1. Fundamentals

Adjacent (Adjacency)

Refers to the 8 cells (Grid) or 6 cells (Hex) immediately surrounding a target cell.

Alliance

A team of two or more players operating as a single entity, sharing win conditions and territory.

Attacking Player

The player who has initiative during the Attacker Phase

Claim

The act of claiming a normal Control Point, or cell(s) of territory for your own faction or alliance.

Control

The act of claiming a Colored Control Point for your own faction or alliance.

Cell

A single space on the Playfield where a card may be placed. Grid maps use square cells, while hex maps use hexagonal cells.

Defending Player

The player who has initiative during the Defender Phase.

Destroy

The act of moving a card to the destroyed pile.

Draw

The act of moving a card from a deck into your hand.

Discard

The act of moving a card to the discard pile.

Hand

A collection of cards a player holds, attained from drawing cards. These cards are used during a turn, and discarded after attacking, or transitioning to being an attacker.

Neutralize

The act of removing a faction's ownership of a Control Point or cell(s) on the playfield.

Playfield

The playing field of Of Men and Machines. Playfields can either be Grid based or Hexagonal based, using the according cell type to create the map. All Units and Structures are placed here, as well as all territory.

Round

A complete cycle of gameplay in which all players or Alliances have acted as both the Attacker and the Defender.

Status Effect

A condition applied to a card or cell that modifies its stats or behavior for a set duration or until a condition is met.

Territory

A property of a cell representing faction ownership.

Turn

A single sequence within a round where one player acts as the Attacker and at least one other player acts as the Defender.

Turn Points

The umbrella term for Attacking and Defending Turn Points.

• Attacking Turn Points (ATP)

  The resource generated and spent during an Attacking turn.

• Defending Turn Points (DTP)

  The resource generated and spent during a Defending turn.

2. Cards & Decks

Added Deck

Faction-specific auxiliary decks required by certain Faction Archetypes.

Captain Card

A card to represent a Captain of an army. Operates similarly to that of a Unit card, and is required for 2 of 4 win conditions.

Commander Card

The card to represent the commander of a Faction. Commanders are non-combatant cards that offer Faction wide passive effects during the match.

Power Deck

A deck containing a variety of cards shared by all players during standard play.

Reserve / Reserve Deck

A deck of cards a player may send or pull cards from during their turn. Reserved cards will not be discarded at the end of a turn.

Soldier Card

Standard frontline combatants drawn from the Soldier Deck.

Specialist Card

Advanced combatants drawn from the Specialist Deck. These typically have higher stats or more complex abilities.

Structure Card

Cards representing static objects or fortifications. They provide passive or active effects and remain stationary once constructed.

Unit Card

The collective term for Soldier and Specialist cards.

• Grounded Unit

  Any Unit card that does not bear the Winged Beast Sigil.

• Flying Unit

  Any Unit card that does bear the Winged Beast Sigil.

Utility Card

Non-placeable cards that provide instant-use abilities or persistent effects before being discarded.

3. Card Stats

Damage

The power of a card. Represents how much damage a card deals during an attack.

• Direct Damage

  Damage dealt to a card caused by a direct player action, with a source that can be traced back to a physical card on the playfield. (Such as Unit Cards, Structure Cards, or Active Sigils)

• Indirect Damage

  Damage dealt to a card caused either by an non-player activated action (Such Passive Sigils or Status Effects), or a player action from a rule source that is not on the playfield. (Such as Power Cards)

Durability

The durability of a card. Represents how much damage a card can absorb before being destroyed.

• Health

  A card’s life points. When Health reaches 0, the card is destroyed and removed from the Playfield.

• Armor

  Temporary health applied to a card. Damage applied to Armor will always be full damage. When Armor reaches 0 and there is carryover Damage of any value, the Damage dealt to Health is 1.

Level

The cost of Deploying, Constructing, or Activating a card from your hand in Turn Points.

Range

Represents the maximum distance in cells a card can attack from.

Speed

Represents the maximum amount of actions you may perform with a card in a turn. Once a card has used all of its actions, it may not be used again for the remainder of the turn.

Trade

Represents the amount of Turn Points obtained by Scrapping a card, or the cost of Retreating a card from the playfield.

4. Card Activation & Actions

Activate

The act of playing a Utility Card from the hand.

Countermeasure

A term for any ability from any source played during the Countermeasure Phase.

Deploy

The act of playing a Unit Card from the hand.

Deployment Delay

A Rule Source that occurs anytime a card is Deployed. The activated card is inflicted with the Vulnerable Status for 1 round.

Construct

The act of playing a Structure Card from the hand.

Construction Delay

A Rule Source that occurs anytime a card is Constructed. The activated card is inflicted with the Vulnerable Status for the remainder of the turn.

Fortify

A defender action that gives a Unit +1 Armor for the remainder of the turn.

Reserve

The act of sending a card from the hand into the reserve deck.

Restore

The act of healing damage or resetting the status of a Unit or Structure on the Playfield.

Retreat

The act of paying a sending a card from the Playfield to the discard pile.

Scrap

The act of sending a card from the hand to the destroyed pile for Turn Points.

Tow

The act of moving an existing card on the playfield to a cell adjacent to another card.