The official video game rendition of the board game Tazar, from the Chronicles of Gilderam book series.

How to Play:

Rules

During your turn, Move up to 2 Units.
Before or after a Unit Moves, it may take its Action.
Moving onto an occupied space causes a Battle: the Unit with greater Strength take the space, and the lesser is Routed (taken into the enemy's Garnosh). Ties repel one another and Units cannot Move through each other.
When only 1 Crown remains on the board, the player with the most Gold in the Garnosh is the winner. (In the case of a tied score, the last Crown standing wins.)
Two-Player matches - Since Player1 gets first move, Player2 starts with a Pike unit ready.

Piece	Move	Action	Strength	Gold
Crown ✴	1	Muster → Place any 1 Unit from your reserves onto an adjacent, unoccupied space. (Reserves contain 6 units of each type.)	0	6
Pike ▢	2	n/a → No Action	3	1
Horse △	4	Charge → Battle, but Rout both Units, regardless of Strength. (Only used against Pike and other Horse pieces.)	2	3
Bow 〇	2	Volley → Attempt to Rout any Unit within 2 spaces, with a 42% chance to hit. (Roll 2d6 and a total less than 7 means the volley was successful.)	1	2

Terrain

Exiting a Marsh or ascending a Hill subtracts -1 Move (though not less than 1).
Occupying a Hill grants +1 Range to a Bow'sVolleys.
Units cannot Move through each other.

Game Modes

Tournament: The standard ruleset. Players may only muster up to 6 units of each type during a game.
Attrition: Players start with a set formation of units on the board. No new units can be mustered.
Deathmatch: Gold score does not matter. The last Crown standing wins.
Conscription: Mustered unit types are selected randomly.
Total War: Any unit on the board is able to muster new units.
Oops All Bows!: Only bows can be mustered.

Controls

This game is mainly played with Left Click, or via Touch Screen.

Tazar

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