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Components

• 168 Deed Cards
• 40 Unit Cards
• 12 Tactic Cards
• 4 Hero Cards
• 4 Skill Description Cards
• 7 Site Description Cards
• 1 Scoring Card
• 4 City Cards
• 128 Hero Tokens
• 60 Enemy Tokens
• 12 Ruin Tokens
• 20 Map Tiles
• 2 Game Mats
• 4 Hero Figures
• 4 City Figures
• 54 Mana Crystals
• 7 Mana Dice
• 2 Rulebooks

Overview

In the game, each player controls a Hero known as a Mage Knight. He has his game figure, several types of tokens, and a Deed deck consisting of 16 Action cards. There are a few revealed Map tiles creating the starting area - the magic portal and the surrounding area. …

Map Tiles

Map tiles represent the land that the Heroes are exploring.

Each tile consists of seven hexagonal spaces. Before the game, the Map tiles should be separated by their reverse sides:

Starting Tile (two-sided)

The starting tile is two sided. Each side displays a magic portal and a coastline - the coastline is different on each side, and defines the shape of the map for a given game.

The spaces which represent the sea cannot be occupied by Heroes. For the first scenario, we will need the side marked by a small "A" in the lower corner. …

All Action cards have a similar design. On each card, there is a:

• Card type (in the upper left corner)
• Card name
• Hero symbol (top right) to see which Hero it belongs to.
• Picture
• Basic effect (the text directly under the picture)
• Stronger effect (the colored gem between the basic and the stronger effect - note the entire card is toned to that color, and whenever a card or effect relates to "Action card color", this is the color being referred to).

Card Types

The symbol in the upper left corner determines when this card can be played. …

Now you know how to play Move cards to provide Move points. Next, let's explain how to spend them to move your figure across the map.

Move Costs

The Move cost of each terrain type is depicted on the Day/ Night board, represented by the large number. A red "X" means that this terrain is inaccessible. Ignore the small blue numbers for now; they are for Night Rounds.

To move your figure, you must spend Move points provided by cards you have played. You can move to any space adjacent to your space unless that terrain is inaccessible. You can move as far as you want, as long as you have enough Move points to do so. …

Let's take a look at a Unit in more detail:

• The number in the upper- left corner you know already - it is the amount of Influence you have to pay to recruit it.

• In the upper-right corner, there is the level of the Unit. This is important when healing a Unit, and also determines the total value of your army at the end of the game.

• The icon or icons under the cost tell you where this Unit can be recruited. …

Combats are the most complex events in the game, especially when multiple enemies are involved. It would not be fair to let a player handle it by himself when learning the game. Also, someone should look out for the enemy during combat - it is easy for a player to overlook a special ability.

If a combat happens, the player that was playing before the active player (or the player who knows the game best) should become the Combat manager. He makes no decisions for the enemies; it is just his duty to see that everything goes according to the rules. …