Game rules - DDM Guild

SETUP INITIATIVE
Each player rolls the d20 again, each adding the best Commander rating to the roll. The player
with the highest result chooses which player gets to place his or her warband first. The chosen
player selects a starting area, then places the creatures in his or her warband in that area (or
areas, if the map provides several). Place each creature so that it occupies squares free of
walls, pits, and statues. (It’s okay to set up on other kinds of squares.) Place creatures that take
up more than 1 square entirely inside the starting area.
Then the other player places his or her warband in the other starting area or areas.
Setting Up a Battle
1. Reveal warbands and potential battle maps.
2. Roll d20 + best Commander rating. The player with the highest result chooses which
battle map to play on.
3. Roll d20 + best Commander rating. The player with the highest result chooses who places first.
4. The chosen player places his or her warband in the chosen starting area or areas.
5. The opponent places his or her warband in the other starting area or areas.
BATTLE BASICS
Once you have chosen your warband and set up the battle map, you and your opponents take
turns moving (also called “activating”) the creatures in your warbands until one warband has
won (usually by scoring 200 victory points). See the Assault scenario on page 28 for the full
victory conditions.
ROUNDS
A battle is played in rounds. Begin the round by making an initiative check. Each round,
players complete phases one after the other. Each phase, you activate two creatures in your
warband; one creature takes all its actions, then the next. (You can activate each creature only
once in a round.)
A round ends when you have each activated all your creatures once. (Sometimes a player has
more creatures than his or her opponent and activates many creatures at the end of the round.)
Then a new round begins.
INITIATIVE CHECK
To make an initiative check, roll the d20 and add the highest Commander rating of the active
commanders in your warband.
The player with the highest initiative check result chooses who goes first in the round.
(Sometimes you’ll want to go first; other times you’ll want to see what your opponent is up to
before committing your forces.)
If you tie for the highest initiative, the winner is the player whose warband has the highest
Commander rating. If there’s still a tie, reroll.
PHASES
The first player completes a phase by activating (moving) two creatures in his or her warband.
(Change the direction a creature is facing or turn its stat card to indicate that it has been
activated.)
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