Compendium — Savage Gamez

I. Updated Rules

1.

Combat: Rivers Block Melee Combat Required — Page 23, Combat: Melee

Melee soldiers can not attack across rivers, unless the enemy is across a bridge.

Contributed by Nicole
2.

Resources: What to do when resources run out Clarification

If you are unable to collect certain types of resources at the beginning of your turn because the stockpile is empty, you may collect the same number of resources of another type, not including Craftpoints.

Don't forget, you can always trade for other resources at a 2:1 ratio during crafting, even if there are no more in the stockpile.

Example: A player wants to recruit an archer, but there are no more wood resources available. That player trades in 4 iron for 2 wood. They continued to purchase the soldier as normal with the rest of the resources and coins they have on hand.

The above example works even without wood resources in the stockpile. It is a direct trade-for-purchase scenario.
3.

Settlements: Forests, mountains and water placement Required — Page 15, Placing Settlements

Settlements can be placed on grassland, and forest spaces. Settlements can NOT be placed on mountain, river or lake spaces.

Additionally, settlements can be place anywhere on forest spaces, whether in part or completely in the forest.

Note: Placing a settlement on a forest space will negate the forest effects, essentially allowing line of site for ranged soldiers. However, enemies are still unable to pass through a settlement without first stopping on it for a full turn.
4.

Objective Cards: When can you claim them? Required — Page 10, Step 4d

Objectives can only be claimed during your turn. You may NOT claim any objectives on another player's turn.
5.

Soldiers: What to do when there are no more soldiers Clarification — Page 18, Crafting

If there are no more soldiers of a certain type in the stockpile, you can not craft/recruit any more of that soldier.

Note: Having multiple copies of the base game can add more to your recruiting pool.
6.
Combat: Can Counter-Attacks Continue Forever? Clarification
Yes. If a player successfully defended with at least one Counter-Attack dice, he can chose to initiate another counter-attack. The attacking player becomes the defender and the players continue to roll until one of the following occurs:
1. The attacker wins.
2. The defender wins without a counter-attack rolled.
3. The defender choses not to Counter-Attack, even though he successfully defended and had at least one Counter-Attack dice.
7.

Movement: Can you move through other soldiers? Clarification

Friendly Soldiers - You are allowed to move your soldiers through other friendly soldiers as long as they do not occupy the same space.

Enemy Soldiers - You can not jump over enemy soldiers. You are allowed to move around them, but not over them.

Contributed by Jason M.
8.

Action Cards: What happens when two player play the same action card? Clarification — Page 22, Combat

If two players are engaged in combat and both play the same action card "Weak Fight" and there is a tie, the base rule applies and the defender wins.

"All ties are won by the Defender..." - Combat, p. 22 of the rulebook.
9.

Crafting: Archer cost 4 or 5 coins? Required — Page 19, Archer

In the rulebook archers cost 4 coins in addition to the other resources. However, archers cost 5 coins on the Cheat Sheets.

The Cheat Sheets are correct. Archers cost 5 coins in addition to the rest of the resources.

II. New Rules

1.

Setup: How to set up the board for 5 or 6 players Optional — Page 8, Player Setup

Due to the large space required for a 5 or 6 player games, the following rules can apply as an alternative setup:

Step 5: Place Settlements. Each player may choose to use only one Game Tile as part of their kingdom, to allow more space for players.

Recommendation: Do to limited space with only two Game Tiles in a Kingdom, a player's Settlements can be place closer than 2 space from each other, but no less than 1 space.

When applying this rule during a game, because a single soldier could can guard two settlements at the same time, this can lead to a very over-powered situation.
2.

Combat: Demoted Instead of Defeat Optional — Page 22, Winning as the Attacker

As an alternative rule when winning a battle, the players may agree to allow higher-tiered soldiers to be demoted after a lost combat engagement, instead of removing the soldier from the board.

Note: A tier 2 or higher soldier would be allowed to demote to single lower tier. However, tier 1 soldiers would still be removed from the board, if defeated.

Contributed by Steve K.

III. FAQs

1.

What is Opportsoldiery? — Page 23, Paragraph 1

It is the opportunity a soldier takes during the course of battle to switch from a defensive stance to an offensive one, after a successful defensive dice roll that includes a Counter-Attack.

Example: "He had the perfect opportsoldiery to strike back at his attacker."

Contributed by Tristan B.
2.

Game Tiles: What are the stars for?

Every game tile has a single star located somewhere on its surface. These stars are for future alternative play that is currently paused in development. There may be future plans for a PDF release of these rules. Needless to say, they can be ignored.
3.
Objective/Action Cards: Is there a limit to how many cards you can play on your turn?
No. There is no limit except for however many cards you currently have in your hand.

Below are a few good (A)ctions Card and (O)bjective Card combinations:
- A:Kidnapped followed by O:Capture a Peasant
- A:Reinforcement followed by A:Promoted
- A:Promoted followed by O:Retire a Knight/Bolteer
Contributed by Jason M.