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