we ran into a question playing last night. when the heroes are move to town does the overlord play as normal (spawns and such) on his turn?

and more importantly, how long can they stay in town and does the overload compensate for this when they return. ie if the hero spends two turns worth of mp in town, does the ol receive two turns worth of threat and cards when hero returns?

Just because all the heroes are in town at the same time does not "pause" the game. The heroes still get their normal turn and they spend it shopping, and then the OL gets a turn to spawn, move his critters around, draw cards, etc. Next turn, heroes remain in town and do their thing, then the OL gets his turn, draws cards, spawns, moves critters, etc.

Having all heroes in town at the same time is never a good idea...

-shnar

ok that makes more sense then the "pause". Thank you!!