Plutus & Phlegyas (expansion)
Two more Guardians: Plutus, the red Guardian who sets up toll Desks in Hell, and Phlegyas, the black Guardian whose Bells move a Soul sideways.
Short tag: [P&P]
What it adds
Two more Guardians — the red Guardian Plutus with 8 Desks (2 per player) and the black Guardian Phlegyas with 9 Bells — plus a Dante miniature. They come in the Deluxe edition and in the separate Plutus & Phlegyas box; the rules are on the Deluxe sheet (Red Mojo).
| Piece | What it is |
|---|---|
 | Plutus — red Guardian card. |
 | Phlegyas — black Guardian card. |
 | Desks — 2 per player, in player colours. |
 | Bells — 9, shared. |
Setup changes
Add Plutus to the red Guardian cards and Phlegyas to the black ones before you draw (setup step 9). If drawn:
- Plutus starts on the far-left shield of the brown circle; each player takes their 2 Desks.
- Phlegyas starts on the far-right shield of the blue circle; the Bells go beside the board.
All the general Guardian rules apply.
Plutus
Plutus, blindfolded god of wealth, lets you set up a customs office in Hell.
- Play: move Plutus to an empty shield. Choose a shield next to him — empty or not — and put one of your Desks just below it. If both your Desks are already out, move one of them.
- Effect: whoever moves a Soul across another player’s Desk — from the shield above it on
to a shield beyond — pays that player 1
. Stopping on the shield above the Desk
costs nothing. - A Desk does not occupy a shield: it neither blocks Souls nor fills a circle when the Phlegethon is adjusted.
Phlegyas
Ring a Bell and the ferryman of the Styx comes to help — with room for one more Soul in his boat.
- Play: do not move Phlegyas — take a Bell. You may keep several; they stay in your play area.
- Effect: at the start of a later turn, instead of your usual Soul move, return a Bell to the supply. Move Phlegyas to an empty shield, pick a standing Soul in that same circle and slide it to any empty shield of that circle. Then play your Hell phase with that same Soul, moving it down to a lower circle as usual. The second move is compulsory: you cannot slide a Soul that could not then descend.