New Warhammer Fantasy Card Game Idea

I really like the Resource mechanic of the game I came up with. Any Card can be a Resource, and some of them can even be placed faceup and still generate Resources.

Peasant Militia

C:1 A:1 D:0 H:2 I:3 L:6

May be placed faceup in the Resource Line to generate 2 Resource.

This is an instance of a Unit in the game.

Also, you got Leadership wrong. You take the difference between Attack and Defence, then minus it off from the defeated party's Leadership, then rolling lower or equal than the modified Leadership in order to pass, failing at which causes your unit to Retreat.

Also, you do indeed have to take note of Damage, in this game called Wounds. Should we have it otherwise, and perhaps come up with our own IP?

If the Defender doesn't roll for his Defence, that will make them die too easily. They will easily be outclassed by the Attackers.

That is honestly a bad idea. It will destroy the balance of the game, it works better if both Attacker and Defender rolls for combat.

If there is damage done, but it is insufficient to kill the Enemy Unit, you must roll off a 2D6 that is equal to or lower than your modified Leadership that is considered from minusing from the difference of the Wounds suffered, and if it is a negative number, the Unit is forced to Retreat.

Underground Tunnel Network: Dwarfs can carve out an Underground Tunnel Network from the Resource Line, by having one of their Sculptors positioned in a Resource Area, thus allowing them to travel to any position in their Resource Line, through the Network, regardless of the Units' individual Initiative. This is only possible if their Architects first design the schematics required for the Underground Tunnel Network.

A Deck consists of 60 Cards, and you can have up to 4 of any individual Card in the game.

So there's two lines, Resource and Battle, with the Resource Line closest to you. Every Unit you place facedown in your Resource Line generates one Resource, and are called Developments. Some Cards may be placed faceup in the Resource Line, and still generate Resource, and with some Special Abilities, generate more than one Resource. Tap your Cards in the Resource Line just like in Magic the Gathering. Your Units have six Stats, Cost, Attack, Defence, Health, Initiative and Leadership.

So the board is 7 Cards long, and 4 Cards wide, considering both side's Resource and Battle Lines. You may only place Cards in either your Resource Line or Battle Line. When you place a Card down in the Battle Line, it can only Attack a Unit directly in front of it, or to the sides, if it is a Melee Unit. You and your opponent roll a D6, adding to your Attack and the Enemy adding to its Defence, then minusing the Defence roll from the Attack roll, and then substracting from the Health of the Enemy Unit. If there is damage done, but it is insufficient to kill the Enemy Unit, you must roll off a 2D6 that is equal to or lower than your modified Leadership that is considered from minusing from the difference of the Wounds suffered and if it is a negative number, the Unit is forced to Retreat. A Retreated Unit allows the Attacker to occupy its previous Area, on the passing of an Initiative Comparison, where the Attacker rolls and adds to its modified Initiative from Marching and the Defender does the same, as long as if it is greater than or equal to the Defender's Initiative roll. A Unit that is forced to Retreat when he is in his Resource Line is Routed instead, becoming destroyed immediately. Should the Unit be destroyed immediately during battle, the Attacker automatically occupies the Defender's location, without need to roll an Initiative Comparison. This occupation of a Defender's location is only true should there be no more Defending Units in that Area.

When a Unit is Marching (which means Moving in in order to Attack) an Enemy Unit on the same Line, it gains +1 Initiative and deals +1 Attack bonus Damage, while benefitting from +1 Defence as well. This is called Flanking. If rolling a double "1" for your Leadership Test, you gain Insane Heroism, and automatically pass, regardless of modifiers.

When you place a Card down, it can Attack either Units in front or to the side.
1-Both Players roll a D6, adding to their Attack and Defence values respectively.
2-Attack roll subtracts Defence roll, to get Wounds suffered.
3-If result is equal to or lower than 0, nothing happens.
4-If result is higher than 0, the Unit is either Destroyed, OR, if the Wounds suffered is insufficient to Destroy it outright, roll 2D6, and compare it to the modified Leadership, which is modified by the difference of the amount of Wounds suffered, rolling equal to or lower than it, in order to pass it.

Artillery Units can be placed in the Resource Line, and still Attack Units in the Battle Line as long as they are within range. To Move on the board, you can Move up to your Initiative, but for each Move you make an Initiative is used up, so it might end up Attacking after the Enemy. This is called Marching. Ranged Units have a Ranged value, denoting from what distance they can Attack. Knights and other types of Horsemen have Charge, which states for each Area they Moved to engage the Enemy, gain +1 Attack. If they remain in their Area, and Attacked an Enemy there, then they go by Initiative as usual. Knights have the rule, Mounted, which is a separate value for Movement. They do not use their Initiative, but the Initiative of their Mount to determine the distance they can Move. Their Mount can Attack too, and take into account their modified Initiative after Marching, unless specified by a Special Ability. Flying Units can bypass Lines altogether.

At the beginning of your Turn, draw a Hand of 5 Cards. If you have less than 5 at the end of your Turn, draw back up to 5. Players take turns, alternating from the first to the second and so on. The Phases are: Deployment, Magic, Shooting, Movement, Assault. The point of the game is to destroy the Enemy's 7 Resource Areas. For that, you need Melee Units in the particular Resource Area of the Enemy, or Shooting at it with Siege Engines and Fire Arrows. The maximum number of Cards that can be placed facedown and used to generate Resource in a Resource Area is 4. A Resource Area has a Health of 5, that the Attacker must roll above. Cards used as facedown Resources add +1 to the Health value for each, and for each point rolled over the threshold of 5, one Resource Card that is facedown is destroyed. A Resource Area that has been destroyed may not generate more Resources. A Unit must stop when encountering an Enemy's Resource Area, unless the Resource Area is destroyed. When first entering the Enemy's Battle Line, the Unit must stop too.

You may place Units together in the same Area. The Leadership value considered is the Leadership of the Unit under Attack. Should there be multiple targets, each Unit targets an individual, separate Unit. Should the Unit with the highest Leadership fail its Leadership Test, all Units in that Area Retreat. This is called Panic. Should the Unit under Attack have a Leadership lower than the other Units in that Area, and it fails its Leadership Test, the other Units with the higher Leadership do not Retreat. Each damage against each Unit is taken into account for the modified Leadership roll.

A Deck consists of 60 Cards, and you can have up to 4 of any individual Card in the game. You also have 1 Lord Card, that can be played anytime during your Turn, by paying its Cost. Lord Units confer their Leadership to surrounding Units and those in its Area, for all their Leadership Tests, as well as quelling Panic in those regions. Should the Lord Card be destroyed though, you immediately lose the game. Lord Units can always be placed above the Unit Limit of 4, even if there is already a Champion and Hero there. The First Player may not send Units into the Enemy's Battle or Resource Lines, on the first Turn of the game.

So there's two lines, Resource and Battle, with the Resource Line closest to you. Every Unit you place facedown in your Resource Line generates one Resource, and are called Developments. Some Cards may be placed faceup in the Resource Line, and still generate Resource, and with some Special Abilities, generate more than one Resource. Tap your Cards in the Resource Line just like in Magic the Gathering. Your Units have six Stats, Cost, Attack, Defence, Health, Initiative and Leadership.

So the board is 7 Cards long, and 4 Cards wide, considering both side's Resource and Battle Lines. You may only place Cards in either your Resource Line or Battle Line. When you place a Card down in the Battle Line, it can only Attack a Unit directly in front of it, or to the sides, if it is a Melee Unit. When Marching in to Attack, do an Initiative Comparison, to see who Attacks first. The one that Attacks first is the one with the higher Initiative. If the Initiative is the same, they Attack at the same time. This is called an Engagement.

The side that Attacks first rolls a D6, adding to its Attack, while the Defender rolls a D6, adding to its Defence. Then you minus the Defence roll from the Attack roll, and then substract from the Health of the Enemy Unit to determine the total amount of Wounds loss. The Attacker then becomes the Defender, and the same is done. The modifier for the Leadership Test is the difference between the higher number of Wounds caused from the lower. If there are Wounds caused, but it is insufficient to kill the Enemy Unit, you must roll off a 2D6 that is equal to or lower than your modified Leadership that is considered from minusing from the difference of the Wounds suffered from both sides, and if the roll off is greater than the modified Leadership, the Unit is then forced to Retreat.

A Retreated Unit allows the Attacker to occupy its previous Area, on the passing of an Initiative Comparison, where the Attacker rolls and adds to its modified Initiative from Marching and the Defender does the same, as long as it is greater than or equal to the Defender's Initiative roll. This is called a Sweeping Advance. A Unit that is forced to Retreat when he is in his Resource Line is Routed instead, becoming destroyed immediately. Should the Unit be destroyed immediately during battle, the Attacker automatically occupies the Defender's location, without the need to roll an Initiative Comparison. This Occupation of a Defender's location is only true should there be no more Defending Units in that Area. Occupation of the Enemy Unit is only possible should the Attacking Unit be the one who Initiatied Combat. Should the Attacking Unit, otherwise known as the Unit that Initiated Combat, lose the Combat by suffering more Wounds, it rolls for Leadership Test as usual, to see if it Retreats. The Defending Unit does not get to do a Sweeping Advance however, or is it allowed to Occupy the Area, if it destroys the Attacking Enemy Unit.

When a Unit is Marching (which means Moving in in order to Attack) an Enemy Unit on the same Line, it gains +1 Initiative and deals +1 Attack bonus Damage, while benefitting from +1 Defence as well. This is called Flanking. If rolling a double "1" for your Leadership Test, you gain Insane Heroism, and automatically pass, regardless of modifiers. Defending Units that are Attacked multiple times, do get to Attack back an equal number of times, however suffering 1 Stamina loss for each further Attack against it. Once a Unit suffers Initiative loss equal to 0 or less, it may not act, not even Defending itself in Combat. Initiative is always returned to its full state after the end of a Player's Turn.

When you place a Card down, it can Attack either Units in front or to the side.
1-Both Players roll a D6, adding to their Attack and Defence values respectively.
2-Attack roll subtracts Defence roll, to get Wounds suffered.
3-The same is repeated, with the Attacker being the Defender next.
4-If the damage is insufficient to outright destroy the losing Unit, it has to take a Leadership Test.
5-Then taking the result of the higher Wounds loss minused the lower number of Wounds to get the Leadership modifier, which is subtracted from the Leadership of the loser that suffered more Wounds, and that the loser must roll equal to or lower than in order to pass the Leadership Test.
6-Should the 2D6 roll be greater than the modified Leadership, the Unit is forced to Retreat.

Artillery Units can be placed in the Resource Line, and still Attack Units in the Battle Line as long as they are within range. Artillery Units placed in the Resource Line may however not Attack the Enemy's Resource Area, unless they are in your Battle Line. To Move on the board, you can Move up to your Initiative, but for each Move you make an Initiative is used up, so it might end up Attacking after the Enemy. This is called Marching. Ranged Units have a Ranged value, denoting from what distance they can Attack. Knights and other types of Horsemen have Charge, which states for each Area they Moved to engage the Enemy, gain +1 Attack. If a Unit remains in its Area, and Attacked an Enemy there, then it goes by Initiative as usual. Knights have the rule, Mounted, which is a separate value for Movement. They do not use their Initiative, but the Initiative of their Mount to determine the distance they can Move. Their Mount can Attack too, and take into account their modified Initiative after Marching, unless specified by a Special Ability. Flying Units can bypass Lines altogether.

At the beginning of your Turn, draw a Hand of 5 Cards. If you have less than 5 at the end of your Turn, draw back up to 5. Players take turns, alternating from the first to the second and so on. The Phases are: Deployment, Magic, Shooting, Movement, Assault. The point of the game is to destroy the Enemy's 7 Resource Areas. For that, you need Melee Units in the particular Resource Area of the Enemy, or Shooting at it with Siege Engines and Fire Arrows. This action of Attacking a Resource Area is called Sieging. Ranged Units usually do not have the ability to Siege Resource Areas. The maximum number of Cards that can be placed facedown and used to generate Resource in a Resource Area is 4. A Resource Area has a Health of 5, that the Attacker must roll above. Cards used as facedown Resources add +1 to the Health value, and for each point rolled over the threshold of 5, one Resource Card that is facedown is destroyed. A Resource Area that has been destroyed may not generate more Resources. A Unit must stop when encountering an Enemy's Resource Area, unless the Resource Area is destroyed. When first entering the Enemy's Battle Line, the Unit must stop too.

You may place Units together in the same Area. The Leadership value considered is the Leadership of the Unit under Attack. Should there be multiple targets, each Unit targets an individual, separate Unit. Should the Unit with the highest Leadership fail its Leadership Test, all Units in that Area Retreat. This is called Panic. Should the Unit under Attack have a Leadership lower than the other Units in that Area, and it fails its Leadership Test, the other Units with the higher Leadership do not Retreat. Each damage against each Unit is taken into account for the modified Leadership roll.

There is a limit up to 4 Units you can have in a single Area. Champions are special Units that can be placed one above the Unit limit, and they confer their Leadership for Leadership Test made by any of the Units there. Friendly Units may Move pass but not onto an Area with the max limit of 4 Units already. Units mark out their reduced Initiative through blue Stamina Tokens, which like red Wound Tokens, determine the loss of Stamina for your Units.

Heroes are Lord Units that may have up to the limit of 4 copies in a Deck, but may only have 1 in play at any time. They can be placed even if the Area has already up to 4 Units in it, and even if there is a Champion leading the 4 Units. Like Champions, they confer their Leadership to any Unit in the same Area as them. Heroes are usually capable combatants, while Lords may just have strong buffing effects.