Hi,

Sorry if this was already answered, but playing the other day we came upon this question:

I was doing a other world encounter and I draw a "fight an ancient one card" this card is very especific in saying that I need one success to take one doom token from the doom track.

But my question is regarding the fighting rules. Do they apply as a normal Ancient One fight? (Do I have to do the effect of the ancient one before the battle? do I have an upkeep face before is my turn to attack so I can change weapons, refresh effects, and move the slider?)

Or this is like a normal monster and once I exoust something I'm fuc$ed

Thanks in advance for the response and sorry if this was answered before.

Best Regards,

It is mostly handled as a normal ancient one battle, start of combat abilities trigger and attacks resolve as normal, you do get an upkeep each round and any permanent effects (such as Cthulhu's attack) are permanent. The only thing that is different is that only one player is fighting so only 1 success per doom token is needed and I don't believe you use eppic battle cards even if you would normally use them.

Veet said:

Great! I was going to ask about the epic battle cards next

Thanks a lot for the quick answer!!

Epic Battle is reserved for the climactic ending, which the dual-color OW cards are not. Of course, beating the AO may result in your final seal, which would make the battle a climactic ending of sorts, but... you get what I mean.

Tibs said:

Yep, I get what you mean, Epic Battle does make the final battle more climatic, while fighting a AO as an other world encounter is over all just painfully stressful :-P (I will have to buy the Stress Battle deck)

Thx!

I was internally debating for a moment about the Epic Battle issue, and then I remembered that having Epic Battle would mean that you could draw The End of Everything...

Not to mention, Epic Battle was designed to make final combat (i.e. winning the game) much more of a challenge. It was not meant to make the already longshot AO-combat cards be nearly impossible.