Ashes of the Arcane

What is SC? 

SC is a board game consisting of a game master and players playing out intermediate-scale infantry combat relying on a hard and fast set of rules requiring tactical suaveness and problem-solving and some role-play with all but a D6 

create and take command of a squad of up to 8 units  from 5 different regiments. all with unique traits that change the flow of battle

42nd cavaliers. The standard trooper of the fallen republic

71st support cavaliers. Experts in explosives and fire throwers

212th straff - dangerous hard boiled convicts and zealots, masters of the bayonet

39th mounted cavalry. Heavily armoured knights on horse back

7th airborne - highly trained troops of the republic, serving as royal gunners flown in on arcane vertiflyers

battle the undead, revolutionaries, fierce monsters and mechs or other skilled millitas in urban warfare with support from powerful field guns, cutting edge arcani-tech biplanes and vertiflyers

Feel the pressure of combat as any wrong move could cost you the lives of your soldiers. And use suppression to pin your foes to flank them and achieve victory 

10 deadly laz weapons. Powered by reclaimed arcane charged power cells fired from wheel lock arqubus's’ 

Over 20 weapon traits and unit perks, augment your units with weapons augmented from the last vestiges of magic left within this dying Arcanium such as the overcharged power pack or the banner blade bayonet ?

no death saves, only pain! Unique rules for downed units. Instead of death saves, units must be saved in time whilst under fire! And even then must be taken to a medical station to patched them up before rolling their fate. Will it be the portable cremation or a return to the field with a new perk. Albeit with some scars 

watch your flanks! Best played in a virtual table top with a limited field of vision. 

About the setting:

6 heroes overthrow the governance of the republic of Alyce. And its leader instates themselves as leader. Having Using buried technology from arcani-crypts. The secret of powerful weapons of war and manufacturing where discovered. This ushered in a new age, fuelled by the fascinating materials and beasts that dwell within these long complexes. The magic of the world has started to decay. No more heroes where stepping forward. and those who where once revered in their power now no long possess such prowess of the arcane..

from Deisiel punk mecha to Damascus carcasses, airships and smoky steam-powered farming machines are now the norms in this once magic-dominated land. Where the miracle of the automated machine meant that more people live in relatively better luxury than ever. Although It has come at a terrible cost

even the heroes that liberated Alyce could not restructure an entire far reaching republic into one that which did not exist on the export of war. And with Alyce; Now the Fallen Republic. So Named after its tabaxii leader, itself and her boarder states in more turmoil than ever. 

Now farmers and peasants must now take up the heavy mantel of defending the world from its imminent threats, even without adventurers. Beasts of old still threaten every town and city. The murmurs of discontent must be quelled, and obligations fulfilled no matter how dire or deep its toll. 

The age of the adventurer has ended. The age of the cavalier has begun.