You might need to take the hit for the longer-term strategy. There are times when fighting a monster is not necessarily the best move. You can't afford to play it safe or make mistakes/sub-optimal moves. However, the game requires you to plan, and plan carefully, each and every move. The core rules are relatively straightforward to understand. But the random nature of the Bastion tiles and the way the monsters come out means that next time it might not be so easy. With each game you learn and develop, and eventually you'll score a win. Every time I get close to winning but lose, it is because I didn't play smart and I can see where I went wrong. But you know what? It's a fantastic game. If all Heroes are defeated, 3 Bastion tiles fall under the Grasp of Evil or a Horde card needs to be drawn and the deck is empty the players lose. Play continues this way until the Heroes take out the Warlord and win the game. If you roll the correct number and colour of symbols then you defeat the monster and apply any 'exit' effects it may have.Ĭall to Arms tokens can be used to allow the Hero to use the action of any Bastion tile even if they are not located on the same space.

Additional equipment tokens of the matching colour can be spent to add an extra symbol to your combat roll. Combat is resolved by rolling dice and matching the coloured symbols to the monster they are fighting. A player can move one space in any direction.įor combat, a Hero must be on an adjacent space to a monster. There are two 'act' actions available, activating a Bastion tile and combat. In the Hero phase, players can 'act' and move. Such as drawing additional monster cards, placing 'grasps of evil' tokens, and a host of other nasty negative effects. Some of the monster cards will have effects to trigger when they are placed. When a new card is drawn, the monster will be placed on the Horde board of the matching colour. This usually involves drawing a new card (if the Horde board is not full) or some negative effect if it is. Each Horde board has a power that is then applied. Each round has two phases the Horde phase and the Hero phase.Īt the beginning of the Horde phase, apply all effects displayed on the monster cards on your specific Horde board. The game is played over a number of rounds. Actions such as placing a net piece on a monster card to negate an ability, healing, removing grasps of evil tokens, placing traps and many more. All Bastion tiles feature an action that the Heroes can perform if they end their turn on the particular tile. Hero boards are placed below the Horde boards. Four Horde boards are positioned at the edge of the Bastion tiles. The board in Last Bastion is a three by three grid of Bastion tiles, that are randomly placed in each game. If it does then the entire world will fall into chaos. They must defend the fort from the onslaught of unceasing and unending monsters. The Heroes have taken refuge in the Bastion of the Fallen Kings. The Queen's sole purpose now is to retrieve these artefacts. In Last Bastion, you play as a group of Heroes that have stolen powerful relics from the evil Baleful Queen. Last Bastion is a reworking/retheme of the hard as nails Ghost Stories. Last Bastion is a one to four-player cooperative, dice rolling, medieval fantasy game.

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