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Chaos in the Old World
#217BGG7.7RATING
Updated Jun 5
3–4
PLAYERS
60–120
MINUTES
4
BEST WITH
3.2
HEAVY
ERRATA3
Slaanesh dial advancement condition misprint on player sheetlinked official source
- RULING
- The Slaanesh player sheet misprints the dial advancement condition as "1 or more" corruption tokens. The correct threshold per the official FFG FAQ is 2 or more corruption tokens placed in a region that contains nobles or heroes during a single phase. The card's requirement for nobles or heroes is correct; only the numeric threshold (1→2) is the error.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler); confirmed by bleached_lizard (Chris J Davis, Designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Ruination scoring: all contributors this round score VPlinked official source
- RULING
- Each player who placed at least one corruption token in a region during the current round scores VP when that region is ruined, regardless of which phase the ruination triggers. This reverses a prior interpretation that only players who placed corruption during the Corruption Phase itself scored the ruination bonus.
AUTHOR: Darian (Bryan Myers), citing the official FFG FAQ update (August 2011)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(5 replies, 12 thumbs)DATE: 2011-08-27Old World tokens may not be placed in ruined regionslinked official source
- RULING
- Ruined regions are not valid locations to place Old World tokens. When required to place a token and no valid non-ruined locations remain, the token is discarded. This reverses an earlier ruling that allowed players to nominate a ruined region as their placement choice (with no effect); now all tokens must be placed in valid regions if any exist.
AUTHOR: Darian (Bryan Myers), citing the official FFG FAQ update (August 2011)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(5 replies, 12 thumbs)DATE: 2011-08-27
Q&A11
Abyssal Pact is region-specific despite lacking "in this region" textlinked official source
- QUESTION
- The Tzeentch chaos card Abyssal Pact does not include the phrase "in this region" found on similar cards. Does it affect only the region where it is played, or does it apply globally?
- ANSWER
- Abyssal Pact only affects the region into which it is played. Affecting only the played region is the default for chaos cards; cards explicitly state when an effect extends beyond it.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Changer of Ways does not undo already-triggered card effectslinked official source
- QUESTION
- Changer of Ways cancels ongoing or future chaos card effects. Does it also cancel effects from Soporific Musk or Warp Shield that were already in play when Changer of Ways is placed?
- ANSWER
- No. Changer of Ways does not undo any card effect that was triggered or resolved before it was placed. If Warp Shield or Soporific Musk was played first, the protection or control is already established and cannot be undone.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Reborn in Blood grants only one dial token per Battle Phaselinked official source
- QUESTION
- Reborn in Blood triggers a second battle. Can Khorne earn two separate dial advancement tokens — one from each battle?
- ANSWER
- No. Both battles triggered by Reborn in Blood occur within the same Battle Phase. Once Khorne fulfills his dial advancement condition for the first time that phase, the condition is fulfilled for the rest of the phase and he cannot earn a second token from the same or any subsequent battle that phase.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Soporific Musk: controlled figure stays under Slaanesh's control if resummonedlinked official source
- QUESTION
- If Slaanesh controls an enemy cultist via Soporific Musk and then resummoning that figure to a different region, does Slaanesh lose control?
- ANSWER
- No. Slaanesh retains control of the figure even after it is resummoned to a different region. It remains under Slaanesh's control until end of turn. This corrects an earlier FAQ ruling that conflicted with a rulebook example; FFG issued the correction.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Warp Shield does not protect against Dark Elf Corsairslinked official source
- QUESTION
- Dark Elf Corsairs "removes" a figure at the end of the Battle Phase. Warp Shield protects against being "killed" in battle. Are these the same thing?
- ANSWER
- No. "Remove" and "killed" are distinct game terms. Warp Shield only prevents a figure from being killed in battle and does not protect against Dark Elf Corsairs, which removes a figure through a separate mechanism.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Franz's Decree when drawn as the last card in the decklinked official source
- QUESTION
- Franz's Decree requires drawing a second Old World card. What happens if it is the very last card in the deck, leaving no second card to draw?
- ANSWER
- Players fulfill as much of the effect as possible and proceed. If no other victory condition has been triggered before the end of the current round, the game ends and the Old World wins.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Summoning your only figure requires walking to an adjacent regionlinked official source
- QUESTION
- When you have only one figure on the board and choose to resummon it, can it go to any region on the board?
- ANSWER
- No. If you have at least one figure on the board and resummon it, the figure must walk to its current region or an adjacent one. Unrestricted first placement (anywhere on the board) only applies when you begin the summoning with no figures on the board at all. (Rulebook p. 11: summon, place, and move are equivalent terms; adjacency restrictions apply to all three.)
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Hero tokens remain on the board after eliminating a figurelinked official source
- QUESTION
- When a hero token eliminates the figure with the greatest threat in its region, is the hero token also removed from the board?
- ANSWER
- No. Hero tokens remain on the board even after they successfully eliminate a figure. They stay in their region and continue to function in subsequent rounds.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Witch Hunters: highest-threat player loses at most one corruption per regionlinked official source
- QUESTION
- How does the Witch Hunters Old World card resolve? Does having multiple hero tokens in a region cause multiple corruption losses?
- ANSWER
- The "player with the greatest Threat score" condition is evaluated only once. That player loses one corruption token in each region containing at least one hero token — no more than one token per region, regardless of how many hero tokens are in that region.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Nurgle "dominate this region" cards resolve during the Corruption Phasecommunity high-engagement
- QUESTION
- Nurgle chaos cards conditioned on "If you dominate this region" are played during the Summoning Phase. Is domination checked immediately upon playing the card, or later during the Corruption Phase?
- ANSWER
- Domination is evaluated at the moment the card resolves, which is during the Corruption Phase when domination is normally calculated — not immediately when the card is played. Other players therefore have the opportunity to act before domination is checked.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(20 replies, 7 thumbs)DATE: 2009-10-30Dial advancement condition is fulfilled once per region per phaselinked official source
- QUESTION
- If a player fulfills their dial advancement condition multiple times in the same region during the same phase, do they earn multiple advancement tokens?
- ANSWER
- No. Once a player fulfills their dial advancement condition for a region in a phase, that condition is fulfilled for the remainder of that phase in that region. However, the condition can still be fulfilled in a different region during the same phase, earning an additional token there.
AUTHOR: Haggis (Robert C.), quoting the May 2010 official FFG FAQ updateSOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(6 replies, 10 thumbs)DATE: 2010-05-28
EDGE CASES3
DAC mechanics: how many threat dial ticks each player receiveslinked official source
- SITUATION
- Multiple players earn Dial Advancement Counters in the same round. How many threat dial ticks does each player receive at the end of the round?
- RULING
- Any player who collected at least one DAC ticks the threat dial once. The single player who collected the most DACs ticks a second time. If two or more players are tied for the most DACs, no one receives the bonus second tick. At most one player can tick twice in any given round; all others are capped at one tick.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03Soporific Musk: full scope of control over a captured figurecommunity high-engagement
- SITUATION
- Slaanesh has taken control of an enemy figure via Soporific Musk. What can and cannot each player do with the controlled figure?
- RULING
- The controlled figure is treated as 100% Slaanesh's: it counts for Slaanesh's figure placement adjacency, can place corruption tokens (if a cultist), can battle for Slaanesh, and counts toward Slaanesh's domination. The original owner may no longer use it for any of these purposes but may target it in battle since it is no longer their figure. The figure retains all of its original stats and upgrades.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(14 replies, 7 thumbs)DATE: 2010-01-08Great Unclean One resummoning earns only one dial token per Summoning Phaselinked official source
- SITUATION
- Nurgle resummoning the upgraded Great Unclean One multiple times in the same Summoning Phase to drop additional corruption tokens. Does each resummoning earn a separate dial advancement token?
- RULING
- No. Each resummoning is valid (the GUO may move to the same or an adjacent region), but Nurgle earns only one dial advancement token per Summoning Phase regardless of how many times the GUO is resummoned. The first fulfillment of the dial condition exhausts eligibility for that phase.
AUTHOR: ColtsFan76 (Brian, official FFG FAQ compiler)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.com(127 replies, 54 thumbs)DATE: 2009-09-03
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