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