is still alive, ignoring any further
and received in that phase, as well as all
effects that would let you heal any Wounds or Sanity for that character. When that Action Phase is over, resolve the character death or going Insane.
If any character dies or goes Insane when there are no more NPCs available to
pick from, then the expedition has failed and the game is lost.
DIARY OF EXPEDITION PARTICIPANTS
Within the Diary of Expedition Participants, players will find many para-
graphs describing events, situations, and places that the expedition encoun-
tered during the Campaign. Some game effects will ask you to read a number
coded paragraph. At that time, reach for the Diary of Expedition Participants
and look for a specific paragraph.
Each entry should be read out loud by the player that triggered that game effect. If
it was automatic (for example: triggered in the Event phase), then the First Player
should read it. Alternatively, you can choose a player that enjoys setting the mood
to read all of the paragraphs out loud.
Sometimes a paragraph will have a decision presented at the end. Players may
discuss among themselves which option should be picked, but the final decision
is up to the player who triggered that effect or the First Player if it was triggered
automatically. This is also the player that is impacted by any effects.
Note: Be sure to decipher paragraph codes correctly. For example, if the
paragraph is coded 2X, more detailed information explaining that even if the
number of the Island tile has two digits it is still fully transferred to the code.
Note: X can be a single-digit or double-digit value, depending on the
Island tile. Try not to look at the other paragraphs to avoid any spoilers.
NEW TILES - TEMPLE AND CITY
Included in the expansion is a new set of double-sided tiles to be used in the
Campaign. The Scenario sheet will instruct you which side (Temple or City) to
use. The tiles with the standard Island artwork are referred to as Temple tiles,
while the sides with the red themed artwork and a set of 3 symbols on their
faces are referred to as City tiles.
NEW EFFECTS ON DICE
Losing Sanity
Each Wound die now has at least one side with a sticker. This means that
players may be exposed to some horrific visions that will haunt them, even while performing mundane tasks.
When a
appears as a result of an Action dice roll, the resolving player must
lose 1 Sanity. The Sanity marker should be moved on their Character board 1
space to the right on the Sanity track.
Important: You may ignore taking a during the dice roll if you remove 1
from the Available Resources space.
Temple City

tiles while the sides with the red themed artwork and a set of 3 symbols on their faces are referred to as City tiles NEW EFFECTS ON DICE Losing Sanity Each Wound die now has at least one side with a sticker This means that players may be exposed to some horrific visions that will haunt them even while performing mundane tasks When a appears as a result of an Action dice roll the resolving player must lose 1 Sanity The Sanity marker should be moved on their Character board 1 space to the right on the Sanity track Important You may ignore taking a during the dice roll if you remove 1 from the Available Resources space Temple City

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Exception: Ignore result from a Wound die if there is a Madness
token on top of the Adventure Deck of the same type as the Action you
performed, since you will be taking 1 already. You can also remove 1
from the Available Resources to negate the effects of, and discard, the
Madness token.
Mystical Beast Encounter
During the Campaign, you will also be instructed to put a sticker on the .
When this happens, for the rest of the Campaign this is treated as encounter-
ing a Mystical Beast with a Mystical power of 3, but instead of the usual Mystical
combat, you have to compare Mystical Weapon level against it. If it is lower than 3
each player takes 1
for every missing point.
All game effects that require you to roll to resolve effects, for example Mystery
cards or Setting up the Traps (described in section to the right), does not include
this new side. During those rolls, always treat the side as if it were empty.
Note: Whenever you play a game without the use of this expansion, treat
the side as empty. Additionally, when you play the Campaign or choose
to play Horror Mode, treat this side as specified according to the selected
difficulty (see page 16).
ADDITIONAL SCOUT HUNT ACTION
The new Hunt tile covering the Hunt Action provides players with the new op-
tion: Scout Hunt . If players assign 3 pawns stacked on top of each other,
the character owning the topmost Action pawn will resolve the standard Hunt Action with an additional effect: instead of drawing the topmost Beast card from the Hunting deck and commencing the combat, a player draws the 2 topmost cards and decides which card to face during this Action. The other card is either shuffled back to the Hunting deck or discarded - the resolving player decides.
SETTING UP THE TRAPS
At the beginning of the Campaign, characters will need to learn how to set up traps in the new environment or they could face starvation, unless they man-
age to find some other food source.
The Traps tile placed above the Gather Action space shows two sources of
food:
and . At the beginning of the Campaign, these spaces will be cov-
ered with white markers, meaning they are unavailable. Every food source on the island of the same type as the ones unavailable on the Traps tile should also be covered with white markers. While placing a new tile (even during the game setup), check the food sources on it and determine if they are unavail-
able. While the source is covered with a white marker, it does not produce any food, but players may perform Gather Action on it.
To unlock an unavailable food source, players must learn how to set up traps.
The Weapon level must be at least 1 or higher, and a player must perform a
Gather Action on one of the unavailable food sources to try to learn how to set
up traps for that specific type of food source. Each type is unlocked separately
but in the same way.
Important: If the Camp is on a tile with an unavailable food source,
you can perform a Gather Action to learn how to set traps on this
source. You do not produce from this source until you learn how to
set the traps.

Once a player performs a successful Gather Action on either an unavailable
or , that player takes to check the trap’s efficiency. Roll the die and
check the result:
The traps are perfect! Get 1 , place it in the Future Resources space,
then remove from the resource type on the Traps tile and all Is-
land tiles on the board. That type of the food is available from now on.
The trap backfired. Get 1 .
The trap was a failure. Get -1.
No sign of anything. Nothing happens.
A player may reroll the if the result was not satisfactory. A single reroll
costs 1 and may be repeated multiple times, as long as 1 is discarded for
each reroll. A player should keep in mind which results were rolled because
ultimately, this player will decide a single effect to be resolved, chosen from all
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PROGRESSING TO ANOTHER SCENARIO
If the Scenario was a failure, restart the Campaign or proceed from the last
save point, if one has been created. If you finished the Scenario successfully,
and it wasn’t the last Scenario in the Campaign Book, you have go through the
following steps before you setup the next Scenario or decide to save the game.
Players have to clear the board following these instructions:
• If there is a Hunting deck on the board that contains both Beasts and
Cultists, separate those cards and return them to the appropriate decks.
• Move the Morale marker back to 0 if it is on any other number.
• Remove all tokens and markers from Island tiles, Action spaces, and Ac-
tion decks.
• Gather all Island tiles from the board and those still remaining in the
stack. Shuffle them together, and place them next to the board.
• All Special Discovery tokens should be returned to the Discovery tokens
pool, even if players did not use them.
• Discard all Special Wounds tokens if any are placed on any Character
board.
• Any Event cards (and shuffled in Adventure cards) remaining in the Event
deck and on the Threat spaces should be removed from the board and
separated. The Adventure cards will be shuffled into their corresponding
decks, along with any Adventure cards discarded during the game. The
Event cards will either be reused (if repeating the Scenario) or the payers
will move onto the next Scenario, and use the next pre-constructed deck.
Everything else will be transferred to the next Scenario, so keep this in mind
when setting up. The following will continue just as it was at the end of the
last Scenario:
• All resources and tokens in the Available Resources space.
• All tokens and cards assigned to the players, like
, etc.
• Wound and Sanity markers on Character boards remain at their current positions.
• Sanity markers on NPC cards remain at their current positions.
• All the remaining cards available to the players, along with their markers, remain at their current positions (Starting Equipment cards, Equipment cards, Treasures, etc.)
• Current Weapon and Mystical Weapon levels.
• Shelter marker, if it was already built.
• Current Roof and Palisade levels.
Important: When setting up the next Scenario (especially after a break),
you will need to continue from where you left off at the end of the pre-
vious Scenario. Use the save game sheet, received after the first successful
scenario, to note all of the data and positions. At the beginning of the next
Scenario, the game setup should look the way it did after completing the pre-
viously mentioned post-Scenario instructions. Then, any special setup rules
presented in the Scenario should be applied.
Note: When saving a game - remember to write down if the character died or
went Insane to make sure you shuffle back the insanity cards into the appro-
priate decks. If you can’t recall which character died or went Insane during
the current Scenario, just check the box to see if there is only a Character card
there, or the Insanity cards are there as well.
2-3 PLAYER GAME
During the 2 and 3 player game, players should use the additional character:
the Local Guide. When setting up the game, place the Local Guide card on the
appropriate side marked with the number of players and place on it the appro-
priate amount of white Action pawns (depending on the side of the card and
player count). During the Campaign, in the first Scenario, place the Wound
marker on the Starting space on the Wound track. In the following Scenarios,
if the Local Guide is still alive, continue with the Wound marker on the space
it was upon completing the Scenario. The Local Guide works the same way
as Friday from the base game, with one additional rule - if during the Local
Guide’s Action, a
is rolled on the Wound die, he suffers instead.
SOLO GAME
The solo game uses the same rules as the 2-player game. Additionally, the sole char-
acter also has the Dog available alongside the Local Guide. The Dog’s card is placed
next to the board and the purple Action pawn placed on it.
In the solo game, whenever your Local Guide dies, place the Breakdown token onto
the Night Phase space, reset his wound track, and place one of his used Action pawns
on the space of the Round track 2 rounds away (for example if he died during the 3rd
round, put his Action pawn on the 5th round space). If he died on the second to last, or
the last round, simply set it aside for the rest of this Scenario. That Action pawn isn’t
available until you begin the round upon which it is placed, making your Guide weak-
er. This means that the Local Guide can never die in a Solo Game, but he can waste
your supplies and be a drain on your expedition at crucial moments, so be careful!
The costs for building the Shelter, Roof, and Palisade in the solo game are equal to
those in the 2-player game.
The sole character is always the First Player (neither the Local Guide nor the Dog
can be the First Player).
Additionally, morale is increased by 1 at the start of each Morale Phase, before
the effect is resolved. The character is simply happy to be alive.

Action pawn isn t available until you begin the round upon which it is placed making your Guide weak er This means that the Local Guide can never die in a Solo Game but he can waste your supplies and be a drain on your expedition at crucial moments so be careful The costs for building the Shelter Roof and Palisade in the solo game are equal to those in the 2 player game The sole character is always the First Player neither the Local Guide nor the Dog can be the First Player Additionally morale is increased by 1 at the start of each Morale Phase before the effect is resolved The character is simply happy to be alive

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The smell of smoke wakes you. It’s easy to ignore at first in the fog of sleep, but
as you become more alert you realize where the smell must be coming from.You
jump to your feet and run towards the beach. The scene ahead horrifies you! The
woodpile you spent days gathering to signal a passing ship is burning to ashes.
How did this happen? You took precautions to prevent this very situation! You
rush closer, thinking there may still be a way to save the woodpile, but freeze in-
stantly upon noticing a dark figure next to the flames, with hands raised high up
in the air as if in worship.
This is not possible. You checked the island thoroughly and you were certain that
you were the only one here. There was no one else! Suddenly you notice the figure
is not alone. Something is sitting nearby. Something that you cannot begin to de-
scribe. Something that only belongs in horrors and nightmares. When the figure
notices your presence, it utters a command in a language you don’t understand,
and the thing begins to charge your way. You cannot move. You stand there and
you close your eyes hoping, this is just another nightmare!
New challenges await you in Horror Mode! With the use of the components
from this expansion, you can play your favorite Scenarios in a new, exciting
way. The game will play according to the standard rules of the base game in
addition to the new rules presented in the Campaign Mode above regarding
new characters, affects, cards, etc. Additionally, there is one more rule about
stones and how to acquire them.
STONE PRODUCTION AND GATHERING
You are able to Gather stones
as the resource from type of Island tiles
by placing an Action pawn(s) above the mountain icon on the Island tile. When you assign an Action pawn(s) this way, you may use any effects that af-
fect Gathering as usual.
If the Camp is located on a
Island tile, the stone is produced in the Produc-
tion Phase. If a player is instructed to exhaust a source while resolving an Adventure card
during a Gather Action on a
tile, the player covers that icon with a black
token as usual. Meaning that players the lost source, as well as access to
that terrain type (unless it is available on another Island tie).
Reminder!
As in Campaign Mode, your game does not end with a single character dying or going Insane. You will simply replace them with one of the available NPCs in the same way as in Campaign Mode. If you require a new NPC and there are none left, the game is lost.
HORROR MODE SETUP
1. Place the board in the middle of the table.
2. Depending on which Scenario you play, place the Scenario sheet next to the board and then place the Round marker on the first space of the Round track.
The following rules describe the setup for 4 players. Adaptations for 1,2 and 3 players can be found on page 13.
3. Each player takes a single Character board and places it in front of them along with 2 Action pawns of the same color as the Character board. Unused Character boards are returned to the box. Additionally, each player takes:
a) 1 Wound marker
, which they place on the square Start
space to the left of the Wound track, with icon.
b) 1 Sanity marker , which they place on the square Start
space to the left of the Sanity track, with icon.
4. Each player draws a Mystery Tales Character card at random and places it
on their Character board in the indicated space with the playable charac-
ter side up. Alternatively, players can choose which character they want to play. Additionally, each player also places the 3 Insanity cards associat-
ed with their character face down next to their Character board without reading their effects.
5. From the remaining Mystery Tales Character cards, choose 2 and place
them somewhere next to the board within all players reach, NPC side up. Place the 3 Insanity cards associated with those NPCs under the NPC cards without reading their effects. Place 1 Sanity marker on the square Start space to the left of their Sanity track.
Note: The Heir cannot be chosen as one of the NPCs.
6. Take all of the Invention cards.
a. Gather the 9 default Invention cards (identifiable by two arrows and the
lighter background behind their name
) and 3 Mystery tales
Invention cards: Stone Amulet, Mystical Spear, and White Paint. Place them Invention side up, in no specific order, on the available Inventions area of the board.
b. Shuffle the remaining Invention cards and place them next to the board,
Invention side up, as the Invention deck.
c. Draw the top 5 cards from the Invention deck, and place them, Inven-
tion side up, next to the default Invention cards on the board.
d. Finally, place 1 black marker on the Shovel (a default Invention), cover-
ing up its terrain type (beach). Note: Do not do this if playing a Scenario which does not start on the beach.
7. Place a white marker on the 0 space of the Morale track on the board.
8. Place a black and a green marker on the topmost space of the Weapon level track (next to the Weapon icon which can be treated as level 0).

and place them next to the board Invention side up as the Invention deck c Draw the top 5 cards from the Invention deck and place them Inven tion side up next to the default Invention cards on the board d Finally place 1 black marker on the Shovel a default Invention cover ing up its terrain type beach Note Do not do this if playing a Scenario which does not start on the beach 7 Place a white marker on the 0 space of the Morale track on the board 8 Place a black and a green marker on the topmost space of the Weapon level track next to the Weapon icon which can be treated as level 0

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Black represents standard Weapon while green represents Mystical Weap-
on (see details on Mystical Weapon on page 8). The space for the Shelter
and the tracks for the Roof and Palisade levels will gain black markers
during the game.
9. Sort the Mystery Tales Adventure cards by their backs into three decks. Shuf-
fle each one thoroughly, and place them face down on their respective spaces
on the board together with 3 Action dice corresponding to each deck. Do not
use any Adventure cards from the base game.
10. Shuffle the new Cultists cards and place them face down next to the board
on the special Cultist tile. Then take 6 Cultist cards, shuffle them with the
standard Beast cards, and place them face down next to the board to form
the Beast deck.
11. Find all the Clue cards from among the Mystery cards of this expansion,
marked with the
on top, and leave them in the box. Then, shuffle the
Mystery cards from the base game as well as those from the Mystery Tales
expansion together. Place them face down next to the board.
12. Shuffle the Mystery Tales Condition cards and place them face down next
to the board to form the Condition deck.
13. Collect the 11 Island tiles.
a. Find tile 8 and place it face up on the Starting space (the leftmost space
in the center row on the board).
b. Place the Camp token on this tile with the Camp side up.
c. Shuffle the remaining Island tiles and stack them, face down, next to the
board.
14. Collect the 8 Starting Equipment cards, draw 2 at random, and place both next to the board. Place 2 white markers on each card in the respective spaces (1 for each use). Return the remaining cards to the box.
15. Shuffle the Discovery tokens from the base game as well as those from Mystery Tales together, and stack them face down next to the board.
16. Place all resources, Action dice, Weather dice, additional Action pawns, and all additional tokens and markers next to the board.
17. Collect the Mystery Tales Event cards marked with
on the top left corner:
a. Sort them into two piles: one with all cards showing a book symbol (
) and another with all cards showing Adventure or Madness symbols ( /
/ / / / ) in any of the 3 colors.
b. Shuffle both piles separately and draw a number of cards from each pile
equal to half of the number of rounds of the selected Scenario (round up if necessary).
c. Shuffle the cards you drew from both piles together without looking at the front of the cards. Place them face down in the corresponding space on the board to form the Event deck. All other Event cards are returned to the box.
18. Place the Hunt tile above the space for the Hunting deck and Gathering tile above the space for the Gathering deck.
19. When playing with 4 players, cover the “Arrange Camp” space on the board with the “Arrange Camp” card.
20. Check the Scenario sheet for any special setup rules and execute them, if needed.
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ADJUSTING THE GAME DIFFICULTY
If you feel the gameplay is too difficult or too simple, you may adjust the
difficulty accordingly. It is up to you how many changes you choose to use
in your game. You may choose only one of the options below or you may use
all of them.
CAMPAIGN MODE
Adjusting to a simpler gameplay:
• During the setup of every Scenario, choose any Wreckage Event card and
place it on the Threat space. Avoid the Event Phase in the first round.
• Use the Dog card.
• Use the Local Guide card on any side of your choosing.
• Take more Starting Equipment cards at the beginning of the Campaign.
• Treat
side on the red die as if it were blank.
Adjusting to a more difficult gameplay:
• Take only one Starting Equipment card at the beginning of the Campaign, or do not take any.
• Start your Campaign with less NPCs in play.
• During 2-player mode or solo, use the Local Guide card on a 3-player side, meaning that he will only have 1 white Action pawn that can be used.
HORROR MODE
Adjusting to a simpler gameplay:
• Choose more NPCs to take into the game. With each additional NPC you have more abilities available, but your death capacity is also increased by 1.
• Use the Dog card.
• Use the Local Guide card on any side of your choice.
• Take more Starting Equipment cards.
• Shuffle less Cultist cards into the Beast deck.
• Treat
side on the red die as if it were blank.
• Choose one of the available Horror Mode Wreckage cards and place it in the right Threat space. Skip the Event Phase during the first round.
Adjusting to a more difficult gameplay:
• Take only one Starting Equipment card or do not take any.
• Do not use any NPCs cards.
• In 2-player mode or solo, use the Local Guide card on a 3-player side, meaning that he will only have 1 white Action pawn that can be used.
• Shuffle more Cultist cards into the Beast deck.
CARDS CLARIFICATION
Equipment:
Cooking Utensil - You can only use perishable food when resolving the effect
of this card.
First Aid Kit - You must assign an Action pawn to this card in the Action
Phase to use it. A single Action pawn can use the Equipment only once, but
more Action pawns may be assigned to this card during a single round. The
resolving player is the only one that may be healed.
Ammo - Players can use this card whenever they use any
, meaning it can
be used even in the same round with different types of .
Whiskey - Any player may use from the Available Resources space at any time.
Survival Kit 1 & 2 - These cards only provide icons used by another game ef-
fect, and do NOT provide you with the actual Inventions or their benefits as if
they are Built.
Tent - It can provide shelter to two different players during each Night Phase.
Conditions:
Analysis Paralysis - When a game effect allows you to remove this condi-
tion, remove the
from your special ability as well. It is available again.
Self-Mutilation - No matter how many you get, you always get only 1 .
Hematophobia - No matter how many you get, you always discard only
1 . If you do not have any , take 1 instead (Unfulfilled Demand).
Cultists:
Shaman - If a player resolving this Mystical Combat has , this player must
also draw 1 Mystery card (only resolve 1). When defeated put 1 on the
Future Resources space.
Sorceress - If a player resolving this Mystical Combat has , this player
must also take and assign a Condition card to their character. When defeated
draw 1 Mystery card (only resolve ).
Warrior - If a player resolving this Mystical Combat has , this player
must also discard 1 . If the player does not have any , they suffer 1
Wound (Unfulfilled Demand). Additionally, the Warrior is using a standard
Weapon, so even though it is considered Mystical combat you must use, and
lower, your standard Weapon level. When defeated put 1
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Child - If a player resolving this Mystical Combat has , this player must
also suffer 2 . When defeated, put 1 on the Future Resources space.
Fanatic - If a player resolving this Mystical Combat has , then token
must be placed on the Night Phase space. When defeated, put 1 on the Fu-
ture Resources space.
Characters
Antiques Dealer (NPC side) Valuable Knowledge - When placing an In -
vention card on the board, place it Invention side up. The other is discarded to
an Invention card discard pile. If players run out of Invention cards, reshuffle
the discard pile and use it as the new Invention deck.
Heir (NPC side) Hidden Supply - Can be used on a
that doesn’t have
any usage left. When that happens, place back on that card.
Mystery
Secret Instructions (Defensive Paintings) - When you are instructed to re-
duce your Weapon/Mystical Weapon by more than 1 level, reduce it by one less.
Adventure:
Parrots - If there is no
or source on the tile you are Gathering from,
nothing happens. White Valley - Lower the level of the Mystical Weapon even if the Action
failed.
Events:
Breakdown - Players cannot use the special ability of the unavailable NPC
and game effects don’t affect that NPC. If at the end of the Scenario, the NPC
is still unavailable, place that NPC card along with its Insanity Cards back into
the box without resolving death or going Insane effects.
Extinction - If the tile with the Camp is adjacent to less than 3 tiles, then just
choose and cover a single source on each of the adjacent tiles.
Thick Fog - If the tile with the Camp is adjacent to less than 3 tiles, then put
on each of the adjacent tiles.
Horror Mode Events:
Gift - Every player may participate in decreasing the total number of cards
drawn by discarding 1 per card.
.
CAMPAIGN
1. The Arrival
To reach this Scenario goal, players must search for the villages and Explore them to find clues about Colonel Percy Fawcett. Once players discover 3 different tiles with
and Explore them in ascending order, they win the game.
Special Token: Nest with Eggs
This token must be discarded immediately at the end of the Action Phase to
place 1 food in the Available Resources space.
Special Action: Unpack the Boxes of Cargo
Since the special Build Action is performed on a tile representing the ship, it
can be performed as usual when the Camp is on a tile adjacent to the ship tile.
Once the Camp is moved further away, players need to remember that it will
require more Action pawns in the same way as Gathering Resources & Explor-
ing on tiles not adjacent to the Camp.
2. In search of a mysterious temple
In this Scenario, players have to complete two goals to win the game. The first isn’t all that complicated - players have to Build 5 torches and have them in the Available Resources space. The second is a bit trickier - players have to recreate a specific tile scheme on board, meaning they must recreate the late Colonel Percy Fawcett's path. It doesn’t matter in what order they place the required tiles on the board, as long as they are all connected in a particular sequence in the end: Mountains adjacent to another Mountain tile, the second Mountains adjacent to Hills, and finally, those Hills adjacent to Plains. The special Actions available in this Scenario can be helpful in achieving this goal. Once both goals are completed, you win the game at the end of that round.
Special Invention: Torch
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3. The temple grounds
In this Scenario, you must find the 3 pieces of a map, which are represented
by Mystery cards. They are shuffled with other cards into special Temple
decks at the beginning of the Scenario. Players must first Explore to find the
Temple tiles (introduced in this Scenario) containing . After that, thanks to a
special Action called Examining the Ruins, you can search through those Tem-
ple decks. Once you successfully find 3 pieces of the map, you win the game at the end of that round.
Setup Changes
Whenever you Explore and draw a new Temple tile, draw the one beneath the
cover Island tile and place it with the correct side up. Put the cover Island tile
back on the stack afterward.
Special Rule: Darkness
The cost icon doesn’t affect Actions performed in the Camp when you move
it onto a Temple tile with any of the cost icons. Only the Actions performed
directly on the Temple tiles require the extra cost (Gather and special Action
Examining the Ruins).
4. Knocking on the city gates
In this Scenario, you need to perform a successful Explore Action on tile no. 24 (to find the entrance to the Lost City of Z). But first, you need to make your way there through the standard rules of Exploring tiles and spaces. Mark a success- ful Explore Action on tile no. 24 in any suitable way (for example with a white marker). Additionally, you need to Build at least 4 different special Inventions presented in this Scenario and/or the ones on the
Mystery Cards. Special
Inventions are locked at the start of the Scenario, and will start to become avail- able after reading the paragraphs provided by the Together with the Natives rule. Once both goals are met, players will still need to complete all 6 rounds.
Secret Instructions.
If you Build any Secret Instruction in the previous Scenario already, it counts to-
wards this Scenario goal.
5. Ritual
In this Scenario, you must Build a special Invention called Sacred Circle on the tile with the Mindsponger Lair, that must first be located. You may try to find the Lair thanks to the special Action called Searching for the Lair. Once the Sacred Circle is Built, you will read paragraph 58, which is the climax of the entire Campaign, the final encounter. Beware, surviving the content of this paragraph is crucial. Make sure you are well prepared!
Setup Changes
Whenever you Explore and draw a new City tile, draw the one beneath the Is-
land tile covering the stack, and place it with the correct side up.
Cultists grow stronger
Whenever resolving combat, apply all of the tokens
/ of the same combat
type, that are on the Hunt Action space. Tiles of the same combat type will increase
the strength or Mystical strength of a Cultist or a Beast by 1 for every token. Discard
all of the tokens of the same combat type, after that combat is resolved.

Hunt!
Fighting a Cultist in the Night Phase space still counts as standard combat and will
provide the rewards. All or placed on the Hunt Action space apply to this
combat (depending on the Cultist combat type), and will be discarded afterwards.
Special Action: Searching for the Lair.
This special Explore Action can be performed on any City tile. You should
continue to use this Action (and pay any cost if there is one printed on a tile)
to find the Lair, and to build a Sacred Circle. Because Lair cards that don’t
match the symbols on the tile are shuffled back into the stack and new Liar
cards are drawn, it is possible to find the Lair on a tile on which you previ-
ously failed to do so.
The game effect that tells you to place 1
on the Hunt Action space for ev-
ery incorrect symbol, means that the more you search, the more Cultist get
upset, and the more dangerous they will be during the next combat.
Special Action: Dialogue with the Natives.
When you assign an Action pawn(s) to this Action, place them on the num-
bered token on the tile. This Action can help you find the Lair faster by reveal-
ing Lair cards. Whenever you are asked to reveal a Lair card, choose one of the
three cards which are face down (if there are any left). If you reveal the last
Lair card this way, immediately place a Lair token
on the City tile with
the same set of symbols as on the cards. Otherwise, you must search for the City tile by Exploring the board and adding new tiles to it, once the City tile with that set of symbols is revealed, place
on it.

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Special Invention: Sacred Circle.
It can be Built only on a tile with , meaning when you have the Camp on
this tile or adjacent to the City tile with the Lair, you can assign 1 or 2 Action
pawns to it as usual. But if your Camp is further away from the Lair, it will
require more Action Pawns in the same way as Gathering Resources & Explor-
ing on tiles not adjacent to the Camp.
STAND ALONE SCENARIOS
Scenario no. 12
In this Scenario, you must survive 11 days (rounds) while apprehending and/ or killing dangerous convicts. But you must find them first! They can be found throughout the island, and so you will have to explore quite a bit. You win the game after the Night Phase of the 11th round if all Convict spaces hold tokens.
Feeding Convicts
If a convict dies of starvation remember to change
to a to mark that
he/she isn’t alive anymore.
Special Invention: Torches
Once built, it will allow players to ignore one card every time they resolve a
number token on a tile with both and .
Convict card
Dead Thug - Do not resolve any effect (such as when killed or starved).
Totems and Tile no. 2
Tile no. 2 has both and , meaning that when it is revealed players should
place two number tokens onto the tile (choose freely which number token will
be resolved as and which will be resolved as ).
Scenario no.13
In this Scenario, you will be looking for Lairs in which you will Fight Cultists
and Mystical Beasts. Once you destroy 5 Lairs you immediately win the game.
But beware, the creatures you will be Fighting in order to destroy the Lairs are
quite deadly!
Special Invention: Hammer of the Witches
Once built, it allows players to ignore one of the die symbols every time
they resolve a
card. When resolving another card they can choose a
different symbol to ignore.
Special Action: Defeat the Cultists
The Special Explore Action is performed on a tile with the number token on it.
Special Action: Destroying Lair
The Special Explore Action is performed on the Lair Space. After resolving
1
, return the number token to the box or keep them beside the board in
a separate space to be able to track the number of destroyed Lairs. Once the
5th Lair is destroyed, you win the game!
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We wish you many entertaining hours with this game.
Your Portal Games team.
Designers: Ignacy Trzewiczek, Joanna Kijanka
Rulebook: Matt Dembek
Art Director: Rafał Szyma
Executive Producer: Grzegorz Polewka
Cover art: Vincent Dutrait
Illustrations: Mateusz Bielski, Maciej Janik, Barbara Trela-Szyma
Box design: Maciej Mutwil
Graphics and icon design: Maciej Mutwil, Ewa Kostorz
Photo copyright: Wellcome Library, London
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DTP: Maciej Mutwil
English Text Editors: Zara & Luke Otfinowski
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ICONS & SYMBOLS ICONS & SYMBOLS 20
NEW RESOURCE CULTIST REST
NEW MYSTERY CARDS
MYSTICAL WEAPON
CARD BACKS

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+
Stone Cultist card Delusion token
Mystical Beast card
Additional Number tokens
Spell card
Used while playing the Lost
City of Z Campaign
Mystical Weapon marker
Condition cards
Convict cards (used while
playing the Hunting the
Convicts Scenario)
Stone Amulet
Sanity marker
Icon indicating to lose
1 Stanity on the Wound dice
(treat as empty while playing
the base game)
Torch
Heal 1 Sanity
Lose 1 Sanity
Combat against a strength
3 Mystical Beast
(treat as empty while playing
the base game)
Breakdown
White paint
(allows you to cancel
effect on Wound dice or
Madness token)
Source of stones, produces
(in Horror Mode
treat also as a source of
stones)
Mystical Danger token (+1 to
Mystical strength of Cultist)
Madness tokens
Curse card
Additional stone token
Clue card (used while
playing the Lost City of Z
Campaign)
Equipment marker
Mystical strength of Cultist
Equipment cards
Native cards (additional
NPCs)
Lair cards (used while
playing the Lost City of
Z Campaign)
Treasure received after the
character defeats the Cultist
Resolve the specified
effect if the character
Fighting has
Mystical Weapon (Mystical
Weapon level) +/- 1
increase/decrease Mystical
Weapon level by 1
Cultist cards have the same
back as the Beast cards - to
distinguish them put the stack
of Cultist cards onto the

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NEW INVENTIONS
SANITY
DICE

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