Nemesis: Retaliation · Board game rules
How does the Queen's spawning ability work?
Quick answer
The Queen spawns when her token is drawn from the Intruder bag and she is not already on the map. She then activates, either attacking a Character in the same room or moving toward the closest Character.
Details
The Queen’s spawning is tied to the Bag Development step of the Intruder Phase [p.15 — Bag Development]. When a Queen token is drawn from the Intruder bag:
- If the Queen is not already on the map, she activates.
- Activation resolves as follows:
- If there is a Character in the same room as the Queen, she attacks that Character (prioritizing the first in Turn order if multiple Characters are present).
- If no Character is in her room, she moves once toward the closest Character, following standard Intruder movement rules (shortest path, prioritizing the closest Character or the one first in Turn order in case of a tie) [p.35 — Queen Activation].
Key conditions:
- The Queen’s movement and attacks follow the same rules as other Intruders, except her Health and combat behavior are unique [p.33 — Intruder Health and Combat, p.35 — The Queen].
- If the Queen is already on the map, drawing her token does not spawn a new instance; instead, she activates as described.
Watch out:
If the Queen is in a room with Fire during the Intruder Phase, she receives 1 Hit like other Intruders [p.14 — Intruders Burning]. However, her Health system (using Queen Health cards) means Hits progress her damage track rather than killing her outright until all Health cards are discarded [p.35 — Queen Health].