FIELD MANUAL
User guide
First time? These three steps get you through a whole game.
01Start a match
On the home page tap New match, then swipe to pick a mode.
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Guided match (recommended)
Two players. Pick teams, killzone, mission, initiative, rosters and equipment step by step, then play. Choose this the first time.
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Quick match
No roster building — open the tracker straight away and add things as you go. Good for a quick game or just keeping score.
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Joint Ops
One team against the Tomb World NPOs; the panel handles threat and reinforcements.
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Adversary Ops
A two-player game plus third-party NPOs: start a normal match, then enable it at the bottom of the Operatives tab.
02Match setup (guided, 8 steps)
The dots at the top show progress — tap a finished step to go back. When a step is done, Next at the bottom bounces to remind you.
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Choose teams
Photo cards; switch between You and Opponent at the top. Recently used teams come first.
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Choose killzone
Tap a large image card.
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Mission
Mission pack → mission (grid) → map (thumbnails). Or let the dice decide with Roll D6 / Random.
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Initiative roll
Tap Roll — the higher roll decides who has initiative; reroll ties. Using real dice? Tap a die to set it to your result. Or open Skip the roll and choose.
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Build roster
Use − / + to pick operatives; the tab at the top shows Chosen x / y and ticks when complete. Fixed-roster teams skip this, but some members need a loadout — one each. Saved rosters lets you save and reload a roster.
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Equipment
Faction equipment is at the top (cards), universal equipment below; tap Rules or ⌄ to see effects.
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Command points
Set starting CP.
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Deploy operatives
Deploy in batches following the official sequence, then tap Start the battle.
03During the battle
The screen has a score strip at the top and three tabs; the bar at the bottom holds CP, score, undo and Next TP.
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Score strip
Always shows both sides' VP, CP and Crit / Kill / Tac. Tap to expand the ± controls. Tap the Crit / Kill / Tac label to choose your Primary Op (it can't be changed afterwards, and its bonus isn't added to the live total).
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Operatives tab
One card per operative: − / + for damage, and Act marks it as activated this turn. Tap the middle of the card (gold ⌄) to expand: Conceal / Engage, AP, tokens, rules and weapons. Tap the photo for the datacard.
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Ploys · Tac tab
Tap Use on a ploy to spend the CP automatically; choose, confirm and reveal Tac Ops here; equipment and token notes are here too.
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Rules tab
Mission map (zoomable, auto-landscape), terrain piece key, mission rules, kill grade table and scoring rules.
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Made a mistake
Tap Undo at the bottom to step back; the top shows what was undone.
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Next TP / finish
After each round tap Next TP; in the last round it becomes End battle, which confirms the score and saves it to history. You can also finish or abandon from ⋯ at the top right.
04Online play (one phone each)
Online play is optional — one phone can track both sides just fine.
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Host
One player taps Online → Create room at the top right of the battle or setup page and tells the opponent the room code.
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Join
The other taps Join a room on the home page, enters the code and taps Join — they'll land in the same match.
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Who tracks what
Each phone only edits its own team's damage, CP and score; the opponent's half is view-only. The host decides killzone, mission and initiative.
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Connection status
The Online button at the top right shows the room code and a status light; red means disconnected or the other phone is on an old version (ask them to close the tab and reopen).
05Battle reports & history
Every finished match is saved to History (bottom bar). History is stored only on this phone.
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Match history
The top shows your record, main team and rival; filter with All Win Loss Draw. Tap any match to open its report.
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Battle report
Both leaders face off with the score, rosters with final wounds, and what happened each Turning Point.
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Share
Share report image shows a preview first, then tap Share or Save image; Copy report text is ready to paste into a group chat.
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Rematch (same rosters)
Keeps both teams, rosters and loadouts; pick a new killzone, mission and initiative.
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Delete
Delete this battle report at the bottom of the report — this can't be undone.
06Look up rules and data
The Look up section on the home page and the More menu at the top right.
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Search
Operatives, rules, ploys and weapon rules, in English or Chinese. The keyword wall below can be filtered or expanded.
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Teams and operatives
Each team's operatives, ploys and equipment; operative pages have weapon tables (tap a rule tag for details) and a damage calculator.
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Compare
Compare the expected damage of two operatives' weapons under the same defence conditions. Tap + Choose operative to search or browse by team.
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Dotted-underlined words in rules
are game terms — tap one to see its definition in place without leaving the page.
07More
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Add to home screen
Choose Add to Home Screen in your phone browser; it then opens like an app and works offline (except online play).
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Where your data lives
The current match, history, rosters and notes are all stored in this phone's browser. Clearing browser data clears them too.
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Something looks wrong / still the old version
Close the tab and reopen it. Right after an update this is occasionally needed.
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Feedback
Use More → Feedback to report bugs or suggest features. Site errors are also reported automatically (only the error message and version; you can turn this off on the feedback page).