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Infantry Mech. Infantry Reconnaissance Anti-Air

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Gunships Artillery Rockets Light Tanks

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Infantry Mech. Infantry Reconnaissance Anti-Air

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Gunships Artillery Rockets Light Tanks

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Infantry Mech. Infantry Reconnaissance Anti-Air

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Infantry Mech. Infantry Reconnaissance Anti-Air

5 6 7 8

Gunships Artillery Rockets Light Tanks

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Infantry Mech. Infantry Reconnaissance Anti-Air

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Heavy Tanks Air Support Heavy Tanks Air Support

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Heavy Tanks Air Support Heavy Tanks Air Support

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WAR ACADEMY SETUP
★ Wedge Straight Flush Use Troop cards 1-10, CO Power
456 cards and Terrain tiles.
Shuffle all Terrain tiles together.
Phalanx Three of a Kind
Players alternate drawing and
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placing a tile on either side of an
Battalion Flush
existing tile until 9 tiles have been
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placed. This is the Battle Line.
Skirmish Line Straight Shuffle the Troop and CO Power
456 decks and place them on either side
Host Any other cards of the Battle Line.
138 Deal 7 Troop cards to each player.
CO POWERS
You may only play CO Powers up to one
more than your opponent has played.
Ally Powers are placed at and use a
Troop Slot at a Flag of your choice.
Environment Powers are placed
below your Troops at a Flag of your
choice. They remain in play and
only affect the Flag they are on.
Tactics Powers are placed next to
the CO Powers deck. Once played,
they have no further effect.
FLAGS
To claim a Flag, a player must have
a completed Formation on their
side of a Flag, and prove that the
opponent won't beat their Formation
regardless of what other cards
might be played.
When a player claims a Flag, they
pull that tile closer to themselves.
If a player claims 3 Flags in a row
or 5 in total, they win the game.
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FORMATIONS
Flags have 3 imaginary "slots" for
Troop cards on each side. Players
play Troop cards into these slots to
make Formations.
When a player attempts to claim a
Flag, compare the Formations
present to the War Academy chart
to determine the winner.
When comparing two Formations of
the same category, the highest sum
of Troop values wins.
TROOPS TURN ORDER
To play a Troop card, place it face 1 Choose a Troop or CO Power
up next to a Flag on your side of card in your hand and place it
the Battle Line. Gustavo Herodier
face up at a Flag on your side
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of the Battle Line.
Troops may not be placed at a Flag
Battle Line
on which you have already 2 Claim any number of Flags,
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completed a Formation. if possible.
Graphics
Intelligent Systems
If you are unable to play a Troop 3 Draw a card from either deck
card, you may play a CO Power & Nintendo
to refresh your hand to 7.
card or pass your turn. Terrain Expansion
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Max
Counts as any Troop card. Counts as any Troop card. Counts as an 8 value Counts as a 1,2 or 3 value
Limited to one Leader per player. Limited to one Leader per player. Troop card of any colour. Troop card of any colour.

Power Wrench Meteor Strike Max Power Victory March

Tactics Tactics Tactics Tactics

Kanbei Sonja

Eagle Grit
Move one of your opponent's Draw 3 cards from either deck, Move any one of your cards, Discard any one of your
Troops to your side. then discard 2 from your hand. or discard it on your side. opponent's cards on their side.

Imperial Command Enhanced Vision Lightning Strike Super Snipe

Environment
Fort Tower City
Attacker requires Once claimed, your Worth double if

Olaf attacker
an extra Troop to
claim this Flag.
Troops at adjacent
Flags get +3.
claimed, but does not
count as adjacent.

Woods Hills Mountains

Ignore Formations Attacking Troops Both sides require
simply add up at this Flag get -3. an extra Troop to
Troop values. claim this Flag.
attacker

One extra Troop is Water Swamp Bridge

required to claim this Flag. Can't be claimed. Ignore Formations Both sides require
Lay an extra tile simply add up one less Troop to

Blizzard on the Battle Line. Troop values. claim this Flag.

Environment

Plains Plains Plains

Plains Plains Plains

Drake
Ignore Formations, simply add
up the Troop values at this Flag.
Plains Plains Plains
Typhoon
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Terrain Terrain Terrain

Terrain Terrain Terrain

Terrain Terrain Terrain

CO Powers

Terrain Terrain Terrain

Terrain Terrain Terrain

Terrain Terrain Terrain

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Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Orange Star HQ

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Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Blue Moon HQ

X2 X2 X2 0

Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Green Earth HQ

X2 X2 X2 0

Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Yellow Comet HQ

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Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Black Hole HQ

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Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Purple Heart HQ

Lost Cities
Use Troop cards 2-10, Headquarters
and Intelligence cards. Remove one
entire suit of Troops.
Place the five HQ cards between the
two players.
Shuffle the remaining Troop cards
and deal 8 cards to each player.
Cards can only be played on cards
of lesser value. Intelligence cards
can't be played once numbered
cards have been played on that mission.
Parade
Use Troop cards 0-10.
Shuffle the Troop deck and deal 5
cards to each player.
Each turn, play a card to the end of the
Parade. If its value is more than the
size of the Parade, nothing happens.
Otherwise, take all cards of the
same colour or lesser value than
your card, for which its position is
larger than the value of your card.
Then draw a card and pass the turn.
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Parade
Play the Final Round the turn after
the deck runs out or a player has
taken a card of every colour.
DO NOT draw cards on the final round.
After the end, each player picks 2 of
the remaining cards in their hand,
and places them on the table.
The majority leader in each colour
gets 1 point for each card in that
colour. All other cards are worth their
value in points. Lowest score wins.
Troops
Troops
Lost Cities
Missions for which no cards have
been played are worth 0 points.
Add the value of all cards played on
a Mission and subtract 20. Then
multiply that number by 1 plus the
number of Intelligence cards on that
Mission. This is the Mission Score.
Missions with at least eight cards
played earns a fixed bonus of 20
points after the Intelligence
multiplier is applied.