Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies

To set up Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies, place the Atlas in the center and position the Claire Smith figure on space six. Organize common and quest resources into supplies alongside time, power, and status tokens. Set up the action board with the pocket watch and starting resources, and place the flight board with the plane at Henrik's camp and sliders at maximum health and fuel. Players fill out a journey log sheet, choose a difficulty mode, and take character boards, standees, starting health markers, and stamina tokens. Distribute ability and starting adventure cards among players, and arrange event, combat, and enemy cards on their respective boards. Finally, place the storybook nearby and give the active player token to the person controlling Claire Smith.

The main objective of the campaign is to explore a mysterious world, survive dangerous encounters, rescue lost passengers, and find and rejuvenate ancient totems. By gathering power, solving mysteries, and uncovering the secrets of the strange land, your band of adventurers hopes to find a way back to Earth.

A player's turn consists of four steps. First, the active player draws two ability cards, managing hand limits and equipping abilities to characters. Second, an event card is drawn and resolved, which may trigger damage, statuses, or skill challenges. Third, the player spends time to perform various actions such as camping, traveling across the atlas, exploring locations using the storybook, flying the plane, or repairing. Finally, the turn ends, any ongoing end-of-turn effects are checked, and the active player token moves clockwise to the next player.

Scoring is tracked via your journey log sheet, where you record your campaign progress, completed quests, and achievements. At the end of the campaign, you evaluate your overall success based on the scenarios completed and achievements unlocked.

The campaign concludes when you successfully reach the end of the story and achieve your goals. If all five characters are reduced to zero health at the same time, the party is defeated, resulting in penalties such as crossing off camp symbols on your journey log before you can resume your adventure.