Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game

Hive cards are added face‑down to the Complex during the Hive Phase and are turned face up only when their room is scanned or when a face‑down card is pushed into the Combat Zone, at which point any “Reveal” abilities trigger (pages 8, 11).

Each Complex room holds one card, so when a new card enters it pushes existing cards one space toward the Airlock; if a card is pushed off the Airlock it leaves the Complex and enters the Combat Zone and is turned face up (page 8).

During the Strike Phase at the end of each player's turn, enemies in the Combat Zone strike from oldest to newest; each strike makes you draw a Strike card and any damage from strikes is placed next to your avatar — if your accumulated strike damage is greater than or equal to your avatar’s health you die (page 12).

Only shuffle your discard pile into a new deck when your deck is completely empty and you still need to draw or reveal more cards; do not reshuffle preemptively (page 12).

A revealed Facehugger is placed in front of the current player and that player (then the next player) has the opportunity to kill it; if it isn't killed it impregnates the original player (Facehugger goes to Dead Enemies and that player gains a Chestburster in their discard), and when a Chestburster is drawn it immediately kills that player (pages 14–15).

Vigilant characters stay in play between turns but only trigger Class or Crew abilities on the turn they were played; on later turns while they remain in play they do not help trigger those abilities (page 14).