Indiana Jones DVD Adventure Game
Indiana Jones DVD Adventure Game Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Reminder Rules
- Set up as shown in the Set-Up section and make sure each player has 2 gold coins and 2 Fortune & Glory cards.
- Roll to decide who starts and take turns to play. If the DVD interrupts the game to command you to do something, do it, then continue your turn.
On Your Turn
- Look at your cards.
- Roll the die and move the exact number rolled (lay temple tiles if you need to).
- Depending on where you land, select the matching symbol on the DVD to complete challenges.
- Play cards (at any time during your turn).
- When all relics have been collected, race back to the Hall of Ancestors as fast as you can.
- When all players have made it back, select Adventure Over on the DVD and follow the steps to count up your fortune and see who has won.
Contents
24 temple tiles, 1 Hall of Ancestors start tile, 4 plastic Indiana Jones movers, 1 DVD, 1 8-sided die, 31 cardboard gold coins, 5 cardboard gold medallions, 3 plastic relics (The Ark, The Sankara Stones, The Holy Grail), 1 part sheet with boulders, 40 Fortune & Glory cards.
First-Time Assembly
Remove the gold coins, medallions, tiles and boulders from the cardboard sheets and take everything out of its packaging. Throw away the waste (recycle everything you can). Clip the Sankara Stones relic together as shown.
Set-Up
Set up as shown. Make sure everyone can reach the temple tiles, Fortune & Glory cards, gold coins, medallions and relics.
The DVD will guide you through the game, but keep these written rules handy in case you need to check on a rule.
Aim of the Game
Be Indiana Jones and collect as much fortune as possible before the temple collapses!
Collect fortune by:
- Fighting battles: fight villains or other adventurers to win gold coins.
- Escaping traps: win trap challenges to escape the trap and win Fortune & Glory cards (worth gold coins at the end of the game).
- Collecting relics and trading them in at the end of the game.
- Winning a bonus for being the first adventurer to return to the Hall of Ancestors, if you make it.
Relics
There are three precious relics in the temple, which you must try to find and win before the other adventurers reach them: The Ark, The Sankara Stones and The Holy Grail.
Relic Chamber: When you lay a tile with a relic chamber on it, place the matching relic next to it on the board.
Note: Once a chamber is unlocked, it stays open, so any adventurer can take the challenge to steal the relic you have found.
As soon as all three relics have been collected, the curse is unleashed and the temple could collapse at any time.
At the end of the game, trade in your relics for gold. Each relic is worth a different amount every game (up to 12 gold coins).
To win a relic:
- Stop at the space before the relic chamber.
- If you cannot unlock it, you're stuck! Play any cards you want to and end your turn.
- If you have a gold medallion or the correct gold coins, place them on the board, move on to the relic chamber space and select the DVD relic symbol to complete a challenge.
- If you win, take the relic. Move the medallion or coins, if you used them, into the coin pile.
- If you lose, stay where you are and leave the coins on the board. You must move away from that chamber on your next turn.
Boulders
The DVD may command you to place or move boulders around the temple.
A boulder might block any pathway. You may want to use another route. Boulders can only be moved if an adventurer plays a Dynamite card or moves to the space next to the boulder and waits there for one full turn. On their next turn, they can move the boulder off the board, then roll and move as normal in any direction.
Being Buried Alive
Once the temple starts to collapse, the DVD will command you to remove all tiles with certain letters on them (A-H). If your mover is on a tile that is removed, you are buried alive! Lay your mover on its side on your start space in the Hall of Ancestors. You cannot take any more turns or receive a bonus for returning to the temple, but you could still win the game.
Wait until all other players have returned to the temple (by one means or another), then count up your fortune to see who has won the game.
Before You Start
Each player must:
- Choose an Indiana Jones mover and place it on its matching start space.
- Take 2 gold coins at random (for your eyes only; don't let the other players see the symbols on your coins).
- Take 2 Fortune & Glory cards at random (another important secret).
- Now put the DVD in the player and select how many people are playing.
Shuffling the Temple Tiles
- Find the three temple tiles with relic chambers on them and remove them from the tile deck.
- Split the rest of the tiles into three roughly equal piles and add one relic tile to each pile.
- Shuffle each pile well, then put them back together into one big pile, face down. This is your temple tile deck.
How to Play
Roll the die. The adventurer with the highest roll starts their adventure first and play passes to the left.
On Your Turn
- Take a secret peek at your cards (see Fortune & Glory Cards). Knowing what cards you have will help you choose how to use your roll. Play cards at any time during your turn, unless the card says otherwise.
- Now roll the die and move the exact number of spaces shown in any one direction (unless you are stopped by a trap or boulder or choose to stop on a battle space or relic chamber). You can move forwards both horizontally and vertically (not diagonally) on any turn, but you cannot go back in the same direction within one turn.
- Correct Moves and Incorrect Move diagrams are shown on the printed sheet (the incorrect move is a diagonal move, marked with a cross).
- If you reach the edge of the Hall of Ancestors (or any other tile), take the top tile from the temple tile deck and place it path to path in front of your mover, then continue your move. Keep adding tiles as long as you still have moves left. This is how you explore the temple (see Temple Tiles).
Note: Any number of adventurers can be on the same space.
If you want to play any cards, remember to do this before the end of your turn.
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Where did you land?
- Trap: If you land on a trap, STOP, even if you have moves left. Select the trap symbol on the DVD to complete a trap challenge and win Fortune & Glory cards.
- If you win, take cards as instructed, then complete your move. You can use your new cards if you want to.
- If you lose, you're trapped and cannot complete your move or play any cards.
- Your turn is now over.
- Battle space: If you land on a battle space (or if you pass one and want to stop and fight*), you can fight a villain or another adventurer to win gold pieces if you want to.
- If you don't want to fight, treat the battle space as a normal space.
- To fight, select the skull symbol on the DVD and complete the challenge. As soon as the battle is fought, your turn ends, whether you win or lose. You can play cards during the battle, but not after it.
- * If you stop to fight a battle, you cannot use the rest of your move.
- Secret passageway: If you land on a secret passageway, you can try to move to any other secret passageway in the temple if you want to. If not, treat it as a normal space. To use the passageway, select the secret passageway symbol on the DVD to find out if the passageway is open or not.
- If it is, move to any secret passageway space in the temple, then complete your turn. The passageway counts as one space.
- If it's a dead end, stay where you are. Your turn is over.
- Relic chamber: When you reach a relic chamber, STOP on the space before it. You need a gold medallion or gold coins with the matching symbols on them to enter. If you don't have them, stay on that space and end your turn. If you do, place the coins or medallion on the board, move onto the relic space and select the relevant relic symbol on the DVD.
- Trap: If you land on a trap, STOP, even if you have moves left. Select the trap symbol on the DVD to complete a trap challenge and win Fortune & Glory cards.
Be Warned! The temple is an enchanted and unpredictable place. Keep an eye on the DVD: it might tell you that a strange and unexpected event has occurred! If this happens, do as you are commanded by the spirits of the temple, then continue your turn... if you can!
Fortune & Glory Cards
Fortune & Glory cards are vital to a successful adventure, so use them wisely!
Look at the cards in your hand on every turn, before you roll the die. They could help you decide how to use your move.
A Fortune & Glory card could allow you to move further, collect gold pieces, keep another player stuck in a trap or even unlock a relic chamber. Each card tells you exactly what to do.
The card types shown on the printed sheet are:
- Idol: Take 4 gold coins (face down) from the coin pile.
- Voodoo Doll: Steal two gold coins (face down) from another adventurer.
- Trance: Move another player up to 6 spaces. Ignore special spaces.
- Skeleton Key: Unlock any relic chamber without using gold coins.
Cards can be used only on your turn unless the card says 'Play at any time'. Use each card only once and place it face up on a discard pile after use. Complete trap challenges to get extra cards. If the card pile runs out, shuffle the discard pile and place it face down to start a new card pile.
Gold Coins & Medallions
Each gold coin has a symbol on it. As well as counting towards your fortune at the end of the adventure, the symbols on gold coins unlock the relic chambers. If other adventurers know what symbols you have, they may block your path to a relic chamber, so make sure you keep your coins face down.
Win battles to get extra gold coins.
Each gold medallion is worth 5 gold coins. As medallions have all 5 symbols, one medallion can open any relic chamber. As soon as you have any 5 gold coins, you can swap them for a medallion if you want to.
If you need to break a medallion down into 5 gold coins to pay for something, you must take the coins from the coin pile face down and cannot choose which symbols you get. You cannot break a medallion down for any other reason.
Temple Tiles
When you roll, you must always move the full number shown on the die (unless you are stopped by a trap or boulder or choose to stop on a battle space or relic chamber). Often, you will reach the edge of the temple before you have used your full roll. When this happens, take the top temple tile from the deck, line it up with the tile you are on and continue your journey. You can do this as many times as you need to on any turn.
Tip: If you have the Map card in your hand, you can choose your tile from the top 5 in the deck.
If you place a tile with a relic chamber on it, put the matching relic on the board next to it.
You do not have to add a temple tile. If you can move around the tiles that are already in place without going back on yourself (see point 2 of On Your Turn), you may do so.
Each temple tile has a letter on it (A-H). These come into use once the temple starts to collapse (see Being Buried Alive).
Escaping the Temple
Keep playing in turn until all the relics have been collected, then race back to the Hall of Ancestors as fast as you can. The curse has been unleashed and the temple could collapse around you at any time to stop you escaping with the relics!
As soon as the last relic has been found, all traps, battle spaces and secret passageways are disabled. Treat them as normal spaces.
Winning the Adventure
Once all players are back in the Hall of Ancestors, select Adventure Over on the DVD. It's time to start adding up your fortune.
- Who got back first? Win bonus gold for reaching the Hall of Ancestors first. This will differ depending on how many people are playing. If you arrive last, or if you were buried alive, you win nothing.
- Count your money. Now count up all your gold medallions and coins (1 medallion = 5 coins). Add this amount to your total.
- Trade in your cards. Count the value of your Fortune & Glory cards (1 card = 1 gold coin). Add this amount to your total.
- Trade in your relics. Relics have different values each time you play. If you have relics, add the value shown to your total.
- Compare totals! The player with the most fortune wins the game!