User Guide

green lights are your remaining AP.

Different actions cost different amounts of APs. It costs very lit-

tle to walk one meter, but to walk several meters costs more.

Attacking with a knife is faster than aiming with a rifle, so the knife

attack will cost less AP to perform.

Movement. The number of AP points to move is shown in the

middle of the movement cursor when you pause the cursor for a

moment over the destination hex. If there is a red X in the center of

the cursor, then you do not have enough AP to move that far, or there

is something (or someone) blocking your access to that hex.

Running in combat has no advantage or penalty.

Reserve Movement. If you hold down the CTRL key while

clicking to move, you will reserve enough action points to perform the

current action for the active item. If you want enough AP left over to

shoot your target, but you want to get as close to it as possible (to get

the best possible chance to hit), then hold down the CTRL key when

you click to move. Example: You have 9 AP. Your current weapon is

a Colt 6520. It costs 5 AP to shoot the gun. If you hold CTRL down

when you click on a hex that is 8 hexes away, you will only move (9-

5) 4 hexes towards the destination hex. You will have 5 AP remain-

ing, just enough to shoot the pistol.

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Table 5-1 ACTION POINTS

ACTION TO PERFORM BASE AP COST

Walking ..........................................................1 AP per meter (hex)

Hand to Hand (HtH) Attack ..............................3 AP

Melee Weapon Attack ......................................4 AP *

Ranged Attack (Single)......................................5 AP *

Ranged Attack (Burst)........................................6 AP *

Targeted Attack ................................................+1 AP *

Reloading Ammo..............................................2 AP

Accessing Inventory ..........................................4 AP

Opening a door ..............................................3 AP

Using a scenery item ........................................3 AP

*Some weapons cost more or less AP than listed to use. The number of AP to use an active

item (like a weapon) is always shown in the lower left-hand corner of the active item button.