User Guide

B – Spell Book, ♣ – Creatures' graveyard, E – ether, O – out of play

monster that happens to be on "alien" terrain. If combat occurs between a hero and a monster belonging

to the same territory or if both are on “alien” territory, the monster has the advantage. If two heroes

start combat on either "home" or "alien" ground, the more experienced hero will have an advantage.

The combatant making the second move is compensated by receiving a sixth spell in his hand, while the

attacker always starts combat with only five spells.

As on the territory map, there are two parts to each combat phase: issuing commands and automatic

actions. During the first part of the attack phase, a hero can cast spells and give commands to

subordinate creatures (e.g. assigning targets). Each side can summon up to 10 creatures to the

battlefield. Some orders (e.g. Sacrifice) will be carried out immediately, while others (e.g. attacking an

enemy hero) can only be executed after the “End of Phase” command is issued and creatures start

acting independently.

Characters’ parameters in a Combat

All characters including heroes, monsters, and summoned creatures have a parameter indicating their

health status: Life for heroes, Toughness for creatures. The value shows how much damage the

character can sustain before being destroyed. If health reaches zero, the character is killed. Some

heroes and creatures may naturally regenerate some health each turn; summoned creatures can only

regenerate if their owner possesses the necessary ether.

A second parameter called Power applies only to creatures. The Power value shows how many points

of damage the creature can inflict on an enemy within one combat phase.

Battlefield scheme and terms

To describe the game's combat process, we'll use certain terms usually applied to magic card games.

The game zone can be presented as follows (arrows show movement of spells, creatures and ether from

one area to another while the combat lasts; certain specific spells can trigger connections not shown on

the scheme).

Field

Your hand

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Enemy’s hand

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