The Possessed Monastery

Rescue as many monks as you can from the demon infested monastery. A Run consists of several consecutive encounters and may be ended after any of them. If the player’s paladin character dies, all rescued monks are lost as well.

From two standard decks of playing cards, select the 40 cards indicated on the reference sheet; these form the game deck.

The game uses five suits:

 hearts: the paladin’s combat cards
 diamonds, clubs, spades: the demons’ combat cards
 jokers: the monks

Gameplay Overview

Encounter Setup

 Shuffle well
 Draw 4 cards

Turn

 Discard X cards
 Draw up to 8 cards
 Play X cards

End of Encounter

 Gain 2 or 3 items

Suggested background music: the original Diablo (1996) soundtrack.

Part of the Demon War series, alongside A mágus küldetése (The Quest of the Mage) and The Sorceress and the Demons.

—description from the designer