Setting up :
- Each army chooses 1 King who will remain King for the duration of the War.
- Each army chooses 2 Banner Gates, which can change between battles.
- Each army has a Retreat Zone
- Each army has a Departure Zone for its Reinforcements
How do you win the war?
- Killing the opposing King immediately ends the battle and the War.
- Win three battles.
Setting up a battle :
- Each army chooses 2 Banner Gates from the survivors of the previous battle.
- The survivors of each army start in their respective Start Zone.
- Reinforcements must be placed in their Start Zone.
How do you win a battle?
- When an army no longer has a living Banner-Bearer on the battlefield.
- When the opposing army reaches its Retreat Zone.
Special rules :
1/ A Banner Bearer can raise up to 3 fallen combatants per battle, excluding the King, by touching them with the heel of his banner.
A banner carrier cannot use it as a weapon.
If a Banner Bearer dies, the banner can be picked up by another combatant from that army who becomes the new Banner Bearer. However, it does not have the ability to raise the dead. This keeps the banner in play and avoids a step towards defeat. If a Banner is on the ground, the opposing army is not allowed to pick it up or move it.
2/ Depending on the victory/defeat conditions of the previous battle, some participants will become Reinforcements.
1 minute after the start of the battle, reinforcements can join the fighting.
Influence of one battle on the next :
- If an army manages to retreat to its Retreat Zone, all its dead (even those set aside for this battle) can return as Reinforcements to fight in the next battle. If an army returns to its Retreat Zone with fewer than 10 combatants dead during this battle, it will still have to start the next battle with 10 combatants as Reinforcements. Survivors will therefore be chosen to reach the total of 10 Reinforcements.
- The army that wins a battle starts the next one with only the Survivors from the previous battle. Its dead do not become Reinforcements and are therefore temporarily removed from the battlefield.
- If the army wins the battle by killing the 2 opposing Banner Gates, its combatants who died during this battle can return as Reinforcements during the next battle.