A Post-Apocalyptic Turn Based Strategy Game - Cryptic Comet

Armageddon Empires
or equal to the unit’s hit points then the unit is destroyed and
discarded.
When a unit card initiates a “Ground Combat Challenge” that
utilizes the unit card’s attack attribute, some special abilities can
provide additional attacks or enhanced damage. Some of the
more common are described below:
Multi-targeting: Allows the attacking unit card to split its
attack points among different targets. Each target is treated as a
separate “Ground Combat Challenge.”
Double Attack: Allows the attacking unit card to attack the
same target twice in a single round.
Area Attack: Allows the attacking unit card to attack a different
target located in the same row in a single round.
Breakthrough Attack: Allows the attacking unit card to
attack a second target at full strength located in the back row if a
successful hit is inflicted on the primary target in the front row.
Sniper Attack: Allows the attacking unit card to attack an
enemy hero in a “Sniper Challenge.” An Action point must be paid
to initiate this challenge
Next Round
If both player’s armies survive the round of battle and are still
combat capable (at least one unit card exists in the army) then
the “Start Next Round” dialogue box appears and the players are
offered several choices. Players must usually always complete
at least one round of combat for the first army they commit to
battle. Once the round is complete and at the end of every round
thereafter, the player is offered the chance to continue the battle,
retreat the army in battle, or retreat all his armies in the battle.
Continue: Choosing “Continue” initiates another round of battle.
Retreat Army: Choosing “Retreat Army” retreats just the army
in battle and subjects every unit card in the army to one final
combat challenge called a “Retreat Challenge” where they must
defend against an attack equal to the average attack strength of
the army that they are presently fighting plus 1. If a unit in the
army survives the challenge it will flee if the entire battle is lost. If
the entire battle is won it remains in the hex.
Retreat All Armies: Choosing “Retreat All Army” retreats every
army in battle and subjects every unit card in the every army to
one final combat challenge called a “Retreat Challenge.” If the
army is no longer combat capable due to losses in combat and a
hero remains in the army, then instead of the units undergoing a
“Retreat Challenge” the remaining hero is subjected to a “Capture
Kill” attempt.
Retreat Challenge: A “Retreat Challenge” is exactly the same as
any other challenge. The retreating unit may use its hero’s fate pool
if a hero is available. The fate is not reset though between multiple
challenges so it must be used carefully. The number of dice in the
attacker’s dice pool is equal to the average attack strength of the
last army to engage the retreating player plus 1 die.
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NOTE: Retreating unit cards do not get any damage
modifications applied due to special abilities. For example, an
armor unit with an attachment card that has the “Composite
Armor -1” special ability would NOT receive the -1 damage
modification during a retreat challenge.
Retreating: Armies retreat towards the nearest friendly outpost
or stronghold. If there is no valid retreat hex available (all hexes
are occupied by un-stealthed combat capable enemy armies)
then the retreating army is destroyed, and all hero and unit cards
that it contains are discarded.
Trickster: A hero with the “Trickster” special ability can retreat
before the first round of combat begins and the “Trickster” ability
level is subtracted from the attackers dice pool for the “Retreat
Challenge.” For example “Trickster 2” would subtract 2 die from
the attacker’s pool.
Garrisons: Garrisons can never retreat. If the retreat option is
selected for the garrison and the battle is lost then the garrison is
destroyed and all cards in it are discarded.
Battle Results
The battle ends when either one player has no more combat
capable armies available or has elected to retreat all his armies
or his last army from the battle. Once all the necessary “Retreat
Challenges” and “Capture Kill Challenges” have been resolved a
dialogue box appears that summarizes the results of the battle.
The winner is awarded control of any facilities in the hex and
becomes the hex controller and defender.
Repairing Damage and Healing Heroes
When heroes, units, facilities or attack cards are wounded or
damaged they must be healed or repaired to bring them back
up to full strength (replenish wound, hit, or structure points).
This can be accomplished by right clicking on the card in the
appropriate viewer and then left clicking to select the “Repair/
Heal” option. In order for the repair/heal option to even appear
however, the hero or unit must be at a hex that contains a friendly
stronghold or outpost. Facilities may be repaired anytime during
the player’s turn as long as the hex is not disputed for control
or besieged. Attack cards reside in a player’s hand and may be
repaired during a players turn by right clicking on the card in the
hand display interface. Repairing or healing a card also requires
the expenditure of Action Points and sometimes resources
depending on the type of card.
NOTE: A unit card or hero card cannot be repaired/healed if the
army it is a part of is stealthed. You must first destealth the army
by right clicking on its counter and selecting the destealth option
from the pop up menu. The repair option will then appear when
you right click on the damaged or injured card.