Dungeon of Comprehensive Curses Question

[Blazinjsin]

Nobody seems to have looked at the link MunchkinMan posted, the ruling is that they happen simultaneously, just like with the bookmark. To play them out, you still have to actually do them 1 at a time, but the results of each don't actually count until the final fight is finished. That means no treasure, no levels, no deaths, and no winning until each fight is resolved, then all results happen at the same time.

Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

Starting at the top of the discard pile, each player takes the top monster and must fight it. Because everyone's fighting simultaneously, no one may help anyone else. EXCEPTION: If there was already a helper in the current fight, then the main player's monster AND the helper's monster join that fight.

For ease of play, you should resolve each combat one at a time, but remember that they occur simultaneously in game terms. If there's corpse-looting to be done, it doesn't get done until all fights are resolved.

[Clipper]

It is possible to argue that the FAQ is more recent than the post, though. However, the more recent ruling does make the situation clear that it is the FAQ which is wrong:

Originally Posted by Andrew Hackard

I'm just going to throw this out as a general note: if an effect occurs that would seem to cause multiple simultaneous combats, finish any current combat and then resolve the others in order, starting with the current player and proceeding to the left from there. You can't have more than one combat going on at once. (It remains the current player's turn until ALL such combats are finished, for those rules where that matters.)

I think the question of when exactly you gather spoils and loot bodies is probably one of those ones best left to the group to figure out. It's rarely ever going to matter. For example, even if you loot the body early, you're already considered to be prepping for your combat, so you can't put Items into play.

[Blazinjsin]

One shot items would then be available

[Moldon]

summary: the FAQ is wrong and must/will be change. yes?

[Clipper]

Originally Posted by Blazinjsin

One shot items would then be available

OK, yes, I didn't think of that one, and it does seem important now. I guess that applying both the old ruling, the new ruling and the newer rulings regarding timing of combat spoils from Transferal Potion (from the FAQs) means that all combat spoils and following up on Deaths should be left until after all the combats complete, in which case you complete all those things in turn order from the turn player then going to their left.

That seems to be the most consistent technique with all the previous official rulings (except that FAQ entry).