UNITS COMBAT RULES

FOOTMEN (max 8) • Both sides set up as in SETUP RULES.

MOVE COST ATK. DEF. • At start of each player’s turn, roll 1d3
1 1 +1 +1 for number of actions. Actions may be
forfeited if desired.
• Units may only complete 1 action per turn.
PIKEMEN (max 2) • Any unit (except archers) may attack any
adjacent enemy unit.
MOVE COST ATK. DEF.
• Track the soldiers in each unit on paper.
2 3 +2 +2 Each unit begins with six soldiers.
• Each soldier in a unit grants +1 soldier
bonus to attacks/defense.
CALVARY (max 2) • In melee, both attacker and defender roll
MOVE COST ATK. DEF. Attack: 1d6 + soldier bonus + unit bonus
Defend: 1d6 + soldier bonus + unit bonus
4 3 +2 +1
• If attack beats defense, use the difference
(attack-defense) on the Impact Table, apply
the effect to defending unit.
CHAPLAIN (max 2)
• As units lose soldiers, they lose -1 to
MOVE COST ATK. DEF. unit total until none remain.
2 5 +1 +2 • If the unit has no more soldiers, remove
from board or tip over. A MINIATURE WARGAME WITH CHESS
HEALING POWER As an action, replenish 1d2
troops in an adjacent friendly unit. • Battles are won when a player no longer has
any units on the board.
• To retreat or disengage from a melee, roll
ARCHER (max 2) a 1d6. Get a 6, or you’re stuck in melee.
MOVE COST ATK. DEF.
1 5 +3 +1
What You’ll Need:
RANGED ATACK You may only attack along 6 CATASTROPHE! Unit loses 3d2 soldiers • chess set & board • six-sided dice (d6)
columns and rows, but at any distance -- (between 3 and 6)
i.e. a ‘‘rook’s move.’’ 5 DESTROYED! Unit loses 2d3 soldiers • paper & pencil • 3-sided dice (d3)
(between 2 and 6) • a good friend • two-sided dice (d2).
WARMAGE (max 1) 4 MASSIVE BLOW! Unit loses 1d6 soldiers
(between 1 and 6)
MOVE COST ATK. DEF.
3 HURT! Unit loses 1d3 soldiers (between
1 8 +0 +0 1 and 3)
2 FLESH WOUND! Unit loses 1d2 soldiers
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Terms: QUCIK RULES What’s a Three-Sided Die?
Klern! Metal ‘bonk’ noise. Used in
cartoons for frying pans a lot. • Roll 1d3 for # actions each turn It is possible to buy speciality 3-sided
• Roll 1d6 to attack, defender rolls dice. If you don’t have one, you can
Soldier An individual combatant forming use a standard cubic die (d6). Use a
a unit. Grants a +1 to the unit’s 1d6, both add soldier &unit bonuses
permanent marker on a white 6-sided die,
attack and defense rolls. • Look up difference (attack-defense) on and on sides 1&6 draw a ‘1’ in a box; on
Unit A troop of soldiers represented by Impact Table. More than 6 use 6. sides 2&5 draw a ‘2’ in a box; on sides
a piece on the board. Units start • Soldier bonus is number of soldiers in 3&4 draw a ‘3’ in a box. This will make
with 6 soldiers. Soldiers add +1 to a unit. All units start w/ 6 soldiers a die with equal chances of numbers 1-3.
unit’s total in attack and defense. You may need up to 2 of these dice.
• Units with zero soldiers are unusable.
Action A move, an attack, or a power Remove from board or knock down.
usage. • Footmen: Move 1/Attk. +1/Def. +1 What’s a Two-Sided Die?
Adjacent Any of the eight square stouching • Pikemen: Move 2/Attk. +2/Def. +2
an indicated square. This is the same as flipping a coin, with
• Calvary: Move 4/Attk. +2/Def. +1 HEADS=2, TAILS=1. If you prefer to roll
• Chaplain: Move 2/Attk. +1/Def. +2 dice, then use a standard cubic die (d6).
SETUP RULES • Archer: Move 1/Attk. +3/Def. +1 Use a permanent marker on a white 6-sides
die, and on all even sides (2,4,6) draw a
• Choose point budget for game --- • Warmage: Move 1/Attk. +0/Def. +0 ‘2’ inside a circle; on odd sides (1,3,5)
skirmish=10, battle=20, war=30, • Chaplains can heal as an action draw a ‘1’ inside a circle. If there
all-out-war uses all pieces. 1d2 soldiers in adjacent unit is room, you can use the same cube as
• Opposing sides roll 2d6 to determine a d6, a d3, and a d2, by putting the
• Archers can attack any distance, but
who starts. Reroll ties. appropriate numbers.
only on columns/rows (no melee)
• Players take turns buying and setting
units until point budget reached.
What if I don’t wanna draw on my dice?
• Units may be placed in any order along
back two rows, as in chess. You can still use a d6. For a d3, divide
the result of a d6 by 2 and round up
• Units may move in any direction, up to
(i.e. 1-2=‘1’, 3-4=‘2’,5-6=‘3’). For
their move rating.
a d2, divide the result of a d6 by 3 and
round up (i.e. 1-3=‘1’, 4-6=‘2’).
SPELL RULES 6 CATASTROPHE! Unit loses 3d2 soldiers
(between 3 and 6)
• Warmages can cast spells 5 DESTROYED! Unit loses 2d3 soldiers
• Spells are fired along columns or (between 2 and 6)
diagonals -- a ‘‘queen’s move’’ 4 MASSIVE BLOW! Unit loses 1d6 soldiers
(between 1 and 6)
• Spellpower starts at 6, reduces by 1
3 HURT! Unit loses 1d3 soldiers (between
each time a spell is attempted
1 and 3)
• To cast, roll 1d6, equal or under 2 FLESH WOUND! Unit loses 1d2 soldiers Enjoying Dagmail!?
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High impact = roll 2x take higher Standard impact = roll 1x Typeset in LATEX by fizzix66
• Roll for effect on Impact Table (1d6)
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