Mythic Earth

The following sections will help you get grounded on the general terminology and concepts of the game.

These are six-sided dice used to mark which Units have attempted, succeeded or failed to perform their Unit Action(s).

The model scale is 28mm. Minis should be mounted on round or oval bases (32mm to 140mm). Though this is optional, it is highly recommended. All Mythicos Minis models are supplied with round or oval bases.

• Incursion: 3' X 3'.
• Battles for the Balance and Mythic Battles: 4'x 6'.

Measurements are always done in inches. Measuring can take place at any time and is always made by measuring from the closest Mini in a Unit to the closest Mini in the Unit being measured to.

Each side plays the game with one Force.

Each Force is composed of multiple Units. Each Unit is composed of a single or multiple miniatures (Minis).

There are 6 Unit Types in the game.

• Humanoids.
• Beasts.
• Monsters.
• Multitudes.
• Behemoths.
• Watercraft

Unless noted otherwise, the Game is played for six full turns.

Game Cards can be used as a game-playing aid:

• Primary scenario cards (Balance of the Way).
• Secondary scenario cards (Devotions to the Way).
• Magic Spell Cards.
• In-game Benefits and Unit Upgrade Cards (such as Blessings of the Way).

A Mini's base size helps measure things like movement and shooting-related Unit Actions. We use standard base sizes for all Minis.

• 32 Millimeters (mm): Humanoids.
• 40 Millimeters (mm): Beasts.
• 60 Millimeters (mm): Monsters, Multitudes.
• 140 Millimeters (mm): Behemoths.

Base-specific rules

• Bases can never overlap each other, whether they are friendly or enemy Units.
• No part of a Mini's base may overlap any table edge or Impassable Landscape Feature.

"Within" means any part of one or more Minis' bases are touching a certain area. "Wholly Within" means all Minis in a Unit or the entirety of a single Mini, must be inside a designated area (such as a Landscape area for example).

If a re-roll is allowed by any rule, then you must re-roll all of the dice involved with the particular re-rollable dice roll. No dice roll can ever be re-rolled more than once.

These are the two main alignments which are at the core of the Mythic Earth game background (the lore) and its play style. Before the battle commences, randomly choosing Everliving or Everchanging alignment is a key "Balance of The Way" play-style-driver in games of Mythic Earth. Not knowing which of the two alignments a Force may be fighting for in any particular game of Mythic Earth means that most players will endeavor to build more balanced Forces, which would be more flexible and better able to compete and adapt to unpredictable battle conditions. Depending on a Force's randomly chosen alignment a Force will have access to different, (and specific to each alignment); Primary and Secondary Scenarios, Magic Spells, and Blessings of The Way.

Before the game begins, players randomly choose one of the two The Way alignments. One player will then play the game under the banner of the Everliving, while the other will represent the Everchanging. At no time can both players represent the same alignment, so, for example, two Everliving aligned Forces could not face each other in the same game. This choice gives the opposing Forces access to the alignment-specific Devotions to The Way (secondary scenarios), Magic Spells and Blessings of The Way (Blessings of The Way are precisely what the name implies; they are rewards from the gods and demigods who rule the Everliving and the Everchanging).

Victory is achieved by accomplishing specific battle objectives outlined in the primary Balance of The Way scenarios and the Devotions to The Way secondary scenarios and gaining Victory Points (VPs). Please note that the primary Balance of The Way scenarios are NOT alignment-specific.

A collection of six-sided (D6) and ten-sided (D10) dice, a measuring device such as a measuring tape, a few smaller D6 dice or colored pegs to keep track of Brave Status Markers, and a Mythic Earth Force.

The following section examines Units in detail.

Unit Competencies are the Data Points that specify how adept a Unit is at performing Actions during the game. Each Unit Data Point will have a specific value(s) assigned to it.

• Move (M): Designates the maximum number of inches a Unit may move at any one time.
• Shoot (SH): Used to determine Shooting proficiency.
• Fight (FI): Determines Unit's Hand-to-Hand Combat ability.
• Save (SV): Determines a Unit's chance to survive damage from an attack.
• React (RE): Determines the chance of performing certain Unit Actions or Reactions.
• Brave (BR): Determines the ability of a Unit to perform Unit Actions and how a Unit fares psychologically during the battle.
• Wounds (W): Determines the amount of damage a Mini or Unit can take before it is removed from the battlefield.

Some Units in the game have Data Points which differ because one or more individual Minis within the Unit have lower or higher Data Points. When required to perform any Data Point Test (i.e., a test that compares a die roll to the Unit's related Data Point), always use the highest Data Point in the Unit.

Aside from a Unit's Competencies, a Unit Data Card will list other Game-related Data Points. Together with the Unit Competencies, they provide all the elements that make each Unit a unique fighting force in Mythic Earth games.

Unit Options

Unit Options are specific to each Unit. These can be a range of weapon choices, additional benefits for a Heroic Figure, etc.

Unit Activation Dice (UAD)

This details how many Unit Activation Dice the Unit has available. Each Unit Activation Die allows a Unit to perform two “Single-Action” Unit Actions or one “Double-Action” Unit Action.

Talents

Talents are unique abilities a Unit is blessed with, granting certain in-game benefits or advantages. No Unit Talents or their details are listed in this Core Rules document. Instead, these can be found in each Unit's Data Card and Force Roster.

Generals. A Must-Have Unit

Every Force must include one (and no more than one) Mini with the “General” designation. Generals will also always be Heroic Figures. Generals may be on foot or mounted. They can even be mounted on Behemoths. Aside from the General Mini, no other Unit is mandated to be included in a Force. Forces can be composed of any combination of Units available to them. Please Note that some Units may be limited in number by their specific Force Roster. For example, Behemoths are limited to only one per Force.

Heroic Figures

Heroic Figure is a Unit Classification and not a Talent. Being a Heroic Figure does not provide any specific benefits, but it is often used in some scenarios as a criterion to achieve objectives and score Victory Points.

The following section outlines game-related mechanics and rules, such as Building and Using a Unit Activation Dice Pool and activating Units by using the Unit Activation Dice in the pool. This section also covers Brave Tests, Movement, Shooting, Hand-To-Hand Fights, and Magic.

In Mythic Earth, as with all warfare, success on the battlefield is dictated by how a Force performs during the battle. In our game, a Force achieves victory through a combination of great generalship, as expressed through the Actions of the Force's various Units. This fundamental aspect of the game is managed by utilizing Unit Activation Dice to determine Player and Unit initiative order and control the activity of individual Units. When successfully assigned a Unit Activation Die, Units can perform Unit Actions. This process is covered in detail in the “Playing the Game” section (see page 45).

A Brief Introduction and Overview of The Unit Activation Dice and Dice Pool:

• Unit Activation Dice: Each Unit begins the game with a minimum of 1 Unit Activation Die. A Unit can perform TWO Single-Action Unit Actions or One Double-Action Unit Action per Unit Activation Die.
• Build The Unit Activation Dice Pool: A Unit Activation Dice Pool is built at the beginning of the Game and the start of each subsequent Game Turn. The Dice Pool is built by gathering a Force's Unit Activation Dice and pooling them together.

Unit Activation Dice and Dice Pool Power the Game's Action:

• Deployment and First Game Turn: Use the dice in the Unit Activation Dice Pool for player and Unit initiatives- this is the order in which Units will Deploy and subsequently Activate.
• From the Second through Sixth Game Turns: Unit Activation Dice from the Unit Activation Dice Pool determines the player and Unit initiative orders. The dice are taken from the pool and placed next to a Unit each time a player wants that Unit to attempt to perform Actions.
• Unit Brave Status Markers May Impact a Unit's Attempt to Activate: Before activating a Unit, you'll need to check to see if it has any Unit Brave Status Markers assigned to it. If it does, then a Unit Activation Test will be required. If it does not, then the Unit may perform its desired Actions without taking a Unit Activation Test. A Unit that fails a Unit Activation Test will become Frozen.

There are two main types of Unit Actions: Single- and Double-Unit Actions. This rulebook includes the 14 Single-Action and Double-Action Unit Actions available to Units.

Single Action Unit Actions rules:

• As noted above, a Unit may perform two “Single-Action” Unit Actions in any combination and order during its Game Turn per Unit Activation Die assigned to the Unit. So, for example, a Unit may Move and Shoot when assigned a Unit Activation Die.
• A Unit cannot perform the same “Single-Action” Unit Action twice when assigned a Unit Activation Die.
• Single-Action Unit actions must be performed consecutively by a Unit before assigning a Unit Activation Die to another Unit.
• Magic Spells: As per the rule above, a Magic User (with a 2+ Magic Level) can cast two different Magic Spells when assigned a Unit Activation Die because each Magic Spell counts as a unique Single-Action Unit Action.
• Please note that the same Magic Spell cannot be attempted to be cast twice by a Force in a Game Turn (see page 42 for rules on using Magic).

Double Action Unit Actions.

• Some Unit Actions count as double actions. One "Double-Action" uses the entirety of a single Unit Activation Die in a Game Turn. So, for example, the Unit in the example above can choose to only March instead of Moving and Shooting.

Units with Multiple Unit Activation Dice.

Certain Units, such as some Behemoths or Heroic Figures, may have access to multiple Unit Activation Dice. As per above, each Unit Activation Die allows a single Unit to execute up to two “Single-Action” Unit Actions or one “Double Action” Unit Action. When a Unit with multiple Unit Activation Dice can be assigned a Unit Activation Die, it receives one Die per opportunity. It must wait until the next chance to be assigned another Unit Activation Die.

Unit Actions for a Unit with NO Unit Brave Status Markers Assigned to It.

If a Unit has no Unit Brave Status Markers assigned to it, it will perform whatever allowed Unit Actions the player wants it to perform without taking a Test. Upon a player's turn to activate one of his Units, put a Unit Activation Die (six-sided die, 1D6) from the Unit Activation Dice Pool next to the Unit to indicate that the Unit will attempt to perform a Unit Action(s). If the Unit does have Unit Brave Status Markers assigned to it, follow the steps below to see if it can perform Unit Action(s).

For a Unit with Unit Brave Status Markers assigned to it to successfully perform an Action(s) when given a chance during the game, a Unit Activation Test will be required. The Test will be attempted by rolling one ten-sided die (1D10) and comparing the result to the modified value of the Unit's Highest Brave Data Point.

How Unit Brave Status Markers Impact the Unit Activation Process

A Unit's ability to perform Unit Actions during the battle depends on how they fare physically and psychologically throughout the game. As a Unit suffers adverse effects during a game (casualties from close combat, for example), it gains Unit Brave Status Markers; therefore, Unit Brave Status Markers help in keeping track of how the Unit is doing and what negative modifiers may impact a Unit's Brave Test attempts later in the game. Unit Brave Status Markers can be any individual marker, peg, or chip, which gets added next to a Unit to keep track of how many negative modifiers it may have, which will then be applied to any Brave Data Point-based Test the Unit may need to take. This can also be tracked using six-sided (D6s) or ten-sided dice (D10s), with each pip on the die counting as a negative modifier of one (-1) to the Unit's highest Brave Data Point when a Unit is asked to take a Brave Test for example.

Gaining Brave Status Markers:

• Per Successful Shoot Attack Hit on a Unit. The Unit does not need to suffer a wound; it just needs to be successfully Hit.
• Per wound suffered in Hand-to-Hand Combat.
• By Failing any Brave-based Test.
• From various special attacks to game effects.

Shedding Unit Brave Status Markers from Units:

• Per successful Passing of any Brave-Based Test.
• By successfully performing a Regroup Unit Action
• From various in-game effects such as Blessings of Magic Spells

Remember, before assigning a Unit Activation Die to a Unit, check to see if it has any Unit Brave Status Markers assigned to it.

Brave Status Marker Overload

If at any time a Unit collects 150% or more (rounding up) than its highest Brave Data Point in Unit Brave Status Markers, then the Unit is automatically Destroyed. No Brave Test is taken, the Unit is unable to recover its morale and is removed from the table. Example: An Aztec High Priest and his Unit gather 12 Unit Brave Status Markers. The Unit would be automatically Destroyed as his base Brave Data Point is 8 and 150% of 8 is 12. Remove the Unit and all its Unit Activation Dice from the battlefield and the game.

1. Deduct one (-1) from the highest Brave Data Point in the Unit for every Unit Brave Status Marker assigned to the Unit. This is now the base number used to determine whether the Test is Passed or Failed.
2. Now, roll one ten-sided die (1D10) and compare the result to the base number calculated in the previous steps.

Pass. If the die roll is equal to or lower than the highest modified Unit Brave Data Point (the base number as per above), then the Test is Passed, and the following results apply:

• The Unit may perform the desired Action(s).
• Remove one Unit Brave Status Marker from the Unit, as passing a Brave-based Test will automatically remove a single Unit Brave Status Marker.

Fail. If the result exceeds the highest modified Unit Brave Data Point, then the Test is failed, and the following results apply:

• The Unit does not perform any Unit Actions.
• The Unit becomes Frozen and cannot perform Unit Action(s). (Please see 26) for all rules regarding Frozen.
• The Unit gains one additional Unit Brave Status Marker.
• The Unit's Activation Die is assigned to it as if it had successfully passed the Test and performed the desired Unit Action.

Specific Unit Actions may require the Unit to take a Competency Data Point-based Test during the game.

• Competency Tests can be anything OTHER than a Brave Data point-based Test, such as a Unit Activation Test.
• Competency Data Point-based Tests do not consider any Unit Brave Status Markers a Unit may have assigned to it and do not impact the Unit positively or negatively.
• Passing a Competency Data-based Test does not remove any Unit Brave Status Markers.
• Failing a Competency Data-based Test does not add any Unit Brave Status Markers.

When taking a Competency-based Test, please add or subtract any additions or subtractions required by any in-game effects to the Unit's highest relevant Data Point. The resulting number is the base number to which one ten-sided die (1D10) roll will be compared.

Pass: If the resulting 1D10 die roll is equal to or lower than the relevant base Competency Unit Data Point (as per above) then the Test is Passed.

Fail: If the die roll result is higher than the relevant and base Competency Unit Data Point (as per above) of the Unit taking the Test, then it Fails the test, and the Unit cannot perform the desired Unit Action. It does not, however, lose the opportunity to perform some other Action. If that other Unit Action requires another or different Competency Test, it will need to take a new Test to see if it can perform the Unit Action.

Below is the complete list and a summary of the Actions Units can perform. The chapters that follow provide a full explanation of all the Actions below.

Single-Actions

1. Move. (28) Single-Action.

• Allows a single Unit to move its standard movement.

2. Shoot. (30) Single-Action.

• Each Mini in the Unit can Shoot its allotment of shots once. The number of shots is defined by the weapon being used.

3. Magic Spell. Single-Action.

• Each spell counts as a Single-Action. Units or Minis with a Magic Level may Cast spells.

4. On Alert. Single-Action.

• The totality of the On Alert Rules Is in the description immediately below.
• A Unit can only go On Alert as its second Unit Action unless it forgoes all other Unit Actions.
• A Unit with multiple Unit Activation Dice can only go On Alert with its last available Unit Activation Die.
• A Unit that goes On Alert sets up a trap and can immediately perform any “Single-Action” Unit Action against an enemy within 10” that was successfully assigned a Unit Activation Die or if, for any reason, the enemy Unit Moves within 10" of the On Alert Unit.
• Whatever the “Single-Action” Unit Action the On Alert Unit chooses to perform when its trap is sprung, it can only ever be used against one enemy Unit, even if multiple enemy Units trigger the On Alert Unit's trap.
• For an On Alert Unit to successfully spring its trap, it must first pass a Competency Test based on its React Data Point.
  • If successful, the On Alert Unit performs one “Single-Action” Unit Action immediately before the opposing Unit can perform its Unit Action.
  • If the test fails, the Unit loses its On Alert status, and its Unit Activation Die is removed and placed back into the Unit Activation Dice Pool. The enemy Unit will no longer be interacted with by the On Alert Unit and can proceed to perform its Action without disruption.
• Once put On Alert, a Unit cannot perform any additional Unit Actions in that or any following Game Turns until their On Alert trap is sprung or the controlling player chooses to remove the On Alert status from the Unit.
• The Unit Activation Die assigned to an On Alert Unit stays next to that Unit until the controlling player chooses to remove the On Alert status from that Unit, which he can do at any time in a following Game Turn or during the Game Turn's Clean Up Phase.
• When a player removes the On Alert Die from a Unit During a Game Turn before the Game Turn's Clean Up Phase (perhaps he wishes to try and perform a Unit Action later in that Turn), the removed Die is added to the player's Unit Activation Dice Pool as a one (1).
• If the On Alert Die is removed in a Game Turn's Clean-up Phase, the Unit Activation Die is added back into the Dice Pool as if the Unit had performed a Unit Action.

5. Countercharge for On Alert Units. (37) Single-Action.

• Countercharge is a unique Unit Action that allows a friendly Unit to react to an enemy charging Unit by itself, Charging the oncoming enemy Unit. This Unit Action can only be taken by an On Alert Unit after passing its Competency (React) Test.

6. Regroup. Single-Action.

• A Unit Activation Test taken by a Unit attempting to perform a Regroup Unit Action Ignores any Unit Brave Status Markers it may have assigned to it when taking the test. A Unit that successfully Regroups rolls one six-sided die and removes 1D3 Unit Brave Status Markers from itself.

7. Lay Low/Take Cover. Single-Action.

• The Unit hides, ducks, or kneels behind any Landscape feature or even out in the open by throwing themselves on the ground and lying flat to minimize the damage from incoming Shooting Attacks (see page 31). The Unit then becomes Frozen.

8. Capture/Claim. Single-Action.

• Units must perform the Capture/Claim Action to capture objectives and score Victory Points.

9. Stop Fleeing. (24) Single-Action.

• A Unit that has not yet received a Unit Activation die and is eligible to receive one can attempt to Stop Fleeing by taking a Brave Test (see page 23).

Double-Actions

10. March. (28) Double-Action.

• Allows a single Unit to move twice its standard movement.

11. Focused Shot. (31) Double-Action.

• Each Mini in the Unit can Shoot its allotment of shots once. Minis in the Unit can't perform any other Action. In addition, the Unit gets an increase of one (+1) to its Shoot Data Point to improve its chance of hitting with its Shooting attacks.

12. Charge. (36) Double-Action.

• A Unit that performs a March Action to move into contact with an enemy Unit will initiate an immediate round of Hand-to-Hand Combat. The benefit of declaring a Charge is that the Charging Unit adds one (+1) to its Fight value when attacking the enemy for the first round of a Hand-to-Hand Combat.
• The Charged Unit will fight back simultaneously but receives no Charge bonuses.
• Charge-Throws and Defensive Fire (see page 36).

13. Attack. (38) Double-Action.

• A Unit already engaged in Hand-To-Hand Combat may attack the opponent with whom it is locked in combat.
• The opponent Unit does not get the opportunity to attack back.
• Do not resolve winner or loser as you would at the end of a Hand-to-hand Combat that follows a Charge or Countercharge.

14. Disengage. Double-Action.

• The totality of the Disengage Rules Is in the description immediately below
• When a Unit is asked to perform a Disengage Action, it will immediately disengage from Hand-to-Hand Combat and Flee away from the enemy Unit and towards its own deployment zone or nearest table edge: Pick one, whichever is closest.
• The Unit does not continue its Flee movement in subsequent turns as if it had been Fleeing due to a failed Brave Test from a lost Hand-to-Hand Combat but can do nothing else in that turn and becomes Frozen at the end of the Disengage Action.

Units may need to test their resolve to remain in the fight for various reasons, which will be noted in the following sections, but below are some reasons why a Unit will need to take a Brave Test:

• Lost a Hand-To-hand Combat.
• It suffers horrendous numbers of casualties from a round of Shooting.
• It may be facing a terrifying Behemoth.
• An In-game effect requires the Unit to take a Brave Test.

Unit Brave Status Markers Influence Brave Tests

As a reminder, Unit Brave Status Markers help track of how the Unit's resolve is faring during the battle. Unit Brave Status Markers are also negative modifiers applied to any Brave Data Point-based test the Unit may need to take.

Brave Test Modifiers

All modifiers are cumulative and are added to or deducted from the highest Brave Data Point in the Unit and then compared to the result of the 1D10 roll:

• -1 For each Unit Brave Status Marker on the Unit.
• -1 For being Frozen.
• -1 For Fleeing.
• +1 For each Heroic Figure within 10” of the Unit taking the Brave Test.

How to take a Brave Test

Deduct one (-1) from the highest Unit Brave Data Point in the Unit for every Unit Brave Status Marker assigned to the Unit. This is now the base number used to determine whether the Test is Passed or Failed. Now, roll one ten-sided die (1D10) and compare the resulting number to the Unit's modified Brave Data Point.

Pass: If the die roll is equal to or lower than the highest modified Unit Brave Data Point, then the Test is passed, and the Unit will automatically remove one Unit Brave Status Marker from itself.

Fail: If the result is greater than the highest modified Unit Brave Data Point, then the Test is failed, and the Unit will Flee.

Behavior of a Fleeing Unit

• A Unit that Flees for any reason will perform a March Double-Action. This Double-Action Unit Action is FREE and does not require the Unit to use a Unit Activation Die. The Unit will always strive to Flee from the enemy which defeated it in a Hand-to-Hand Combat, or which caused it to Flee due to damage from Shooting or Magic Attacks.
• The Fleeing Unit always performs as much of its March Flee Movement as possible, must perform it all if nothing impedes it, and does so directly towards its Force's initial deployment table edge.
• The Fleeing Unit Flees Around Impassible Landscape Areas and Behemoth Minis.
• If the fleeing Unit has no place to go because all of its paths are blocked by Impassable Landscape areas, Behemoths, or another Enemy Unit, then it will cease Fleeing and stop as if it had Fled its total allowable Fleeing distance.
• Fleeing Units do not stop until they have successfully benefitted from a Stop Fleeing Unit Action or because of an in-game Special rule (such as a Blessing for example).
• If the Fleeing Unit encounters and contacts any table edge, it is considered destroyed. Remove it and its Unit Activation Dice from the table.

• If a Fleeing Unit is Charged, it will momentarily stop its Flee movement and accept the Charge. It cannot use Thrown Weapons against the Charging Enemy Unit. It will then fight as standard in the Charge process (simultaneously) but will do so, suffering from a -2 Fight Data Point modifier for as long as it is engaged in a combat that came about for being charged. This negative modifier applies vs all Units that may have charged it.
• In the rare case that a Fleeing Unit that was charged manages to win the Combat that ensued from the Charge, it will immediately take a Brave Test WITHOUT any negative modifiers and, as always, will Test on its highest available Unit Brave Data Point. If it passes the Test, the Unit cannot perform a consolidation Move. It will hold its ground and maintain its Unit Activation Die if it has one assigned to it or wait for one to be assigned to it.

A Unit can attempt to stop fleeing via a “Stop Fleeing' Unit Action taken by itself or if ordered to do so by a nearby Heroic Figure (see below). The Unit can do so in any Game Turn, even in the same Game Turn in which the Unit started Fleeing, so long as it has not yet received a Unit Activation Die.

• Pass: When a Unit stops Fleeing, it will cease all further movement and stop 1” away from any friendly Units and more than 3” away from any enemy Units nearby. If the Unit Stopped Fleeing because it successfully performed a Stop Fleeing Action then the Unit may perform another Single-Action Unit Action. If the Unit has not yet received any Unit Activation Die because it was helped to Stop Fleeing by a nearby Heroic Figure then it can perform any allowed Unit Actions.
• Fail: If the Fleeing Unit is unable to stop Fleeing for any reason after which an attempt to do so was made by itself or a Heroic Figure's attempt on its behalf, then the Fleeing Unit will immediately begin another Flee move and Flee away from the closest enemy Unit and towards its own deployment zone or nearest table edge: Pick one, whichever is closest.

A Heroic Figure can perform a Stop Fleeing Action on behalf of another friendly Unit that is Fleeing and within 10” of it if the Heroic Figure has not yet received Unit Activation dice.

• In this case, the Brave Test is not taken using the fleeing unit's brave data points but instead using the Heroic Figure's Brave Data Point.
• The Unit, benefitting from the Heroic Figure's (likely superior) Brave Data Point, still applies any negative modifiers to the Brave test roll as usual.
• Please note that this rule is different (and improved) for Heroic Figures with the Command Talent.

The Frozen rule is an essential aspect of the Mythic Earth game that may impact a Unit's ability to perform.

Basic Frozen rules

• A Unit only becomes Frozen by Failing a Unit Activation Test, not any other Brave-based or Competency-based Test.
• A Frozen Unit may not perform any Unit Actions while Frozen other than attempt a Regroup Unit Action.
• A Unit that begins a Game Turn Frozen treats its Unit Activation Die as if it were a one (1) and MUST attempt to Regroup and always goes last.
• If a Force has more than one Frozen Unit, then the controlling player chooses in which order to attempt to Unfreeze his Units.
• A side's Frozen Units will always go last in a Game Turn.

Frozen Units and Unit Brave Status Markers

• A test to Unfreeze a Frozen Unit is considered a Brave Test. Passing it will remove a Unit Activation Marker and failing it will add one.

Frozen Units, how they behave in Hand-To-Hand Combats, and how they're impacted by Fleeing

• If a Frozen Unit is Charged, it will accept the Charge and attack simultaneously as per the standard Charge rules, but it will not be able to attempt Charge Throws using Thrown Weapons.
• If a Frozen Unit wins a Hand-To-Hand Combat that arose due to being Charged, it immediately becomes Unfrozen but does nothing else. Its Unit Activation Die is added to the Unit Activation Dice Pool as a one (1) if it had not had a chance to Regroup. If it had and Failed its previous Regroup attempt, it keeps its Unit Activation Die as a one (1).
• If a Frozen Unit loses a Hand-To-Hand Combat that arose due to being Charged and Flees or Flees for any other reason, it immediately becomes Unfrozen, and the Unit now counts as Fleeing.

How Units Unfreeze

A Unit Unfreezes when:

• It successfully performs a Regroup Unit Action.
• Passes a Free Test to Unfreeze during the Clean-up Phase of a Game Turn.
• Wins a Hand-To-Hand Combat after being Charged.
• Flees for any reason.

• A Frozen Unit can become Unfrozen by successfully performing a Regroup Action in a Game Turn that it begins as Frozen. This is treated as a normal Unit Activation process, not a Free Test like during a Clean-up Phase (see below).
• If the Unit passes its Regroup Brave Test in a subsequent Game Turn (after the previous Turn's Clean Up Phase Free attempt was failed), then keep the Unit's Activation Die next to it as if it had performed a Single-Action. In this case, the Unfrozen Unit will keep its Unit Activation Die as a one (1).
• Units with multiple Unit Activation Dice that become Frozen with one die can try to become Unfrozen with any of its remaining unassigned Unit Activation Dice by successfully performing a Regroup Unit Action.
• If a Unit with multiple Unit Activation Dice becomes Frozen with its final Unit Activation Die, it keeps ALL of its Unit Activation Dice next to it until it has the next opportunity to become Unfrozen, as per above.

A Frozen Unit can become Unfrozen if it passes a FREE (meaning no need to assign the Unit a Unit Activation Die) Brave Test during the Clean-up Phase of a Game Turn. It can then, for example, attempt to perform Unit Actions normally (by taking a Unit Activation Test if needed).

• Pass: When a Unit becomes Unfrozen during the FREE Clean-Up Phase attempt, all of the Unit Activation Dice that were assigned to it are returned to the collection of dice available for use in the next Game Turn's Unit Activation Dice Pool.
• If it is a Unit which had Multiple Unit Activation Dice assigned to it, then leave one of those Dice next to it and return the remainder to the Unit Activation Dice Pool. The Die (or Dice), which are returned to the Dice Pool in this way, are added to the Dice Pool as a One(s). No further penalties from Being Frozen apply, and more Unit Activation Dice can be assigned if it is a Unit with Multiple Unit Activation Dice.
• Fail: Unit remains Frozen until the next opportunity to become Unfrozen. It retains any Unit Activation Dice which were assigned to it. Unlike a normal Brave Test the Unit does not Flee if it failed the Brave Test. It will just remain Frozen.
• A Unit that failed its FREE Brave Test during the Clean-up Phase of the previous Game Turn MUST attempt to become Unfrozen in the following Game Turn by attempting to Regroup. If this test is also failed, then the Unit will remain Frozen.

Movement General Rules

The following rules govern all Movement a Unit wishes to make when it performs any Unit Action requiring the Unit to move any number of inches. This may be a Move, March, Charge, or Fleeing Unit Action. If the Unit moves any distance, it will follow the Movement rules below.

Movement-related Unit Rules

Each unit has a Movement Data Point (its Movement rate).

• Unless stated by a Unit-specific Talent or game rule, no Unit may move more than twice its standard Movement rate.
• Movement is always measured from the base of a Mini. If the Mini does not have a base, Movement is instead measured from the Mini's torso or body's midsection if it doesn't have a torso.
• No Mini in any Unit may move closer than 1” to any Enemy Unit at any time unless it is going to attack that Unit in a Hand-to-Hand Fight by declaring it is going to Charge or Countercharge the Enemy Unit.
• With the exception of Behemoths, Units may move through other friendly Units of the same Type as itself.
• Behemoths can move through any Unit, even other Behemoths. But if a Behemoth does so, it will undoubtedly create havoc and cause damage to its erstwhile allies. Thus, a Behemoth moving through friendly Units will cause the following number of Hits, which could possibly damage the Units it trampled through. Determine the number of Hits inflicted on the Unit being passed through by the Behemoth as per the below guidelines and roll to Save as usual for any Hits inflicted:
  • 1D6 Auto Hits to Humanoids, Beasts, and Multitudes.
  • 1D3 Auto Hits to Monsters.
  • 1 Auto Hit to Behemoths.
• Wounds suffered from being trampled by a Behemoth assign Unit Activation markers to the trampled Unit as per the Hand-To-Hand Combat rules.
• Units can move freely over obstacles not taller than the tallest Mini in the Unit. The height is compared at the Mini's eye level.

Landscape Types

Movement can be reduced depending on the landscape type the Unit is moving through. There are only three Landscape types, and of those, only two types of will negatively impact a Mini's Movement.

• Open Landscape. Does not affect a Unit's Movement.
• Difficult Landscape. Reduces the Unit's Movement by 50% (rounding up) as soon as the Unit reaches the Difficult Landscape and while any Mini in the Unit remains (even partially) in the Difficult Landscape. Resume normal Movement rate once all Minis in the Unit are Wholly outside of the Difficult Landscape.
• Impassible Landscape. No Movement through this type of Landscape is allowed. Units that Fly can move freely over all types of Landscape but cannot land in an area denoted as an Impassible Landscape.

Units with the Unit Talent “Fly” in their Unit Data Card can Move over all Landscapes and Unit Types in the game.

• Flying Units can only attack non-flying Units in a Hand-To-Hand Fight by “Landing” to attack on the ground.
• Flying Units can only be attacked by other non-flying Units in a Hand-To-Hand Fight if the Flying Unit is on the ground.
• When Flying Units attack other Flying Units that were not already on the ground then both Units land to begin a Hand-To-Hand Fight.
• Flying Units never receive cover bonuses and can be shot with mundane or Magic Missiles (Shoot or Magic Missile Attacks) at any time by any Unit which has the Shooting Attack Range to reach it.
• When a Flying Unit loses combat and Flees, it does so after taking flight, so it counts as Flying.
• When a Flying Unit is Frozen, it immediately becomes Grounded.

Minis in a Unit comprised of three or more Minis must always remain within 1” of at least two other Minis in the same Unit. If the Unit is brought down to or started with only 2 Minis, then the Minis must be Within 1" of each other.

During the Game Turn's Clean-Up Phase, bring all Minis in a Unit into Unit Coherency. Do this before the start of every Game Turn.

Shooting General Rules

• All Unit types always benefit from a 360° field of fire.
• Minis may freely rotate at any time to face the target of their Shooting Action. This free rotation does not count as a Unit Action.
• Units may only Shoot once per Unit Activation unless a specific weapon shows that each Shooting Action is more than a single shot. If this is the case, the Shooting Unit will have a Data Point assigned to its Shooting weapon, reflecting its ability to generate multiple shots. This fact will be expressed by a Data Point addendum to the weapon, such as “X Shots,” and the “X” represents the possible number of Shots the weapon will produce.

Shooting Steps

• Pick a friendly Unit to Shoot (remember to take a Unit Activation Test if needed).
• Check to see if the Unit wishing to Shoot is within Range of the target Unit.
• Check and consider any modifiers that may need to be applied to the Shoot roll.
• Roll to Hit the enemy.
• The enemy Unit is assigned a single Unit Brave Status Marker if the Unit is successfully Hit.
• For each successful Hit, the enemy attempts a Save roll.
• The Enemy takes a Brave-based Test if Needed.

Before Rolling to Shoot, Check the Line of Sight to the Target Unit

• Draw the line of Sight from the Shooter Unit's base. Measure for each Mini in a Unit, and each Mini must be able to partially see at least one Mini in the target Enemy Unit it is shooting at.
• Minis see and Shoot without hindrance through Minis in their own Unit and other Friendly Units, except Behemoths or Massive Units.
• All Minis in a Unit must Shoot at the same target Enemy Unit.

How Landscape Features, Behemoths, Massive and Enemy Units Impact Line of Sight

• If the majority number of Minis (rounding up) in a Unit are partially obscured by any Difficult or Impassible Landscape feature or by any Enemy Minis, then it will obscure the Line of Sight to the Minis behind such Landscape or Minis.
• Any casualties caused to the target Unit must be removed from those Minis which are not obscured at all and fully visible to the Shooter. If all visible or partially visible Minis are removed due to the shooting, and there are more successful shots, but the remaining enemy Minis are fully hidden by the obscuring Landscape then the excess shots are discarded.
• Units on the same Force or Minis in the same Shooting Unit are not considered obscuring Landscape features and thus do not negatively affect a shooting Unit's chances of hitting the enemy.
• The only exception to the rule above is that friendly Units with the Massive Unit Talent and Behemoths will obscure a friendly Unit's shots targeting any enemy Unit beyond it.

Several factors will impact how successful a Unit is at hitting its target. When figuring out the base to Hit Number (see below), each applicable factor listed below must be considered for each Shooting attempt by a Unit. All modifiers are additions or subtractions to the D10 Dice rolled per Shooting attempt.

• -1 Against Target Units obscured by any Enemy Unit, Landscape Feature, enemy or friendly Behemoth, or Massive Unit (enemy or friendly). Any Shots at such a target are at a negative modifier of -1 for each Obscuring feature.
• -1 Against Units that are Charging, Counter Charging, or Fleeing.
• -1 For Long Range (as per the Shooting Weapon's Range Details)
• -1 If Unit Shooting stopped Fleeing in that Game Turn.
• -1 Against a Unit Laying Low/Taking Cover.
• -1 Vs. Dreadful Units.
• -1 Vs. Units with the Dodge Talent (as per the Dodge Rules).
• -1 When Shooting at a Fleeing Unit
• -2 For Shooting into an ongoing Hand-To-Hand Fight.
• +1 For an Overhead Shot.
• +1 For a Focused Shoot.
• +1 For Shooting at a Behemoth or Massive Unit.

• Remember to modify the Unit's Highest Shoot Data Point with any additions or subtractions from the Hit Modifiers above. After all modifiers, the resulting number is the base number needed for shots to hit their target successfully.
• Now roll one ten-sided Die (1D10) for each Mini armed with a ranged weapon (rock, bow, etc.) and compare the results to the base number (as per above). Dice rolls equal to or below the base number count as successful Hist.

Some Units in the game may have a weapon that covers large areas of the battlefield with one shot. These are known as Overhead Shot weapons. An Overhead Shot is treated exactly as a regular Shoot Attack and follows all the shooting rules above, i.e., pick a target Unit and roll to hit, but follow a few additional rules.

• Overhead Shot weapons use a 3” diameter Area Template.
• Overhead Shot weapons can Shoot targets hiding behind Landscape Features and do not need Line of Sight to the Target.
• Overhead Shots can Hit multiple Minis at once.
• Overhead Shots cannot target a Flying Unit unless the Flying Unit is Grounded.
• A Unit (even if not the original target) touched by an Area Template is always considered “Hit” and is assigned a single Unit Brave Status Marker.

The critical difference in using Overhead Shot weapons is how you treat a hit or miss. As noted above, a single Hit from an Overhead Shot can Hit multiple Minis in one go.

• If the D6 Roll to Hit is successful, place the 3” Area Template on any part of the Unit you declared your target.

If it is a missed shot, you will use the steps below. The missed shot may not hit the intended target Unit but will deviate to a random spot on the battlefield. An Additional Die Roll Is Needed for An Overheard Shot That Misses Its Target. Follow the steps below if the Overhead Shoot Action die roll was not successful.

• Choose a point near or on the originally targeted Unit. This is the starting point for the missed shot.
• Next, roll one six-sided die (1D6). The number rolled on the die is the distance the missed Overhead Shot will move.
• The number rolled is also compared to the table below. This is the general direction the missed shot heads in.
  • Roll of 6: True North (enemy deployment table edge).
  • Roll of 2-3: East.
  • Roll of 4-5: West.
  • Roll of 1: South (friendly deployment table edge).
• Finally, draw a hair-thin, straight line from the starting point you initially chose Above and end it at a spot anywhere within the direction that matches the table above; this is the final position of the missed Overhead shot.
• Place a 3” template at the final position. The template hits all models under it, even if only partially touched. Roll for Saves for the Hit Unit as usual.

Assign Unite Brave Status Marker

• The Hit Unit is assigned a Unit Brave Status Marker whether the enemy hits it once or multiple times per Shooting Attack Action.
• A target Unit may gather multiple Unit Brave Status Markers per Game Turn as multiple enemy Units may shoot it.

Hit Unit Rolls for Saves

• For every successful Shooting Hit inflicted on a Unit by an enemy attacker, the defender can attempt a Save roll.
• First, identify the Unit's Majority Save Data Point (the Save shared by the most Minis in the Unit that was hit). Modify all of the Hits with any additions or subtractions due to game effects or rules (for example, equipment such as armor will improve a Unit's Save Data Point); the resulting number is the Base Save number needed to Save a Unit from suffering wounds or casualties.
• Now roll one ten-sided die (1D10) for every Hit the Unit suffered; if the result is equal to or less than its Modified Save Data Point, the model successfully Saves the wound.

• +1 Light Armor.
• +2 Medium Armor.
• +1 For being within or behind Obscuring Area Landscape.
• -1 Per Weapon's Strength Data Point.

Note: Some Unit leaders may wear better armor than their fellow Unit members. In such cases, roll the Unit leader's Saves separately or at the same time but using a different die color. The leader's armor does not modify the Save Data point of his entire Unit and does not extend any special conditions or Talents from his armor to the rest of the Unit.

• Each Unsaved Hit causes one wound. Remove a one-wound Mini from a Unit per wound suffered.
• If a Unit has multi-wound Minis, then any wounds are applied to an individual Mini until the Mini suffers enough wounds to cause it to be killed before assigning further wounds to other multi-wound Minis in the Unit.
• Already wounded Minis will always get any new wounds inflicted on a multi-wound Minis Unit.
• If a Mini (such as a Behemoth) has multiple it will keep track of how many wounds it has suffered by using a die or some form of marker until the Mini loses all of its wounds and is removed from the tabletop.

Destroyed Units and their Unit Activation Dice both get removed from the Game when the Unit is Destroyed.

• When a Unit is destroyed, before it was assigned a Unit Activation Die, you remove the lowest value die or dice (if the Unit has more than one Unit Activation Die) from your Unit Activation Dice Pool.
• When a Unit with any Unit Activation Dice assigned to it is destroyed, please remove it and all the Unit's Activation Dice from the game (including any unused Dice that may remain in the Unit Activation Dice Pool (see above).

When a Unit is successfully Hit by a Shoot Attack that brings it down below 50% of the number of Minis it started with, in a Game Turn (not from the number of Minis it started the Game with), then the Unit must take a Brave Test as soon as it reaches that level of casualties. Note that this can happen multiple times in the same Game Turn.

Pass: If the Unit passes the Brave Test, the Unit does not Flee. It removes a single Unit Brave Status Marker.

Fail: If the Unit fails the Brave Test, then the Unit Flees and gains an additional Unit Brave Status Marker.

Some ranged weapons may be able to use special ammunition. Below are the ones currently in use. As new Forces are added new Special Ammunitions may appear on Mythic Earth battlefields. In that case, we will add them to this section or on their Force rosters.

• Fire Ammunition. A Unit is assigned not one, but two, Unit Brave Status Markers when Hit with a Shoot Attack from a ranged weapon armed with this ammunition. This type of ammunition affects all types of Units, even the Living Dead, and negates all Regeneration Talent benefits.
• Spectral Nightmares Ammunition. Unit suffers not one, but D3, Unit Brave Status Markers when Hit with a Shoot Attack from a weapon armed with this ammunition. This type of ammunition affects all types of Units, even the Living Dead.

General Hand-To-Hand Combat Rules

Units can perform Hand-To-Hand Unit Actions and engage in combat with the enemy after the Unit Charges, or Countercharges, or chooses to perform an Attack Unit Action.

Charge Unit Action Rules

When a Unit Charges, it performs a Hand-to-Hand Combat at the end of the Charge Unit Action and engages an enemy in a melee.

Resolve Charge-Throws and Return Fire Shots before moving into Hand-To-Hand

• Some Charging Units may be equipped with Thrown Weapons. Units with Thrown Weapons may throw them at the enemy they are charging. Only Thrown Weapons can be used in this manner by a Charging Unit. For example, a charging unit may throw spears at the unit it is charging, but it may not shoot it with bows.
• Units being Charged can Shoot at the Chargers with Thrown Weapons or use any ranged weapons they're equipped with as Defensive Fire Attacks.
• Defensive Fire Shots can be performed by a Unit Being Charged, even if it is already engaged in a Hand-To-Hand Combat with another Enemy Unit.
• Resolve Thrown Weapon and Defensive Fire Attacks before moving Chargers into contact with the Charge's target Unit.
• Any Hits will assign a Unit Brave Status Marker to the target of the Thrown Weapon Attacks.
• Any Minis killed by either Unit (Chargers and Charged) are removed before the Units engage in Hand-To-Hand combat and, therefore, do not get a chance to Fight back.
• Charge Throws and Defensive Fire shots are Free Unit Actions.

Moving the Chargers

• To make a Charge simply measure from the closest friendly Charging Unit Mini to the closest Mini in the Enemy Unit being Charged. If the distance is equal to or below the March Action range of the Charging Unit then the Charge is a success.
• Please keep in mind that any Move modifiers for the Charging Unit must be applied to the measurement needed for the distance to be covered by the Charging Unit, thus for example if a Charging Unit with a Move of 6” was 12” from an enemy Unit but the entire Charging Unit needed to cross over Difficult Landscape it would not be able to Charge in as the Difficult Landscape would reduce the its maximum movement by 50%, thus the Charging Unit would only be able to Move 6" in total.
• Once you've determined that the Unit being Charged is reachable, move the Charging Unit into contact with the Enemy. Move as many of the charging Unit's models into contact with the charged Unit. Once one Mini from the Charging Unit contacts the enemy, all of the models in the Charging Unit count as being engaged in the Fight, even if they're not all physically touching an enemy Mini.
• Only a single target Unit can be charged at a time. Even if the Unit is Charging into a multiple Unit Combat, if so, pick one of the available enemy Units to Charge. Note: If the target of the Charging Unit moves out of Charge Range for any reason (for example, because of an On Alert reaction), then the Charging Unit may choose to Charge another enemy Unit it can reach. If no Unit is available to accept the Charging Unit's Charge, then the Charge becomes a March Double-Action instead. The charging unit may use this March Action to move in any direction.

• The benefit of declaring a Charge is that the Charging Unit adds one (+1) to its Fight value when attacking the enemy for the first round of a Hand-to-Hand Combat.
• The melee is resolved immediately upon the Unit contacting its Charge Action target.
• The charged Unit will fight during this Hand-to-Hand Combat even if it does not Countercharge.
• The attacks from the Charging and Charged Units take place simultaneously.
• The attacks by the charged Unit are a Free Unit Action and do not require the charged Unit to use a Unit Activation Die.

• Any Unit not already engaged in a Combat.
• Any Unit not Fleeing or Frozen.
• Any Unit that has yet to be assigned all its Unit Activation Dice.

• As noted previously, Countercharge is a unique Unit Action that allows a friendly Unit to react to an enemy charging Unit by itself, Charging the oncoming enemy Unit. This Unit Action can only be taken by an On Alert Unit after passing its Competency (React) Test.
• If passed, the Countercharging Unit may immediately execute a Charge Action against a single Enemy Unit that is Charging it.
• If the React Test was not passed as part of the On Alert reaction, then the Unit getting Charged has no response to the Enemy's Charge other than fighting as part of the normal Hand-To-Hand Combat process.
• If multiple Enemy Units Charge a friendly Unit, the friendly Unit must choose one of the enemy Units to perform the Countercharge against.
• When a successful Countercharge occurs, the enemy and friendly Charging and Countercharging Units lose any opportunity to perform a “Charge-Throw" against each other. However, both still benefit from the bonus to their Fight Data Point due to making a Charge.

• Charging and Charged Unit.
• Charging and Countercharging Unit (see page 37 for Countercharging description).
• A Unit that is assigned an “Attack” Unit Action.

Hand-to-hand combats can involve multiple Units per side. Up to a maximum of two Units per side for any given combat.

• Add or subtract any applicable modifiers (see below) to the Unit's Majority Fight Data Point to Hit in a melee.
• Then, roll one ten-sided die (1D10) per Mini in the attacking Unit and compare the dice rolled to your Unit's modified Fight value. If the Roll is equal to or less than the attacking Unit's majority and modified Fight (FI) Data Point value, then the attack is successful. Note: Some unit leaders may have a weapon different from those of their fellow unit members. In such cases, roll the Unit leader's Fight Attacks separately or at the same time but using a different die color. The leader's weapon or equipment does not modify the following Data points in his Unit: Fight, Number of Attacks, or Strength, and does not extend any special weapon conditions or Talents to the rest of the Unit.
• Some Units may have multiple attacks per Mini. In this case, the Unit in question will have (under its Unit Talents section in its Unit Data Points Cards) a value of 2XFI, 3XFI, and so on.

The following modifiers are added to or subtracted from the Unit's Highest Fight Data Point and are compared to the ten-sided dice (1D10) rolled when attempting to Hit an enemy in Hand-to-Hand Combat:

• +1 Fight for Charging.
• • or (-) for special rules (such as a weapon's +FI bonus).
• +1 Fight for Countercharging.

For every successful melee Hit inflicted on a Unit by an enemy attacker, the defender can attempt a Save roll.

• First, modify the Unit's Highest Save Data Point with any additions or subtractions due to game effects or rules (for example, equipment such as armor will improve a Unit's Save Data Point); the resulting number is the Base Save number needed to Save a Unit from suffering wounds or casualties.
• Now roll one ten-sided die (1D10) for every Hit the Unit suffered; if the result is equal to or less than its highest Modified Save Data Point, then the model successfully Saves the wound.

Save Data Points are negatively modified by the attacking weapon's Strength Data Point.

• All weapons have a Strength Data Point that ranges from 0-4.
• The strength of a weapon is DEDUCTED from a Mini or Unit's highest Save Data Point Value:
  • -1 Per Weapon's Strength Data Point.

A Unit's Save Data Point is positively modified if the Minis in that Unit are equipped with any armor or are within or behind a Landscape Terrain Area.

• ADD to a Mini or Unit's highest Save Data Point Value:
  • +1 Light Armor.
  • +2 Medium Armor.
  • +1 For being in Obscuring Area Landscape.

Any Failed Save Rolls Will Become a Casualty

• Each Unsaved Hit causes one wound. Remove a one-wound Mini from a Unit per wound suffered.
• If a Unit has multi-wound Minis, then any wounds are applied to an individual Mini until the Mini suffers enough wounds to cause it to be killed before assigning further wounds to other multi-wound Minis in the Unit.
• Already wounded Minis will always get any new wounds inflicted on a multi-wound Minis Unit.
• If a Mini (such as a Behemoth) has multiple wounds it will keep track of how many wounds it has suffered by using a die or some form of marker until the Mini loses all of its wounds and is removed from the tabletop.
• Each unsaved wound a Unit suffers in a Hand-to-Hand combat assigns one Unit Brave Status Marker to the Unit.

• Both Units assess the total of the Unit Brave Status Markers they received as part of the Charge Throw, Defensive Fire and Hand-to-Hand casualties.
• +1 Unit Brave Status Markers for every unsaved Wound a Unit suffers from a Hand-to-Hand Combat.
• +X “X” being the number of Unit Brave Status Markers the Unit may already have assigned to it before the combat began.

Compare both Units' total Unit Brave Status Markers. The one with the highest number is the loser of that round of a charge-initiated Hand-to-Hand combat.

Unit losing a Hand-to-Hand Combat immediately takes a Brave Test.

A Brave Test is taken by the Unit that loses a Hand-to-Hand Combat

Take a Brave Test for a Unit that loses in a Hand-to-Hand Combat.

Pass:

• If the Unit Passes the Brave Test, it remains Locked in the Hand-to-Hand Combat.
• Remove one Unit Brave Status Marker from the Unit.

Fail:

• If the Unit Fails the Brave Test, then the Unit will gain a Unit Brave Status Marker.
• It will immediately Flee from the combat and do so at double its Movement Data Point in inches toward the closest friendly deployment edge and away from the enemy Unit it just fought.
• The Unit is now considered to be Fleeing.
• In subsequent Game Turns, the Unit may be able to rejoin the battle by successfully performing a Stop Fleeing Unit Action.
• If the Losing Unit was involved in a multiple-unit combat, it would Flee directly away from the enemy Unit with the most Minis in it or away from the largest type of enemy Unit it was facing. For example, away from a Behemoth if it was fighting it and a Monster-type Unit.

If a Unit loses a Hand-To-Hand combat and Flees or is destroyed, the winning Unit will make a Free Move Unit Action in any direction it chooses. This free movement follows all of the rules for Movement (i.e., the Unit must stay 1” away from all other Units.)

Magic plays a vital role in all Mythic Earth games. Any Magic Spells, Magic Weapons, or any other magic-related Unit Options will be included in the Unit Data Point Card or Force Lists.

General Magic Rules

Magic Users

In Mythic Earth, there are a variety of Magic User Units. We may use various terms for such Magic Users throughout the rules and Force rosters. Still, whether we refer to such a Unit or Mini as a wizard, sorceress, shaman, or mystic, they all follow the same rules for Casting and Dispelling Magic spells.

• Units or Minis with a Magic Level may Cast spells.

Magic Levels and Number of Spells Known by a Magic User

• All Magic Users will have a Magic Level. This is the level of expertise of the Magic User. Magic Levels range from 1 to 3 but can be increased to even higher Levels depending on various Unit Talents or Force-specific bonuses.
• A Magic User can only know one Magic Spell per Magic Level.
• A Magic User can attempt to cast each of his Magic Spells once per Unit Activation. For example, A Magic Level 3 Magic User can attempt to cast 3 Magic Spells per Unit Activation if it has enough Unit Activation Dice.
• A Magic User can cast two Magic Spells per Unit Activation Die as each Spell is considered a Single-Action Unit Action.

Magic Spells Rules

• Some Magic Spells may be Alignment-specific, so spells are always chosen AFTER alignment is randomly assigned before the game starts. The Magic User then chooses what spells to bring into battle.
• No Magic Spell can be Cast twice by an individual or multiple Magic Users during a Force's Game Turn.
• A Magic User can't Cast Magic Spells into a Hand-to-Hand Fight.

When Magic Spells Can't Be Cast

A Magic User can't Cast or Dispel spells if:

• It is involved in a Hand-to-Hand Fight.
• Is Fleeing.
• Is Frozen.

• Each spell has a Casting Value associated with it. When a Magic User is assigned a Unit Activation Die, it can choose one of its known Magic Spells and attempt to Cast that specific spell.
• The Casting player rolls two ten-sided dice (2D10). If the result of the dice roll is equal to or less than the Casting Value of the Magic Spell, then the spell is successfully Cast, and his opponent may immediately attempt to Dispel the spell.
• If the spell is successfully Cast and not Dispelled, the effects immediately occur. Once resolved (whether successful or not), the Magic user may attempt to cast another of their available spells.

• Dispel attempts can only be made if a player has any Magic Users on the battlefield and if a Magic User is within 24" from the Unit that successfully Casts the Magic Spell.
• When a Magic User successfully Casts a spell, a Magic User in the opposing Force may attempt to nullify the enemy wizard's efforts and Dispel his or her magic.
• Any Magic User in a Force may be chosen to attempt to Dispel and can do so as many times as that Magic User's Level. For example, a Level 3 Magic User may attempt to Dispel up to 3 times in a Game Turn.
• When attempting to Dispel an enemy Magic Spell, the Dispelling player rolls two ten-sided dice (2D10). If the result of the dice roll is equal to or less than the total casting value rolled by the enemy Magic User (who successfully cast the Magic Spell), then the Magic Spell and all its effects are negated.
• A Magic User's attempt to Dispel a successfully Cast enemy spell does not count as using an Action. Dispelling is considered a FREE Unit Action.

• Any Magic Spell that is described as a Magic Missile requires that the Casting Magic User has Line of Sight to at least one Mini in the target Unit.
• If the Magic Spell is successfully Cast and not Dispelled by his enemy, the effects of the Magic Spell are applied immediately and affect the entire Unit, not just visible Minis in the target Unit.
• Magic Missiles are not affected by any of the modifiers, which may impact a Shooting attack's ability to Hit its target.
• Magic Missiles Can't be used as Defensive Fire Shoot Attacks.

• Whenever two ones are rolled when attempting to Cast a Magic Spell, the Casting attempt is automatically successful and the opposing Magic User may make no Dispel attempt.

• Whenever two ones are rolled for a Dispel attempt, that magic Spell is automatically Dispelled, but not if the casting value is itself a double one.

• Whenever two tens are rolled for a single Casting or Dispelling attempt, the Magic User and his Unit are immediately assigned two (2) Unit Brave Status Markers.

• Follow all of the Save guidelines as per the Shooting rules (see page 30).
• Follow all of the Removing Casualties guidelines as per the Shooting rules (see page 34).
• A Unit will Test if it loses 50% of the number of Minis in the Unit it started with in a Game Turn (see page 34).

The following section goes through a step-by-step explanation of how the game is played, starting with the Phases of the game, followed by the Deployment, Game Turns 1-6, and Clean Up Phases.

Mythic Earth games are centered around the concept of “Maintaining the Sacred Balance, as mandated by the One.” In our worlds, some of the Ruling Children (humans) refer to this mandate and all its cultural, historical, and mythological aspects simply as The Way. The Way expresses itself in games of Mythic Earth as a simple game mechanic that allows for Forces to play under one of the two main Alignments, which are the cornerstone of the Mythic Earth mythos: The Everchanging and The Everliving. In Mythic Earth, players randomly choose one of the two Way alignments before starting a game. This random choice will give a Force access to Devotions to The Way (secondary scenarios), which are objective-driven scenarios that set additional parameters for each game within Mythic Earth. These secondary scenarios, along with the primary Balance of The Way scenarios (which are not alignment dependent), are tailored to be rich in the lore of the Mythic Earth worlds, such as Mythic Americas, and as a result, create a very cinematic gaming experience. This dual Balance-driven scenario approach, The Way, also introduces a strategic complexity to the game, making battles within Mythic Earth a very challenging and fun play experience. Your, The Way, random choice will also give Forces access to Blessings of The Way (rewards from the gods and demigods who rule the Everliving and the Everchanging), and a Force's Magic Users will also be able to choose Alignment Specific Spells.

Every Mythic Earth game is broken up into three phases.

1. Pre-battle Set Up.
2. Turns 1-6
3. End of Game Calculate Victory Points.

Every Mythic Earth game is played for six full turns.

• 1st Turn: Deployment and Unit Activations.
• 2nd- 6th Turns: Unit Activations.

Every Mythic Earth game turn has three phases.

1. Build Unit Activation Dice Pool
2. Activate Units and Perform Units Actions.
3. Clean-up Phase.

1. Choose a Force (Incas, Aztecs, Inuit, etc.) and the Force's point level (Force size).
   • 1,000 pts per side makes for a game time length of about one to one and a half hours.
   • Remember that every Force MUST include one Mini denoted as the Force's General.
2. Roll off to randomly assign The Way alignment for the two Forces:
   • Both players roll off, using one ten-sided die (1D10). The lowest roll Wins and chooses which of The Way Alignments to play under. Keep rolling in case of a tie until one player wins the roll-off.
   • The loser of roll-off chooses Balance of The Way (Primary Scenario).
3. Choose Balance of The Way (Primary Scenario). See above.
4. Place terrain. This is done following the Balance of The Way scenario and follows the directions found in each Balance of The Way (Primary Scenario).
   • Now both players roll off, using one ten-sided die (1D10).
   • The player with the lowest roll wins and chooses the table side to deploy their Force on.
5. Choose Secondary Scenario (Devotions to The Way), Magic Spells, and Blessings.
   • As per step 2 above, the player who did not win the alignment choice chooses the Primary Objective scenario (Balance of the Way).
   • Each player randomly chooses a Devotions to The Way.
     • Each player rolls an eight-sided die (1D8) or a ten-sided die (D10), which will ignore the numbers 9 and 10.
     • The number rolled is the Devotions to The Way secondary scenario they will try to accomplish during the battle.
     • You keep the chosen secondary scenario secret until the time when you will achieve the Victory Conditions and will need to show it to your opponent.
   • Choose six Blessings of The Way from all available Blessings.
   • Choose Magic Spells.

• Blessings of The Way are rewards from the gods and demigods who rule the Everliving and the Everchanging.
• There are nine Everliving and nine Everchanging Blessings of The Way included in this rulebook, as these are not specific to any Force or Unit.
• Each Blessing of The Way is one-use-only, and only one can be used per turn. In other words, once you use a particular Blessings of The Way, you can't use it again in the game.
• You can only use the Blessings of The Way listed under the alignment your Force represents. Thus, a Force fighting under the banner of the Everliving could not use Blessings from the Everchanging table.
• Make a note of any Blessings of The Way used in a Game Turn by marking them as used on a list of your available Blessing.
• You can use Blessings of The Way anytime during your or your opponent's turns.
• Certain Minis will make additional Blessings of the Way to a Force. No matter how many Blessings of the Way are available to a Force, no more than a total of six Blessings can be taken per game.

1. Healing Salve. After a Friendly Unit that has lost models or wounds during the game is assigned a Unit Activation Die, add D3 Models back to a Humanoid or Beast Unit or D3 Wounds back to a Multitude Unit.
2. Ultimate Inspiration. A single Friendly Unit may automatically Pass a Brave Test and remove 1 Unit Brave Status Marker from the Unit.
3. The Wind is on Our Side. Cancel an Enemy's Countercharge Action.
4. Energize. After a Friendly Unit is assigned a Unit Activation Die, make a free Move Action with it or any other Friendly Unit.
5. A Hero in Our Midst. A Heroic Figure may help a Friendly Unit Stop Fleeing within 20" instead of 10".
6. Perseverance. Remove D3 Unit Brave Status Markers from a Friendly Unit.
7. Crux Vortex. Choose one Humanoid Enemy Unit anywhere on the battlefield. The affected Unit makes a Move action in any direction, controlled by the Caster.
8. Crux Wings. Choose one Friendly Humanoid Unit. For one Game Turn, the chosen Unit has the Fly Talent.
9. Crux Courage. Choose one Friendly Unit and increase its Brave Data Point for one Game Turn by 2+.

1. Surprising Tactics. Change the value upwards by one of a single, unassigned Unit Activation Die in your Unit Activation Dice Pool.
2. Fury. Ignore all Unit Brave Status Markers on a Unit taking a Brave Test due to Losing a Hand-To-Hand Combat or suffering from Shooting. Do Not Remove any of the Markers; ignore them for this Brave Test.
3. At All Costs. Before taking any Unit Activation Test, ignore all Unit Brave Status Markers. Do not remove any of the Markers; ignore them for this Brave Test.
4. The Fire Within. Perform a free March Action with a Friendly Unit that has already received a Unit Activation Die.
5. Battle Cry. Target an Enemy Unit that has one or more Unit Brave Status Markers assigned to it. After removing one of those Markers, that Unit must immediately take a Brave Test as if it had lost a Hand-to-Hand Combat.
6. Hex. Cancel one of the Enemy's successful Casting or Dispel attempts.
7. Crux Blessing. For a Game Turn, a Monster Unit may accomplish the same Victory Conditions in a scenario as a Humanoid Unit.
8. Crux Dark Energy Funnel. Choose one enemy Unit and perform a 1D3, Strength 2 Shoot Attack against it. The Enemy Unit does not need to be within Line of Sight.
9. Crux Earthquake. Choose a spot anywhere on the battlefield and place a 3” Crux Quake Marker on that spot. Any Unit touching the Quake Marker reduces its Move Data point by 50% until it no longer touches it. This Move reduction lasts one Game Turn

Building the Unit Activation Dice Pool for Deployment and Game Turn 1.

• The Unit Activation Dice Pool is used for Deployment and Player and Unit Initiative Order during The First Game Turn.
• As noted in the rules earlier in this book, each Unit will always have one to two Unit Activation Dice assigned to it. Most units will have a single Unit Activation Die, but some Units may have two or more Unit Activation Dice, in which case, all of a Unit's Activation Dice get added to the roll. Gather all of your Force's Unit Activation Dice into one Pool.
• You're now ready to start Deploying Units, and during the Turn, you'll use the order of the Dice to activate your Units. Follow the steps below.

Force Deployment and Assigning of Unit Activation Dice for Turn 1.

• After building the Unit Activation Dice Pool as per the steps above, each player rolls ALL of their Forces' Unit Activation Dice together.
• Once the Unit Activation Dice pool is rolled, each player lines up the dice in descending order, starting from 6 down to 1, on his side of the table.
• The player that rolled the most ‘6's “wins” the roll, and can choose to begin deployment first, or he can give the honor to his opponent of beginning deployment, but only if the other player has the option of doing so, in other words if the other player also rolled at least one 6 during his Unit Activation Dice pool roll. If either opponent rolled no 6s, then work your way down to the next highest die number until one player is the one with the highest value rolled.
• Now the deploying player takes a D6, starting from the highest value available, and deploys one Unit of his choice. The Dice used to Deploy the Units are placed next to the deployed Units. Then the next player takes a D6 and deploys a Unit of his own. Alternate in this way until all 6's (or highest available value from both sides) have been used. If one player runs out of 6's before his opponent, he must skip his deployment and his opponent will deploy multiple Units in a row if he has more 6s. Once all 6s are used, move to 5s, the 4s, and so on down to 1s. Repeat this process until both forces use up all of the dice in the unit activation dice pool.
• Please note in case of a tie, meaning the same number of 6s (or 5s, 4s, etc.) rolled was the same by both players, see which player has the most dice of the next highest value, and that player becomes the winner of the Unit Activation Dice Pool activation roll.

• The Deployment Dice which were left next to both Force's Units during the Deployment process described above, are then used to dictate in which order Units will be given Unit Activation orders.
• As units successfully perform Unit Actions, their assigned Unit Activation Dice are pulled away from the Unit they were next to and put aside to use to build the following Game Turn's Unit Activation Dice Pool. This pulling away of dice only happens in the Deployment Phase, as in this Phase, the assigned Dice are also used to give Units their Activations.
• Units receive Unit Activation orders using the same descending order rolled initially to determine Deployment. This is why the Deployment Dice are assigned to all Units.

Unit Activations After Initial Deployment and Game Turn 1.

• As per the rules in the previous section, build your Unit Activation Dice pool.
• Roll Unit Activation Dice Pool.
• Now, the player with the most 6's rolled takes a D6, starting from the highest value available, and attempts to give one of his Units a Unit Activation (take a Unit Activation Test if needed).
• If the Unit successfully receives a Unit Activation, then it performs its Unit Actions. Please note in case of a tie; meaning the same number of 6s (or 5s, 4s, etc.) rolled was the same by both players, see which player has the most dice of the next highest value, and that player becomes the winner of the Unit Activation Dice Pool activation roll.
• Once that unit has completed its activation, control goes to the next player to remove a ‘6' from the pool and activate a Unit.
• Activations alternate until all '6's have been used and units activated. If one player runs out of '6's before his opponent, then the other player activates remaining units until all ‘6’s have been used. Once all 6s are used, move to ‘5's, '4's, '3's, etc.
• Once a Unit has successfully received its Unit Activation Dice and performed all of its Unit Actions, go back to step one in this summary and repeat the process until no more Unit Activation Dice are left for either side to assign.

Once all Units on both sides have been assigned Unit Activation Dice and performed their Unit Actions then you are ready for the final phase of each Game Turn, the Clean Up Phase.

• Test to Unfreeze Frozen Units. Take a Brave Test. Brave Tests are described in more detail on page 21.
• Remove all other Unit Activation Dice from all Units which are NOT Frozen or have chosen not to remain On Alert and place them back in your Unit Activation Dice Pool. On Alert Units may choose to leave the Unit Activation Die next to the Unit so that the Unit remains On Alert in the following Game Turn.
• If any Individual Minis in a Unit need to go back into Unit Coherency do so now.
• If a one-use-only game benefit (for example, a Blessing of The Way) was used, mark it in some way so that you and your opponent are aware that it was used.
• If a player met a Secondary Objective, place the successfully achieved Objective Card face up on the controlling player's table, next to any of his opponent's destroyed Unit Activation Dice.
• Tally any Victory Points achieved by both players' Forces and keep track of them in an area of the battlefield that can be easily viewed by both players.

After the Clean Up Phase is complete, both players are again ready to begin the next Game Turn.

The following section outlines the Balance of The Way (Primary Scenarios) and Devotions to The Way (Secondary Scenarios). As mentioned in the previous sections of this book, Mythic Earth revolves around a series of game mechanics that are designed to deliver a game experience inspired by the core concept of the Mythic Earth Worlds-that of living in a Balance dictated by The One. A dual scenario-driven approach helps us also achieve balance on the tabletop.

To win a game of Mythic Earth you must also score Victory Points by completing Secondary Objective-based scenarios as opposed to simply killing the enemy. As mentioned before these Secondary scenarios are called Devotions to The Way. Devotions to The Way are randomly selected during the pre-battle Set Up Phase. Players pick one random Devotions to The Way card. Some of the Devotions to The Way scenarios will need to be kept secret by you, or you may need to reveal to your opponent what your Devotions of The Way objective is. Each Devotions to The Way scenario will make this clear for you. Finally, Devotions to The Way will be impacted by the original choice of Alignment you made before the battle began as some Devotions to The Way are only for those fighting for the banner of the Everliving and others for those who follow the Everchanging.

Objective Tokens

In many cases, tokens are used to represent certain objectives in the Devotions to The Way scenarios. Objective tokens can be any identifying item with a recommended size of a round, 32mm base.

Placing and Removing Objectives

The standard method to place an objective token is for the attempting Unit to take a Capture/Claim Unit Action. At the specific time detailed in the objective text, an objective token can then be placed anywhere touching that Unit. Unless otherwise noted, an objective token is placed anywhere touching the placing Unit. Objective tokens can also be removed by the opponent through the same process. The removing Unit must contact the objective token and then take a Capture/Claim Unit Action, the objective token is then removed. To remove an existing objective token, the unit must be touching the token at the time of the Capture/Claim Unit Action. If a unit is “carrying” an objective token and is somehow destroyed or is Fleeing, the objective token is placed in contact with the Unit before removing that unit from play or moving that Fleeing Unit. Any appropriate Unit can “pick up” the dropped objective token by moving to touch the objective token and then stopping the movement at the token and taking a Capture/Claim Unit Action. There may be other ways to place, remove, or take control of objective tokens specific to a Balance of The Way (primary scenario) or Devotions to The Way (secondary scenario) objective. In these instances, the rules of the specific Balance of The Way or Devotions to The Way scenario override the standard rules for placing/removing objective tokens.

What Is Secret and What Is Shared?

When a Devotions to The Way scenario is selected by a player, there is no obligation for the scenario to be shared with the opponent. As soon as the first victory point is scored for a Devotions to The Way scenario, the objective must be revealed.

Scoring Victory Points for Devotions to The Way

Devotions to The Way scenarios always have a maximum of two victory points which can be scored by completing the listed objectives. In most cases, a single victory point is scored by completing a single objective. A player cannot complete the same objective a second time to gain a second victory point unless explicitly stated on the Devotions to The Way scenario.

Opponent's Table Half

A Center Line can always be created on the game table whether horizontally, vertically or diagonally based on the scenario. Once the Center Line has been determined, the half of the game table in which your opponent has deployed is the Opponent's Table Half.

Alive at the End of the Game

There are instances of scoring points based on a Unit surviving until the game's end. Specifically, the Unit must be on the table at the end of the game and cannot be Fleeing.

1: Endocannibalism Ritual in Honor of Gaia.

If a friendly Unit is destroyed in battle, place a Death token at the site where the unit was destroyed. A friendly Humanoid-sized unit within 10" of any friendly Death token can declare a ritual to honor the dead and consume them. The friendly Unit takes a Capture/Claim Action to replace the Death token with a Ritual Objective token. At the end of the Game Turn, score 1 VP if the Ritual Objective token is in play. At the end of the Game, score 1 VP if two or more Ritual Objective tokens are in play.

2: In Search of The Fountain of Youth.

Before the game begins, secretly select two pieces of Landscape wholly within your opponent's table half. These Landscape pieces might hold the lost Fountain of Youth. When a friendly Unit is partially or wholly within the selected Landscape feature, they must make a successful Brave Test at -2 BR to discover the objective, the Fountain of Youth. This Brave Test is outside the standard Unit Activation steps and does not ever receive negative modifiers for Unit Brave Status markers the Unit may have attached to it. If successful, the Fountain is discovered, and the other identified terrain piece is no longer eligible for discovery. If not successful, the Fountain is not in this selected Landscape, but instead must be in the other selected terrain piece which then no longer needs to be tested for. Any friendly Unit partially or fully within the objective Landscape can take a Capture/Claim Action to drink from the Fountain of Youth. Upon declaring the Capture/Claim Action, a friendly Unit scores 1 VP and places an Objective Token wholly within that Landscape piece. This Objective Token cannot be removed by opposing Units. At the end of the Game score 1 VP if there is a friendly Humanoid-Sized Unit within 6" of the Objective Token.

3: Divide and Conquer!

Before the game begins, secretly choose an enemy Humanoid-sized, Monster or Behemoth Unit. Score 1 VP at the end of a Game Turn if you have a friendly Unit within 2" of the secretly chosen Unit and there are no enemy Minis within 4" of the secretly chosen Unit. This objective can be completed multiple times. Max 2 VP.

4: Control Jungle Territory.

Score 1 VP if you control a table quarter on the opponent's side of the battlefield. To control a table quarter, you must have more Units than your opponent wholly within the table quarter at the end of a Game Turn. At the end of the game score 1 VP if you control more table quarters than your opponent.

5: Against All Odds.

If a friendly Unit is the first to engage an enemy Unit in Hand-to-Hand Fight and that enemy Unit has a greater starting point value than the friendly Unit, score 1 VP. At the end of the game if the same friendly Unit is still alive and the same enemy Unit has been Destroyed or is Fleeing, score 1 VP.

6: A Worthy Sacrifice.

At the beginning of the game, secretly choose one enemy Humanoid or Heroic Figure Unit. If the secretly chosen Unit is killed, announce this Devotion Card, place a Sacrifice Token in base contact with the Unit before removing that Unit, and claim 1 VP. Any Unit (friend or enemy) may pick up the Sacrifice Token by moving into base contact with it, or by moving through it. If the Unit carrying the Sacrifice Token is killed in a Hand-To-Hand Fight, then the winning Unit may immediately claim the Sacrifice Token. If the Unit carrying the Sacrifice Token Loses a Hand-To-Hand Fight and Flees, it immediately drops the Sacrifice Token (place in base contact with the Unit before it moves away from the melee). At the end of the game, if the Sacrifice Token is within 6" of the friendly deployment zone, gain 1 VP.

7: Consecrated Ground.

At the beginning of the game, secretly choose one piece of Landscape, no bigger than 8" in diameter, in the enemy Deployment Zone. A friendly Humanoid or Heroic Figure Unit touching or within the secretly chosen Landscape may perform a ritual to consecrate the ground. When a friendly Humanoid or Heroic Figure Unit is tasked with a Capture/Claim Action to perform the ritual, you gain 1 VP. At the end of the game, gain 1 VP if there is no enemy Unit within 6" of the Consecrated Landscape Area.

8: Put The Spirits to Rest.

A Humanoid or Heroic Figure Unit may take a Capture/Claim Action to bury their dead. Announce this Devotion Card and place a Corpse Token in base contact with the Unit. The first time that a Corpse Token is placed within 6" of the enemy Deployment Zone, gain 1 VP. At the end of the game, if there are two or more Corpse Tokens within 6" of the enemy deployment zone, gain 1 VP.

1: Cannibalism for The Devourer King.

If an enemy Unit is destroyed in battle, place a Death Token in base contact with the Unit before removing it from play. A friendly Humanoid Unit within 10" of any enemy Death Token can declare a ritual to consume the enemy dead and honor the Devourer King. The friendly Unit takes a Capture/Claim Action to replace the Death Token with a Ritual Objective Token. At the end of the turn, score 1 VP if the Ritual Objective Token is in play. At the end of the game, score 1 VP if two or more Ritual Objective Tokens are in play.

2: In Search of El Dorado.

Before the game begins, secretly select two enemy Humanoid or Heroic Figure Units. These units might be carrying the Map to El Dorado. When a friendly Unit engages a selected enemy Unit, they must make a successful Brave Test at BR -2 to discover the objective, the Map of El Dorado. This Brave Test is outside the steps and does not include any Unit Brave Status Markers which may be attached to the Unit. If successful, the Map is discovered, and the other identified Unit is no longer eligible for searching. If not successful, the Map is not in this selected Unit but instead must be in the other selected Unit which no longer needs to be searched. If the enemy Unit with the Objective is then defeated in melee, the friendly winning Unit scores 1 VP and now controls the Objective Marker. Any Unit that defeats the Unit carrying the Objective Marker takes control of the Objective Marker. If a friendly unit controls the Objective Marker at the end of the game, score 1 VP.

3: Head of The Snake.

Score 1 VP when a Humanoid or Heroic Figure Unit wounds the enemy General Mini. Score 1 VP If the enemy General is killed or is Fleeing at the end of the game.

4: Heroism Personified.

Score 1 VP when a friendly Heroic Figure Unit engages an enemy Unit in Hand-to-Hand Fight on the opponent's table half. Score 1 VP when a friendly Heroic Figure takes a Capture/Claim Action to place an Objective Marker in the enemy's Deployment Zone.

5: Call The Storm.

A single friendly Unit with one or more Magic Levels that is within the enemy's table half may be given a Capture/Claim Action to invoke the power of the eldritch storm. Score 1 VP and cast one of this unit's eligible spells. At the end of the game, score 1 VP if the friendly Unit that invoked the eldritch storm is still alive.

6: Through The Enemy Lines.

Score 1 VP at end of any Turn if a friendly Objective Token is in the enemy Deployment Zone and no enemy Unit is within 3" of the token. Score 1 VP at the end of the Game if two or more friendly Objective Tokens are in the enemy Deployment Zone.

7: Challenge.

If a Humanoid Unit engages an enemy Heroic Figure Unit in a Hand-to-Hand Fight, it may choose to not attack and instead gains +2 Save (SV) for that round of combat to score 1 VP as that Unit taunts and challenges the enemy. If a friendly General challenges the enemy General as above, score 1 VP.

8: Trophy Hunters.

Each time a Humanoid Unit kills an enemy Monster, Behemoth, or Heroic Figure Unit, place a Trophy Token in base contact with the destroyed Unit before removing it. The first time a Trophy Token is placed, announce this Devotion Card and gain 1 VP. If the opponent has no Monster or Behemoth Unit, the “leader” model of all Humanoid Units is designated as potential trophies. At the end of the Game, if at least one, Non-Fleeing, Humanoid Unit is within 6" of a Trophy Token, gain 1 VP.