OBJECT OF THE GAME:

In this game of creation and conquest the players will send their heroes on an epic journey to explore new territories and take control over neutral or enemy cities. They will hire new labor and battle units, will acquire useful artefacts, with the greater goal to create mighty nations and unbeatable armies. Every player will construct roads to gain access to new map areas and will build or upgrade cities, in order to expand his domain and to earn victory points.

Battalia: The Creation can be won through intensive development and growth of your own city system, or through aggressive play of war and conquer, capturing opponents settlements. In this game the city level corresponds exactly to the amount of victory points one player owns at any time, when controlling a city. The game ends, when one of the following conditions is met: a player achieves 5 cities of level 4 or the board grid is completely filled.

The first one to reach this goal, immediately ends the game, but the winner and the rightful ruler of Battalia is the player with the most victory points at the end and this is not necessarily the person who made the final move. So be clever and pay attention to your actions and their proper timing, as they are very important for this strategical competition. A lot is happening on the board, even more in your deck, but the fun is still in your mind!

FLAVOR STORY:
BATTALIA - the land of the Sun Oracle - the almighty ancient monument, at the same time a friend and foe, lord and servant, tool and masterpiece of the creation. Eternal Apprentice of the Nature itself and the hand of the gods among humans and beasts – sometimes the Oracle reveals your whole destiny, sometimes it just shows you the steep and winding path to it... During the game The Sun Oracle creates advantages and it could support you, if you catch the lucky moment on a sunny day... It counts the days and guides you through the never-ending competition between the folks which inhabit these lands: The Bärfolk, The Cloudborn, The Emberians and The Islanders.

Four folks - four surges and their masters will compete in this game against each other for domination in Battalia. A leading concept in the game is that all four factions can freely collaborate with each other under one leadership, but many units from the same faction, using their own artefacts, are much stronger together. Also, unlike all other games where the players choose their factions, in this game the factions will probably choose the players :) .
In the Basic Game two to four players will combine and optimize the powers of the folks. They will search the right path to victory through building the strongest deck, constructing the most accommodating map, raising the mighty heroes at the proper time and creating a great nation through valuable acquisition, settlement and conquest...
Developing cities and road connections between them, creating useful artefacts and hiring battle units to support the armies - the players will have to find the most powerful mixture of all these assets and apply them at the right moment, so they could claim eventually to be the rightful rulers of Battalia and win this strategic game.

GAME COMPONENTS:

88 Unit Cards

80 Supply Cards

84 Artefact Cards

28 City Cards

48 Road Cards

10 Great Artefact Cards

2 Ruin Cards

9 Volcano Cards

4 Battle Bonus Cards

4 VP Marker Cards

3 Special Cards

1 Game Board

1 Sun Oracle

8 Hero Figurines (ca. 70 mm high)

79 City Level Tokens

12 Ring Markers

4 Time Markers

4 Player Dashboards

1 Die

4 Reference Sheets

1 Almanac

1 Rulebook