How to Play Kpop Demon Hunters: Battle for the Spotlight

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Learn the rules to the card game Play Kpop Demon Hunters: Battle for the Spotlight quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules. Don't own the game? Buy it here: https://store.asmodee.com/products/kpop-demon-hunters-battle-for-the-spotlight https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/472581/kpop-demon-hunters-battle-for-the-spotlight RULES: Kpop Demon Hunters: Battle for the Spotlight, a love letter game. How to play. The object of the game is for your team to be the first to get 5 or more cheer tokens. Divide into 2 teams as equal as possible: HUNTR/X and Saja Boys. Give each player their team’s matching reference card, ensuring they sit in alternating order. When playing with an odd number of players, give the bonus token to a player on the team with the fewer players. In a 5-player game, that player may trade the bonus token with their teammate between rounds. Lay out the contest board and set the cheer tokens beside it. Place the contest marker on the microphone space. In a 2 or 3 player game, remove the 4 fan cards. Shuffle the character cards to create the play deck. Set the top card “backstage” by placing it facedown to the side of the board without anyone seeing it. Deal each player 1 card to form their starting hand. You are not allowed to share information about the card in your hand unless another card forces you to. The player who most recently went to a concert goes first, then play proceeds clockwise. On your turn, draw 1 card from the deck, then play one card from your hand, following the instructions on the card. Whenever you gain a microphone icon from playing a card, move the contest marker 1 space towards your team’s side of the board. If you are the player with the bonus token, then move it 2 spaces instead. Once the marker leaves its starting space, it does not return to it but instead goes toward the other team. After resolving your card, your turn ends and the next player clockwise goes. Repeat this process until the deck runs out of cards or the contest marker moves off the board. If the deck is empty when a player needs to draw, then the round ends and all players reveal their cards. The player with the highest value moves the contest marker 1 space towards their side of the board. If that person also has the bonus token, then they move 2 spaces instead. If it is a tie with both players on the same team, then they move it one space like normal. If players on opposing teams are tied for highest, then the marker is not moved. The team that now has the marker on their side of the board earns cheer tokens equal to the value shown on the space. The other way to end the round is a team would need to move the contest marker towards their team’s side but it is already at their team’s #3 space. The round ends and that team earns 3 cheer tokens. All your earned cheer tokens are placed on your side of the board with your team’s logo showing. After earning cheer tokens, the round ends. Shuffle all the cards, including the backstage card, and return the contest marker back to its starting spot. Play another round with the player to the left of the last player to have taken a turn in the previous round going first. Repeat this process until one team has 5 or more cheer tokens, then they win!