It’s a moderately lengthy explanation but basically the model mix in each booster is random and cannot be discerned by the outside of the box once a bundle is broken up.

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I believe you can buy then singularly and in a booster bundle (as you, Ed, also state).

If this is the case and, there are 8 boosters in a bundle, then I am assuming that there is a Roman Booster A, Roman Booster B etc… up to Roman Booster H.

Or is it the case that all the individual boosters in a bundle look identical (with different contents), so once broken up you can’t tell what is in each.

Does any one know?

Thanks

Mark

Each turn a player has 8 order pts to spend.

Units can be ordered to:
- move (2pts for the large/1pt for the small)
- attack (2pts for the large/1pt for the small)
- regroup (1pt to rearrange the figures on the base and/or rotate the facing of the base)
- use a special ability (1pt)

These can be done in any order and, unlike other table top games, you’re not restricted to activating only one unit at a time!
For example, you can order your archers to fire at an enemy unit to soften them up, then move up a melee unit and attack to finish them off and then move your archers into the now vacant spot and then give the archers to regroup into a defensive stance.

You can “push” a unit once to make an additional move, attack, or regroup at the cost of a figure on that unit.

Ranged combat did seem a little overpowered, but it can be shut down by engaging them in hand-to-hand (ranged can’t fire at an adjacent target) and if they try to disengage you get a free attack!

There were no cavalry units in the demo sets so I haven’t seen their effect on battlefield control. (Roman soldiers on bears!? Want!)

I’d also like to add that the three factions that will be available for go-live all play differently:
The Egyptians hit very hard in melee and the leader had a wicked ability to return destroyed figures on one of her undead units (pictured at the very top).
The Chinese army excels at ranged combat. They ignore the penalty for firing through friendly units and the special unit pictured above with the stone lion, has a trait that allows them to hit on tied dice rolls.
The Romans had good defensive stats, traits, and abilities to increase their survivability (like “shield wall”).

Hope that helps!

That might be slightly off (don’t have a rulebook, just going on memory), but the general idea is, yes, unit actions are very flexible within a given turn.

This doesn’t bother me. The guys who pay to buy more figures will have more figures. If the base-design rules were in a book-and-kit form, and only the guys who paid to buy the book got to design bases, would that be a problem?

But then, I’m a laid-off content producer, so I’m firmly in the camp that supports people getting paid for what they produce, even on the Internet.