Rules v1.2.4
One of the most taxing parts of a tabletop wargame is keeping track of the states of various aspects of the game. To bound the complexity of this problem in Jovian Wars, there are three major time windows during which a model may be affected by one or more effects or states:
Of course, it's never that simple, and some states and state changes do not fit nicely into the above model, such as In Reserve and Embarked. When possible, however, the rules hold to the above three timing windows.
States generally have requirements to enter a state as well as conditions for cancelling a state.
Here you will find some general gameplay states. States which correspond to an Action or [Trait] will be found with the appropriate rule.
Requirements | Entering | Cancellation |
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Boarded | Marines: 0 | [Boarding] |
Control of a Captured model goes to the player who successfully Boarded it, and the Boarders rating becomes the new Marines rating of the ship, to a maximum of the original Marines rating of the ship.
As a Captured model becomes Captured before the original owning player declares moves and attacks or resolves Actions, the new owner may choose whether or not to resolve the chosen action, but may not change the action for this activation.
A Captured model may be subject to a [Boarding] action by its original owner in attempt to regain control.
Requirements | Entering | Cancellation |
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Capital Ship | 0 Structure | Repair(/traits#repair)(/action/repair) |
A Capital Ship with 0 remaining Structure is considered Crippled.
If a Crippled ship remains on the table, i.e. not Dead or Exploded, it obeys the following rules:
While is it not possible under any circumstances for a Capital Ship to cancel the Crippled state by itself, a Capital Ship successfully repaired by a ship with the Dock(/traits#dock) trait may exit the Crippled state.
Each Crippled ship rolls on the Catastrophic Damage table when:
Requirements | Entering | Cancellation |
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0 Structure,Dead,or Explode | -- |
A Squadron with 0 remaining Structure rating is considered Destroyed and is removed from the game.
A Capital Ship that has suffered the Dead or Explode results on the Catastrophic Damage Table is considered Destroyed and is removed from the game.
Destroyed models are worth 0 points for Victory Points purposes.
Requirements | Entering | Cancellation |
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-- | Land | Launch |
Models may start the game In Reserve or Embarked. The presence or absence of a model in the Embarked state at the start of the game is secret information, along with its unit card.
Squadrons may be Embarked on any model with the Hangers(/traits#hangers) trait. If the scenario allows, Capital Ships may be similarly Embarked on models with the Dock(/traits#dock) trait.
In both cases, the number of Embarked models may not exceed the limits as specified by the relevant trait.
If the scenario allows, it is possible to have Squadrons Embarked on Capital Ship that is itself Embarked.
As with the Reserve state, models that are Embarked are considered to be off the table until they are placed on the table with a Launch action.
States which apply to Embarked models are tracked normally, e.g. damage persists, any state that would expire at the end of turn expires at that time, etc.
Once a model has been on the table, its unit card as well as its presence or absence aboard a ship is public information when it is Embarked as well as on the table.
Requirements | Entering | Cancellation |
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-- | -- | Deploying the Model |
Models may start the game In Reserve or Embarked. The presence or absence of a model in the In Reserve state at the start of the game is secret information, along with its unit card.
Model In Reserve are placed off the table until they are deployed in a deployment phase. Models that are off the table may not Attack or use Actions. They are considered to be on approach to the area of operations.
Requirement | Entering | Cancellation |
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-- | Withdraw Action, Leaving Play | -- |
A ship that has successfully executed the Withdraw action enters the Withdrawn state and is removed from play.
For the purposes of Victory Points a Withdrawn ship is worth 0.5x its points.