So a group of us played this game for our first time last night and it was a lot of fun but we were confused with event cards. Are they played from your hand instantaneously in response to an action or are they played and set on your side to be used when needed?

For example, if an enemy is about to attack a player and i have an event card in my hand that prevents that enemy from attacking this turn, can i play it from my hand during the combat phase or must it be "in play" already and then used at this time? Similarly, if when im attacking, can i play an event card that boosts my attack?

To clarify, I am unsure of the order of actions. Can i interrupt with event cards to stop a certain action by playing a card from my hand or must the event cards be in play and then used to prevent the action? I feel like i am repeating myself but i am trying to make it as clear as possible so you guys can understand. i am sure its an easy answer.

Also, i forget which hero, but one of them has the flavor text of "when [hero] engages an enemy he gets +1 attack when fighting alone." something like that. now does that mean during the encounter phase, i can engage an enemy and then my hero gets +1 attack if hes the only attacker? reading what i jsut typed seems to answer the question but i wasnt sure that when you engage an enemy you had to pick right there who is going to fight it. i thought it was generally engaged with me and then i had the choice of who to defend/attack during the next phase.

reno1051 said:

Welcome.

Events wait in your hand are are played when you want to use them. Some Events are Actions (It says at the beginning of the text effect) while others are Responses. If is an action it can be played during those green boxes in the turn flowchart. If it is a response when it can only be played during the time specified on the card (They can even be played during the red boxes).

They are played directly from your hand when you want their effects. Events never remain in play and are put in your discard when they are played.

Enemies engaged with you and you can have different attackers and defenders each turn. The hero Dunhere has an ability that allows him to attack enemies in staging (enemies not engaged with any player) and if he attacks an enemy in staging the attack must be alone (the only character attacking that particular enemy) and he gains +1 attack.

thanks for taking the time to clear that up for me