Mage Knight Board Game

Days, nights and turns: each round is Day or Night, with Tactics setting turn order. A regular turn allows movement followed by one action; resting replaces both. An empty draw deck does not immediately reshuffle: at the start of your turn you may forfeit it to announce round end, giving everyone else one final turn.

Cards and mana: an action card offers its basic effect or a stronger effect for matching mana. Any non-Wound card can give one Move, Influence, physical Attack or Block sideways. Normally use at most one Source die per turn. Pure mana expires at turn end; store at most three crystals per basic color. Gold substitutes for a basic color by day and cannot be used at night.

Exploration and interaction: pay terrain movement costs and another two Move to reveal a tile, normally in a fixed orientation. Spend Influence at settlements for permitted recruits and services. Units require available Command tokens.

Enemy combat proceeds through Ranged/Siege, Block, Assign Damage and Attack. An ordinary enemy attack must be fully blocked; partial blocking does not reduce its damage. Unblocked damage may go to unwounded units, with the remainder wounding the hero. Defeat an enemy with enough attack to meet its Armor in a single attack; damage is not accumulated across phases.

Growth and Wounds: defeated enemies grant Fame. Crossing a level line leads to end-of-turn advancement, alternating skills plus advanced actions with improved Armor, hand limit and Command capacity. Wounds clog your hand. Resting only discards them; healing removes them, and cannot be used during combat.

Full Conquest lasts up to six rounds. Once every city is conquered, everyone including the triggering player gets one final turn, unless the round ends first. Add standard achievements and city scoring, including seven Fame per city led or four for participation without leadership. Highest final Fame wins even if some cities remain unconquered.

Solo Conquest also allows six rounds and uses a dummy player to pace time. The two cities are level five and eight in reveal order. You win only by conquering both; otherwise you fail, but may record Fame, achievements and scenario bonuses to compare performance.