Dungeonology: Rocca Civetta

Expansion for Dungeonology: The Expedition

Dungeonology: Rocca Civetta Rulebook

Table of Contents

New Components

Scholar Models (7)
Boss Models (9)
Egg Models (7)
Tentacle Models (7)
Familiar Models (2)
Iota Student Models (6)
Phi Student Models (3)
Zeta Student Models (3)
Lambda Student Models (3)
Boss Cards (12)
Scholar Cards (7)
Floor IV Zones (6)
Crypt Trap Zone (1)
Catacomb Trap Zone (1)
Camp Z Zone (1)
Burrow of Marconiglio Zone (1)
Thermal Bath Zone (1)
Lair of Cariddi Megazone (1)
Clan Cards (12)
Trick Cards (46)
Student Congregation Cards (4)
Intern Cards (10)
Jinx Cards (8)
Familiar Cards (2)
Research Cards (12)
Zainetto Card (1)
Panic Cards (5)
Omega Action Cards (21)
Tome of Secrets Cards (2)

Star Tokens

These markers represent the Stars on the Scholar's Note Boards. They are used to clearly keep track of how many and which Stars each Scholar has, and, consequently, which Scholars become Exalted, and which ones are entitled to Submit the Thesis.

When a Scholar reaches a Star on their Note Board, they take the Token that represents that specific Star (silver or gold, with the border of the specific color) and place it clearly visible in front of their Note Board. When a Scholar loses a Star, she discards the relevant token.

New Scholars

In this box there are many new Scholars of Rocca Civetta who will join the expeditions of Rebecca, Valerio, Sofia and Vincenzo.

Sara the explorer, Caterina the alchemist, Claudio the hunter, Andromeda the gynoid, Onamor the gravedigger, Ingrid the Valkyrie and Enrico the archaeologist can all be chosen as Scholars by players during the Game Setup, bringing many new skills to the game to thwart your opponents' plans and become the next Dungeonology Professor.

New Clan Cards

The Clan Cards included in this expansion are added to those of the base game and used in all Dungeonology games.

Unlike the Clan Cards of the basic game, when performing the Submit the Thesis Action with one of these cards, in order to be Successful, in addition to having reached the point value indicated as in the standard rules of the game (A), it is also necessary to have reached the requirement of the Stars of the indicated color (B), paying attention to whether the required star is silver or gold.

During the End Game Scoring, if the Scholar has reached all the Stars with colored borders shown under the name of the card (present only in some of them), he gets the bonus points indicated (C). These points must be added last in the calculation and are not taken into consideration for reaching the value indicated in point A to successfully Submit the Thesis.

New Bosses

Dependents Rule

Many new Bosses are in this box, ready to hinder the Scholars of Rocca Civetta. To bring them into the game you need to use the Boss advanced rule. Capagrezza, the Basilisk, Shadow Lord, Raganella, Jukas and Omega can be chosen by players as the Boss of the game, adding dangerous new mechanics to the game. Many of these Bosses feature two profiles, one on each side of their card, and can be used in either version, such as Laetus in the game's base box.

Alchemy Cards

The Alchemy Trick Cards allow you to manipulate the elements and transform them by changing their form and helping Scholars to always have what they need.

To use Alchemy Cards in Dungeonology games follow these Game Setup steps first:

Add the 18 Alchemy Trick Cards to the deck.
Add 2 Fate Trick Cards with the number 4 (supplied with this expansion) to the deck.
Add a Fate Trick Card with the number 5 (supplied with this expansion) to the deck.

Auxiliary Effects

Alchemy 1: during your Movement Phase or Action Phase, discard 1 Trick Card from your Hand, then, Draw 2 Trick Cards from the Deck.
Alchemy 2: during your Movement Phase or Action Phase, discard 2 Trick Cards from your Hand, then, Draw 3 Trick Cards from the Deck.
Alchemy 3: during your Movement Phase or Action Phase, Draw 2 Trick Cards from the Deck.

Specialists Cards

Dependents Rule

The Specialists Trick Cards allow you to call upon the best Interns of Rocca Civetta, such as the Surgeon, the sentient stone Wikiantir or the powerful Fool!

To use Intern Cards in Dungeonology games follow these steps before the Game Setup:

Add the 18 Specialists Trick Cards to the deck.
Add 2 Fate Trick Cards with the number 4 (provided with this expansion) to the deck.
Add a Fate Trick Card with the number 5 (provided with this expansion) to the deck.
The Main Effects advanced rule must be used during the game.

Auxiliary Effect

Specialists: play during your own Stealth Test. Add a bonus equal to the number of Interns you have to your Stealth Value.

Spriggan Cards

Dependents Rule

The Spriggan, the mischievous dweller of the woods, can be the best ally or the worst misfortune for the Scholar who invokes his help.

To use Spriggan Cards in Dungeonology games follow these steps before the Game Setup:

Add the 4 Spriggan Trick Cards to the deck.
The Main Effects advanced rule must be used during the game.

The Spriggan Trick Card contains only one Main Effect: a Bonus Value of 8 that you can use to declare your Stealth Value. The Scholar who uses it takes the Spriggan Intern Card from the Intern deck or from the Scholar who currently owns it.

Add 1 or More Types of Trick Cards to the Deck

If at least two Types of Trick Cards are added to the deck used during the game (Alchemy Cards and Specialists Cards provided with this expansion, and/or other Types provided with other expansions in the game), the Scholar Skills that require you to discard a certain Type of Trick Card to work (like Rebecca's "Arcane Quest"), they also work by discarding Fate Trick Cards.

New Zones

Dependents Rule

Only the most intrepid explorers will be able to find the passages to reach the recesses of the subsoil, where fabled places are hidden, and in which information of incredible value and true divine secrets, can be found!

Floor IV Zones

To use Floor IV Zones in a Dungeonology game, the Dangerous Zones advanced rule must also be used.

The Floor IV Zones expand the dungeons of your games by adding a level to your explorations. These Zones follow the rules of the Zones of the base game. Their pile is shuffled and placed next to each other during the Game Setup, and can be reached by revealing Floor III Zones that contain the Stairs Effect.

Unlike other Zones, Floor IV Zones contain only False Information Cubes (black) and Universal Information Cubes (white, see page 28).

These Zones are well protected from ancient dangers or hard-to-pass doors, and some of them contain new Zone Effects to summon the powerful Yocca and Manticore Familiars.

Special Zones

The "Burrow of Marconiglio", "Crypt", "Catacombs", and "Lair of Cariddi" Zones are linked to some Bosses supplied with this expansion and come into play exclusively by playing a game in Big Boss mode with one of them (see page 29). "Camp Z", on the other hand, is exploited by the student "Caterina". These Zones are recognizable thanks to the face of the Boss or Scholar who uses them, placed on the back of the Zone.

New Zone Effects

Engage Familiar - ACTION: Engage the Familiar depicted in the icon, as long as it is not Linked, by paying its Engagement Cost (see the Familiar paragraph).

Bucket: A Scholar entering this Zone can Discard up to 2 Trick Cards to get that many Hot Water Tokens if available. A Scholar cannot have more than 2 Hot Water Tokens.

Hecatombs: When a Scholar enters this Zone, she Sacrifices all of her Students.

Mandatory Passage: Once this Zone is linked to two other Zones, it cannot be linked to new Zones by exiting it or otherwise. If the positioning of the Zones leads to connecting other Passages of this Zone (in addition to those of the first two linked), Wall Tokens must be placed on them to indicate that the Passage is unusable.

Familiars

Dependents Rule

To use Familiars in a game of Dungeonology, the Dangerous Zones advanced rule must also be used and Floor IV Zones in play.

Familiars are powerful allies that can be hired by Scholars by paying their Engagement Cost (A), which requires them to put a certain number and type of Information Cubes in Reserve from their Note Board.

At the start of the game, the Models and Familiar Cards are placed in the Reserve. When a Scholar uses the Engage Familiar Zone Effect combined with a specific Familiar, he takes its Model (wherever it is as long as it is not Linked to another Scholar), Linking it to his own, and takes its card where the bonuses it grants are indicated as long as the Model remain attached (B).

If a Scholar who owns a Familiar performs the Rest Activity, the Familiar releases, leaving its Model in the Zone it is in, while its card is placed in Reserve. This Zone counts as if it contained the Engage Familiar Zone Effect related to that Familiar. It follows that once released, the Familiar can be Engaged both from the Zone containing the Engage Familiar Effect and from the Zone in which its Model is located.

Research Cards

Advanced Rule

The university needs some specific knowledge that only you, promising dungeonology Scholars, can get through your field studies. Help Rocca Civetta. On the Campus Note Board you will find the brand new Research!

Research Cards contain missions to complete during the game. Each Quest completed by a Scholar allows them to earn bonus victory points at the end of the game.

To use Research in a Dungeonology game, proceed as follows:

Setup: during Game Setup, draw three Research Cards and place them face up near the Campus for all to see.
Complete a Quest: at any time during their turn, but only once per turn, a Scholar can designate a single Quest Card they meet the requirements for and take the card for themselves.
New Research: each time a Research is completed and its card is taken by a Scholar, a new Research Card is drawn from the deck to replace it, becoming available to all.
End of Game: during Scoring, all completed Research Cards grant the owner bonus victory points equal to those indicated.

Student Congregations

Advanced Rule

At the University of Rocca Civetta, Students and Scholars gather in Student "Congregations" specialized in the most diverse fields. Under their own color and their own letter of the Greek alphabet, the Students of a congregation come together thanks to their passions that push them to excel in areas such as sports, socializing or even esoteric and mysterious subjects such as reading the stars.

Four new Student Congregations are introduced in this expansion, joining the vile Omega Fraternity presented in the base game.

The Phi, dressed in purple, are a mysterious congregation who have devoted themselves to the teachings of a mysterious traveler, through whom they have developed occult mental powers.
The Zetas, dressed in black, are expert alchemists, capable of transmuting matter and energy.
The Iotas, who dress in celestial blue, are a lost congregation whose members vanished into thin air in an expedition to the Arctic lands many years ago; now they are back with the ability to manipulate temperature and freeze their opponents!
Green-clad Lambdas are expert hunters, and can help Scholars survive the most extreme expeditions (these Students use the Trap Token rules explained on page 21).

To use the Student Congregations you must first decide which of them to include in the game. There is no limit to the number of Congregations that can be used at the same time, but, if there are some Bosses or Scholars in the game, some of the Congregations cannot be used, their Student Congregation Cards will be placed in the box and will not be available:

Freddo (Boss): if he is the Boss of the game, the Iota Congregation is not available.
Jukas (Boss): if he is the Boss of the game, the Phi Congregation is used in the game, but the three Phi Students are not entered in the University during Game Setup (see Jukas Boss card).
Caterina (Scholar): if she participates in the game, the Zeta Congregation is not available.
Claudio (Scholar): if he participates in the game, the Lambda Congregation is not available.

To enter the Congregations in the game, follow these steps:

Select the Congregations to be used from those available, take their Student Congregation Cards and place them on the table visible to all players.
Put 3 Students per Congregation in Reserve and leave the others in the box.
During Game Setup, enter a Student for each Congregation among those in the Reserve at the University; these replace an equivalent number of standard Students.
Each time the University is replenished with the Students indicated on the Alert Card, first insert a Student for each Congregation among those found in Reserve, always replacing an equal number of standard Students. If for any reason there are not enough to fill the University or are no longer available, complete the filling with the standard Students.
When more than one Student must be placed at the Campus Bonfire, the current player chooses the order in which to place them.
When the Students are picked up from the Campus Bonfire by a Scholar, they must take them starting from the last one available (the one furthest from the slot with the arrow).
When a Scholar draws a Student belonging to a Congregation, they can choose to Sacrifice a standard Student in their possession to keep it for themselves instead of placing it at the Bonfire.

Each Student belonging to a Congregation works exactly like a standard Student, but each has one or more Effects. The effect of a Student can be activated by a Scholar who owns it by following what is indicated in his Student Congregation card (example, Sacrifice a Zeta Student to discard two Stun Tokens).

Student Effects can be activated by a Scholar on their turn or, if the gold symbol shown in their description (drawn as an icon in the printed book, not reproduced here) is present, even during their opponents' turns, following the Priority rules as if they were Effects of a Trick Card (see pg. 13).

Iota

Sacrifice a Iota Student: place the Student in your Zone instead of the Reserve. As long as the Iota Student is in this Zone, the Information Cubes inside it cannot be collected except by you. Remove the Iota Student from the Zone at the start of your next turn, and put it in Reserve.

Zeta

Sacrifice a Zeta Student: discard two Stun Tokens.
Sacrifice two Zeta Students: discard a Jinx Card.

Phi

When you draw a Phi Student from the University: take the Phi Student for yourself without sacrificing a standard Student.
When you Sacrifice a Phi Student: take a standard Student from the Reserve.

Lambda

Sacrifice a Lambda Student: place a Trap Token of your choice in any Dungeon Zone.

False Information

The black cubes featured in this expansion are a new type of information, False Information. These cubes are used by many elements in this manual, such as the Floor IV Zones.

A False Information Cube follows the normal basic game rules for being picked up by Scholars, but once obtained, instead of being placed on their Note Board, it is placed in Reserve. This is because a False Information Cube has no value, and its presence in a Zone has the sole purpose of hindering the collection of the cubes to its right. If there are not enough False Information Cubes in Reserve when a Zone containing them is placed, the spaces in those cubes remain empty.

Universal Information

The white cubes featured in this expansion are a new type of information, Universal Information. These cubes are used by many elements in this manual, such as the Floor IV Zones. A Universal Information Cube follows the normal basic game rules for being collected by Scholars, but once obtained, it can be placed on its Note Board in any of the five columns. A Universal Information Cube (and its point value) counts as an Information Cube of the appropriate color for the column it is in as long as it is placed on a Note Board. If there are not enough Universal Information Cubes in Reserve when a Zone containing them is placed, the spaces of those cubes remain empty.

Omega Against All

Dependents Rule

You can take advantage of the Omega Deck and the rules of Solitaire mode (p. 30) to include Omega and his deviousness in a normal game of Dungeonology.

To best play a game using these rules it is good to use the following advanced rules during the game: Boss and Main Effects. Other advanced rules can be included in the game to modify the game experience to your liking.

To play a game in Omega Versus All mode, complete Game Setup by adding the following:

Omega cannot be chosen as the Boss of the game.
Place the Omega Boss Model in the Starting Zone along with the Scholars.
Omega does NOT count as a Scholar when the University is first filled and replenished during the game.
Shuffle all the Omega Cards to create the Omega Deck.
Select the right Tome of Secrets for the game based on the number of participating players: Omega VS 2 for 2-player games, Omega VS 3 for 3-player games, Omega VS 4 for 4-player games. Keep the Tome of Secrets close at hand.

The game proceeds normally with the difference being that each player, after carrying out their chosen Action, performs an Omega Phase (see page 31) before the end of his turn.

You take advantage of all the rules to manage Omega and the Omega Deck explained in the Solo Play mode, with the following changes:

Target Scholar: any effect of the Omega Cards that refers to a Scholar, always targets the current Scholar (the one who is performing the Omega Phase), for example for the Teleport movement effect.
Encounter and Black Star: the Encounter effect (E) applies to each Scholar encountered by Omega. The Black Star effect (F) applies to each Scholar individually if they have more Stars than the Black Stars owned by Omega.
Star and Double Star: these effects (G-H) are activated based on the Stars possessed by the current Scholar.
Sabotage: this effect (I) is only performed to obstruct Espionage Actions that target Omega.

Game End: the game follows the normal rules (including the Maximum Alert advanced rule if used), unless Omega occupies all spaces of the Tome of Secrets with the Information Cubes obtained (see below).

Omega wins if:

At the beginning of an Omega Phase, all spaces of the Tome of Secrets are occupied by Information Cubes up to the OMEGA symbol.
The game ends and no Scholars have successfully Submitted the Thesis.

Omega VS 2, Omega VS 3 and Tome of Secrets cards (text as printed):

Omega VS 2:

Whenever the University is filled with Students, DO NOT count Omega as a Scholar.
Omega suffers the effects of Trick Cards only if they have the Ω icon in the lower right corner.
Reveal an Omega Card and perform Sabotage after declaring each of your Stealth Values.

Omega VS 3:

Whenever the University is filled with Students, DO NOT count Omega as a Scholar.
Omega suffers the effects of Trick Cards only if they have the Ω icon in the lower right corner.
Reveal an Omega Card and perform Sabotage after declaring each of your Stealth Values.

Tome of Secrets (card text as printed):

Remove from the deck of Jinx Cards the cards that do not have the Ω icon.
Whenever the University is filled with Students, count Omega as a Scholar.
Omega suffers the effects of Trick Cards only if they have the Ω icon in the lower right corner.
Reveal an Omega Card and perform Sabotage after declaring each of your Stealth Values.

Big Boss

Dependents Rule

Some of the Bosses in this box are particularly dangerous and difficult to deal with. Freddo, Mamma Basilisco, Marconiglio, Enrico, Scilla and Cariddi are Big Bosses, and they follow special rules to be included in a game of Dungeonology.

To bring them into the game you need to use the Boss advanced rule. As well, to make the most of the mechanics of some of them, it is good to use the Dangerous Zones advanced rule.

Each Big Boss has only one profile (A) on their Boss Card and is used in a specific game mode indicated on the back of their card and recognizable thanks to a black and gold scroll bearing their name (B).

Here are the rules of the mode to be considered throughout the game, as well as the additional rules for Game Setup.

To find all the materials listed in the Big Boss mode, please refer to the material list on p. 24.

Scilla and Cariddi are a particular and powerful Boss, and they have two Boss Cards; both must be used when deciding to include Scilla and Cariddi in the game.

Egg Hunting (see back of Marconiglio Boss Card)

Setup

Marconiglio is the Boss for this game.
The Floor IV Zones Dependents Rules cannot be used in the game.
Place in Reserve the "Burrow of Marconiglio" Zone.
Prepare 7 Eggs by inserting 4 Universal Information Cubes and 3 False Information Cubes into them. Mix them up and place them in the Reserve.

Open an Egg (Action)

A Scholar can use his Action to open an Egg in his own Zone. If he finds a Universal Information Cube he collects it, otherwise, he places it in the "Burrow of Marconiglio" Zone. The opened Egg is taken and kept by the Scholar on his Note Board.

Egg Bonus Points

During the End Game Scoring, each Egg gives the Scholar who owns it bonus victory points equal to the False Information Cubes present in the "Burrow of Marconiglio" Zone.

Marconiglio Boss Card (A): Sighting, Activation and Special

[Transcription gap:] The Marconiglio Boss Card (A) text blocks headed SIGHTING, ACTIVATION and SPECIAL are overprinted by the Egg Hunting card in the source PDF, and the overlapping text layer could not be read reliably. Only fragments are legible (e.g. the Sighting block refers to connecting the Burrow of Marconiglio Zone to the Dungeon and treating it as part of the Wall tokens; the Special block states that Information Cubes other than False Information Cubes cannot be removed from the "Burrow of Marconiglio" Zone in any way). This block is NOT transcribed in full here; consult the printed Marconiglio card before play.

Solitary Mode

The rector sent you all alone to study a dungeon that she deems not very dangerous. You left full of hope and with the certainty of having the thesis in your pocket, but when you reached the study area a shiver ran down your spine seeing the banners of the Omega Fraternity soaring among the Campus tents. Your mission won't be that easy after all!

The machinations of the Omega Fraternity are represented by a deck of cards called the Omega Deck, whose cards will describe the actions carried out by the Omega Boss during the game. Omega will collect or steal Information Cubes by placing them on his Tome of Secrets; the more this is filled with cubes, the more powerful it becomes!

To best play a Solitaire game of Dungeonology it is good to use the following advanced rules during the game: Boss and Main Effects. Other advanced rules can be included in the game to modify the game experience to your liking.

To play a game in Solitaire Mode, complete Game Setup by adding the following:

Place the Omega Boss Model in the Starting Zone along with the Scholar.
Omega counts as a Scholar, so 2 Scholars are always considered in the game when the University is filled for the first time and replenished during the game (it is recommended to play at Player Level: Student).
Shuffle all the Omega Cards (D) to create the Omega Deck.
Keep the Tome of Secrets (A) close at hand.
Remove Jinx Cards from the game that do not have the Omega symbol.
The Player begins the game by drawing Trick Cards equal to her Hand value (instead of one).

Changes to the Rules

Substantial changes to the game rules must be made during the solo game:

Game Turn: the player takes her normal game turn. Once the End of Turn Phase has been completed, before her turn ends, she performs an Omega Phase (see below).

Submit the Thesis: in order to perform this Action you must have at least two Stars on your Note Board (as per standard rules), and have at least one Star more than the number of Black Stars (B) Omega has on the Tome of Secrets.

Game End: the game follows the normal rules, (including those of the Maximum Alert advanced rule if used), unless Omega fills all spaces of the Tome of Secrets with Information Cubes (see below). The player wins only if she successfully Submits the Thesis, and loses if:

At the beginning of an Omega Phase, all spaces of the Tome of Secrets are occupied by Information Cubes up to the OMEGA symbol (C).
The game ends and the Scholar has not successfully Submitted the Thesis.

Managing Omega

Nobody knows who the head of the evil Omega Fraternity is, but everyone knows that he leads the Red Students to thwart the plans of the poor Scholars on duty! Omega is managed through the following rules:

Boss: Omega is not affected by the Boss.

Omega is a Scholar: Omega's Model is considered a Scholar and follows the same rules, and can be targeted by effects that target a Scholar. Nonetheless, the only Zone Effect that Omega activates is the Stairs Effect.

Trick Cards: Omega suffers the Main Effects of Trick Cards only if they have the Omega icon in the lower right corner.

Zones: if an Omega Card effect causes Omega to leave a Zone via an unlinked passage, it reveals new Zones as if he were a Scholar; the player will decide how to place the new Zone (and the Zones uncovered by the Stairs Effect).

Information Cubes: when Omega gets Information Cubes, he places them on the Tome of Secrets in order from the first space in the upper left to the last space in the lower right. Omega can Lose Information Cubes due to Scholar Trick Cards or Skills. If Omega is to Give or Drop an Information Cube of his choice, always Give or Drop the one with the lowest point value among those in his possession.

When a space on the Tome of Secrets becomes free, optimize the remaining Information Cubes to fill the spaces starting from the top left.

Espionage: when performing an Espionage Action against Omega, proceed by following these points:

Calculate the Omega Alert value: Point value of the target Information Cube + the Alert Modifier on the Alert Card
The Scholar declares his Stealth Value by playing Trick Cards.
Reveal an Omega Card and perform Sabotage (if any).
The Scholar plays additional Trick Cards and determines whether he achieves a Success or a Failure.

Omega Phase

The Omega Phase is played in addition to the player's turn after the End of Turn Phase. In the Omega Phase, the player draws a card from the Omega Action Deck and applies its effects from top to bottom. If the deck runs out, shuffle all discarded cards to reform it:

A. Student: Omega draws the indicated number of Students from the University. If an Omega Student is drawn, the normal rules are followed, but the Scholar will get the Jinx Card (to be revealed, as usual, in the next End of Turn Phase).
B. Movement through Passages: Omega moves through the Passages following the indicated patterns (using the rules of the Randomizer Deck in the game manual), but respecting the following rules:
- The Passage is not linked: Omega reveals Zones from the suitable Stack until the player manages to place one, then enters it. If he cannot place a Zone from the suitable Stack (they are exhausted), Omega chooses the next clockwise Passage.
- The Passage is linked to a Zone containing Information Cubes or the Scholar: Omega enters the Zone.
- The Passage is linked to a Zone that does not contain Information Cubes or Scholar: Omega chooses the next clockwise Passage.
- If no new Zones can be linked and all Zones Omega can enter contain no Information Cubes or Scholars: Omega uses Teleport (see below).
C. Teleport: Omega is placed in the Scholar's Zone. Omega moves to a Zone containing the Information Cube of higher value than those in play if the Scholar is in the Starting Zone.
D. Effect: during or after movement, Omega does what is written in this section, usually by collecting, eliminating or subtracting Information Cubes.
E. Encounter: Omega resolves this effect on the Scholar if he Encounters it during or at the end of his movement.

Campaign Mode

Mode

September 14XX, Rocca Civetta.

The rector, Magalli the Magnificent, during the opening ceremony of the university year, announces the death of yet another professor of Dungeonology, Enrico Giovanni, the well-known archaeologist.

Despite himself, he must communicate that the lessons of this important subject will be suspended until a worthy replacement is found, and for this he announces a call for tenders in which all the brave teachers who think they can replace the late professor will be able to participate.

During the academic year, the participating professors will be sent by the rector himself to carry out research into mysterious peoples and dangerous monsters whose habitats have been identified in previous years. For this reason, each teacher will select a team of promising Scholars who will explore these places on their behalf, in order to write a thesis on what they discover. But it will not be that easy: Scholars will need to study the habitats and creatures that populate them without disturbing them, in order to report information and facts not contaminated by external intervention.

The teacher who at the end of the year presents the best theses from his team of Scholars to the rector, will become the new professor of Dungeonology!

Preparation

To play in Campaign Mode, before playing the first scenario, do the following:

Photocopy the Campaign Sheet on p. 33, or download it from the Ludusmagnusstudio.com website.
In a campaign, the players represent the Teachers. Write the names of the players in the Teacher space. Each of these spaces has a colored triangle, necessary to determine which Teacher is selected in case of Randomizations; each teacher must always use the Note Board with the same colored triangle during the campaign.
With all the players seated at the table, Randomize a Teacher.
Take all available Scholar Cards (excluding Enrico's, which cannot be used in this mode).
Starting with the Randomized Teacher, and continuing to the left, each player chooses a Scholar Card for himself. Proceed in this way until each Teacher has 2 Scholar Cards. This will be the Teacher's team for the campaign.
Each Teacher chooses a name for their team and notes it on the Team space.

The Campaign

In Campaign Mode, Teachers will face 12 scenarios representing the 12 months of the academic year, starting from the first (September) and proceeding in order.

During Game Setup, the instructions given in the scenario that the group is about to play must be followed and, if indicated, it must be decided by mutual agreement which optional advanced rules to include in the game. Note that in some scenarios, if the Maximum Alert optional advanced rule is used, it is also shown which Panic Card is to be used. Furthermore, each Teacher must:

Choose which of your Scholars will participate in the game.
Mark that you have used it on the Campaign Sheet (by marking one of the squares) to keep track of the number of times that Scholar participated; In fact, during the entire campaign game, the same Scholar cannot be chosen more than 6 times.
Spend Support Points at the end of the setup, to benefit the Scholar (see right).

Support Points

At the end of each game, each Teacher earns Support Points based on the ranking of the game, a certain number of Support Points to be noted on the Campaign Sheet on the SP space. At the end of Game Setup, before playing the first turn, and starting with the first player on the turn, each Teacher can spend Support Points to buy a single bonus from those listed below. When all the Teachers have chosen the first bonus, they continue, always in turn order, to buy a second one, then a third one, and so on, until all the Teachers declare that they do not want (or cannot) buy more bonuses.

Some bonuses show the name of Advanced rules or Dependents in brackets that must be among those indicated in the current scenario. Otherwise, the bonus cannot be chosen:

Specializing – 2SP (Main Effects and Specialists Cards): shuffle the deck of Intern Cards, draw two, choose one and put the other back in the deck. Your Scholar starts the game with the Intern in her possession.
Student – 1SP: take a Student from the Reserve. Your Scholar leaves with this additional Student.
Student Congregations – 2SP (Student Congregations): take a Student Congregation model from the Reserve, your Scholar leaves with this additional Congregation Student.
Study Bonus – 3SP: your Scholar starts the scenario with the Study Bonus on the Note Board wheel increased by 1 point (set immediately).
Trick Card – 2SP: add a Trick Card to your hand by drawing it from the deck.

End of Scenario

At the end of each game, after determining the ranking, each Teacher marks on the Campaign Sheet her position in the ranking or if her Scholar was unable to Submit the Thesis (NA); these results will contribute to campaign victory at the end of the campaign.

Then, each Teacher earns Support Points (SP) based on the parameters indicated below, and notes them on the Campaign Sheet:

Each Teacher who participated: +1 SP
The Scholar Who Submitted the Thesis: +1 SP
First ranked Scholar: +3 SP
Second ranked Scholar: +2 SP

End of Campaign

At the end of the twelfth scenario of the campaign (August), the end-of-campaign ranking must be determined and the winner elected to become the new professor of Dungeonology!

Each column of the ranking position at the bottom indicates a value in Victory Points. This value must be multiplied by the number of results obtained by each Teacher in a given column. Each NA result grants half a Victory Point.

Once you have obtained the Victory Points of each Teacher's column, add them all together to obtain the final result.

The Teacher who has the most Victory Points wins!

Campaign Sheet

The printed Campaign Sheet (p. 33) is a record form for the campaign. Its spaces are:

Teachers: the name of each player's Teacher, with the colored triangle used for Randomizations.
Team: the name chosen by each Teacher for their team.
Scholars: the Scholars of each team, with boxes to mark how many times each Scholar has participated (no more than 6).
SP: the Support Points of each Teacher.
Scenario table: one row per month, from September to August; for each Teacher's colored column, mark the ranking obtained (1°, 2°, 3°, 4°+) or NA.
Multiplier and Victory Points: the multiplier row (x4, x3, x2, x1, /2) for each ranking position, the Victory Points row for each Teacher, and the Total VP row.

Scenarios

September: Preliminary Research

The rector, Magalli the Magnificent, for the first month of research requires a brief exploration of the Bosco Beone site, where traces of the activities of a strange and obscure tribe that are thought to be non-humans have been recorded. The exploration is aimed at conducting a first contact with their habitat and habits. Therefore, very in-depth theses will not be required. However, the rector advises all to be careful: if Enrico Giovanni himself has disappeared during similar searches, it is better not to take the mysterious inhabitants of this place too lightly!