- Phoenixes
Powerful warriors, count as 2 warriors for most game effects. Deal alot of hits in battle and cannot be forced to move or moved by other players.
- From the Ashes
Nests are special kind of buildings that are used for crafting but can also be sacrificed for more recruitment.
- Cost of Sacrifice
Order can craft but can't hold crafted items. Vagabond cannot aid you.
- If you have no nests you can place one in the clearing with least enemy pieces. Then, you can place up to 2 warriors in that clearing.
Cycle of Life begins: perform at least one Sacrifice:- Sacrifice (discard) a card.
- Sacrifice (remove) your warrior from the board.
- Once per turn. Sacrifice (remove) your nest from any clearing to score equal to cost indicated on space you cover with returning nest.
- Perform up to
3 actions: - Move or Battle (without Phoenixes!)
- Recruit on clearings with nests. (1 per each nest)
- Build: spend cards to place nest on a clearing you rule.
- Perform
rituals (any number of times):- Ritual of Power: remove 2 Order warriors from 1 clearing to place a nest there.
- Ritual of Summoning (once per nest): spend (or 2 matching cards instead) to place 1 Phoenix in a clearing with a nest.
- Ritual of the Offering: craft with nests. Don't score, don't get items and immediately discard crafted card. Depending on the crafting cost:
- Perform
move orbattle actions with your Phoenixes only (no common warriors) up to the number of covered slots on Path of Sacrifice (i.e. 4 slots let you do 4 actions divided among both phoenixes).
- Score indicated on rightmost visible slot in nests track.
- Draw 1 card +1 per each 2 covered slots on Path of Sacrifice, rounded down. Discard down to 5 cards.
Ashes to Ashes : if you sacrificed a nest this turn, you can place up to 2 warriors on a clearing with any of your pieces.Cycle of Life ends: remove all sacrifice tokens from Path of Sacrifice.
After each sacrifice place a sacrifice token on this track. You can spend them any time during your turn to do any of the following special actions:
At the end of your Evening phase, remove all leftover tokens from this track.
: you have to spend that many cards to build this nest using
- There can ever be only one phoenix on a clearing. If there would ever be 2 phoenixes on one clearing, remove one immediately.
- Each Phoenix counts as 2 warriors for rule.
- Each Phoenix deals 2 hits (when rolling for hits multiply the result by 2).
- Each Phoenix needs to receive 2 hits in one battle to be removed.
- Phoenix cannot be forced to move or moved by other players.
- Phoenix cannot be sacrificed.