Russia

Russia

Russia

Russia is defined by explorer mechanics; unmanaged explorer clusters become the primary loss driver.

Additional Loss Condition

Hunters Swarm the Island: Put beasts Destroyed by Adversary rules on this panel. If there are ever more beasts on this panel than on the island, the Invaders win.

Escalation

Stalk the Predators: On each board: Add 2 explorer (total) among lands with beasts. If you can't, instead add 2 explorer among lands with beasts on a different board.

Rules

• During Setup, on each board, add 1 beasts and 1 explorer to the highest-numbered land without town/city. During Play, explorer do +1 Damage. When Ravage adds blight to a land (including cascades), Destroy 1 beasts in that land.

• During Setup, on each board, add 1 beasts and 1 explorer to the highest-numbered land without town/city. During Play, explorer do +1 Damage. When Ravage adds blight to a land (including cascades), Destroy 1 beasts in that land.

• During Setup, on each board, add 1 beasts and 1 explorer to the highest-numbered land without town/city. During Play, explorer do +1 Damage. When Ravage adds blight to a land (including cascades), Destroy 1 beasts in that land.

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Strategy

Expect A Slow Start Then A Spike

Russia can look manageable early but rapidly accelerates once explorer engines are online. Use early turns to pre-position answers instead of chasing perfect cleanup.

Levels 1, 2, 3, 5

Resources

Adversaries and how they are put together is a real highlight of the game

Adversary design discussion.

Adversaries summary

Quick matchup themes and priorities.

Adversaries and their signature levels

Signature-level discussion.