Two opponents face off across a 'battle line' and attempt to win the battle by taking 5 of 9 flags or 3 adjacent flags. Flags are decided by placing cards into 3 card poker-type hands on either side of the flag (similar to straight flush, 3 of a kind, straight, flush, etc). The side with the highest 'formation' of cards wins the flag.
This is a rethemed version of Schotten-Totten with different graphics and wooden flag bits in place of the boundary stone cards. Game play is identical, except the cards run from 1 to 10 (not 9), you hold seven cards in your hand (not 6), and the rule that stones may only be claimed at the start of your turn is presented as an "advanced variant". Also the tactics cards were introduced by Battle Line; these cards were added to later editions of Schotten-Totten only later.
Some have reported that the production quality of the cards is inferior to the Schotten-Totten cards, however, for most readers Battle Line will be much easier to find in stores. In the second edition of GMT's Battle Line the card quality is higher.
Use the Terrain cards to replace the flag tokens in the basic Battle Line game.
Add variation and convenience to your Battle Line game with Terrain cards!
Defend the Fort, take advantage of the Tower or attack through the Woods, all of them affecting the gameplay of that position.
Instruction on how to use the Terrain Card is included in the zip-file.
2 Cartas de resumen con formaciones (con permiso de sus autores zzini y jgonzal), y traducción de cartas tácticas. En total son 3 caras de cartas tácticas y una de formacíones. En la hoja hay maquetadas 4 cartas completas, por lo que hay 2 cartas para cada jugador.
Resume card with formations (with permission of zzini & jgonzal), and tactics cards spanish translation. On the sheet you have 4 cards, 2 for each player.
This is the translated file of the superdupergeek's excellent file. I upload it with his kind permission.
Οι πέντε σχηματισμοι μαχης στα Ελληνικά για γρηγορο ξεμπέρδεμα.