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20 Strong
#1347BGG7.3RATING
Updated Jun 9
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PLAYERS
30–40
MINUTES
1
BEST WITH
2.4
MEDIUM
DESIGNER CLARIFICATIONS9
Committing zero dice is a legal choicedesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Players were uncertain whether at least one die must be committed during the Strategy phase.
- RULING
- You may legally choose to commit 0 dice during the Strategy phase. There is no minimum commitment requirement.
AUTHOR: brighterthanthesun (Shannon Wedge, designer, publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2024-01-08Misses cannot be applied to enemiesdesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Players asked whether miss results could be applied to enemies in any capacity.
- RULING
- Only hits (and crits) can be applied to enemies. Miss results cannot be applied to enemies under any circumstances.
AUTHOR: brighterthanthesun (Shannon Wedge, designer, publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2023-11-13Conflicting "during" effects and effect duration on enemy defeatdesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Players encountered situations where two "during this engagement" effects contradicted each other, and asked whether a defeated enemy's effects persisted.
- RULING
- When two "during" effects conflict, apply the most restrictive interpretation. A defeated enemy's ongoing effects cease immediately upon its defeat — the effect does not persist through the remainder of the engagement.
AUTHOR: brighterthanthesun (Shannon Wedge, designer, publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2023-11-30Big Sucker matching pairs and valid hit+crit combinationsdesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Players were unsure whether "matching pair" required same color, same face type, or both — and whether a hit and a crit of the same color qualified.
- RULING
- "Matching pairs" means the same die color only. A hit and a crit of the same color count as a valid matching pair for Big Sucker's ability.
AUTHOR: brighterthanthesun (Shannon Wedge, designer, publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2023-11-16Hit icon vs. the word "hits": two different meaningsdesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Some card effects show the hit icon (★) while others use the written word "hits" — players were unsure if these were interchangeable.
- RULING
- The hit icon (★) refers to basic hits only and does not include crits. The written word "hits" refers to both hits and crits.
AUTHOR: brighterthanthesun (Shannon Wedge, designer, publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2023-11-21Mandatory enemies must be chosen for every activationdesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Players were uncertain whether mandatory enemies needed to be selected only for the first activation of a turn, or also for subsequent activations triggered by the +enemy icon.
- RULING
- "Just jumping in to confirm, yes this is the correct ruling." — Designer confirmed: whenever a mandatory enemy is present in any stack, it must be chosen for every activation, including those triggered by a previous enemy's additional activation (+enemy) icon.
AUTHOR: brighterthanthesun (Shannon Wedge, designer, publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2023-11-16Instant Rewards are not items and bypass inventory limitsdesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Designer @keruwb (Patrick Caron) asked whether the "you cannot gain a reward if your inventory is full" restriction applies to Instant Rewards (lightning bolt icon).
- RULING
- "You cannot gain an item if your inventory is full. Single-use and Ongoing rewards are items. Instant rewards are not items, you just get them immediately upon defeat. So they never go in your inventory (except there might be like one hero ability that allows you to break this rule...) and you don't need room in your inventory for them."
AUTHOR: brighterthanthesun (Shannon Wedge, designer, publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2023-11-20+enemy icon from entourage cards is skipped during Endgamedesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Players were unsure which enemy abilities remained active during Endgame rounds.
- RULING
- "While you don't add the +enemy from the top of entourage cards during Endgame" — the additional enemy icon on entourage conflict cards is not resolved during Endgame rounds.
AUTHOR: brighterthanthesun (Shannon Wedge, designer, publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2024-01-30Enemy After-effects that add enemies still trigger during Endgamedesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Distinct from skipping the entourage +enemy icon (see D8), some enemies have After-effects that add a new enemy in the next Engagement.
- RULING
- "The Gutterdie's After effect that adds an enemy in the next Engagement is meant to be resolved even during Endgame." — card After-effects that generate additional enemies in subsequent Engagements continue to trigger normally during Endgame rounds.
AUTHOR: brighterthanthesun (Shannon Wedge, designer, publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2024-01-30
Q&A3
Enemy effects apply to all currently engaged enemiescommunity high-engagement
- QUESTION
- Do enemy effects (e.g., "Green dice cannot be committed") apply only to the enemy bearing the card, or to all currently engaged enemies?
- ANSWER
- Enemy effects apply to all currently engaged enemies, not just the one bearing the card. The caveat "only until you kill it" applies specifically to "during" effects — once an enemy is defeated, its ongoing effect ceases (consistent with D3).
Empty stacks when boss summons entouragecommunity high-engagement
- QUESTION
- When the boss arrives and needs to summon entourage enemies but all three conflict stacks are already empty, what happens?
- ANSWER
- Shuffle all previously defeated/discarded enemy cards back into the stacks and draw the required entourage enemies from the newly formed stacks. This procedure is explicitly stated in the Solar Sentinels Endgame section of the rulebook.
Rules conflict priority ordercommunity high-engagement
- QUESTION
- When a card effect and an item bonus contradict each other (e.g., an enemy says red hits do 0 damage but an equipped item grants red hits +3 damage), which takes precedence?
- ANSWER
- Per the general rules (page 5), the priority order is: deck-specific rules override general rules; card text overrides either rulebook; effect text overrides reward or hero ability text. An active enemy's effect text therefore overrides a hero's item bonus for as long as that enemy remains in play.
Last researched: 2026-04-27
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