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  37     <h1>Suggested Rules</h1>
  38     <h2>Tactical Retreat</h2>
  39     <p>
  40       During the equipment phase, the adventurer player may, as many
  41       times as she likes, discard one Courage token to
  42     </p>
  43     <ul>
  44       <li>remove a Tenacity token from a face-up monster; or</li>
  45       <li>return a face-up monster without a Tenacity token to its
  46         deck, reshuffle it, and reveal a new card.</li>
  47     </ul>
  48     <p>
  49       The dungeon master gains one Fear token for each Courage token
  50       discarded.
  51     </p>
  52     <p>
  53       This helps prevent "lock-out" situations while still imposing
  54       a penalty if the player finds themselves in one.
  55     </p>
  56     <h2>Facing Fears</h2>
  57     <p>
  58       In the solitaire game, when a <a href="abilities.html#Fierce">Fierce</a>
  59       monster is defeated, the dungeon loses one Fear token. However,
  60       the Fate Chart continues advancing normally.
  61     </p>
  62     <p>
  63       This keeps abilities that depend on the ratio of the two, like
  64       <a href="abilities.html#Supremacy">Supremacy</a>, more relevant
  65       in solitaire play.
  66     </p>
  67     <h2>Nem Akh</h2>
  68     <p>
  69       Change <strong>Nem Akh</strong>'s skill to:
  70     </p>
  71     <blockquote>
  72       Start with 2 extra Courage tokens. You may gain 1 Courage token
  73       when defeating the first card of each deck.
  74     </blockquote>
  75     <p>
  76       In the usual case this provides the same number of Courage
  77       tokens for only a little more work, which is offset by reducing
  78       the risk of a <a href="abilities.html#C">C</a> card at the start
  79       and letting the adventurer player bank the token for later. In
  80       the case of the unusual dungeons described below, it makes her
  81       ability remain useful.
  82     </p>
  83
  84     <h1>Larger Dungeons</h1>
  85     <h2>Longer Corridors</h2>
  86     <p>
  87       In the constructed game more than 45 cards can be used, in
  88       multiples of six. The deck as a whole must meet the normal
  89       deckbuilding criteria — equal amounts of each color, half with a
  90       Mana icon. If the deck size is a multiple of six but not four,
  91       it must have one card more of two colors, one of which has a
  92       Mana icon.
  93     </p>
  94     <p>
  95       For every six extra cards, the adventurer player may start with
  96       one more Courage token; or for every 18, one more card. This can
  97       be mixed and matched, e.g. 24 extra cards can be used to start
  98       with four extra Courage tokens, or one extra Courage token and
  99       one card.
 100     </p>
 101     <h2>Multiple Dungeons</h2>
 102     <p>
 103       Use the above variant skill for <strong>Nem Akh</strong>. After
 104       defeating the final monster, the adventurer player:
 105     </p>
 106     <ul>
 107       <li>
 108         takes two Courage tokens.
 109       </li>
 110       <li>
 111         must discard all revealed quests.
 112       </li>
 113       <li>
 114         may discard unwanted adventurers. These are removed from the
 115         game and <strong>Aka</strong>'s ultimate power cannot be used
 116         to retrieve them.
 117       </li>
 118       <li>
 119         returns all other non-adventurer cards to her collection. She
 120         may spend any number of Courage tokens to keep that many
 121         previously revealed objects; if she does they remain
 122         revealed. (The dungeon master gains no Fear tokens for this.)
 123       </li>
 124       <li>
 125         picks cards from her collection, back up to five total,
 126         including kept revealed cards.
 127       </li>
 128       <li>
 129         keeps the defeated final monster. It counts as one of each
 130         color, but must be spent all at once.
 131       </li>
 132     </ul>
 133     <p>
 134       The dungeon master:
 135     </p>
 136     <ul>
 137       <li>
 138         can take up to one undefeated dungeon card of each color from
 139         the previous deck and shuffle them into the next dungeon deck.
 140       </li>
 141       <li>
 142         takes one Fear token per adventurer, plus one more.
 143       </li>
 144       <li>
 145         deals out the corridors for the next dungeon.
 146       </li>
 147       <li>
 148         starts the first Construction phase in the new dungeon.
 149       </li>
 150     </ul>
 151     <p>
 152       In the solitaire game a new scenario begins with Fear tokens and
 153       the Fate Chart already at <strong>1</strong>.
 154     </p>
 155     <h2>The Deepest Dungeon</h2>
 156     <p>
 157       Prepare one dungeon deck of 48 cards, and another of 80. The decks
 158       must follow the normal construction restrictions, and the same
 159       <a href="abilities.html#Unique">Unique</a> card cannot be in
 160       both decks.
 161     </p>
 162     <p>
 163       Deal the 48 card deck out into three decks as usual. Below that,
 164       deal the 80 card deck out into four decks, with 24 cards in the
 165       center rows. Place final monsters face-down (if playing
 166       solitaire, randomly and secretly), one at the top of the three
 167       decks and the other two above the two center decks. The
 168       resulting layout should look like:
 169     </p>
 170     <div><span class=card2>FM</span><br><span class=card1>16</span><span class=card1>16</span><span class=card1>16</span><br><span class=card2>FM</span><span class=card2>FM</span><br><span class=card1>16</span><span class=card1>24</span><span class=card1>24</span><span class=card1>16</span></div>
 171     <p>
 172       The adventurer player starts at the four bottom decks. The
 173       leftmost three lead to the final monster on the left, and
 174       the rightmost three to the final monster on the right.
 175       Defeating the left one gives access to the top left and central
 176       decks, and the right one, to the top central and right
 177       decks.
 178     </p>
 179     <p>
 180       (Or, if <strong>Aksuetu</strong> or another effect causes an
 181       extra deck to be dealt,
 182     </p>
 183     <div><span class=card2>FM</span><br><span class=card1>12</span><span class=card1>12</span><span class=card1>12</span><span class=card1>12</span><br><span class=card2>FM</span><span style="display: inline-block; width: 3.375em"></span><span class=card2>FM</span><br><span class=card1>16</span><span class=card1>16</span><span class=card1>16</span><span class=card1>16</span><span class=card1>16</span></div>
 184     <p>
 185       The leftmost three lead to the final monster on the left, and
 186       the rightmost three to the final monster on the right. Defeating
 187       the left one gives access to the top leftmost two, and the right
 188       one, to the top rightmost two.)
 189     </p>
 190     <p>
 191       The turn sequence proceeds as usual. The adventurer player wins
 192       by defeating the final monster at the top.
 193     </p>
 194     <ul>
 195       <li>
 196         for three Fear tokens the dungeon master may reveal a final
 197         monster, enabling its effect. Otherwise, a final monster is
 198         revealed when the adventurers empty a deck that reaches
 199         it.
 200       </li>
 201       <li>
 202         effects that affect dungeon cards, such as
 203         <a href="abilities.html#Bubbleyes">Bubbleyes&nbsp;+X</a>,
 204         affect all face-up dungeon cards on both levels.
 205       </li>
 206       <li>
 207         effects that reshuffle or move dungeon cards apply to both
 208         levels, but separately. They are never shuffled together, and
 209         the dungeon master cannot swap top and bottom decks.
 210       </li>
 211       <li>
 212         upon defeating a final monster, the adventurer player may take
 213         two Courage tokens, one new card from her collection, and
 214         the final monster. It counts as one of each color, but must be
 215         spent all at once.
 216       </li>
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