The difficulty is determined during campaign setup in the Choose Difficulty step.

The difficulty of the game is adjusted using two mechanisms:

• Surveillance card: Each episode has two Surveillance cards. Depending on the selected difficulty level, use either the story mode or challenge mode version.
• Difficulty set: The difficulty set is individually assembled at the beginning of the campaign and used in each episode. To do this, take the 5 cards of your chosen difficulty from all (9) cards in the difficulty set. Put the remaining cards back in the box. For the entire campaign, these 5 cards are referred to as the difficulty set and are indicated by the difficulty icon.

Difficulty	Surveillance card	Difficulty Set
Normal	Story mode	4x »At the Darkest Hour« 1x »A Rigged System«
Advanced	Story mode	2x »At the Darkest Hour« 3x »A Rigged System«
Hard	Challenge mode	2x »At the Darkest Hour« 3x »A Rigged System«
Hopeless	Challenge mode	5x »A Rigged System«

If you play a campaign for the first time, it is recommended to play on normal difficulty. The game is intended to be played at the same difficulty throughout a campaign. A good story experience will be provided, even if you lose a few games. But if you feel the game is overall too easy or too hard, you can adjust the difficulty between episodes.