RENEGADE RULES V1.

Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction .............................3
1.1 Gameplay Overview .................. 3
1.2 Components Overview ............. 4
2.0 Setting Up ................................6
Glossary of Terms ..........................8
3.0 Cyber Warfare Weapons .........9
4.0 Winning and Losing ...............10
5.0 Sequence of Play ....................11
6.0 Intel Phase ..............................11
7.0 Command Phase ...................11
7.1 Start of Turn Step .................... 11
7.2 Restock Hack Shack Step ........ 11
Of Sparks and Guardians .............. 12
7.3 New Sparks Step .................... 14
7.4 Command Actions Step ........... 14
7.5 Replenish Hand Step ............... 19
7.6 End of Turn Step ..................... 19
8.0 Countermeasures Phase.......19
8.1 SMC’s Revenge Step ................ 19
8.2 Success or Failure Step............ 19
8.3 Move Sparks Step ................... 19
8.4 Scoring Token Step .................. 20
9.0 Refresh Phase.........................20
9.1 End of Game Step ................... 20
9.2 New Deal Step ....................... 20
9.3 Hack Shack Purge Step ............ 20
10.0 Your Winning Score .............20
11.0 Gameplay Variants ...............21
12.0 Rootkits ................................21
13.0 Walkthrough ........................24
Intel Phase ................................... 26
Command Phase .......................... 26
Countermeasures Phase ............... 30
Refresh Phase ............................... 31

Credits:
Game Design: Richard Wilkins (Box of Delights - Ricky Royal)
Development: Tylar Allinder, Alan Emrich, Chris Magoun
Art: Clark Miller
Graphic Design: Noelle Le Bienvenu and Barry Pike III
Playtesting: Bradley Bellamy, Julius Besser, Nathan Hansen, Chuck Hughes, Charlie Jackson, Gary Lawson, Steve Ramsey,
Brad Rochford, Rupert Wilkins
Proofreading: Avalon Emrich, Noelle Le Bienvenu, Linda Daley Paulson, Petra Schlunk, Karen Wolterman
Special Thanks: To super-fan Aaron Moore for logging more than 100 play sessions and being our Renegade cybersecurity expert

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1.0 Introduction
Renegade is a game designed by Richard Wilkins for 1 to 5 players
ages 13 and up with a playing time of approximately 90 minutes.
You, the players, are hackers, Renegades in a dystopian future,
where humanity is on the brink of disaster. Taking over cities
across Japan is the Super-Massive Computer (SMC) known as
“Mother,” an increasingly powerful governess of society.
At the dawn of the Super-Massive Computer Age, the people
were losing faith in an increasingly amoral society. An SMC
named Mother was developed to emulate human thought and
emotion, to simulate human desires and aspirations, and to
better understand the rapid decline in morality. The citizens
of Sapporo became the guinea pigs of this technological
experiment. A series of government mandated, city-wide neural
implant programs, dubbed “the harvests,” enabled Mother to
1.1 Gameplay Overview
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one of four SMCs (plus a tutorial Simulator SMC to ease new
players into the game). Each of these SMCs brings its own style
of defenses and increased complexity that you will need to
defeat. Once you are jacked into an SMC’s servers, you and
your friends will assume the role of an Avatar (each with its
own special ability), moving across the server’s partitions and
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Countermeasures to thwart your hacking efforts; survive them,
and your team of hackers can take control and claim victory.
The game is played solitaire or co-operatively: All players will
win or lose together.
The Hacker’s Handbook
gather data directly from a person’s cerebral cortex. *DPHWHUPVSUHVHQWHGIRUWKHąUVWWLPHDQGGHÀQHG are in SMALL BOLD
CAPS (e.g., NETWORK).
Mother’s neural net became increasingly empowered by the
collective thoughts of a city of souls. She soon became her
own master, not only reading the minds of her citizens, but also
malevolently controlling them – sending data as well as receiving
it. Mother took charge and the people became her automatons.
Only a few – the few who from fear, mistrust, or in protest –
avoided the harvests and remained untouched by Mother’s
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in Sapporo’s Susukino district. While Mother’s society of
humans became free from crime, free from poverty, and free
from emotion, it was also without free will or faith. But every
society has outcasts, even Mother’s, and from these there
arose the criminals, the bootleggers, and the self-serving; the
hungry, the frightened…and you – the “Renegades.”
And there, in the underground, everyone shares the common
desire: to see the SMCs overthrown and faith in humanity
restored. But among the disenfranchised, only the Renegades
have the tools to do the job....

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1.2 Components ¨ PRIMARY RENEGADE §

Tilda Sweet
Renegade Key Code
Contaminants Installations Commands Server

Overview
z Virus „ Propagator a Destruction ¤ Salvation
z Replicant „ Replicator a Deception ¤ Virtue
z Uplink „ Neural Hub a Cognition ¤ Freedom
z Data Node „ Data Port a Information ¤ Justice
z Any „ Any a Leadership ¤ Faith

q 140 cards, as follows

Countermeasures Countermeasures a Any ¤ Any
z Spark/z Flare „ Guardian/„ Firewall

Actions List
» 75 Basic Command cards Move: a per partition & carry z (3 max, same type); z & „ create “pathways;” teleport from „.
Shift: a per z or z “pushed away;” z to project to any other z or „.
Neural Hubs: If on „, may project (”Ghost”) any Action to any partition on your server.

(15 per player color, forming Profile

Upload: aaa = z must all be the same color; in your partition, must be no zs or „.
„ and „ at your partition alter costs to, respectively: a = z and a = z, regardless of zs.
Modify: a +a + zz(z) > z(z) to convert z to z of a’s color.

their starting decks)

When you Move, you can carry one Spark (z) or one
different-colored Contaminant (z) in addition to the usual Install: a + zzz = „; must all be the same color.
up to three Contaminant tokens of one type that each Infect: as + zs + z vs. zs (or 4 for „) + z.
Renegade is allowed to carry. If you win, Delete all zs or „; If you tie/lose, Delete one z.

» 36 Advanced Command cards

Execute: Perform card’s EXECUTE or INTERRUPT effect.
ACCESS POINT: Justice (¤) #6
Shop: Purchase an Advanced Command card from the Hack Shack.

» 5 SMC cards representing Tilda's a straight-up wirehead. She's concise and logical; when she doesn't grok some NewTek, she'll take it apart and put it back together,
more than likely improving it in the process. Her mind is a databank of knowledge, recalling specs and stories of infamous SMC runs. Her
speciality is combining hardware modules, meaning she can kludge a hack in short order before the Sparks have a chance to react. She's
something of a lurker, not always at the forefront of an attack, but her ability to punch into a system and her situational awareness has her

the different Super-Massive marked out as a possible black-op leader of the future and has earned her the moniker “Ballerina.”

Computers Countermeasure
» 24 Countermeasure cards 5HQHJDGH3URąOH6KHHW
Cards
(8 per Security Level: Copper,
Silver, and Gold)
q 5HQHJDGH3URąOHVKHHWVWKDW
describe each Renegade and their
special ability, along with a summary
of rules and effects
q 6 countersheets, which provide
» 5 server tiles
» 15 Red/Yellow circular tokens
» 15 Blue/Green circular tokens
» 25 Black/Gray circular tokens
» 25 Square tokens (5 each of SMC Cards Command Cards
Red,Yellow, Blue, Green, and
Black/Gray)
» 7 Purple circular tokens
» 3 circular Countermeasure
Scoring tokens (one each of
Copper, Silver, and Gold)
» 10 Avatar standees Red Black
q 2 Infection Dice (one red, one black) Server Die Partition Die
Infection Die Infection Die
q 3 ICE Dice (one each of Copper, Silver, Spark Dice
and Gold)
q 1 Partition Die
q 1 Server Die ICE Dice
q 1 Rulebook
Used in the d-ICE variant (see 11.0), these
dice replace the SMC’s black Infection Die
when resolving Infection combat.

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Guardian (Front) Spark (Front)

Faith

Firewall (Back) Flare (Back)

Countermeasures Virtue

Contaminants Installations

Data Node (Front)

Justice
Data Port
Uplink (Back)

Virus (Front)
Neural Hub Salvation

Replicant (Back)

Propagator
Rootkit Freedom

Replicator

Avatar Server Tiles

Countermeasure Scoring Tokens

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Running A Simulation 2.0 Setting Up

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players, we have provided a “Simulation SMC”
to challenge: The RS20 SMC and the Simulation
Countermeasure cards.
These simulation Countermeasure cards are
DGHąQHGVHWIRUXVHZLWKWKHRS20 SMC for
tutorial purposes only and should never be mixed
in with the general set of Countermeasure
1. Determine the ALPHA HACKER LHWKHÀUVWSOD\HU by whatever method you
choose. That Renegade remains the Alpha Hacker for the rest of the game.
2. Establish the Game Level: Select one SMC card to battle against and place all
unused cards in the box. Each SMCFDUGKDVDGLIIHUHQWGLIąFXOW\DQGFRPHVZLWK
its own setup and operating instructions.This is the “villain” you must bring down!
3. Create Your SMC Adversary: Sort the Countermeasure cards by Security
cards when creating a Countermeasure deck Level: Copper, Silver, and Gold LIXVLQJWKH6LPXODWLRQ60&VHHER[RQWKHOHIW.
for any other SMC.
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SMC Card Breakdown 6XFFHVV)DLOHYHQWVIDFHGRZQ.
B. Draw the number of cards from each pile as indicated at the top of the
A SMC card you have selected GXULQJ6WHSDERYH.
B
C. Arrange these drawn Countermeasure cards to form the
C Countermeasure deck by placing the Copper cardV on top, the
Silver cardV in the middle, and the Gold cardV on the bottom.
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D. Place all unused Countermeasure cards in the box.
4. Create the SMC Network:6KXIĆHWKHąYHVHUYHUWLOHV6WDUWLQJZLWKWKH
Alpha Hacker, each RENEGADE LHSOD\HU takes turns drawing and placing a
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E
A. In the regular game, place server tiles so the partition spaces are all the
same color HDFKVHUYHUWLOHVKRXOGGLVSOD\DVLQJOHFRORU. The multicolored
F side is used in the Fragmented Servers variant VHH.
B. $IWHUSODFLQJWKHąUVWVHUYHUVXEVHTXHQWO\SODFHGVHUYHUVPXVWFRQQHFWWR
the network in such a way that at least two of its partitions are touching
A - Card Title
existing partitions.
B - Countermeasure Card Quantities
C. The numbers on each of the newly placed servers must be in the same
C - SMC Setup Rules orientation as all previously placed servers.
''LIąFXOW\5DWLQJ 5. Going Renegade: Each player establishes themselves on the network by
E - Special Rules following these steps:
F - Spark Placement Quantities A. Each Renegade chooses one 3URąOH sheet RU\RXPD\VKXIÁHWKHPDQGGHDORQH
2QHSparkIRUHDFKGRW DWUDQGRPWRHDFKSOD\HU and takes its corresponding Avatar standee and deck
of 15 Basic Command cards DVVKRZQE\WKHPDWFKLQJFRORUHGLFRQLQWKH
ERWWRPULJKWFRUQHURIHDFKBasic CommandFDUG.
B. Each Renegade places their Avatar standee on the ACCESS POINT (the #6
SDUWLWLRQ of their same-colored server DOVRUHIHUUHGWRDVWKHHOME SERVER.

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Network Setup Example

Note that all the servers’ partition numbers
are oriented in the same direction.

([DPSOHHettie MagneticWKH\HOORZFRORUHG5HQHJDGHVHWVXS These Data Nodes (z represent the intel that your absent
RQWKH$FFHVV3RLQWLHWKH#6SDUWLWLRQRIVirtueWKH\HOORZFRORUHG Renegades have gathered about the SMC.
VHUYHU¥WKLVLVQRWHGDWWKHERWWRPRI+HWWLH·V3URÀOH6KHHW 8. Open the Hack Shack:6KXIĆHWKHAdvanced
DV´Virtue (¥#6” Command cards and place them, face down, to form an
C. With each Renegade’s Avatar standee now on Advanced Command card $&& deck WKLVGHFNDUHDLV
the network, add one same-colored FLUFXODU FRPPRQO\UHIHUUHGWRDVWKHHACK SHACK5HYHDOWKHąUVW
Contaminant (ztoken on their Access Point. four cards and place them in a row, face up, next to the
&RQWLQXLQJWKHDERYH([DPSOHHettieZRXOGDOVRVHWXSZLWK ACC deck.
RQH5HSOLFDQW(zWKH\HOORZFRORUHGContaminant (zWRNHQ 9. The Deal:(DFKSOD\HUVKXIĆHVWKHLUVWDUWLQJGHFNRI
DWVirtue (¥#6. Basic Command cards and deals themselves a hand of
6. The SMC’s Defenses: Read the directions on the SMC ąYHFDUGV<RXFDQUHSODFH\RXUHQWLUHKDQGVKXIĆLQJLW
card being challenged and follow its setup instructions. EDFNLQWR\RXUGHFNDQGGHDOLQJDQHZKDQGRIąYHFDUGV
adding one Spark EODFNz token to your Access Point
7. Renegade Intrusion: Count the number of Access Points each time you do so.
on the network that do not have an Avatar standee there.
Receive that many Data Node EOXHz tokens and place 10. Tidy Up: Set aside all remaining unused components,
them, collectively, however you wish across the network. snacks, and beverages HJ\RXUFDQVRI*LQJHU&RRO.

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Glossary of Terms Home Server

The server that matches your Avatar’s color (i.e., the
Server
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EOXHVHUYHUWLOHLVWKHEOXH$YDWDU·VHome Server. of the network. Each server has a color and a
Access Point name as follows:
The #6 partition in each server. Installation
¥: Salvation UHG
Upgraded versions of Contaminants. There
Actions ¥: Virtue \HOORZ
are four types: Data Ports ( „, Replicators ( „,
What you do during your Command Actions Neural Hubs ( „, and Propagators ( „. ¥: Freedom JUHHQ
Step to alter conditions on the network and When referring, collectively, to DQ\DQGDOO ¥: Justice EOXH
improve your Command deck. Installations, a white ( „ icon is used.
¥: Faith SXUSOH
Alpha Hacker Network
Spark Dice
7KHąUVWSOD\HUVHOHFWHGGXULQJVHWXS7KDW The entirety of the game board, comprised of its
player is referred to as the Alpha Hacker for the The Partition Die and Server Die when used
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rest of the game. together. They generate a random server color
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Partition
Avatar
The player standee representing the location of
your character.
Command
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Each separate QXPEHUHG hexagonal space
on a server. Pieces exist in, and move between,
partitions.
Closed Partition: Any partition completely
surrounded by other partitions.
Super-Massive Computer (SMC
The SMC is the “villain” you must bring down
before determining victory. Each of them have
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instructions. The network represents the SMC.
types: Information ( , Cognition ( , Open Partition: Any partition not
Deception ( , Destruction ( , and completely surrounded by other partitions. The Magic Rules
Leadership ( . These apply at all times!
OPEN PARTITIONS
When referring, collectively, to DQ\DQGDOO 1. Always add Sparks (z one at a time.
Commands, a white (  icon is used.
2. No partition can have more than two
Sparks (z z; adding a third immediately
Contaminant CLOSED creates a Guardian („.
The programs you upload to the network. There PARTITIONS
3. Guardians („ cannot coexist with
are four types: Data Node (z, Replicant (z, Sparks (z; a Spark Explosion will
Uplink (z, and Virus (z. Each have their own occur instead VHHSJ.
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4. <RXFDQQRWSODFH\RXUInstallation („
When referring, collectively, to DQ\DQGDOO tokens on a partition that has a Guardian
Contaminants, a white (z icon is used. („ token.
Passing
Countermeasure 5. No partition can contain more than three
Ending your Player Turn while still having one or
Contaminant (z tokens of the same type.
The SMC’s programs designed to fend off your more Command cards in your hand.
attacks. There are four types: Sparks (z, 6. :KHQHYHUWKHUHLVDFRQĆLFWEHWZHHQWKLV
Flares (z, Guardians ( „, and Firewalls ( „.
Delete
Removing a piece from the network and
returning it to the stock of unused pieces.
Security Level rulebook and the text on a card, the card’s
text takes precedence, but you can never
Shown as Copper, Silver, and Gold, the colors
violate the stacking rules above.
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Countermeasure card.
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3.0 Cyber Warfare Weapons Command Card Breakdown

1. Insert Cards Here: The COMMAND cards in your hand generate Commands,
Execute Actions, and effects that you use to conduct your Turn. The bottom A
portion of each CommandFDUGVSHFLąHVWKHUHVRXUFHV it provides.
B
A. Commands: Each CommandFDUGVKRZVWKHTXDQWLW\DQGW\SH
of Commands it generates VKRZQKHUH , , , DQG <RX
use GLVFDUG one or more Command cards to generate enough
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B. Execute Actions: Some Advanced Command cards $&&V include an
C
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generate Commands with that card OR perform its Execute Action.
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C. Events: Some Advanced Command cards include text WKDWGRHVQRW
FRQWDLQWKHZRUG´Executeµ explaining a special ability that it can perform.
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2. Token Resistance:&LUFXODURUVTXDUHWKHYDULRXVWRNHQVLQSOD\RQWKH
QHWZRUNUHSUHVHQWSRWHQWLDODFWLYLW\WKHUH<RXU5HQHJDGHVSODFHoJRRGp
hacker CONTAMINANT FRORUHGFLUFXODU tokens and build them up into
A - Card Title
INSTALLATION OLNHFRORUHGVTXDUHWRNHQV7KH60&ąJKWVEDFNZLWKoEDGp
Countermeasures to thwart your Renegades. B - Card Cost
A. Quantities are Limited:<RXFDQQRWFUHDWHDGGLWLRQDOWRNHQV,I\RX C - Advanced or Basic Denotation
run out of your Contaminant HDFKEXWVHH´%LQDU\%LWVµEHORZ or D - Command Generation
Installation tokens RIHDFK, you cannot place more on the network
until the stock is replenished. If you run out of SMC Spark  or E - Special Text
Guardian  tokens and must place one more, you lose! F - Basic Card Player Denotation
B. Binary Bits: Note that your Contaminant (z tokens have a different
color on each side UHG\HOORZDQGEOXHJUHHQ. However, there are only 15
total tokens in each pairing, so playing one reduces the availability of both
of those colors in the stock of unused pieces!
C. Contaminant Types:
VIRUSES UHGz allow you to DELETE UHPRYLQJIURPWKHQHWZRUNDQG
UHWXUQLQJWRWKHVWRFNRIXQXVHGSLHFHV the SMC’s COUNTERMEASURES -
Sparks EODFNz and Guardians EODFN„ - by using an Infect Action
and successfully rolling the Infection Dice.
REPLICANTS \HOORZz, when they outnumber Sparks (z in a partition,
can change one Spark (z into another Contaminant (z of your
choosing using the Modify Action.

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UPLINKS JUHHQz connect a Renegade’s partition to F. Installation Types:

any other partition with an Uplink (z or Neural PROPAGATOR UHG„FUHDWHGE\z z z + : Once
Hub („, allowing that Renegade to Shift RU´SXVKµ Installed, they spawn new Virus (z tokens at a
away Sparks (z and Contaminants (z from it lower cost with the Propagate Action.
using the Shift Action.
REPLICATORS \HOORZ„FUHDWHGE\z z z + : Once
<RXFDQDOZD\VXVHShift to push away circular tokens Installed, they spawn new Replicant (z tokens at a
in your Avatar’s partition; Uplinks (z and Neural lower cost with the Replicate Action.
Hubs („ allow to you reach across the network
NEURAL HUBS JUHHQ„FUHDWHGE\z z z + : Once
to push them around these “virtually connected”
partitions as well. Installed, these command centers allow you to exert
the power of your mind to act on any partition on
DATA NODES EOXHz connect partitions with your server.
“pathways” that are free to Move along, when using
DATA PORTS EOXH„FUHDWHGE\z z z + : Once
Information to perform a Move Action.
Installed, in addition to being part of a pathway OLNH
Adjacent partitions’ Data Nodes (z create DData Node (z, these also allow you to teleport
pathways through the SMC’s servers allowing your your Avatar from its partition to any other partition
$YDWDUVWR0RYHDURXQGPRUHTXLFNO\DQGHDVLO\ on the network during a Move Action.
D. SMC Spark Countermeasure: G. SMC Guardian Countermeasure:
SPARKS (z: Their presence prevents you from GUARDIANS EODFN„: By their presence, they prevent
performing an Upload or Install Action at that you from performing an Upload or Install Action at
partition. They also attack your Contaminants (z. that partition. These are harder to Delete HOLPLQDWH
E. z z z = „: A key concept in Renegade is that three than Sparks (z and, when a Spark (z enters
circular tokens can combine into one like-colored a partition containing a Guardian („, there is a
VTXDUHWRNHQZLWKLWVVWURQJHUUHODWHGDELOLW\. Spark Explosion, and that Spark (z is cloned into
two VHHSDJHSDUW.
a. Important: There is a stacking limit. No partition
can have more than three Contaminants (z z z
or one Installation („ of each type.
4.0 Winning and Losing
E<RXFDQQRWYROXQWDULO\0RYHRU6KLIWDSpark (z
,I\RXDUHUHTXLUHGWRSODFHDSpark (z or Guardian („
to a partition containing a Guardian („.
c. When performing your Actions, you can never
break rules “a” or “b” above.
token into play and none remain in the stock, you immediately
lose the game.
After surviving the last Countermeasure card, you win the
game. To determine how well you did in winning, see 10.0.
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5.0 Sequence of Play 6.0 Intel Phase

You play Renegade in a number of CYCLES (Game Turns) as
required to win or lose (see 4.0).The number of Cycles per game
depends on which SMC you are playing against (e.g., Alpha Moby
requires three Cycles; one in Copper, one in Silver, and one in Gold).
Sequence of play is as follows:
Refresh your memory by re-reading the SMC card’s special
Gameplay Instruction (on its lower half). Then read the lower
portion of the SMC’s current Countermeasure card (i.e., the
Copper, Silver, or Gold card that is face up for that Cycle). All
Renegades should note the special rules and Goal for that Cycle.

1. Intel Phase (6.0) The Countermeasure card remains face up during the
Command Phase. Renegades can only look at the current
2. Command Phase (7.0): Composed of three Rounds; Countermeasure card.
each Round, starting with the Alpha Hacker and proceeding
clockwise, each player performs a Player Turn, as follows: Renegades will succeed or fail in achieving the current
Countermeasure card’s Goal as a result of the Actions they
A. Start of Turn Step (7.1) perform during the ensuing Command Phase. In addition,
B. Restock Hack Shack Step (7.2) Renegades cannot inspect the Success/Fail outcomes until they
are revealed during the Countermeasures Phase.
C. New Sparks Step (7.3)
D. Command Actions Step (7.4)
E. Replenish Hand Step (7.5) 7.0 Command Phase
F. End of Turn Step (7.6) You complete the Cycle’s Command Phase in three Rounds.
Every Round, beginning with the Alpha Hacker, each player
When all players have completed their Turns, that Round performs a Player Turn. A PLAYER TURN consists of six Steps
is complete. Begin a new Round. Once the third Round is (explained below) performed in order. After a player has taken their
complete, proceed to the Countermeasures Phase. Turn, play proceeds clockwise (i.e., to your left). After completing all
3. Countermeasures Phase (8.0) three Rounds, proceed to the Countermeasures Phase.
A. SMC’s Revenge Step (8.1): Important: Note the SMC card’s special instructions; these
may affect play during the Command Phase.
i. Virus Battle Segment
ii. Delete Contaminants Segment
7.1 Start of Turn Step
iii. Delete Installations Segment
Start of your Turn effects occur at this time.
B. Success or Failure Step (8.2)
C. Move Sparks Step (8.3)
7.2 Restock Hack Shack Step
D. Scoring Token Step (8.4)
If any of the four positions in the Hack Shack are empty, draw
4. Refresh Phase (9.0) the top card(s) from the Advanced Command card (ACC)
A. End of Game Step (9.1) deck to restock it back up to four cards.
B. New Deal Step (9.2) Should the ACC deck become depleted, the Hack Shack is
RIąFLDOO\oVROGRXWpDQGQRWUHVWRFNHGIRUWKHUHVWRIWKHJDPH
C. Hack Shack Purge Step (9.3)

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Of Sparks (z) and Guardians („)
The SMC’s core defenses are represented by Spark (z)
and Guardian („) tokens. Throughout the game, the SMC
places and moves these Countermeasures across the
network’s partitions to foil your hacking efforts.
1. Hacked Off: If you are required to place a Spark (z)
or Guardian („) token into play and none remain in
the stock, you immediately lose the game!
2. Timing is Everything: Whenever adding or moving
Sparks (z), do so one at a time, completing the
DGGLWLRQRUPRYHPHQWHIIHFWVRIWKHąUVWSpark (z)
before proceeding with the second, and so forth.
3. Of Flares and Firewalls: These are the reverse/enhanced
sides of Sparks (z) and Guardians („) respectively.
Flares (z) are created during a Spark Explosion
(see part 5). Firewalls („) are created from Flares (z).
The rules and cards generally refer to Spark (z)
and Guardian („) tokens, as their reverse-side
counterparts function exactly as Sparks (z) and
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The instant a Flare (z) shares a partition with
any Contaminant (z), the Flare (z) immediately
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by that Flare (z) until it is Deleted (at which time both
tokens are returned to the stock).
If any Flares (z) create a Guardian („) through the
normal Spark (z) rules, place it as a Firewall („) instead.
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Avatars cannot voluntarily enter a partition with a
Firewall („). The instant an Avatar and a Firewall („)
share a partition, relocate that Avatar by rolling the Spark
Dice and placing the Avatar in the indicated partition.
4. Creating Guardians: A Guardian („) is a powerful,
immobile Countermeasure.
The instant a third Spark (z) token enters a partition,
immediately return those three Sparks (z z z) to
the stock and replace them in that partition with one
Guardian („) token.
As soon as a Guardian („) token is placed, immediately
Delete all Contaminant (z) and Installation („)
tokens in that partition.
If any Flares (z) create a Guardian („), place it as a
Firewall („) instead.
5. Spark Explosions: Whenever a Spark (z) token enters
a partition containing a Guardian („) token, they cannot
coexist so – Boom! – a SPARK EXPLOSION occurs. That
means, instead of adding one Spark (z) token to
that Guardian’s („) partition, add two Flare (z z)
tokens (remembering to do so one at a time per “Timing
is Everything,” part 2) to the next-lowest numbered
partition instead.
Exception: When moving Spark (z) tokens to the next-
higher numbered partition during the Countermeasures
Phase, Spark Explosions will also proceed to the next-
higher numbered partition on that server.
Chain Reaction: If that next-numbered partition where
exploded Flare (z) tokens must be placed also contains
a Guardian („) token, again, they cannot coexist. Instead,
create another Flare (z) token and skip ahead to the
next-lowest numbered partition – and so on around
the server, adding another Flare (z) token every time
one would be placed with a Guardian („) token. Be
careful; when you see two adjacent Guardians („), they
might quickly create a third one in this manner!
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Spark Explosion & Chain Reaction Example

There are two Spark (z z) tokens
on partition #2 and Guardian („)
tokens on partitions #5, #3, and #1
when a Spark (z) token arrives
at partition #5 – Boom! – two
Flare ( z z ) tokens are placed (one
at a time) in partition #4 instead.
Remember that Flares (z) are placed
in the next-lowest numbered partition.
Another Spark (z) token arrives
at partition #3 – Boom! – two
Flare ( z z ) tokens are placed
(one at a time) in partition #2. The
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#2 instantly creates a Firewall („)
there (wiping out all Contaminant
(z) and Installation („) tokens in
partition #2). Worse, that was the last
Guardian („) in the stock!
The second Flare (z ) arriving in
partition #2 explodes from the
just-placed Firewall („) – Boom! –
two Flares (z z ) would be placed
in partition #1 instead. Unfortunately,
there is already a Guardian („)
token in partition #1, so – Boom! –
three Flares (z z z ) are placed
(one at a time) in partition #6 instead.
These three Flares (z z z ) would
normally create a Firewall („) in
partition #6, but since there are
none left in stock, the Renegades
immediately lose the game!

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where each numbered partition
is located on the tile.

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Countermeasure Cards
A
B
C
The SMC’s Countermeasures are
progressively more challenging by
Security Level (Copper, Silver, and then
Gold) as the SMC diverts more of its
resources to resisting your intrusion.
A - Card Title
B - Security Level
C - Goal and Special Rules
SMC Movement Arrows
The order, server (color), and direction
(up or down) that Sparks (z) are moved.
RENEGADE RULES V1.0
7.3 New Sparks Step
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Place new Sparks (z) according to the current Security Level of the Round. The
number of Sparks (z) you must place is indicated on the bottom of the SMC
card as a number of dots in a box. Find the box that matches the color of the
current Security Level (Copper, Silver, or Gold) and place that many Sparks (z).
When placing new Spark (z) tokens, where they are placed is determined by rolling the
Spark Dice.The Spark Dice will generate a random server color (via the Server Die;
the white side is the server where your Avatar is currently located) and a random partition
number (via the Partition Die).
Important: Throughout the game, when asked, the player whose Turn it is rolls the
Spark Dice. The Alpha Hacker rolls if no one is currently taking their Turn.
//Example: The Spark Dice result is [¥], [1], so you would place that new Spark (z)
token at the server where your Avatar is located in the #1 partition.//
7.4 Command Actions Step
You play your Command cards (representing your hacker’s tool kit) during this Step
WRJHQHUDWHVXIąFLHQWCommand points, as shown on the bottom of each card:
: Destruction (red), : Deception (yellow), : Cognition (green), : Information
(blue), and : Leadership (purple; which you can declare to be any other color when
played). These allow you to perform Actions. Each Action requires a certain quantity
and type of Command points to perform, as explained later in this rule. What
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Command cards.
1. Perspective: The results of your Actions occur from the perspective of your
Avatar. You cannot use your Actions to affect another Renegade’s Avatar.
2. Action Limits: During this Phase, you play cards from your hand, face up, onto
the table (so all can see)WRJHQHUDWHVXIąFLHQWCommand points to take a
single Action at a time. After taking that Action, place the cards paying for it in
your Discard Pile (i.e., a new deck of face-up discards alongside your Command
deck)$VORQJDV\RXKDYHFDUGVLQ\RXUKDQGWRJHQHUDWHVXIąFLHQWCommand
points, you can continue taking Actions or pass.
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carry it forward to the next Round, thus having six cards in your hand to play
on your next Player Turn. You cannot save a card on the third Round.
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3. &RPPDQG,QHIąFLHQF\: All Command points
generated by the cards you use must go toward paying
for that single Action. Any excess Command points
generated while paying for that single Action are wasted.
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Command points to another use.
4. Command Completion: Once your Action is
completed and its Command card(s) discarded, you
cannot undo that Action.
5. Read Only Memory: You may freely examine all discards,
but can never examine unrevealed card information.
6. Wild Card: You may discard any three Command cards
to generate one Leadership Command ( ) point.
7. ACC Effects and Execute Actions: Most Advanced
Command cards have a special Execute Action,
Interrupt, Reveal, or other effects explained at the bottom
of each card, below the Command point symbol(s).
q If you can use either the Command points or the
special text, the special text will begin with the words
o25p(e.g., “OR Execute” or “OR Interrupt”).
q If you can use both the Command points and the
special text, the special text will begin with the word
o$1'pRUo$/62p(e.g., “AND Reveal” or “ALSO, when”).
q An Execute Action can only be used during your
Player Turn. An Interrupt can be used at any time.
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your hand, place it face up in front of you as proof you
possess it and leave it on the table until you either use
or discard it (or pass and return it to your hand for your
next Player Turn). Cards can only be Revealed once
during a Turn. Cards that are Revealed can still be
used later during the Turn, either for their Command
points or additional effects. Advanced Command
cards that are not Revealed are discarded immediately
upon use.
$IWHUJHQHUDWLQJVXIąFLHQWCommand points (as shown on
the bottom of each Command card), the following Actions are
available for you to perform during your Player Turn:
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Move Action
For each blue INFORMATION ( ) Command point spent for
a Move Action, your Avatar receives one Movement point.
When not moving along a pathway (see below), entry into each
adjacent partition costs one Movement point.You do not
have to spend all the available Movement points during that
Move Action, but excess Movement points not spent at that
time are lost.
1. You Can Take It With You: Whenever Moving from one
partition to another, you may also freely take with you up to
three identical Contaminants (those Contaminants must
be of the same type; e.g., z or z z or z z z).
q Color Bind: You cannot carry different type (colored)
Contaminants (z) with you at the same time.
q Stacking Limit: You cannot create a situation, ever,
where doing so would see more than three
Contaminant (z z z) tokens of the same type
(color) in a given partition, if even for a moment.
q 6KXIĆLQJ You can pick up and drop off different type
(color) Contaminant (z) tokens as you make a multi-
partition movement, provided a Move directly between
any two adjacent partitions follows the above restrictions.
q Sparks: You cannot carry Sparks (z) unless a card
effect allows it. In that case, however, you can never
Move them to a partition where there is already a
Guardian („).
2. The Information Highway: When activated to Move,
it costs one Movement point to enter or exit a partition
that does not contain any Data Nodes (z) or Data
Ports („). Data Nodes (z) carried with you do not
count as being in a partition (i.e., the presence of blue
tokens in adjacent partitions creates a zero Movement point
“pathway” for Renegades to glide through).
q A Ticket to Ride: You must generate at least one
Command point and activate your Avatar to
perform a Move Action before you can enter another
partition, even if it is on a pathway (i.e., you cannot
simply Move along a pathway without generating any
Command points to get you started!).
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8.4 Scoring Token Step 9.3 Hack Shack Purge Step

If you Succeeded on all of the Countermeasure cards at the
current Security Level, gain a Countermeasure Scoring token.
It improves your score at the end of the game (10.0).
If you Failed, Delete that Countermeasure card, placing it
in the box.
9.0 Refresh Phase
Prepare for the next Cycle or end the game.
9.1 End of Game Step
If there are no more Countermeasure cards remaining to play, q +25 VPs per Countermeasures Scoring token earned
the game is over and you have won (see 10.0). Now you can
relax with refreshments and celebrate your victory!
9.2 New Deal Step
If there is another Countermeasure card remaining, then
play the next Cycle. Each Renegade discards any cards still in
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Discard all of the cards available at the Hack Shack. A fresh
restock of four cards will be set during the Alpha Hacker’s
next Turn.
10.0 Your Winning Score
$IWHUVXUYLYLQJWKHąQDOCountermeasure card, measure the
degree of your success in Victory Points (VPs) as follows:
q +1 VP per complete set of 5 Spark (z z z z z) tokens
in the stock.
q +1 VP per Installation („) token on the network.
q +5 VPs per Guardian („) token in the stock.
by successfully completing all Countermeasures at that
Security Level (Copper, Silver, and Gold).
Note: Mother has two silver Countermeasure cards,
so both have to be successfully completed to earn the
silver Countermeasure Scoring token.

Winning Score Results

0-69 VPs
Good job, Renegades.You have survived
your encounter with the SMCs for just
long enough to progress the Renegade
cause. Mother has been distracted and her
defenses weakened, but you did not do
quite enough to bring her down. We need
to regroup and consider how we can do
better next time….
70-99 VPs
Great work today, comrades! You have
seriously damaged Mother’s network,
allowing our rescue operatives to free a
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100+ VPs
Congratulations! Your victory over the
SMCs has brought you notable acclaim
amongst your comrades. Mother’s network
is seriously crippled. Whole districts have
been freed from her grasp. With leaders
like you, faith in humanity will quickly be
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who can proudly say, “I am Renegade!”

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11.0 Gameplay Variants d-ICE (Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics) Mode

During an Infect Action and the Virus Battle Segment, instead
Once you are familiar with the base game, you may wish to try
of rolling the (normal) black Infection Die to generate the
some of these variants. Feel free to combine them for even
60&nVUHVXOWDGGHGWRWKHCountermeasure’s strength, use
more interesting gameplay.
the corresponding Copper, Silver, or Gold Infection Die
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Fragmented Servers
When laying out the network, place all server tiles with their
“fragmented” (multi-color) sides face up. When fragmented,
“server” always refers to the six partitions of the same color,
not those that share a server tile.
Simultaneous Play
Allow all Renegades to conduct that Round’s Player Turns
simultaneously (i.e., performing their Actions in any order they
choose). Immediately replace Advanced Command cards in
the Hack Shack when purchased. Players can choose to start
their turns at any time during that Round’s Command Phase
(and performing their Start of Turn Step at that time).
Hard-Core Mode
When a Guardian („) is formed, immediately Delete all
Contaminant and Installation tokens (z and „) on the
entire server.
Horde Mode
Do not set up an SMC or any Countermeasure cards. Instead:
Setup: Place one Spark (z) token on every Faith (¥) partition,
and one Spark (z) token on each Renegade’s Access Point.
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roll the Spark DiceRQFHGXULQJWKHąUVW&\FOHWZLFHGXULQJ
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Designer’s Note:The results on the black die are normal: 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, and 6 with a 3.5 result average.
The Copper die is: 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 with a 3.67 result average.
The Silver die is: 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, and 6 with a 4.0 average.
The Gold die is: 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, and 6 with a 4.5 average.
Plan your calculations accordingly!
12.0 Rootkits
ROOTKITS (purple z) are a special type of Contaminant (z)
that are only available in games when there is a Renegade with
a Leadership (purple) 3URąOH, such as Rupert Stanz, playing.
Special Ability: You can treat a partition’s versatile Rootkit
(z) as any other single type of Contaminant (z) each time
you take an Action (only) there.
Limitations: There are certain limitations when Rootkits
are in the game:
Only one Rootkit (z), at most, per partition, is allowed
(instead of the usual three for other Contaminants (z)).
Only a Renegade with a Leadership (purple) 3URąOH can
place Rootkits onto the network. Placement requires:
q Three Leadership Command points ( ) to
Upload a Rootkit (z); or
q One Deception ( ) Command point plus one
Leadership ( ) Command point ( + ) to Modify
a Spark (z) to a Rootkit (z).
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THE RENEGADES
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Tilda can carry one Neural Hub („), Infection scores performing a
Spark (z) or one he can “ghost” his at his partition Modify Action,
different-colored Actions not just at all times. The Hettie’s Avatar can
Contaminant (z) to any partition on Infection score act as a Replicant
in addition to the that server (as other becomes: (z), adding one (+1)
usual up to three Renegades do from z + + z + 2. to the total number
Contaminant Neural Hubs („)), His Avatar does not of Replicants (z)
(z z z) tokens of but to any partition count as a Virus ( z ) in her location.
one type that each that contains any token, and other Although she acts
Renegade is allowed type of Installation Renegades on his as a Contaminant
to carry. („) anywhere on server cannot apply (z), she does not
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she could carry another (i.e., remote) he is on a different Contaminant
z z z + z , or Neural Hub („), partition with a (z z z) stacking
z z + z. She he can ghost his Neural Hub („); limit.
could not carry Action to any i.e., Commanding
z z z + z as that partition on that from a Neural Hub
would violate the server (“Command („) only applies
three per partition E\SUR[\µ. to the Renegade
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Tokyo Black Devon “Dex” Angel Nitrate The Techno Twins Rupert Stanz
As an Action, for Romeo You may place any You control two Adds Rootkit
, you can You may save an Spark (z) that Avatars, both (z) tokens to the
reposition (i.e., extra card between spawns at, or moves sharing your Access game (only one per
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setup instructions, Avatar, not both. Any When taking a
provided you do not mention of “your Command Action
disconnect any other partition” or “your (only!), players treat
server from the rest server” can be either a Rootkit (z)
of the network. Avatar’s. token as any color
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13.0 Walkthrough
“Listen up Prospects.You’re looking at the RS20, a simulator designed by our Black Agents.
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This is no picnic for posers. If you fail, then restart the sim.
“I’ve put all the dirtboys and wireheads every dark corner of this city can throw at us through this sim.
We’ve been scraping the barrel looking for new recruits. It is like zero-hour in a puppet parlor up here
and folks are losing hope. But someone thinks you guys are something special.
“But let me warn you... only the best will make it through Gold and be called a ‘Renegade.’ Attempt to
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chalk outline. And you had better pay attention to the restrictions each Countermeasure imposes on
you. We do not want you guys makin’ like Ronin and trying to cheat the system. Not unless it gets our
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So listen closely to your instructors and do as they say.
“Last piece of advice: When you reach Gold, we will be jacking-in from the Hack Shack, a bar in
Sapporo’s Susukino district. There you can trade for better Commands, so do so every chance you
get! Prospects aren’t normally allowed in the bar but we have, call it a ‘special arrangement,’ that you be
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out the crowd if you go in looking like some wide-eyed monkey. Use your skills,
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“Good luck, Prospects. See you on the other side!”
[Rupert Stanz, Ace Renegade First Class]

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This walkthrough teaches the fundamentals of gameplay

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simulation solo or cooperatively in teams of two, three, or
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her, either alone or with friends, you are free to add additional
Renegades to join the team. Tilda is the designated Alpha Hacker
for this walkthrough.
Take Tilda’s Renegade 3URąOH sheet and place it in front of
you as a reference. Underneath Tilda’s portrait is her special
ability, so make a note of it. (Tilda’s gives her a special carrying
Jacked-In and Connected
If Tilda is playing solo, there will be four servers with
unoccupied Access Points (if you are playing with a team, one
fewer server per Renegade has an unoccupied Access Point).
Even though Access Points are unoccupied, you still have
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standee on the #6 space (called the server’s Access Point) of blue is the color of Information in Renegade, place one
her like-colored (Home Server) tile; Tilda’s is Justice (¥) Data Node (zWKHEOXHContaminant) token on each of
#6.Your Avatar standee represents your (virtual) location on the unoccupied Access Points. Normally, you may place these
the network JDPHERDUG and moves about from partition to freely during setup, but for this walkthrough place them on the
partition LHKH[DJRQDOVSDFHWRKH[DJRQDOVSDFH. Finally, place
a like-colored Contaminant (z) token at her Access Point;
Tilda starts with a Data Node (z) on Justice (¥) #6.
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vacant Access Points.
Now that you are connected to the network, let us size up
your opponent.
What You Are Up Against
Set up the RS20-Simulator SMC card as your adversary.
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Countermeasure cards, with Copper on top, Silver under
that, and Gold on the bottom; you play through one card per
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Success/Failure side! All will be revealed in time….
Now, checking the SMC card, the RS20-Simulator tells you to
place, on each Renegade’s Home Server, two Sparks and one
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Replicant (z z z) on partition #4, and one Replicant (z) on
partition #6 (i.e., their Access Point).Thus, on Tilda’s blue Home
Server (¥), you will set up her Avatar standee and z z on her
Access Point (¥ #6), and on ¥ #4 you will set up z z z.
Also place one Spark (z) on every odd-numbered partition
(i.e., #1, #3, and #5) on Faith (¥) that is adjacent to a
partition with two Sparks (z z). With the game board in this
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#3 on Faith (¥), but this can vary as different networks are
arranged for different numbers of Renegades each game!
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have no Sparks (z).”
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“Nice Try, But Too Obvious You cannot Shift a Spark (z)
into a partition that already has two Sparks (z z).”
Three Sparks (z z z) on the same partition immediately
removes them, but the SMC replaces them with a Guardian („).
Removing Sparks (z) is your Goal, but making Guardians
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ready for Guardians („) just yet!
You will either achieve that Goal or you will not. That is
determined later, but you want to keep it in mind while playing
your Turns during the Command Phase.
Command Phase
This Phase is the main focus of Renegade(DFK5HQHJDGH
conducts a Player Turn using (and discarding) their hand’s
Commands to hack the SMC and otherwise improve their
position in the game, afterward replenishing their hand and the
offerings at the Hack Shack (if they purchased any Advanced
Command cards from there on their Turn).
When all players have completed one Player Turn each, that
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the third Round, the Command Phase is over. So every
player will have a chance to play through their deck of 15
Command cards each Command Phase.
About Commands
Taking Actions requires Commands, and Command cards
have symbols near the bottom of their cards indicating how
many and of what type of Commands that card generates.
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“battles to the death.”
Let’s Play!
Tilda Sweet’s Avatar is standing on her Access Point (¥ #6)
with z z present there, ready to issue some Commands….
Remember2XU*RDOLQWKHCopper Cycle is to ensure
we have removed (i.e. Deleted or Shifted away) all Sparks (z)
from the Faith (¥) server and from each Renegade’s Home
Server (yours is ¥; and if you are the only Renegade playing, then
you do not need to worry about Sparks (z) on ¥, ¥, or ¥).
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(¥ #6) to partition #4 on her Home Server. Notice she moved
only one partition using a card that gave her two Commands
she only required one to Move one partition. This is okay
as you ignore excess Commands generated when you take
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play. Having used her Decrypt card for her Move Action, Tilda
discards it, face up, in a Discard Pile in her player area, next to her
Command deck.
Using her Trickery Master card, Tilda uses the Modify
Action to change the remaining Spark (z) on her partition
into a Virus (z). Trickery Master gives her the one
Deception Command ( ) point she needs to perform
the Modify Action. She also uses the one Leadership
Command ( ) point which, being wild, she can designate as
the one Destruction Command ( ) point she requires to
change a Spark (z) into a Virus (z). Tilda then discards
the Command card Trickery Master from her hand and
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the Bypass card from her hand to generate one green Cognition
Command ( ), point allowing her to use the Shift Action to
Shift (or push) one of the Sparks (z) from ¥ #4 to the adjacent
partition ¥ #3. Now that Tilda outnumbers the Sparks (z)
there with her Replicants (z z), she can use the Modify Action.
Finally, Tilda uses her Data Steal card ( ) to take another
Move Action, bringing her newly created Virus (z) to
partition ¥ #3 (where she just Shifted a Spark (z) to previously).
Tilda muses, “I would like to perform an Infect Action next,
but let us see if we can improve our odds a little.”

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Having done all she plans to for this Round, Tilda ends her ROUND 2
Turn. Renegades can keep one card in hand, if desired, between With a sigh, Tilda remarks, “Welcome to Round 2, Prospects!
Rounds, so Tilda retains the ,QąOWUDWH card and ends her I was hoping to draw some red Destruction Commands into
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(for a total of six)WKHVHDUH just yet….”
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declares as a ). Now she rolls the Infection Dice (hers is
the red z and the SMC’s is the black z). Tilda rolls a 2 and
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score is 7 (1 z + 4 + 2 = 7)ZLWKzz + 5, the
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loses the battle and Deletes one Virus (z) from her partition
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with the Virus (z) to Faith (¥)EHIRUHąQDOO\HQGLQJWKHLU7XUQ
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until Tilda is ready to begin Round 2.
Steal, Renegade Apprentice, and Sabotage.

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partition with your &RQWDPLQDQWV (z), those 6SDUNV (z)
now attack.
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&RXQWHUPHDVXUHV to control their contested partitions.
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