Ravenous Biohazard 5 Rules

**This is a brief overview of the game rules. Examples and expanded rules and details are in the core rule set.** Ravenous 5 is a collectible and expandable card game for 2+ players. The object is for players to play Faction cards to defend and train ain cards to attack %ith. 5hen train cards attack and are not blocked damage is dealt to your upply !ache "deck#$ the last person %ith cards in their upply !ache %ins. &. Faction !ards' Faction cards are made up of your defenders$ urvivor cards$ as %ell as other cards that are used by your urvivors$ (vents$ )ocations and (nhancements. 2. train !ards' train cards are made up of your attackers$ *ombie cards$ as %ell as other cards that are used by your *ombies$ (vents and (volutions Dec Building. ers must construct decks according to the follo%ing rules, +ll players &. -ecks are made up of ./ cards 2. 0ou must have, a. 2/'15 15 Faction cards b. 15'2/ 2/ train !ards. 1. 0ou are allo%ed up to 2 copies of a card$ unless they are marked %ith a uni3ue$ than you are allo%ed a sin single copy in your deck. !la". +t the start everyone dra%s 4 cards. (ach players turn consists s of the follo%ing, &. Refresh' tart of your turn. a. -ra% 2 cards "after the first turn.# b. Revive any Tired cards. c. +ction 5indo% "0ou may play events$ or Tire for abilities#. abiliti 2. -eploy' 6n standard play you may deploy up to 2 !haracters "*ombies and urvivors#$ in any combination. & urvivor$ & *ombie or 2 *ombies etc7 a. -eploy !haracters "8p to 2.# b. -eploy any (nhancements$ or )ocations. c. +ction 5indo%. 1. -riveout' This is your co combat turn. 9nly train cards may attack. a. !ommit attackers. for

b. c. d. e. f. g. h. !la"ing #ards.

+ction %indo%. !ommit defenders +ction %indo% -etermine upply !ache losses$ for unblocked attackers. -etermine combat losses. Tire combatants. Final +ction %indo%.

There are t%o types of cards in Ravenous$ !hain !ards and !ost !ards. !hain cards are marked %ith one of these symbols and a number beside it. The $ $ symbol tells you %hat chain a card may play in$ each link in the chain must have a matching symbol. + chain allo%s you to play character cards for free$ or for reduced cost. The number beside the !hain symbol %ill be /+. tarting %ith / you may play the chain in order$ a /$ than a &$ 2 etc7 6f played in order every card is free. 6f you %anted to play a chain & %ith no / than it %ould cost &. 6f you had a / and %anted to play a 2 you %ould have to pay & upply$ one missing card in the chain. 6f you fill up your chain you must start a ne% one. 6f chain cards are killed during play than you may fill that chain back up %ith %it ne% cards. !ost cards have a number but no !hain symbol. To play these cards$ )ocations$ (vents$ (nhancements and (volutions$ you must pay the cost listed on the card in upply :oints. (vents$ )ocations$ (nhancements$ and (volutions may only be played, &. ;y y a !haracter %ith a matching Faction icon$ found in the center box to the left and right hand side of the picture. !a"ing $uppl". To pay upply points you may, &. -iscard cards from your hand$ one card & supply. 2. ;urn a card from the top of your deck$ & card & supply. 1. 8se a )ocation$ or ability$ to pay for the upply.

#haracter cards. There are four types of !haracters$ urvivors$ Red Tide "intelligent urvivor *ombies#$ *ombies$ and !reatures. urvivors have Faction icons in the center of the card$ to the left and right of the picture. These Faction icons tell you %hat (vents$ )ocations$ and (nhancement cards that urvivor can play and use.

$urvivor

%ombie

Red Event

(vent cards allo% characters to use special po%ers in game play. These are used during action %indo%s. (vents can be, +ctions$ !onstants$ Reactions and 6nterrupts. The yello% box$ in this case %ith the number 1$ indicates the cards speed$ %hen played against other (vents$ it tells the order of play.

&ocations )ocations allo% :layers special bonuses as %ell as granting them much need extra upply points$ so they do not al%ays have to discard cards. )ocations can be attacked by <ombies$ and they provide a health and defence bonus to any urvivor that chooses to defend them.

Evolution and Enhancements. (volutions and (nhancements are played the same %ith the follo%ing exceptions, &. (nhancements$ unless specified$ may only be played on urvivors$ they also may be moved during the -eployment :hase. 2. (volutions may only be played on <ombies$ and may never be moved. ;oth provide bonuses to !haracters during play. (ach has either a series of numbers$ or symbols$ these indicate %hat body part is re3uired for use$ or in the case of (volutions %hat part of the body they effect. 0ou may stack them$ so long as each has a different box marked.

#ombat !ombat is 3uick and dirt in Ravenous. :layers declare an attack and indicate ho% many <ombies %ill be -riven out to combat their opponent. The opposing player than chooses %hich urvivors %ill block$ and %ho they %ill block. +ny unblocked *ombies continue on and deal their damage right to the opponents upply !ache "deck#. +s indicated on the cards the bottom left is the -efence=+ttack$ the bottom right is >ealth. 6f the -efence=+ttack is e3ual to or higher than the health$ the lo%er card is removed$ in case of a tie$ both combatants are killed. 9ne final note speed$ that yello% diamond shape$ is used in combat as %ell. The card %ith the higher speed gains a +& to the -efence=+ttack. Extras. ;elo% is some of the extra stuff in Ravenous. Though these rules are sharply condensed it %ill allo% you a glimpse into game play. 'nnate (bilities !ards 3uite often %ill have an 6nnate +bility. +n 6+ are po%ers that are common enough to be abbreviated on the cards$ %ith more detail and explanation in the Rules. T%o 6nnate abilities that %e %ill detail are, Fast trike' 0ou strike first in combat$ dealing damage before an opponent gets to deal theirs. 6f you kill them out right$ they deal no damage to you. (ndless >orde' 0our <ombies %ith (ndless >orde may band together to attack$ adding all their attack and health icons together to form a ?bigger@ <ombie. ome innate abilities, &. +ggressive' urvivor can attack an un'tired <ombie. 2. >unter' tealthy !haracters that can only be blocked by another >unter. 1. 6nfected' + urvivor %ho gains damage reduction$ but can turn on your o%n pool of urvivors if killed. 2. 9verkill' (xtra damage is dealt to a supply cache if you exceed health. 5. Fear' Reduce attack. .. Terror' Reduce attack and health 4. Runner' only a single urvivor can block. ;elo% is a list of the Factions and trains.

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Faction WS0

Color Black

#$pe 'om(ie

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WS1

Black

'om(ie

WS2

Black

'om(ie

WS3

Black

'om(ie

WS4

Black

'om(ie

WS5

Black

'om(ie

WS6

Black

'om(ie

WS7

Black

'om(ie

WS8

Black

'om(ie

WSX

Black

'om(ie

Nephilim Universal Universal Red Tide

Black N N !e"

5on+ter Zombie Survivor Red

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Survivor Survivor Survivor Survivor Survivor Survivor Survivor Survivor Survivor

&ercenaries, su

ly rovision. ly owers, generally with high health.

(ealing, damage reduction and re)su su Counter and revention owers.

Control, changing rules, mani ulating how the game lays. *estruction ) high defence, fast strike, and blast away. +owers u and control !hite Strain #ombies. +owers u Survivors. ,ncreased abilities and combat the more the (unt cards come into lay. The hidden faction- Thule Society is a mi. of all factions.

(lternate Rules. Ravenous has plenty of additional game modes %hich change up the style of game play$ allo%ing for multiple different game styles$ speed$ and strategy. The game mod that is default for the rules is standard. 6ncluded belo% is a 3uick explanation of some of the additional rules and game play modes. Reserves. Reserves$ or Reserve deck$ gives you &5 cards extra that can be s%apped for cards in your deck during best 2 out of 1$ or other such games. +fter the first round you may s%ap as many cards for cards as you %ant$ allo%ing customi<ation. +n alternative mode de of this is you you are allo%ed to s%ap one card$ before your dra% phase but at the start of your turn$ for a card in your reserve deck. 0ou gain a more strategic play mode$ at the sacrifice of some speed. :ulp. :ulp is a violent fast paced game st style yle for Ravenous$ games can run bet%een 2 2'&5 minutes$ and can be %ildly out of control$ fun and one sided. 8sing standard play you eliminate the 2 !haracter limit. ;ecause Ravenous has no fixed resource system$ you can al%ays play cards$ you can drop up to 4 character cards in the first round. This lends to fast build up$ and faster attacks.

(!A vs !!A 5hy not bothBC +s you %ill note in one of our finished$ and polished versions of Drupp$ on the bottom line there is an (!A / %ritten in a box. This allo%s you to predetermine a point value for a game. 6n an exampleE !ommon cards are / points$ uncommon &$ Rare 2. 6F you decide to play by 5 points$ than you can have 5 uncommonFs$ or 2 rare cards$ and & uncommon. The rest %ould be all common cards. This point system is not only great for ne% players$ those %ho %ant to limit their spending but still be competitive$ but it also has one more fantastic bonus. Go% %e can release !!A and (!A expansions. 9riginally the plan %as to alternate bet%een sets and styles. + !!A set is random cards in random packs$ try to catch them all. The (!A releases that %e %ill put out %ill still be pointed %hich means they can still play$ %ithout upsetting the balance$ of the !!A format. !reating a happy %orld for both.

>ero and Aod Hode. Finally$ and briefly for this is %ay over the 2 pages planned$ >ero and Aod mode. 6n >ero mode you pick a special <ombie$ or survivor$ and place them aside. 0ou still have a deck of ./ cards$ these are bonuses. 0ou get an additional 1 events$ or !haracters "<ombies or survivors#$ that go into the hero pool. (ach round you may pay to play one of those cards$ or bring the special character into play. Aod Hode is exactly the same$ except you get both urvivor and a *ombie.