Yuletide Skirmish - Revision history

WargameChessAuthor: /* Season of Giving */

2025-07-04T13:57:11Z

Season of Giving

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	=== Season of Giving ===		=== Season of Giving ===
	Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an <u>Attack</u><ref>Does not apply to slayings involving Bonhommes.</ref>, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X or more Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead Bumped (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).		Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an <u>Attack</u><ref>Does not apply to slayings involving Bonhommes.</ref>, you may give the Attacking enemy piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X or more Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead Bumped (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).

	=== The weather outside is frightful ===		=== The weather outside is frightful ===

WargameChessAuthor: /* Season of Giving */ updated terminology

2025-07-04T13:54:40Z

Season of Giving: updated terminology

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	=== Season of Giving ===		=== Season of Giving ===
	Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an <u>Attack</u><ref>Does not apply to slayings involving Bonhommes.</ref>, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X or more Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead ~~placed into an unoccupied adjacent square~~ (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).		Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an <u>Attack</u><ref>Does not apply to slayings involving Bonhommes.</ref>, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X or more Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead Bumped (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).

	=== The weather outside is frightful ===		=== The weather outside is frightful ===

WargameChessAuthor: /* Feast of Fools (Costs 2 points) */

2025-05-16T12:44:20Z

Feast of Fools (Costs 2 points)

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	=== Feast of Fools (Costs 2 points) ===		=== Feast of Fools (Costs 2 points) ===
	Jokers on your team gain the following rule:<blockquote>'''Role Reversal:''' At the start of this Joker's Activation, if a Joker card is facing up, you may turn it face down. If you do, until the end of the turn this Joker gains a rule of another piece on the board. You cannot select the same piece ~~option~~ more than once in a game ''(eg. if you choose to gain the rule of an enemy Knight, you cannot choose to gain a rule from enemy Knights again--though you may still choose to gain a rule from an ally Knight)''.</blockquote>		Jokers on your team gain the following rule:<blockquote>'''Role Reversal:''' At the start of this Joker's Activation, if a Joker card is facing up, you may turn it face down. If you do, until the end of the turn this Joker gains a rule of another piece on the board. You cannot select the same player's piece type more than once in a game ''(eg. if you choose to gain the rule of an enemy Knight, you cannot choose to gain a rule from enemy Knights again--though you may still choose to gain a rule from an ally Knight)''.</blockquote>

	=== Yule Mumming (Costs 2 points) ===		=== Yule Mumming (Costs 2 points) ===

WargameChessAuthor: /* Bonhommes */

2025-03-06T19:01:13Z

Bonhommes

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	=== Bonhommes ===		=== Bonhommes ===
	Instead of setting up Trees at the start of the game, you will set up Bonhommes. If any other type of terrain is set up at the start of the game, replace them with Bonhommes. When any of terrain is placed onto the board during the game, put a Bonhomme onto the board in its place.		Instead of setting up Trees at the start of the game, you will set up Bonhommes. If any other type of terrain is set up at the start of the game, replace them with Bonhommes. When any type of terrain is placed onto the board during the game, put a Bonhomme onto the board in its place.

	Bonhommes are treated like terrain, but with the following differences:		Bonhommes are treated like terrain, but with the following differences:

WargameChessAuthor: /* Snowball Onslaught (Costs 1 point) */

2025-01-02T02:02:30Z

Snowball Onslaught (Costs 1 point)

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	=== Snowball Onslaught (Costs 1 point) ===		=== Snowball Onslaught (Costs 1 point) ===
	When a piece of yours is making an Attack, before dice are rolled you may remove up to 1 Blessing ~~and/~~or ~~Advantage~~ token from each adjacent ally. The Attacker gets +X to their Attack total where X is the total number of tokens removed this way.		When a piece of yours is making an Attack, before dice are rolled you may remove up to 1 Blessing, Advantage, or Disadvantage token from each adjacent ally. The Attacker gets +X to their Attack total where X is the total number of tokens removed this way.

	=== Feast of Fools (Costs 2 points) ===		=== Feast of Fools (Costs 2 points) ===
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	=== Yule Mumming (Costs 2 points) ===		=== Yule Mumming (Costs 2 points) ===
	At the start of each turn, if no piece on your team has a Mumming token, give them one; otherwise place ~~the~~ Mumming token onto a different piece on your team if possible. Regardless of all other rules, pieces cannot roll their dice at Advantage against pieces with Mumming tokens.		At the start of each turn, if no piece on your team has a Mumming token, give them one; otherwise place your Mumming token onto a different piece on your team if possible. Regardless of all other rules, pieces cannot roll their dice at Advantage against pieces with Mumming tokens.

			=== FAQ and elaborations ===

WargameChessAuthor: added bad weather rule

2025-01-02T02:00:58Z

added bad weather rule

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	=== Bonhommes ===		=== Bonhommes ===
	Instead of setting up Trees at the start of the game, you will set up Bonhommes. If any other type of terrain is set up at the start of the game, replace them with Bonhommes. When any ~~type~~ of terrain is placed onto the board during the game, put a Bonhomme onto the board in its place.		Instead of setting up Trees at the start of the game, you will set up Bonhommes. If any other type of terrain is set up at the start of the game, replace them with Bonhommes. When any of terrain is placed onto the board during the game, put a Bonhomme onto the board in its place.

	Bonhommes are treated like terrain, but with the following differences:		Bonhommes are treated like terrain, but with the following differences:
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	=== Season of Giving ===		=== Season of Giving ===
	Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an <u>Attack</u><ref>Does not apply to slayings involving Bonhommes.</ref>, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X or more Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead placed into an unoccupied adjacent square (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).		Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an <u>Attack</u><ref>Does not apply to slayings involving Bonhommes.</ref>, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X or more Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead placed into an unoccupied adjacent square (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).

			=== The weather outside is frightful ===
			At the end of each piece's Re/Activation, if they are not in their own deployment zone, they gain 1 Disadvantage token.

	=== Wassail ===		=== Wassail ===

WargameChessAuthor: /* Season of Giving */

2024-12-29T16:33:48Z

Season of Giving

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	=== Season of Giving ===		=== Season of Giving ===
	Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an Attack, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X or more Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead placed into an unoccupied adjacent square (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).		Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an <u>Attack</u><ref>Does not apply to slayings involving Bonhommes.</ref>, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X or more Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead placed into an unoccupied adjacent square (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).

	=== Wassail ===		=== Wassail ===

WargameChessAuthor: /* Season of Giving */

2024-12-17T23:41:23Z

Season of Giving

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	=== Season of Giving ===		=== Season of Giving ===
	Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an Attack, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead placed into an unoccupied adjacent square (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).		Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an Attack, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X or more Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead placed into an unoccupied adjacent square (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).

	=== Wassail ===		=== Wassail ===

WargameChessAuthor: /* Season of Giving */

2024-12-12T17:24:52Z

Season of Giving

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	=== Season of Giving ===		=== Season of Giving ===
	Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an Attack, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and ~~you~~ piece that would be slain is instead placed into an unoccupied adjacent square (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).		Both players will keep a tracker for themselves off to the side (we recommend using a D10, D12, or D20 die), and start these trackers at 1. If a piece from your team would be slain by an Attack, you may give the Attacking piece X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens from your pieces, where X is your tracker's current value (if you do not have X Blessing and/or Advantage tokens on your pieces, you cannot do this). If you do, increase the tracker value by 1, and your piece that would be slain is instead placed into an unoccupied adjacent square (the Attack counts as unsuccessful and the Defence counts as successful).

	=== Wassail ===		=== Wassail ===
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	=== Yule Mumming (Costs 2 points) ===		=== Yule Mumming (Costs 2 points) ===
	At the start of each turn, if no piece on your team has a Mumming token, give them one; otherwise place the Mumming token onto a different piece on your team if possible. ~~Pieces~~ cannot roll their dice at Advantage against pieces with Mumming tokens.		At the start of each turn, if no piece on your team has a Mumming token, give them one; otherwise place the Mumming token onto a different piece on your team if possible. Regardless of all other rules, pieces cannot roll their dice at Advantage against pieces with Mumming tokens.

WargameChessAuthor: /* Season of Giving */

2024-12-12T02:30:47Z

Season of Giving

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 To play a game of Wargame Chess using this Yuletide Skirmish module, use the standard game rules with the following changes.
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 ** Then choose an enemy in the same rank, file, or diagonal who the Attacking piece can draw a direct path to (there are no other pieces or Bonhommes in the way).
 ** That chosen enemy rolls their dice and compares the total to X. If their total is lower, they are slain. If their total is equal or greater, they gain a Disadvantage token.
 * At the start of a piece's Re/Activation, if it is sharing a square with a Bonhomme, it gains 1 Disadvantage token.
 * Pieces sharing squares with Bonhommes cannot have Disadvantage tokens removed from them by means other than spending them.
 === Season of Giving ===