RANK & FILE

Move

Move the unit along its planned route. Long routes can leave the unit exposed and may be harder to redirect later.

Hold / Braced

Give up movement to brace. A braced unit is tougher against front attacks and reduces charge impact.

Reform

Turn or reorganize the unit in place. This spends the unit's movement but does not require wheeling the tray through open space.

Charge

Contacting an enemy after a committed move adds impact. Impact adds attack pressure and morale pressure; rain weakens it.

Ranged Fire

Archers usually need to hold or barely move to shoot. A shot needs range, fire arc, and line of sight; cover makes hits harder. They can shoot into combat only at monstrous targets.

Morale

Living units use Morale. Steady, Shaken, Wavering, and Broken show how close they are to fleeing.

Commander

Steadies nearby living units and can help fleeing units rally. Destroying a Commander damages allied morale across that army.

Road

Faster travel. Foot units move a little faster; mounted units gain a larger boost.

Bridge

Built crossings over water. Major bridges are wider, more ornate, and move like roads, but units cannot leave the side of a bridge into water.

Grove

Gives ranged cover. Infantry stop inside when entering; deep forest slows foot troops. Heavy cavalry is slowed hard, light cavalry less so. Elves ignore woods.

Hill

Slows movement, especially mounted marches. Downhill attacks hit harder; uphill defenders are tougher.

Farm

Gives ranged cover. Movement through farms is unaffected.

Lake

Impassable water. Routes must go around it unless a bridge route exists.

River

Infantry and cavalry must use bridges or shallows to cross. Monsters and Baby Dragons can wade at half speed, use bridges, and fight bridge units from the water. Rapids block infantry and cavalry. Fleeing units swept into a river are lost.

Smoke

Gives ranged cover and blocks clear shooting lanes. It does not block movement.

Rain

Mud softens charge impact.

Snow

Reduces ranged shooting and leaves movement tracks.

Select a unit

Click a unit to select it. Press Tab / Shift+Tab to cycle through your units, and Esc to deselect.

Give orders

Drag from a selected unit to plot its move; shift-click to add waypoints. The order buttons (Hold, Reform, Reshape, Cast, Clear) each show a description on hover.

Camera

Hold Space and drag to pan, scroll or double-click to zoom, and Ctrl/Cmd+0 to reset the view.

Flank

A side attack gives a combat edge and adds morale pressure.

Rear

A rear attack is stronger than a flank and adds heavier morale pressure.

Rally

A Commander or Standard can spend the turn rallying nearby living units. It restores morale and can bring fleeing units back.

Fleeing

Broken living units run toward their table edge. They cannot fight normally and can be cut down.

Standard

The army Standard steadies nearby living units and helps morale recovery. Losing the Standard damages allied morale and removes its steadying aura.

Pursuit

After winning a fight, a unit may hold, reform, or pursue depending on its current follow-up setting.

Humans

Adapted Shot

Trebuchets choose a target point and lob a stone with scatter. Repeated shots into the same area become more accurate as the crew adapts; turning to a new target resets some of that accuracy.

Elves

Forest Rangers

Elf Forest Rangers can shoot on the move.

Dragon Breath

Baby Dragons breathe fire at several enemies in front of them.

Stomp

Baby Dragons can damage nearby normal-sized enemies in melee.

Hop Movement

Baby Dragons move by hopping and cannot march.

Undead

Binding

Undead do not use normal Morale and do not flee. Binding recovers near the Necromancer and fades smoothly with distance.

Fading

Undead beyond Necromancer command lose Binding more quickly as they drift farther away. If Binding reaches zero, the unit withers and takes flat damage instead of fleeing.

Bound

Undead close to the Necromancer recover more Binding than units at the edge of command.

Rise

Damaged undead near the Necromancer can regain lost models.

Fed

Most undead regain Binding when they harm or kill enemies, with tougher victims feeding them more. Constructs do not feed this way.

Mummy Guard

The Necromancer can be protected by embedded Mummy Guard wounds. Ranged hits and trebuchet hits are absorbed by the guard before the Necromancer is hurt.

Every Side Front

Oozes treat every side as their front, so flank and rear rules do not punish them normally.

Terror

Undead Constructs cause extra morale damage to living enemies.

Engulf

Undead Oozes regain up to 2 wounds per combat when they kill enemies in melee.