Guide to Legends of the Alliance (LotA) Interact – Interacting with tokens can provide valuable
SET-UP
- Prepare supply of dice, Condition cards, and the damage,
strain, and condition tokens. Place the Reference cards
within reach of the players.
- Remove the cards listed from the Supply card deck:
Core: Valuable Goods, Troop Data, C1 Comlink.
Twin Shadows: Chance Cubes
Jabba’s Realm: Pit Droid
- Set aside Deployment cards, gray figures, map tiles, doors,
and the mission, terminal, and crate tokens – the app will
call for them at various times.
- Run the app and select New Game. Choose a campaign
(or tutorial), difficulty, and save slot.
- If not playing the tutorial, set up your party. Each player
selects a hero in the app (2 in playing solo) and collects their
Hero sheet, figure, and Hero Class deck.
- Each player retrieves the Item cards from their Hero Class
deck that do NOT have XP values (bottom left) and places
them face up. The rest of the deck is not used for the first
mission.
- For a 2 Hero game, each player also takes a Legendary
Reward card (10 bonus Health). For a 3 Hero game, each
player takes a Heroic Reward card (3 bonus Health). These
serve as a reminder of their bonus health. Ignore activation
text as this is handled in the app.
- Select Continue in the app and enter a group name.
GAMEPLAY
Missions are played over a number of game rounds. Each
round consists of hero and Imperial group activations.
Players choose a hero to activate and that hero performs 2
actions. Players inform the app when that hero is done and
the app will instruct the players on activating Imperials.
This continues until all heroes have activated and the round
ends. The app may then apply end of round effects.
Hero Activation
1 – Start of Activation: Ready all of the hero’s exhausted
Class and Item cards.
2 – Perform Actions: Players perform ANY combo of 2
actions. After the hero resolves 2 actions, its activation
ends and indicates it on the app.
Move – The hero gains movement points equal to their
Speed. Each space moved (including diagonals) requires 1
movement point and can be spent at ANY time during its
activation, including before and after activation.
rewards, such as Supply cards and credits and may be
required to progress during a mission.
A figure can interact with a token in their space or an
adjacent space. A figure can interact with a door in an
ORGOTHOGANALLY adjacent space ONLY. To interact,
select the object in the app and select Interact.
Some missions allow the retrieval of tokens with an Interact
action. Place these tokens on the figure’s base. If the figure
is defeated, the token is dropped in the space and can be
retrieved again as normal.
Rest – Heroes can suffer Strain to resolve abilities. By
resting, a hero recovers Strain equal to their Endurance.
Special Action – Class cards, abilities, and mission rules may
allow special actions denoted with the arrow. EACH special
action can ONLY be performed ONCE per activation.
Actions in the app with the arrow are NOT considered
special actions and are NOT limited to once per activation
unless otherwise indicated.
Attack – When a figure has suffered damage equal to its
health, it is defeated. When a hero declares an attack, it
chooses an Imperial to target and then rolls their weapon’s
attack dice as well as the defense dice listed on the
Imperial’s Deployment card.
After dice are rolled, the target suffers damage equal to the
number of damage icons (burst) minus the number of block
icons (triangle). For each damage suffered, place one
damage token next to the figure.
There are 4 other possible die results:
Surge (lightning): These can be spent to trigger abilities.
Can ALSO use ONE Surge to recover 1 Strain.
Evade (open circle): Each Evade cancels one Surge.
Dodge (X): On the white die, the ENTIRE attack to misses.
Accuracy (numbers): These are used to determine if a
ranged attack misses.
Melee attacks (lightsaber) can ONLY target figures adjacent
to the attacker. Ranged attacks (blaster) can target ANY
hostile figure that the figure can see.
When performing a ranged attack, the restrictions are:
* Line of Sight (LOS): To determine if a figure is within LOS,
the attacking player chooses one corner and then traces
TWO straight uninterrupted lines to DIFFERENT corners of
the target’s space.
The lines CANNOT be traced through walls (solid black lines)
or blocking terrain (solid red lines) or spaces with figures.
* Accuracy: After rolling, the amount accuracy (sum of
numbers on dice) MUST be EQUAL OR GREATER than the
distance in spaces the target is from the attacker, otherwise
the attack misses completely.
Abilities
These provide special effects that may be prefaced by icons
requiring the hero to suffer Strain, spend an action or
spending Surge results.
In LotA, some Imperial abilities do NOT function as they
require an Imperial player to make a choice (may/choose).
Strain & Endurance & Damage
Players can suffer Strain to trigger abilities or to move
additional spaces (1 Strain per additional movement point –
up to 2 times per activation). A hero can only OPTIONALLY
suffer Strain equal to their Endurance. Game effects
causing Strain above Endurance causes damage equal to
the excess.
Allies and Imperials do NOT have Endurance, so they
ALWAYS suffer damage rather than Strain.
When a hero suffers damage or Strain, take that many
tokens. These persist from round to round, but many game
effects allow the recovery of these – back to supply.
When a figure has suffered damage equal to its Health, it is
IMMEDIATELY defeated. A figure CANNOT suffer damage
in excess of its Health. Excess is ignored.
Hero Defeat and Withdrawal
When a hero is defeated for the first time in a mission, flip
their sheet over to their wounded side. Discard any excess
Strain tokens.
If a wounded hero is defeated, they withdraw – remove it
from the map. It CANNOT activate for the remainder of the
mission and its card effects and hero sheet effects do not
impact the game for the remainder of the mission.
Movement Restrictions
Terrain and hostile figures can impede movement.
Walls: Indicated by a black line – figures CANNOT move
through or trace LOS through walls.
Impassable: Indicated by a dotter red line – figures
CANNOT move through dotted red lines. Two spaces
separated by impassable terrain are adjacent and LOS CAN
be traced through it.
Blocking: Indicated by a solid red line – figures CANNOT
enter or trace LOS through blocking terrain.
Doors: Indicated by a door token. Spaces separated by a
door are NOT adjacent. Figures CANNOT move through or
trace LOS through a door.
Difficult: Indicated by a solid blue line – figures must spend
1 ADDITIONAL movement point to enter difficult terrain.
A figure CAN move into a space occupied by a hostile figure,
but MUST spend 1 ADDITIONAL movement point to do so
and CANNOT end movement in a space with another figure.
Figures
Non-hero figures are deployed to the map in a group. Each
group has a corresponding Deployment card with the stats
of EACH figure in the group. When deployed, place the
group’s Deployment card face up for all players to see.
Black Deployment cards are Regular and red ones are Elite.
The app will specify which one to put out.
The amount of figures in the group is dictated by the
number of bars in the upper left corner.
Small figures occupy one space. Large figures occupy more
than one space. When a large figure attacks, LOS may be
traced from ANY SINGLE SPACE it occupies.
Large figures CANNOT move diagonally and must spend 1
movement point to rotate its base. After doing so, it must
still occupy AT LEAST half of the previous spaces.
Attribute Tests
The app may prompt a hero to make an attribute test,
testing strength (fist), observation (eye), or tech (wrench).
To resolve, roll the attributes dice and score 1 success for
each SURGE rolled.
On a physical component, only 1 success is required. In the
app, enter the number of successes.
Allies and Imperials do NOT have attributes. Instead of
rolling, elite figures AUTOMATICALLY get 1 success and
regular figures AUTOMATICALLY fail.
Readying & Exhausting Cards
When instructed to exhaust a card, rotate it 90 degrees.
Exhausted cards cannot be exhausted again until readied.
Item Restrictions
Each hero is limited in what they can bring on an individual
mission to 1 Armor card, 2 Weapon cards (cards with attack
types and dice), and 3 Equipment cards.
Before deploying to a mission, heroes may freely give ANY
Item cards (EXCEPT for cards from a Class or Reward deck)
to other heroes. Items CANNOT be traded during missions.
Some items are modifications, which are placed below a
weapon and provide the listed ability to the weapon. Each
weapon has a mod limit equal to the bars in lower right.
Conditions
When a hero gains a condition, take the condition card.
When any other figure gains a condition, place the
condition token near its figure.
Conditions are sometimes used as keywords on
Deployment, Item, etc. cards will apply that condition as
long as the target suffers at least 1 damage in the attack.
Controlling Tokens & Spaces
Some missions require controlling tokens/spaces. To
control a token/space, there must be a friendly figure on OR
adjacent to the token or space and NO hostile figure on OR
adjacent to the token/space.
THE APP
The players lose a mission if each hero is WOUNDED. When
a hero is wounded, players inform the app by selection the
icon to the left of the hero portrait.
Heroes are deployed to the highlighted space on the map or
as close as possible – ONE FIGURE PER SPACE.
If the app instructs to “clear the map”, remove all tiles and
EVERYTHING from the map and prepare to place new tiles.
Activations
Players collectively decide one hero to take its turn. When
done, select its portrait and select the checkmark.
Bonus Activations: With less than 4 heroes, heroes gain
bonus activations indicated by a copy of the hero’s portrait.
With 2 heroes, each hero has two activations per round.
With 3 heroes, one hero gets a bonus activation, cycling in
portrait order.
Bonus activations CANNOT be spent until ALL heroes have
activated during the round.
As heroes explore, they may discover Supply cards and
medpacs. When a hero gains a Supply card, they place it
near their sheet and can now use its ability.
ALL Supply cards are returned to the deck at the end of the
mission.
Medpacs are a SHARED resource that ANY hero can use.
The number of medpacs the heroes have is displayed at the
bottom of the screen. A hero can use a medpac when they
perform a Rest action and an ally can use one as an action.
To use a medpac, select it, confirm its use and recover 5
damage.
Peril Effects
These are mounting effects that require tests.
Mission End
All rewards are added to player inventory. For each item,
retrieve the corresponding card. Heroes also recover all
Strain and damage.
Allies
Players will gain allies throughout the campaign. Each
mission, players can deploy ONE all group. Allies can
USUALLY only be deployed ONCE. If a regular ally survives a
mission, it is promoted to its elite version and can be
deployed again.
Players can activate ally groups like heroes. When
activated, EACH figure activates, one at a time, and
performs 2 actions as chosen by the players.
 Allies are NOT heroes and ignore hero-targeted
effects.
 Allies CANNOT perform the Rest action and
CANNOT Interact with hero-specific objects.
 Allies CANNOT use more than ONE action per
activation to attack.
 When defeated, ally figures are NOT wounded and
are removed from the map. They cannot be
activated or deployed again during the mission.
IMPERIALS
Selecting an Imperial group’s portrait allows you to defeat it
once the last figure in the group is defeated. You can also
check its info and activate the group if you forgot a figure.
The app will instruct how to deploy Imperials, either
individually or as a group as close as possible to a particular
space.
The app may ask you to select an ID color to differentiate
groups and may also grant bonus Health shown on the
portrait.
Imperial Activations
When Imperials activate, their window will open with a
bonus effect and instructions list.
Each figure in the group resolves the instructions top to
bottom. Any that the figure cannot resolve are skipped.
Instructions are skipped if they would cause no change to
the game state, there are no targets for an attack, or would
cause the figure to be defeated before effecting a Rebel.
Imperials CANNOT perform more than 2 actions and each
instruction costs an action if indicated.
Once all Imperials in a group have activated, select Finish.
Target Priority
Targets will either be specifically named or by criteria. If
two or more satisfy the criteria, the Imperial chooses the
closer one.
Move X Toward – The figure gains movement points equal
to the number and spends them to move as close to the
target as possible. If the figure cannot move closer to the
target, the instructions is NOT SKIPPED and costs an action
if indicated.
Move X to Engage – The figure gains movement points
equal to the number and spends them to move adjacent to
the target. If it cannot reach its target, it selects the next
best target. If it cannot move adjacent, the instruction is
SKIPPED. If the figure is ALREADY adjacent, the instruction
is NOT SKIPPED and costs an action if indicated.
Move X to Reposition Y – The figure is trying to get to a
specific distance from the Rebel figures. The reposition
value is the EXACT distance away from the Rebels the
Imperial moves to, stopping when the distance equals it.
The figure resolves the instruction as best as it can. If it
cannot move far enough, the instruction is NOT SKIPPED. It
moves as far as it can and costs an action if indicated.
Move X to Attack – The figure tries to move to and attack
the target from the closest space possible. The figure gains
movement points equal to the number and moves as close
as it can to the target while maintaining LOS.
If the figure cannot move to a space where it can attack the
target, it selects the next best target, following target
priority. If it cannot move to attack ANY target, the
instruction is SKIPPED.
If a hero interrupts an Imperial’s movement, reassess the
instruction to see if the target has changed.
Imperials attack just like heroes, using their attack dice and
the defender uses their defense dice.
Imperial figures CANNOT use more than 1 attack action
during its activation unless stated otherwise. An instruction
is an attack if it has the burst-arrow icon.
Imperials use Surges according to their Surge Priority on the
app and they are used in order. The figure skips a Surge
ability if it has already used that ability in this attack, they
don’t have enough Surges remaining, or the ability would
have no effect.
CAMPAIGN MAP
Missions have the yellow star and Encounters have the
exclamation point. Players may indicate an ally by selecting.
Players recover all damage and Strain after Encounters.
Heroes can buy and sell (NOT Starting equipment)
equipment according to the credit values in the app. Ignore
the values on the cards. The Armory ONLY sells weapons
and mods and stock changes after each mission.
Training – After each mission, heroes gain a Class card from
their Class decks, selecting it in the app. Heroes can select
lower XP value cards.
Fame – This represents the heroes’ score and improves the
quality of items throughout the campaign.
LotA CHANGES
Bleeding – After an Imperial with Bleeding performs an
action instruction, it suffers 1 damage. If it has only 1
Health left, it discards the Bleeding condition.
Stunned – When a Stunned Imperial gains movement
points, it gains none. After a Stunned Imperial resolves a
Move instruction, it discards the Stunned condition.
Stunned Imperials CANNOT attack or VOLUNTARILY exit
their space outside their own activation.
Blast – Figures do NOT suffer damage from friendly Blasts.
Massive – Massive figures CAN enter interior spaces.
Power Tokens – Imperials spend ALL damage or Surge
tokens it has when attacking and ALL shield or evade tokens
when defending. Imperial figures CANNOT have more than
two power tokens at a time.
Reinforce – When a group is reinforced, defeated figures
are placed back on the map in the indicated spaces. If no
space is indicated, place the figures as close as possible to
their group.