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