Blood Rage Quick Reference Rules Guide

This basic guide acts as a quick reference, or a basic outline of rules, for people that have read the full instructions for the Blood Rage board game.

The Phase Board (shows the three ages and their phases) along with the Clan Sheets (with each possible Action and associated costs at the bottom) making remembering the basic game mechanics a lot easier. For a the full reference, and an official FAQ, please scroll to the bottom of CMON's Blood Rage page here.

Blood Rage Rules

The Objective

• Have the most Glory after 3 Ages

Quick Setup

1. Place each pillage token on a random province - except Yggdrasil, which receives the triple stat reward token.
   
   
2. Draw Ragnarok targets and destroy the provinces on the Game Board according to player number
   • 4 Players = 1 Destroyed
   • 3 Players = 2 Destroyed
   • 2 Players = 3 Destroyed
3. Distribute 3 Ragnarok Tokens on each Age of the Phase Board
   
   
4. Set each player’s Clan Sheet markers to starting positions
   
5. Determine first player, play is in a clockwise direction.
   Click here to randomly pick the first player colour

How to Play

1. God’s Gifts (Card Drafting)
   1. Distribute 8 cards from the current Age to each player
   2. Draft cards
      1. Take 1 card, pass the remaining on
      2. Do this until you have selected 6, with 2 left over to be discarded by each player
2. Take single actions in a clockwise direction until either every player runs out of rage, or all undestroyed provinces are pillaged
   • Passing a turn moves your rage to zero immediately
3. Discard down to one card in your hand to carry over to the next age
4. Quest phase - receive rewards for any completed and previously committed quests
5. Ragnarok occurs, destroying all units in the area and producing Glory based on the Age.
6. All units are released from Valhalla, returning to player reserves
7. The next Age begins, set Clan Sheet markers, then return to Step 1

Important Reminders

• Recommended beginner cards to draft are:
  • 2 Battle cards (Red border)
  • 2 Quest cards (Green border)
  • 2 Upgrade cards (Black border)
• Pillage
  • If you have no battle cards during a pillage, you must still play a card if you have any card in hand. If you win, you must discard the played card.
  • Battle card simultaneous play order is prioritised in the following way:
    • Cancel, Discard, Everything else (CDE)
    • Then, clockwise order from the Pillager
  • You must be the Pillager and win to receive the province reward.
  • Glory gained for winning a battle is calculated after gaining an Axe's province reward.
  • Draw - if the highest combat scores cause a draw, no one wins, and all involved players lose.
• Invade
  • Yggdrasil, the centre province, cannot be invaded normally, it must be Marched into.
• March
  • Units can march from only one province to another single province.
  • You can select one or more units in one province to march from.