Rules – The Raven Order

Setup

Shuffle the rune cards.
Roll a die to decide who starts.
Each player receives a camp and 5 random rune cards in their hand.
The player who does not start receives 1 sentry.

Gameplay

Each turn consists of three phases in order. When all three phases are completed, your opponent begins their turn.

Harvest Phase

You receive 1 worker.
If you have a camp, town and/or capitol: you receive gold (see Buildings).
If you have an Academy Level 3: you receive 1 rune card.

Construction Phase

You may build 1 building (see Buildings).
You may train any number of units (see Units).
You may play any number of rune cards from your hand (see Rune Cards).
You may sell any number of your workers for 1 gold each.

War Phase

Choose Your Attackers

Choose your attacking units (riders and druids).

Your Opponent Defends

Your opponent may assign each of their units to an attacker to stop it. Several defenders may engage the same attacker.

Fighting & Assigning Damage

Look at each group consisting of one attacker and the assigned defender(s) separately.

The attacker dies if the defender(s) have at least as much power in total.
The attacker kills defenders corresponding to its power.

Example: One attacker with power 4 is stopped by two defenders with power 2 each — all three units die. If one of the defenders had power 3, only one defender would die; the attacker chooses which one.

End of War

Each attacker that was not stopped (not engaged) destroys a building of your choice instead of participating in battle. Killed units and destroyed buildings are removed from the game.

Victory

Destroy all of your opponent's buildings to win.

Buildings

You may construct 1 building per turn.
Buildings cost gold. After construction they enter the board and have an immediate or ongoing effect.
Some buildings require another building to be built first.
You can only own one of each building type, but you can rebuild a destroyed one.

Building	Cost	Requires	Permanent Effect
Camp	3 gold	—	+2 gold / turn
Town	5 gold	Camp	+2 gold / turn
Capitol	6 gold	Town	+3 gold / turn
Armory	2 gold	—	Train sentries
Citadel	2 gold	Armory	Train riders
Shrine	2 gold	Citadel	Train druids
Statue	1 gold	Armory	One-time choice: 2 workers or 2 rune cards or build 2 extra buildings this turn
Academy Lv. 1	2 gold	—	Play level 1 rune cards
Academy Lv. 2	2 gold	Academy Lv. 1	Play level 2 rune cards
Academy Lv. 3	2 gold	Academy Lv. 2	Play level 3 rune cards · +1 rune card / turn
Guildhall	4 gold	—	+1 worker / turn

Units

Units are improved by training: Worker → Sentry → Rider → Druid.
Riders and druids can attack. They cannot attack on the same turn they were trained from a sentry.
All units can defend. They cannot defend the turn after they attacked.
You may have any number of units.

Example: Training a druid requires 1 worker and costs 3 gold (worker → sentry: 1 gold, sentry → rider: 1 gold, rider → druid: 1 gold).

Unit	Cost	Power	Properties
Worker	Free (1/turn)	0	Can defend. Can be sold for 1 gold.
Sentry	1 gold	2	Trained from a worker. Can defend.
Rider	1 gold	2	Trained from a sentry. Can defend and attack.
Druid	1 gold	2	Trained from a rider. Can defend, attack, and receive paint (rune cards).

Rune Cards

Rune cards are kept face down in your hand.
They are played on your units or buildings during the construction phase.
Conditions to play: valid target · required academy level · target does not already have a rune card.
A rune card is destroyed when its host unit or building is destroyed.

Card	Target / Level	Type	Effect
Frost Mark	Druid · Lv. 1	Paint	Whenever this druid is engaged in battle, all enemy units temporarily have −1 power.
Bloom Mark	Druid · Lv. 1	Paint	+3 power. You receive +1 worker/turn for each academy you have more than your opponent (0–3).
Crown Rune	Druid · Lv. 2	Paint	All your druids have +3 power (includes itself).
Shadow Rune	Druid · Lv. 2	Paint	+3 power. Can only be stopped by druids.
Spirit Rune	Druid · Lv. 3	Paint	+4 power. When it attacks or defends, kill one unpainted enemy unit per academy advantage (0–3).
Canine	Lv. 1	Tradition	When you attack, one rider temporarily gains +1 power per academy you have.
Conquest	Armory · Lv. 1	Tradition	Attacking with ≥2 riders gives you 1 worker per academy you have.
Looting	Armory · Lv. 1	Tradition	When your riders kill a worker or sentry, you receive 2 gold.
Horses	Shrine · Lv. 1	Tradition	Your riders can attack the turn they are trained.
Poisons	Shrine · Lv. 1	Tradition	After battle, any units engaged with your riders are killed.
Travelling	Camp · Lv. 2	Tradition	Training riders costs no gold. Training druids costs +1 gold.
Squire	Camp · Lv. 2	Tradition	When an attacking rider would be killed, you may kill a worker instead.
Corruption	Guildhall · Lv. 3	Tradition	On play, choose one enemy unit — you control it. It cannot attack this turn.
Dawn Raid	Citadel · Lv. 3	Tradition	When you attack with ≥1 rider, you may kill one unit before defenders are chosen.
Rituals	Citadel · Lv. 3	Tradition	Your riders have +1 power.
Medicine	Guildhall · none	Tech	+1 worker / turn and −1 gold / turn.
Shields	Town · Lv. 1	Tech	When a sentry stops a rider, it temporarily gains +1 power.
Steel Craft	Capitol · Lv. 1	Tech	Your attacking riders have +2 power.
Cloaking	Capitol · none	Tech	Your druids can only be stopped by druids.