Star Wars Legion: How a Round Works

Setup

1. Each player builds an army of up to 1,000 points using units and Upgrade Cards, all from one faction unless a rule says otherwise. Armies need 1 to 2 Commanders and 3 to 6 Corps, with limits on the other ranks.

2. Each player prepares a Command Hand of exactly seven cards: two 1-pip, two 2-pip, two 3-pip, and the 4-pip Standing Orders. Each also builds a Battle Deck with 3 Objective, 3 Secondary Objective, and 3 Advantage Cards.

3. Set up a 6 by 3 foot battlefield, agree on cover rules for each terrain piece, then place the terrain together.

4. Each player rolls 4 black attack dice. The player with the most crits is the blue player. Ties go to hits, then surges, then a reroll.

5. Build the mission on the Mission Dashboard. Each player modifies it twice by swapping the Objective, Secondary Objective, or Advantage Card, or by passing. The blue player picks a long table edge first.

6. Follow the setup instructions on the Objective Card, the Secondary Objective Card, and each Advantage Card. Then take turns placing units with the Prepared Position keyword. All other units start undeployed.

Turn by turn

• Command phase and priority

  Both players reveal a Command Card at once. The card with fewer pips wins priority, so that player activates first. Higher-pip cards can have stronger effects, trading power for tempo.

• Orders and the Order Pool

  A commander issues the Orders on the card to selected units, guaranteeing each one an activation. Every other unit adds an Order token of its rank to a face-down pool, where its activation is drawn at random.

• Rally, then act

  A unit rallies, then takes up to two actions: aim, attack, card action, dodge, move, recover, or standby. Suppressed units lose one action; panicked units take none.

• Attack sequence

  The attacker names a defender and builds a dice pool from its weapons. The defender applies dodge and cover, then rolls defense dice for each remaining hit and crit. Each hit or crit that isn’t blocked causes one wound.

• Standby

  Troopers and ground vehicles can take a standby action. During the activation phase, if an enemy within range 2 and line of sight attacks, moves, or acts, the standby token allows a free move or attack in response.

• End phase and promotion

  After scoring, players discard the Command Cards they played. Those cards can’t be used again. If a player’s last commander is defeated, a trooper unit takes the commander’s place.

End of the game and scoring

Key rules

• Suppression and panic

  Suppression tokens track morale. A unit is suppressed when it has as many tokens as its courage value, and panicked at double that number. Ranged attacks that score a hit or crit give the defender a token.

• Cover

  A defending unit has cover if terrain obscures at least half its miniatures. Before the game, players agree whether each piece provides light or heavy cover. The cover pool cancels hits.

• Cohesion

  Whenever a unit leader moves, every other miniature must end within range 1 of the leader, in line of sight and at a similar height. If that’s not possible, place it as close as possible.

• Pass Pool

  The player with fewer units gets Advantage tokens. Spend one to pass instead of activating, as long as you didn’t pass on your previous turn. That gives the smaller army a chance to wait for the right moment.

• Objectives

  A unit contests an objective token if its leader is within range 1 and the unit isn’t panicked. The player with the most units contesting it secures a point-of-interest token.