CREDITS

Original Game Design: Ethan Pasternack & Jordan Weisman Game Design & Development: Tyler Bielman, Kelly Bonilla, Jonathon Loucks, Ethan Pasternack, Jordan Weisman Art Direction: Dawne Weisman & Ethan Pasternack Artwork: Idea & Design Works, LLC (Ricardo Sanchez Arreola, Luis Czerniawski, Diego Jourdan Pereira, Diogo Saito, Oscar Yaez), Imaginary Friends, J. Lonnee, R. K. Post Graphic Design: Sarah Baynes, Mat McInelly, Megan Gangi, Ethan Pasternack, Kimberly Johnson Photography: Dawne Weisman & Sarah Baynes Continuity Development: Jordan Weisman, Ethan Pasternack, Sharon Turner Mulvihill, Jason Schmetzer, Randall Bills Editing: Sheelin Arnaud, Sharon Turner Mulvihill Project & Production Management: Tina Wegner Brand Management: Tiffany OBrien Marketing & Public Relations: Tiffany OBrien, Ray Wehrs, Mark Chase, Shana Doerr Sales: Ray Wehrs, Mort Weisman Playtesting: Kelly Bonilla, Wade Sugiyama, Rolland Watson, Shana Doerr, Jonothon Loucks, Jon Missall et al, James Topa et al, Richard Tropak, et al, Matthew Nagler et al, Codie and Cara Wegner et al, Zach Weisman et al, Nathan Weisman et al, The Game Matrix, and many more... Special Thanks to: Jim Long, Matt Robinson, and Jon Leitheusser, for their epic struggles in ages past, Buggy & Rachel, Shiv, Luke, Pam, Ben, Emilee, Claritin, Beulah, Shorty, Bing & Brando, and the many, many others who helped us put this together you know who you are.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE WORLD OF ARCANE LEGIONS The Night of Mists The Roman Empire The Egyptian Imperium The Han Dynasty The Xiongnu Nomads The Slavic Dvergar GAME OVERVIEW Figures, Bases & Unit Cards The Four Basic Icons The Unit Bar The Codex Special Abilities SETTING UP THE STANDARD GAME Build Your Army Set Up the Table Set Up Your Units Determine Play Order Pick Sides and Place Units Ambush Turn PLAYING THE GAME Orders Pushing REGROUP ORDER MOVE ORDER Moving Straight Making an Angle Turn Making a Right/Left Turn Adjacency Snapping to and Sliding Breaking Away Terrain CLOSE COMBAT ORDER The Roll and the Lineup The Comparison RANGED COMBAT ORDER Range Line of Sight Firing into Melee Penalty Resolving Ranged Combat DEALING DAMAGE WINNING THE GAME DIFFERENT WAYS TO PLAY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS GLOSSARY 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 11 12 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 18 18 18 19 19 21 21 22 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 27 28 28 29

THE NIGHT OF MISTS

Like one of the plagues of Moses, an unearthly mist crept across the land, unleashing arcane powers upon an unsuspecting world. It started in the Middle East, and as the Earth turned and darkness fell across the globe the ghostly mists followed; within the span of 24 hours the world was cast into chaos. The arcane power of the mists left much of humanity unaltered, but those it touched it transformed completely. Magic infused their very bones, manifested in their children, came unbidden to the fingertips of their women, and plagued their countryside with uncontrolled bursts of power. Beasts of the wilderness were turned by the mists into creatures of legend. Entire tribes of humans were altered by the flood of uncontrolled magic, changing before the very eyes of their friends and neighbors into the old races of myth. Ancient gods and the spirits of the deceased were awakened from their slumber to walk among the living. The world would never be the same. The year is now 37 B.C.E., year 5 of a new and terrible age, and the Middle East sits at the center of a vast struggle to control humanitys fate. Three nations have harnessed the power unleashed by the Night of Mists. As they struggle to claim dominance over the known world, their arcane legions are yours to control.

THE ROMAN EMPIRE

RULER: Caesar Augustus, Emperor MAJOR PLAYERS: Atia of the Juliae, mother of Augustus Marcus Agrippa, Master of the Horse Vercingetorix, King of the Gauls Diviciacus, leader of the Druids Minos, King of Crete, Senate adjunct Caesar Augustus, once known simply as Octavian, is the nephew and adopted heir of Julius Caesar, and a devious young politician. After Caesars assassination, Octavian used his inherited wealth to hold onto some of his uncles power, but circumstances and politics forced him share it with two others; a savvy old general named Lepidus and his uncles former Master of the Horse, Mark Antony. This uneasy triumvirate was strained and ultimately broken by the Night of Mists. As chaos swept the Empire, Antony was dispatched to secure Egypt and Lepidus to make sure of North Africa, leaving young Octavian the challenge of restoring order to Rome and Gaul. A year later, when Antonys forces killed Lepidus and took North Africa, Octavian had the fuel he needed to unite the Empire under his banner. He seized on Antonys betrayal of Rome and rode a wave of public outcry to be elected Emperor. The newly crowned Caesar Augustus immediately sought allies to bolster his legions. He made a pact with the neighboring Gauls and forged an alliance with the minotaurs of Crete, at the same time working to perfect the art of Roman warfare by focusing massive resources on harnessing the power unleashed by the Night of Mists. To this end, he hired a tribe of Slavic dvergar to yoke the powers of magic and steam, to better protect his legionaries and improve his siege weaponry. His mother, the powerful sorceress Atia of the Juliae, used her influence to gather young women who showed aptitude at sorcery and deliver them into the service of the Gods as a way to focus and control their power. The three temples she has founded thus far have created a deep pool of loyal battle priestesses with which her son can augment his Legions. Rome is once again ready for war, and Augustus is anxious to strike.

THE EGYPTIAN IMPERIUM

RULERS: Cleopatra VII, Queen MAJOR PLAYERS: Decidius Saxa, General Masika, High Hand of Isis Amenhotep III, Lord of the Dead Darius of Pontus, leader of Greece Queen Cleopatra VII is a clever, manipulative, and incredibly powerful sorceress who rules the newly founded Egyptian Imperium alongside her Roman husband, King Mark Antony. As soon as he arrived in Egypt, Antony had found himself captivated by Cleopatra. She was beautiful, sensual, and tactically brilliant. She already had an entire battalion of trained battle sorceresses at her command called the Hand of Isis; while others wondered how they had been assembled so quickly after the Night of Mists, they made Antonys task of controlling Egypt so easy that he did not question their origins. With the Hand of Isis pacifying Egypt, it took very little persuasion to convince the restless and lovestruck Antony to take by force what he had not been able to take by scheming. He launched a campaign against Lepidus in Africa and forged an alliance with Greece, capitalizing on the chaos to help them to throw off Roman rule. Meanwhile, Cleopatra conscripted or enslaved every kind of magical creature she found. She turned the hordes of mummified corpses that had risen following the mists into an ever-regenerating army and, determined to control Antony as well as Egypt, summoned Amenhotep III, greatest of the pharaohs, to lead them on her behalf. War with Rome was inevitable, so when a horde of mysterious Xiongnu nomads wandered into the Greeks northern holdings, Antony paid a massive sum for the aid of their cavalry. Cleopatra also paid an astronomical amount to the Slavic dvergar to combine her necromancy with their strange golem designs. The Egyptian Imperium has amassed a huge army of men, myths, constructs, and undead. When the time comes, even the mighty Roman Empire may not be able to stand against such a juggernaut.

Mark Antony, King

THE HAN DYNASTY

RULER: Emperor Wu MAJOR PLAYERS: Himiko, Jotei of Japan Zhongli Quan, General and one of the Eight Immortals Lord Muira, General of the Goryo Nuwa, creator of the terracotta soldiers Emperor Wus long-held dream of immortality was nearly within his grasp; if he could only tame its harbinger, a remarkable young Japanese sorceress named Himiko. This powerful leader of the Yamato clan singlehandedly united the tribes of the archipelago. The Japanese revere her as their Jotei, or Empressa title of which Chinas deified monarch definitely does not approve. When the Night of Mists struck, Wu and Himiko already were tangled in a complicated web of intrigue and ambition that was threatening to tear apart the Dynasty. She was poised to grant Wu true immortality and in return receive the honor of marriage to his eldest son, but the mists struck before either event could take place. Himiko saved the Emperor countless times during the chaos of that night, and as a reward was given command of what remained of the army and dispatched to bring China back under Imperial control. Her task occupied her for three years, and she returned to the Emperor at the head of an amazing, frightening army of spirits, ghosts, and loyal Chinese volunteers whose lives she had saved. Now a confrontation between the two seemed inevitable, but the Emperor postponed it by revealing that he had determined the approximate source of the Night of Mists. He sent Himiko and her immense army on a crusade into the West, past the great desert and beyond the top of the world, to find and punish those responsible for the magical chaos that nearly destroyed their land. Wu is counting on this war to eliminate Himiko or, failing that, on his own loyal forces in her ranks to turn on her. Himiko, however, plans to use this time to gather enough power to depose Emperor Wu outright and install herself on the throne. A true Empress Himiko would then rule not just China, but the entire known world.

MERCENARY FORCES THE XIONGNU NOMADS

MAJOR PLAYERS: Modu Shanyu, spirit, chieftain of the Xiongnu The Crone, shaman, host to Shanyus spirit The nomadic Xiongnu have been fighting the Han Dynasty since Modu Shanyu united them nearly 200 years ago. The tribes had fragmented upon his death, and were on the verge of defeat until the Night of Mists. The mists altered some Xiongnu, making them larger and more powerful, as well as giving them greenish skin and prominent tusks. The tribesmen refer to these individuals as Kr, or proud. Now too large to ride ordinary horses, they have tamed the tigers of the Steppes to use as mounts. The spirit of Shanyu himself floats above the tribes shriveled old crone of a shaman a Kr woman with no name of her own that anyone can remember. The Xiongnu migrated west at Shanyus order, where they will fight for anyone willing to pay their price.

THE SLAVIC DVERGAR

MAJOR PLAYERS: Savros Kuznetzov, chief golem mechanic Bogomir Litvinov, leader of the Great Ones The Slavs were transformed en masse by the mists. Most became shorter and stouter, and gained a deep and instinctive understanding of the new world. These fiercely independent Slavs took the name dvergar and have become synonymous with magic. They have created a small army of clockwork golems to defend themselves, and they willingly assist any nation in developing unique technologies and weaponsany nation that can pay the cost of development, that is. A few Slavs underwent the opposite change, becoming much larger and more powerful. Most suffered severe mental damage from the transformation, but despite their handicap these Great Ones, as they are called, remain fiercely loyal to their smaller cousins.

GAME OVERVIEW
The game begins in the year 37 B.C.E., five years after the Night of Mists swept over the world. The three mightiest armies ever assembled have met on the field of battle, and humanity has been thrust into a massive war unlike anything it has ever known. Welcome to Arcane Legions. This game is an epic-scale, strategic combat simulation in which players command hundreds of miniatures on the table at a time. It is designed for two to six players ages 14 and up. Throughout this rulebook you will find links to the our website, www.arcanelegions.com/videos, which offers instructional videos and helpful hints that can make the game easier to understand. Have fun!

Figures, Bases & Unit Cards

The figures in this game are 25mm scale, and each figure comes attached to a small stand, or footpad, that displays the figures collector number and has a number of pegs protruding from its base. To keep track of all the figures in your army, youll divide them into groups and fit them into bases, which contain holes for the figures pegs to fit into. There are two base sizes: formation (larger) and sortie (smaller). Between the figures and the base sits the unit card, which is custom cut to reveal only certain peg holes for the figures to sit in; these openings are called slots. The combination of figures, unit card, and base is referred to as a unit.
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A unit card is printed with all of the information you need to use it in the game. Each slot it contains is surrounded by a circle containing icons, which cumulatively determine the overall statistics of the unit. These circles also display the starting slot and figure number of each figure the unit contains. A circles color tells you which type of figure may occupy that slot during the course of the game: White: basic troops of all shapes and sizes Green: arcane figures Red: martial figures Yellow: commander figures

A unit with a yellow slot is called a commander unit. A figure that starts in a yellow slot is called a commander figure. Each unit card requires a specific selection of figures, which track not only the stats and hit points of the unit, but also the strategic choices available to the player. Most units have more slots than figures, especially once they have been in combat. By changing which slots are occupied by figures, the player changes the way the unit functions in the game. An icon or a special ability on a slot is active only if the slot is ready; that is, occupied by a figure. Note that a figure can occupy a slot other than its starting slot (see Unit Setup) only if it matches all three criteria detailed in the Regroup Order section of the rules.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Components.

The Four Basic Icons

Four basic icons appear on unit cards: A white defense icon. These give you dice to roll when your unit is defending against an attack. A red attack icon for close combat. These give you dice to roll when your unit is attacking an adjacent enemy unit. A blue ranged icon for ranged combat. These give you dice to roll when your unit is attacking an enemy unit from a distance. A black and yellow movement icon. These give your unit movement points it can spend to move around the battlefield.

The Unit Bar

FACTION

Each unit card has information printed along one side. This unit bar details the units name, build point cost, faction, codex, and some special abilities.
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The Codex

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The codex appears to the left FRONT INDICATOR of the units name in the unit bar 1 RANGED and describes a variety of critical COMBAT statistics regarding movement and 1 1 GOOD SIDE CLOSE combat. COMBAT GOOD SIDE 2 The center is shaped like the BASE SHAPE base it describes: rectangular for BAD SIDE formation, square for sortie. The arrow inside the base shape points toward the units front side. The colored border around the base shape indicates which sides of the base are considered good and bad for combat. A unit engaged in any kind of combat on a bad side rolls 3 fewer dice than it normally would (minimum 0). Heres what the colors mean: Gray indicates a bad side for all combat purposes. Red indicates a side that is good for rolling defense dice and attack dice but bad for rolling ranged dice. Blue indicates a side that is good for rolling defense dice, attack dice and ranged dice. The yellow arrows pointing away from the base shape indicate directional costs; that is, how many movement points the unit must spend to move in that direction.

Special Abilities

Each special ability has its own icon. Each unit card comes with a special ability card that defines all its special abilities. There are two kinds of special abilities: Figure special abilities are diamond-shaped icons that appear on specific slots, and can be used only if that slot is ready (occupied by a figure). If there are multiple instances of the same special ability on the same base, even a single ready icon means that ability is active for that unit. Some special

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abilities get more powerful the more ready icons they have, so be sure to read the special ability card carefully. Unit special abilities are hexagonal icons that appear in the right side of the unit bar, to the left of the build point cost. Unit special abilities are constant abilities that are active as long as the unit on which they appear is still in the game. Note: There is a subclass of unit special ability called a hindrance these have negative effects, and are represented by triangular icons instead of hexagons. Some special abilities affect units at range. The range is noted in increments of one formation base length (the long side of the base). These distances are measured between the closest notch on the edge of the originating unit to the closest notch on the edge of the target unit.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Components.

SETTING UP THE STANDARD GAME

Each player builds an army from the figures, bases, and unit cards in his or her collection. This army can consist of any number or types of units, but it is limited by the total value of those units, which is referred to as the armys build total. Each unit has a build point cost printed on the far right in the unit bar; these costs added together are an armys build total. All players build to the same predetermined build total, and no armys build total can exceed this number. The build total ensures that the armies are evenly matched, and determines both the number of order points players get and the number of victory points theyre trying to earn (see Different Ways to Play, p. 28). Each unit has a unique unit number printed along the left edge.You can have multiples of any unit number in the same army with one exception: commander units. Each commander figure, and thus each commander unit, is limited to one per army. This means that while you can have multiple, different commander units in your army, you cant have two of the same commander unit or two different commander units that call for the same commander figure. You can have units from multiple factions in your army, though this could affect special abilities in your army. Be sure to know your special abilities as you build!

1. Build Your Army

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Standard game. In the standard game, two players each build a 7,000-point army. This build total gives each player 8 order points (see Orders, p. 15) and requires that a player earn 21 victory points (see Winning the Game, p. 27) to win.

2. Set Up the Table

This game can be played on virtually any size table with lots of different terrain, but the standard game calls for a 4 wide by 6 long play surface. The surface must conform to the following requirements: The play surface must be flat. Any terrain must have distinct edges (see Terrain, p. 21). The table either includes or allows for the placement of control terrain. Control terrain is a flat, square feature placed during setup, which can be as simple as a piece of paper. Each side is the length of one formation base. Control terrain contributes victory points toward winning (see Winning the Game, p. 27), so setup calls for a certain number of these pieces, either as part of the battlefield or placed by the players. If the players place control terrain, each player places one piece, with the following requirements: The piece lies within two formation base lengths of the centerline and at least three formation base lengths away from each other piece of control terrain. There are an equal number of control terrain pieces on each side of the centerline. CENTERLINE SIDE A SIDE B

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Your First Game

Feel free to use your own terrain and experiment with the table setup rules above, but for your first game we recommend you set up the table similar to this diagram so that you can learn the basic rules first.

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We have provided downloadable terrain at www.arcanelegions.com.

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3. Set Up Your Units

Each player fills his or her units with the appropriate figures by placing them in their starting slots. Each figure has a number embossed onto its footpad; for example, Cleopatra has 1E10. Each unit card in your army has a certain number of starting slots that display one of these codes. Before you begin the game, each starting slot on each of your units must be populated with the corresponding figure.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Unit Setup.

4. Determine Play Order

Each player rolls two six-sided dice (2d6); this is called rolling off. The winner decides whether to be Player 1 or Player 2. Player 1 gets to pick his or her side of the table first, is required to start placing units on the board first, and gets a special ambush turn (see 6. Ambush Turn, below) before regular play begins. Player 2 picks his or her side of the table second, gets to react to his or her opponents deployment strategy, and takes the first full turn (after the ambush turn).

5. Pick Sides and Place Units

Each player picks one of the short sides of the table to start on. Player 1 gets to choose first. Each unit must begin the game in its controllers deployment zone, with its front pointing toward the enemy deployment zone. A deployment zone is an area that is the width of the table and extends one formation-base length from the short side toward the center of the table. Each unit placed must either have one of its sides touching the edge of the short side of the table or be in contact with another unit between it and the edge. All of a players units must fit in his or her deployment zonekeep that in mind as you build your army!

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Player 1 gets a special half turn before normal play begins (with Player 2s turn). In this turn, Player 1 gets half the normal number of orders, rounded down (to a minimum of 1).
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Getting Started.

In the standard game, each player gets 8 order points to use during his or her turn. This number can change under different play scenarios (See Different Ways to Play, p. 28). Order points are expended to give units orders. Only the active player (the player who is taking his or her turn) may use order points. He or she need not use all of them, but once the turn ends any unused order points are wasted. There are five types of orders, each of which allows a unit to do something different. These orders may be combined in any sequence. The first three are: Move order: Move the unit using its available movement points. Close combat order: Engage the unit in battle with an adjacent enemy unit. Ranged combat order: Engage the unit in battle with an enemy unit at a distance. Giving a sortie unit one of these orders costs 1 order point, and giving a formation unit one of these orders costs 2 order points. The next two order types cost only 1 order point regardless of base type: Regroup order: Change the arrangement of the units figures on its base and/or change the orientation of its base as described in Regroup Order, p. 16. Special order: An order called for by a special abilitiy. You cannot push a unit to give it a second special order (see Pushing, p. 16). Sometimes a rule or special ability calls for a unit to use a particular type of order to accomplish something other than the basic order allows. In such cases the rule or special ability is carried out instead of the basic function of the order. For example, a special ability that tells you to give a unit a ranged combat order to do X means that you issue that unit a ranged combat order, but instead of making a normal ranged attack you do X.

Orders

PLAYING THE GAME

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Giving an additional order of the same kind to a single unit within one turn is called pushing the unit. Pushing a unit is penalized by automatically downing one of its figures (see Dealing Damage, p26). The units controller decides which figure to down, and the figure is downed before the order is executed. You may push multiple units in a single turn, but there are two important restrictions to pushing: 1. You cannot push a given unit more than once on your turn. 2. You cannot push a unit to give it a second special order.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Game Play.

REGROUP ORDER

The first function of a regroup order allows you to change the stats of a unit during the game by moving around figures on a unit. Moving a figure is limited by three elementsoutline color, footpad size, and peg count which must all match in order for a figure to change slots. Outline color. A figure can be moved only into a slot whose outline color matches the figures starting slot. Footpad size. A figure can be regrouped only into a slot that matches its footpad size. Peg count. A figure can be regrouped only into a slot that matches its peg count. The second function of a regroup order allows you to change your units facing. A formation unit can flip its facing 180 as part of a regroup order. A sortie unit can change its facing 90, 180, or 270 as part of a regroup order.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Regroup.

MOVE ORDER

Movement in Arcane Legions is accomplished using spare bases and a special turning tool. The turning tool has a series of bevels that fit into the notches on the edges of the bases, allowing a unit to make angle turns (45) and right/left turns (90) by hopping the unit over the turning tool.

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The spare bases are used to measure distances for straight movement. Units move in increments called steps, which are the length of one sortie base. Because formation bases are exactly the same size as two side-by-side sortie bases, they can be used to both measure the distance and guide the moving unit. When you give a unit a move order, it gets 1 movement point for each ready movement icon. Special abilities can modify this, so be sure to read your units special ability card carefully. Once you have your movement point total, your unit can start spending those points to move. A unit can move in any direction; its just a matter of cost. The directional costs listed on the units codex indicate the cost of moving one step straight in that direction. If the codex of your unit shows a 1 for the direction you want to move in, it will cost you 1 movement point to move one step (one sortie base length) in that direction. If the codex shows a 2, it will cost 2 movement points to move one step in that direction, and so on. Using the turning tool to change direction costs the same as taking one step. Making a turn therefore costs movement points equal to the directional cost of the side you are placing the turning tool against to make the turn.
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Moving Straight

(costs movement points equal to that sides directional cost, as listed in its codex)

To make this basic maneuver, place the long side of a formation base next to your unit, along a side perpendicular to the direction you want to go. Make sure the center notch of your measuring base lines up with the leading edge of the moving unit. Simply slide the unit forward until the leading edge of the moving unit lines up with the edge of the measurement base. This should move your unit one step (the length of a sortie base). Remove the measurement base and youre done.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Straight.

Making an Angle Turn

THE TURNING TOOL

TUR N LEF T
E GLE AN A RN TU T
RIGH T TURN

(costs one directional cost for the turn plus one for each step the unit reaches away from the tool)

To make this maneuver, place the movement tool flat on the table with the Angle Turn edge against your unit. Make sure the bevel on the edge of the tool slots into the notch on the edge of your base. Pick up the unitleaving the movement tool in placeand set it back down so any one of the notches on your base slots into the bevel of either the Left Turn or Right Turn edges of the movement tool. Remove the movement tool from the table and youre done.

Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Angle Turn.

Making a Right/Left Turn

(costs one directional cost for the turn plus one for each step the unit reaches away from the tool)

To make this maneuver, place the movement tool flat on the table with either the Left Turn edge or the Right Turn edge against your unit, depending on which way you intend to move your unit. Make sure the bevel on the edge of the tool slots into the notch on the edge of your base. Pick up the unit leaving the movement tool in placeand set the unit back down so that any one of the notches on your base slots into the bevel of the opposite edge of the tool. Remove the movement tool from the table and youre done.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Right/Left Turn.

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When a unit is given a move order, it is not required to use all available movement points. If a unit does not have sufficient movement points to complete a maneuver, it cannot make that maneuver. Circumstances might sometimes force a unit to waste movement points.

Adjacency

Two units are adjacent if their sides are touching flat against each other. Friendly units can be adjacent to each other.

Snapping to and Sliding

When a moving unit collides with any part of another unit, it pivots on the collision point so that it snaps to that unit and becomes adjacent to it. This is not optional, so if you dont want to snap to another unit, you must avoid running into it. Once a unit has snapped to its target, the moving player can choose to slide the moving unit until an edge or a notch aligns with an edge or notch of the adjacent unit. This is optional sometimes it is advantageous not to slide.

Snapping to While Moving Straight

When a collision occurs during straight movement, the angle by which the moving unit hit the stationary one determines which side the moving unit snaps to. If one angle is smaller (i.e., narrower) than the other, then that is the side to which the moving unit must snap. If the angles are the same, the active player chooses which side to snap to.
COLLISION

NARROWER WIDER

SNAP

SLIDE

COLLISION

NARROWER

SNAP

SLIDE

WIDER

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Snapping to While Turning

Turning makes the snapping to function work a little differently because instead of colliding with another unit, the moving unit will be overlapping it. This makes it difficult to determine which side the moving unit should snap to. If a moving unit makes contact with the corner of a unit but does not overlap, just use the snapping to rules for straight movement; otherwise, use the following overlap guidelines.
WIDER

OVERLAP
RIGHT TURN

SNAP

SLIDE

NARROWER

If a turning unit would end its movement overlapping another unit, the turning unit creates two angles; one on each relevant side of the other unit. The turning unit will snap to the side with the smaller (i.e., narrower) angle. If the angles are the same, the active player can snap to either side.
OVERLAP
AN GL E TU RN
RIGHT TURN LEFT TURN

AN GL E

TU RN

If a turning unit ends its movement overlapping two corners of another unit, it will snap to the edge that lies between those two corners. If an overlap resulting from a turn would leave your unit unable to snap to without changing the position of another unit, that move is not possible. Place your unit back on the other side of the movement tool in its previous position, and continue your move order from there.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Snap To.

Once a unit has snapped to and slid into place (if desired), its movement ends and the unit loses any and all remaining movement points. Snapping to happens only to an actively moving unit; a unit cannot snap to another base unless it is being issued a move order. If a unit is moved without being given a move order and it collides with a corner of another base or a piece of terrain, it merely stops.

LEFT TURN

SNAP

SLIDE

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If a collision creates a situation in which the moving unit cannot snap to the other base without causing it to collide with something else (another unit or piece of terrain), then it does not snap to. Because it does not snap to, its movement does not end, so any remaining movement points it might have can be spent to try a different approach.

Breaking Away

Breaking base contact with an enemy unit is a NOTE: dangerous proposition. SORTIES DO If you give any unit larger than a sortie a move NOT DRAW order while it is adjacent to an enemy unit, that BREAKAWAY enemy unit gets a free close combat attack against ATTACKS. your unit as if it had been given a close combat order. This is called a breakaway attack. This attack is made after the move order is given but before the unit moves; thus, if your unit is destroyed or damaged such that it has no more movement icons, the order that drew the breakaway attack is wasted. If multiple enemy units are adjacent to your unit when you give it a move order, they each get a breakaway attack on your unit. If multiple players control units adjacent to your unit when you give it a move order, they must roll off to decide who gets to attack first, but they each get to attack with their units. Note: Giving a unit a regroup order while it is adjacent to an enemy unit does not draw a breakaway attack; only a move order draws a breakaway attack.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Breaking Away.

Terrain

In Arcane Legions, lots of different kinds of terrain can be used as long as it is placed on a flat playing surface. All terrain must have distinct edge lines, whether that be a printed line or a raised physical edge painted in that color (for terrain that adds vertical elements to the battlefield). This is to facilitate line of sight (see Ranged Combat Order, p. 24) and allow simple and consistent movement rules. All terrain in Arcane Legions must fit into one of three categories: blocking terrain, hindering terrain, or control terrain.

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Blocking terrain adds complete obstacles to the battlefield. It has a red edge line that both prevents movement and blocks line of sight for ranged combat. A unit snaps to blocking terrain just as it would to a unit. Hindering terrain adds partial obstacles to the battlefield. It has a green edge line that prevents movement and penalizes (but does not prevent) ranged combat. A unit snaps to hindering terrain just as it would to a unit. Control terrain is always flat and has a yellow edge line that does not prevent movement or ranged combat. Its sole purpose is to allow players to earn victory points by commanding it (see Winning the Game, p. 27). A player can snap to control terrain or move the unit over/onto the control terrain.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Terrain.

CLOSE COMBAT ORDER

A unit with no ready attack icons cannot be given a close combat order. A unit given a close combat order is called the attacker; its target is the defender. A unit can engage in close combat only against a single adjacent enemy unit when given a close combat order. The attack originates from the side adjacent to the defender. If the attack originates from one of the attackers good sides (red or blue), the attacker rolls a total number of red 6-sided dice equal to the number of ready attack icons it has; these are called attack dice. An attack that originates from a bad side (gray) generates three fewer attack dice. A unit with three or fewer ready attack icons cannot make an attack from a bad side.
1 1 If the defender is 1 1 1 1 being attacked on 2 2 GOOD GOOD one of its good sides SIDE SIDE (red or blue), it rolls a GOOD GOOD BAD BAD SIDE SIDE SIDE SIDE total number of white 6-sided dice equal to BAD BAD SIDE SIDE the number of ready defense icons it has; these are called defense dice. A unit being attacked on a bad side (gray) rolls three fewer defense dice, to a minimum of 0.

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The Roll and the Lineup

1. Players roll their dice. 2. Players sort their results from highest to lowest. 3. If three or more attack dice show a result of 6, the attacker has scored a critical hit, which deals 1 damage to the defender in addition to the dice results. 4. If either unit has an active special ability that adjusts the result of either players dice during close combat (including rerolling dice), those adjustments are made now (note that this can neither invalidate nor create a critical hit). The attacker makes his or her adjustments first, then the defender. Once all adjustments are complete, reorder the dice from highest to lowest and proceed to the comparison. 5. The highest attack die is compared to the highest defense die: If the attack die beats the defense die, the attacker scores a hit against the defender. If the defense die beats the attack die, the defender scores a hit against the attacker. If the dice tie, no hit is scored. 6. Repeat step 5 with the next highest attack die vs. the next highest defense die until there are no more dice to compare. 7. If one side has more dice than the other (including an instance in which the defender rolls 0 defense dice), step 6 will leave extra dice. These dice are compared against imaginary dice called phantom dice, which have a value of 2 and are resolved like regular dice except that phantom dice cannot score hits. 8. For every hit scored against a unit, that unit is dealt 1 damage (see Dealing Damage, p. 26).
TIE: NO HIT 6 BEATS 5: WHITE HITS RED 5 BEATS 4: RED HITS WHITE 5 BEATS 4: RED HITS WHITE 4 BEATS 1: WHITE HITS RED 3 BEATS GHOST 2: WHITE HITS RED GHOST 2 BEATS 1: NO HIT

The Comparison

TI E

RESULT

DEFENDER TAKES 2 DAMAGE ATTACKER TAKES 3 DAMAGE

Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Dice-Off.

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RANGED COMBAT ORDER

A unit cannot be given a ranged combat order if it has no ready ranged icons or it is adjacent to an enemy unit. A unit given a ranged combat order is called the attacker; its target is the defender. As long as at least one notch in one side of the enemy unit is within range and within line of sight (see below), it is eligible as a defender. A unit can attack only one defender at a time using a ranged combat order, and the attack originates from the side facing the target. If two sides face the target, the attacker must choose one side to be the origin of the attack. If the attack originates from one of the attackers good sides (blue), the attacker rolls a total number of blue six-sided dice equal to the number of ready ranged icons; these are called ranged dice. If the attack originates from a bad side (gray or red), the attacker rolls three fewer dice, to a minimum of 0. A unit with three or fewer ready ranged icons cannot make a ranged attack from a bad side. If the defender is being attacked on one of its good sides, it rolls a total number of white six-sided dice equal to the number of ready defense icons; these are called defense dice. A unit being attacked from one of its bad sides rolls three fewer defense dice to a minimum of 0. A defender with no ready defense icons gets only phantom dice.

Range

A ranged combat attack can target any enemy unit up to three formation base lengths away from the attacker. Measure this distance from the notch in the center of the attackers originating side to the notch in the center of an eligible side of the enemy unit.
FRONT NOTCH NOT IN LINE OF SIGHT LEFT SIDE NOTCH NOT IN LINE OF SIGHT

RIGHT SIDE NOTCH WITHIN RANGE

BACK NOTCH OUT OF RANGE

Line of Sight

In order for a unit to attack an enemy unit at range, the attackers line of sight to the enemy unit cannot be blocked. Determine line of sight by drawing an imaginary straight line between the center notch in the attackers originating side and the center notch in the side of the target at which you

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are shooting. Depending on what the imaginary line crosses, the shot might be clear, obstructed, or blocked. The following chart details the different line of sight penalties, which are cumulative. Object Crossed by Line of Sight
Each Unit Each piece of hindering terrain Each piece of blocking terrain The targets base

Effect (cumulative)
Obstructed: 1 ranged die (minimum 0) Obstructed: 1 ranged die (minimum 0) Blocked: that side is not eligible Blocked: that side is not eligible

(-1 RANGED DIE)

HINDERED

BLOCKED

(-2 RANGED DICE)

HINDERED x2

CLEAR

FIRING INTO MELEE

(-1 RANGED DIE)

BLOCKED

Firing into Melee Penalty

If the defender is adjacent to one or more enemy units (including the attacking players units), the attacker is firing into melee. An attack firing into melee rolls one less die. This penalty does not increase if the defender is adjacent to multiple enemy units.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Line of Sight.

Resolving Ranged Combat

Ranged combat works similarly to close combat but without as much risk to the attacker, since the targets defense dice deal no damage. Resolve ranged combat as described in Close Combat Order, with the following exceptions:

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Step 4. Check for special abilities that adjust dice results for ranged combat. Step 5. If the defense die beats the attack die, no hit is scored. Step 7. If there are extra defense dice, ignore them. Step 8. The attacker takes no damage in ranged combat.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Dice-Off.

DEALING DAMAGE

When damage is dealt, the defending player decides where to assign damage dealt to the defender, and the attacking player decides where to assign damage dealt to the attacker. A player can assign damage to any figure on his or her unit. Each figure has an amount of hit points equal to the number of pegs it has. When a figure is assigned damage equal to its hit points, that figure is eliminated or downed; remove downed figures from their units and set them aside. Use the following rules when assigning damage: Once a player assigns damage to a figure with multiple hit points, he or she must continue assigning damage to that figure until it is downed. A figure that takes less damage in an attack than it has hit points is not downed; however, it is temporarily injured. Place a die next to it indicating how much damage it has taken. If at the end of your turn an injured figure has not taken enough additional damage to down it, it is no longer injured; remove the marking die. If a unit containing an injured figure is dealt damage again before the end of your turn, the injured figure must be dealt damage first. If a unit contains more than one injured figure, you can choose which of them takes damage first; however, all injured figures must be downed before damage can be dealt to any non-injured figures in the unit. When an injured figure is regrouped into a different slot, the injury accompanies the figure to its new position. When all figures on a unit have been downed, that unit is defeated. Defeated units are removed from the table.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Damage.

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WINNING THE GAME ... ... by Victory Points

During the game, players accrue points toward winning the game called victory points. In the standard game, 21 victory points are required to win. In other scenarios this number might change (See Different Ways to Play, p. 28). As soon as the active player reaches the victory point goal, the game ends; no other orders are issued. If a player other than the active player somehow reaches the victory point goal, that player cannot win until he or she becomes the active player. Victory points are scored in three ways: 1. Defeating Enemy Units When all of a units figures are downed, that unit is defeated. The opposing player gains 1 victory point for a defeated sortie base, and 2 victory points for a defeated formation base. 2. Downing a Commander Figure Downing a commander figure scores the opposing player 1 victory point. This victory point is not taken away if the commander in question is somehow returned to its unit, and a commander generates 1 victory point each time it is downed. 3. Commanding Control Terrain At the beginning of the active players turn (the player taking the current turn), before issuing orders, he or she gains 3 victory points for each piece of control terrain he or she commands. A player commands a piece of control terrain only if 1) the active player has at least one unit on, or adjacent to, that piece of control terrain AND 2) no enemy unit is on or adjacent to that piece of control terrain. Additional friendly units commanding the same piece of control terrain do not generate additional victory points, but if the active player commands more than one piece of control terrain, each piece generates victory points for that player.
Need a visual demonstration? For a video walkthrough, go to www.arcanelegions.com/videos and click Victory Points.

... by Clearing the Table

If one player manages to defeat all the other players units, that player wins even if he or she has not reached the required victory point total.

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The basic rules of Arcane Legions have been designed to function within a wide variety of game parameters. The army build, play space, and even the victory conditions can easily be adapted to fit your play style. We encourage you to experiment with these variables, to play the game on larger or smaller tables (even the entire living room floor!), to create small skirmishes of a few elite units, or coordinate massive events that field thousands of figures on a side. Below are a few simple examples of alternate army configurations and different play scenarios. We will be featuring additional variations through retailers and organized play events, as well as on our website at www. arcanelegions.com, but we highly encourage players to develop their own and share them with the online community.

DIFFERENT WAYS TO PLAY

Playing with Armies of Different Sizes

Build Points
5,000 7,000 10,000

Order Points
8 8 10

Victory Points
15 21 25

Estimated Time
Less than 1 hour 1 1.5 hours 1.5 2 hours

King of the Hill V ariation

This variation uses one central piece of control terrain (placed at the center of the table) and any number of other, non-control terrain pieces chosen by the players before the game begins. Build Points
7,000

Control Terrain Pcs.

1

Order Points
8

Victory Points
15

Death Before Dishonor V ariation

This variation uses no control terrain. The object of this game is to achieve the victory point total solely by defeating your opponents units. Build Points
7,000

Control Terrain Pcs.

0

Order Points
8

Victory Points
8

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Q: Can I push my own unit until it is defeated? A: Yes, and the opposing player gains the appropriate victory points. In a multiplayer game, the last player to damage that unit gets the victory points, or if no other player has damaged that unit, the opposing player with the closest unit gets the victory points. Q: As I move my units, can their edges leave or hang off the table? A: No, treat the edge of the table as blocking terrain. Q: After the game begins, can I fill any slot with any figure? A: No. See Regroup Order for the relevant rules. Q: If I try to break away from more than one enemy unit, does each unit get a breakaway attack on my unit? A: Yes. Q: Can I ever choose to roll fewer dice than indicated by my units icons? A: No. adjacent: When the sides of two units are touching flat with one another. ambush turn: The first turn of the game, in which Player 1 receives half the normal order points, rounded down. army: A collection of units. attack icon: A basic icon that looks like a red die. Roll one red die for each of these icons that is ready when giving your unit a close combat order. bad side: A units face from which attacking and defending are rolled at a penalty of 3 dice. A gray face is a bad side for rolling any dice in combat, and a red face is a bad side for rolling ranged dice. base: A flat rectangular or square plastic piece with peg holes, into which figures are inserted. basic icon: One of four icons appearing in a base slot outline that indicates whether that slot lends movement (black circle with yellow chevron), close combat (red die), ranged combat (blue die), or defense (white die) to the unit when ready. battlefield: The flat play area on which an Arcane Legions game is played. blocking terrain: An object on the battlefield with a red edge line that units cannot move through and that blocks line of sight for ranged combat orders. breakaway: When a unit adjacent to an enemy unit is given a move order. build point cost: A value that shows how much it costs to place a unit in your

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

GLOSSARY

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army. A units build point value is printed on the far right of its unit bar. build total: The maximum number of build points allowed to an army during a game, agreed upon by the players beforehand. close combat: Combat that occurs during a close combat order. close combat order: An order that allows an attack against an adjacent enemy unit. codex: A symbol in a unit bar that shows that units base shape, front facing, movement costs, and good and bad sides. combat order: An ranged combat order or a close combat order. commander figure: A special type of figure that occupies a slot with a yellow outline and is worth 1 victory point when downed. commander unit card: A unit card that contains a slot with a yellow outline. A player cannot have more than one commander unit card that shares the same commander figures collectors number in his or her army. control terrain: Terrain on the battlefield with a yellow edge line that generates victory points when commanded by one or more units of a single player. defeated: When a unit has no remaining figures. A defeated unit is removed from the game. defense icon: A basic icon that looks like a white die. Roll one white die for each of these ready icons when your unit is defending against an attack. deployment zone: The area where players place their units at the beginning of the game. There is one deployment zone for each player in the game. directional cost: The number of movement points it costs to move a unit one step in the direction indicated by the arrow. downed: A figure that has been dealt damage equal to its hit points. A downed figure is removed from its unit and set aside. enemy unit: Units controlled by an opposing player. faction: Each unit in Arcane Legions belongs to one of three factions: Roman, Egyptian, or Han. A units faction is printed on the far left in its unit bar. figure: A plastic sculpted miniature with pegs designed to fit into an Arcane Legions base slot. figure special ability: A game-altering conditional rule. Figure special abilities are represented by diamond-shaped icons that appear on specific slots on a unit card. These abilities can be used only if that slot is ready. formation: A rectangular base the size of two sortie bases side-by-side, or a unit built on this type of base. friendly unit: A unit that you control. good side: A units side from which attacking and defending are not penalized, as indicated in the codex. A blue side is always a good side,

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and a red side is a good side for rolling attack dice but not ranged dice. hindering terrain: An object on the battlefield with a green outline that units cannot move through and that penalizes ranged combat orders. hindrance: A unit special ability with a negative effect. Hindrances appear as triangular icons in a unit bar. hit points: The amount of damage it takes to down a figure. A figures hit points are equal to the number of pegs on the bottom of its footpad. injured: A figure that is dealt damage but not downed during a turn. An injured figure retains damage during the turn it was injured. If an injured figure is not downed at the end of that turn, the damage is removed. If a unit that contains injured figures is dealt damage, damage must be dealt to injured figures before non-injured ones. line of sight: An imaginary line drawn from a unit attacking a target unit at range that helps determine if the attack can be made. Obstructions can penalize the attack, and blocking terrain can prevent it. move order: An order that allows a unit to move. movement icon: A basic icon that contains a yellow chevron on a circular black background. A unit gets 1 movement point for each of its ready movement icons. movement point: A point derived from a ready movement icon that the unit can spend to pay directional costs when moving. notch: An angular cutout that appears on each side of a base. order: One of five actions that units can be given: move, close combat, ranged combat, regroup, and special. order points: A number that indicates how many orders a player can issue to units on his or her turn. outline: A colored circle surrounding a base slot, which might include basic and special ability icons. peg: A protruding piece of plastic on the bottom of a figures footpad where it fits into the base. The number of pegs determines the number of hit points a figure has. phantom dice: During combat dice comparison, if there is more of one type (attack or defense) than another, each extra die is compared against a phantom die with a value of 2. Phantom dice do not score hits against an attacker or a defender. pushing: Giving a second order of the same kind to a single unit on the same turn. The unit that is pushed must down one figure as a penalty and cannot be pushed again that turn. range icon: A basic icon that looks like a blue die. Roll one blue die for each of these ready icons when giving your unit a ranged combat order. ranged combat: Combat that occurs during a ranged combat order.

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ranged combat order: An order that allows a unit to attack an enemy unit at a distance. ready: When a figure occupies a unit slot, that slot is ready. Any icons or unit special abilities associated with a ready slot can be used. regroup order: An order that allows a unit to change its orientation and figure arrangement. slots: Holes in the unit card that figures fit into. Slots are surrounded by a colored outline that often contains game information. snapping to: A mandatory partial movement used during a move order to bring a moving unit adjacent to another unit or a piece of terrain. sortie: A unit built on a sortie base, which is half the size of a formation base. special close combat order: A special order that is subject to effects that impact close combat orders. special move order: A special order that is subject to effects that impact move orders. special ranged combat order: A special order that is also subject to effects that impact ranged combat orders. special order: An order used to activate a special ability. standard game: The baseline game with the following characteristics: 7,000 build total, 8 order points, and 21 victory points. starting slot: A slot labeled with a figure number at the beginning of the game, all starting slots on a unit must contain the corresponding figure. step: An increment of movement equal to the length of one sortie base. terrain: Objects on the battlefield that have different interactive characteristics and different colored outlines. There are three types of terrain: blocking, control, and hindering. turning tool: The plastic triangular piece used to turn a unit. unit: A base with a unit card and figures set into it. unit bar: An information area at the bottom of a unit card that displays the units build point cost, codex, faction, special abilities, and name. unit card: A thick paper card that is custom cut to, when set on top of a base, reveal only certain peg holes for figures to sit in on a base. unit special ability: A game-altering conditional rule. Unit special abilities are represented by diamond-shaped icons that appear in the unit bar next to the point value, and are active as long as a unit is still in the game. victory point: The value used to determine the winner of a game. A standard game requires a player to earn 21 victory points. Game variations may change the number of victory points needed to win.
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