Veltaffen

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Sit down. Let me bring out the board and the drinks. We shall settle this dispute with a friendly game of Veltaffen!

— Tod Oller

Veltaffen is a popular two player game in Pallernia and Jegrim. It involves a checkered board, a bowl of six-sided dice, and three different types of pieces. The game has been around since the 14th century. The Rustilians came up with the game and it quickly became popular across the Empire of Pallernia.

Rules

Veltaffen game pieces are divided into red and yellow sets. Each set consists of eighteen pieces: one lord, four horsemen, and thirteen spears. Players are free to arrange the pieces however they want. All that matters in that they will be in the first two rows. The game is played on a rectangular board that is nine rows wide and eighteen rows long. There are some who play with a square board, but all the major tournaments use the traditional rectangle boards.

Pieces

Spearmen - Each player has thirteen spearmen. These square-shaped pieces make up the majority of the pieces on the board. They can move up to four squares per turn. Spearmen adjacent to other friendly pieces of the same type will get to roll an additional six-sided dice when attacking. The adjacency bonus doesn't stack.

Horsemen - Each player has hour horsemen. These triangle-shaped are the fastest pieces on the board. They can move up to six squares per turn. Horsemen adjacent to other friendly pieces of the same type will get to roll an additional

six-sided dice when attacking. The adjacency bonus stacks.

Lord - Each player has a single lord. These pieces are octagons and if a player's lord dies, they lose the game. They can move up to four squares per turn and they have the same movement directions as the spearmen. Units adjacent to the lord get to roll two additional six-sided dice when attacking.

Attacking

If a player wishes to attack a piece of their opponent's, they will have to use a piece adjacent to the target to attack. Attacking requires available movement. A piece that had just used up all of its movement can't attack. It's possible to move, attack, and then move again. A typical attack roll will require the attacker and the defender to roll three six-sided dice. If there are adjacent friendly pieces, the defender and attacker will gain additional dice as explained under Pieces. Once the players have added up the dice and rolled, they will add up everything they rolled and the player with the highest number will get to keep their piece. If both players roll the same number, both pieces will be killed and removed from the board.

Related Ethnicities

• Montler
• Oltlander
• Pallernian
• Rustilian
• Wantorian

Victory conditions

• The Lord reaches the opponent's side of the board
• The enemy Lord dies
• All of the opponent's pieces die
• The enemy skips a turn

Veltaffen Board by Mihkel Rand