How to Play Unmatched: Cobble & Fog

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Choose battlefield

Select one of the double-sided game boards and place it on the table

Select heroes

Each player chooses a hero and takes their corresponding 30 action cards, character card, hero miniature, sidekick tokens, health dials, and any other components

Set starting health

Each player sets their hero's starting health and their sidekick's starting health on the matching health dials as shown on character cards

Prepare deck

Each player shuffles their action cards to form a single face-down deck, then draws 5 cards as their starting hand

Place younger player's hero

The younger player places their hero miniature on the 1 space on the battlefield

Place older player's hero

The older player places their hero miniature on the 2 space, following the same sidekick placement rules

Determine first player

The younger player takes the first turn

Assemble health dials

Before first play, punch out the two circles for each character and connect them with a rivet

Place fog tokens (Invisible Man only)

Place all 3 fog tokens on separate spaces in the Invisible Man's zone as if they were sidekicks

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Take two actions

You must take exactly 2 actions per turn; you cannot skip an action and may choose the same action twice

Choose from three action types

The possible actions are Maneuver, Scheme, or Attack

Draw a card (mandatory)

Draw the top card of your deck and add it to your hand

Move your fighters (optional)

Move each of your fighters, one at a time, a number of spaces equal to or less than your move value shown on your character card

Boost movement (optional)

Discard 1 card from your hand and add that card's BOOST value to your movement value, ignoring any effect on the discarded card

Play a scheme card

Choose a scheme card (lightning bolt icon) from your hand and play it face up onto the table

Declare active fighter

You must declare which of your fighters is playing the scheme; the card indicates which fighters are allowed to use it

Resolve the effect

Carry out the card's effect, then place the card into your discard pile

Restriction on defeated fighters

You may not play a scheme card if the listed fighters are defeated

Declare active fighter

Declare which of your fighters is performing the attack

Restriction on attacking

You may not take the attack action if you have no attack card in hand or if none of your fighters have valid targets

Declare target

Any fighter may target a fighter in an adjacent space regardless of zone

Choose and reveal cards

The attacker must play an attack card face down; the defender may optionally play a defense card face down; both are then revealed simultaneously

Use versatile cards

Cards with the double-arrow icon can be used as either attack or defense cards

Resolve immediately effects

After revealing, resolve any effects labeled "immediately"

Resolve during combat effects

Resolve any effects labeled "during combat"

Calculate damage

The attacker deals damage equal to their attack value minus the defender's defense value (if any); reduce the defender's health accordingly

Resolve after combat effects

Resolve any "after combat" effects; defender's effects resolve first if simultaneous

Determine combat winner

The attacker won if they dealt at least one damage from the attack itself; the defender won if they took no damage from the attack itself

Discard played cards

Place all played cards into their respective discard piles

Hand limit

At the end of your turn, if you have more than 7 cards, discard down to 7 cards

Drawing when exhausted

When your deck is empty, your fighters are exhausted; if you must draw a card, each of your fighters immediately takes 2 damage instead

Maintain discard pile

Keep your discard pile face up; both players may look through any discard pile at any time

Fog token defense bonus (Invisible Man)

When Invisible Man plays a defense card while on a space with a fog token, add 1 to that card's value

Fog token movement (Invisible Man)

Invisible Man can move from one fog token space to another as if adjacent

Moving fog tokens

Count spaces like fighter movement but may move through any fighter or token and place on occupied spaces; only one fog token per space

Secret passages (Baskerville Manor)

Fighters can move between spaces with the secret passage symbol as if adjacent, costing 1 movement; these spaces are not adjacent for attacks or other effects

Winning

How to claim victory.

Defeat opponent's hero

Win by reducing your opponent's hero to zero health; the game ends immediately when this occurs

Defeated sidekicks

When a sidekick is reduced to zero health, immediately remove that sidekick token from the battlefield; this does not end the game

Losing condition

If your hero is defeated, you immediately lose the game

Team game victory

In team play, both opposing heroes must be defeated for a team to win

Eliminated team players

When a player's hero is defeated in team play, remove the miniature but that player continues taking turns if they have sidekicks remaining; if all fighters are defeated, the player is eliminated and takes no more turns