introduction overview find allies and build the league

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BATMAN
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INTRODUCTION
You´re the DARK KNIGHT™, the CAPED
CRUSADER™, the World’s Greatest
Detective. You´re the living proof
you don’t need super­powers to be a
superhero… you are BATMAN™!
Together with the other members of the
JUSTICE LEAGUE™, you are the last line of
defense to protect billions of lives from the
worst imaginable foes. Will you make the
difference? Will you secure the safety of
mankind?
OVERVIEW
With this Batman Set for Justice League:
Hero Dice you join the Justice League as
the Dark Knight. Roll the dice and battle villains with cunning and deception. Keep the
villains away from your city – the fewer get
through the better.
FIND ALLIES AND
BUILD THE LEAGUE
You are ready to fight the forces of evil
singlehanded, so it´s the solo game for you.
But, to enjoy the full fun and excitement
of Justice League: Hero Dice you should
partner with a friend leading a fellow hero
(SUPERMAN™, FLASH™, GREEN LANTERN™
etc.) to join the fight. Each hero has his
own box, so for team play grab one box
for each player and fight the bad guys
together! This is how it feels to be part of
the Justice League!
GOLDEN RULE
If a rule or symbol on a card or hero
sheet contradicts this rule book, the
cards and sheets always take precedence.
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COMPONENTS
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16–15 LEGENDARY
HEROES
14–11 ACTION
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1 double-sided
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HEROES
GOTHAM CITY
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6 hero cards
damage tokens:
4x 3-damage, 9x 1-damage
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5 team tokens
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3 Batmobile tokens
BANE
10 villain cards
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7 dice: 3x gray, 4x black
DICE RULES
The symbols on your dice are explained on
your hero sheet. Additionally you can find
your special ability in the lower left corner.
Wounds cancel the three Bat symbols. So
Batman decides to use the gray Batmobile,
sets aside one gray Wound and rerolls the
four dice which haven´t been set aside yet.
ROLLING YOUR DICE
At the start of your attack roll all your dice.
After each roll you can declare the end of
your attack. Or you keep re­rolling as long
as you have BATMOBILES™ and color corresponding dice to set aside. With a black
Batmobile you can only set aside black dice,
with a gray Batmobile you can only set
aside gray dice. You can never set aside
Batmobiles. You can use only one Batmobile at a
time. At the end of the attack you count
each Bat symbol as +1 hit and each Wound
symbol as a miss. Each miss counts as –1 hit.
EXAMPLE
For his first roll Batman has a black and a
gray Batmobile. Because he could only set
aside gray Wounds with the gray Batmobile,
Batman decides to use the black Batmobile,
sets aside the two black Bat symbols and
rerolls all other dice.
If he would stop after this reroll Batman
would have zero hits, because the three
Despite having a black Batmobile, Batman
decides to end his attack. Batman scores
2 hits.
SETUP
This game offers the best experience if
each player controls one hero of a different
kind. Rules for Solo play or for Doppelganger play can be found on page 7.
1. Prepare heroes: Each player places his
hero sheet, his hero cards, his hero dice
and all hero tokens faceup in front of
him. As the game is cooperative you can
share all information with each other.
The team tokens of all hero sets are
put together in one pile near the centre
of the game area.
2. Prepare City: Choose one
16
city card and place the side
with the lower number facing up (the higher number
is for the solo game) above the villain
deck. The area above the battlefield,
including the city card, is called the city.
GOTHAM CITY
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HEROES
14–11 ACTIO
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HEROES
10–6 VALIA
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HEROES
5–1 WANNABE
HEROES
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3. Prepare Villain cards:
REINFORCEMEN
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villain deck. This area is called the battlefield.
Next draw again cards equal to the number
of heroes in play and place them to the left
of the villain deck. This area is called the
outskirts. In the outskirts the first cards are
placed faceup, but the last card is placed
facedown.
When a reinforcement card is placed in the
outskirts another card is immediately drawn
and placed on top of it face up in a way that
the threat value of both cards is visible. Cards
in such a stack count as one card with combined threat (e. g. for setup requirements).
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First set aside all reinforcements. Shuffle the remaining villain
cards of all participating hero sets and place
two cards per hero player face­down in the
centre of the play area to build the base of
the villain deck. Then shuffle the reinforcements into the remaining villains to form the
villain deck and place the deck underneath
the city card.
Now draw cards from the top of the villain
deck equal to the number of hero players
and place them faceup to the right of the
City
2 PLAYER SETUP
(BATMAN AND SUPERMAN)
16
City´s resistance
The heroes´ title at the end of the game
City´s name
1+
10–6 VALIANT
HEROES
5–1 WANNABE
HEROES
GOTHAM CITY
0 NEVER
HEARD OF
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Villain cards have special
abilities which activate when the
villain is placed or targeted
(cf. villain abilities p. 8).
Hero Set
Battlefield
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PENGUIN
Earned
Team
Tokens
Threat
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REINFORCEMENTS
Villains in your city
(faceup)
14–11 ACTION
HEROES
Villain deck
Outskirts
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16–15 LEGENDARY
HEROES
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DARKSEID
SCARECROW
3
Defeated villains
(facedown)
Villain´s Villain´s
name abilities
PLAYING THE GAME
Rolling at the same time?
The game is played in rounds which are
divided in 2 phases. All heroes play simultaneously. The game ends with the final battle
after the villain deck has run out.
Because you play as a team it is your
choice if you do so or not. Sometimes
you may want to wait for a team mate´s
result before you go on. If you roll simultaneously, the game is faster.
For your first game we recommend you
do NOT roll simultaneously, so you can
see how your team mates are doing.
In Justice League: Hero Dice all heroes try
to save the city from constant waves of
villains. You have to withstand the complete
villain deck.
1. Attack
2. Resolution
Hero cards can be played anytime unless
they say otherwise. There is no limit to how
many cards can be played per round. After
a card is resolved you discard it and build
a discard pile.
1. ATTACK
During an attack the following steps take
place in the following order:
• Each hero places his target token on
the battlefield pointing at a villain of his
choice. This decision is important and
should be made with your team.
2. RESOLUTION
During resolution the following steps take
place in the listed order:
• Villain abilities affecting inflicted hits are
applied.
• Hero abilities affecting inflicted hits are
applied.
• Now all remaining hits become damage.
Each hero places damage tokens equal
to the inflicted damage on their targeted
villain.
• Heroes roll their dice simultaneously.
• All villains who suffered damage tokens
higher or equal to their threat value are
defeated and placed facedown on the
defeated villain pile.
• Heroes reroll simultaneously following
the special rules for each hero (see hero
sheet) until they declare their attack is
completed.
• If damage tokens from at least 2 different heroes are on a defeated villain, the
heroes get 1 team token to be placed in
the city next to the villain cards.
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• Villains, which haven´t been defeated, remain on the battlefield. All damage tokens
remain on a villain. Gaps between villain
cards in the battlefield are closed by moving the outer cards inwards to the center.
• All villains gathering in the outskirts are
moved to the battlefield one by one. The
villain next to the villain deck is moved
first, then the next one etc. A hidden villain must be revealed before being moved.
IMPORTANT: Every villain to be added to the
battlefield needs to check if he overruns
the heroes. To do this add the threat of
the villain to those of all villains on the
battlefield. If the sum is higher than the
power limit of the heroes, the villain moves
directly to the city. The villain card is put
face up to the right of the city card.
POWER LIMIT
1 player: 12
2 players:15
3 players:20
4 players:25
• New villains are drawn from the villain
deck; one for each hero. The first villain
is placed in the outskirts next to the
villain deck and the following card next
to this card etc. The last card is always
placed facedown (and hidden from the
players).
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TERMINOLOGY
Battlefield: The play area on the right side of the
villain deck. This is where villains and heroes fight.
City: The city card and the villains who made it thru.
Achieved team tokens are also placed here.
Damage: Each hit that isn´t cancelled deals 1 damage
to a villain. Damage can also be inflicted by hero cards.
For each damage dealt damage tokens with the corresponding value are placed on a villain.
Defeated: Villains who suffered enough damage to
exceed their threat end up face down in the defeated
villain pile. All tokens placed on them are removed.
Hit: Each
present counts in the resolution
phase as 1 hit against a targeted villain.
Miss: Each
present counts in the resolution
phase as –1 hit against a targeted villain.
Overrun: If the sum of the threat of a villain that
moves to the battlefield and the threat of all villains on
the battlefield exceeds the power limit, the heroes are
overrun. The moving villain moves directly to the city.
Outskirts: The play area on the left side of the
villain deck. This is where villains gather for one round
before they enter the battlefield.
Power Limit: The maximum total of villain threat the
heroes can withstand before they are overrun.
Reinforcements: A special villain card which supports a villain. The reinforcement and the card on top
count as one card with combined threat, that live and
die as one. There is no limit to how many reinforcements can be put on top of each other.
Target: At the beginning of their attack heroes
place their target tokens. The villain at whom the
target token aims is the target of the corresponding hero for this round.
THE FINAL BATTLE
When the villain deck is empty, one round
will be played as usual. At the end of the
round all villains from the outskirts move to
the battlefield (or overrun to the city), but
the outskirts remain empty.
In the final round attack and resolution take
place as usual until new villains would need
to arrive from the outskirts. Then the game
ends and the final score is determined.
• Villains in the city reduce city resistance
equal to their threat.
• Each villain card still on the battlefield
reduces 2 from your city´s resistance
(regardless of threat or damage tokens).
• Each team token in the city restores 2 to
your city´s resistance.
• Compare the final total to the list on the
right of your city card to see how well
your Justice League did.
SUPER TOUGH MODE
You want a real challenge? No problem.
At the start of the game all heroes shuffle
their hero cards and randomly select one
card and set it aside. Now each hero has to
fight with only 5 hero cards.
SOLO GAME
Most of the solo game proceeds exactly as
the team game with a few exceptions:
• Team tokens remain in the game box.
Ignore the villain ability “team attack”.
• Use the side of the city card with higher
resistance.
• The position of the outskirts is now on
top of the villain deck rather than to
the left of it. The card in the outskirts is
placed face up – there is no card placed
face down in the solo game. A reinforcement card only gets additional villain
cards laid on it when it is moved to the
battlefield during resolution.
DOPPELGANGER GAME
You may decide to fight together with two
(or even more) of the same super heroes in
your Justice League: Hero Dice game. This is possible, but of course you will have to endure
some hardships. Your heroes will not complement one another as effectively as different
heroes would, and it will take time sorting
the sets out afterwards. Anyway the rules
are the same as in a regular game.
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VILLAIN ABILITIES
3
WOUND
TWO-FACED
Counts as an additional
rolled miss canceling 1 hit.
After the damage tokens have
been placed roll one gray Batman
dice. Even when the villain has
not been targeted in the current round, but still has damage
tokens. If the result is a wound
remove 1 damage from each
hero´s damage on this villain. If
the result is a Bat symbol or a
Batmobile add 1 damage to each
hero´s damage on this villain.
3 ROLLS TOP
Only 3 rolls are allowed.
TEAM ATTACK
This villain can only be
targeted by two or more
heroes at once.
NO CARDS
A hero is not allowed to use
any hero cards, when targeting
this villain. (Hero abilities are
still allowed.)
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REINFORCEMENTS
When a reinforcement card
is drawn and put into the
outskirts another card is immediately drawn and placed on
top of it face up in a way that
the threat value of both cards
is visible. This continues until a
villain card is drawn. The stack
of cards count as one card
with their threat totalled.
CREDITS
Game design: Andreas Schmidt
Editing and Developement: Harald Bilz, Heiko Eller,
Sabine Machaczek, Sabine Pickener
Graphic Design: Marina Fahrenbach,
Sabine Machaczek
Warner Licensing: Aude Bécourt-Foch
Production Manager: Heiko Eller
Publisher: Harald Bilz
Thanks to: Jasmin Ickes, Ferdinand
Köther, Corey Konieczka, Oliver
Kutsch, Nick Street, and all our
play­testers from Stahleck
© 2015 Heidelberger Spieleverlag. No part of this product may be reproduced without specific permission. Retain this information for your records.
THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A TOY. NOT INTENDED FOR USE OF PERSONS 13
YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER.
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