Valhalla: Dwarves Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Dwarves of Svartalfheim
  • Setup
  • Changes to the Rules
  • Dwarves Card Abilities

Dwarves of Svartalfheim

Setup

The Dwarves of Svartalfheim expansion consists of 40 additional cards which are shuffled into the deck in step 1 of the setup. The discard pile is created only after the Dwarves of Svartalfheim cards have been added to the deck.

Players use special reference cards (marked +40), which remind them about the changes in the rules.

Changes to the Rules

Gameplay with additional cards only differs in a player's turn Phase B. The player draws 3 instead of 2 cards, and then he keeps 1 of them. The remaining cards are placed face up on the discard pile.

Dwarves Card Abilities

Descriptions of the Warriors' powers and Battle Tactics from this expansion are printed in the Symbols section of the booklet (pp. 20–24).

Call to arms: This card may only be played before the battle. A player adds a Warrior to his team from the discard pile. If there is a Warrior on top of the discard pile, he is added to the team. If not, the player looks through the discard pile starting from the top until he finds a Warrior card.

Blocking power (attacking only): That power works only while attacking. After activating that Dwarf, a player blocks one Warrior on the opposing team. After activating, that Dwarf's player chooses and slightly tilts the blocked Warrior – he may not be used for the rest of that battle. That power doesn't work against a player who only has 1 Warrior on his team.

Battle cry - Team (+?): A player is awarded additional strength in battle depending on the number of Warriors he has on his team. He gets 1 strength for each Warrior, e.g. 3 strength if he has 3 Warriors. It doesn't matter if the Warriors are activated, but the player is still required to arm at least one Warrior. (Scale: +1 / +2 / +3 / +4 for 1/2/3/4 Warriors.)

Blocking Valhalla: That power works after the battle, when Warriors are supposed to go to Valhalla. If the opponent is sending Warriors to Valhalla, that power blocks one of them from going to Valhalla. Before the opponent sends Warriors, the player that activated the Dwarf with that power chooses which activated Warrior on the opponent's team doesn't go to Valhalla.

Battle cry – Activated Warriors (+?): Players are awarded additional strength in battle depending on the number of activated Warriors they have on their team. They get 1/2/4/6 strength for having activated 1/2/3/4 Warriors. For example he gets 4 strength for activating 3 Warriors. (Scale: +1 / +2 / +4 / +6.)

Forced discard: That ability forces an opponent to immediately discard a Battle Tactics card from his hand. That player chooses which card to discard. If he doesn't have any Battle Tactics cards, he has to show his hand of cards to prove that.

Discard for strength: That power allows the player, who activated that Dwarf, to discard a chosen card from his hand to add 3 to his strength. The discarded card may be placed near that Dwarf as a reminder of the bonus. After the battle, the card is placed on the discard pile.