Question about the Minion Damage phase

Nargles·10/20/2016, 2:27:10 AM·2 votes·3,057 views

When this phase activates, are all minions technically dealing their damage all at once, or are minions dealing their damage one at a time?

Example 1: If Player 1 and Player 2 are standing next to minions, but Player 1 scraps their Fuel Tank and wipes out all minions that would be dealing damage to Player 2, does Player 2 still draw a damage card(s)?

Example 2: Similarly, if the first minion's damage causes Player 1 to move away from a second minion, does Player 1 still receive the damage from the second minion?

I'm not sure if the rules are specific about the "start with the first player" because they're really picky about who gets what damage card (i.e. minions deal dmg all at once), or because the first player might cause other players to not end up taking damage (i.e. minions deal dmg one at a time).

Thanks!

7 Comments

Herazalila10/20/2016, 7:36:56 AM1 votes

It's on the rulebook. exemple 1) page 6 player 2 doesn't take dmg(i think you use fuel take before you take any dmg). exemple 2) page 5 No.He doesn't take dmg.you resolve dmg card one by one.if you destroy an minion or dodge some dmg lucky :).

jgcpalmer10/20/2016, 5:43:16 PM1 votes

Actually in Example 2, player 1 still takes the damage. Read through the Tutorial Dossier, and you'll see that the player draws all damage cards, and then resolves them one by one. So if you have 2 minions in contact with you, you draw 2 damage cards, and then you resolve them one by one.

This was confirmed by Riot Kades on the BGG forums.

Keylon10/23/2016, 1:17:39 AM1 votes

Hi I also have a question regarding the minion damage phase. Scenario 1:

O=free space | Y=Yordle / Player | M=Minion

O O Y O O O Y M Y O O O Y O O

Does the minion attack all Players or only the first player?

Rabitepoo11/1/2016, 4:12:10 PM1 votes

I have another question about minions:

Do minions cause damage when they spawn or only after they move?

We had some instances where a player moved next to a minion but the minion moves away from the player toward the objective on the minion phase and weren't sure if the player should take damage first.