Unmatched: Cobble & Fog FAQ
89 questions players ask · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup and Turn Basics
Maneuver and Movement
- Does Boost on a Maneuver action add movement for sidekicks too?
- Does each fighter get its full movement in one Maneuver?
- Can two adjacent friendly fighters swap spaces in one Maneuver?
- Does 'move up to X spaces' allow moving zero spaces or ending where you started?
- Is 'place' different from 'move' when opposing fighters block the way?
- If a place effect has no valid space, does the fighter go somewhere else?
- Can an opponent's effect that moves the Invisible Man use his fog tokens or a secret passage?
- Do traps stop a fighter moved by a forced-movement effect?
- Does Jekyll & Hyde take 1 damage whenever a card moves him?
- Does a Maneuver where I move zero spaces still count as a maneuver or as moving?
Attacks and Combat Timing
- Whose effect resolves first when both players' effects happen at the same time?
- What is the order of a combat?
- Must I decide on a During Combat boost before the defender reveals?
- Does Feint cancel a card's value, its text, or a character's ability?
- What is Duality of Man's value when the defender plays Deduce Strategy?
- Do later effects still change a value after Deduce Strategy sets it?
- Is the combat winner decided by modified values or by damage?
- Can Counterpunch's after-combat damage hit a different enemy fighter?
- Does Feeding Frenzy count sisters adjacent to a fighter not in the combat?
- Can several fighters attack in one Attack action?
- Can Watson use any attack card at range, and can he use Holmes's cards?
- When do I predict for Holmes's Elementary, and what happens if correct?
- What happens when Impossible to See is met with Feint?
- Does Impossible to See block a bonus from a character ability?
- Does Broken Glass's check use its printed or modified value?
- What does Highway Robbery's 'ignore defense value' do if the defender changes the value?
Scheme Cards
- Can Holmes's Master of Disguise swap with an Invisible Man who used Vanish?
- Can I play a scheme when part of its effect is impossible, like Step Lightly with no adjacent fighter?
- Can Confirm Suspicion name a scheme card, or a number outside the opponent's deck?
- When Pure Evil places Mr. Hyde in his zone, can he stay on his current space?
- How does Ravening Seduction move an opposing fighter?
Hero and Card Rulings
- When does Emerge From Mist get its value of 5?
- What card can Do My Bidding force the attacker to replay?
- After Do My Bidding, does a boost stay and can Feint stop it?
- Can Feint cancel effects on Holmes or Watson cards?
- Does Sherlock's ability protect an Any card from Feint?
- Does Calming Research use cards already in my hand?
- When a card targets the Raptor hero, are all Raptors affected?
- How does Dracula's start-of-turn ability work?
- Can one Baptism of Blood return several Sisters?
- Must I discard all Jekyll cards for Forever Hyde?
- What is Beastform's attack value?
- Does Reign of Terror hit every opposing fighter?
- Is a Raptor's Disengage limited by her movement value?
Defeating Fighters
Fog and Secret Passages
- Do fog tokens move when the Invisible Man takes a Maneuver?
- Can Rolling Fog move a fog token to any space on the board?
- Can fog tokens use secret passages and one-way paths?
- Can fog tokens be moved from under a fighter, or onto an occupied space?
- Can two fog tokens share a space?
- Does a fog token count as a fighter, for example to cancel Bigfoot's ability?
- How much movement does the Invisible Man spend hopping between fog tokens?
- Can the Invisible Man attack a fighter on another fog token as if adjacent?
- Does the Invisible Man get +1 on fog if he plays no defense card?
- Does the fog +1 apply when the Invisible Man attacks with a versatile card?
- Is the fog +1 applied before or after Deduce Strategy changes the defense value?
- If an attack says to ignore Invisible Man's defense value, does the fog +1 stop the damage?
- Does fog protect the Invisible Man from other damage, such as Medusa's?
- After Vanish, do I place my fog tokens again?
- Can the Invisible Man be targeted while off the board after Vanish?
- When Surprise Attack moves a fog token, does the Invisible Man move too?
- Does Lurking's move to a fog token need a clear path?
- Can the Invisible Man move the fog he stands on zero spaces so the opponent must move a different token?
- Can a fighter go from any secret-passage space to any other?
- Can I melee a fighter across a secret passage as if adjacent?
- May I stand on a secret passage space to block opponents from using it?
- Can large figures use secret passages?
- Are spaces that look close across an alley adjacent?
- On the Soho board, can I turn at a point where two paths cross?
General Terms and Team Play
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- Does 'opponent' on Call Me mean the real player?
- When does Deadpool's 'after you attack' ability happen?
- Is the deck shuffled after Time Out?
- What does Push to Teleport do?
- How exact must Holy Mackerel's guess be, and what if they don't discard?
- Does Deadpool's ranged text stop if the target leaves range after declaration?