Masters of the Universe: Battleground

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• Action Points — Characters use action points and mana to perform moves and abilities; players can gain more mana or action points through specific actions or card effects.
• action points and mana — Characters use action points and mana to perform moves and abilities; players can gain more mana or action points through specific actions or card effects.
• Activation Phase — Players take turns activating their cards/characters during the round.
• focus — Focus reduces the scope of certain skill tests or makes a character more prepared for future actions.
• glory cards and points — Glory cards confer actions or points and have point conditions that can yield extra points if achieved.
• initiative — Each round begins with an initiative roll to determine turn order; ties are resolved using a tie-breaker method later described as flipping cards.
• invisibility and detection — Allies can gain invisibility via certain abilities, making them untargetable unless adjacent, with buffs/debuffs ending at the end of a round.
• Overwatch — A character can enter an OverWatch state to respond to enemies entering line of sight, enabling certain reactions during combat.
• perception vs toughness — Combat resolution includes a perception test versus an opponent's toughness, with dice and buffs affecting outcomes.
• Preparation phase — Draw five Glory cards at the start of a round before activation begins.
• Ram Man / Battering Ram — Special character abilities allow enhanced movement and effects, such as a free move action with an expanded movement range.

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• Orco clutch play
• Orco is fun
• spicy cards
• This is epic

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• Battleground is played in a maximum of four rounds and each round is played in three phases, the preparation phase, activation phase and cleanup phase.
• the total cost of all of your characters may not exceed 100.
• the cost of each character is the number of victory points your opponent will get if that character is knocked out.
• you must Place one in your own deployment Zone and one in your opponent's deployment Zone
• Knock out your opponent's characters and score points equal to the total cost of the character knocked out

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Action Interruption — OverWatch allows interrupts if conditions are met; interruptions grant separate activation and may occur mid-round.
• Actions system — Seven actions exist, including Focus, Move, Attack, and OverWatch, with variations for costs and effects.
• Attack resolution — Melee, ranged, and spell attacks resolve via tests; defense rolls counter attacks; outcomes depend on net successes.
• Buffs, debuffs, and marks — Buffs/debuffs tokens modify attributes; marks affect targets within range/line of sight; tokens persist through rounds.
• Card deck construction — Assemble personal Fate and Glory card decks; five Glory cards; cannot have duplicates; fate deck has five cards with options to mulligan and deck-building rules across blue fate and yellow glory cards.
• Character cost and victory points knockout scoring — The cost of each character is the number of victory points your opponent receives if knocked out; total character costs must not exceed 100.
• Faction selection and army building — Choose a faction (Masters of the Universe or Evil Warriors); your fighting force must come from a single faction; you may mix from the faction's characters and weapons/items decks under restrictions.
• initiative and activation order — At activation, players reveal fate/glory cards; higher initiative acts first; ties follow setup-first-player rule; activate characters sequentially.
• Interrupts and OverWatch — OverWatch allows interrupts if conditions are met; interruptions grant separate activation and may occur mid-round.
• Line of Sight — Line of sight must be established; obstacles provide cover which reduces attack scope; facing and flank affect attack scope.
• line of sight and cover — Line of sight must be established; obstacles provide cover which reduces attack scope; facing and flank affect attack scope.
• Movement and positioning — Hex-based movement with elevation, obstacles, ladders, and terrain effects; line of sight and facing influence engagements.
• scoring and end-game — Points come from knockouts, completing Glory side quests, and capturing objective tokens; scoring determines winner after rounds.
• Tests and dice — Tests use dice based on a stat (Strength, Perception, Power, Toughness, Mind); modifiers, scope, rerolls, and exploding dice affect outcomes.
• three-phase rounds — Battleground consists of up to four rounds, each with preparation, activation, and cleanup phases.

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• Battleground is played in a maximum of four rounds and each round is played in three phases, the preparation phase, activation phase and cleanup phase.
• the total cost of all of your characters may not exceed 100.
• the cost of each character is the number of victory points your opponent will get if that character is knocked out.
• you must Place one in your own deployment Zone and one in your opponent's deployment Zone
• Knock out your opponent's characters and score points equal to the total cost of the character knocked out

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