Expeditionary Squad

Preparing for game

Players must complete the following steps before starting the game

1. Scenary Selection

This step is described in detail in the Scenarios chapter. Players choose together a scenary for the game or choose a scenary randomly

2. Format Selection

The next step is to choose the format of the game. The choice of format depends on the desired length of the game and the scale of the battle. Пame format is the size of the Expeditionary Squad in game points. The sum of these points of the cost of Miniatures, Squad elements and Equipment Cards can't must more than the size of the selected format

Following Formats exist:

200 points (60-90 minutes)

When players gather a Squad that the sum of the cost of all Miniatures, Squad Items, and Equipment Cards must not more than 200 points.

300 points (90-120 minutes)

When players gather a Squad that the sum of the cost of all Miniatures, Squad Items, and Equipment Cards must not more than 300 points.

400 points (120 minutes or more)

When players gather a Squad that the sum of the cost of all Miniatures, Squad Items, and Equipment Cards must not more than 400 points

If they want, players can choose their own game format without being tied to the standard ones.

3. Gathering Expeditionary Squad

Each player choose Miniatures to play with. Must answer the rules of gather Expedition Squad, and their total cost must not exceed the format chosen by the players.

4. Gather a Deck of Gods

Each player gather a Deck of Gods by rules of gather deck described in chapter "Making Deck".

Gathering Squad

First step in gather an Expeditionary Squad is choosing a Faction. The world of Torn is full of a wide variety of kingdoms and races, which are united by the fact that they all serve, worship and implement the principles of one of the Four Domains in one form or another. Choosing a Faction is a choice in favor of one of the many kingdoms of Torn, whose side you will represent in the game.

Expedition Leader

After player has decided on the choice of the Faction, he must choose which of the Heroes of the chosen Faction will become the Leader of the Expedition. This choice depends on which Miniatures and in what quantity will be available to the player when assembling an Expedition Squad.

Sheet Of Expeditionary Squad

Each Hero is the Leader of the Expedition, has his own Expedition Squad Sheet, which shows all the Miniatures available to him. All available Miniatures have a limit on quantity and cost in game points.

Below we will analyze the images on the Sheets of the Expeditionary Squad.:

Leader icon is located at the top of the Squad Sheet. Pictographs at the bottom duplicate the pictographs on the Miniatures Card, reminding the Cards of the Gods of which colors are available to this Expedition Leader.

Miniature icon available for adding to the Expedition Squad. Cost in Game Points for adding a Miniature to the squad. Maximum allowed number of this Miniatures in a squad.

Linked Miniatures are indicated by connecting their icons. Miniature with the icon "Connected" cannot be added to a squad without a Link Leader..

+2 means, that for each added Link Leader, up to two Miniatures can be added to the squad indicated in the icon.

Character icon. Squad cannot have more than one Character with the same name.

Equipment Cards

When gathering a squad, the player can add Equipment Cards to it. Each card has its own cost like a Miniatures. Total cost of Miniatures and Equipment Cards should not exceed the game format chosen by the players. Each Equipment Card can be added to the squad in the amount of no more than one.

Before starting deployment, players attach their Equipment Cards to their squad's Miniatures. Equipment cards can only be attach to Miniature with keyword "Character". If the Equipment Card has an indication of the character's name, then it can only be attach to the character with this name. Any number of Equipment Cards can be attach to a one Miniature. Equipment card remains attached to the Miniature until it dies.

Equipment cards, in the text part of which the elements of the action tile are depicted, add THIS action to the Miniature of the equipment owner. Equipment cards that give effects when discard can be used by the player at any time in the game.

Narrative Game

Squad Sheets and Squad building around the Hero-Leader are an integral part of the Full Rules of the Tornscape game, which can be safely called sports. All official tournaments and events on the game will be held according to them. But there is also a narrative part of the game system. If you have agreed on a game with your opponent purely for getting emotions or decided to spend time with your family in the kitchen playing Tornscape, the narrative rules of the game are your choice..

When choosing in favor of narrative play, players assemble squads of only those Miniatures (within the same faction and for any number of game points chosen by both players outside of the standard formats) that they would like to play, appoint one of the Miniatures as the squad leader (preferably backed up by an artistic description of what kind of character he is, how and for what purposes he assembled his squad) and play Tornscape according to all the rules, bypassing only the section on assembling an expeditionary squad according to the sports rules.

Squad Rosters

For a more comfortable gather of your squads from the miniatures available for your faction, an online armbuilder has been made. This tool will allow you to easily and comfortable gather a roster for the game, taking into account the chosen format. You can also gather a deck of Divine Intervention Cards in it, which will be used when playing with this squad. In addition, you can also add Equipment Cards available for your characters here - they will be included in the cost of the squad. Follow the links below to find each of the currently available factions and main armybuilder section.