How to Play

Introduction

In this turn-based RPG players can take control of many different adventurers aswell as becoming the game master who guides the adventurers through the game aswell as take control of the enemies. Players upon buying this game will receive 5 models in which they can scan into the website in order to take control of that character aswell as one pre-set campaign to play. Players can create and load different campaigns with this website aswell as track leader boards and purchase more characters. In this campaign, The Mountains of Madness there are 5 characters that the players can pick between aswell as the game master role. Once these roles have been chosen the game master will set up the game and each player will scan their model in which will show the game master the characters stats and it will allow them to change the players stats as the campaign is ongoing. Info on setting everything up will be detailed in Getting Started. The game master upon setting up the game will have to look at the campaign book which will detail the basics of the story allowing for the game master to fill in more details if they want to, the book will also detail the level layouts and unit placements for players and enemies.

Game Info

This game is a turn-based RPG in which the players take turns to move and attack their enemies while the game master takes turns moving and attacking with the enemies. The game board consists of an 8x8 square tile grid that the players and enemies can move on.

No of players, time it takes to play and ages-

Number of Players: 6, Time to play: 30 mins - 1 hour, Ages: 15+

Victory-

In this campaign there will be three levels that the player units will have to get through. If they all die during a level then the game is over, if they survive the campaign then they win and save the village.

Game Components

This game upon initial purchase will have the components for the pre-set campaign: The Mountains of Madness. Expansions and other campaigns can be purchased separately. - x? Tiles to make all three levels - x5 Player Models, x2 Undead Models, x2 Skeleton Archer Models, x2 Undead Brute Models, x1 Novice Necromancer Model, x1 Abomination Model. - x1 Rule Book - x1 Campaign Book - A Set of Dice

Game Mechanics

In this game each unit can perform 2 actions on their turn for example moving and attacking or moving and defending or attacking and attacking. This goes for enemies as well.

Moving-

On the board units can move in 4 directions: up, down, left, and right. Units can move the number of spaces according to their speed stat for example a unit with 2 speed can move two spaces on the board.

Attacking-

If a unit wants to attack another unit then they first need to determine if they are in range with their range stat, if the enemy unit is within the number of spaces that your range stat states then you can attack. When a unit attacks the game, master takes the units attack stat and minuses the enemy’s defence to get the damage done. The game master then rolls a D10 for the defender to see if they resisted the hit, units have a resistance stat of 1-10 and if the game master rolls the number of your resistance or lower than the defending unit successfully resists which increase their defence.

Defend-

If a unit choses to defend then instead of attacking they boost their defence to take any hits from the next turn. This will absorb around 60-70% of incoming damage.

Items-

A unit can choose to use an item that they have on them in this campaign all units will have a set number of items and no more. Different items will have different effects like a healing potion or mana potion.

Leveling Up-

Levelling up is not as prevalent in this smaller campaign but there will be a couple of level ups throughout this campaign. When a character levels up their stats will go up a set amount. Characters get exp from the monsters that they kill a set amount if they did damage to the enemy and an amount to the character who defeats the enemy.

Stats:

Heath- A units HP points if they hit zero then that unit is down for the encounter. If all units are down then the game ends. If the encounter is cleared then the units wake back up with a quarter health. Attack- A unit’s attack points determines how strong their attack will be.
Defence- A unit’s defence points determines how much damage they will block.
Speed- A unit’s speed determines how far they can travel during each turn on the board.
Range- A unit’s range determines how many spaces away the enemy has to be before the unit can attack, for example if a unit has a range of 3 then they can attack an enemy 3 spaces away.
Resistance- A unit’s resistance determines how likely they are to resist an attack. If they resist then their damage is reduced greatly.

Characters

Players:

These 5 characters all come from the same village in the campaign. After a the undead came to attack the village and its people these 5 banded together in order to travel up the mountain in order to investigate the source of the undead.
The Fighter- Eager to become a solider and one day join someone’s army, they go through rigours training each day. Wields a sword, is fast and strong but does not have much defence.
The Hunter- Child of the villages Chief hunter who taught them everything that they know. Wields a bow, has good range and average stats.
The Recruit- A recruit in training to become a knight who protects and acts as law enforcement in the village. Wields spear, good defence but slow and low attack power.
The Apprentice- An apprentice of the village’s mage who tends to the villages needs while their master is away. Wields basic magic spells, good range, and attack but very low defence.
The Thief- A thief who grew up stealing from the more fortunate in order to survive and help others. Wields dagger, fast with high resistance but low defence.