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The Banquet of Seven Suns

The preparations for the Empire's biggest culinary event have begun: the Banquet of Seven Suns, which the Emperor holds every four years. No other location than the Inn of Seven Suns would be appropriate for such a spectacle. More than a tousand years of tradi-tion and the beautiful ancient building take the participants' breath away.

Theater, music and dance are an important part of the festival, but the competition for the Banquet is the main attraction. Only the most exquisite dishes are suitable for the feast.

You are fearless heroes on your way to win the finest ingredients from cruel monsters. Whether it be the pudding from slime monsters or the spices from fox demons' gardens, no ingredients to achieve the victory are easy to come by.

The goal of every participant is to cook the most exquisite delicacies in one day. The Emperor himself will decide who is both the bravest warrior and the best cook in his realm. Nume-rous companions help the participants, if their motives match. They may be looking for honor through feats of strength, greedy for forgotten knowledge, or looking to settle an old score.

Choose your companions wisely, because every one of them has different abilities and talents. A good preparation and assignment of tasks and equipment are important to endure the dangerous journey and be victorious in the end.

The people are curious to see if any group will be lucky enough to cook the legendary Seven Season Soup.legend has it that if someone ma-nages to cook this masterly dish, the Empire will have four fertile and untroubled years.

Don't waste any more time; the Banquet of Seven Suns is apporaching!

Object of the GameThe object of the game is to win ingredients and cook dishes with them. The Emperor will award victory points for the dishes at the end of the game. The player with the most victory points wins the Banquet of Seven Suns!

Every player starts with a hero as alter ego and first completes their group by recruiting companions. Equipped with the right items the objective is to defeat monsters to win ingre-dients and cook the dishes with them.

Play Elements

1. Name

2. Vitality

3. Defence

4. Damage

5. Equipment options

6. Abilities

For Monsters:7. Loot

8. Monster type

Heroes, Companions and Monsters

Ultimate Wobble:

Causes one extra wound for every other

monster in the fight.

Loot: Pudding

Slime

Schleim

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Mamoru

Mighty Strike: Mamoru causes 1 extra wound on

targets while his hero token is on them.

[T] Focus: Put Mamoru‘s token on a fighter. All attacks

of this fighter have to choose Mamoru as a target.

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CARDS

4 Heroes

9 Companions

9 Recruitments

64 Monsters

34 Items

69 Ingredients

48 Dishes

61 Events

12 Terrains

4 Menus

1 Trading Guild

TOKEN & DICE

4 Dice (D8)

4 Group tokens

4 Hero tokens

9 Companion tokens

1 First Strike token

1 Travel token

38 Wound tokens

38 1 KAN-tokens

15 3 KAN-tokens

6 5 KAN-tokens

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Dishes

1. Name

2. Consumption Bonus

3. Victory points (VP)

The tastiest fish in the whole Empire.

Fish Fillet1

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Ingredients

1. Name

2. buy and sell

prices

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Consumption BonusRegeneration: Remove 2 wounds from the fighter at the end of each combat round.

The correct arrangement of the fledder wings and mushrooms is crucial to ensure a perfect roasting

process. An old proverb says: who roasts wrong eats fledder hair.

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Dice Seven Season Soup is played with 8-sided dice. In a normal case two dice are thrown and the eyes are added up. Every rolled 8 counts as a HIT.

Items

1. Name

2. Damage

3. Necessary

equipment option

4. Abilities

5. buy and sell

pricesSpectral: Hit bonus 2 against ghosts. The ability Astral Being is ignored.

Kama1

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EventsEvent color: There are 3 different colors for event cards. The colors indicate the difficulty. Green means easy, blue meas intermediate and red means hard.

1. Name

2. Text Italic text is for a narrative purpose and nor-mal text describes the function of the game.

3. Monster encounter Monster cards needed for this event.

4. Reward This is the reward a player gets, as soon as the task is completed, for example all corresponding monsters are defeted.

5. Terrain symbol The event is triggered on this terrain type.

6. Influence If you have the right group member it is sometimes possible to get a positive effect.

You hear desperate screams from the village close by. The inhabitants are attackt by savage monsters. So-mething seems to have driven them into a murderous frenzy. Fullfill your duty and protect the empire.

Monster encounterDaikonFledderJorogumo

RewardPerform a terrain-action of this CULTIVATED-Terrain before your turn ends.

Monster: Raid

To protect her young the Kitsune faced a power-ful Oni in a fight and died. Still her soul could not transgress into the realm of the dead and formed a deadly unity with her shadow. She was able to de-feat the Oni as a spirit. People tell she is still present in the forest to protect Kitsune from mischief.

Monster encounterKitsuneKitsune

Reward1 Item

Monster: Shadow Twins

Astral strikeIf Shiori is in your group she attacks both enemies with every attack.

“Everything is gone, everything is lost!“ Kenji moans, while he is leaning against the beam at the drinking holes stairs. As your adventure group tries to squeeze past him he begs you to help him. He is in gambling debt with a shady guy and his only way out is to defeat a monster for him. The monster is a Kitsune, living in the woods nearby.

Monster encounterKitsune

Reward3 KAN

Monster: The Fool

HeadbuttIf Fukita is part of your group you get additional 4 KAN and know who the shady guy was, aswell.

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Recruitment

1. Name

2. You can find the

Recruitment here

3. Story and task (italic)

4. Monster encounter

5. Reward

6. Companion picture

You can trigger this event, if your group is at the Snapper Coast and has 2 group members at most.

WHen you arrive at the idillyc Snapper Coast travellers in a local fish restaurant tell you about a boy who is the best crab fisher rumor wise. His uncle, who runs the restaurant tells you he wanted to participate in the Banquet, too, but was too young to lead his own group. You can find Haruko, not far away from the restaurant on the beach fighting a Giant Crab. He seems to have no problems to beat up the crab, but he wants to see how you perform.

Monster encounterGiant Crab

RewardHaruko joins your group.

Recruitment: Crab Hunt

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Player turn1 Event card • draw a card • search for the corresponding cards and create event piles2 Actions Perform 2 actions (each only once)

3 Combat Actions Execute the fight, then next player turn

End of the gameAfter the last event card is drawn each player gets one more turn• Dishes reward Victory Points (VP)• players get VP once for each dish once • Player with most VP wins• On a draw: duel

Worth Knowing

Fight1 OrderAll fighters are activated once each turn. Player with the first strike token gets the first activation, then alternate between players.2 AbilitiesFighters can activate one ability with [T] every activation. Passive abilities are aplied all the time.

3 Attackingone attack every time a fighter is activated• Normal attack or• Attack with equipped weapon

4 End of CombatThe fight ends as soon as all fighters of one group are disabled. After that the winner receives the reward (and loot).

Player beats player: Winner receives half (rounded up) the KAN and a hand card from the loser.

Monster beats player: Player put half of their KAN on the event and put the group token on the Inn of Seven Suns.

Player beats monster: Player gets the reward and loot from the event.

‣ Exploration ‣ Preparation‣ Movement ‣ Event action‣ Duel ‣ Terrain action‣ Recruitment

Terrains

1. Name

2. Terrain type

3. The terrain can't be placed alongside these

terrains. General terrain rules

4. Special rules for a fight in this terrain and

terrain actions

5. Story and things worth knowingScalding Pools

Kochende Becken

Cooking Hot Steam The first successful hit in a fight causes one extra wound.

Sunken Treasures Your group members dive down to the depths and search for treasures. Take 1 KAN

Relaxing in the bath End your turn. You don‘t trigger monster encounters this turn.

The proximity to the Dragon Fly Vulcano heats up the springs and the geysirs. The water is amazing!

Little Black Soup 3 SP

Hot Noodle Soup 3 SP

Baked Rings 4 SP

Spider Roll 4 SP

Mushroom Pan 4 SP

Godlike Barbecue 5 SP

Hot Treasures 4 SP

Moon Pie 4 SP

Grilled Snapper 4 SP

Godlike Roast 5 SP

Seven Season Soup 7 SP

MenuFledder Skewers 3 SP

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MenuEvery player can place one of the 4 menus in front of them. On one side are all dishes of the base game with the needed ingredients and awarded victory points. A short summary of the turn order and the gene-ral rules of the game is on the other side.

Event BoardActive events are placed on the event board.

Corresponding monsters and the rewards of the events are attached and the numbered event tokens show if an events is available on a specific terrain.

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Fundamental ruleIf the rule on a card contradicts the base rules of the game, the card text has always priority.

Game Token1. Group token

2. Hero token

3. Companion token

4. Wound token

5. 1 KAN-token

6. 3 KAN-token

7. 5 KAN-token

8. Event token

9. First strike token

10. Travel token

Game Set-Up #1

Hold: If Kaede is activated last in a fight turn she causes 1 extra wound.[T] Aim: Put Kaede‘s token on a fighter. Kaede gets hit bonus 2 while attacking this fighter.

Kaede

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Baked Rings 4 SP

Spider Roll 4 SP

Mushroom Pan 4 SP


Hot Treasures 4 SP

Moon Pie 4 SP


Godlike Roast 5 SP



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Baked Rings 4 SP

Spider Roll 4 SP

Mushroom Pan 4 SP


Hot Treasures 4 SP

Moon Pie 4 SP


Godlike Roast 5 SP



Mamoru

Mighty Strike: Mamoru causes 1 extra wound on targets while his hero token is on them. [T] Focus: Put Mamoru‘s token on a fighter. All attacks of this fighter have to choose Mamoru as a target.

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1. Every player picks one hero and places the hero card and the appropriate token in front of them. Remaining hero cards and tokens are no longer needed and can be put back into the box.

2. Every player gets a Menu. If all players have played Seven Season Soup frequently it is enough to place one menu easily visible and accessible for all players.

3. Every player receives 2 KAN as starting money.

Seven Season Soup has a very simple and easy-to-remember game set-up. First, the players get their alter egos, and then the card stacks and the tokens are laid out. The starting player is deter-mined and the game can begin. Here it is explained in steps how to set up the game before you can travel the Empire with your group.

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Game Set-Up #2

Wobble, w

obble ...

Pudding

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Consumption Bonus

Shadow W

alk: A fighter consuming this dish gets +3

Defence and receives one w

ounds less from attacks.

The plasma of the Kokoro and the Slim

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a savory and nutty flavor.

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Salad is War: D

aikon receives an extra w

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causes an extra wound for every other

plant monster in the fight.

Loot: Vegetables Daikon

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Inn of Seven Suns

Sieben Sonnen Gasthaus

Neutral Zone Duels are not allowed here.

Residence If your group is defeated all group members awake here in full health.

Big Kitchen Discard the ingredients for up to two dishes and take the dishes from the supply.

The legendary Inn of Seven Suns. Whole dynasties of Emperors dined here.

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Trading Guild

Receiver Ren

If you are in the Snowbound City, all items cost 1 KAN less to buy if you have sold an item to Receiver Ren before.

Grocer Tao

If you are on the Bridge of Enjoyment, you can sell ingredients for one KAN more to Grocer Tao.

Pawnbroker Chi

If you are on the Inn of Seven Suns, you get 1 additional KAN if you sell more than one hand card to Pawnbroker Chi.

If a player group is on a terrain with the guild symbol the player can trade with a member of the trading guild.

Depending on the terrain you haggle with a different trader.

Whenever a terrain with the guild symbol is laid out, draw 2 items and put them face up on this card.

‣ The traders buy your items and ingredients for the number of colored coins. All sold cards are put on the guild card and can be bought again by every group that is on a terrain with the trading guild symbol. It price to buy an item is the combined price of colored and gray coins.

buy pricesell price

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4. Separately shuffle all green (easy), all blue (intermediate) and all red (hard) events. 2 players: Draw 4 red event cards an place them face down. These cards form the bottom part of the event stack. Draw 8 blue event cards and place them face down on top of the red ones. Draw 12 green event cards and place them face down on top of the blue ones. 3 players: Use the same method as for 2 players, but use 6 red, 12 blue and 18 green event cards to form the event stack. 4 players: Use the same method as for 2 players, but use 8 red, 16 blue and 24 green event cards to form the event stack.

5. Shuffle the recruitments cards are and pla-ced them face down as a stack.

6. Item cards are shuffled and placed face down as a stack.

7. Ingredient, dish and monster cards are sorted and placed as three face up stacks.

8. The terrain card "Inn of Seven Suns" is placed in the middle of the table. The other terrain cards are shuffled and placed face

down as a stack.

9. Every player takes the group token in their heroes' color and places it on the "Inn of Seven Suns". The token shows the position of your group.

10. The dice and tokens (companion, wound, KAN, first strike and travel tokens) are placed next to the play area.

11. The event board with the associated event tokens is placed easily visible for all players. Put the tokens on the corresponding numbers. Draw event cards equal to the number of players and place them on the event board. The event piles are created (see page 7 for an example of the event pile creation).

12. The trading guild card is placed easily visible for all players. Draw 2 item cards from the item stack at the beginning of the game and place them face up on the trading guild card.

13. Determine the starting player by rolling two dice. The two dice add up give the starting condition (see the starting table on page 24).

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Player AreaEvery player has a group. It consists of a hero and up to two companions (1). The group members can be equipped with items (2). Every player can have hand cards (3) and these can be items, ingredients or dishes. Every player places collected KAN (4) easily visible in front of them.

Little Black Soup 3 SP


Baked Rings 4 SP

Spider Roll 4 SP

Mushroom Pan 4 SP


Hot Treasures 4 SP

Moon Pie 4 SP


Godlike Roast 5 SP



Katana

Blessed: Hit bonus 2 against Oni.

[T] Avalanche Strike: Put the fighters token on this card. You can‘t attack with the Stone Hammer as long as no token is lying on it.

Stone hammerMamoru

Mighty Strike: Mamoru causes 1 extra wound on targets while his hero token is on them. [T] Focus: Put Mamoru‘s token on a fighter. All attacks of this fighter have to choose Mamoru as a target.

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[T] Extreme precise: Put the fighters token on this card. As long as the token lies here the fighter gets hit bonus 2.

Kunai

Poison Cloud: If Beniko‘s attack misses she causes 1 wound and ignores armor.[T] Death Blow: If Beniko hits, put her token on the hit fighter. If the token was there before Beniko causes 3 extra wounds.

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Laden: As long as Yuukas token is on a fighter she loses the benefits of her heavy armor[T] Nimble Hands: Put Yuuka‘s token on a fighter. Yuuka can attack this fighter twice with her normal attack.

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1. Draw an event card At the beginning of every player's turn, the play-er draws a card from the event stack and reads it aloud. The card is placed on a free spot on the event board and the event pile is created. Event pile creation Put the items and ingredients of the reward under the card and KAN on top of it.

If the event is a monster event, all listed monsters are also placed under the card. To save time, you can also put the ingredients from every monster under the card. The ingre-dients are listed as loot on each monster card. (see page 8 for an event pile example). Event tokens If an event card mentions a specific terrain, the connection is shown with the event tokens. Do this of course only, when the terrain is already placed (see page 8 for an event tokens example). Event board completely occupied If all six spots on the event board are occupied, choose one event pile and discard it. Monster and item cards are discarded next to their card stacks and KAN is put back into the supply. The new event pile is placed on the free spot.

The conditions triggering an event card decide what kind of influence the card has. An event card can be triggered in the following ways:

• Card is triggered immediately Carry out all actions described on the card, and then discard the event card.

• Meet the requirements Some events let you decide whether to trigger them or not, for example by paying costs or when your group is on a specific terrain in the right phase.

• Monster encounter Monster encounters trigger automatically in the fight phase of your player turn if your group is on a terrain that is shown on the monster encounter.

Player Turn

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1. Draw an event card 2. Action phase 3. Trigger events

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Example: event pile creationThe event Crab Love is drawn and put on a free spot on the event board (4). It is a monster encounter with two Giant Crabs. The monster cards are taken out of the monster stack and put under the event card. The 3 KAN mentioned under Reward are placed on the event and an item is drawn face-up from the stack (here: Santoku Knife). These are also put under the the event.

Example: Event TokensThe event Boiling Spring (1) can be triggered at the Scalding Pools and they are marked with the event token 1. The event The Itomi Treasure (1) can be triggered at the Abandoned Forest Village. As soon as the terrain is placed it can be marked with the event token.

Kräuter & Gewürze

Some spices cost more than gold ...they taste better for sure.

Shell (armor): The Giant Crab receives 1 wound less from attacks.Crab Claws: Causes 1 extra wound, if other monsters are in the fight.Loot: Crab Meat

Giant CrabRiesenkrabbe

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4 8[T] Sneaky: Put the fighters token on another fighter. Attacks against this fighter cause 2 extra wounds, if the fighter has not been activated in this fight round.

Shuriken

Short Bow

The wild Hunt: Hit bonus 2 againt wild animals.

Spectral: Hit bonus 2 against ghosts. The ability Astral Being is ignored.

Kama Santoku Knife

All-round knife: Hit bonus 2.

You can trigger this event, if your group is at the Scalding Pools.

This is the realm of Ryujin. The boiling hot water gushes to the sky in steaming fountains. It collects in scalding pools. Huge treasure is said to be lying on the bootom, but serious burns and worse await overeager treasure hunters. Whatever, Put on your bathing suit and jump in!

‣ Dive Allocate two wounds to one of your party mem-bers. This wounds are not removed until the end of your next turn. You get the reward. Discard the card afterwards.

Reward1 Item

Hero with a fishing rodIf Haruko is part of your group you get the reward without allocating wounds.

Boiling Spring

You can trigger this event, if your group is at the Abandoned Forest Village.

The Itomis and the Yoshioichis where alsways enemies. Both clans where influential merchant houses in the Empire. Both families fought their final battle not far away on a clearing in the swamp. They where bound to loose everything they valued. Your group is travelling past the clearing, weapons at the ready. Shadow Kokoro can often be seen at places full with suffering and mourning. You notice a twinkle in the underbrush. Instead of a fight you find a long forgotten heirloom.

‣ Recover the heirloom You get the reward. Discard the card afterwards.

Reward1 Item

The Itomi Treasure

The little Yumi finally has found a friend. She plays with her at the pond, they catch dragonflies and play hide and seek on the glade near the bamboo forest. Yumis grandma is happy her granddaughter is not lonely anymore. She has difficulties anyway with her debility of sight. Her friend is surely a nice child from the neigh-borhood. Yumis partens don‘t really care, but when Yumi brought her friend over for tea they are worried to death.

Fight the Kinoko or spare her and discard this event.

Reward1 Item or 1x Mushrooms, is you spare the Kinoko.

Monster: Best Friends

Monster encounterKinoko

Does true love excist for monsters, too? The answer is: Yes! But the threat of hundered of giant crab babies seems to big to let this love flourish.

Monster encounterGiant CrabGiant Crab

If one of the two Giant Crabs is disabled the other one is disabled, too, because it dies from grief.

Reward1 Item1 KAN

Monster: Crab Love

[T] Ode of the Crane: Put Aya‘s token on herself. All

fighters in your group including Aya can re-roll dice

that rolled a 1.

[T] Poison Spike: Put Aya‘s token on a fighter. Aya

ignores the armor of this fighter.

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You can trigger this event, if your group is at the

Cherry Blossom Grove and has 2 group members

at most.

During your travel through the gardens you hear a

lovely chant and chords played on the shamisen. You

can‘t resist and follow the sounds. A young woman

is kneeling on the ground and plays a mournful

melody about loss, sham and bitter revenge while

a shadowy figure is listening like under a spellt. You

feel like you can see into the woma‘s past when her

song abrubtly ends ...Monster encounterShadow Kokoro

RewardAya joins your group.

Recruitment: Dark Trance

Tip: Place the cards so that the reward and the monster are both visible!

Example: Recruitment Put Aya's token on the Cherry Blossom Grove, to show where she can be recuited.

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Shell (armor): The Giant Crab receives

1 wound less from attacks.Crab Claws: Causes 1 extra wound, if

other monsters are in the fight.

Loot: Crab Meat

Giant Crab

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Kochende Becken

Cooking Hot Steam The first successful hit in a fight causes one extra wound.

Sunken Treasures Your group members dive down to the depths and search for treasures. Take 1 KAN

Relaxing in the bath End your turn. You don‘t trigger monster encounters this turn.

The proximity to the Dragon Fly Vulcano heats up the springs and the geysirs. The water is amazing!

Poisoned Thorns Every missed attack causes the attacker a wound . Not applied for Plant creatures.

Jade Paths The paths through the gardens make the journey pleasent. You get the travel token.

Hero Statues Put your hero‘s token on this card. You can perform the terrain action Jade Paths on every other terrain.

The Cherry Blossom is a gorgeous spectacle, but it is the growth time of the death nectar, too.

Cherry Blossom Grove

Kirschblüten-Hain

2. Action Phase You can take two actions in your action phase. Your group can use any specific action only once in each of your player turns. You can use the actions in any order. In addition, you do not have to use both actions. But be warned: the Banquet of Seven Suns is imminent. Use your remaining time wisely!

All actions are marked with ‣

‣ Exploration ‣ Preparation ‣ Movement ‣ Event action ‣ Duel ‣ Terrain action ‣ Recruitment

‣ ExplorationThe group travels through the land to experience the Empire in their own way.

Draw a terrain from the terrain stack or choose one terrain that has been set aside. Every terrain has a terrain type in the top left corner.

CULTURE

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FOREST WATER

You place the terrain on a side of your choice of an already placed terrain on the table (Example: place terrain). If the terrain has a crossed out terrain type in the right corner it cannot be placed next to a terrain of that type.

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Set the terrain card aside if no fitting side of a terrain is available. Draw new terrain cards and set them aside, until it is possible to place one. The terrain cards, that have been set aside can be placed in later exploration actions.

‣ MovementMove your group token to an adjacent terrain. Diagonal movement is not possible!

‣ DuelTo challenge another player's group to a duel, the group tokens of both groups have to be on the same terrain. You can only challenge opponents with at least one hand card to a duel. After all, you are participating in a competition. But don't bash each other mindlessly! To chal-lenge a group to a duel ends your actions phase, and the fight phase begins.

‣ RecruitmentWhen you choose the recruitment action, draw one card from the recruitment pile, read it aloud, and place the token of the companion on the specified terrain (see page 8 for an example of Recruitment). You have to complete a special task on this terrain to recruit the companion. The companion joins your group as soon as you complete the task, and you get the companion's card and token.

Dragonfly Volcano Region

Vulkanland der Libellen

Fire Rain All fighters receive a wound at

the strat of a fgiht. This wound

ignores armor.

Ash Cloud

Up to 2 wounds are not removed

from every group member as long

as they are on a terrain with

ash cloud.

Vulcano Kettle

Discard the ingredients for one

dish and take the dish from the

supply. The even Season Soup

can be cooked here!

The Obsidian Guardian stands menacing at the foot of the volcano and warns about the force of nature.

Example: place terrainThe Inn of Seven Suns (1) and the Snowbound City (2) are already on the table. The Dragonfly Volcano Region (3) is drawn.

You cannot place it next to an INN-terrain. Thus, there remain 3 different possible locations the Dragonfly Volcano Region can be placed.

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Stadt im Schnee

Arena For each player group only one group member can take part in a fight.

Mountain trail (means of transport) Pay 2 KAN or discard the travel token and travel to a FOREST-Terrain.

Backyard Grill Discard the ingredients for one dish and take the dish from the supply.

The Snowbound City, home of the homeless and center for shady business.

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Example: event actionYour group token has to be on the Abandoned Forest Village to perform the eventaction from The Itomi Treasure. Use one of your two actions for ‣Recover the heirloom. You get the Short Bow as reward and discard the event card.

First strike token

‣ PreparationWhen you choose the preparation action, you get the first strike token. As long as you have this token, you will get the first activation in every fight. You keep the first strike token until another player uses the preparation action.

‣ Event actionPerform the action of an event. You also have to fulfill the conditions of the action and pay any indicated costs. All actions are marked with ‣

Short Bow

The wild Hunt: Hit bonus 2 againt wild animals.

You can trigger this event, if your group is at the Abandoned Forest Village.The Itomis and the Yoshioichis where alsways enemies. Both clans where influential merchant houses in the Empire. Both families fought their final battle not far away on a clearing in the swamp. They where bound to loose everything they valued. Your group is travelling past the clearing, weapons at the ready. Shadow Kokoro can often be seen at places full with suffering and mourning. You notice a twinkle in the underbrush. Instead of a fight you find a long forgotten heirloom.

‣ Recover the heirloom You get the reward. Discard the card afterwards.Reward1 Item

The Itomi Treasure

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Example: terrain actions

Lost Treasures Your group searches the old ruins. Take 1 KAN.

Your group token has to be on the Abandoned Forest Village to use this action. If you use this action you can take one KAN out of the supply.

Example: means of transport

Ferry (means of transport) Pay 2 KAN or discard the travel token and travel to a WATER-Terrain.

Your group token has to be on the Valley of Lights to use this action. You can pay 2 KAN or discard the travel token to place your group token on a already placed WATER-terrain.

3. Trigger Events After you have used your two actions and all resulting operations have ended, your action phase ends. Events are triggered Check if your group triggers events. If events are triggered, they are executed now. Monster encounter These events threaten your group with dan-gerous monsters. If your group is on a terrain, that matches the terrain symbol on a monster encounter at end of turn, there is a fight. All events that cause a duel or a monster en-counter bring you into the fight phase. But you can only fight once during your turn. you have to choose which fight benefits you the most.

‣Terrain actionYou can perform a terrain action from the terrain your group marker is on. You have to fulfill the conditions of the action and pay any indicated costs (example: terrain actions). Travel token You get the travel token by using the terrain ac-tion ‣ Jade Paths on the Cherry Blossom Grove and by specific events. Discard the travel token in your action phase to move your group token to an adjacent terrain. This does not use an action, but it works like the action movement and can be used in addition to it, or when movement is otherwise not possible.

Means of transport This terrain actions allow you to fast travel from one terrain to another (example: means of transport). Cooking Station Terrains and events that allow you to cook are marked with the cooking symbol (page 12 example: cooking). Trading Guild The Trading Guild buys and sells items and ingredients. Terrains that allow you to trade with members of the guild are marked with the trading symbol. Whenever a player's group is on a terrain with the guild symbol the player can trade with a member of the guild. Depending on the terrain you could be haggling with another trader (see Trading Guild card). Whenever a terrain card with the guild symbol is placed, draw 2 items and place them face up on the trading guild.

‣ The traders buy items and ingredients for the number of colored coins. Put sold cards on the guild card. These cards can be bought by every group on a terrain with the guild sym-bol. The price to buy a card is the number of the colored coins added to the number of grayed-out coins.

buy price

sell price

travel token

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Equipment optionsHeroes and Companions have equipment options, which allow them to be outfitted with weapons, armor and other useful things.

Exactly one item can be equipped for every equipment option. Some fighters have the same symbol twice and can equip two items of the same category (example: equipment).

Equip group membersAs soon as you get items, you take the cards in your hand. Now you can equip your group members. Equipping does not count as an action. You can also equip items before a fight, when you choose to consume dishes.

Take off itemsThe protagonists get attached to their treasures very fast and because of that it is not possible to trade items with other group members or take the items back to your hand. The only pos-sible way to discard items is to sell them to the trading guild. So choose wisely which item you equip to your group members.

Light itemsThese items are simple and easily used by everybody (they require no equipment option). Your group members can be equipped with any number of light items in addition to their equipment options.

Use ItemsWeapons increase the damage dealt by your group members, give them special attacks, or provide an attack bonus. Armor protects your fighters from wounds. Instruments enhance the fighting abilities of your whole group and scrolls grant special abilities.

Many items have token abilities [T]. Some items have passive abilities that are always active (You can find further information about token-abilities and passive abilities in the chapter Fight on page 14).

[T] Sneaky: Put the fighters token on another fighter. Attacks against this fighter cause 2 extra wounds, if the fighter has not been activated in this fight round.

Shuriken

Items

Suzume

The Sparrow: Attacks that have Suzume as a target do not benefit from hit bonusses.[T] Hamlet: Put Suzumes token on a fighter. All atta-cks of this fighter get hit malus 1.

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Suzume can be

equipped with

one Throwing

Weapon.

After she has been equipped with it the Shu-riken belongs to Suzume until she sell it!

These are the equipment options:

Melee Weapon

Heavy Weapon

Knife

Ranged Weapon

Throwing Weapon

Armor

Heavy Armor

Garment

Scroll

Instrument

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Fight

Cooking

Your group can only participate in one fight during each of your turns. You can fight in the following situations: monster batttle, duel or the activation of an event.

Duel with another player's group:• you choose the action duel in your action phase

and you fight against another player's group.

• another player challenges your group to a duel.

• an event is triggered that causes a duel bet-ween two players. This is also possible if the two groups are not on the same terrain.

Monster encounters happen when:• they are part of a recruitment event.

• an event gives you the choice to trigger a monster event (example: Bossmonster).

• when your group is on a terrain with an active monster encounter at the end of your action phase (example: Monster encounter).

Example: Boss monsterBoss monsters are special events, that can be triggered on a specific terrain. If they are de-feated, the card is turned around and a special effect takes place. If your group is defeated, they are treated like an active monster encoun-ter on the stated terrain type.

Example: CookingDiscard Herbs & Spices and Crab Meat with a cooking actions and take the Grilled Snapper into your hand.

Who plays the monster group?When your group fights against a monster group, the player on your right controls the monsters in the fight. Monsters are dangerous and battle-hardened creatures, and that is the reason other players can give hints and suggestions that give the monster group an advantage in the fight.

A once cultivated field is now overgrown with mus-

hrooms and flowers. Monsters seem to nourish and

defend this deadly habitat. Root out this evil!

Monster encounter

Kinoko

Kitsune

Death Nectar

Reward

A good feeling to have made the world a better place.

The Poisoned Field

Death NectarTodesnektar

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Poison Spikes: If an attack misses the Death Nectar the attacker receives 1 wound.Poisoned Wounds: Causes 2 extra wounds against fighters with 2 or more wounds.Loot: Sweet Nectar

Woody (armor): Kinoko does not receive extra wounds.Loot: Mushrooms

Kinoko

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You Don‘t: If the Kitsune hits a fighter, the fighter can‘t use token Abilities [T] and the passive abilities don‘t workLoot: Spices & Herbs

Kitsune

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Vergessene Wälder

Intertwined Paths You need two actions to leave the Forgotten Woods with the action movement

Dense Brushwood The travel token cannot be used here.

Lake of Secrets Show an item from your hand and shuffle it back into the item stack, then draw a new item from the stack.

The forest devoured many souls. Some deserve it and others are guests for an undefined time.

Forgotten Woods

Example: Monster encounter

Mamoru's Group has to fight against "The Poisoned Field".

Kräuter & Gewürze

Some spices cost more than gold ...they taste better for sure.

Crab Meat

The meat of the giant claws is not tough at all, but

the crabs are tough fighters nonetheless.

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Consumption BonusEnergy Boost: The first hitting attack of the fighter causes 4 extra wounds.

The snapper claws are extremely strong and filled with the finest meat. The blue color turns blazing red after cooking. It is the perfect meal when you season

it hot and dip it in sauce.

Grilled SnapperTo cook a dish, you have to make a cooking action. These can be carried out with an event or with a terrain action. The symbol Cooking Station indicates cooking actions.

The needed ingredients are shown on your menu card. Discard the ingredients, take the corresponding dish out of the stack and put it into your hand.

When the goddess lies in front of you and her glo-

wing blood stains your hands a storm breaks loose

without warning. The water around you is gusting

and wave crush againt the coast with unbelievable

force. While you escape from the tides your loot

seems heavy in your hands.This curse is active as soon as the Ryujin is killed.

Remove the curse from the Event Board and place it

visible in the play area. The following effect is active

in every WATER-terrain:Deadly Wave:Every player group has to allocte 6 wounds to their

members befor a fight starts.

Curse: Deadly WaveYou can trigger this event, if your group is at the

Scalding Pools. If you defeat Ryujin collect the

reward and turn this card arround. If Ryujin defeats

your group she counts as a normal Monster encoun-

ter on WATER-Terrain.

A yellow glow can be seen underneath the water sur-

face of the pools farer above on the mountains. The

water is boiling hot and nobody dares to go up there,

because this is the realm of Ryujin. She rules over

the tides and punishes imfamous actions against the

creatures of the water with devastating waves and

roaring tides.

Monster encounter

Ryujin

Reward1 Item

Bossmonster: Sea Goddess

Cooking Station shows you where a cooking action is available

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Dishes and consumption bonusThe dishes you cook on your journey are grand creations that possess their own magic. After being consumed, they award you with incredible abilities for a short time.

To use a dish, you choose a group member and put the dish next to the fighter's card. The fighter gets the consumption bonus for the duration of the fight. Discard the dish card at the end of the fight.

Using dishes in a duelAt the beginning of a duel, the attacker has to choose if he or she uses a dish. After that, the defender chooses.

Using dishes against monstersYou can also choose to consume a dish with a group member when your group fights against a monster. If you are playing the role of a monster group, you cannot use a dish from your hand for the monsters.

One dish for each groupIn every fight, each group can only consume one dish.

Example: dishes & consumption bonusYou attack another player and want to use the consumption bonus of the Mushroom Pan.

You choose your fighter Mamoru. For the duration of the fight, his attacks hit as if all enemies had only a Defence of 5.

Your opponent can also consume a dish with a fighter now.

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Consumption Bonus

Attraction: All attacks of the fighter use Defence 5

instead of the normal Defence of the target.

The sweet and sour marinated mushroom pan is

second to none. You can hardly resist its smell.

Mushroom Pan

Activation of Fighters

Who starts the fight?In a monster encounter, the monster group has the first activation (first action). In a duel, the initiator of the duel gets the first activation.

Fight turns and activationA fight is divided into fight turns. All heroes, companions and monsters involved in a fight are called fighters. As soon as a fighter gets activated (push the card up a little bit to sym-bolize this), you can use its abilities and attack with it. The players take turns with the activation, until all fighters on both sides have been activated once. When all fighters have been activated once, the fight turn ends and a new one begins.

First strike tokenIf you have the first strike token, you always have the first activation in a fight (see example Preparation page 9).

Useless knowledge:The first strike token shows "Charge-Imoto", the first strike oni.

Suzume


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Suzume


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Fish Expert: Haruko causes 2 extra wounds against Water creatures and ignores the ability shell.[T] Net: Put Haruko‘s token on a fighter and pass on Haruko‘s attack. The fighter has DEF 5 as long as Haruko‘s marker is there.

Haruko

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Fish Expert: Haruko causes 2 extra wounds against Water creatures and ignores the ability shell.[T] Net: Put Haruko‘s token on a fighter and pass on Haruko‘s attack. The fighter has DEF 5 as long as Haruko‘s marker is there.

Haruko

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Webbed: Monsters cause 1 extra wound against fighters that have not been activated this fight.Loot: Silk Rice

Jorogumo

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Jorogumo

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Example for the activation order of fighters:

Timo has Suzume and Haruko in his group. He attacks a Jorogumo. The Jorogumo is activated first, then Timo can choose to activate Suzume and Haruko. The Jorogumo is activated first in the second fight turn.

If Timo has the first strike token, he can activate Suzume or Haruko first, and then the Jorogumo activates and is then followed up by Timo's other fighter. The Jorogumo starts on turn 2, because fighters of opposite side are always activated in alternating order.

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Poison Cloud: If Beniko‘s attack misses she causes

1 wound and ignores armor.

[T] Death Blow: If Beniko hits, put her token on

the hit fighter. If the token was there before Beniko

causes 3 extra wounds.

Beniko

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Example: hit bonus

Timo attacks Beniko with Suzumes Santoku Knife. He rolls the two dice and gets a 5 and a 3. This gives an added result of 8. With the passive ability All-round Knife Suzume's at-tack gets a hit bonus of 2. The result of the hit roll equals 10 and hits Beniko, because she has a defence of 10.

Example: token abilitiesHeroes and companions use tokens. They are used for their abilities. One side has a picture and the other side has the name of the group member on it.

Hit Me: You can pay 1 KAN when you activate Fukita to put his token on himself.[T] Drunken Slash: Put Fukita‘s token on him. If the token was there before Fukita causes 2 extra wounds and remove his token von him.

Fukita

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hit bonus/hit penaltyWhen your fighter receives a hit bonus, you add all the hit bonuses to the roll. Hit penalties are subtracted from the roll.

Example: hit roll

You choose the Fledder as a target for your attack. Roll 2 of the 8-sided dice and add the numbers together. If the result is 9 or higher the attack hits.

Actions of Fighters

When you activate a fighter, you can make the following actions with it:

1. Use a token ability2. Attack

Group members of player groups have token abilities and passive abilities. Monsters only have passive abilities.

Token abilitiesThis abilities are marked with [T]. Every fighter in your group can use a token ability during its activation. You can only use a token ability of the fighter or a token ability of an equipped item (page 15 example: token abilities).

Passive abilitiesOther abilities (without [T]) are passive abilities. All passive abilities of a fighter are active at all times. The same is true for passive abilities of equipped items.

AttackChoose targetTo perform a normal attack you choose an enemy fighter as a target. State the target to the other players.

Attack roll, Defence and HITsRoll the two D8 and add the numbers together. Take note how many HITs (number 8) you scored. If the result is higher than the defence (DEF) of the target the attack hits.

Hold: If Kaede is activated last in a fight turn she

causes 1 extra wound.

[T] Aim: Put Kaede‘s token on a fighter. Kaede gets hit

bonus 2 while attacking this fighter.

Kaede

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Leech: If a Fledder causes one or

more wounds, remove a wound from

this Fledder.

Loot: Fledder Wings

FledderFledder

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Santoku Knife


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Example: token abilities

Timo activates Yuuka. Now he can use her token ability. If he wants to use Nimble Hands he has to put her token on a fighter and then she can attack that fighter twice.

Attack against all enemiesTo make an attack against all enemies, you roll a single hit roll and compare it with the defence (DEF) of all enemies. All hits cause wounds using the rules of a normal attack.

Example: Attack against all enemies

Tina fights a Death Nectar, Daikon and a Kinoko with Nanami.

To attack all enemy fighters with the ability Whriling Blade of the Naginata, Tina has to use Nanami's token ability in one turn and put her token on it. In this case, only a normal attack can be made afterward.

In Nanamis activation in the next turn, Tina uses the abi-lity Whirling Blade a second time, removes the token from Nanami and attacks all enemies with her attack.

Tina rolls and the dice roll is 7. Nanami hits the Death Nectar and the Daikon, but misses the Kinoko.

[T] Whirling Blade: Put the fighters token on this card. If the token was already on this card, remove it and the fighters next attack affects all enemy fighters.

Naginata

[T] Whirling Blade: Put the fighters token on this card. If the token was already on this card, remove it and the fighters next attack affects all enemy fighters.

Naginata

Woody (armor): Kinoko does not receive extra wounds.Loot: Mushrooms

Kinoko

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Salad is War: Daikon receives an extra wound against attacks with knives and causes an extra wound for every other plant monster in the fight.Loot: Vegetables

Daikon

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Death NectarTodesnektar

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Poison Spikes: If an attack misses the Death Nectar the attacker receives 1 wound.Poisoned Wounds: Causes 2 extra wounds against fighters with 2 or more wounds.Loot: Sweet Nectar

Laden: As long as Yuukas token is on a fighter she loses the benefits of her heavy armor[T] Nimble Hands: Put Yuuka‘s token on a fighter. Yuuka can attack this fighter twice with her normal attack.

Yuuka

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Hit Me: You can pay 1 KAN when you activate Fukita to put his token on himself.[T] Drunken Slash: Put Fukita‘s token on him. If the token was there before Fukita causes 2 extra wounds and remove his token von him.

Fukita

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[T] Piercing Force: Put the fighters token on this card. As long as the token lies here the attacks of the fighter ignore armor.

Yumi

[T] Finisher: Put the fighter‘s token on a fighter with at least one wound. Attacks with the Assassins Blade against this fighter cause 2 extra wounds.

Assassin‘s BLade

To use Piercing Force, Timo has to put Yuuka's token on the Yumi and Yuuka's attack ignores armor.

The ability Finisher of the Assasin's Blade and Yuuka's Nimble Hands are both applied when her token is on another fighter and she attacks it with the blade.

Fukita's passive ability Hit Me allows you to pay 1 KAN everytime you activate him and put his token on him. His token ability Drunken Slash can then be used imme-diately to cause 2 extra wounds.

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Example ChainmailKaede has DEF 9. The Chainmail puts her DEF to 9, so it stays the same. When she is equip-ped with Leather Armor her DEF increases to 10 instead.

Damage and woundsDamage valueAn attack uses the damage value of the fighter or the damage value of an equipped weapon. The damage value of the weapon replaces the damage value of the fighter and is not added to it.

HITs (every die that shows an 8)Every HIT causes an extra wound.

WoundsWhen an attack is successful, it will cause wounds equal to the damage value plus the amount of extra wounds (every HIT also cau-ses an extra wound).

Damage value + extra wounds = wounds

Passive ability (armor)Some fighters and items have passive abilities, which reduce the number of wounds a fighter gets. They are marked with "armor".

Poison dart: The fighters HITs cause 2 extra wounds.

Blow Pipe

Example: wounds

Tina attacks Yuuka with Benikos Blow Pipe. She rolls two 8s (2 HITs). The Blow Pipe has a damage value of 2. The 2 HITs cause 4 extra wounds, thanks to the Poison Dart passive ability. She inflicts 6 wounds on Yuuka. Ouch.

Ignores armorSometimes an attack will hit in a spot and brings the pain. Natural plating or armor do not protect against these.

The amount of wounds of an ability that igno-res armor is not affected by passive abilities (armor).

Bone Plated (armor): Attacks cause at most 2 wounds against Minogame.Loot: Steak

Minogame

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Example: Armor ability

When an attack with 3 da-mage hits the Minogame it only gets 2 wounds, thanks to the Bone Plated ability.

Example: Ignores armor

Timo attacks a Minogame with Suzume. The hit roll is 9 (a HIT and a 1). Suzu-me's damage value is 2, plus the HIT, which equals 3. But the Minogame only receives 2 wounds because of Bone Plated. Now Yuuka attacks with

[T] Piercing Force: Put the fighters token on this

card. As long as the token lies here the attacks of the

fighter ignore armor.

Yumi

her Yumi and hits with a hit roll of 5 and 1. The damage value of the weapon is 3 and ignores armor, because Yuuka's token is on the Yumi. The Minogame gets 3 wounds and is disabled.

Armor and defence (DEF)You can find a DEF value on armor and heavy armor. This value replaces the DEF value of your groupmember.

Modified Defence: The fighters defence is now 7. Full plate (armor): The fighter receives two wounds less from attacks.

Samurai Armor 7Example Samurai Armor

Takeo has DEF 8. The Sa-murai Armor decreases his DEF to 7. Now he is easier to hit, but 2 wounds are preventedfrom every attack against him.

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Disabled group membersA fighter is disabled when the number of wounds are equal to the vitality (VIT) of the fighter. The fighter cannot be activated and token and passive abilities cannot be used. To indicate that a fighter is disabled, turn the fighter's card around.

Disabled monsters and lootWhen your group is in a fight with a monster and one of them is disabled, you can immedi-ately take the monster's loot and take it into your hand. The monster's wounds are put back in the supply and the monster is discarded.

End of the fight and rewardA fight continues until all fighters on one side are disabled.

Win a duelWhen you win against another player group in a duel, you can draw a random card fom your opponent's hand and take it into your hand. You also get half of the KAN of the loser (rounded up).

The group token of the loser is put on the Inn of Seven Suns.

Win against monstersWinning against a monster group lets you take the reward indicated on the event and all KAN on the event, which was stolen by the monsters (see: Lose against monsters).

Lose against monstersWhen you lose against monsters, put half your KAN (rounded up) on the monster event. Your group token is put on the Inn of Seven Suns.

Wounds on fightersPeople help you out everywhere. The populati-on will support you with food, beverages and, if need be, bandages or ointments.

Wounds on heroes and companionsAll wounds on heroes and companions are removed at the end of a fight. Disabled fighters are turned around and are ready to fight again.

Monsters with woundsWounds of monsters are not removed. When they are discarded or defeated, the wounds go back into the supply.

Next please!After the fight is over it is the next player's turn, which starts by drawing an event card.


Jorogumo

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Ultimate Wobble: Causes one extra wound for every othermonster in the fight.Loot: Pudding

SlimeSchleim

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w-Bob & Jimmy Joe

Two common slimes cause trouble in the alleys.

Follow their tracks, but don‘t slip!

Monster encounter

SlimeSlime

Reward1 KAN

Example:Monsters with wounds

The Jorogumo has defeated Frank's group, but is heavily wounded. The other players see a chance to loot the Silk Rice.

Bone Plated (armor): Attacks cause at most 2 wounds against Minogame.Loot: Steak

Minogame

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[T] Piercing Force: Put the fighters token on this

card. As long as the token lies here the attacks of the

fighter ignore armor.

Yumi

Ultimate Wobble: Causes one extra wound for every other

monster in the fight.Loot: Pudding

SlimeSchleim

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Wobble, wobble ...

Pudding

Wobble, wobble ...

Pudding

Example: Win against monsters

For every Slime you defeat in the event Low-Bob and Jimmy Joe, you will get one Pudding. After defea-ting the last monster, you also get the reward of 1 KAN and the event is discarded.

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The Banquet of Seven Suns is a festival that lasts for one day. This is the reason your group has not an unlimited amount of time to arm group members to the teeth and beat up monsters.

Game End

Last event card drawnThe Emperor calls all to the banquet, and the day comes to an end. Your group hurries to the Inn of Seven Suns and presents the Emperor the multiple course meal.

The end of the game is near when a player has drawn the last event card. Every player has one last turn, and then the winner is deter-mined. Put all your group markers on the Inn of Seven Suns and remove all wounds from your group members.

Victory pointsThe dishes in your hand are worth victory points (VP). The Emperor will only taste the dish of a group once and so every dish rewards VP only once. Keep multiple copies of dishes in your hand, if a deciding duel is necessary. The player with the most VP wins.

Deciding DuelIn the case of a tie, the groups of the players with the highest amount of VP fight in a final duel. This duel uses the normal rules for duels, with the exception that more than two groups can participate. All players roll for the first strike token. The player with the highest result gets the first strike token (re-roll a tie) and has the first activation. The players then take turns clockwise. The winner of the fight wins the game.

Don't forget to consume the remaining dishes!

Example: determine the winner

Timo and Tina reached the end of the game and determine the winner.

Timo has the Grilled Snapper (4 VP), Spicy Noodle Soup (3 VP) and Godlike Roast (5 VP).Tina has 2 x Fledder Skewers (3 VP), Little Black Soup (3VP) and the Seven Season Soup (7VP).The two copies of Fledder Skewers only give her 3 VP once.Timo has 12 VP und Tina has 13 VP. So Tina is the winner!

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Consumption Bonus

Energy Boost: The first hitting attack of the fighter

causes 4 extra wounds.

The snapper claws are extremely strong and filled

with the finest meat. The blue color turns blazing red

after cooking. It is the perfect meal when you season

it hot and dip it in sauce.

Grilled Snapper

Consumption BonusNight wings: All group members including the fighter get hit bonus 2.

The Kokoro‘s shadow milk and the essence of the fled-der wings melds to a whispy soup, which exists partly

in the shadow world.

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Hot Noodle Soup

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Consumption BonusDragon Strike: The base damage of the fighter is 5.The rivers and the lakes are screaming. Their mist-ress was killed to be cooked to a dish. ...And it is truely a masterpiece!

Godlike Barbecue

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Consumption Bonus

Regeneration: Remove 2 wounds from the fighter

at the end of each combat round.

The correct arrangement of the fledder wings and

mushrooms is crucial to ensure a perfect roasting

process. An old proverb says: who roasts wrong eats

fledder hair.

Fledder Skewers

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Consumption Bonus

Regeneration: Remove 2 wounds from the fighter

at the end of each combat round.

The correct arrangement of the fledder wings and

mushrooms is crucial to ensure a perfect roasting

process. An old proverb says: who roasts wrong eats

fledder hair.

Fledder Skewers

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Consumption BonusShadow Walk: A fighter consuming this dish gets +3 Defence and receives one wounds less from attacks.

The plasma of the Kokoro and the Slime create, when prepared correctly, a pleasant consistency with

a savory and nutty flavor.

Little Black Soup

Consumption BonusInvulnerability: The fighters DEF is 16. The fighter receives 1 wound at maximum from each attack.The finest ingredients combined in the fire of a volcano grant invulnerability for a short time.

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Seven Season Soup

Timos dishes are woth 12 victory points Tinas dishes are worth 13 victory points

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About Us

Autor: Timo IpachLicense: Digital AlchemistsIllustration: Damian Sim, Dominik Mayer, Timo IpachGraphic: Timo Ipach, Frank HaasCopy-editing: Tina TäubertRule version: 07/2017 1.00

© 2017 Digital Alchemists Fischbachstraße 1090552 RöthenbachTel.: +49 911 - 99 86 80 17Fax.: +49 911 - 9 27 63 [email protected]

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Art.-Nr: SOUP01 :)

The Seven Season SoupEvery rival at the Banquet of Seven Suns dreams about cooking the legendary Seven Season Soup. The ingredients are very hard to get, and also have to be prepared in the lava heat of a volcano. Only this way can all the flavors develop and the magical effects be achieved when consuming the dish.

According to eyewitness records, the soup makes the skin rock solid and even the most brutal attacks are rendered ineffective. An old legend tells that if a group of heroes is able to prepare the soup and serve it to the Emperor at the banquet, the land will thrive for four fertile years. The Emperor and the population reward the cooks with appreciation and trea-sures defying imagination.

Thank youThe author thanks all test players and proof readers, especially Tina Täubert, the project would not have been possible without her.

Game testers:Mike Haas, Stefan (Chipolla) Kiupel, Lukas Koth, Frank Haas, Pasqual Krajsek, Franziska Munkert, Marco Heisig, Katharina Angermeier, Peter (Wessi) Westram, Marco Hacker, Tina Täubert, Michael Blatzheim, Frank Pilip, Ines Schebesch, Alexander Matschi, Barbara Gößwein, Tina Albrecht, Sebastian Ertl

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Seven Season Soup takes place in a crazy world, where everything revolves around food. But the population is plagued by monsters time and time again. So the Emperor created the Banquet of Seven Suns, a festival, that should solve this problem through the valor of the participants.

Fearless cooking and fighting experts go on the hunt for the monsters of the Empire to put an end to their exploits. Here we want to present some of these protagonists.

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Kaede

Kaede is a noble from the house Itomi, who has brought ar-chery to perfection. She is as focused on her target with the bow as she is focused on winning the banquet. When the Emperor proclaimed the Banquet of Seven Suns, she clearly had to use her abilities to show the Emperor that a woman can be a proficient warrior as any man can be.

Mamoru

Mamoru is a monk from the temple of unity. He has learned much about martial arts, exquisite wine, and the preparation of delicious food during his life. To honor his cultural legacy, he gladly fol-lowed the Emperor's call to the Banquet of Seven Suns. His fighting experience and his hunger will clear the way for his victory.

Takeo

The rules of the Banquet of Seven Suns dictate that no-one in the direct service of the Emperor can participate in the competition. This is the reason Takeo withdrew from his posi-tion in the Emperor's bodyguard and attended as a warrior without a master. For seven generation it has been tradition in his family to participate in the banquet. This was much easier for Takeo's ancestors, because they were farmers and, in this regard, no followers of the Emperor's court. This changed when Takeo's father was made a bodyguard after a heroic deed. This way his son was the first in the family to be born into this class. Confident of victory, the young warrior confronts unknown dangers lurking on the way. He does it all for the honor of his family and with the hope of getting back his position after the work is done.

Suzume

Suzume grew up in the streets of the Emperial Capital and her talent made her a master thief over the years. Now she is known to the whole country as "the Sparrow". She will par-ticipate in the Banquet of Seven Suns together with her loyal companion Hamlet. Plan A is to win. If plan B is applied, she will get the prize money anyway.

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Haruko

Haruko is an adventurous fisher boy. You can usually find him catching crabs at the Snapper Coast. Despite his youth, he is considered an expert in the preparation of gastrono-mic seafood specialities.

Aya

Aya is a gifted musician. She is able to charm a whole crowd with her tunes. But behind the mask of a virtuous musician hides a dexterous and deceitful assassin.

Osamu

An old veteran in heavy armor, he has been travelling the land and hunting monsters for some time now. The people call him Osamu, the judge of merciless punish-ment. If you have a pure conscience, he might just join your group.

Yuuka

Yuuka, a gifted cook, is always searching. She misses no oppor-tunity to hoard new cooking recipes and utensils. Don’t mess with her, because her skills with the kitchen knife can outdo even agile fighters.

Beniko

Beniko is a Ninja on a personal vendetta. Support her and she will stand by your side. Oppose her and she will have a poi-soned blade ready for each of your followers.

Shiori

You can meet Shiori as vengeful spirit in a pagoda in the swamp, but you cannot miss out on her inexhaustible wellspring of knowledge about the preparation of delicacies.

Saburo

Saburo the Alchemist is eager to collect unknown formula and ingredients as he travels the land and exchanges his knowledge about fireworks for new recipes.

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Nanami

Nanami is a scholar from a faraway place, who travels the land collecting information about its culinary history. That the Seven Sun Banquet is in the present time is very much in her favor.

Fukita

Even in a world like the one in Seven Season Soup, certain people stand out with exceptional behavior. An example of this is Fukita, a musician by his own statement. People throw mo-ney at him and women flock to him. He is proof that bumming around can have an appeal in such a structured society.

Ability 2, 4 About us 19Action Phase 8, 9, 10Actions of fighters 14Activation of fighters 13Armor 16Attack 14Attack against all enemies 15Attack roll 14Buy and sell price 10Companion 2Consumption bonus 13Cooking 12Cooking station 10CULTURE-Terrain 8Damage 16Deciding duel 18Defence 2, 14, 16 Dice 3Disabled Fighter 17Dishes 6, 13Duel 9, 17End of a fight 17Equipment 5, 11Equipment options 5, 11Event 3, 6, 7, 12Event action 9Event board 4, 6, 7, 8Event color 3

Event stack 6, 7, 8Exploration 8-9Extra wound 16Fight 12Fighters 13-14First strike token 9, 13FOREST-Terrain 8Game End 18Game setup 5-6Group 7Group token 5, 6Hand cards 7Heroes 2HIT 3, 14, 16Hit bonus 14Hit penalty 14Ignores armor 16Ingredients 3, 4, 12INN-Terrain 8Items 3, 6, 11KAN (currency) 5, 6Light items 11Loot 2, 17Menu 4Monster encounter 12Monster event 8, 17Monster group 12Monster type 2Monsters 2

MONUMENT-Terrain 8Movement 9Objective of the game 2, 18Passive ability 14Player number 4Preparation 9, 13Recruitment 8, 9Recruitment event 8Reward 3, 7, 17 Starting player 6, 24Starting table 24Symbols 24take off items 11Terrain 4Terrain action 10Token ability 14-15Trading Guild 6, 10Travel token 10Trigger events 10Trophies 24Victory 18Victory point (VP) 3, 18Vitality 2WATER-Terrain 8Win a fight 17Wounds 5, 16Wounds on fighters 17

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INN-terrain

CULTURE-terrain

FOREST-terrain

WATER-terrain

MONUMENT-terrain

Trading Guild

Cooking Station

‣ Action symbol

Damage symbol

[T] Token ability

KAN

Ghost

Oni

Plant

Animal

Water Creature

Start Player TableStart Player Table To determine the start player, the owner of the game rolls two dice and adds them up. The table below helps you to see who begins. The play order is clockwise. Have fun and don't take it all too seriously!

2 Who is the youngest player?

3 Whos name comes up first in the alphabet?

4 Who cooked most recently?

5 Who can bake the best pie?

6 Who knows the most about weapons?

7 Who would stand their ground best in a fight against a raddish demon?

8 Who traveled most recently?

9 Who ate in an asian restaurant most recently?

10 Who is most similar to his or her hero?

11 Who would most fearlessly face a monster spider ?

12 Who eats the most?

13 Who eats the healthiest food?

14 Who is the best fighter of an asian martial arts style?

15 Who is the oldest?

16 Who has the most trophies with their name on it?

Trophies

If you and your players enjoy Seven Season Soup and you play it multiple times, you will experience many epic moments. And we want to reward you for it. If a player achieves one of the trophies, he or she can write his or her name into the box next to it.

First! Won the first game.

Head Chef: Cooked the first Seven Season Soup.

Industrial Revolution: Defeated both gods in one game.

Lonely Hero: Picked up no companion and won the game.

Cash Cow: More than 30 KAN to spend at the end of the game.

Maverick: Win more than 15 KAN at Cho-Han.

Benefactor: Donate more than 10 KAN but get no item as reward.

Professional Duellist: Win the game by a tie breaker duel.

Emperor's Taster: Submit 6 or more dishes to the Emperor.

Put a lid on it: Accomplish Burnt Offering und Shadows & Ashes in one game.

Melee Weapon

Heavy Weapon

Knife

Ranged Weapon

Throwing Weapon

Armor

Heavy Armor

Garment

Scroll

Instrument

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