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BattleLore: Call to Arms

BattleLore: Call to Arms

Days of Wonder · 2007Expansion
260 min10+ yrs2.5/5 complexity7.3 BGG4 KCouplesStrategy
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How do you play BattleLore: Call to Arms?

Call to Arms is the first purchasable expansion to the popular BattleLore game system. This expansion allows for the personalized deployment of your troops. Individual games will no longer be subject to predetermined scenarios and troop placement.

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BattleLore: Call to Arms box art
official art · Days of Wonder

Call to Arms is the first purchasable expansion to the popular BattleLore game system. This expansion allows for the personalized deployment of your troops. Individual games will no longer be subject to predetermined scenarios and troop placement.

Instead, players may choose various pre-defined battle maps (or create their own!). Then from an innovative Deployment deck, players may set-up their armies as they please. The new deployment deck will allow you to react to the land, establish reserves, and gain the initiative by out-scouting your opponent.

The expansion also introduces a more organized deployment system through the Feudal Levy system: new tokens are included that correspond to the three colour types of troops.

The organized version also includes further customization with the Specialist concept. Players may choose two specialist cards during set-up. Benefits range from upgrading all archers to long bows, increasing unit size based on your Warrior's Level, and additional movements, to name a few.

Starting with BattleLore: Horrific Horde, additional Deployment cards are included in some supplements.

Set-up now includes the following actions:

 Ready your deployment deck and draw deployment cards
 Set-up your units based on the cards drawn
 Determine initiative
 Deploy your Reserve units
 Establish your War Council
 Select and play 2 Specialist cards

The expansion also includes new terrain hexes.

game anatomy
Complexity2.5 / 5
BGG rating7.3 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
60 min
Players
2
Recommended age
10+ yrs
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Q3How do you play BattleLore: Call to Arms?
BattleLore: Call to Arms is a expansion for base-game game, for 2 players, taking ~60 minutes, featuring campaign / battle card driven. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about BattleLore: Call to Arms — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does BattleLore: Call to Arms support?
BattleLore: Call to Arms is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of BattleLore: Call to Arms take?
A game of BattleLore: Call to Arms takes about 60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is BattleLore: Call to Arms for?
BattleLore: Call to Arms is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is BattleLore: Call to Arms?
BattleLore: Call to Arms has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.5 out of 5.
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