Final Girl
196 questions players ask about Final Girl. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-03.
Setup and Components
- Can I play Final Girl with only the Core Box?
- Can I combine any Killer with any Location from different Feature Film boxes?
- How many Terror cards go in the Terror deck, and where do the rest go?
- When can I open a Final Girl's secret (Eyes Only) envelope, and how does the item get used?
- Are Core Box cards ever mixed into Feature Film decks, and do the second-printing errata cards affect the Core Box?
- Do I still follow a Killer's or Location's special setup after the normal Core Box setup?
- What are the three Victim Overflow boards for?
- Are the unnumbered spaces at the ends of the Horror track part of the track?
- Which is the twelfth item in the Night of the Pig scenario setup?
- Where does the Ceremonial Dagger token go in the An Unforgivable Betrayal scenario?
Action Cards and Horror Rolls
- If Horror is at the end of its track and an effect moves it several steps, do I get the bonus or penalty for each step?
- Do the dice from the Planning card add to my Horror track dice or replace them?
- What if effects reduce my Horror dice to zero or below?
- Can I discard two cards to turn a 3 or 4 into a success on a roll that isn't a Horror Roll?
- Does a 3 or 4 that I convert by discarding two cards count as a success for card effects?
- Can I choose a worse result than my dice give me?
- If an Action card has several result lines, do I resolve more than one?
- If my dice show only 3s and 4s and I don't convert them, what happens?
- Do I choose which Action card to play before I roll?
- Can I interrupt one Action card to play another, or use an item or discard cards in the middle of it?
Time, Planning and the Action Tableau
- Is the 10-card hand limit only checked when buying cards in the Planning phase?
- Does playing an Action card cost Time, or only buying it?
- What happens when my Time drops below zero?
- Can the Time marker go above 12?
- Can I always buy Zero Cost cards, and am I forced to?
- Can I buy back a card I just played or discarded this turn, even a Zero Cost one?
- When do Guard, Retaliate or Close Call played in the Killer phase become available again?
- When a reward lets me take an Action card, can I take one from my discard pile?
- Can I use Time gained by discarding cards in the Action phase to buy cards?
- Can I use items or card abilities that act on my own initiative outside the Action phase?
Movement, Victims and Saving
- How many Victims can follow me, and can I choose which ones or none?
- Do Victims follow me into the Killer's space?
- Do Victims follow me when I move because of a Terror card or other non-action effect?
- Do Victims follow me into a space with Minions?
- Can I step out of a space and back into it within one move?
- Do I have to save every Victim on an exit space, and in what order do rewards resolve?
- If a Sprint takes me to an exit and saving a Victim grants bonus movement, do I keep my remaining Sprint movement?
- Is a Victim sitting alone on an exit space saved automatically?
- What do Victims I save after my Final Girl card is full give me?
- Can the Final Girl heal above her starting health?
Items, Weapons and Traps
- What can I hold in my hands versus my backpack, and when can I rearrange?
- Can I use an item in the middle of a movement or while resolving an Action card?
- Can I use an item after playing my last Action card?
- Can I discard an item I don't want?
- With a weapon in each hand, do I add both weapon bonuses?
- How is weapon range counted?
- Can I play several attack cards in one turn and add the weapon each time?
- Is the Bear Trap reusable, and does it trigger if the Killer is already in the space?
- Does a trap's damage repeat each turn while someone stays on its space?
- After a search, is the next card of the Item deck turned face up?
Reaction Cards and Taking Damage
- Can I play more than one Reaction card against the same attack?
- Can Guard, Retaliate or an item protect a Victim from an attack?
- Can I use Guard or other Reaction cards against health loss shown as a heart with a slash?
- Do weapon damage bonuses apply to Retaliate and Guard?
- If the Killer attacks twice, does Retaliate cover both attacks?
- If the Killer's attack kills me, do I still resolve Retaliate?
Killer Phase: Targeting, Moving and Attacking
- Does the Killer's Attack Value split across its attack icons?
- Does the Killer move if its Killer Action has no movement (boot) icon?
- Does the Killer attack if the action has no attack icon?
- When the Killer's target is 'closest', how do I decide, and does the Final Girl count?
- When a Victim and the Final Girl share the Killer's space, who gets attacked?
- If the Killer can't reach its target and stops in a space with someone else, does it still attack?
- What does the Killer do when its action targets Victims and none remain?
- Can the Killer move to a space that isn't connected by a line?
- When a Terror card gives a Killer Action and I have Minions, in what order do enemies act?
Terror Cards, Events and the Finale
- When exactly is the Finale revealed, and what if the last Terror card says to draw another?
- If the Finale is revealed while the Dark Power is still face down, what happens?
- When are Event cards drawn, and are they permanent?
- What if an Event's effect can't be applied, such as no Victims on the board?
- Do Victims killed by the opening Event raise Bloodlust or cause panic in turn one?
- When a Bloodlust track space makes me discard a Terror card, do I resolve it?
- What happens to a Terror card's Killer Action when no Killer is on the board?
Bloodlust, Dark Powers and Final Health
- Does Bloodlust go up whenever a Victim dies, whoever or whatever killed it?
- What happens once Bloodlust is at the top of its track?
- When Bloodlust jumps several spaces, do I resolve each space it passes?
- How does damage and healing work with a Minor Dark Power's health?
- If the Final Girl or Killer is revived by the Final Health token, is excess damage applied and what happens to the phase?
- Does the Final Health token count as a health point?
- If the Final Girl and the Killer die at the same time, who wins?
Panic, Special Victims and Minions
Final Girl: The Happy Trails HorrorExpansion
- How does the Motor Boat Keys item work at Camp Happy Trails?
- Where does the boat token go when I pick up the Boat Keys?
- Does Dark Waters hurt the Final Girl, and can anyone move through the Lake?
- How does Vengeance and The Damned work for the Killer's targeting and Bloodlust?
- Does Clingy Campers punish saving the first Victim?
- Does Clingy Victims limit me to saving one Victim at a time?
- If Hans is going for the Final Girl but stops in a space with a Victim, does he attack the Victim?
- How does Hans's Sledgehammer Massacre or an each-victim attack Dark Power work?
- Does revealing the Finale raise Bloodlust to its maximum?
Final Girl: The Haunting of Creech ManorExpansion
- On 'It's Coming, It's Coming!', who is the card's target?
- How does the Poltergeist's 'ground shaking' panic movement work?
- Does the Poltergeist Finale draw a Terror card each Killer phase?
- Does the Poltergeist have a Final Health token, and can it enter any space?
- How does Carolyn work: is she a Victim, can she be killed, and how is she set up?
- Does an enemy break a Padlock if no one is in the room?
- When can I use Creech Manor items, can the Candle move Victims into the Killer's space, and how does the Ghost get back in?
Final Girl: Carnage at the CarnivalExpansion
- How far can Geppetto's Puppets move, and what do they target?
- When and how do Puppets act in the Killer phase?
- What happens to Puppets after Geppetto's Finale is revealed?
- Can Retaliate damage several Minions, such as Puppets, in one space?
- Do I have to kill Geppetto's Puppets to win, and do Victims count as Puppets?
- How do item traps work with Zappo and the Carnival item decks?
- How does the Werewolf Special Victim behave?
Final Girl: Slaughter in the GrovesExpansion
Final Girl: Frightmare on Maple LaneExpansion
- Do I still need Convince to enter an occupied Maple Lane house while asleep, and each time I re-enter?
- Do I have to fall asleep when playing Rest cards as Dr. Fright's Final Girl?
- How does the Boiler Room work: when do cards resolve and how do I wake up?
- Can I attack Dr. Fright, or can he attack me, while I am awake?
- How does Never Really Dead work?
- What happens with Everyone Must Die when few or no Victims remain?
- Does Dr. Fright's Dream Warfare epic finale require sleeping?
- How does Officer Kopp's Police Car rescue Victims?
- How do the Rifle and the Bicycle work?
- What does the Fire! event do to Victims and houses?
Final Girl: A Knock at the DoorExpansion
- With three Intruders, which Killer moves and attacks, and when does the active Killer change?
- Does Coordinated Attack resolve once per Killer phase or once per Intruder?
- If I play a card with a red X during the Killer phase, does it end my next Action phase?
- How does the Shotgun in A Knock at the Door work?
- How does crafting work in A Knock at the Door?
- How does the Kick-scooter work?
- How does Home Security stop Killers from entering?
- Can Victims panic into a Killer's space in A Knock at the Door?
Final Girl: Into the VoidExpansion
- How do activated Maintenance Shafts affect adjacency and range?
- Which Keycards do Terror cards and System Reboot affect?
- Does the Into the Void airlock work on the Poltergeist?
- When does an Evomorph Ambush card replace the normal Killer phase?
- Where does the Evomorph appear when placed, and are X tokens from other sets the same?
- Do the Flamethrower and Vibroclaw work with Retaliate?
Final Girl: Panic at Station 2891Expansion
- How do Exposed Victims work: can I attack them, and what happens when they are tested?
- Do I have to test every Exposed Victim to win?
- How does Frostbite work at Station 2891?
- How does the helicopter load Victims and return?
- How does the Station Flamethrower work?
- Can I add a Test Kit to an armory deck mid-game?
- Does Heavy Storm panic every step of a move, and does it limit the Skidozer?
- How do multiple Organisms interact with Bloodlust and the horror lose condition?
Final Girl: Madness in the DarkExpansion
Final Girl: Once Upon a Full MoonExpansion
Final Girl: Terror from the GraveExpansion
Final Girl: Box of PropsExpansion
- Which is correct for Ultimate Dice faces, the die or the rulebook?
- When do I choose between my Ultimate Ability and an Ultimate Die, and do extra saves still pay out?
- How do I add Signature Action cards, and do Box of Props items work in any Feature Film?
- Can Ambush and Retaliate both be played against the same Killer attack?
Final Girl: The Killer from TomorrowExpansion
Final Girl: The Falconwood FilesExpansion
- Which tokens replace the misprinted ones in the Missing Friend mission?
- How do the Mirror Dimension and its grey Victims work?
- How do the Agents and the Slayer's attacks work?
- Does the Pizza Van's panicked first move apply to every movement card?
- Can I choose 'lose progress' on a mission I already completed?