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credits
Designer
Łukasz Woźniak
Project Owner
Barnaba Drukała
Art Director
Dawid Bartłomiejczyk
Lead Developers
Eryk Nowak
Michał Sprysak
Developers
Łukasz Szopka
Franciszek Ostojski
Wojciech Wiśniewski
Illustrations
Agata Skowronek
Main Graphic Concept and Design, Playmat Art
Michał Długaj
Main Graphic Design
Łukasz Dudasz
Graphic Design
Jakub Litwornia
Maciej Simiński
DTP
Michał Kulasek
UX and Miniature Design
Nika Bartkowska
Miniature Design
Jakub Kacperski
Patryk Ornoch
Anna Drewniak
Klaudia Niewinowska
Katarzyna Żurawiecka
Robert Kurek
Tomasz Kalisz
Titan Forge
Story
Piotr Grzymisławski
Editor
Jarosław Wójcicki
Marketing
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Krzysztof Baranowski
Paweł Bożydaj
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Sales
Paweł Podgrudny
Michał Gryń
Jan Psiuk
Production and Logistics
Filip Buchalski
Szymon Fąferko
Customer Service
Katarzyna Majewska
IT
Tomasz Kozak
HR
Aleksandra Banaszak
Lead playtesters
Artur Lutyński
Przemysław Ciemniejewski
Video
Tomasz Bar / Hexy Studio
Maciej Klimczak
Campaign Proofreaders
Hugues-Arnaud Lamot,
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David Ledesma Moraga,
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Logan Wintgens, Emilien Sire,
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Markus, Benjamin Dupont,
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Product Development
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Art Director
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Brand Manager
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Country Manager
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Franchise and Lore Designer
Marcin Batylda
Communication
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Community Management
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Senior Character Artist & Sculptor
Dawid Kowal
Illustrations
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component list
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Legendary Monsters
miniatures
1 double-sided Monster
Life Points counter
11 Root/Suffering tokens
27 Trail cards
(9 per each Chapter)
8 Monster cards
(2 double-sided cards
per Monster)
4 Legendary Monster cards for
the Witcher: Old World
1 Monster die
8 Runestone
cards
1 Power token
40 Health Point
tokens
8 Monster Movement
cards
5 Eskel and 5 Lambert
Companion cards
8 Runestone
4 Legendary Monster cards for
BONUS
11 Root/Suffering tokens
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introductionintroductionintroductionintroductionintroductionintroduction
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The Legendary Monsters is a cooperative expansion for The Witcher: Path of Destiny. Players fight together against one enemy - a Legendary Monster, which will roam the board and launch powerful special attacks. Even if one player is eliminated, the game is lost, so close cooperation is the key to success.
Along the way, players will complete challenges on Trail cards that will allow them to gain the benefits necessary to stand a chance against the threat.
overview
Instead of participating in a Tale and deciding which path to take, Players fight a Legendary Monster. Throughout the game, there is only one Active Symbol – Fight, corresponding to both the Left and Right Path. All other Symbols are Non-Active.
Each monster has its own set of rules, a passive ability, and special attacks. After each Player drafts their cards, the Monster will either move to a spot on the playmat, or draw cards to unleash an attack.
Players do not gain Victory Points. If a Player would gain any Victory Point, they deal that amount of damage to the Monster. The goal of the game is to reduce the Legendary Monster’s Life Points to 0 before the end of the game, without any Player being eliminated from the game by losing their last Health Point.
Each Player will try to complete a challenge on a Trail card to gain 3 Experience Points. Failing to do so will result in rolling the Monster die. The Trail card also shows which of the Non-Dominating Symbols will give Experience Points to the Player at the end of the Chapter.
Moreover, Players will use one-time Runestone cards to their advantage and optionally, they may ask Lambert or Eskel to help them out.
Players may freely discuss their strategy, decide together which cards they will draft and play, and when they activate Abilities. They may not share cards, or any other components with each other.
When playing the Legendary Monsters expansion, do not use any other modules, such as A Voice of Reason envelopes and other expansions.
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game setup
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Follow the regular rules of the game.
1 PLACE THE PLAYMAT ON THE TABLE
2 CHOOSE A MONSTER
Choose any Legendary Monster to fight against.
Place the chosen Monster cards in the designated place on the Playmat, with a side corresponding to the number of Players up.
Place Destiny tokens nearby.
3 PLACE THE CARDS…
Remove the following cards from the Main deck: 2, 7, 9, 50, and place the rest on the designated spot on the playmat. Fill the Pool of available spots with pairs of cards:
● For 1, 2, and 3-player game - there are 4 spots available.
● For 4 and 5-player game - there are 5 spots available.
4 …EXTRA EXPERIENCE TOKEN…
Place the Extra Experience token next to the bottom-most filled spot.
Optionally you may use Lambert or Eskel Companion rules.
5 …AND SYMBOL TOKENS
Place Symbol tokens on the table.
2b
4a
2a
1
3
5
7a
Triss
Yennefer
Ciri
Letho
Dijkstra
Regis
Vesemir
Geralt
Yarpen
STARTING
INITIATIVE
ORDER
7b
6a
2b
7c
2a
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Choose Runestone cards according to the Player count (following icons in the corner). Place them face-up near the playmat. You may adjust the difficulty level by:
* adding 1 or 2 cards with , for an easy/beginner game
* removing any 1 or 2 cards to make the game hard/very hard
Divide Trail cards into 3 piles, according to the Chapter’s number on their backs. Shuffle each pile and place them face down next to the playmat.
6 CHOOSE CHARACTERS
Choose Characters (Dandelion may not be chosen) and follow their regular setup, but do not use Side Quests and do not place any Victory Point markers.
Place the Characters on the Initiative track following the Initiative order.
Each Player receives Health Point tokens according to the number of players:
* 1 player - 5 Health Points
* 2, 3 or 4 players - 7 Health Points each
* 5 players - 8 Health Points each
6a
6b
6c
6d
4
6
6b
6c
6d
4a
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1 30
2 60
3 85
4 110
5 130
7 MONSTER SETUP
Place the Monster miniature next to the playmat.
Set the Monster Life Points on the counter:
7a
7c
7b Prepare the Monster Movement deck according to the Player count (following icons in the corner), shuffle, and place it next to the playmat.
8 MONSTER-SPECIFIC SETUP
y When facing Ancient Leshen – place Root tokens nearby (backside of Suffering tokens).
Root tokens
Example: setup for a 3-Player game.
y When facing Hym – place Suffering tokens nearby (backside of Root tokens).
y When facing Katakan – place the Power token on the Katakan’s card, on its starting position depending on the number of Players.
Suffering tokens
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monster cards
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number of cards
in the Attack
pool to perform
the Attack
Attack effect
Note: both Left and
Right Path Symbols
are Fight Symbols
Monster’s
Abilities
number of
Players in the
game
Monster’s
name
Monster’s
art
Monster’s
name
only for Katakan -
Power level track
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START OF THE CHAPTER
Before the first Turn in each Chapter, Players will get Trail cards. These cards describe the effort and risk necessary to gain a tactical advantage over the Monster.
Each Trail card shows which of the 3 Non-Active Symbols will award Experience Points at the end of the Chapter. Moreover, at the end of the Chapter, if the Player meets the condition on it, by having the right cards in their Timeline, they gain 3 Experience Points. If not, the Player will roll the Monster die.
The Trail card condition specifies the number of required cards. Conditions with “...” mean “at least” the specified number.
When checking Trail cards conditions, ignore Lost Symbol tokens on cards (read them as printed).
cards without Symbols
cards with 2 Symbols
cards with the 1-3 multiply effect
multicolor cards
cards with Fight Symbol
there are fewer cards in the specified color than in any other colors
cards in one, chosen color
color of cards
cards in the specified color
Draw and reveal Trail cards from the current Chapter’s deck in a number equal to the number of Players, and add one card face-down.
1
2
3
?
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Players discuss their plans and each Player takes 1 of the Trail cards prepared for this Chapter. One of the Players may trust in their destiny, and draw and reveal the face-down Trail card instead of taking the revealed card. Discard the last card.
An example for a 4-player game.
DRAFTING CARDS
After each one Player drafts their cards, the Monster activates.
Draw and reveal the top card of the Monster Movement deck:
● Move - place the card and the Monster miniature next to the shown spot, and resolve the Monster Ability. If the spot wasn’t occupied by any Player, the Monster drafts the pair of cards next to the spot and adds them to the Attack pool. If the spot was occupied by a Player, the Monster does not draft any cards, but resolves its Ability, described on its card.
● Focus - place the card next to the Main deck and do not move the Monster. It draws 1 card from the Main deck and adds it to the Attack pool.
These effects may trigger the Monster’s attack. If multiple attacks are triggered at the same time, resolve them from top to bottom.
Reshuffle the Monster Movement deck after the last card is drawn and resolved.
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RUNESTONE CARDS
During the game, Players may use Rune-
stone cards to their advantage. Players
may freely discuss if or when to use each
one. If most of the Players agree, resolve
the chosen card and discard it to the box.
At any moment, 2 Players choose 1 card in their hand and exchange them.
At any moment, 1 Player
loses up to 5 Symbols of
one type and gains the
same number of Fight
Symbols.
At any moment, rearrange
the Characters’ order on
the Initiative track.
Immediately after drawing
a Monster Movement card,
ignore it (do not resolve any
of its effects). Do not draw
another card instead it.
MONSTER ATTACKS
Each Monster has 4 unique attacks, one for
cards in each color.
If there is ever the same number of cards
in one color in the Monster Attack pool, as
shown on the Monster card, the Legendary
Monster attacks!
Discard the shown number of cards of one
color from the Monster board, discarding
multicolored ones last. Apply the effect of
the attack.
DAMAGE, WOUNDS AND MONSTER DIE
Whenever a Player suffers a Wound,
they flip one of their Health Point to-
kens to the wounded side. When any
Player loses their last Health Point
token, the game is immediately lost.
lose a Fight
Symbol
lose any
2 Symbols
suffer a Wound
(3 faces)
discard any
card from your
Timeline
If a Player cannot apply the result in
full, they instead suffer a Wound.
When a Player rolls a Monster die, they apply the result:
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There are no changes in the playing cards
step.
PLACING THE DESTINY TOKEN
Put the next Destiny token on the Legend-
ary Monster card to mark the end of the
Turn. When the 3rd Destiny token is placed
on the card, end the current Chapter.
END OF THE CHAPTER
Instead of determining the Dominating
Symbols, Players now check if they met
their Trail cards conditions, and deal dam-
age to the Legendary Monster
DEAL DAMAGE
Each Player counts the number of Fight
Symbols they have. Deduct the total on the
Legendary Monster Life counter. If its val-
ue reaches or goes below 0, the Monster
is defeated and the Players win the game.
Clean up Timelines following the regu-
lar rules: each Player chooses and keeps
1 card in their Timeline after the 1st Chap-
ter, or 2 cards after the 2nd Chapter.
At the end of the 3rd Chapter, Players
have a last chance to defeat the Monster.
Each Player checks the Golden Experi-
ence marker position on their board with
respect to the Victory Point marks. Instead
of gaining the shown amount of Victory
Points (as they would in the base game),
the Player deals the corresponding value
as damage to the Monster, deducting it on
the Legendary Monster Life counter.
If the Monster is not defeated at this point,
Players lose the game.
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Unlike in the base game, the Legendary Monsters Solo Mode does not include Automa. One Player may face the Monster alone, following the regular rules.
solo mode
CHECK THE TRAIL CARD CONDITION
Each Player compares the condition of their Trail card with cards in their Timeline.
● If they meet it, they gain 3 Experience Points.
● If a Player doesn’t meet the condition, they roll the Monster die, and apply its result.
Example: A Player met the condition on their Trail card – they have at least 3 blue cards in their Timeline. They gain 3 Experience Points and do not roll the Monster die. The Player gains 1 Experience Point for each Exploration Symbol they have.
+4
+3
Whether the Player met their Trail card condition or not, they gain Experience Points equal to the number of Non-Active Symbols shown on the Trail card in their Timelines and token pools.
Discard all Trail cards for the current Chapter to the box.
When playing as Yarpen, his 1st and 3rd Ability trigger as they would against opponents with no Symbols – but you still need to have at least 1 Symbol.
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SETUP
Pick Lambert or Eskel and shuffle their
set of cards face down. Place it next to the
playmat.
DRAFTING CARDS
At the start of the 1st Turn of a new Chap-
ter, draw a Companion card and place it
face-up next to the bottom-most avail-
able spot on the playmat, covering any
Companion card already there. A total of
3 Companion cards will be used in each
game (1 for each Chapter).
When choosing a spot next to the Compan-
ion card, before drafting cards you may
use their ability instead of gaining an Extra
Experience Point.
companions
THE WITCHER: OLD WORLD
THE WITCHER: OLD WORLD COMPATIBILITY
The Legendary Monsters represent the
ancient evil that terrorized people through
centuries. Even in the time of the Old
World…
In the box, you’ll find 4 cards to bring the
Legendary Monsters to the Old World.
They will follow the regular rules of Leg-
endary Monsters. To use them as the ulti-
mate nemeses, you’ll need the base game
of The Witcher: Old World, and the Legend-
ary Hunt expansion.
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