Kabuto Sumo: Swarm Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Components
• Overview
• Setup
• Swarm Matches
  • 2 and 3 Players
  • 4 Players
• Active Wrestler and Ringside Crew
• Swarm Moves
• Swarm with Total Mayhem

Components

• 29 Swarm Cards
• 4 Swarm Dashboards
• 4 Swarm Pieces
• 5 Discs (1 Large, 2 Medium, 2 Small)

Overview

Draft a trio of Kabuto Sumo wrestlers for a multi-match swarm showdown. Choose a new active wrestler each match and use your ringside wrestlers' swarm moves to set up powerful combos. Be first to win 2 matches and become the swarm champion!

Setup

1. Each player takes a swarm dashboard.
2. Lay out all wrestler cards from the core box(es) and expansions you're using. Place each wrestler's swarm card with their wrestler card. Remember: wrestlers marked with the Sakura Slam ring icon can only be used with the Sakura Slam ring.
3. Choose a first player. Starting with the last player or team and going in reverse turn order, pick 1 wrestler at a time until each player or team has 3.
4. Follow normal setup to prepare the ring and supply. Add the extra standard discs to the supply, as well as the signature pieces for all wrestlers that were picked, and any swarm pieces on their swarm cards.

Swarm Matches

Play back-to-back matches of Kabuto Sumo until a player or team has won 2 matches. Each player must choose a different wrestler each match. At the end of each match, the ring is reset along with each player's inventory. The loser of the previous match goes first in the next match.

2 and 3 Players

At the start of each match, each player secretly chooses 1 wrestler from their swarm to enter the ring. You must choose a wrestler that hasn't wrestled yet, if possible. Your other 2 wrestlers are your ringside crew.

Slot your active wrestler card in the middle of your dashboard and the 2 swarm cards for your ringside crew on either side. Set aside the rest of your cards until the next match.

4 Players

Each team of 2 shares a swarm of 3 wrestlers. Each match, you and your ally each choose 1 active wrestler from your shared swarm, leaving 1 ringside crew. You can choose a wrestler you or your ally used previously, but your team must have a different ringside crew each match. You share your ringside wrestler's swarm card (slot it between your dashboards).

Active Wrestler and Ringside Crew

• Active Wrestler: use the wrestler card only.
• Ringside Crew: use the swarm cards only.

Swarm Moves

Your swarm cards list swarm moves your active wrestler can use during the match. In a team match, both you and your ally can use the moves on your swarm card.

Swarm moves follow all the same rules as signature moves, including paying costs and using each move once per turn. Some swarm moves use unique pieces, which follow the same rules as signature pieces.

If a swarm card has the turn-replacing icon, you can use it in the same turn as a move that replaces your turn.

Swarm with Total Mayhem

When playing with the Total Mayhem expansion, we recommend using only match cards (not item cards). Before picking wrestlers, lay out 3 match cards (4 with 3 players). Use 1 card each match, going left to right down the row.