About The Bad Side Of Town, from BoardGameGeek:
This is a fully cooperative strategy game where all players are serial killers claiming their own neighborhoods in the city. You've all stayed out of each other's way by following two simple rules to all get along: 1. Always clean up your own mess, and 2. Stick to your own neighborhood. Who'd have thought so many serial killers could occupy such a small part of the city and get along so well without getting caught?
Things have been smooth slashing... until now.
The problem is a new killer has come to town, and he's not too concerned about being covert. Known as the Bad Side Butcher, he's fearlessly leaving evidence and bodies in his wake, and the cops have quickly taken notice. For the first time in years the city is catching on to the deadly shenanigans that have been going on, and this newbie is threatening to out the entire group of killers... including you.
Your job is to work with your fellow serial killer buddies to collect evidence and corpses left behind by the Bad Side Butcher, then bring them back to your hideouts to place in the shared Evidence Locker before the city's panic level reaches 10. Can you do that? Great, you win... you can go back to your favorite hobby and enjoy life again. But if you fail, you'll all have handcuffs and jail time to look forward to.
Don't let this rube ruin everything. It's time to take him down.
Pertorm a Panic Check. If there are 5 or more Visibility cubes present across all locations
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within a single Neighborhood, trigger panic. Refer to the Panic section of the rulebook to
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learn how to resolve this.
2. DRAW PHASE
THE FISHERMAN Check the white Stress cube's location on the active player's Character card. If the cube is in
the orange zone labelled "Stress," resolve a card from the Stress Deck. If not, resolve a card
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TO WATER, GAIN 1 AP. from the Event Deck instead. In order to resolve a Stress or Event card, read it aloud, then
follow all instructions on the card. Once completed, place the card into a discard pile.
CORPSE If a player reads a Stress card, lower their Stress meter by 1 after the card is resolved. If Visibility
is added to the board as a result of an Event or Stress card, perform another panic check.
3. ACTION PHASE
Players begin their turn with 4 Action Points to spend, henceforth referred to as AP.
There is no set order in which to spend AP, and the same action can be performed multiple times per turn.
Actions each cost 1 AP:
• Move the active player's meeple to an adjacent location.
Note: Two locations connected by a bridge are considered adjacent.
• Remove 1 Visibility token from the active player's current location.
• Move 1 Evidence token from the active player's location into the inventory on their character card.
• Move 1 Corpse from the active player's location into the Corpse inventory spot on their character card. • If a player is in the same location as their Hideout, they may move all Evidence and Corpses from their inventory to the associated tracks in the Evidence Locker on the board. A player may not carry more Evidence or Corpses than their character card allows. If an Evidence or Corpse track in the Evidence Locker is already full when a player is attempting this action, discard
any extra cubes or tokens.
3. ACTION PHASE CONTINUED In addition to actions, players can push themselves beyond their normal capabilities to perform Stress Tasks. These tasks are riskier, and are more taxing on the players. When performing Stress Tasks, players gain Stress by moving their white Stress cube up one space on the Stress track located on their character card. Stress Tasks can be performed multiple times on a player's turn. If a player's Stress cube ever reaches the red "Kill" space on the top of their Stress track during the Action Phase, they become so Stressed they are driven to commit a murder in order to relieve their tension. When this happens, they must
immediately resolve a Corpse card, reset their white Stress cube to the bottom of the Stress track, and end their turn.
Stress Tasks each increase Stress by 1:
• Immediately gain 1 AP.
• Remove a police cruiser from a location adjacent to the active player. • If the active player is in the same location as another player, they may trade any amount of Evidence or Corpses from each
other's inventory, provided they have room. Some actions are so risky, they both cost an AP, and increase Stress. These are called Stress Actions, and may also be performed multiple times per turn, up until the point where a player is driven to murder. If a player wants to take a Stress Action, but has no
AP, they must first perform a Stress Task to gain an AP.
Stress Actions cost 1AP and increase Stress by 1: • If the active player is on a location with a Bus Stop, they may move to any other Bus Stop. A player may not ride the bus if they
have a Corpse in their inventory.
• Discard all Evidence and Corpses from the active player's inventory. • If the active player is in the same location as a different player's Hideout, they may move all Evidence and Bodies from their
inventory to the associated tracks in the Evidence Locker on the board.
1. EASY MODE
To make the game easier, begin the game with 2 rows of Blood, Fiber, and Fingerprint Evidence already in the Evidence Locker.
2. CHALLENGE MODE
To make the game harder, play with the following change to the rules:
• Removing a Police Cruiser is now a Stress Action, and requires 1 AP + 1 Stress.
3. INSANITY MODE
When playing on Insanity, make the following changes to the rules: • If a player begins their turn next to a police cruiser, they must draw a Stress Card regardless of their Stress level during the
Draw Phase.
• Removing a police cruiser is now a Stress Action, and requires 1 AP + 1 Stress.
• If a police cruiser is ever placed in a location where a Corpse is already present, trigger Panic.
4. SOLO MODE
To play the game in Solo Mode, simply play as two characters.
