BATTLES OF WESTEROS

 

BATTLES OF WESTEROS

OBJECTIVE OF BATTLES OF WESTEROS:  Rout the enemy or destroy him!

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 players

MATERIALS: 

  • 138 figures (10 Commanders and 128 Soldiers split between Houses Stark and Lannister)
  • 36 Banner Poles and 86 Unit Banners (43 of each House)
  • 84 Order cards (14 Commander cards and 70 Leadership cards)
  • 8 Unit Reference cards (4 of each House)
  • 2 Command Boards (1 per House)
  • 10 Command tokens
  • 50 Order tokens (10 of each type: Green, Blue, Red, Valor, Morale)
  • 20 Engagement tokens (10 per house)
  • 8 eight-sided Combat Dice
  • 14 control markers (7 per House)
  • 32 Map tiles
  • 16 Skirmish Setup cards and 2 Skirmish Summary cards
  • 1 Momentum token
  • 1 Morale track
  • 1 Round track with a Round marker and 2 Victory Point markers (1 per House)
  • 1 Game board (double-sided)
  • Various status and game element tokens (Devastation, Fire, Strategy, Siege Tower, Tent…)

TYPE OF GAME: Battle Lore variant, battle game

AUDIENCE: Teens, Adults

INTRODUCTION OF BATTLES OF WESTEROS

The banners of the Great Houses of Westeros flutter in the wind. To rule the realm of the Seven Kingdoms and to ensure the survival of their bloodlines, the Houses of Westeros each have their own strategy.

Some forge matrimonial alliances, some create complex political intrigues, and others use dishonesty and treachery. But there is no more direct and lasting way than victory on the battlefield.

In Battles of Westeros, two players can take part in the military conflicts in George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones universe. Players can recreate battles from the books that opposed Stark and Lannister Houses or invent their own skirmishes.

From the map layout to the army compositions, and of course famous commanders that give access to different special orders and abilities, each of the 10 scenarii proposed by the game will provide a completely different battle experience.

This article does not entirely cover the rules of Battles of Westeros as it would be too long. Instead, it will give a detailed overview of how the game works to help grasp the game experience.

Contents of the core game box. Note that the plastic box for tokens is not sold with the game.

GAME SETUP

1. Battle and Houses

Each player chooses one House, either Stark or Lannister, then the player determine which battle they want to play in the Westeros Battle Plans book. The Battle Plan of a battle details the involved troops, commanders and victory conditions for each House.

2. Battlefield and Game Tracks

According to the Battle Plan, place terrain tiles on the correct side of the game board (side A or side B). Then, place the Morale track and Round track next to the battlefield, with their markers. The Morale track is made of three parts, the central part being neutral while the two ends are House specific and are two-sided. The Battle Plan indicates which side should be used, with either Rout or 11 Morale on their last space.

3. Commanders

Each player picks the Commander figures as specified in the Battle Plans, and then takes the Commander card of each Commander, places colored face up in front of them. They also take the 5 Leadership cards of each involved Commander.

4. Tokens

Each player takes the number of Command tokens specified on the Battle Plan and places them on his Command board.

All other tokens are sorted by type and placed next to the game board.

5. Leadership Decks

Each player shuffles the 10 base Leadership cards of his House with the Leadership cards of the involved Commanders.

6. Deployment

According to the Battle Plan, form each unit with figures, banner poles and banner tokens and place it on the right space of the board game. Commanders come with their unit, whose type is indicated on their Commander card, but they replace one of the figures.

7. Initiative

The Battle Plan states which player takes the Momentum token.

Example of a game setup: Ambush in the Whispering Woods. Jaime Lannister and his captains were lured into a trap by Robb Stark, The Young Wolf. To win they must cross the river  to the north and take Catelyn Stark’s hex, while the Stark need to capture Jaime Lannister at all costs.

THE PLAY

A battle lasts a set maximum number of rounds, as indicated on the Battle Plan. A round is divided in four phases as follows:

  1. Rally Phase: determine advantage and rally your troops
  2. Marshaling Phase: roll combat dice and draw Leadership cards
  3. Command Phase: give orders to units
  4. Regroup Phase: resolve status conditions, score Victory Points and check victory conditions

Rally Phase

A. Determine Advantage

The first player is the one who has kept the most Commands tokens on his Command board. In case of a tie, the player with the momentum goes first.


B. Refresh Commanders

Each player moves all command tokens on his Commander cards back to his Command board.

C. Rally Units

Each unit has a banner with a black side and a white side. When a unit is ordered, its owner turns its banner at 180 degrees to show its other side and indicate the unit has been ordered and has become inactive. The Round track’s spaces have alternate colors, either black or white. This is used to facilitate the tracking of units being ordered. During this step of the Rally phase, each players turns the banner of units that are still active, so that all banners show him the color side matching the current round’s color on the game track. Therefore, if you have ordered all your units during the previous round, you don’t have anything to do. Well thought out.

Marshaling Phase

A. Roll Combat Dice to Determine the Colors of Order Tokens

Each player rolls the number of combat dice indicated on the Battle Plan and takes Order tokens as shown on the dice results. These Order tokens are added to the player’s Order pool.


B. Draw Scenario-Specific Number of Leadership Cards

Each player draws the number of Leadership cards indicated on the Battle Plan and adds them to their hand.

Command Phase

This is the most important phase of the game, during which the players give one order to their units, one player after the other, until players have used all their order possibilities or decided to pass.


To give an order, a player may choose one of 2 Options.

A. Play a single or a matching pair of Order Tokens

The active player may spend an Order token on a unit to do the following actions:

  • green shield: order the unit (only if the unit is green)
  • blue shield: order the unit (only if the unit is blue)
  • red shield: order the unit (only if the unit is red)
  • flag: either rally the unit (turn its banner to the side matching the current round’s color, but decrease your House’s morale by one) or increase your House’s morale by one
  • fist (Valor): order the unit regardless of its color

B. Play a single Leadership Card

To play a Leadership card, the active player must follow the following steps and conditions:

  • choose a commander (either active or inactive) that doesn’t have reached his limit of Command tokens (as specified on his Commander card)
  • discard the Leadership card to play
  • move a Command token from his Command board to the Commander’s card
  • designate the units being ordered according to the Leadership card’s description; those units must be within a range of to hexes of the Commander
  • apply the effect of the Leadership card’s description

Note: some Leadership cards may have several Orders, that require to spend as many Command tokens, or may have a Tactics text box, allowing to activate another nice effect if the conditions specified on the card are met.

C. Pass

The active player may pass if he wants to keep one Order token and/or one Leadership card for the next turn, but also to keep Command tokens in order to win initiative in the next turn. Also, a player must pass if he is not able to use any Order token or Leadeship card (in most cases, if he has used all his Command tokens and Order tokens).

Regroup Phase

A. Resolve Status Conditions

There are a lot of effects being triggered by game events depending on the scenarii played. One of them is the Fire condition, that can apply to buildings, but also to units.


B. Score Victory Points

Victory Points are earned differently in each scenario, according to the Battle Plan. Some Victory Points are earned each turn while others may only be awarded during the last round of the game. Most of the time, Victory Points are earned by eliminating enemy units and by having the enemy morale low on the Morale track. 우리카지노

C. Check Victory Conditions

Again, the Battle Plan specifies Victory conditions, either for Instant Victory or for Victory in the last round.

D. Discard Excess Resources

Players must discard all remaining Order tokens but one from their Order pool, and do the same for Leadership cards remaining in their hand.


E. Recover Morale

Each player may move his morale marker up to the highest morale space of the same color (green, yellow or red) unless his morale marker is on a morale break space (pointed by an arrow).

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