Tactics Cards

Overview

Tactics cards are used to represent different fighting approaches in combat, each tactic has an advantage or disadvantage against opposing tactics.

Both attacker and defender use the same set (this keeps things simple). For a narrative justification for some of the seemingly illogical combinations, such as an attacker using Fighting Withdrawal, think of it as withdrawing using fast local counter-attacks; this would certainly be used by a smaller force led by a superior General against a larger force. The six battle tactics are as follows:

Subterfuge

Command your army to feign a tactic to attempt to get the enemy forces off balance and then strike aggressively.

Troop Recovery: 30%

The bonus to your combat role is based on opponents tactic choice:

• Outflank: Your army gains +3 Bonus

• Surprise Assault: Opponents army gains +3 Bonus

• Fighting Withdrawal: Your army gains +2 Bonus

• Subterfuge: No Bonus

• Conventional Battle: Opponents army gains +1 Bonus

• Fortify in Field Defenses: Opponents army gains +2 Bonus

Conventional Battle

Command your army to advance in a conventional combat line.

Troop Recovery: 50%

The bonus to your combat role is based on opponents tactic choice:

• Outflank: Opponents army gains +2 Bonus

• Surprise Assault: Opponents army gains +1 Bonus

• Fighting Withdrawal: No Bonus

• Subterfuge: Your army gains +1 Bonus

• Conventional Battle: No Bonus

• Fortify in Field Defenses: Your army gains +1 Bonus

Fortify in Field Defenses

Command your army to construct stockade defenses and engage along a defensive line.

Troop Recovery: 75%

The bonus to your combat role is based on opponents tactic choice:

• Outflank: Opponents army gains +1 Bonus

• Surprise Assault: Opponents army gains +1 Bonus

• Fighting Withdrawal: No Combat

• Subterfuge: Your army gains a +2 bonus

• Conventional Battle: Opponents army gains +1 Bonus

• Fortify in Field Defenses: No Combat