Here to Slay Fantasy Strategy Card Game

About this product

Gather your heroes, outmanoeuvre your rivals and build a party brave enough to face the monsters ahead.

A standalone base game from Unstable Games, the creators of Unstable Unicorns.

Build a fantasy party, activate Hero abilities, challenge rival cards and slay dangerous Monsters using cards and dice.

Product Description

Adventure awaits, but your rivals are not going to make the journey easy.

In Here to Slay, every player chooses a Party Leader with a class and a special skill that remains active throughout the game. From there, you will recruit Heroes, equip useful Items, cast Magic and build a party capable of taking on powerful Monsters.

Each turn gives you three Action Points to spend. Draw cards, add Heroes and Items to your Party, play Magic, activate a Hero effect or launch an attack against a Monster. Hero abilities and Monster battles are resolved by rolling two dice, while Modifier cards can shift the result at just the right moment.

Your opponents can interfere with your plans using Challenge cards. When a Hero, Item or Magic card is challenged, both players roll the dice to decide whether the card enters play or heads straight to the discard pile.

Slaying a Monster gives your Party a new ongoing skill, but every attack carries a risk. Roll high enough and you claim the Monster. Roll within its retaliation range and your own Heroes may pay the price.

There are two paths to victory: slay three Monsters or finish your turn with six different classes represented in your Party.

Why you’ll love it

• Build your own adventuring party: Recruit Heroes from six different classes and shape a team around your chosen Party Leader.
• Two ways to win: Slay three Monsters or assemble a complete Party containing all six classes.
• Distinct Party Leaders: Each leader has a class and an ongoing skill that supports a different approach.
• Over 40 unique Heroes: Add varied adventurers with their own classes, effects and dice-roll requirements.
• Flexible turns: Spend three Action Points on drawing, playing cards, activating Heroes or attacking Monsters.
• Interactive challenges: Try to stop opponents from playing Hero, Item or Magic cards through head-to-head dice rolls.
• Useful equipment and spells: Equip Heroes with Items, cast one-time Magic and use Modifiers to influence important rolls.
• Monsters grant lasting rewards: Successfully slain Monsters add new skills to your Party for the rest of the game.

Quick Details

• Publisher: Unstable Games
• Edition: Standalone base game
• Product type: Competitive fantasy strategy card game
• Playing time: Approximately 30–60 minutes
• Action Points: 3 per turn
• Hero classes: Fighter, Guardian, Ranger, Thief, Wizard and Bard
• Card types: Heroes, Items, Magic, Modifiers and Challenges
• Victory conditions: Slay three Monsters or end your turn with six different classes in your Party
• Contents: 115 standard cards, 6 oversized Party Leader cards, 15 oversized Monster cards, 6 rules reference cards and 2 six-sided dice

Good to Know

• Base game: This is the standalone Here to Slay base game, not an expansion.
• Party Leader permanence: Your Party Leader remains in your Party and cannot be stolen, destroyed, sacrificed or returned to your hand.
• Hero effects require rolls: Roll two dice and meet the listed requirement to activate a Hero’s ability.
• One Item per Hero: Items must be equipped to Heroes, and each Hero can carry only one Item.
• Challenge restrictions: Challenge cards may be used against Hero, Item or Magic cards, and each card can only be challenged once.
• Risky Monster battles: A failed attack may do nothing or trigger the Monster’s retaliation effect, depending on the final roll.
• Ongoing Monster skills: Every successfully slain Monster provides a lasting ability to your Party.