Object:
Create a battlefield, choose your Army, then wage war against your
opponent. To win, be first to achieve your objective.
Contents:
See the
Battlefield & Game Scenario Booklet
for a list of contents.
Get Ready to Play
1. SET UP YOUR BATTLEFIELD AND YOUR ARMY
To do this, use the
Battlefield & Game Scenario Booklet.
It features five
Battlefields with step-by-step instructions for building them. It also provides 3
Basic Game Scenarios with their own victory conditions.
After you’ve chosen a Basic Game Scenario and built the battlefield, choose an
Army (Player 1 is the Good Army, Player 2 is the Evil Army). Place your Army
Cards in front of you, then place your figures on the battlefield.
About Your Army Cards
In this game you’ll use the Basic Game side of the Army Cards. There are two
types of Army Cards: Hero Cards, which show one (usually very powerful)
warrior; and Squad Cards, which show two or more (usually less powerful)
warriors.
Let’s say you built the
Forsaken Waters
battlefield, and chose the
Dive the Dark
Lakes
Game Scenario. Example 1 shows which Army Cards you chose; Example
2 explains the boxed numbers on them.
2. THE ATTACK AND DEFENSE DICE
Place the 10 (red) attack dice and the 10 (blue) defense dice near the battlefield.
Unless otherwise directed by your chosen Game Scenario, you don’t need any
other game parts for the Basic Game. Just place them aside, out of play.
The Battle Begins!
Each player rolls 5 (red) attack dice. The player who rolls the most skulls takes
the first turn. (Re-roll if there’s a tie.) Players then alternate turns until the
game is over.
ON YOUR TURN
Usually, you’ll do three actions on your turn, in this order:
Action 1. Choose an Army Card
Action 2. Move Figure(s) on the Army Card
Action 3. Attack with Figure(s) on the Army Card
All three of these actions are explained in detail in the following sections.
Action 1. Choose an Army Card
First, choose any one of your Army Cards to use on your turn. The Hero figure or
Squad figures on this card may move, then attack (if possible), on this turn.
Which Army Card should you choose?
It depends on lots of things: the
location of your figures, their Move, Range and Attack numbers, which enemy
figure(s) you want to attack, and (of course) your Victory objective. As you play,
you’ll get a better feel for which Army Card to use on each turn.
For example, let’s say you chose your Zettian Guard Squad on this turn. You want
to attack the enemy (your opponent’s Army figures) as soon as you can. The
Zettian Guards have the farthest Range (7 spaces) and the best Defense (7 dice)
in your Army; so you want to get them moving.
Action 2. Move Figure(s) on the Army Card
Now you may move any or all figures on your chosen Army Card, if you want to.
Follow these rules for moving each figure:
• Check the Move number:
You can move a figure in any direction
up to
the Move number on its Army Card. For example, with a Move number of
4, the Zettian Guards can each move 1, 2, 3 or 4 spaces. (Uneven terrain
and water may limit their movement, as you’ll soon see.) Example 3 shows
basic movement.
• Order of movement:
Move Squad figures in any order, one at a time.
• Passing and landing on other figures:
You can move through a space
with a friendly figure (one of yours) on it; but you can’t move through a space
with an opponent’s figure on it.
Never end a move on a space with any other figure.
EXAMPLE 1: Your Army Cards
You’ve chosen an Evil Army with one Hero (Mimring) and two Squads (four
Marro Warriors and two Zettian Guards). You’ve taken your three Army Cards
and placed them in front of you, and you’ve placed your Army (all seven
figures) on their starting positions on the battlefield.
EXAMPLE 3: Basic Movement
On this turn, you choose to move each Zettian Guard its full four spaces
toward the enemy figures on the other end of the battlefield.
EXAMPLE 2: Army Card Numbers
ATTACK 2 -
Lack of agility
can affect the Zettian Guards’
aim. For each attacking
Zettian Guard, you roll
2 (red) attack dice.
RANGE 7 -
Laser-powered
weaponry gives the Zettian
Guards a fairly long range;
each one can attack from up
to 7 spaces away.
MOVE 4 -
Heavy armor makes
the Zettian Guards slower than
many other figures. You can
move each one up to
4 spaces.
DEFENSE 7 -
The Zettian
Guards are well protected by
their armor. Each time one is
attacked, you get to roll
7 (blue) defense dice.
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
ATTACK 2 -
Lack of agility
can affect the Zettian Guards’
aim. For each attacking
Zettian Guard, you roll
2 (red) attack dice.
WORLD
SET
COLLECTOR NUMBER
BASIC Game Guide
2
