Warhammer:Diskwars Q&A Collection

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This file is a collection of Questions and Answers made by various Warhammer: Diskwars players
to the game designer of Warhammer:Diskwars

Please remember that, unless featured in the FAQ, these are to be considered unofficial answers,
yet as they come from the game designer himself they bear a certain degree of authority and it's
unlikely they will be contradicted in future FAQs.

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Ranged Attacks
Q: In the (unlikely) situation a ranged
attack scatters and there is more than
one eligible disk within short range as
they are at the same distance from the
original target, which one gets hit?
A: The players should randomly
determine which disk the scatter is
resolved against.
NEW! Q: Can a disk that is completely
covered by another disk be targeted by a
ranged attack?
A: Yes. As disks do not block line of sight
it can be chosen as a target for a ranged
attack or other abilities.
Engagements and Melee
Q: Assume a game situation like the one
shown in this image:
Is it correct that here we have two
different engagements? One should be
“Orcs attack”, with the Boar Boyz, Grom
the Paunch and the River Troll
attacking, and the Knights Panther,
Volkmar the Grim and Luthor Huss as
the defenders. The other should be
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“Empire attacks”: Knights Panther
attacking, River Troll defending.
A: That is correct.
Q: If the above is correct, as the two
embattled disks (River Troll and Knights
Panther) act respectively as attacker and
defender in one engagement and switch
role in the other, and in the rules
clarification on page 20 (“Scrum”
paragraph) it’s written “This results in a
top-down resolution, where disks not
being pinned in the scrum attack first
and each engagement is resolved
individually until none remain.” is it
correct to resolve the “Orcs attack”
engagement first (as the only one with
unpinned disks)
A: That is also correct. The Boar Boyz,
River Troll, and Grom the Paunch attack
before the Knights Panther
Q: If the above two are correct, how
then we resolve the scrum depicted in
this image:
Here in both engagements there are
unpinned disks. Does the first player
decide which one to resolve first?
A: Yes, the player with initiative could
choose to have the Knights Panther and
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Marienburg Swordsmen attack first, or
have the Boar Boyz, River Troll, and
Grom the Paunch attack first.
NEW! Q: Rules for Pinning
"However, if there is a disk between two
disks, then the top disk is not pinning
the bottom disk; only the disk in the
middle is pinning the bottom disk." (page
4). In the image below the Swordmasters
of Hoeth pin Volkmar the Grim and are
pinned by the Marienburg Swordsmen.
What is correct?
a) The Militia Spearmen are pinning
both Empire disks since no disk is
between them and Volkmar.
b) The Militia Spearmen are pinning the
Marienburg Swordsmen, but
Volkmar the Grim since
Swordsmen and the Swordmasters are
considered to be between
Spearmen and Volkmar.
A: Statement b is correct. The Militia
Spearman are not pinning Volkmar
because they are pinning a disk that is
pinning a disk that is pinning Volkmar.
Thus there are two disks in between
them and Volkmar.
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Damage and Wounds
Q: If a disk with stamina has damage on
it (less than its toughness) and suffers an
read effect that causes an automatic wound
(i.e. Tyrion’s ability, Hellblaster Volley
Gun/Steam Tank rolling two Xs) are the
damage tokens removed when the
wound is suffered?
A: Yes, all damage is removed from a
disk when it takes a wound.
Setup and Deployment Cards
Q: When exactly in the setup phase can a
player move a deployment zone with the
Feint card? Any time before deploying
the disks? Just before deploying disks in
that zone (even if other players already
deployed) ? or is it before step 7 – Place
Terrain and step 8 – Deploy disks ?
A: The player moves the deployment
zone with Feint immediately before he
deploys any disks into that zone. So if
other players have already deployed, he
gains the advantage of seeing their
deployment.
Q: When moving a deployment zone
with the Feint card, can a player move it
in a position in which it combines with
not another deployment card, thus creating a
the single deployment zone where there
were two before the movement?
A: No. The deployment zone must
the
remain its own deployment zone, and
cannot be combined with another one.
Q: Which of the following is correct if
one combines the Ambush and Screen
deployment cards?
(A) The area affected by Screen extends
up to medium range, but per Ambush
one can deploy up to 3 disks at long
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range (which won’t benefit from the
Cover rule since they are out of medium
range), or (B) The Ambush card extends
the whole deployment zone thus the
effect of Screen applies up to long range
too.
Q: Situation (A) is correct, as Ambush
does not actually extend the zone itself
to long range.
Q: Which of the following is correct if
one combines the Ambush and Scout
deployment cards?
(A) Up to 3 disks can be deployed at long
range, up to 2 disks deployed within
medium range of the battlefield edge
gain Scout, or (B) up to 3 disks can be
deployed at long range, up to 2 disks
within the side boundaries of the zone,
but up to long range, gain Scout.
A: Same as above, (A) is correct.
Q: Are the Watchtowers placed in the
“Strongholds” scenario in addition to the
four terrain elements that are normally
used during the game?
A: Yes. It does not say to ignore placing
other terrain.
Q: When a player has less disks to deploy
than his total deployment value can he
choose how to divide the disks between
the deployment zones provided no zone
has more disks in it than its deployment
value?
A: Yes. The player can split them
however he wants, and does not have to
place a disk into each deployment zone.
Q: Can then a deployment zone be left
completely empty, if possible, or at least
one disk must be deployed per zone?
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A:A player is not required to place at
least a disk in a deployment zone if he
doesn’t have enough disks to deploy.
NEW! Q: Do disks reinforced through
another disk's ability (i.e. Kairos
Fateweaver, Doom Diver Catapult) come
into play unactivated if reinforced
within a deployment zone that includes
the Rendezvous card?
A: Yes, they do not get an activation
token.
NEW! Special Scenarios
NEW! Q: Can a disk with a Movement
value of 0 benefit from the special rule of
the Fight in the Underway scenario in
order to be moved on another terrain?
A: Yes.
NEW! Q: In the Fight in the Underway
scenario, is a disk taking the special
"move to another terrain" action allowed
to benefit from the mobile keyword in
order to make a ranged attack or use a
focus ability before or after the move?
A: Yes, it counts as a move action and
mobile is used when a disk takes a move
action.
Disk Abilities and Keywords
Q: Does a flying disk take damage if it
ends its movement overlapping a
Dangerous terrain?
A: A flying disk does not take damage if
it ends its movement overlapping
dangerous terrain.
Q: Disk A has Flying and Impact, and
ends its movement pinning disk B, which
is overlapping a terrain with the
Fortified Keyword. Does A ignore the
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Fortified terrain ability, thus dealing its
impact damage to B?
A: Disk B does not take impact damage,
since it is immune. You are correct that
A ignores the keyword, but it still applies
to B.
Q:What would happen in the above
situation if A had Strider instead of
Flying?
A: Same result as above.
Q: If a disk has an ability that says “when
this disk engages an enemy” (i.e.
Archaon), does its ability trigger multiple
times when it engages more than one
enemy at once?
A:Yes, Archaon and similar abilities
trigger each time they engage a disk.
This is different than an ability that says
“When this disk engages at least 1
enemy…” which would only trigger
once.
Q: The text for the flank keyword reads
“A disk with flank can be reinforced
from any battlefield edge, except into an
opponent’s deployment zone [...] “; does
that mean that, when reinforcing, a disk
with Flank (A) must completely be
placed outside enemy deployment zone
or (B) can overlap an enemy deployment
zone, as long as it is not fully within that
zone
A: You cannot overlap an enemy’s
deployment zone during reinforcement.
Q: Is this intended to be a general rule or
is it only related to Flank?
A: This is a rule related to flank.
Q: How do multiple instances of Slow
affect a Swift disk (and vice versa)? For
example, if Militia Spearmen are engaged
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with two Karond Kar Harpies does their
counterattack become slow?
A: If you have both Swift and Slow you
are treated as if you have neither,
regardless of how many instances of each
you have.
Q: Do multiple instance of the same
keyword applied to a disk stack (i.e. do
the Karaz-a-Karak Hammerers raise their
ability from Guard 1 to Guard 2 when
under the effect of the Shield Wall
command card?).
A: All keywords with a numerical value
stack. All keywords without a numerical
value are binary, and having multiple
copies provides no benefit.
Q: After resolving the current revealed
command cards, all the disks in play are
either pinned or activated, and the
players have still command cards in their
hands. Is the Activation Phase over, even
if some of the pinned disks have stalwart
and are unactivated?
A: Yes.
NEW! Q: What happens if there are
multiple poison tokens on a disk at the
end of the round? Are all the poison
token discarded as usual, or is one
discarded instead of the damage and the
other ones remain on the disk?
A: They are removed at the end of the
round, as normal. The damage stays if
there is at least 1 poison token is on the
disk, but doesn’t stop the other one from
being removed.
NEW! Q: In the Melee Phase Karl Franz
(Toughness 5, Stamina 1) is pinned by
both Tyrion (Attack Strength 6) and the
Swordmasters of Hoeth (Attack Strength
5, Swift). Assuming Karl Franz has
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suffered no wounds yet, how many pinned by another disk? Is it prevented
wounds will he suffer when resolving to flip?
the engagement? A: Yes, it cannot flip. Negative effects
A: Two wounds. One from the
override positive effects.
Swordmasters, and one from Tyrion.
Q:When using Kairos Fateweaver’s focus
Command Cards
ability to reinforce a daemonic disk, must
Q: When a command card features a the reinforced disk be completely within
Passive Ability that grants a benefit to medium range of Kairos (situation A
one of the disks activated with it (i.e. shown in the image below) or can it be
Myrmidia’s Blessing, Speed of Asuryan) partially outside, as long as at least part
and I manage to activate that disk more of the disk is within medium range (B)?
than once with the same card, for
example using Karl Franz’s ability, does
the disk retain the bonus from the
command card or he can use it only
once?
A: The bonus can be used multiple times,
as long as the card is active.

Chaos Disks and Command Cards

Q: When I make a ranged attack with
the Hellcannon and simultaneously roll
Chaos and Hit/Critical Hit results, which
one is resolved first.
A: Range is established from the
Hellcannon’s initial position, before the
ranged attack is resolved.
A: The unit reinforced by Kairos
Q: What happens if the Hellcannon rolls Fateweaver does not have to be
a Chaos result and the closest enemy disk completely within medium range, just
cannot be flipped over (as it is affected within medium range (as measured from
by Dark Majesty, for example)? the edge of the disk). So situation B is
A: The Hellcannon must flip as close to legal.
the disk as possible, without flipping Q: How exactly does the Bloodthirster’s
onto it. ability work? Does it affect any disk
NEW! Q: What happens to the engaged with the Bloodthirster
Hellcannon if it is granted the Stalwart regardless of the source of the wound, or
does it take place only when an
ability from a terrain or deployment card
engagement involving the Bloodthirster
and it triggers his special ability while
is resolved?

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A: It affects any disk regardless of the High Elves Disks and Command
source of the wound.
Cards
Q: Disk A (a Chaos disk) and B are both
pinning enemy disk C. If I resolve Blood Q: Does Shield of Saphery damage
For the Blood God choosing A as a target, reduction trigger before or after
who would attack? Only A and C? Or “resistant” reduction?
also B because it is part of the same A: The Shield of Saphery reduces the
engagement? damage first, before Reisistance.

Orcs Disks and Command Cards

Q: Can Grimgor Ironhide use his special

ability to remove an activation token
when hit by a ranged attack that wounds
and activates him at the same time?
A: Yes. The damage and activation token
are placed simultaneously, so he can
remove the activation.

A: Disk B also attacks because it is part of NEW! Q: is the caster the only disk
the engagement. affected by Fists of Mork’s Unstable
effect or do also disks within short range
Q: Does Acquiescence also affect a disk’s
of it take damage?
traits?
A: Just the caster takes damage.
A: Yes. As listed on the back of the
rulebook, a disk’s text box includes title,
NEW! Q: If the caster of an Unstable
keywords, traits, and abilities.
Fists of Mork is within short range of the
Q: What happens to a hero when it is target, does it take damage twice (once
affected by Acquiescence? Does it cease for the spell effect and once for
to count as a hero for the purpose of unstable)?
effects like the Stone Fangz Shaman A: If the caster was within short range of
ability or the Stratagems special scenario, the target, then it takes the damage
or does it just lose the Hero trait, while twice.
still remaining a hero?
A: It is still a hero (non-italics) but it no
longer has the hero (italics) trait and
cannot use battle abilities that refer to a
hero.

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Vampire Counts Disks and
Command Cards

Q: Does the Zombie Dragon’s focus

ability apply a poison token on the target
even if it deals 0 damage?
A:Yes.

Q: How does exactly Heinrich

Kemmler’s ability work? Can he
reinforce “Skeleton” disks from the
reserve?
A:Heinrich Kemmler’s ability should say
“place” instead of “reinforce”. He can
reanimate up to three “Skeleton” disks
from the casualty pile with a single
Reanimate action.

Q: I have a disk pinning Isabella Von

Carstein and she subsequently gets Dark
Majesty. Can I have another disk pin my
original disk so it is also overlapping
Isabella?
A: No, you cannot overlap the disk with
Dark Majesty because that still counts as
being “flipped onto”.

Wood Elves Disks and Command

Cards

Q: At the beginning of the Melee Phase

the Wardancers are embattled as they
are pinned by disk A and are pinning
disk B. If A is destroyed before the
Wardancers attack B, do they gain the
benefit of their special ability as they are
not embattled anymore?
A:Yes.The Wardancers immediately gain
their stat boost.

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