Activation

The game is played by activating your units in increments of twos. Activating means that unit can choose to do:

• One movement
• or One action

In either order.

Players alternate by activating up to two units, until all units have been activated, this completes a round. You can only activate a unit once per round.

Example:

Cycling Rounds

At the end of a round, it may be necessary for one player to have multiple turns to be able to activate all remaining units. This is expected.

The next round always begins with the player who did not finish the prior round.

(Always alternate, except to exhaust un-activated units). Rounds repeat until one team has no remaining units.

The player with remaining units wins!

Move :

How many squares a unit moves in a turn.

• You cannot move diagonally.
• You cannot stop on a occupied tile, unless it is Treasure.
• You cannot pass through a occupied tile unless it is a friendly unit, or treasure.
• Voluntarily falling only causes Fall Damage after the equivalent of your Jump height.
• You may leap across gaps the distance of 1 tile. The empty tile you are crossing counts towards your Move total.

Example:

105mm height would be rounded down to 90mm or 3 damage.

Jump :

Vertical limit of what tiles you can Move up to.

• Vertical movement does not consume Move unless otherwise stated.
• Each tile measures roughly 30mm cubed.
• If measurement is necessary, always round down.

Example:

105mm height would be rounded down to 90mm or 3 damage.

Health :

Current pool of hit points. At zero a unit is removed from game.

• When Health reaches 0, the unit is immediately removed from play.
• Health cannot exceed the unit's maximum value unless specified by abilities.
• Some abilities may restore Health during gameplay.

Example:

A unit with 3 Health takes 4 damage and is removed from the game.

Attack :

How much Health is removed from the target. Uses action.

Horizontal Attack:

Example:

Attack demonstration showing basic combat mechanics.

Vertical Attack:

• Downward Attack has no vertical restriction.
• Upward Attack has maximum reach of 2.
• Downward melee is rewarded with +1 damage to the total damage given, inversely attacking upwards has a penalty of -1 total damage.

Example:

Vertical attack demonstration showing upward and downward attack mechanics.

Reach :

How many tiles your Attack reaches.

Reach Mechanics:

• Reach of 1 is considered melee. That is, adjacent, non diagonal tiles, that can either be level or +1/-1 vertical (up one, down one).
• Reach beyond 2 uses a radius of attack, this is a rough circle around the unit attacking.

Example:

Reach 3 example where any orange tile is a valid target.

Area of Effect (AOE)

(Area of Effect) refers to attacks or abilities that hit multiple targets.Attack reaches.

AOE Mechanics:

• AOE behaves the same as Reach above but originates from the targeted tile.
• AOE 1 is a + shape, see example below
• AOE 3x3 is a 3 by 3 grid

Example:

AOE 3x3 demonstration showing a 3 by 3 grid area of effect.

Line of sight (LOS)

LOS is required unless attacker has this icon:

LOS Mechanics:

• Line of sight works by connecting a straight line through space from attacker to target.

If no other unit or terrain blocks this line then the Attack is valid.

Example:

Line of sight demonstration showing valid and invalid attack paths.

Push :

Force an target to move in this direction. This will cause an enemy to fall if pushed into open air.

Push is defined on cards by things like: B2, R1. etc.

B & R being the direction, and the number representing total tiles Pushed.

• B = Back
• R = Right
• L = Left
• F = Forward (Attacker & Target swap tiles)

Direction is in relation to the attacker's position.

Example:

Push example showing B2 (Blue square) and L2 (Green square) target positions.

Fall Damage:

Fall damage is 1 damage per 1 vertical tile.

Fall Damage Mechanics:

• Each tile measures roughly 30mm cubed.
• If measurement is necessary, always round down.

Example:

105mm height would be rounded down to 90mm or 3 damage.

Lava:

Instant death when pushed onto tile.

Water:

Movement cost double when on Water tile. Water prevents fall damage.

Trees:

• Trees block LOS. Units cannot occupy the same tile as a tree.
• Trees can be targeted & destroyed. Remove after being dealt 6 damage.

Bridges & Ladders:

• Bridges & Ladders can be targeted & destroyed. Remove after being dealt 5 damage.
• Move on top of Bridges & Ladders are equal to the tiles they are suspended over.
• Ladders slot between tiles and lean against terrain, Ladders are presumed to reach top of the terrain they are leaning against without additional Jump

Castle Spires

• Castle Spires block LOS and can be pushed like a unit.
• Spire is removed after being pushed. If a Spire lands on a unit that unit receives 6 damage. Castle tower is a valid movement square after Spire is removed.

Make your team unique

Mini selection is not limited to the description of the unit, for example:

• Necromancer could instead be a Beastmaster with pets
• Beast > Dragon
• Samurai > Fencer
• Bard > Dancer
• Wrestler > Monk
• Assassin > Ninja
• Etc.…

Hidden Items

When a Hidden Item is in play, coordinates become a factor. Akin to boardgame Battleship. Players agree on a corner to be A1

The player creating the Hidden Item writes the target coordinate on a piece of paper and folds it. When any unit is occupying the same tile, the Hidden Item effect is activated, and the coordinate is revealed to the enemy player.

The Royal Icon

Example:

The Royal Icon

Select a hard-to-reach Treasure. Win the game if brought back to your team's starting position (Move speed halved for unit carrying the Treasure).

Bomb

Select a hard-to-reach Treasure. Win the game if brought to the enemies starting position (Move speed halved for Treasure).

Example:

The Bomb

*These Treasures can be dropped by a unit or picked up without using an Action.

Hero's Inventory

*If an Hero's Inventory item is not applicable to that unit, then it can go to the nearest applicable teammate as a Action on pickup.

General's Reserves

Mystic's Merchandise

Gaia's Gifts

Monkey's Paw

Deity's Deals