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Move phase
Complete all movement before taking any action
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Action phase
Perform one action (mandatory or voluntary) after movement
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End of turn phase
Clean up, draw cards, level up, and collect rewards
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Play movement cards
Use cards from hand to generate Move points, power them with mana for stronger effects
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Play cards sideways
Any card can be played sideways as Move 1 (keep original orientation)
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Spend Move points
Pay terrain costs to enter hexes: Plain 2, Forest 3/5, Desert 5/3, Hill 3, Wasteland 4, Swamp 5
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Avoid inaccessible terrain
Water and Mountain (marked X) cannot be entered normally
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Reveal new maps
Spend 2 Move points when adjacent to unexplored area to place a new map card
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Enter partial hexes
Move into corner hexes that border two unexplored areas
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Assault fortified sites
Enter a Keep, Mage Tower, or City to fight garrisoned enemies (mandatory)
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Fight rampaging enemies
Challenge Orc Marauders or Draconum from adjacent spaces (voluntary)
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Explore adventure sites
Enter Ruins, Dungeon, Tomb, Monster Den, Spawning Grounds, Maze, or Labyrinth
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Interact with locals
At Villages, Monasteries, Refugee Camps, Mage Towers, Cities, or Keeps you own
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Do nothing
Pass if no actions are desired
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Play basic effect
Use the card without mana for its standard effect
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Play strong effect
Power the card with one mana of the depicted color for the enhanced effect
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Maintain card order
Never rearrange cards in hand; mana symbols depend on card positions
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Discard played cards
Rotate Starting cards to Waning side and place at bottom of deck; discard Waning cards
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Reference three leftmost cards
Check the left-hand mana symbols on your first three cards to determine your Source
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Use one mana per turn
Only one mana from the Source can be used each turn
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Apply mana types
Blue, Red, Green, White are basic; Gold replaces any basic (Day only); Dark available at Night only
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Rotate Starting to Waning
For each wound, rotate a Starting card in hand to Waning
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Discard Waning cards
Move a Waning card from hand to discard pile for each wound
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Prioritize hand wounds
Take wounds into hand first; if unable, wounds go to deck
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Handle Poison
Take damage equal to twice the attack value; extra damage can go to deck
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Rotate Waning to Starting
Turn the rightmost Waning card in hand back to Starting
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Heal from discard
Move bottom card of discard pile to bottom of deck on Waning side
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Search deck if needed
Find and rotate the first bottom-most Waning card to Starting, then shuffle
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Ranged and Siege Attack phase
Use Ranged/Siege attacks to eliminate enemies before they attack
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Block phase
Block individual enemy attacks one at a time
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Assign Damage phase
Take damage from unblocked enemies
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Attack phase
Use any remaining attacks to eliminate surviving enemies
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Check for resistances
Attacks matching enemy resistance icons are halved
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Fire Resistance
Fire Attacks inefficient
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Ice Resistance
Ice Attacks inefficient
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Physical Resistance
Physical Attacks (including sideways cards) inefficient
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Cold Fire blocks
Efficient against Fire, Ice, and Cold Fire attacks
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Apply Reputation modifier
Add or subtract influence based on current Reputation
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Recruit Units
Spend Influence equal to Unit cost at appropriate sites
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Buy healing
Pay 3 Influence at Villages or 2 at Monasteries to Heal 1
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Learn Spells
Pay 7 Influence plus matching mana color at Mage Towers
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Train at Monasteries
Pay 6 Influence for an Advanced Action
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Recruit at sites
Spend Influence matching Unit cost at locations showing the Unit's recruitment icon
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Respect Command limit
Cannot have more Units than Command tokens shown on hero card
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Activate once per Round
Each Ready, non-Wounded Unit can use one ability per Round
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Wound Units
Units taking damage beyond their Armor become Wounded
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Disband when necessary
Remove a Unit to make room for a new one
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Track Fame
Move the arrow on the Fame card to your current Fame total
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Level up at thresholds
Rotate hero card when crossing Fame levels (3, 8, 15, 24, etc.)
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Gain rewards
Even levels give a Skill and Advanced Action; odd levels give a Command token
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Select Advanced Actions
Choose from the back sides of your three leftmost basic actions
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Forced withdrawal
Backtrack to a safe space if ending on an unsafe hex, taking 1 wound per space moved
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Discard played cards
Put Starting cards (rotated to Waning) at bottom of deck; Waning cards to discard pile
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Draw to hand limit
Draw cards up to maximum hand size for your level
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Level up if applicable
Rotate hero card and gain rewards
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Use space benefits
Heal 1 at Magical Glade; gain mana token at Crystal/Deep Mine
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Collect combat rewards
Take any earned rewards (crystals, Artifacts, Spells, Units, Advanced Actions)
