Game rules - DDM Guild

Maximum Cost: You can’t include a creature that costs more than 140 points.
Commander: At least one of your creatures should have a Commander rating.
Without a commander, your creatures are more likely to flee when badly wounded and can’t be
rallied.
Battle Map: Both players bring a battle map they wish to play on. This starter set contains
two double-sided battle maps; choose a single side as your warband’s battle map before you
see what warband your opponent is playing. Each battle map is different, but all maps have the
following areas.
Starting Areas: Set up your warband in the area labeled Start Area A or B; your opponent’s
warband sets up in the other area. If there are two or more starting areas with the same label,
you can set up in any of these or spread your warband throughout all of them. Starting areas
are bordered by dashed white lines.
Victory Areas: During play, your warband scores points by occupying victory areas. If you set
up in Start Area A, you score points for occupying Victory Area A. If you set up in Start Area
B, you score points for occupying Victory Area B. A few victory areas also have associated
keywords in brackets, used to interact with specific special abilities. Victory areas are bordered
by dashed white lines.
Exits: The edges of the battle map are usually impassable walls. The only way off is through
corresponding exit squares. For example, if you set up in Start Area A, your creatures can
leave only through the squares labeled Exit A. Only creatures that are routing (forced to run
away) can leave the battle map.
Warband Building Basics
• 200 points total
• All creatures belong to faction
• Up to 8 creatures
• No creature over 140 points
• At least 1 commander
• 1 battle map
Warband Etiquette
Construct your warband in secret, using the stat cards. Don’t identify which creatures you’re
using; just keep your hand of stat cards ready.
You reveal your warband at the beginning of setup, as described on the next page.
SETUP
You and your opponent each bring a legal warband (one built using the warband construction
rules on the preceding page) and a battle map to the table. Follow these steps to set up a battle.
BATTLE MAP INITIATIVE
Players reveal their warbands.
Then each player rolls the d20, adding the Commander rating of his or her best commander to
the roll.
The player with the highest result chooses which of the two battle maps will be
used for the battle. You can even choose the battle map your opponent brought, if
that seems advantageous.
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