Survivor Welcome Video

 Check out the following video to get a better sense of what to expect at Backyard Survivor!

Can't blame you for checking, but did you really think we'd hide a clue to an immunity idol in the same place twice?

That said, keen eyes will benefit you after the first immunity challenge, regardless of whether you win or lose...

The Gathering

Round 1

Mary - 🧠🧠💜💜💜💜

• Plays Prepared for the Worst. Draws nothing.
• Plays First Aid.
• Heals 1 damage.

Rex - 🧠🧠💜💜💜

• Plays Trench Coat.
• Plays Guided by the Unseen.
• Investigates (assisted by Guided by the Unseen). Discovers 2 clues.

Round 2

* Ravenous Ghoul engages Mary.

* Swarm of Rats engages Rex.

 Mary - 🧠🧠💜💜💜

• Plays Spectral Razor. Defeats Ravenous Ghoul.
• Heals 1 damage.
• Plays Prepared for the Worst. Draws Timeworn Brand.

Rex - 🧠🧠💜💜💜

• Attacks Swarm of Rats (assisted by Inquiring Mind). Defeats Swarm of Rats.
• Gains 1 resource.
• Investigates (assisted by second copy of Inquiring Mind). Discovers 2 clues.

*** Act 1 advances. 

Round 3

* Mary draws Rotting Remains. No effect.

* Ghoul Minion engages Rex.

Rex - 🧠🧠💜💜💜

• Plays The Necronomicon - Petrus de Dacia Translation, triggering an attack of opportunity from Ghoul Minion.
• Spends 4 secrets on The Necronomicon. Defeats Ghoul Minion.
• Moves to the cellar.

Mary - 🧠🧠💜💜

• Plays Emergency Cache. Gains 3 resources.
• Gains 1 resource.
• Plays Timeworn Brand.

Round 4

*** Agenda 1 advances. Both investigators discard 1 card from hand at random.

* Mary draws Crypt Chill. Mary fails the test, discards First Aid, and takes 1 horror.

* Flesh-Eater spawns in the attic.

Rex - 🧠🧠🧠💜💜💜💜

• Investigates (assisted by Deduction, The Necronomicon, and a blessed token). Finds 3 clues.
• Investigates (assisted by The Necronomicon). Fails!
• Investigates (assisted by Guided by the Unseen). Fails!

Mary - 🧠🧠🧠💜💜

• Moves to the attic. Flesh-Eater engages.
• Attacks Flesh-Eater with Timeworn Brand (assisted by a blessed token). Hits!
• Attacks Flesh-Eater with Timeworn Brand (assisted by a blessed token). Defeats Flesh-Eater.

Round 5

* Ghoul Minion engages Rex.

Rex - 🧠🧠🧠💜💜💜💜

• Plays Anatomical Diagrams (Fast).
• Evades Ghoul Minion.
• Moves to the hallway.
• Moves to the attic.

* Mary draws Frozen in Fear.

Mary - 🧠🧠🧠🧠💜💜

• Gains 1 resource.
• Gains 1 resource.
• Plays Flesh Ward.
• Successfully discards Frozen in Fear.

* Mary draws Crisis of Faith during Upkeep Phase.

Round 6

* Mary draws Grasping Hands. Assisted by a blessed token, she takes no damage.

* Rex draws Ancient Evils (hence the rumbling).

Rex - 🧠🧠🧠💜💜💜💜

• Plays Magnifying Glass.
• Investigates. Discovers 2 clues.
• Investigates. Discovers 2 clues.

Mary - 🧠🧠🧠🧠💜💜

• Gains 1 resource.
• Moves to the hallway.
• Plays Guard Dog.

Round 7

* Mary draws Ancient Evils.

* Rex draws Grasping Hands. Assisted by a blessed token, he takes no damage.

Rex - 🧠🧠🧠💜💜💜💜

• Moves to the hallway.
• Draws Rex's Curse.
• Draws Crack the Case.

Mary - 🧠🧠🧠🧠💜💜

• Draws Enchant Weapon.
• Gains 1 resource.
• Gains 1 resource.

*** Act 2 advances. 

Round 8

* Mary draws Dissonant Voices, which stinks because she really wanted to enchant her weapon.

* Rex draws Ancient Evils.

Mary - 🧠🧠🧠🧠💜💜

• Attacks Ghoul Priest with Timeworn Brand. Draws auto-fail token, triggering retaliation from the Ghoul Priest, which then activates Guard Dog, dealing the Ghoul Priest 1/10 damage.
• Attacks Ghoul Priest with Timeworn Brand. Hits! Ghoul Priest has been dealt 3/10 damage.
• Attacks Ghoul Priest with Timeworn Brand. Hits! Ghoul Priest has been dealt 5/10 damage.

Rex - 🧠🧠🧠💜💜💜💜

• Moves to the parlor.
• Parleys with Lita Chantler. Success, in spite of Rex's Curse.
• Moves to the hallway.

* Ghoul Priest attacks Mary during Enemy Phase, activating Guard Dog for another attack. Ghoul Priest has been dealt 6/10 damage.

Round 9

* Rex draws Rotting Remains. Takes no horror, in spite of Rex's Curse.

* Icy Ghoul spawns in the cellar.

Mary - 🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠💜💜💜💜

• Exhausts Timeworn Brand and attacks, assisted by Lita Chantler's effect. Defeats Ghoul Priest. 

*** Act 3 advances. Opt not to burn the house down.