Law of Root
English
QL.1 OVERVIEW
QL.2 FACTION RULES AND ABILITIES
QL.2.1
Crafting.
The Queenless Legion crafts during Evening by activating enemy tokens or buildings in clearings with colonies.
(QL.6.1 - Craft)
QL.2.2
Spoils.
When you remove enemy pieces (warriors, tokens, and/or buildings) in a campaign clearing during your turn (by battle or other means), they do not return to their supply. Instead, place them in the Spoils box on your board. They remain there until returned during your evening.
I
Spending Spoils.
During your Evening, you score based on the number of pieces in Spoils.
(QL.6.2 - Spoils of War)
II
Interaction with Field Hospitals.
Defeated Marquise de Cat warriors go to Spoils before they can use Field Hospitals to bring them back at the Keep.
III
Interaction with Vagabond.
When you would damage a Vagabond’s items, place them instead in Spoils. Treat them as pieces for scoring Spoils. When you spend them, they go to the Vagabond’s damaged items, as they would have after the battle.
IV
Interaction with Acolytes.
Warriors you defeat in battle go to your board before they go to the Lizard Cult’s Acolytes. When you return them during Evening they go to Acolytes.
V
Interaction with Coffin Makers.
Warriors go to Spoils before they go to Coffin Makers. When you spend them, then they go to Coffin Makers.
QL.2.3
Colonialism.
You have six colony tokens. You can place no more than one colony in a clearing. Enemies cannot craft using pieces in clearings with colonies, and cannot recruit warriors in clearings with colonies.
QL.2.4
No Queens.
In battle as attacker, you deal an extra hit if an enemy rules the clearing.
QL.2.5
Campaign Card.
Each turn, you may play a new campaign card from your hand, placing it on your board. The suit of this card is referenced in your Daylight actions, which take place in “campaign clearings.” If the campaign card is a bird card, you will choose the suit you want it to represent each turn- but as a tradeoff for the versatility of a bird card, your scoring is reduced. The campaign card’s crafting icons will be used during Supply Drop. Wild crafting icons can be any suit, chosen each round; for cards with multiple wild crafting icons, each can be a different suit, chosen each round.
(QL.4.2 - Supply Drop)
QL.3 FACTION SETUP
QL.3.1
Step 1: Gather Warriors and Colonies.
Form a supply of 20 warriors. Form a supply of 6 colony tokens.
QL.3.2
Step 2: Place Warriors.
Place 3 warriors in a corner clearing you choose. If possible, choose a clearing diagonally opposite from another faction’s starting clearing. Then, place 3 warriors in an adjacent clearing you choose.
QL.3.3
Step 3: Starting Campaign.
Draw one additional card from the deck. Then, choose one card from your hand to place on your board as your starting campaign card.
QL.4 BIRDSONG
QL.4.1
Bootstraps.
If you have no pieces on the map, place three warriors in the clearing with the fewest enemy pieces. In the event of a tie, you choose a clearing.
QL.4.2
Supply Drop.
For each crafting icon on the campaign card, place a warrior in a matching clearing (i.e. matching the crafting icon, not the card itself) that contains your pieces. May select the same clearing more than once, but you do not have to. Then, you may spend one card from your hand to place one warrior at each colony matching that card.
QL.4.3
Change of Tactics.
You may discard the current campaign card and play a new one from your hand. If your campaign card is now a bird card, choose a suit to be your campaign suit, effective until this step on your next turn.
QL.5 DAYLIGHT
QL.5.1
Invade.
Take any number of valid moves into campaign clearings.
QL.5.2
Attack.
You must initiate a battle in each campaign clearing with your warriors.
QL.5.3
Colonize.
In each campaign clearing with at least two of your warriors, you may place a colony. If there is already a colony there, score 1 VP instead. If all colonies are on the map already, you can remove one or more from non-campaign clearings and place them during this step.
QL.5.4
Deescalate.
You may take one move from a campaign clearing.
QL.6 EVENING
QL.6.1
Craft.
Craft using enemy buildings or tokens in clearings with colonies.
QL.6.2
Spoils of War.
Score 1 VP for every two pieces in Spoils, or for every three pieces if the campaign is a bird card.
QL.6.3
Return Spoils.
Return all Spoils to their respective supplies.
QL.6.4
Draw and Discard.
Draw one card, plus one if the campaign card has an item. Discard down to five cards.