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The Turn Sequence (Rulebook Chapter 8)

"Only the active player can perform actions during a turn, such a turn is divided into six phases. Once a turn is over, the next player becomes the active player and the sequence repeats. This chapter provides you with an overview of the different phases of a turn – they are explained in detail later..."

New in our blog: "The Turn Sequence" (Rulebook Chapter 8) A overview of the various phases of a turn.

http://godsandminions.com/blog/gods-minions/the-turn-sequence

The Battlefield (Rulebook Chapter 7)

"As stated in the previous chapter, the playmat in Gods & Minions is divided into several subsections (or zones of play). One of these zones is the battlefield, wich is used to track positions, distances and groups of the players dice. The battlefield is the zone where the action takes place and its ..."

Update Galore #1: "The Battlefield" (Rulebook Chapter 7)

http://godsandminions.com/blog/gods-minions/the-battlefield

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Melee Weapon Types (Rulebook Chapter A1)

Zones of Play (Rulebook Chapter 6)

"Gods & Minions uses a special playmat to represent the zones of play and track the position of dice. In total there are seven different zones of play where your dice can be located during a match. The first two zones are rarely used during a match, but they are important to the game itself..."

One more blogpost for the weekend: "Zones of Play" (Rulebook Chapter 6) gives an overview of the playmat and the different zones on it:

http://godsandminions.com/blog/gods-minions/zones-of-play

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Warband Construction

"Before play, both players create customized warbands with dice from their collections. The trick is to combine different factions to create a powerful mix, on the other side including too many different alignments narrows the capability to bring dice into play at all. It is recommended to field as..."

Freshly blogged: "Warband Construction" (Rulebook Chapter 5) shows how to build a warband out of Gods & Minions dice and gives a few tips how to do this effectively.

http://godsandminions.com/blog/gods-minions/warband-construction

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The Dice Types (Part 1 of 3)

"Gods & Minions is a wargame that is played using a multitude of different special dice (also called runes or rune dice). Literally every object in the game – embracing troops, champions, personalities, war-machines, artillery, terrain, artefacts and even magic spells – are represented by using rune ..."

New in our blog: "The Dice Types (Part 1 of 3)" (Rulebook Chapter 4) introduces and explains the first bunch of dice types found in the game:

http://godsandminions.com/blog/gods-minions/the-dice-types-part-1-of-3