Here's some answers for you:
*Gaining a stat does give you the associated stat counter. "Increasing" a stat does not and needs you to already have it.

*The boards are available to everyone. While the player that opens a box does get bonuses, this is usually restricted to drawing some extra cards and getting that Boxes Opened stat.

*If a box or deck doesn't have any cards in it and none in its discard pile, it no longer exists. You do effects as best as you can.
However, once you find another Ore Vein card and its discarded, it essentially creates a new Ore Vein deck.

Another thing, we got the Vein Ore deck thing, and the instructions card specifically told us to put every single Vein Ore card randomly in other decks, so there was no longer a "Vein Ore deck", it all got shared randomly between other decks.

What do we do after that if a card tells us to "Draw from the Vein Ore Deck" or something like that, if that deck is no longer existant? Do we just discard that card?

Also for example, I (player 1) unlocked the Store board, and put it somewhere on the table.
Who can use that? Just me, because I was the one who unlocked that box? Or can my friends use that board as well because we share it?
And that board uses Money. When do we get to use "Money"? We weren't able to use that board for like 40 minutes because no one unlocked the "Money" stat, not even me!

Cool cool game!! But I don't understand what stats are. We only start with Life and Wins, right? What if I draw and play a card that gives me "Cleanliness", or "Money", or "Points". Do I not get anything cause I haven't unlocked those stat counters yet? Are those stats hidden inside specific boxes that get unlocked once you draw them? Or once a card tells me to gain X stat, I automatically get that stat and grab a counter and call it "Cleanliness" for example?

The rulebook has a "Adding Your Own Boxes" segment with a link. I also suggest checking out The Box discord server (link is also in the rulebook on the same page). There's plenty of people to help you out should you need it, and other tips on making addons

do you have any sort of card template one could use for making more cards for the game, for thematic consistency?

i think it is an absolute crime that not one single youtube video has been made on this game
personally, i am going to change that

sure, i may end up with an 8 hour recording session to edit, but it will be worth it
perhaps a box series because my friends and i have yet to complete a game but i will be damned if that remains the case

If it's just keep in play, it's the general play area, affecting everyone.

Just played this with a friend, and had a blast. Thanks for making this!
I do have a rules question: If a card says "Keep in play" but nothing about where, should I put it in front of me(if so, does it just apply to me), or just somewhere on the table(with it applying to everyone)?

When a card ends your turn, all other steps in that turn are skipped. This includes end of turn effects and reducing your hand.

Im back again! With the chess deck, if you get a card such as Cage, which ends your turn immediately, do you still do an 'end of turn' effect? Or does the turn ENDING count as separate to an 'end of turn' effect.

Ooh, I must've missed that then! Thank you very much.

Like the rulebook says: Nothing, until they do ;)

The same box that adds the pawns also adds the See the Sights cards that interacts with the pawn.

It seems as though my answers are all there, but what DOES the Sightseeing Pawn DO I meant!

Thank you so much for your answers! I honestly worried I had scared you off, haha

Part 2:
*How attaching works is on the glossary page in the rulebook, but you basically put the card on each other, treating them as one.
*It's drawn from the top, but the top line of the info card wants you to shuffle the cards first.
*Cards usually specify who is the target, such as “in front of you” or “all cards in play”.
*Incredible Immune System does not prevent the cards already in play, only future ones.
*If a SIDE EFFECT isn't added, you simply do the main card's normal effect. It's own SIDE EFFECT is not added.
*Spawn in components when needed. The game does provide most components, but generic pawns, such as the Sightseeing Pawn, will have to be spawned in manually.
*Giving a player something removes or reduces it from your end.
*The second card is only used for the SIDE EFFECT.

@Cheekibreekinator
Answers, in order (sorry for the delay) part 1:
*The effect would prevent you from drawing the card in the first place. Either draw from another box (that you can draw from), or skip drawing (if there is no valid box).
*All collections go on the notecard (see rulebook). For example, if you played Globus Igneus, you woul put it on your notecard as “Spell: Globus Igneus”. (And don't worry, making up rules you don't understand is part of the chaotic fun ;) )
*Alchemist's Table buffs both the base card and any added SIDE EFFECTS (as the effects are added to the base card).
*Each box (such as the Alchemy Box) has a card that lets you collect that box (I.e put it on your notecard, much like the Spell (see Stats & Things section in the rulebook)).
*Throwing a card must be done as a card effect, such as the card Throw.

Final question of the night, as I just won my game against my younger brother and are done for now, I never thought about it before, but in the case of the alchemy kit side-effect ability, when you explore the top of the Alchemy Kit, if the card you explored has a side effect, do you play the base effect as well, or just use it for the purposes of adding a side effect? Thank you, sorry for all the questions, and guten nacht.

"Give another player one of your conditions" Do you lose the condition?

"Sightseeing pawn"????

If you do NOT draw a 'Side Effect' card with the Alchemy Kit info card, do you just play the side effect on the base card?

I just realized I've been flooding this with an influx of questions. I don't know where else to put them, though... Incredible Immune System, does it discard conditions that you are CURRENTLY keeping?

Any card that would destroy or discard a card 'in front of' a player, does that INCLUDE cards that are in front of ALL players, or exclusively cards in front of THAT player alone.

I assume there's multiple boxes that work this way, but Box K3 specifies "Draw one of the cards." BEFORE shuffling into the deck. Does the player get to choose the card, or is it just draw from the top?

I just got the Ingredient Rack, how does 'attaching' cards work?

So... I just got the "Throw" card and realized. Unless you have another card that specifies, such as An Excessive Amount of Vials, can you not throw a card UNLESS you have the Throw card?

Once again, 'Christmas is Early', what does it mean by "3 Boxes Collected"... is that if you've personally opened 3 boxes, or?

Alchemist's Table; does it double the numerical effects of the base card, or the side effect?

Keeping them coming... "Student of Magic", what does it mean by collecting a card's name as a Spell? Sorry for asking a lot of questions, I do wanna really try to figure out how to play this game without just "making up the rules" as this is UNGODLY amounts of chaotic fun.

Oh, another question. Specifically with the "instead of playing..." my team cards. It says you can draw a card as long as it belongs to the box it's drawn from. What happens if you draw one of the team cards, then? Do you just discard it?

Alright, thank you.

@Cheekibreekinator
There are a few cards that specifically allows drawing from the Junk Pile, such as Rummage. Note that when drawing non-random cards from the Junk Pile, you can pick what to draw.

Thank you for the speedy replies, at an otherwise unreasonable hour. I didn't expect this lol.

Additionally, the junk pile... Can we draw from there? Are there certain cards I haven't gotten yet that allow us to draw from there?

@Cheekibreekinator
The latter, sort of. You don't use the SIDE EFFECT of the first card, but instead the SIDE EFFECT of the second card.
For example, say your first card is Volatile Extract and the second card is Poison Ivy. The final effect would be for you to lose 1 Life and discard 1 card from your hand (Volatile's base effect and Poison Ivy's SIDE EFFECT).
Had Poison Ivy been first and Volatile second, you'd lose 2 Life for having Sick instead of 1, as Volatile's SIDE EFFECT ups the number.

Actually... how DO side effects work? If I play a card with a side effect, is its own side effect not activated, rather only the side effect of the 2nd played/explored card?

Another question here, with specifically the Alchemy Kit. "Add a side effect". Does that mean I also use the side effect of another card? Or do I play that second card along with the first card as ONLY its side effect?

Oh, I see! I did see the linked boxes section but wasn't quite sure what it meant. But your response has worded it much more clearly, thank you.

@Cheekibreekinator
Those small, darker boxes (Linked boxes) are only to be opened when all boxes it's named after are opened. See the "Linked Boxes" section of the rulebook. For example, if it's named <R6><S7>, both boxes R6 and S7 needs to be opened from the Box Box before you open the <R6><S7> linked box

I see. I found 'store' cards in the little miniature boxes that come WITHIN certain boxes. Such as the <XX><XX> ones. Am I not meant to open those miniature boxes until a certain point? If so, I have certainly been playing wrong.

@Cheekibreekinator
You should have found the Store board along with the cards that talk about it.
For additional info: the Store Board should be included in the S7 box. It's a small board with 4 slots for cards.

As for the [unpredictable] thing, I forgot to specify on the info card that the Alchemy Box is considered to be [unpredictable]. This is going to be fixed in an upcoming update.

And the table texture is out of date for some reason. It's just a basic wood table texture. Feel free to replace it with whatever table texture you'd like. This will also be fixed for the update.

Additional question has risen, what is "an [unpredictable] box/deck"? I read the glossary, and have figured that [unpredictable] is in fact a code, but I do not know where in the Component Zone I can find the "[unpredictable] box/deck". I checked through the Box Box, The Stack, and the Unmarked Box Box and none of them seemed to have anything saying they were an [unpredictable] box or deck.

Love the game, but what is the 'Store Board'? I've been slowly figuring it out as me and my friends play, as well as solo games against myself (playing multiple hands), but I can't figure out how the Store Deck works at all. Is it part of the custom table? Because, if that's the case, the custom table is an image that hasn't been loading since I downloaded this addon. I would love to know how The Store works since, assuming the "Store Board" is part of the custom table, I cannot see it until the custom table is fixed.

Copy the link from the strips that tell you what the decal does. Then, click on the decal tool in the toolbar to the left (Looks like a stamper). press on the plus to create a new decal, paste the link you copied and name the decal whatever you want. Now that the decal is created, you only need to click on it's icon to use it with the decal tool. (Decals will stay on something permanently until removed manually, even when the card goes back in a deck). Hope this helps and wasn't too long to read.

playing the game and loving it a lot, but i have one question: some of the boxes contain 'decals' to attach to various cards. how do i actually attach said decals to said cards?

Any indication where the image is supposed to be? Do you get the error as soon as you open the game, or is it in a particular box?

It keeps trying to download an image and cant, how do i fix this?

I played this game for 2 hours with a bunch of experienced board game players and we couldn't understand how to play. It's over complicated and inconsistent. Not worth the time and effort.

This game was extremely confusing to pick up. A group of 5 of us tried to play this game and spent 70% of the 3 hour play time reading rules.

You've somehow made a roguelike board game, and it's the best thing on the Steam Workshop.