Vikings Gone Wild: Ragnarok! — Rules Manual

Ragnarok!
EXPANSION
RULEBOOK

The sky cracked open with a massive ball of fire and thun-
derbolts. The ground is still shaking. The dead are rising
again. What was once a handful of undead has grown
quickly and you are now facing an entire army. This
army is about to destroy the world of Vikings Gone Wild.

This is the Ragnarok, this could be the end of the world.
Will you manage to save us all?

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COMPONENTS
54 CARDS

8 Dark Pigator
6
UNIT
While the Dark Pigator is in play,
all other UNIT cards of
the Undead Army gain +2.
Fail: -1
PER PLAYER

2 Cursed Brewery
BUILDING
While the Cursed Brewery
is in play, one Brewery per player
doesn't produce beer.
Fail: Success:
-1

8 Dark Thor
5
3
BOSS
While Thor is in play,
you cannot use
your Drakkars.
Fail: -1
PER PLAYER

20 UNDEAD UNITS
CARDS

11 UNDEAD BUILDINGS
CARDS

5 BOSSES
CARDS

CONSTRUCTION
CHALLENGE
Place a damage token on this card for any
Buildings you own (except Gold Factory, Brewery
and both Containers). The Challenge is completed
when there is at least 2 tokens per player.
Fail: -1
PER MISSING TOKEN

ARMY
OF LIVING
OBJECTIVE
Each player needs to own
at least 6 cards
by the end of the game.

6 CHALLENGES
CARDS

7 OBJECTIVES
CARDS

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COMPONENTS

Second
DOOM
HORN
During Ragnarok Phase
resolve the card
and discard it.

First
DOOM
HORN
During Ragnarok Phase
resolve the card below
and discard it.

Ragnarok!
YOU LOST!

2 DOOM HORNS
CARDS

1 RAGNAROK
CARD

1 PUSH BACK
CARD

1 HELPER CARD

PRODUCTION PHASE All Buildings produce resources.
DRAWING PHASE Each player draws his hand.
PLAYERS PHASE Each player plays his turn one after another.
3 New Player Actions:

ATTACK UNITS & BUILDINGS OF THE UNDEAD
CONTRIBUTE TO CHALLENGES
ATTACK A BOSS Bosses have to be attacked more than once.
Whenever you successfully attack a Boss, place a
have as many token as the
indicated, you have destroyed the Boss!
RAGNAROK PHASE Encounter with The Undead Army is
resolved and the army replenished from its Deck.
STORAGE PHASE Caused and are stored.
END-ROUND PHASE Discard all your cards (unless you own
Drakkar). Remove all

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SETUP

1 UNITS: Elf Archer / Bone Crusher / Pigators
2 DEFENSES: Cannon / Chicken Tower / Sheep Cannon
3 BUILDINGS: Brewery / Gold Factory / Beer Container
Gold Container / Drakkar / Tavern

4 UNDEAD ARMY DECK
#1 Take all the Undead Army cards
(All Units, Buildings & Challenge cards).
#2 Shuffle them and pick the appropriate number
based on the number of player:
O Solo: 18 cards
O 2 players: 21 cards
O 3 players: 24 cards
O 4 players: 28 cards.
#3 Randomly pick one boss out of the 5 and, without
looking at it, put it at the bottom of the deck.
#3 Place the Undead Army Deck in place of the
Odin's Path Deck and reveal the first 3 cards on
the track.
5 "PUSH BACK" CARD - Place it on the 4th space of the
Odin's Path track.
6 Place the RAGNAROK and the DOOM HORNS, face
down, above the 3rd, 4th and 5th place of the Odin's
Path track.
7 Randomly pick 2 Objectives cards and put them in
place of the End-Game Bonuses.
8 Place the DOOM TOKEN on and your
TEAM TOKEN on:

O Solo: 28
O 2 players: 24
O 3 or 4 players: 20

Note that you won't play with any Odin's Path cards, Mission
cards, Divine Favors cards and End-Game Bonus cards.

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FLIP IT
WHEN
REACHES
FLIP IT
WHEN
REACHES
FLIP IT
WHEN
REACHES
4
WARRIOR
Dark Pyromancer
Dark Forge
5
PUSH!
BACK!
CARD
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2
1
2
1
1
DRAGO
ONLY ONCE PER TURN
2
3
Brewery
Gold Factory
Drinker
Producers
Producers
You can keep 1 unused
card for the next round.
2
Beer Container
Gold Container
Tavern
During Storage Phase,
this container is full.
During Storage Phase,
this container is full.
Draw -1 card
during Drawing Phase.
7
GLASS ALWAYS
FULL
Each player needs to own
at least 4 Beer Containers
by the end of the game.
SHIELD
AGAINST DEATH
Each player needs to own
at least 3 Gold Containers
by the end of the game.
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- GOAL OF THE GAME -

The Ragnarok Expansion is a solo or cooperative ex-
pansion for Vikings Gone Wild.
In order to win, you have to defeat the Undead Army
before your time runs out!

- HOW TO PLAY -

At the end of every round, The Undead Army will
progress on the Odin's Path track. Your role will be to
survive through the Deck and destroy the final Boss
before the Doom token and your Team token cross
each other.

GAME PHASES

#1 Production Phase
All Buildings produce resources.

#2 Drawing Phase
Each player draws his hand.

#3 Players Phase
Each player plays his turn one after another.

#4 Ragnarok Phase
The Undead Army is resolved and replenished
from its Deck.

#5 Storage Phase
Unused resources are stored.

#6 End-round Phase
Final clean up phase.

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#3 Players Phase

During the Players Phase, all players play their turns
one after another. As usual, you can buy Buildings,
Units and Defenses. However, players cannot earn
Victory Points in any way nor can they attack each
other.

You have 3 new types of action:

ATTACK UNITS & BUILDINGS
OF THE UNDEAD ARMY

Dark Be
3
3
While the Da
is in play you
other U
Fail:
Dark Pigator
8
6
UNIT
While the Dark Pigator is in play,
all other UNIT cards of
the Undead Army gain
Fail:
-1
PER PLAYER
+2
Dark Forge
BUILDING
While the Dark Forge
play, all other cards of
dead Army gain
Fail:
-2
+1

Undead Units and Buildings will appear on the
Undead Army track all the time. They all have a de-
fense value. If your attack value is at least equal to
their defense value, you have destroyed the Unit or
Building and it is moved immediately to the Undead
Army Discard Pile.

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Do not move any other cards
and do not refill this spot, yet.

NOTE:
The Dark Assassin doesn't have
a defense value and cannot
be attacked.

(5) Dark Assassin
UNIT
You cannot attack the Dark
Assassin, but you can defend
when he attacks you.

Fail: -1
PER MISSING TOKEN

COMPLETE CHALLENGES

PRODUCE
CHALLENGE
Place a damage token on this
each production Building yo
The Challenge is completed
there is at least 3 tokens per

Fail: -1
PER MISSING TOKEN

CONSTRUCTION
CHALLENGE
Place a damage token on this card for any
Buildings you own (except Gold Factory, Brewery
and both Containers). The Challenge is completed
when there is at least 2 tokens per player.

Fail: -1
PER MISSING TOKEN

ODIN'S ARMY
CHALLENGE
ce a damage token on this card
ery time you buy a card.
- Challenge is completed when
e is at least 2 tokens per player.

Fail: -1
PER MISSING TOKEN

There are 6 different Challenges that can appear
among the Undead Army. If you fulfill the suc-
cess condition of the card, you have completed that Chal-
lenge and it is moved immediately to the Undead
Army Discard Pile.

Do not move any other cards
and do not refill this spot, yet.

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ATTACK A BOSS

4 Dark Alvi
8
5
BOSS
While Dark Alviss
you cannot use you
and draw 1 car

Fail: -1

2 Dark Freya
7
BOSS
You cannot defend
against Dark Freya.

Fail: -1

Dark Fenrir
BOSS
the Ragnarok Phase,
Fenrir heals by

Fail: -1 PER
PLAYER

Bosses have to be attacked more than once. This is
marked by the amount of life points they have 5

Whenever you successfully attack a Boss, place
a on his card.

Once you have as many token as the life points in-
dicated, you have destroyed the Boss!

#4 Ragnarok Phase

The Ragnarok Phase is all about moving and resolving
the never-ending progression of the Undead Army to-
wards your group. The pace of the Undead Army is
based on the number of active Doom Horns or the
presence of the Push Back card.

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The phase unrolls in 4 steps:
Step 1: Resolve Encounters.

UNACTIVE ACTIVE
DOOM HORN DOOM HORN

FLIP IT
WHEN

REACHES
5

Second
DOOM
HORN

During Ragnarok Phase
resolve the card below
and discard it.

IF NO DOOM HORNS ARE ACTIVE, SKIP THIS
STEP AND GO TO STEP 2.

For each active Doom Horn resolve the card below it.

O If the card is a Challenge or a Building, you apply
the "Fail" effect to your Team token immediately.

O If it is a Unit or a Boss, each player has a chance to
defend himself!

A Unit or a Boss will always attack the Building
with the highest defense which can be successful-
ly attacked (if no Buildings can be attacked then
you fail this Encounter). For each player who man-
aged to defend successfully using a Defense card,
the team loses fewer Victory Point (VP).

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- For every Victory Point lost move the Team
token down the track towards zero. If at any time
the Team token crosses the Doom token, then
the Ragnarok card is activated and the game is
immediately lost.

- All resolved Units, Buildings and Challenges
cards are discarded.

Example #1:

Vincent plays in a group of three. Only the First Doom Horn is
active. He owns a Tavern (defense of 4) and a Drakkar (de-
fense of 3). During Ragnarok, the Dark Elf with a Strength of 3
attacks all players including Vincent. Because Vincent has a
Building with a defense of 3, the Dark Elf attacks Vincent's
Drakkar. Vincent is able to repeal the attack with a Cannon
adding +2 to the defense of his Drakkar. The two other players
did not defend their buildings, so the team loses 2 Victory
Points (-1 for each player who did not defend). The Dark Elf is
then discarded.

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Example #2:

FLIP IT
WHEN
REACHES
FLIP IT
WHEN
REACHES
First
DOOM
HORN

DEFENDER
Cursed Gold Factory
BUILDING
While the Cursed Gold Factory is in play, all other Buildings
in the Undead Army can be used except Gold Factory, Brewery and Containers.
Fail
1
Only the First Doom Horn is active. The group has managed to
destroy the rightmost card of the Undead Army before the
Ragnarok Phase. Because the Undead Army may only reach
you from the rightmost (5th) space, no encounter happens
this turn and no players are attacked.

Example #3:

FLIP IT
WHEN
REACHES
Second
DOOM
HORN
First
DOOM
HORN

DEFENDER
Dark Cannon
BUILDING
While the Dark Cannon is in play, all other Buildings
in the Undead Army can be used except Gold Factory, Brewery and Containers.
Fail
1
Hell Gate
BUILDING
While the Hell Gate is in play, no
Buildings can be used except Gold
Factory, Brewery and Containers.
Fail
1

Both Doom Horns are now active. The group did not manage
to destroy any cards this round. Because the Undead Army
can reach you from the two last spaces, both Dark Cannon and
Hell Gate hits the team. Because they are Buildings and each
one costs the team 2 VP, they cannot be defended and the
team loses 4 VP. Then both cards are discarded.

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BOSS ENCOUNTER EXCEPTION

A Boss is never discarded during an encounter!
It will remain on the last space of the Odin's Path
track until your group either loses the game or de-
stroys the Boss.

Step 2: Move the Push Back card
(if still in play)

If the Push Back card is in play, move it one space to
the right.

If by doing so, it reaches the Discard Pile, then
remove it from the game.

This card represents a first line of Vikings
holding the Undead Army before it reaches
you, leaving two rounds of guaranteed
peace until the first encounters occur from
the 3rd round onward.

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Step 3: Regroup and Replenish
the Undead Army

* First move all Undead Army cards to the rightmost
position, on the left of the Discard Pile (or next to
the Push Back card if it is still in play).

* Then fill up every empty spaces with a cards from
the top of the Undead Army Deck.

Step 4: Increase the Doom token
by 1 Victory Point

If reaches, the First Doom Horn is activated
and, starting next round, you will have to resolve the
card on the 5th space of the Odin's Path track.

When reaches, the Second Doom Horn is
activated and, starting next round, you will have to re-
solve cards on 4th and 5th space of the Odin's Path
track.

If during this phase the reaches or crosses,
the Ragnarok card is immediately activated, and the
game is lost.

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- END OF THE GAME

The player(s) lose(s) immediately if the Doom token
crosses the Team token, or the game ends at the end
of the round during which the Boss was defeated.

However, Victory is only achieved if every single
player of the group has fulfilled their mandatory
Objectives!

DIFFICULTY
VARIATIONS

Managed to beat the game with the normal setup? It
is time to achieve even greater Glory! You can score
Glory by hindering your game setup and special
achievements.

During setup you may pick one, two or three of the
following handicaps - each will provide you with 1 ad-
ditional Glory point if you succeed. Each handicap can
be picked only once:

O Add 3 more cards to the Undead Army Deck: +1
O Add 1 more Objective to be resolved: +1
O Reduce your starting Victory Points by 3: +1

You also gain Glory by accomplishing these
achievements:

O You won: +1
O Didn't lose any VP during the game: +1

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If you won, count all your Glory to rank yourself or
your team:

1 Raider
2 Warrior
3 Housecarl
4 Warlord
5 Jarl

War of Jarls

If you achieved the Jarl rank and you still thrive for
greater Glory, then double, or even triple some, or all
of handicaps. Don't forget to share your score with
your gaming community - as there can be only one
King of Vikings!

CREDITS

Author: Julien Vergonjeanne,
Vincent Vergonjeanne
Graphic Design: Mateusz Komada
Proof-read: Dawid Cichy, George Monnat Jr,
Benjamin Bailey

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