Blockade
Defensive/frontline behavior that forces combat respect and often protects backline value engines.
Example Cards: Monument Guard, Ironclad Warship, The White Company
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Mechanics And Keywords
Rules-facing glossary for combat, economy, and card effect timing.
Infiltrate
Bypasses normal board friction to pressure targets or leader directly depending on effect context.
Example Cards: Hired Scout, Infiltrator, Yaroslav Sellsword
Inspired
Enhanced attack state, frequently tied to first strike windows, tempo pushes, or conditional buffs.
Example Cards: Mutineer of Carthage, Carolean Cavalry, Teutonic Heavy Cavalry
Armor
Damage mitigation layer that improves survivability against pings and incremental trading.
Example Cards: Plated Landsknecht, Ironclad Warship, USS Chesapeake
Raid
Reward trigger for aggressive combat lines; often converts attacks into economy or additional pressure.
Example Cards: Looting Opportunist, Vinland Plunderer, Viking Longship
Reclaim
Recursion mechanic that enables cards to return for additional use, usually at modified value.
Example Cards: Erase And Improve, Persistent Soldier, Izmailovsky Regiment
Entrenched
Durability scaling that hardens units for board-holding and attrition matchups.
Example Cards: Varangian Shieldbearer, East India Trade Ship, Druzhina Boyar
Ranged
Damage projection at a distance, enabling removal, poke pressure, or tempo control from safer positions.
Example Cards: Uragan Monitor, Archery Hulk, Grenadier Deserter
Last Act
Death trigger that converts unit loss into follow-up value, pressure, or board rebuild effects.
Example Cards: Brothers with Muskets, The White Company, Houjin
Conviction
Yellow faction resource axis that powers scaling effects and strategic life/value conversion.
Example Cards: No direct sample in current keyword extraction.
Colonize
Board/economy advancement action used heavily by Blue and allied control/value packages.
Example Cards: No direct sample in current keyword extraction.
Temporary Resource
Short-lived mana acceleration used for burst turns and explosive sequencing windows.
Example Cards: No direct sample in current keyword extraction.
Turn Fundamentals
- 1. Start-of-turn effects resolve and resources refresh according to game rules.
- 2. Player sequences units, ideas, monuments, and leader ability actions.
- 3. Combat decisions are validated server-side using current legal action state.
- 4. End-of-turn triggers resolve, then priority passes to the opponent.