Setup & Reference Utility

Choose your expansions and way to play — Goals, Tribes, or solo against the Ichthyanders — for exact setup steps, a full rules reference with the official rules updates applied and clarifications from the unofficial community FAQ, and a searchable index of every rulebook and the FAQ. The Depths are waiting to be raised.

The Kingdoms

Select the sets on the table. Every step and ruling below adapts to your choices.

Setup

Follow the steps in order. Each cites its source: the official rulebooks, with any unofficial community-FAQ clarification cited by FAQ number. The post-2019 rules updates are already applied.

Rules Reference

Tap a heading to open it. Contents adapt to your sets and way to play.

Search the Rulebooks

Answers from this page come first, then every matching page of the rulebook, every selected expansion, and the unofficial community-compiled FAQ.