Ikusa Rulebook (12 mb pdf) - Wizards of the Coast

Example—Phase C: Conduct Combat1. The blue player earlier (during phase B) declared that shewill attack Tango with an army and a provincial force; and shewill attack Kawachi with two provincial forces. First, Yamatobattles Kawachi. The players follow the combat sequence. Theorange playerʼs swordsman rolls a 3 (which is less than theswordsmanʼs combat value of 5) so the orange player scoresa hit. The players then roll simultaneously for their spearmen:The orange spearman misses while one of the two bluespearman hits. Since each player scored one hit, each playerchooses one of his or her own units from among the battlingunits to take as a casualty. Each player chooses to remove aspearman as a casualty.2. Then the blue player chooses to stop that battle, hopingto finish off the remaining orange swordsman with her attackfrom Yamashiro. The blue player has a gunner in Yamashiro,which rolls first, and it scores a hit. Casualties from rangedattacks are removed before hand-to-hand units roll, so theorange player loses the swordsman without being able tostrike! The orange player puts the province card for Kawachiin the unowned card area next to the game board.3. With the attacks on Kawachi resolved, the blue playerattacks Tango. The blue player reveals that earlier in theturn (during Action 5: Hire Ronin) she had secretly deployedone ronin to Wakasa, so she adds it to the provincial forcethere. Meanwhile, the orange player places four temporarydefending spearman gained from the castle in Tango.24