Objective

Kill the opposing commander

 

General rules

Each player controls a platoon of 4 units. Each platoon consists of 1 commander, 1 veteran, 1 scout and 1 foot soldier represented by figures on a playing field. The player with the highest initiative determines which player take actions with his units first and then the other follow. Each unit can as a basic rule move once and attack once pr. turn.

 

Key words

Combat key words

Surges - adds potential bonus

Reach - Can attack 1 tile away

Pierce - ignore armor

Flanking - +1yellow die when friendly minion is adjacent to your target

Expend - the ability or item cannot be used until stated

Battle - one game

Round - all minions two actions

Action - half of one round for each minion

 

Conditions

Poisoned - Take 1 extra dam each time you take damage

Stunned - miss one action

Paralysed - miss one round

Wounded - Take 1 damage start of turn (no armor)

Immobilized - no movement during one round

 

Dice

 

Tribes

There are five tribes - apes, rats, bears, foxes and tigers each with they own discplines to help them in battle.Each have a Melee (M), Range (R), Defensive (D), Tribe (T) and a Leadership (L) discpline.

 

Phases

The game consists of two phases 1) Recruit phase 2) Battle phase

 

Recruit phase

Each player starts by choosing which tribe they want to play.

 

Commander - choose level 4 in either "leadership" or " tribe", level 4 in Range or Melee and level 3 from 1 of the remaining.

 

Veteran - Free 3, 3, 2

Scout - Range 2, Free 2

Soldier - Attack 2, Free 2

 

 

Tribes

 

 

Tribe	Size	Initiative	Move	Defense	Health
Ape	1 tile	2	4	black	5
Bear	4 tiles	1	3	black	8
Fox	1 tile	4	4	Grey	5
Rat	1 tile	5	3	brown	4
Tiger	2 tiles	3	5	Grey	7

 

Apes

 

Equipment - Walking stick & sling

 

Walking stick - Blue, yellow, reach, 1 surge +1 dam

Sling - Blue, yellow, 2 surges +1 range, 3 surges +1 dam

 

 

 

 

Disciplines

Bo & Chi (M), Rock Juggling (R), Acrobatics(D), Postures(T) & Meditation(L)

 

 

Level	Bo & Chi
1 Precise strike	+yellow on attack
2 Deflection	+ brown on defense
3 Spirit style	two surges choose poison, stun or pierce 2
4 Flying bo kick	Spend all movement in straight line to gain +red on attack

 

 

Level	Rock Juggling
1 Hey! Catch!	+brown on defense vs. range
2 Swing High	+yellow on range
3 Rocks and bananas	Attack twice this round using blue only
4 Head Crack	2 surges stun, 3 surges paralyse

 

 

Level	Acrobatics
1 Evasion	+ brown on second defense in same round
2 Elude	+grey on defense
3 Counter strike	deal 1 damage after successful defense
4 Prone Fighting	Enemy units cannot spend surges against you

 

 

Level	Postures
1 Viper	Spend 1 action to gain 2 yellow on attack this round
2 Rebalance	Spend 1 action to gain + 1 grey on defense this round
3 Spirit fingers	Spend 1 action to heal adjacent unit red
4 Superiority	Spend 1 action to attack twice

 

 

Level	Meditation
1 Focus	Add 3 surges to one attack during battle
2 Inner eye	Immune to flanking
3 Enlightenment	Gain 1 extra surge on all actions
4 Reserves	Gain 3 tokens. Spend token for 1 extra action pr. round

 

 

Bears

Equipment - Battle Axe & Chain mail

 

Battle Axe - Blue, Red, 1 surge +1 dam

*Boulder - Blue, Red, yellow, 1 surge blast 1

*Only if standing adjacent to rock obstacle

 

 

Disciplines

Beast(M), Catapulting(R), Toughness(D), Smithing(T), Rage(L)

 

 

Level	Beast
1 Panzer claws	+yellow on attack
2 Ferocious	If less than 5 health attacks hit all adjacent units
3 Bear hug	1 surge immobilise
4 Killing bite	If unit has been hit before by this unit the player can choose to deal red damage to it instead of attacking

 

 

Level	Catapulting
1 Break even	Rock obstacles can be reused once
2 Catapulteer	+yellow on range
3 Bombs away!	1 surge blast 2
4 Hailstorm	Can replace move action with range attack

 

 

Level	Toughness
1 Thick bones	2 extra health
2 Immunity	Immune to poison
3 Thick Fur	reroll one defense die pr. defense
4 Regeneration	Gain 2 health between rounds

 

 

Level	Smithing
1 Spot armor flaw	Pierce 1
2 Double bladed axe	Yellow on attack
3 Medaljon	Free surge on attack
4 Full plate	+black on defense

 

 

Level	Rage
1 Frenzy	If attacks kills a unit gain a free attack
2 Ignorance	Immune to stun, paralyse downgrades to stun
3 Roar	Spend 1 action enemies cannot spend surges against you in this round and the next
4 Cleave	+blue on all melee attacks

 

Foxes

 

Equipment - Rapier & Flintlock pistol

 

Rapier - Blue, yellow, 2 surges +1 dam

Flintlock Pistol - Blue, yellow, yellow, Pierce 2, 1 surge +1 dam, Spend full round to unexpend

 

Disciplines

Dance(M), Gunslinging(R), Musketeering(D), Martial lore(T), Heroism(L)

 

 

Level	Dance
1 Sticking touch	If adjacent enemy moves you can choose to place the unit adjacent to it
2 Dirty dancing	Gain extra yellow when flanking
3 Circle attack	Attack all adjacent minions
4 Momentum attack	if dealing damage to an enemy gain free attack once pr. round

 

 

Level	Gunslinging
1 Aim	Spend your move action to gain yellow on range attack
2 Recoil	3 surges add another legal target
3 Cover	Remove 2 surges from ranged attacks when adjacent to obstacle
4 Snipe	Spend one round to gain additional red on range attack next round

 

 

Level	Musketeering
1 Surprise!	+grey on first melee defense against unit
2 Maneuver	Succesful defense gain 2 movement points
3 Feint	Reroll all yellow when attacking in melee
4 Cloth Fighting	redirect surplus defense roll to other legal target

 

 

Level	Martial Lore
1 Style weakness	Pierce 1
2 Flawless	Reroll missed attacks once pr. round
3 Main gauche	Gain free surge on attack, brown on defense
4 Veteran	Enemy units must spend 2 surges when attacking you

 

 

Level	Heroism
1 Luck	Reroll any attack roll once pr. battle including enemies attacking you
2 Graceful exit	replace attack action with enemy unit must spend 3 surges when attempting to attack you
3 Taunt	Enemy units must spend 2 surges to attack a friendly unit within range instead of you
4 Weapon display	Spend one round to gain grey defense die rest of battle

 

 

 

Rats

 

Equipment - Knife & Grenades

 

Knife - Blue, yellow, 1 surge +1 dam

Grenade - Blue, red, yellow, 2 surges +1 range, 2 surges Blast 1

 

Disciplines

Pain(M), Powder(R), Shadow(D), Quickness(T), Alchemy(L)

 

 

Level	Pain
1 Sharp blade	+yellow on melee
2 Backstab	If flanking gain pierce 3
3 Barb	Melee attack gain wound
4 Fatal strike	+red on melee

 

 

Level	Powder
1 Smoke	2 surges immobilise
2 Explosive	+yellow on ranged
3 Cluster	1 surge blast 1
4 Sleep	2 surges paralyse

 

 

Level	Shadow
1 Blur	+grey on defense
2 Passwall	Move through enemies and obstacles
3 Ghost	Divide damage taken by 2 rounded up
4 Mirage	Ignore first lethal damage in battle

 

 

Level	Quickness
1 Venom strike	Gain +2 additional initiative
2 Cobra strike	Spend 2 surges to gain a free attack
3 Sudden moves	Gain 1 additional move action
4 First strike	Gain a free attack on adjacent enemy between rounds

 

 

Level	Alchemy
1 Poison	Spend 1 action all melee attacks gain poison effect
2 Healing	Spend 1 action gain full health once pr. battle
3 Invisibility	Spend 1 action the unit cannot be targeted the following round once pr. battle
4 Power	Spend 1 action deal double damage on all attacks the following round

 

 

Tigers

 

Equipment - Sword & Bow

 

 

Sword - Blue, Red, 1 surge +1 dam

Bow - Blue, yellow, yellow, Pierce 1, 2 surges +1 range, 3 surges +1 dam

 

 

Disciplines

Technique(M), Archery(R), Parry(D), Leap(T), Tactics(L)

 

 

Level	Technique
1 Well-trained	+yellow on melee attacks
2 Lethal strike	3 surges gain pierce 2
3 Weapon style	+1 free surge on melee attack
4 Grandmastery	+red on melee attacks

 

 

Level	Archery
1 Remaining spirit	+yellow on range attacks
2 Running shot	attack action can be done at any time during move action
3 Bulls eye	Pierce 2 instead of 1
4 Composite	1 surge +1 damage

 

 

Level	Parry
1 Missile parry	+grey vs. range
2 Buckler	Exhaust to cancel 1 wound
3 Disarm	Stun attacker on succesful defense against melee
4 Shield bash	+brown vs. melee attacks and always deal damage equal to shields rolled on brown die to attacker

 

 

Level	Leap
1 Light paws	Ignore obstacle conditions
2 Big thighs	+2 health
3 Fluid adaption	Ignore stun, paralyse and immobilise conditions
4 Down strike	1 surge gain stun effect on melee atack

 

 

Level	Tactics
1 Battle commands	Allies within 3 tile gain +1 movement
2 To Arms!	Allies within 3 tiles receive +1 free surge on attack rolls
3 Planning ahead	gain +5 initiative in one round once pr. battle
4 Turtle Up!	You and all adjacent allies gain +grey vs. melee attacks

 

 

 

Terrain

 

Water spaces are defined by a blue line surrounding them. A space containing water costs two movement points to enter (instead of the normal cost of one). Any figure entering a water space must spend two movement points to enter or it cannot enter that space. When a large monster ends its movement adjacent to a water space, it may freely place its base in the water spaces without suffering any movement penalty.

 

Lava spaces are defined by a yellow line surrounding them. A figure entering a space containing lava immediately suffers one damage. Any figure that ends its turn in a lava space is immediately defeated. Heroes that are defeated in this way place their hero token in the nearest empty space (from where they were defeated) that does not contain lava. A large monster is immediately defeated only if all spaces it occupies are lava spaces.

 

Rocks are solid obstacles that units neither can move or move through with the exception of bears (see catapulting).

 

Trees are solid obstacles that units neither can move or move through