Burning Banners

You can stack armies in a hex but stacking and switch rules limit how you reorganize and move them; switching stacks counts as movement and must follow the stacking restrictions and movement rules (see page 19).

Razed settlements do not produce income until the raze marker is removed, while control markers affect who receives income and can be placed or removed according to the settlement control rules (see pages 11–13).

Rivers and major rivers modify or block movement depending on the crossing and terrain, and ships are required for normal sea/coastal movement and follow the Ship Movement rules; consult the river/sea movement rules and ship examples (pages 17–18 and 30).

Magic cards are prepared via the Arcane Study Phase and have timing restrictions, but some Battle Magic can be played during combat in the Battle Magic sequence; see pages 33, 41–44 for when to study and the rules for casting during battles. (Arcane Study distribution and spending are on pages 43–44.)

A kingdom collapse follows the specific collapse procedure in the rules, which includes removing or adjusting markers and resolving special kingdom effects; consult the general collapse rules on page 16 and the special-case collapse rules for Shashka and the Eastern Empire on pages 26 and 29.

Ambushes are resolved as part of the combat sequence and can affect forces before the main exchanges, and critical hits are applied according to the combat hit and critical rules during resolution; see pages 21–22 for the detailed combat sequence, ambush resolution and critical hit effects.