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Rules assistance for Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Battle for Xilos
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- 12+
Rules assistant for Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Battle for Xilos
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Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Battle for Xilos is an expansion for Beyond the Gates of Antares released in 2016 for 2 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Rick Priestley and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Action Points, and Chit-Pull System.
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About the game
Once again penned by game author Rick Priestley, the supplement continues the events from the main rulebook - triggered by the discovery of the planet of Xilos. The book describes, in the form of an exciting and continuing narrative, the struggle for control of the planet and the ancient builder tech hidden beneath its surface - and includes a campaign system featuring a series of scenarios which cover the different stages of the battle for Xilos, from the initial landings to... well, we'll come onto that... with a cool system for gathering campaign victory points and fielding some of the strange builder tech artefacts that your forces will capture along the way! Packed with new rules! Battle for Xilos also includes a whole raft of new content - including the likes of rules for including allies and mercenaries in your force as well as new army lists for the Ghar Outcast Rebels, and the mercenary forces of the Freeborn Adventurers and Boromite Clans, not to mention a host of special characters, new troop types, new weapons and vehicles, and some rather scary native creatures. ++ Classified IMTel*++ 6 New Scenarios. Complete Campaign System, inclusive of force and character progression. Rules on how to build your own characters. New rules for incorporating allies either by combining forces or with mercenaries. Xilos creature rules. One Completely new Ghar Outcast Rebel Army. Two new Mercenary army lists, The Freeborn Adventurers Army and the Boromite Clan Army. Army list updates for Isorians and Algoyrn. New Characters. New troop types including Isorian Pulse Bikes, new Drone types, Ghar Outcast Support weapons and the Rebel Creeper...
Designers
Publishers
- Warlord Games
Questions and answers
Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Battle for Xilos supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The catalogue lists Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Battle for Xilos for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Battle for Xilos belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Action Points, and Chit-Pull System. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Battle for Xilos are: Rick Priestley. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Battle for Xilos as an expansion for Beyond the Gates of Antares. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Beyond the Gates of Antares to use it. Check that your edition of Beyond the Gates of Antares is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.