The Lost Cities-Ablities and Equipment 9

• Q: When can I use an Ability?
• Q: Can you "Hurl" or "Pull" Bosses?
• Q: How does Seismic Hurl work?
• Q: Are champions affected by gladiator abilities ("Impel")?
• Q: When and how can "Intercept Blow" be used?

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The Lost Cities-Solo and Co-op vs Arena 5

• Q: Do Arena units go back in the bag when defeated?
• Q: Where are the Crowd Favor chips placed when earned?
• Q: If fewer than 4 City Prep Area circles are filled at the start of your turn, does your Champion take 2 damage?
• Q: Who is attacked from a Boss unit Alt Atk, and what happens if a Beast is combat locked?
• Q: How does the setup in each round of a Solo game work?

The Lost Cities-Beast and Criminal 5

• Q: Can a gladiator pass an Arena Beast without getting combat-locked?
• Q: Do Criminals and Beasts move in the first round?
• Q: Do Beast Bosses act the same as Beast units?
• Q: Do Criminals move when engaged with a Champion?
• Q: How do Army of One elephants work?

The Lost Cities-Gameplay 11

• Q: When and how often can you play a Tactic Chip?
• Q: What does "Inactive Champion" mean?
• Q: What are my options for the Deployment Phase (what can I play)?
• Q: How does the "Stun Tactic" chip work?
• Q: What is the turn sequence for 2-3 player co-op games?

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Rise of Rome-Abilities and Equipment 3

• If a friendly unit gains the "Impel" Ability, i.e. another basic attack on your turn, and this unit attacks another unit with the "Absorb" ability twice, is every basic attack from the attacking unit absorbed? Or just the first one?
• Does "Relentless" allow the unit to reroll all dice once each turn, or once for the entire time he's in the arena?
• If I'm attacking a crate to get at equipment do I get Crowd favor for "reducing the health" of the crate?

Rise of Rome-Titans/Solos 3

• Archers or spearmen typically hang out on the pillars in a non-solo match. But in a Titan match, the pillars are occupied (at least initially) by shards. Do we wait to deploy archers/spearmen until the pillars are free?
• Do you activate Shard Shock/Slam for each shard carried or just once for the "group" of shards?
• Does the shard +1 movement bonus stack?

Rise of Rome-Menoetius 9

• MENOETIUS:When Meno restores health to a pillar can can it go above its starting health of 4?
• MENOETIUS: Does a shard that someone has picked up/acquired count as active for the purposes of Menoetius' movement?
• MENOETIUS:Does "Shard Shock" affect Menoeitus?
• MENOETIUS:Does "Shard Shock" count as a basic attack for purposes of things like Absorb?
• MENOETIUS:On his card, the green and yellow dice show a blank symbol on top, does that mean he activates those abilities on a miss?

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Rise of Rome - Oceanus 7

• OCEANUS: If Oceanus does not move off the Titan hex and calls forth a gladiator what happens?
• OCEANUS: When Oceanus does his Tidal Wave, are Archers on pedestals displaced?
• OCEANUS: Do I un-stun at the beginning of the next titan phase?
• OCEANUS:Do units summoned by Oceanus attack after Oceanus uses his blue dice or after both his blue and yellow dice?
• OCEANUS: Two Green dice say to summon a CF Gladiator if available, or 2 regular gladiators if no CF gladiator available. I have lots of CF Gladiators now. Was the intention that he could summon just one CF Gladiator? Or some limited number?

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Rise of Rome-Ophion 3

• OPHION: Do the crab and its pincers take up their own spaces?
• OPHION: Does Ophion start with a black die?
• OPHION:Crab movement on the card under "move and attack" states crab moves 2 hexes, but on the crab head chip there's a 1* hex movement?

Rise of Rome-Theia 1

• THEIA: What is the advantage of rolling dice for Theia? I mean, this does not change the probabilities. Am I missing something?

Rise of Rome-Gameplay 11

• Where do my defeated gladiators/used tactics go? Back into the bag or discarded?
• Do you get CF (crowd favor) for attacking your own units?
• In RoR is the only way to activate the champion through crowd favor?
• When attacks are made either by a single bad guy next to two gladiators or a single gladiator next to two bad guys is the damage dealt to just one chosen opponent or to both?
• When you unlock the CF Gladiator does the CF gladiator go right into a deployment hex on the next turn and skip the city prep area circle?

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Origins-Skills and Abilities 18

• When playing the Atlantis arena, if you choose a unit with Bloodlust as your leader, does the skill trigger when any damage is received? Or, only after the leaders original health is lowered?
• If a unit is supported by more than one Tactician does it benefit from all of them?
• Can Defenders absorb Retaliate hits?
• Is the tactician's auto hit a basic attack, and does it get a +1 damage when "elevated" and with "King's Call"?
• Would the Roman Psiloi (with the swap ability and movement of 3 hexes) be able to swap with another unit and then ALSO be able to make a 3 hex run on the same turn?

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Origins Solo-General Play 15

• The solo trials rule sheet says that you only draft 6 chips instead of 8. Can I still draft more than one Star Type chip?
• Regarding Champion scripts: are the dice executed in order according to the sheet?
• Do Board-Controlled Movement & Attack take affect in addition to what is rolled for the champion?
• Do the enemies move and attack normally on their first turn?
• If Ariq, Xanadu Champion, has a choice between moving towards an occupied arena hex or moving towards an unoccupied arena hex that is further away where will he move?

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Origins-Xanadu 5

• When executing the Xanadu Champion "Heave", what does "directly overhead" mean?
• Regarding solo Xanadu movement priorities. Since the highest priority for them is Arena Hex, will they just stay put once they occupy an Arena Hex, or possibly move to a different arena hex if it takes them closer to an opposing unit?
• Regarding Xanadu solo trials blue die (Area Knockback): Do "units not pushed away take 2 damage" include units not adjacent to the champion?
• Regarding Xanadu solo trials blue die: does the Area Knockback mean that the adjacent units are pushed one hex away directly opposite from the champion or "away" in any direction?
• Can you explain the Xanadu "Move Toward" board controlled movement?

Origins-Atlantis 8

• When fighting Atlas on the Atlantis Arena, I manage to take down Atlas with a basic attack. However, Atlas having "Retaliate" also manages to take me out. Do I win in this case?
• If, during a solo trial Gadir throws the spear and summons the sea monster… One side of the sea monster has First Strike. The other does not. Does this mean that First Strike side will attack that same round but the other side will not do
• Regarding Atlantis solo trials green die (Summon/Throw spear): If champion doesn't have spear is he just given the spear without throwing/using the spear?
• Regarding Atlantis solo trials green die (Summon/Throw Spear): When the AI hits on a green (summon spear), do they take the spear if equipped by the player?
• Regarding Atlantis solo trials blue die (Move & Gain): Does a round include AI turn then player turn and ends at beginning of the next AI turn?

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Origins-El Dorado 4

• After the El Dorado AI champion picks up the tribute, does the Player get to choose which way it moves around the fountain to the players advantage?
• When The Zipa or The Zaque starts to move towards the Arena Hex carrying their tribute, is there anything that could decide the route, left or right, or is it totally up to the player?
• Regarding El Dorado solo trials green & blue die: do "Kings Rally" and "King's Inspiration" apply to Champions as well?
• Regarding El Dorado solo trials green die (Basic Atk & King's Rally): Does Basic Attack & King's Rally, when rolled successfully for the champion, give a +1 damage benefit to tacticians such as Korykos even though they don't roll a basic

Origins-Gameplay 5

• The rules state that you'll only be deploying six of your eight chips per match. Is that just a general rule for every arena match? Or is their something else that I'm not seeing that limits you to only six?
• Does the stone in the center of the Atlantis Arena grant "elevated" like the stones in Xanadu?
• Can the tactics chips that don't say permanent be used more then once? For example, can I use the tactic crowd cheap shot several times?
• How does the solo draft go if you wish to use the other 2 games in addition to origins?
• Do gladiators need to use an attack to pick up either the tribute or the spear?