<p>Yes, there is no restriction on how many times each hero can Seek Aid in the second edition of Shadowrift.</p>

<p>In <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1673804/rules-seeking-aid-changed-v1-v2-rules" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this forum post on BGG</a>, Jeremy Anderson (the game's creator) confirms that the following statement is correct.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>...under the new rules ALL the villagers in the [Town Square] can now
  be asked for help and all of them could be asked by a single hero.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>He goes on to explain:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>So many of the effects are global or
  monster-targeting (such as the Baker and Priest, respectively) that it
  was actually pretty rare the rule would even matter other than
  requiring the players to do a little fiddly bookkeeping. I agree that
  I'm all for table-talk and interesting decisions, but this wasn't a
  consistent enough place to produce them and mostly just penalized
  smaller player counts (and sure, smaller player counts have an easier
  game so one could argue that's just a positive balancing element...).
  It also made little (if any) thematic sense. Limited capacity to
  perform actions makes sense. Limited capacity to receive help from
  others...a little less so.</p>
</blockquote>

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Jacob Shetler
<p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/80142/shadowrift-rules" rel="nofollow noreferrer">From the ruleset on BGG, page 5</a>, the definition of Seek Aid is this:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Seek Aid in Town: Each hero may seek aid from one Villager
  per round. This means gaining the effect stated on a Villager
  in Town. Each Villager may only aid one hero per round.
  Put any Villagers that aid into the Town discard.
  (Discarding Villagers to aid does not cause the heroes to lose.)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>There's the once per turn restriction.</p>

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Clear. Thanks. The wording for the second edition (which I have) is different and seems to remove this restriction. This explains why I see some people refer to this rule.
Jeroen-bart Engelen
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J.John
<p>In my opinion, because it says nothing in the rulebooks, this is a house rule. It is entirely up to you and the other players whether to play with this house rule. Advancing as many villagers as you want, is obviously good for you, but as I said, this up to you and the other players. </p>

<p>Another option is to contact the creators of Shadowrift. They may know the real answer to this question, instead of just my house rule opinion.</p>

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Curious Kid
<p>I've seen multiple mentions on forums and in YouTube videos that a player can only 'use' a single villager per round. However, I don't see anything about this in the rulebook.
All it says about using villagers is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Seek Aid:</strong> You may move a
  Villager with the Aid term on its
  description from Town Square
  to the Town Discard to gain its
  effect.<br>
  <em>Example</em>: An attacking hero may
  pay 1 Coin and discard the Smith
  to add +1 damage to their attack.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The epic actions, which are only allowed once per round, are explicitly called out.</p>

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In Shadowrift, can a player user more than one villager per round?
Jeroen-bart Engelen
# In Shadowrift, can a player user more than one villager per round?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-15)

I've seen multiple mentions on forums and in YouTube videos that a player can only 'use' a single villager per round. However, I don't see anything about this in the rulebook.
All it says about using villagers is:

> **Seek Aid:** You may move a
> Villager with the Aid term on its
> description from Town Square
> to the Town Discard to gain its
> effect.  
> *Example*: An attacking hero may
> pay 1 Coin and discard the Smith
> to add +1 damage to their attack.

The epic actions, which are only allowed once per round, are explicitly called out.

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-03-07. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Yes, there is no restriction on how many times each hero can Seek Aid in the second edition of Shadowrift.

In [this forum post on BGG](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1673804/rules-seeking-aid-changed-v1-v2-rules), Jeremy Anderson (the game's creator) confirms that the following statement is correct.

> ...under the new rules ALL the villagers in the [Town Square] can now
> be asked for help and all of them could be asked by a single hero.

He goes on to explain:

> So many of the effects are global or
> monster-targeting (such as the Baker and Priest, respectively) that it
> was actually pretty rare the rule would even matter other than
> requiring the players to do a little fiddly bookkeeping. I agree that
> I'm all for table-talk and interesting decisions, but this wasn't a
> consistent enough place to produce them and mostly just penalized
> smaller player counts (and sure, smaller player counts have an easier
> game so one could argue that's just a positive balancing element...).
> It also made little (if any) thematic sense. Limited capacity to
> perform actions makes sense. Limited capacity to receive help from
> others...a little less so.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-20. Score: 0

[From the ruleset on BGG, page 5](https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/80142/shadowrift-rules), the definition of Seek Aid is this:

> Seek Aid in Town: Each hero may seek aid from one Villager
> per round. This means gaining the effect stated on a Villager
> in Town. Each Villager may only aid one hero per round.
> Put any Villagers that aid into the Town discard.
> (Discarding Villagers to aid does not cause the heroes to lose.)

There's the once per turn restriction.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Clear. Thanks. The wording for the second edition (which I have) is different and seems to remove this restriction. This explains why I see some people refer to this rule.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-10-16. Score: 0

In my opinion, because it says nothing in the rulebooks, this is a house rule. It is entirely up to you and the other players whether to play with this house rule. Advancing as many villagers as you want, is obviously good for you, but as I said, this up to you and the other players.

Another option is to contact the creators of Shadowrift. They may know the real answer to this question, instead of just my house rule opinion.


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