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SIEGE OF DURSAW
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ABOUT PAPEON WARGAME

Papeon is a papercraft based tabletop

wargame. The game mechanics rely mainly
on the actual physical ability of the paper
figure itself. That means, if a player wants
to attack an enemy unit from a distant, a
player must craft a paper figure that can
do exactly just that!

Essentially each player takes turns to

control several paper figures of various
types and battles them against another
player’s paper figures.

With Papeon, players will have a great

time not only while playing but also when
crafting and customizing the paper figures.

Craft, Customize, and Charge!

© 2019 L. G. Aryo Herwastho

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Val peered over the edge of the plastic slide out to the other end of the
open field. She wished her playground was bigger so that she would be
allowed to play anywhere her and her friends wanted to in the field. Her
mother had told her she wasn’t allowed to leave the mulchy floor of the
playground, to play with the kids who were out in the field.

Those kids, out beyond the supervision of the playground were free.

They had been assembling weapons from junk from the nearby
junkyard to play war! Val saw they even managed to make a tank with
some cardboard and a rubber-band potato gun. They had been using
this strange paper-like material from the junkyard to create their toy
weapons. It could stick to other things with a little bit of moisture, but
was easy to shape and handle as if it was paper.

Running free in the field, the children from Dursaw Village got to play
where Val wanted to play with her friends. They looked like they were
having so much fun, more fun than Val was having in the playground.
Playing war was not something Val had done before, but it looked like
fun. She studied the kids from Dursaw, saw how the rules worked and
how they made their weapons, and envied them.

On one rainy day, Val decided to go the village alone with only one goal
in mind: she must get her hands on this strange paper-like material.
Because no one was outside, she managed to sneak and steal a huge
sack of this material. With this amount, she’s confident that she can
start her own war game with her friends.

When she went home, she began to plan. She was smart for her age,
and her faithful butler was helping to create weapons like cannons, guns,
and even a tank! With pneumatics, 3D printers, and better resources,
Val and her friends would have so much advantage playing war in the
playground.

But after a while, the kids realized that the playground they had been
playing on wasn’t big enough. They needed more space to play, a place
like....the field.

Val would rally her friends behind the banner of the P.I.K Elite, and with
the toy weapons they had made they would fight the kids from Dursaw
and take the field for themselves.
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CRAFT, CUSTOMIZE, CHARGE!
The material that starts everything
One day, the kids from Dursaw village found this
strange material buried in the junkyard. It has
a shape and consistency like paper but it can
stick to each other easily with a bit of moisture,
this material is also super easy to handle and
shape. The kids started to gather this material
and craft different toys out of them. They love
this material and because it’s similar to paper,
they start calling it Papeon (or pape in short).
The kids love Papeon and started using them
heavily to craft toys to play wargames with.
Papeon became the basic material to build
everything from simple spears to tanks. And
because it’s easy to shape, they can also insert
Papeon into any gun or canon and shoot it as a
projectile, and thanks to its bounciness it’s safe
to hit while still delivering a ‘punch’.
Weaponizing the creativity
The inspiration for the kids’ weaponry comes
mostly from movies, cartoons, and comic
books, for example, they created tanks, mortar,
and canon based on what they learned about
World War I and II in the history class. The
kids also created more medieval weapons
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and equipment like a spear, shield, and helmet
based on fantasy movies, cartoons, and comic
books.
The kids from Dursaw are poor, they can only
create their toys using whatever they can scrape
around them. Apart from Papeon, the materials
they use are mainly cardboard, wooden sticks,
rope, and sometimes plywood. And for all the
range weapons they mostly used a rubber band
and rope, resulting to a shorter shooting range.
They played this game for a long time, and they
rely mainly on their own physics to run around
really fast and even to operate the vehicles with
only their legs!
The P.I.K. ‘Elite’ are the rich kids led by a girl
named Val, they live and play in a fancy cul-de
sac near the slum called Dursaw. These rich kids
have way better technology and materials. They
have 3D printer, air compressor, and lithium
battery-powered mini car that they converted
into a tank. They also have better and more
sophisticated material for their toys, apart from
Papeon they also use plastic and vinyl. Although
they have all the Papeon and technologies
needed, they are still a snobby pampered rich
kids who cannot even run for 5 minutes straight,
they rely too much on their technology!
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BASIC RULE
This section will cover the major aspects of
the game and its essential mechanics. This
serves as a guideline for players to start their
own skirmish. Papeon can be played in so
many different ways, be it a simple deathmatch
game between two players with three to four
paper figures each, or a long-running campaign
with more players, paper figures and different
objectives (capture the flag, king of the hill, etc).
Papeon is a turn-based game, and you are the
captain of the squad with a limited amount of
action points (AP) that you can use in each turn.
In your turn, you can spend your AP to command
one or some of your units to move, reload, build
contraptions, or shoot the enemies. In your turn
you can also decide if you want to spend the
whole AP to do something with only one unit, or
if you want to spread it across different units. It
will all depend on the strategy that you want to
devise to reach the pre-determined objective of
the game.
Here are some essentials game mechanics to
help you play the game with whatever setup of
campaign/skirmish that you have in mind:
Action points (AP)
Any type of activity that a player does to and/or
with the unit in that turn will cost an action point.
At the beginning of the game, each player starts
with 2 APs per turn.
Players cannot save up APs to accumulate and
use it in the next turn. Players can increase their
amount of APs per turn in the middle of the
game by using items or building contraptions.
Here is a list of actions that you can
command in your turn. They all cost 1
AP:
• Moving unit based on its speed
• Reloading unit
• Shooting or attacking (for melee)
• Equipping unit with an item
• Building a contraption/ parts of it
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• Using one unit’s active ability
And here is a list of free actions that
you can command in your turn. They
don’t cost any AP:
• Rotating the unit
• Using/applying unit’s passive ability
Unit Types
There are three different unit types in the first
edition of Papeon, namely: ranged unit, melee
unit, and support unit.
Ranged Unit
The ranged unit attacks from a distance
using a projectile. To attack, a ranged
unit must first load the projectile (1AP)
and then shoot it to the target (1AP). A
ranged unit can always rotate around to
aim and it doesn’t cost any action points.
For the ranged unit, it’s considered a
successful hit if its projectile hits the
target.
Melee Unit
Although melee unit can’t attack from
a distance and doesn’t have damage
points, there’s a bigger change to
deal an Instant Death with it. To attack
(1AP), you can (lightly) flick any body
parts of your melee unit so that it/its
weapon can move toward the adjacent
opposing unit and eventually knocking
the opposing unit down. Be careful not
to flick your unit too hard, if it fell down
and its head touch the ground, your
unit get an Instant Death too!
Support Unit
The support unit is not to attack, it is
there to support the squad by building
contraptions. Unlike melee or ranged
units, support unit normally doesn’t
have damage points and instead more
speed or some special abilities that can
be used without spending any APs.
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Unit Stats/Attributes
Each unit has basic 3 attributes, which are:
Health Point, Speed Point, and Range Damage
Point.
Hit Points (HP)
Hit Points determines how many
damages a unit can take before it is
killed.
Range Damage Points (DP)
Damage points determine how many
damages an opposing unit will get after
a successful hit from a range unit.
Speed Points (SP)
Speed points determine how far a unit
can move. The accumulation of the
speed points of a squad can also be
used to determine the player’s initiative
at the beginning of the game.
Unit Card
Unit type
Unit papeon cost
Unit’s Ability
(A) = Active ability
(P) = Passive ability
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Distance and Movement
All distance and measurement in the game
are measured with a line gauge / ruler that is
specifically made for Papeon. Each graduation
of the line gauge is 2 centimeters long. Players
are also welcomed to craft their own custom
made line gauge that fits their preference/liking,
as long it maintains the same scale.
Deathmatch Game (Quickstart)
1. Decide between players on how many
units and loadouts each player can bring
into the game. (i.e. 4 units and 5 loadouts
for each player)
2. The youngest player starts first
3. In the beginning, players have 2 AP each per
turn. The amount of AP per turn will change
in the middle of the game depending on
contraptions and item cards played.
4. Player can only build one contraption or one
part of contraption per turn.
5. Player will take turns to kill the opposing
player’s units. The first one to wipe out the
opposing team, wins the game.
Hit Points
Speed Points
Range Damage Points
Unit rank and size
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Papeon
Papeon (or pape in short) is the main resource
for the wargame. Papeon is used for so many
purposes, you can trade it with the battle gears,
use it as materials to build contraption, and the
most basic of all, you can load papeon into the
gun/canon of your range unit and use it as a
projectile to shoot with!
At the beginning of the game you will start with
zero amount of Papeon, and throughout the
game you will try to source and collect papeon
to use them to your advantage. Your basic
support unit (Dursaw Tinker or P.I.K. Builder)
have some type of ability to source papeon for
your squad.
Special Units
Beside the basic units, there are another
classification called special unit, and it needs
to be built to enter the battlefield. Just like
contraptions, the special unit can only be
built by the support unit, and it also requires a
certain amount of papeon. All special units has
a papeon requirement/
Special Unit Card
Unit type
Unit papeon cost
Unit’s Ability
(A) = Active ability
(P) = Passive ability
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papeon cost written on the top-left of each
special unit card. Special units cannot enter the
battlefield from the beginning.
Instant Death
If for any reason the head of a unit touches
the ground or whatever surface the game is
occurring, the unit will be instantly dead (Instant
Death) and its HP turns to 0.
Since Papeon will involve a lot of moving and
many more physical actions in the game, this
mechanic will add another layer of complexity
(fun) to the game.
Ruins of War
If your unit is dead, do not remove that unit from
the battlefield. The unit will stay there lying on
the ground. If it’s a tank, remove its head and
put it on the ground beside the tank. You can
also use this mechanic to your own advantage
as it will serve more barricade for you against
the enemy projectiles. However, this mechanic
can also turn against you as it can block your
line of fire or even block your unit’s movement.
Hit Points
Speed Points
Range Damage Points
Unit rank and size
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Play it your way!
Papeon is beyond simple deathmatch game. It
is encouraged to play and come up with your
own game and objectives so long they still align
with the basic main rule, be it tower defense,
capture the hills, or capture the flags. Have fun!
Loadouts
Loadouts are supporting aspect of the game.
From granting bonus stats to specific unit to
cancelling the opposing player actions, they
influence the dynamic of the game. Every loadout
need a certain amount of Papeon to be brought/
built in the game. For the first edition, loadouts
consist of battle gears and contraptions.
Battle Gears
Gears are items that you can equip
to one of your units to strengthen it.
Each gear has needs to be bought with
certain amount of papeon to be used in
the battlefield.
Loadout card
Papeon cost
Ability
(A) = Active ability
(P) = Passive ability
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To equip gear to a unit, simply put it
like in real life; if it’s a helmet, then put it
on the unit’s head. Additionaly, put the
gear card to the assigned unit’s card.
Contraptions
You can command your support unit
to tinker some contraptions that will
influence your squad performance
by providing more APs per turn,
providing item drops, etc. The effect of
constructions will be immediately active
after it’s erected and stood on the
ground. If the construction tipped over
or fell down the effect will immediately
be inactive and considered broken, your
unit need to re-build the contraption to
have the effect back. All contraptions
must be built adjacent to the support
unit who’s building it.
Stats modifier
(red) = minus modifier
(green) = plus modifier
Loadout type and rarity
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CRAFTING GUIDE
Although papercraft is the main element in the
game, players are not required to have a high
level of crafting skill. This section will cover the
best practices of how to craft a paper figure that
fits for the game.
Best Practices
The paper figures need to stand on the ground
without any additional support. It means, when
crafting one, it is important to make sure that
the paper figure has a firm and flat surface of
the bottom part. It is also prohibited to put any
weights/objects inside the paper figure.
Ideally, all paper figures (except their canon/ gun
mechanism) needs to be printed on a thicker
paper (>170gr/m2). Alternatively, you can also
print it on a normal paper, and paste it on a
thicker paper using glue and let it rest for at
least 15 minutes before you start cutting and
building the paper figure.
The main goal of crafting the paper figure here is
for players to have fun and to really clash them
in the game. Of course, the paper figure will not
stay mint after a while, but that’s the beauty of
the paper figure. That it’s easy to craft again
from scratch.
It is also strongly suggested to customize and
personalize the paper figure, even infusing some
story in the paper figure itself. It will enrich the
whole experience of playing Papeon.
Tools & Materials
• Scissors/Cutter/X-Acto Knife
• All purpose adhesive/Strong glue
• Ruler
• A4 Paper (±170gr/m2)
• Sellotape
Tank Canon/ Gun
Tank canon/ gun is an important papercraft
mechanic for the early edition of the Papeon.
It allows a ranged unit to physically shoot a
Papeon. There’s so many to craft this barrel and
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players are welcomed to always come up with a
new way of making one.
The tank canon/ gun consists of the barrel itself
and the firing piston in the middle. They are both
made from a rolled paper. The firing piston is
made by rolling a paper densely without any
hole in the middle and then secured with glue
or sellotape. And the barrel is made by rolling
a paper with a hole in the middle (the diameter
of the hole is as big as the diameter of the
firing piston) and then also secured with glue or
sellotape at the end.
Papeon
Just like making the firing piston, Papeons are
made by rolling a paper densely, secured with
glue or sellotape, and then cut in small pieces.
Each Papeon is normally 0,5 cm long.
Flick to shoot
To shoot the Papeon from the tank barrel/ gun
a player must first load the canon with the
Papeon either from the front or from the back
of the tank canon/ gun (by removing the firing
piston first). After that, the player simply needs
to aim and flick the firing piston to shoot the
Papeon. The harder the player flicks, the further
will the Papeon fly.
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DURSAW
WARRIORS
They are the kids who invented the game.
Using whatever they can scrape around
them and their bottomless imagination,
they build a lot of awesome stuff like tanks
and canons, something which other kids
can only see and play from their console
or smartphone.

Get and craft all units of

Dursaw Warrior here:

Dursaw Warriors Starting Squad Pack

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P.I.K.
ELITE
Since these kids took an accidental peek
from the wall of their comfortable cul-
de-sac, they started somehow to have
this love-hate relationship with the game.
Fueled by jealousy, they left whatever
gadgets they have at home, and start
building their own tanks and canons to
destroy the Dursaw Warriors.

Get and craft all units of

P.I.K. Elite here:

P.I.K. Elite Starting Squad Pack

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WORK IN PROGRESS

This project is still and always be a work in

progress. There will be a lot of improvements
in rules and mechanics, and there will be more
type of units with different mechanics also
coming soon.

Therefore I would like to invite you to also be part

of the development of this game by trying this
game out and giving me feedback, ideas, and
support via email or comment on my website.

Follow Papeon on Youtube and Instagram to

get the latest updates and tutorials.

Happy crafting and playing!

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Papeon Wargame

© 2019 L. G. Aryo Herwastho