Quote from IoM-Christian on 2022-08-22, 14:42

IoM - Scorched Earth is a three part system each to be substituted if players feel for it.

 

----- BUILDING ARMIES -----

Before battle commences Players agree upon army point values and build their armies from whatever lists they prefer and equipping their Units. Then they fill out IoM Unit Cards or similar unit identifiers. Both should bring appropriate miniatures, dice, rulers, etc.

SKIRMISH <= 1000 point

Armies need not have a general; instead, they can promote one of their characters or core champions to warband leader.

Each round, the Warband Leader can roll a D6A to determine how many command points to use or distribute.

WARBAND > 1000 and <= 1500 point.

These armies follow the Army lists.

BATTLE > 1500 point.

These armies may, except for general and its guards, have twice the models, units, and sizes in the Army lists.

 

----- SETTING UP GAME AND ARMIES -----

1. Players set up the terrain (140 cm wide and 120 cm deep)
2. Roll for game length: 3 + amount of an average die (D6A) resulting i  5-8 rounds.
3. Players determine Showup initiative (SI); winner (SIW) picks table side.
4. Starting with (SI) looser, Players place (D6A) of their Unit Cards (UC) face down according to deployment rules. Continue rolling and placing till all UC's are deployed.
5. SI looser (SIL) rolls (D6A) to see how many units, beginning with SIL, each reveal & toggle (R&T) at a time, until all UC'S are R&T'ed.
6. UC's are then swapped for models, facing and centred as the card.
7. If using Magic, Player(s) roll for Shards.

 

----- PLAYING A GAME -----

A game consist of 5-8 Rounds, each with one or more Phases.

Round X;

1. Unit Type Chits (UTC) for a player’s existing Units are prepared for picking by placing them aside - but face up on the table.
2. Order Activation Tokens (OAT) are distributed.

Phase X;

1. Determine Phase Activation Initiative (PAI)
2. PAI winner roll Average die (D6A) to see how many UTC to be picked this Phase
3. PAI winner decides to start or hand over activating Units matching the selected UTC.
4. When all currently picked UTC are used, the Phase ends
5. If any Player still have unused UTC, another Phase is taken

When all UTC's are used, the Round ends and UTC's matching Units still existing are placed face-up for another round.

If the Game hasent ended, perform another Round.

If a Unit lost its last Model, one of that units Chit Types are removed. (a used one if it has been activated this round)

Melee, Shooting and Magic effects as well as Morale results are taken as soon as Units interact. Effects spreading as a result from these are applied throughout the battlefield.

 

NOTE: Building IoM armies are currently a complex process involving a lot of calculation, you can swap IoM lists for whatever lists yor prefer.

 

A writeup of the rules as PDF is here: WIP Game rules.

A Quick Reference Sheet as PDF is here: QRS

These PDF documents might at times, be out of sync with updated information in the Forum threads.