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Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness

Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness

DTDA Games · 2017
2–815–30 min10+ yrs2.0/5 complexity6.4 BGG#16.511 BGG411CouplesFamily
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How do you play Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness?

Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness is a Heroic Fantasy card game, for 2-8 players, opposing two teams and for everyone. Form your battalions, choose your heroes, and crush the opposite team to return to the Light!

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Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness is a Heroic Fantasy card game, for 2-8 players, opposing two teams and for everyone. Form your battalions, choose your heroes, and crush the opposite team to return to the Light!

Story

Mighty heroes from a far-off land, now exiled to this dark forest, you once shone bright amongst your fellow men, but are now doomed to roam the darkness. Surrounded by crooks, you now seek the former glory of your past.

Show the true hero you are, and regain your freedom at last. There still remains a glimmer of hope for you to return to your native land. Join forces with other heroes, and lead your camp to victory.Summon the spirits of light, and harness their energy. Fulfil your destiny, and destroy the enemy battalion. Once victorious, you may finally return to your people.

Far from your prison, the gods will forgive you at last."

How to Play

 Set up

Constitute 2 teams, and place them face to face. Each player can use one or several heroes, the total number of heroes of each team must be equivalent.

 Progression of the Game

Light Hunters is a turn-based card game in which the possibilities increase as the game progresses. Each round is equivalent to its Ether level: 1st round = Ether level at 1, 2nd round = Ether level at 2, up to 5 max.

 Progression of a Hero Round

During a round every hero plays 1 time. To play a skill of a hero we have to refer to the Spirits of Light cards and to the Ether level available for the round. We can choose to play or not, if we choose to play for the round, we have to evoke the skill used on the opposite team and discard one or several Spirits of Light cards consumed.

The round of the hero is then finished, it belongs to the following hero to begin his turn. When all the heroes have played, we moved on the next round by increasing the Ether level +1.

End of the Game

When a battalion killed the enemy camp, it gains the victory. All the heroes from the remaining battalion is then indicated winners, and worthy to get back to their world, free and full of glory.

Content of the Game

8 "Hero" cards + 1 "Skeleton" card 70 Spirits of Light cards

 24 Dawn cards
 16 Shimmer cards 
 14 New day cards
 12 Beam cards
 4 Illumination cards

40 tokens

 20 1-point health tokens
 10 3-point health tokens
 10 5-point health tokens

Rules booklet

game anatomy
Complexity2.0 / 5
BGG rating6.4 / 10
Vibe
CouplesFamily
Play time
15–30 min
Players
2–8
Recommended age
10+ yrs
BGG rank
#16.511
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Q4How many players does Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness support?
Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness is played by 2–8 players.
Q5How long does a game of Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness take?
A game of Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness takes about 15–30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness for?
Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness?
Light Hunters: Battalion of Darkness has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.0 out of 5.
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