Tides of War puts you in command of a faction in a war battling across multiple Fronts of the conflict and for each Front’s Strategic Locations.

Each game will consist of 8 total phases which will include: four Commander phases and four Units & Tactics phases. In each Commander Phase, Players will alternate placing Commanders of their choice into one of three open slots in any of the available fronts of combat and collecting any immediate rewards granted for doing so.

Most Command Cards grant Command Points, which will let you play more cards and/or more powerful cards in the next round of play or will grant you abilities or ways to score Valor to win the war!

In Units and Tactics Phases, Players will alternate placing Units & Tactics cards onto one of their played Commanders and collect any immediate rewards. These cards are the backbone of the conflict and will have the most direct impact on controlling the Fronts of war, capturing Strategic Locations, and collecting Valor.

Grey cards will be played to move the front-line to control campaigns and to score valor points. Purple cards are played to capture strategic locations, either from neutral sites or from the enemy. Orange cards grant command points so that more expensive cards can be placed. Green cards signify gas attacks and are powerful tools that destroy enemy Units & Tactics cards and reverse the effect(s) of the destroyed cards. Blue cards are specialized cards that have a wide range of effects that can be strategically played.

Controlling Fronts of the War and Strategic Locations at the end of the 8th round grant Valor Points and Bonuses to the faction that owns them. The player that collects the most Valor at the end of the 8th round will be victorious!