Tomb Rulebook

seT UP
Select a side of the Tomb map to play — Goldenaxe
Catacombs or Tomb of the Overseers. If this is your first
time playing, we recommend the Goldenaxe Catacombs.
Place the Character pieces in the bag for use as the
Character Pool. Place the Inn Board next to the Tomb
Board. Shuffle the Item, Prayer, Spell, and Tactics Decks,
and place each on their respective locations on the Inn
Board. Shuffle the Crypt Deck and set it to the side of the
board. There are enough Crypt Cards to have a deck on
each side of the table.
Determine the order of play by having each Player
roll all seven Blue Tomb Dice. The Player with the
most successes (highest number of Tomb Dice with
showing) becomes Player One and selects an Adventuring
Party Marker and places it on the Inn Board. Re-roll ties.
Play then proceeds in clockwise order.
Each Player draws three cards from the Crypt Deck.
Starting with Player One and continuing in clockwise
order, each player places a Crypt Card face down in any
of the open Crypts and then draws a new Crypt Card.
A crypt is considered open until it has a number of cards
in it equal to the number on the Crypt Door, at which
point it cannot hold any more Crypt Cards.
Once all of the Crypts are full, the Tomb is ready
for exploration and the unused Crypt Cards are
discarded.
MeeT AT The Inn
Starting with the second player, players now begin
recruiting adventurers and exploring the tomb. On his or
her first turn, each Player draws five Character Cards from
the Character Pool, selects one to be part of his or her
Adventuring Party, and places the rest in the Inn. If the
Character is a Cleric, the Player draws a Prayer Card.
If the Character is a Wizard, the Player draws a Spell Card.
If the Character is both a Cleric and a Wizard, he draws
both a Prayer Card and a Spell Card.
Optional Rules
During the Lean Years, this place grows deathly quiet.
I’ve seen weeks go by without a new face. This place
grows as empty as a tomb... no pun intended. Players
draw only three adventurers from the Character Pool.
During the Fat Years, I’ve seen this place filled with
people; drink in one hand, story in another. I’ve seen
people come and go, so many I’ve forgotten more faces
than I remember. And I’ve seen a dozen men march out
for adventure in an afternoon, hungry for glory. Players
draw five adventurers from the Character Pool
and keep two before returning the rest to the Inn.
After each Player has drawn a Character, the second phase
of Tomb begins. From here on out, players may take as
many Free Actions as they would like before taking one
(and only one) Standard Action on a Turn. Free Actions
include Attaching items and moving equipment between
Characters, as well as using React Cards.
FRee ACTIons
At the beginning of each Player’s Turn (before performing
any other actions), the Player may redistribute Attached
cards among the Characters in his Adventuring Party.
Just as with any other time Cards are being Attached,
no Character may have more than one card with each of
the following traits — Armor, Bow, Glove, Helm, Shield,
and Weapon. Players may not move Cards while they are
resolving Crypt Encounters (iTraps, Monsters, etc.).
If an Adventuring Party begins a Turn at the Inn,
they immediately heal all Wounds as a Free Action.