Movement Combat Factors Combat Outcomes

Vs.
Element AP Type Good Bad Vs. If total is less than enemy, but more than Notes
Road River Mounted If total is half or less:
Going Going Foot half:
or Aerial
If combat tied with another hero, both are destroyed when
Ensorcelled by magician. Destroyed by hero,
their totals are odd. May be desorcelled by spending 6
Aerial Hero 6 Aerial 1200p 1200p 1200p 1200p +5 +5 paladin or artillery. Flee 600p from stronghold. Destroyed.
PIPs or by the removal of bespeller. Adds 1 PIP to move
Otherwise, recoil.
cost.
Airboat 3 Aerial 500p 500p 500p 500p +5 +3 Flee 600p from magician. If not, recoil. Destroyed. Adds 1 PIP to move cost.
May fire in their own side’s bound if they do not move.
Artillery 3 Foot 200p --- 300p 100p +4 +4 Destroyed if in contact. Destroyed.
Range = 500p.
Destroyed by any mounted in contact. If not,
Beasts 2 Mounted 400p 400p 400p 100p +3 +4 Destroyed. Must pursue.
recoil.
Flee 600p from Magician, Dragon or artillery. If
Behemoth 4 Mounted 300p 200p 400p 100p +4 +5 Destroyed. Must pursue.
not, recoil.
Blades 2 Foot 200p 200p 400p 100p +5 +3 Destroyed by warband. If not, recoil. Destroyed.
Destroyed by knights if in good going or by Gives +2 to target of bespelling if shortest line between
Cleric 3 Foot 200p 200p 400p 100p +4 +4 Destroyed.
warband. If not, recoil. target and magician is within 600p.
Destroyed by hero or paladin. If not, flee off the Costs 6 PIPs to deploy all dragon elements on their base
Dragon 4 Aerial 1200p 1200p 1200p 1200p +6 +6 Destroyed.
battlefield. edge, not within 200p of enemy. Adds 1 PIP to move cost.
Destroyed by hero,
magician, aerials or
Flyers 2 Aerial 1200p 1200p 1200p 1200p +2 +2 Flee 600p from magician. If not, recoil. Adds 1 PIP to move cost.
shooters. If not, flee
600p
Costs 6 PIPs to deploy on owner’s half of board, not
Flee off the battlefield from god, magician or
God 4 Aerial 1200p 1200p 1200p 1200p +6 +6 Destroyed. within 200p of enemy. Leaves table if 1 PIP is rolled on
cleric.
any following bound. Adds 1 PIP to move cost.
Ensorcelled by magician. Destroyed by hero, If combat tied with another hero, both are destroyed when
+5 +5
Hero 4 Mounted 500p 200p 500p 100p paladin or artillery. Flee 600p from stronghold. Destroyed. their totals are odd. May be desorcelled by spending six
Otherwise, recoil. PIPs or by the removal of bespeller. Can engage Aerials.
Destroyed by knights if in good going or by Can be replaced for 1 PIP each on board edge or at
Hordes 1 Foot 200p 200p 400p 100p +2 +2 Destroyed.
warband. If not, recoil. stronghold, not within 200p of enemy.
Destroyed by behemoths, or by shooters,
artillery or magician they have moved into
Knights 2 Mounted 300p 200p 400p 100p +3 +4 Destroyed. Must pursue.
contact with this bound, or if in bad going. If not,
recoil.
Deployed in contact with enemy that just entered bad
going for 1 PIP; may not leave terrain feature. If they flee
Land Lurker 1 Foot 200p 200p 200p 100p +2 +2 Flee off the battlefield. Destroyed.
or no enemy within 600p, are removed and can be
redeployed for 2 PIPs and a third time for 3 PIPs.
If combat tied with Paladin, both are destroyed when their
Ensorcelled by magician. Destroyed by hero, totals are odd. May bespell any enemy for 2 PIPs within
Magician 4 Foot 500p 200p 500p 100p +4 +4 Destroyed.
paladin, dragon or god. If not, recoil. 600p. Line of sight not required.
Adds 1 PIP to move cost.
If combat tied with Magician, both are destroyed when
their totals are odd. Gives +2 to target of bespelling if
Paladin 4 Mounted 500p 200p 500p 100p +6 +6 Destroyed if in contact. Destroyed.
shortest line between target and magician is within 600p.
Can engage Aerials.
Riders 2 Mounted 500p 200p 500p 100p +3 +3 Destroyed if in bad going. If not, recoil. Destroyed.
Destroyed by any mounted in contact. If not,
Shooters 2 Foot 200p 200p 400p 100p +3 +4 Destroyed. Shooting range = 200p.
recoil.
May only inflict an unfavorable combat outcome on
Sneakers 3 Foot 300p 300p 400p 100p +5 +3 Flee 600p. Destroyed.
generals, strongholds or other sneakers.
Destroyed by knights if in good going or by Can support another spear with rear contact for +1 in
Spears 2 Foot 200p 200p 400p 100p +4 +4 Destroyed.
warband. If not, recoil. close combat, if not in bad going.
Destroyed by behemoths, or knights if in good Must pursue. Can support another warband with rear
Warband 2 Foot 300p 300p 400p 100p +3 +3 Destroyed.
going. If not, recoil. contact for +1 in close combat, if not in bad going.
Deployed for 1 PIP first time, 2 PIPs second time and 3
Water Lurker 1 Foot 200p 200p 200p 200p +2 +2 Flee off the battlefield. Destroyed. PIPs for a third time. May not voluntarily leave water
feature.
Destroyed if in ground unit CC or NO ELEMENT. Does not count as flank or overlap.
“Stronghold” --- Stronghold --- --- --- --- +6 +6 Destroyed.
Aerials + supporting ground unit CC Only one CC per bound. CC as if in flat good going.
SET-UP (p.11-13)
1. The players dice; high roller is Attacker.
2. Defender sets up terrain.
3. A legal terrain must:
a. Be more than 50% flat good going.
b. Have part of a terrain feature in at least three quarters.
c. Have bad going, river, or impassible terrain in at least two
quarters.
d. Have at least 4 terrain features; two of which must be bad
going with some part within 600p of the board’s center.
4. Attacker numbers three edges 1,2 & 3 and a preferred edge 4,5 &
6; then dices for edge.
5. Defender places stronghold on opposite edge, then deploys
troops within 600p of that edge.
6. Attacker places troops within 600p of his edge.
7. Defender takes the first bound.
BOUND SEQUENCE
1. Player rolls 1d6 for PIPs.
2. Spend PIPs to deploy a God (6 PIPs), Dragons (6 PIPs for all) or
Lurkers (1 PIP each), desorcell a Hero or Magician (6 PIPs), or
replace a destroyed Horde (1 PIP each). (p. 13-14)
3. Spend PIPs to make tactical moves. Most elements or groups
cost 1 PIP to move, except with any number of Magicians and/or
Aerials add 1 PIP to cost. Add an additional 1 PIP if more than
1200p from general; or if more than 600p from general with
intervening hill, wood or BUA. (p. 15)
4. Elements turn to face flank or rear enemy contacts, without any
PIP cost. (p. 13 & 21)
5. Magicians bespell for 2 PIPs (p. 20) and Shooters or Artillery
shoot without any PIP cost (p. 20-21) in an order chosen by
bounding player. Outcome moves are made immediately.
6. Elements in frontal contact with enemy fight in close combat,
without any PIP cost, in an order chosen by the bounding player.
(p. 21-23) Outcome moves are made immediately.
Note: Unspent PIPs cannot be saved for later use.
WINNING AND LOSING A BATTLE
A side is defeated and must immediately flee off the battlefield if, at the end
of any bound, any of the following apply:
 It has lost its commander-in-chief, and has also lost more AP
than the other side.
 It has lost half its AP, and has also lost more AP than the other
side.
 It has lost its stronghold.
PASSING OVER, UNDER OR THROUGH (p. 16)
 Sneakers can pass or be passed through by any friends or
enemy.
 Magicians can pass through any friends.
 Gods can pass through any friends or enemies.
 Any ground troops can pass under enemy flyers or aerial
heroes or friendly aerials if these are not already in close
combat.
 Aerials can pass over any ground troops except when
recoiling.
 Mounted can pass through friendly foot, but only if facing in the
same or opposite direction.
When an element’s outcome move is insufficient to clear the base of an
element it is passing through, under or over, it is placed in the first large
enough unoccupied space beyond. When an element’s maximum tactical
move is insufficient to clear the base of an element it is passing through,
under or over, it cannot pass.
CROSSING AN ENEMY ELEMENT’S FRONT (p. 16)
No element can make a tactical move within 1 element base width distance
in front of an enemy element or within 1 base width distance of an enemy
stronghold except in any of the following circumstances:
 If at least partially separated from the enemy element or
stronghold by another element.
 To move straight forward towards such an element or
stronghold at least part of which is perpendicularly in front of
any part of its front edge.
 To contact whichever such element or stronghold can be
contacted by the shortest move. It cannot so contact an enemy
element’s flank or rear.
 To line up parallel to and directly opposite whichever such
element’s front can be so faced by the shortest sideways shift.
Such a move cannot end further away from that enemy than
the nearest point of the element was at the start.
 To completely pass through, over or under it.
 To move straight back to its own initial rear with or without a
180o change of facing, and without ending in edge contact with
enemy. Any remaining move must be in the same direction. In
a group move, a second rank element of spears or warband
can follow behind another element of the same type.
MOVEMENT NOTES (p. 18-19)
A single element or column whose front edge is in a river may only move
100p, except water lurkers who have a 200p move in a river.
Extra PIPs can be used to each add 100p to a road move (by any troops
except aerials or lurkers), provided that does not start or go within 200p of
enemy.
Artillery cannot make a tactical move off-road in bad going.
Aerials can fly over ground troops, a stronghold or any terrain, but cannot
end any move in a wood or BUA (unless they contact an enemy
stronghold).
RECOILING (p. 24-25)
A recoiling element moves straight back its base depth to its rear without
turning, or a base width if this is less. If it meets friends, it passes through
to their rear if of a type allowed to do so, otherwise pushes them (and any
subsequent elements) back if they are facing in the same direction.
Behemoths, dragons or gods can only be pushed back by behemoths or
dragons.
A recoiling element is destroyed if any of the following apply:
 It starts its recoil with any enemy in front edge and front
corner-to-corner contact with its flank edge or full front edge
contact with its rear edge. If all such enemy are sneakers, the
recoiling element is destroyed only if it is a general.
 It is unable to complete its recoil because it meets any troops
(friendly or enemy) that it cannot pass through, pass under,
push back or destroy.
 It is unable to complete its recoil because it meets terrain it
cannot cross or a stronghold.
 It is of aerials and its recoil would enter a wood or built-up
area.
 It is of any type (except water lurkers) with even part of its
base in or over a river and recoils in a direction greater than
45o from perpendicular to the bank.
The first bullet point applies even if the enemy are of a type which the
recoiling element could normally pass through, pass under or destroy.
Otherwise, any troops (friendly or enemy) in the path of the recoil of a
behemoth or dragon except behemoths, aerials or sneakers are destroyed.
Troops met at the end of its recoil are not destroyed.
An element that recoils because of the effect of shooting only at its rear
base edge first turns 180o.
Tactical Factors
Count this factor (once only) if either of the following apply:
 If bespelled and the shortest line from the main
+2 bespeller crosses running water or within 600p of a
cleric or paladin (friendly or enemy).
 If bespelled or shot at while in a wood or built-up area.
If the element of a general who is in close combat, shot at or
+1 bespelled (but not shooting without being shot back at or
bespelling).
Count this factor (once only) if in close combat, neither element is
aerial, and either of the following apply:
+1  If uphill.
 If defending a river bank except at a road ford or
bridge.
If spears or warband in close combat and supported by another
+1 element of the same type, in full front edge contact with their rear
edge, and neither element is in bad going.
For each 2nd or 3rd element aiding a shooting or bespelling enemy
-1
or an enemy attacking a stronghold.
If resolving close combat: For each flank of the element which is
either overlapped or has an enemy element in front edge and front
-1
corner-to-corner contact with it. This factor cannot be counted
more than once on each flank.
If resolving close combat: If the element has an enemy element in
-1
full front edge contact with its rear edge.
Count this factor (once only) if any of the following apply, except
vs. a stronghold:
1. If any but shooters, warband, lurkers, beasts or
stronghold and in bad going on or off-road (whether in
close combat, bespelling, bespelled, shooting or shot
at).
2. If mounted (other than beasts) in contact with the front
-2 edge of enemy (other than aerials) who are in bad
going on or off-road.
3. If aerials in contact with the front edge of enemy who
are in a wood or built-up area on or off-road.
4. If any but water lurkers and in contact with the front
edge of enemy water lurkers.
5. If bespelling an enemy magician who is within 600p of
his own stronghold.