Two opponents face off across a 'battle line' and attempt to win the battle by taking 5 of 9 flags or 3 adjacent flags. Flags are decided by placing cards into 3 card poker-type hands on either side of the flag (similar to straight flush, 3 of a kind, straight, flush, etc). The side with the highest 'formation' of cards wins the flag.
This is a rethemed version of Schotten-Totten with different graphics and wooden flag bits in place of the boundary stone cards. Game play is identical, except the cards run from 1 to 10 (not 9), you hold seven cards in your hand (not 6), and the rule that stones may only be claimed at the start of your turn is presented as an "advanced variant".
Some have reported that the production quality of the cards is inferior to the Schotten-Totten cards, however, for most readers Battle Line will be much easier to find in stores. In the second edition of GMT's Battle Line the card quality is higher.
Add variation to your Battle Line game with Terrain cards!
Each terrain card represent one of the nine position the battle is fought of
Replace the flag tokens with terrain cards
for a more travel friendly package.
Use simple Plains to simply get rid of the flag token.
Add to the game complexity by replacing a few of the Plains with the special Terrain cards. Defend the Fort, take advantage of the Tower or attack through the Woods, all of them affecting the gameplay of that position.
2 Cartas de resumen con formaciones (con permiso de sus autores zzini y jgonzal), y traducción de cartas tácticas. En total son 3 caras de cartas tácticas y una de formacíones. En la hoja hay maquetadas 4 cartas completas, por lo que hay 2 cartas para cada jugador.
Resume card with formations (with permission of zzini & jgonzal), and tactics cards spanish translation. On the sheet you have 4 cards, 2 for each player.
This is the translated file of the superdupergeek's excellent file. I upload it with his kind permission.
Οι πέντε σχηματισμοι μαχης στα Ελληνικά για γρηγορο ξεμπέρδεμα.
Backs for shadow_bind's excellent re-theme (see http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/58580/battle-line-fantasy-rpg-version) uploaded with shadow_bind's permission.
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