Castles deck

Castles deck
Designer	jftsang
Date	25 November 2007
Players	2 (or 2 teams)
This is an untested deck. Its cards are complete, but it hasn't yet been tested.
To play Dvorak: Draw five cards each and leave the rest as a draw pile. On your turn, draw a card from the draw pile and play one Thing and/or one Action. (See the full rules.)
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Rules

Each player or team has one Castle card to start off with, and must defend it. It has 50HP (as shown on the corner). When either team's Castle is destroyed they lose the game. They also start with their General, Wizard, Spy and Assassin, all of which start off in the Castle Zone except for the General, who starts off in the Middle Zone.

The board is split into six zones - three on each side: the Castle Zone (inside the Castle), the Middle Zone and the Front. Most Soldiers and Civilians may only perform their actions on targets that are on the same zone as them. You may not enter the Castle Zone of your opponent. The outer walls of the Castle are in the Middle Zone (ironically) so you may move Soldiers into the Middle Zone and attack the Castle. Soldiers and Civilians may move to any adjacent zone on your turn.

You may play any number of cards each turn. When you play a card, it goes to either your Castle Zone or your Middle Zone. You may want to play soldiers to your Middle Zone and your Civilians to your Castle Zone.

Each card has a number, which is their HP value. When a card's HP falls to 0 it is discarded.

Civilians can repair the castle and perform other feats.

Soldiers can attack and deal damage to opponent Soldiers or Buildings.

Buildings do something as long as they are in play. Buildings can only be played if a Builder is in play, and can only be played into the zone the Builder is in.

If the Spy, Assassin, Wizards or General are destroyed then they cannot be resurrected, not even by the Resurrection spell.

Spells and Special Attacks

Spells and Special Attacks are both Actions. Spells may only be played if the Wizard on your side is in play, and Special Attacks may only be played if the General is in play and you have a Soldier that is in your Middle Zone or Front Zone.

Terrain (optional rules)

You may predefine each zone to be of a specific terrain. By default all zones are Plains. The Castle Zones must be Plains.

Plains: No bonuses or disadvantages.
Hills: Archers that are on Hills have a range of 2 zones and may attack into the Castle Zone.
High Hills: Archers that are on High Hills have a range of 2 zones and may attack into the Castle Zone and deal +1 damage. Also, Soldiers which have just entered High Hills may be attacked by any opponent Soldiers as it a
River: Only between zones, never inside zones. Crossing the River means any opponent Soldiers may attack your card that crosses it during your turn while you cross it.
Lake: To cross your Soldiers and Civilians must get into boats. Boats are vulnerable and deal -1 damage and take +1 damage when attacked by Soldiers on the bank. If both combatants are in boats then they both deal -1 damage but do not take any extra damage.
Forest: Archers deal -1 damage to Civilians and Soldiers in Forests.
Marsh: No Special Attacks may be performed by Soldiers on a Marsh.

Scoring

At the end of a game:

If your opponent's castle was destroyed, gain 100 points
If your castle was destroyed, lose 100 points
If you surrendered before your castle was destroyed, lose points equal to the damage done to your castle
If your opponent surrendered before his or her castle was destroyed, gain points equal to the damage done to their castle
If you won, take away a number of points equal to the damage done to your castle.
If you lost, add a number of points equal to the damage done to your opponent's castle.

In a tournament each player starts off with 1500 points. If a player wins he will gain and lose points. If you surrender you will also gain and lose points. It is thus better to surrender while you are still alive, and if you are attempting to destroy your opponent's castle you must still defend your castle so you do not lose as many points.

Card Listing

50

Castle

Building

When this card is destroyed you lose the game.

5

General

Special

All Soldiers in this card's zone may move two zones. They may not re-enter this zone this turn.

2

Wizard

Special

Action: Deal 2 damage to any card in play (except Special cards).

1

Spy

Special

This card can move 2 zones per turn and can enter your opponent's Castle Zone. It cannot be attacked by Soldiers if in your opponent's Castle Zone. While it is in your own Castle Zone this card is treated as a Civilian. Action: Reveal up to two cards in your opponent's hand if this card is in your opponent's Castle Zone.

1

Assassin

Special

This card can move 2 zones per turn and can enter your opponent's Castle Zone. Action: Destroy an opponent's Special card that is in this card's zone.

50

Castle

Building

When this card is destroyed you lose the game.

5

General

Special

All Soldiers in this card's zone may move two zones. They may not re-enter this zone this turn.

2

Wizard

Special

Action: Deal 2 damage to any card in play (except Special cards).

1

Spy

Special

This card can move 2 zones per turn and can enter your opponent's Castle Zone. It cannot be attacked by Soldiers if in your opponent's Castle Zone. While it is in your own Castle Zone this card is treated as a Civilian. Action: Reveal up to two cards in your opponent's hand if this card is in your opponent's Castle Zone.

1

Assassin

Special

This card can move 2 zones per turn and can enter your opponent's Castle Zone. Action: Destroy an opponent's Special card that is in this card's zone.

4

Spearman

Soldier