Defenders of the Realm: Global Effects Cards

About this expansion

Defenders of the Realm: Global Effects Cards is a set of promo cards for a 1–4 player game with a listed play time of 90 minutes, released in 2011.

At the beginning of the game, Global Effects cards are shuffled into the Darkness Spreads deck. When revealed, each card changes the game with a specific effect, adding new possibilities to the deck as it unfolds.

The original Global Effects promo set contains ten cards: five with good effects and five with bad effects. Across the available expansions and BoardGameGeek promo packs, there are currently 37 unique Global Effects cards, including 19 good effects and 18 bad effects. One bad card is duplicated in the Dragon Expansion.

• Expansions contain six cards: three good and three bad.
• BoardGameGeek promo packs contain ten cards: five good and five bad.
• Cards are randomly inserted into the available expansions and card packs.

Global Effects cards are included in the Dragon Expansion and Hero Expansions 1, 2, and 3. Their randomized distribution means that different expansions and packs can provide different selections of effects.

You can combine Global Effects from the expansions and promos however you choose. This flexibility gives Defenders of the Realm: Global Effects Cards a wide variety from game to game, allowing you to create a changing mix of beneficial and harmful effects within the Darkness Spreads deck.