A solo card game in tribute to the genre of Squad Level, Suicide Mission, Ensemble Cast, Survival, War Movies such as: Sahara, Saving Private Ryan, The Big Red One, The Dirty Dozen, The Desert Rats etc.
There are 4 Decks:
- Soldier Deck - these are the soldiers you start with and some you acquire along the way. Most soldiers provide 1 to 3 skills (from a total of 18).
- Aid Deck - these are help and friends you acquire during the game. Most aid cards provide 1 to 2 skills.
- Mission Deck - this is the one main objective you are trying to achieve in the last game turn. Most missions require 4 specific skills to complete.
- Encounter Deck - these are the foes and difficulties you encounter along the way. Most encounters require 1 to 3 specific skills to overcome them.
To start:
- Draw 12 soldiers. You may discard up to 4 soldiers and draw replacements. Soldier cards are kept face up in front of you.
- Draw 4 aid cards and put them in your hand.
- Draw 1 mission card and place it face up.
- Draw 14 encounter cards. Place these face down in a row leading up to the mission card. This is called the encounter row.
Each turn has 3 Phases:
1. Aid Phase
- Draw 1 aid card and put it in your hand.
2. Encounter Phase
- Flip over the next card in the encounter row and see what skills it requires to be overcome.
- Check your soldiers and aid cards to see if you have those skills. If you are missing one or more skills, a random soldier is killed.
- If you needed to use one or more aid cards discard them.
- If you completed the encounter successfully roll 1D6: on a roll of 5 or 6 a random soldier is killed anyway (these are dangerous missions).
- If all the encounters are finished, the squad faces the final mission. When facing the final mission you may draw an extra 2 aid cards.
- You only win the game if the final Mission is completed successfully.
3. End Phase
- Max hand size is 5 aid cards. Discard excess cards.
Play a maximum of 30 turns. To win complete the last mission, and have at least 1 soldier survive.