Placing minions on the board

When placing new minions on the board as a result of an encounter, or because of a chapter-specific rule, place them on the minion entry spaces. Minion entry spaces are marked with the symbol shown to the right. To place new minions on the board, follow this procedure:

1. Place all small minions that have range on the minion entry space that is furthest from the mice. Players choose which space to use if multiple options are available. If there is a special area space bordered in red that has a minion entry space on it, place the ranged minions there instead. If the chosen space becomes full, choose a new space to place the remaining minions following the same rules.

2. One at a time, place any large minions on the empty minion entry space that is closest to the mice. Players choose which space to use if multiple options are available.

3. One at a time, place all small melee minions on the remaining available (not full) minion entry spaces. Players choose which spaces to use if multiple options are available. Try to spread these melee minions out as much as possible.

4. Whenever new minions are added, their initiative cards must be added to the initiative track.