Blood Rage
137 questions players ask about Blood Rage. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-02.
Setup and Drafting
- How does a two-player game of Blood Rage differ from three or four players?
- How many cards does each player get and keep in the draft each Age?
- Which cards are removed from the Age decks at lower player counts?
- How many provinces are destroyed at setup?
- Who starts the Action phase in Ages 2 and 3?
- Do the clans have special abilities printed on their boards?
- Can you see which Age an opponent's hand cards and committed quests belong to?
- Can you look at the back of an opponent's committed battle card before choosing your own?
- Can new players skip the card draft in Age 1?
- Can Blood Rage be played with six players?
Rage, Passing and Ending the Action Phase
- Can you take actions again after you pass or drop to 0 Rage if you later gain Rage?
- Can a player with 0 Rage still join a battle called by someone else?
- What happens to your Rage when you pass?
- When does the Action phase end?
- Does Yggdrasil have to be pillaged before the Age ends by pillaging?
- If every province is pillaged, does the whole game end?
- Does unused Rage carry over to the next Age?
- If I raise my Rage stat during an Age, do I get the extra Rage immediately?
- Does pillaging or playing a battle card cost Rage?
Invading, Marching and Upgrades
- Can you invade Yggdrasil directly?
- Does March have to go to an adjacent province?
- Can a ship be moved once it is on the board?
- Can you pay 1 Rage to March with zero figures?
- Do leaders, monsters and ships count toward the Horns limit on figures?
- Can an upgrade's free invade put you over your Horns limit?
- Can you invade or march into a province that has already been pillaged?
- Can you invade or march into a province destroyed by Ragnarök?
- After playing a Warrior, Leader or Ship upgrade, can you invade with that figure for free?
- Does a Monster upgrade also let you invade with the monster for free?
Pillage and Call to Battle
- If nobody opposes my pillage, do I get Battle Glory or play a battle card?
- If someone else wins the battle during my pillage, or I win a battle in someone else's pillage, who gets the pillage reward?
- If a pillage reward raises Axes, does the higher Axes count for the Battle Glory I just won?
- If an opponent pillages a province where I have figures, must I fight, and can I move out?
- Does a ship in a fjord next to the pillaged province have to join the battle?
- Can the pillaging player move their own adjacent figures into the province during the Call to Battle?
- Can a player who passed during the Call to Battle still bring a figure in later?
- Does the Call to Battle end when every player passes in a row?
- Can you pillage a province that has already been pillaged this Age?
Battle Cards and Resolving Combat
- What happens if a battle ends in a tie?
- After a battle, who keeps the cards that were played?
- Must I play a card in battle, and can it be a quest or upgrade card?
- Can I play more than one battle card in a battle?
- Can Heimdall's Eye or Gaze (solid white strength disc) be my only or first battle card?
- In what order do conflicting battle card effects resolve, such as Thor's Primacy, Heimdall's Watch and Odin's Tide?
- If I play Thor's Primacy, can an opponent still play Heimdall's Eye or Gaze afterward with its effect intact?
- Does Thor's Primacy stop Heimdall's Watch from discarding the revealed cards?
- Can I still win a battle if all my figures are destroyed during it?
Quests
- How are quests resolved at the end of an Age?
- If I commit two identical quest cards, do both pay out, even from one province?
- Is there a limit on how many quests I can commit in an Age, or how many of the same type?
- If I fail a committed quest, can I keep the card for later?
- Can the Quest action use a card that is not a quest card?
- Can I complete a quest for a province that has been destroyed by Ragnarök?
- Does a ship in a fjord count toward a quest for the neighbouring provinces?
- Does Yggdrasil count as a province for quests?
- Does Odin's Throne double the stat bonus or only the Glory of a quest?
Ragnarök, Fjords and Ships
- How much Glory do figures destroyed by Ragnarök earn, and which figures die?
- Does Ragnarök destroy ships in a fjord, and is the fjord itself removed when both neighbouring provinces are gone?
- Is there a limit on ships in one fjord, and can several players' ships share it?
- Do the dragon ship upgrades (Fire Dragons, Eternal Dragons, Loki's Dragons) pay Glory when my ship is destroyed by Ragnarök?
- Does Odin's Inspiration double only the Ragnarök Glory, or also the Glory from dragon upgrades for the same ship?
- Can Frigga's Protection save a figure from Ragnarök?
- Is the ship loop with Frigga's Domain, Frigga's Sacrifice and a dragon upgrade legal?
Monsters
- Does the Sea Serpent count as a ship for ship upgrades and free ship invades?
- How much Rage does it cost to invade with the Sea Serpent?
- If my Sea Serpent is destroyed, can a later ship upgrade bring it back for free?
- How does the Mountain Giant work: what does it cost, and does it count as a leader?
- If two leaders (or the Mountain Giant and my leader) pillage together, does a leader upgrade like Lord of Axes pay twice?
- If my leader is killed during the pillage battle but I win, do I still get the leader upgrade's bonus?
- Which figures do the Troll and Fire Giant destroy when they invade?
- Can the Troll or Fire Giant invade a province with no empty village?
- Do the Dwarf Chieftain and Soldier of Hel cost Rage to upgrade or invade with?
Clan Upgrades and Battle Cards
- Can Loki's Blessing put a warrior into Yggdrasil after I lose a battle there?
- Does Loki's Blessing work on an opponent's turn, and when does the free warrior arrive?
- Can Loki's Blessing trigger Frigga's Succor for a second free warrior?
- Does Thor's Domain trigger when Loki's Blessing invades on another player's turn?
- Can Frigga's Succor add a warrior when I invade with a ship, and where does it go?
- Does Frigga's Succor add a free warrior after an upgrade's free invade, or when a Troll or Fire Giant creates the space?
- Does Frigga's Succor let me exceed my Horns limit or fill a full province?
- With Frigga's Domain, do I pay the figure's normal invade cost on top of the 1 Rage?
- Can Frigga's Protection save more than one figure in a battle?
End of an Age and of the Game
- Is the board cleared between Ages?
- How many cards can I keep in hand from one Age to the next?
- How much Glory do maxed clan stats score at the end of the game: 20 or 30?
- When exactly does the game end, and does the third Age still get a Ragnarök and Valhalla release?
- What happens if players tie for the most Glory at the end?
- Does raising my Rage stat help in Age 3?
Blood Rage: Gods of ÁsgardExpansion
- How do the Gods of Ásgard work during a game?
- If no province is eligible for a God to move to, what happens?
- Can a God be moved to Yggdrasil after a pillage?
- In Loki's province, who gains Battle Glory, and what about a tie?
- In Loki's province, who gets the Glory from Thor's Hammer?
- In Frigga's province, are figures safe from Odin's Tide, Odin's Smite and other effects?
- In Heimdall's province, how are battle cards played?
- Does Tyr's "STR counts as 0" in his province apply to quests, or only to battles?
- If there is no battle in Odin's province, do I still get the pillage reward twice?
Blood Rage: Mystics of MidgardExpansion
- Does playing a Mystic clan upgrade cost Rage, and can I invade with the Mystic right away?
- If I play all three Mystic clan upgrades, do I get a third Mystic?
- Can a Mystic with Frigga's Chosen retreat when Odin's Tide would destroy it?
- Where can a Frigga's Chosen Mystic retreat, and what if no province is free?
- Can a player with a Frigga's Chosen Mystic in the battle play Loki's Backstab?
- What happens if I pay Frigga's Protection to save a warrior that Odin's Chosen is trying to replace?
- Do Mystics count toward the Horns limit?
- After losing a battle, can I retreat a Frigga's Chosen Mystic and then use Loki's Blessing to invade that province with a warrior?