Getting Started: Basics

Miniature Strategy Games are rich and complex by nature, allowing players to both engage in a story as well as a very tactical and fun game. If this is your first venture into Chronicles or into Miniature Strategy Gaming, the best advice we can give is to briefly read the rules and then start playing with a very small game, perhaps even omitting some of the more advanced rules for your first time (see Your Very First Game at the end of this section). Test things out and refer back to the rules often. Over time, you will become quite comfortable with them and be able to better explore all the game has to offer, noticing that the more you learn, the deeper and deeper the tactical depth of the game will become. Above all else, have fun!

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## Miniature Strategy Game

Chronicles is a miniature strategy game. You will use miniature figures to enact a battle on a Tabletop, such as a kitchen table. The rules laid out here will determine how you place your army of miniatures on the table, move them around any terrain you have, interact with them in terms of casting spells and attacking enemy models, and ultimately, whether you’ve won or lost. You will need two players to enact a battle. You will command your army while your friend (opponent) commands his/her army against you. May the best commander win!

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## What You Need to Play

To play Chronicles, you will need Models from the Faction you wish to play, a way to measure distances (movement template, tape measure, etc), Chronicles Dice, Chronicles Command Cards, a flat Tabletop, and some Terrain (representations of hills, trees, fences, buildings, or whatever you’d like to represent the battlefield).

## Roll Off

Many Rules of the game may ask you to Roll-Off with your opponent. To do so, both players should grab 3 Black Chronicles Dice and roll them. The person who rolls the most Exclamations wins, and if there is a tie, re-roll until someone wins.

## Your Very First Game

We highly recommend that for your very first game, you simply skim the rules found here in the Rulebook and then start to play, referring back to the rules as needed. This will help ease you into Chronicles as you learn all about the tactical depth of the game. Furthermore, in the Playing a Game section of this Rulebook, there is a recommended list of rules we suggest you exclude from your first game to ease the learning curve.

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