Branch & Claw rules

Branch & Claw is an expansion for Spirit Island. Beasts, Disease, Wilds, Strife, Events.

How Branch & Claw changes play

Adds new tokens and an Event step to every Invader Phase.

Setup: add the Invader board extension and shuffle the Event deck onto it. A Blight card is now required. On each board put 1 Beasts in the lowest-numbered land with no printed Setup icons and 1 Disease in land 2.
Events: draw 1 Event card each Invader Phase, except on the first turn.
Tokens: Beasts, Disease (stops a Build), Wilds (stops an Explore) and Strife (an Invader with it deals no damage once, then loses that Strife).

Invader Phase — Full Sequence With Branch & Claw, draw and resolve 1 Event card each Invader Phase, after any Blighted Island effect and before earned Fear cards.
Ravage With Branch & Claw, an Invader with Strife deals 0 damage when Invaders damage Dahan or the land and loses one Strife.
Build With Branch & Claw, if Invaders would Build in a land with Disease, remove one Disease from that land instead.
Explore With Branch & Claw, if Invaders would Explore into a land with Wilds, remove one Wilds from that land instead.
Blight Card & Blighted Island With Branch & Claw, playing with a Blight card is required.

Branch & Claw Branch & Claw adds 2 Spirits, the France Adversary, Minor, Major and unique Power cards, Fear cards, Blight cards, 25 Event cards and four…
Branch & Claw Setup Add the Invader board extension and put the shuffled Event deck on its Events space. Playing with a Blight card is now required.
Beasts Beasts tokens have no effect of their own. Powers, Events and Fear cards that mention Beasts use them.
Disease When Invaders would Build in a land with Disease, remove one Disease from that land instead.
Wilds When Invaders would Explore into a land with Wilds, remove one Wilds from that land instead of adding the Explorer.
Strife Strife sits on an individual Invader, not on the land, and can't be added where there are no Invaders.
Event Cards Each Invader Phase, after any Blighted Island effect and before earned Fear cards, draw and resolve 1 Event card; on the first turn…
Branch & Claw Fine Points An Event's parts are separate actions, and you check for victory after each one; a Choice Event with no agreement takes its first option.