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IndexIndex ............................................................................................... 2 Introduction ................................................................................ 3 Sci-fi wargame ............................................................................ 3

What you need to play ....................................................... 3 Basic concepts ............................................................................ 3

Units ........................................................................................... 4 Type of units ...................................................................... 4

Weapons ................................................................................... 5 Tactics ....................................................................................... 5

Game Turn .................................................................................... 6 Initiative ................................................................................... 6 Activation ................................................................................. 6 Control ...................................................................................... 6

Movement ..................................................................................... 7 Cohesion ................................................................................... 7 Movement and Terrain ...................................................... 7 Movement through other units ...................................... 7 Air and gravitational units ............................................... 8 Running .................................................................................... 8 Gone to ground ...................................................................... 8

Combat ........................................................................................... 8 Overview .................................................................................. 8 Shooting .................................................................................... 8

Line of sight ........................................................................ 9 Trajectory line .................................................................. 9 Cover ..................................................................................... 9 Vehicles ............................................................................. 10 Area attacks .................................................................... 10 Distraction ....................................................................... 11

Assault .................................................................................... 11 Declaration of assault ................................................. 11 Assault Movement ....................................................... 11 Defensive fire ................................................................. 11 Close combat by attacker .......................................... 11 Counterattack and taking a stand ......................... 12 Initial contact ................................................................. 12

Suppressive fire ................................................................. 12 Aiming .................................................................................... 12

Planning ..................................................................................... 13 Morale ......................................................................................... 13 Forces in combat .................................................................... 13

Battalion creation.............................................................. 13 Shock Company ............................................................. 14 Garrison Company ....................................................... 14 Raider Company ........................................................... 14 Mixed Company ............................................................ 14

Forming Units ..................................................................... 14 Commanders and tactics ................................................ 15 Temporary allies ............................................................... 15

Battlefield .................................................................................. 15 Scenery .................................................................................. 15 Objectives ............................................................................. 15

Missions ...................................................................................... 15 Deployment ......................................................................... 15 When the mission ends? ................................................ 16 Who wins the mission? ................................................... 16


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IntroductionIt is the year 562 of the Age of the Diaspora.

Humanity, scattered throughout the known universe

on worlds few and far between, fights for survivalagainst cruel alien races, and even against each other

over issues that appear increasingly absurd.

The fury of war engulfs one world after another

while the contenders fight ruthlessly to prevent their

Total Extinction.

Sci fi wargameTotal Extinction is a futuristic wargame for 2 or

more players using 28mm miniatures.

Each player takes command of a Battalion of troops

from one of the Star Factions (Glorlon, Union of

Colonies, Regulatory Corporation, Elohim, Skraldar

or Theocracy) facing a relentless war for survival.

Each Battalion is divided into 1 or more Companies,

and each Company is made up of Units consisting of

between 1 and 9 miniatures. Every Battalion is led

by a Commander.

A game of Total Extinction is divided into a series of

Turns (typically up to 6), and can be played in about

2 hours. During each Turn, players alternately

Activate Units, Moving, Shooting, and even

Assaulting enemy Units. Commanders can

dramatically alter the course of battle though the useof Tactics, represented by cards that alter the flow of

battle, enhance Units, or cause havoc among the

enemy troops. A player must control Objectives, key

areas of the Battlefield, to claim victory and win the

game.

What you need to playTo play Total Extinction you will need appropriate

miniatures, a tape measure that shows inches , area

templates (included in this book), various tokens,

Unit and Tactical Cards, and 6, 8, 10, 12 and 20 sided

dice.

The Starter Set of Total Extinction, “Battle for

Karnak,” includes everything you need to play, and

you will be able to purchase new miniatures, cards

and even dice through forthcoming expansion sets.

Basic conceptsBattalion: all the troops available to one of the

warring sides. A Battalion is made up of one or more

Companies.

Company: a formation of 1-5 Units with a particular

structure. Different types of Companies can include

different types of Units.

Contact : when the distance between two Elements

controlled by different sides is less than 1 inch (2.5

cm), they are considered to be in Contact, and must

enter Close Combat (see Assault) when Activated.

Die Category: each type of die (six sided, eight

sided, etc, abbreviated to d6, d8, and so on) is

considered a category. A d6 is the worst die

category, while a D20 is the best.

Distance: the space between point A and point B

measured in inches. Distance is used for weaponranges, movement of Units, and Assault. Distances

are always measured after announcing an

Action/Movement, never before. Weapon Range

Distances are measured from any part on one

miniature to any part of another miniature.

Movement Distances are measured from the front

side of the moving Element to the point it wants to

reach with its front side.

Element : each of the combatants participating in the

battle is an Element, represented by a miniature of a

vehicle or soldier.

Vehicle: is something of a catchall term. On the one

hand, it includes piloted or sentient craft (such as

tanks or reconnaissance vehicles). On the other

hand, it also includes monsters and large beasts.

Vehicles have both a) different armor characteristics

for dealing with attacks from different angles, and b)

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UnitsA Unit (also known as a Squad) is a group of one or

more Elements that act together. Each Unit is

defined by a series of Characteristics shown on their

Unit Card:

- Resistance: the amount of Damage needed

to eliminate an Element of the unit.

- Movement : the distance in inches that the

unit can move.

- Defense: the number an attacker must

equal or exceed to successfully hit the Unit

when Shooting or in Close Combat.

- Armor: an attacker must equal or exceed

the Unit's Armor when making a Damage

Roll to actually damage Elements of the

Unit.- Morale: Die Category used when the Unit

must make a Morale check.

- Leadership: Die Category used by

Commanders to check Initiative and to

Recover Tactical Cards during a Planning

Action.

- Cost : the price of the Unit with the

minimum number of Elements, plus the

number of points to be paid for each extra

Element added.

- Size: the minimum and maximum number

of Elements that can form the Unit.

- Category: Unit type (Infantry, Tank,

Support, Air, Recon or Command).

- Weapons: offensive equipment carried by

Elements of the Unit. The characteristics of a

weapon include:

o Class: the category which the

weapon belongs to.

o Range: the maximum distance in

inches that the weapon can reach.

o Attack : the Die Category used when

attacking with the weapon. To

succeed an attack roll must equal or

exceed the target Unit's Defense.

o Damage: the Die Category used to

determine whether a successful

attack causes damage. To succeed a

damage roll must equal or exceed

the target's Armor Characteristic.

Type of units

The units are classified into different types

according to their abilities and functions in the

combat:

- Command: a Unit in charge of leading the

rest of the Company or Battalion. This unit

includes a Commander and sometimes a few

soldiers.

- Infantry: a Unit of soldiers on foot. Infantry

form the bulk of the Front Line of most

armies. Usually one Unit of Infantry consists

of between 4 and 9 Elements.

- Recon: light troops who explore the

Battlefield. Recon Units can also act as

spotters for Support Units. Recon Units are

composed of between 1 and 6 Elements.

- Tank : a Front Line unit which consists of

vehicles or biotechnological beings with

heavy armor and weapons. Normally a Tank

Unit is comprised of between 1 and 3

elements.

- Support : Units responsible for helping

Front Line Units (Infantry and Tanks) attain

their goals. Support Units include artillery,

medic, and engineer Units. Usually a

Support Unit consists of between 1 and 4

Elements.

- Air: Air Units provide their Battalion with a

mix of reconnaissance and support

capabilities. Air units are composed of

between 1 and 3 Elements. Air units cannot

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WeaponsThe Elements of an army have access to a range of

different weapons. Each weapon falls into a

category, and each category has particular

Characteristics:

- Assault (AW): standard Infantry weapons,

Assault Weapons can also be used as

Secondary Weapons by Tank and Air Units.

Assault Weapons can make Defensive Fire

attacks (see Assault).

- Anti-Aircraft (AA): a weapon specially

designed to attack Air units (see Shooting),

AA weapons ignore the defensive special

bonus Air units normally have.

- Psychic (PS): a weapon based on, or the

ability to attack with, mental power. Thesekinds of weapons cannot harm Vehicles.

- Close Combat (CC): a weapon that is used

in Assaults (see Assault). Generally only

Infantry can wield CC weapons.

- Distraction (DT): a weapon that does not

cause damage and is used only to hide a Unit

or prevent the Unit from being detected by

enemies.

- Flamethrower (FT): a weapon that

projects a stream of fire or other dangerous

substance. When attacking with a

flamethrower, use the Teardrop template

(see Shooting).

- Bombardment (B1, B2): a weapon that

causes damage over a wide area. The

notation “B1” or “B2” indicates which

template to use (see Shooting).

- Anti-Tank (TX): a weapon designed to

break armor. X is the score of the automatic

penetration to a target's Armor: any target

with an Armor Characteristic equal to or

smaller than X is automatically damaged. If

the Armor Characteristic is higher than the

score of the TX weapon, roll dice for Damage

as with any other weapon. For example, aunit with a weapon marked T5, 1d8 would

automatically damage a target with an

Armor Characteristic of 5 or less, and would

roll 1d8 and add 5 when attacking a target

with an Armor of 6 or more.

- Sniper (SN): an Element with a Sniper

weapon can choose a specific enemy

Element in the Unit it is attacking as the

target for its attack (see Shooting).

Generally, defenders get to assign which

Elements within a Unit are struck by attacks(See Shooting).

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Using tactical cards

The use of Tactical cards can take

place in any game phase. The

moment to do it is indicated on

each card below the heading

“Activation”

At the beginning of the game, each Battalion receives

a number of Tactical Points to spend on Tactical

Cards based on how many Commanders the

Battalion has (see Commanders and Tactics).

Tactical Cards allow players to carry out specialActions, improve normal Actions, etc.

Each Tactical Card has four sections:

- Title

- Cost: The price in Tactical Points of the

Tactical Card before play begins, as well as

the necessary score to Recover the Tactical

Card by means of Planning.

- Description: States the effect the card has on

gameplay.

- Activation: indicates when the Tactical Card

can be used.

A player's Battalion must contain at least one living

Commander in order for the player to use Tactical

Cards.

Until they are used, Tactical Cards may be hidden

from opposing players, although opposing players

may ask to see the back of the cards to check that the

sum of the Costs of the cards is correct.

Once you use a Tactical Card, discard the card face

down into a clearly marked discard pile. Used

Tactical Cards may be recovered by way of the

Planning action (see Planning).

Game TurnThe battle is divided into turns that consist of three

phases: Initiative, Activation and Control.

InitiativeInitiative determines the order in which the players

act. Each player makes a Leadership roll using the

Leadership Characteristic of their BattalionCommander, adding 1 to the result for each of their

living Company Commanders and 1 for each

Objective they control. The side with the

higher total gains the Initiative and is the

first to act that Turn.

In the case of a tie, the Commander with

the best Leadership (highest Die

Category) wins. If the tie continues,

whichever side controls the most

Objectives wins. If there is still a tie, the

initial roll is repeated.

If one of the sides has no Commander left on the

Battlefield, it automatically loses the Initiative. If

neither side has a Commander, the Initiative of the

previous turn is maintained and no Initiative roll is

necessary.

ActivationStarting with the player who gained the Initiative,

the players alternate choosing a Unit and Activating

it. During its Activation each Unit can carry out oneof the following combinations of Actions:

- Movement + Shooting + Assault (in this

order ). It is possible to omit one or more of

these actions.

- Run (see Movement).

- Movement + Suppressive Fire. It is possible

to omit the Move Action.

- Planning (Commanders only)

- Pass: the Unit activates but does nothing.

The Unit counts has having been Activated

and may not be Activated again this Turn.

If one Battalion has Unactivated units after all other

Battalions have Activated all

their units, the first Battalion

may Activate all of its

remaining Unactivated Units

in succession until all Units

have been Activated this

Turn.

During an Activation, a Unit's

controller chooses the order in which Elements ofthe Unit perform their Actions. Generally, all

Elements of a Unit must perform the same set of

Actions in a given Turn.

ControlOnce all Units have been Activated, players update

Objective Control. If only one Battalion has one or

more Elements within 2” of an Objective, that

Battalion Controls that Objective. If more than one

Battalion has one or more Elements within 2” of anObjective, the Objective is considered to be In

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from the Objective in the following Turn. If there are

no Elements within 2” of an Objective the Battalion

who last held Control of the Objective retains

Control. Objectives begin the game under the Control

of no Battalion.

MovementAt the beginning of its Activation, a Unit can move up

to its Movement Characteristic in inches (across

Clear Terrain).

The base of the miniature must be entirely within

the Element's movement distance at the end of the

Unit's Movement.

A Unit must always end its Movement 2” or more

from any other Unit (friendly or enemy) with the

exception of Air Units (see below) and Units

engaging in an Assault (see Assault).

CohesionA Unit must end its Activation in Cohesion—all

Elements must be within 1” of at least one other

Element of the Unit in the case of Infantry, or within

2” of another Element in the case of non-Infantry

Units. One exception to this rule is during Close

Combat (see Assault). If an Element begins its

Activation out of Cohesion (for example, due to

losses), the Element must move in order regain

Cohesion. If one or more Elements cannot regain

Cohesion, the Isolated Elements are eliminated from

the game. Isolated Elements are defined as Elements

out of Cohesion with the majority (rounding in favor

of the Unit's controller) of their Unit at the end of the

Unit's Activation. For example: if a Unit ends its

Activation with 2 Elements remaining and the

Elements are not in Cohesion, the Unit's controller

must remove one of the Elements from the

Battlefield. Such Elements count as having been

destroyed by the enemy.

Movement and TerrainOn the Battlefield, armies face multiple obstacles and

different types of terrain, each one with its own

effects. All terrain can be classified in one of four

categories: clear terrain, obstacles, difficult terrain

and impassable terrain.

Clear Terrain is an open field or other featureless

expanse with no objects on the field to block the

Movement path of a Unit. Elements can move at

their maximum speed over clear terrain.

Obstacles are long and narrow objects such as walls,

fences, or trenches that are not higher than the

miniatures trying to cross them. Crossing an

Obstacle reduces a Unit's Movement by 2” for that

Activation. A Unit must have at least 2” of Movement

left in a given Activation in order to cross an

Obstacle. Miniatures may not end their Movement on

top of an Obstacle

Difficult Terrain includes forests, ruins, hills, and

other terrain that would logically slow someone

down. Moving through Difficult Terrain requires

twice as much movement as moving across Clear

Terrain (e.g., 1” of Difficult Terrain is the same as 2”

of Clear Terrain.) Individual Obstacles such as trees

or fence posts are ignored—a terrain feature as a

whole is considered when deciding whether a

terrain feature qualifies as Difficult Terrain or not.

Impassable Terrain encompasses Obstacles higher

than the Unit that is trying to cross them, such as

high walls, buildings or containers. Vehicles (except

Air Units) cannot move through Impassable Terrain.

Non-vehicle Units can scale Impassable Terrain at

the rate of one level (2” vertical) each Turn.

Before starting a game players should reach a

consensus on which pieces of scenery count as

which types of terrain to avoid disputes during the

battle.

M ov e m e nt t h r ou g hother units

A Unit may move through friendly Units as long as

two conditions are met: 1) the friendly Unit is not aVehicle, and 2) the Units end the required 2” apart.

Units may not move through enemy Units.

When moving a non-Air Unit you can never end the

Unit's Movement within 2” of an enemy Unit unless

you are initiating an Assault (see Assault).

Air units are subject to exceptions to these rules (see

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Air and gravitationalunits

Certain Units have the ability to move above the

Battlefield.

Air units fly high, ignoring the effects of all types of

terrain on their Movement. These Units can also

move through or over friendly or enemy non-Air

units. Further, Air Units may end their Movement

within 2” of other Units, friendly or enemy, without

generating an Assault (see Assault).

Gravitational Units (like almost all of the Elohim)

float above the ground thanks to anti-gravity

engines. Crossing Obstacles requires only 1” of

movement (instead of the normal 2”), and Difficult

Terrain reduces the Unit's Movement by 1/3rd

instead of ½.

RunningA Unit may choose to dedicate its entire Activation to

moving as quickly as possible. This is called Running.

A Unit that Runs cannot perform any other Action

during its Activation but can move twice itsMovement Characteristic in inches.

G one t o g r ou ndA non-Vehicle ground Unit can give up its Movement

and Go to Ground, gaining a +1 bonus to its Defense

against any Shooting attacks (not Assaults) until th

Unit's next Activation.

CombatCombat is divided into two major sections: Shooting

(which includes all ranged attacks) and Assault (all

close quarters combat).

OverviewAll Combat, both Assaults and Shooting, is resolved

with two rolls: one to attack and one to damage.

Attacks are carried out by rolling a die of the type

indicated in the appropriate weapon listing given on

a Unit Card. If the roll is equal to or exceeds the

Defense Characteristic of the target Unit, the attack

is a success and the attacker makes a damage roll.

Note that successful attacks, or “Hits,” are distributed

among a defending Unit by the defending Unit's

controller bearing the following in mind:

- The controller may not allocate any Hits to

Elements that do not have line of sight the attacking

Unit (See Line of Sight).

- The controller may not allocate multiple

Hits to a single Element until each eligible Element

has received at least one Hit. Sniper (SN) and Psychic

(PS) weapons are an exception to this rule as the

attacker determines which Elements are Hit with

such weapons.

Example: an attacking Unit gets 5 Hits on their

target, a Unit composed of three soldiers and a

Commander. The defending player assigns the first 3

hits, one to each soldier. Since there are still hits to

distribute, the player assigns one to the Commander

and the last one to the soldier nearest to the

attacking unit.

Once all Hits are allocated, make damage rolls. Roll

the dice indicated on the Unit Card for each weaponthat successfully hit the target. If the roll is equal to

or greater than the target's Armor Characteristic, the

attack causes 1 point of damage. If the damage roll

exceeds the target's Armor by 5 or more, the attack

deals an extra point of damage. If an Element

receives an amount of damage equal to or greater

than its Resistance Characteristic, it is immediately

eliminated from the game (unless a Tactical Card or

some other special ability intervenes).

ShootingAfter a Unit has Moved, it can Shoot at the enemy.

The Unit must have Line of Sight (note: Area Attacks

are an exception to the Line of Sight rule) or, for

Bombardment weapons, Line of Trajectory to the

target Unit. Once a player has declared that a Unit is

Shooting, they must measure the distance from the

attacking Unit to the target Unit to make sure the

target Unit is within range of a given weapon—

attacks against targets outside of the range of a

weapon automatically fail. In the case of

Bombardment attacks, the template is centered as

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as the weapon's range allows. That is considered

Ground Zero (see Area Attacks).

Remember that the Activated unit chooses a target

Unit to Shoot but cannot specify which Elements

take Hits. A Unit always fires at a target Unit as a

whole. The only exceptions to this are the Sniper(SN) and Psychic (PS) weapons that allow an

attacking Unit to choose which enemy Element to

attack.

Line of sight

To find out if a miniature has line of sight to another

miniature, draw an imaginary line from any point of

one miniature to any point of the other. If the there

are no Obstacles, terrain features, or enemy

Elements blocking the line, there is Line of Sight. If

there is any doubt as to whether anything interferes

with the line, examine the situation from the

attacking miniature´s eye level and see if the target

miniature is visible from there.

Friendly Units do not generally interfere with Line of

Sight, the exception being ground based Vehicles

(Vehicles with the Air or Gravitational Characteristic

never block Line of Sight of friendly Units).

Difficult Terrain (such as forests or ruins) is

considered semi-transparent. Individual Obstacles

such as trees or fence posts are ignored—a terrainfeature as a whole is considered when checking for

Line of Sight., Lines of Sight drawn into or through

Difficult Terrain features grant Cover to Elements

inside or behind said terrain (see Cover).

Trajectory line

In the case of Bombardment or Flamethrower

weapons, an attacking Unit must have a Line of

Trajectory to a target Unit instead of a Line of Sight.

A Line of Trajectory may follow a parabolic path over

(but not through) Obstacles between an attacker and

its target. The line must be as short as possible. Note

that a Unit under an Obstacle cannot be affected by a

Bombardment (B1/B2) or Flamethrower (FT)

weapon (see the example below).

The Colonial soldier on the left opens fire with a

Bombardment weapon against the Glorlons on the

right. He can make an attack roll against the first

(green line) but not the second (red line), as there is

an Obstacle (in this case a roof) over it.

Cover

A Unit is considered to be in Cover if the Lines of

Sight between half or more of the Elements of the

defending Unit and half or more of the Elements of

the attacking Unit are obscured (even partially) by

terrain, Obstacles, Distractions, or relevant Units

If an attacking Unit is within 2” of an Obstacle that

obscures Line of Sight to a target Unit and the target

Unit is more than 2” away from the obscuring

Obstacle, the defending Unit is not considered to be

in Cover.

When a target Unit is attacked, if the target Unit is

judged to have Cover, the target Unit gains +2 to

their Defense Characteristic for the purposes of

resolving that particular attack.

Example: the unit of Colonial Troopers is going to

shoot at the Glorlon soldiers. Before making any

attack rolls, the Colonial Troopers have to check to

see if the Glorlons are in cover. Colonial Trooper 1

checks and finds that he has a clear Line of Sight to

Glorlon A (green line), but Glorlons B and C have

Cover (red lines). That means that from Trooper 1's

point of view the enemy unit has Cover, since its

Lines of Sight to half of the enemy Unit's Elements

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Template without

trajectory line

Wall

Attacking unit

clear, but B and C are obscured, red lines), meaning

that the enemy Unit has Cover as far as Trooper 2 is

concerned. Colonial Trooper 3 has obscured lines of

sight to Glorlons A and B,so the target Unit has

Cover. Since half of the Elements of the attacking

Colonial Unit (Troopers 1, 2 and 3) have found at

least half of the Elements of the target Glorlon Unit

to be in Cover, the Glorlon Unit is considered to be in

Cover, no further checking of sight lines is

necessary, and the Glorlons get +2 Defense against

the Colonials' attack..

Vehicles

As mentioned above, Vehicles have different Armor

Characteristics according to the angle from which

they are attacked. A Vehicle's unit card will include

Armor Characteristics for the Front, Sides, and Rearof the Vehicle, in that order.

If a Vehicle is attacked by an Air unit or with a

Bombardment weapon, always use the Vehicle's Rear

Armor Characteristic when resolving the attack.

When a Vehicle suffers damage, in addition to

suffering one or more points of damage as normal,

roll a ten-sided die and apply the result to the

following table to determine if the attack causes any

extra effect:

Throw Effect1-5 Without any extra effects

6-7 The crew is stunned, the Vehicle loses

its next activation (effectively it must

Pass the next time it is Activated.

8 Propulsion is destroyed, vehicle is

immobilized *

9 One weapon (random) is destroyed

10 The Vehicle explodes and is removed

from the game. All Elements within 2”

of the Vehicle suffer a damage roll of D6

* When the propulsion of an Air Unit Element is

destroyed its movement is halved for the remainderof the game. If the Element is subject to a second

Propulsion Destroyed effect, the Element crashes

and is destroyed. All Elements within 2” of the

vehicle suffer a damage roll of D6

In addition to corresponding Damage, there is

applied the result of the throw.

Air units

Air units have two special rules:

- Air units cannot take cover

- Thanks to their high maneuverability, Air

units gain a +2 bonus when there are Shot at. Anti-

Aircraft (AA) weapons ignore this bonus

Area attacks

Weapons with areas of effect work differently from

normal attacks. Area Attack weapons fall into one of

two categories: Flamethrowers (FT) or

Bombardment (B1 and B2).

Flamethrowers

When using a Flamethrower (FT), the attacker puts

the Teardrop template with its narrow end in

contact with the appropriate weapon and places the

large end of the template however they like. Make a

damage roll against each Element whose base or

miniature is even partially covered by the template.

Elements to which the attacker does not have a clear

Line of Trajectory are not affected.

Bombardment weapons

Instead of attacking a particular Unit, Bombardment

weapons attack a specific point on the Battlefield

(called Ground Zero or G0).

When attacking with a Bombardment weapon,

center the appropriate template (1 for B1, 2 for B2)

on Ground Zero.

If the attacker has both Line of Sight and Line of

Trajectory, make an attack roll as though Ground

Zero has a Defense of 5. If the attacker has Line of

Trajectory but not Line of Sight, make an attack roll

as though Ground Zero has a defense of 8. If the

attack roll is successful, the attack lands precisely on

G0—leave the template centered on Ground Zero. If

the attack roll fails, roll an 8-sided die. Move the

template a number of inches equal to the amount the

attack roll failed by in the direction indicated by the

8-sided die and the template. For example, if the

attacker has Line of Sight to Ground Zero but only

rolls a 3, the attack fails by 2. The attacking player

would roll an 8-sided die and move the template 2

inches in the direction indicated on the template.


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Make a damage roll against each Element whose

base or miniature is even partially covered by the

template. Elements to which the attacker does not

have a clear Line of Trajectory are not affected.

RECON UNITS AND SPOTTING

A Recon Unit can act as Spotters and direct the firing

of B2 weapons. If the Recon Unit has line of sight to

the target Unit, the attacking player may make two

rolls for the scatter of the Bombardment and choose

the one they prefer. Panicked Recon Units (See

Morale) cannot act as Spotters. Spotting does not

count as an Activation.

Distraction

Some Units have the ability to conceal their Actionsor misdirect an enemy’s attention (Colonial smoke

grenades or Glorlon ink projectors are examples of

Distraction weapons).

Distraction weapons create a cloud that grants Cover

to Units in or behind the Distraction (smoke, ink

cloud, etc) as if they were in difficult terrain Clouds

generated by Distraction weapons are 2” x 4” and

may be placed anywhere entirely within the

weapon's range and with a Line of Trajectory.

AssaultOnce an Activated Unit has finished Shooting, the

Unit can carry out an Assault –a movement to enter

Close Combat with an enemy Unit. Assaults also

occur when a Unit is already in Contact with the

enemy at the beginning of its Activation.

Only Infantry Units can carry out Assaults. All non-

Air units can be targeted by an Assault, including

gravitational units. Assaults are carried out as a

series of Steps set out below.

Declaration of assault

The acting player announces that the Activated Unit

is going to Assault a target Unit.

Assault Movement

The Activated unit may move up to 6” to enter Close

Combat with one enemy unit (this is in addition to

the Unit's normal Movement). If the enemy Unit is

too far away and the Activated Unit cannot make

Contact with any Element of the targeted unit the

Assault fails, though the target Unit can make

Defensive Fire attacks as if the Assault had been

successful.

Defensive fire

After Assault movement is resolved, a Unit targeted

by an Assault can shoot at the Assaulting Unit as if

the targeted Unit was making a Shooting action with

the following exception, as the Shooting is hasty:

only Assault Weapons (AW), Flamethrowers (FT)

and Sniper weapons (SN, (though these weapon lose

their capacity to choose specific Elements as their

target) may be used for Defensive Fire attacks. All

casualties in the Assaulting unit are removed before

continuing to the next step.

Close combat by attacker

Assaulting Elements in Contact with enemy

Elements (e.g., less than 1” away) are considered to

be in Close Combat and can carry out a Close Combat

attack against their targets.

Unlike in Shooting, by default the attacker chooses

which enemy Element a given Element attacks in

close combat, so long as the two Elements are in

Contact.

Vehicles in Close Combat: When a Vehicle isattacked in Close Combat, always use the Vehicle's

lowest Armor Characteristic as the Assaulting

Infantry can attack the Vehicle's most vulnerable

points.

Defending a Position: If a target Element is within

1” of an Obstacle, the target element is considered to

be Defending a Position against enemies on the other

side of the Obstacle. Since an Assaulting Element

may not be able to be placed within 1” of the

targeted element, the Assaulting Element is

considered to be in Contact (and Close Combat) with

the targeted Element if the Assaulting Element endsits Assault movement within 1” of the Obstacle.

Elements Defending a Position gain +1 to their

Defense Characteristic against Assaulting Elements

attacking from the other side of the Obstacle. If the

targeted Element is inside a building, it gains an

additional +1 to its Defense Characteristic. Lastly, if

the base of the targeted Element is resting on a

higher elevation than the base of the Assaulting

Element, the targeted Element receives +1 to its

Defense against the Assaulting Element. All of these

bonuses are cumulative and “stack.” As an example,

an Element Defending a Position through the

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Defense against Elements Assaulting from lower

ground outside.

Any casualties suffered by the targeted Unit are

removed before continuing on to the next Step.

Counterattack and taking a

stand

The targeted Unit must make a Morale check (see

Morale) to stand their ground and fight back.

If the Morale check is successful, the targeted Unit

Takes a Stand and may make Close Combat attacks

(“Counterattacks”). The Assault then ends for that

Activation.

If the targeted Unit fails its Morale check, the

targeted Unit must retreat from its present position

without Counterattacking. The retreating Unit can

move up to its normal Movement in inches and must

move at least enough such that all Elements of the

Unit are no longer in contact with the Assaulting

Unit. The targeted Unit may retreat in any direction

so long as they do not end their retreat in contact

with any enemy Unit and remain the required 2”

away from friendly Units. If any Elements of the

targeted Unit end their retreat in Contact with any

Enemy unit, the targeted Unit is entirely eliminated.

If the targeted Unit retreats, the Assaulting Unit canoccupy their previous position, passing over any

obstacles as necessary and possible according to the

normal rules of Movement. If the Assaulting Unit's

advance once again results in Contact with the

targeted Unit, the attacker may choose to start

another Assault beginning at the Close Combat by

Attacker step.

Initial contact

If two Units are in Contact at the beginning of one of

their Activations because they both survived aprevious Assault, a new Assault automatically begins

with the activated Unit considered to be the

Assaulting Unit. The non-Activated unit can carry out

Defensive Fire attacks only if the Activated Unit

doesn´t possesses Close Combat weapons.

If the Activated Unit wants to make Shooting attacks

it must first move to break Contact with the enemy

Unit. The non-Activated Unit may make one set of

Close Combat attacks as the Activated unit falls back.

Suppressive fireAfter their Movement action a Unit can prepare to

respond to enemy actions: this is called Suppressive

Fire. A Unit performing Suppressive Fire can open

fire on an enemy Unit that is Moving or Shootingwithin its Line of Sight during the enemy Unit's

activation. A Unit may only use Suppressive Fire once

per Activation—that is, the Unit can only make one

set of ranged attacks until the unit is Activated again.

If a Unit fires during an enemy's Activation and the

attack fails because the enemy is out of range, the

Unit still counts as having used its Suppressive Fire

and cannot make another Suppressive Fire until it is

next Activated.

Suppressive Fire attacks take place after the

Activated enemy Unit´s first Action, i.e. if the enemy

Unit has moved, the Suppressive Fire attacks aremade before the enemy Unit can Shoot. If an enemy

Unit moves from a location that has no Line of Sight

to the Unit using Suppressive Fire to another

location with no Line of Sight to the Unit using

Suppressive Fire and the non-Activated Unit has a

Line of Sight during the course of the Activated

Unit's Movement Action, the non-Activated unit can

make Suppressive Fire attacks as though the enemy

Unit had Cover. In this case the defender allocates

Hits as normal—all Elements that moved into Line of

Sight are eligible to receive Hits.

If the Activated enemy Unit opts to skip itsMovement Action and goes directly to its Shooting

Action, the Activated enemy fires before the Unit

using Suppressive Fire. The Unit using Suppressive

Fire would still Shoot before the Activated enemy

Unit's Assault Action.

Example: A Unit of Glorlon soldiers receives the

order to move and prepare for Suppressive Fire.

Next, the enemy activates a Unit of Colonial Troopers

in Line of Sight of the Glorlon soldiers. The Colonial

Troopers move closer to the Glorlon soldiers. The

Glorlon player must decide whether to shoot at theColonial Troopers that moved, or to reserve the

Unit's Suppressive Fire attacks for another enemy.

AimingIf the only action a Unit performs during its

Activation is Shooting or Suppressive Fire , i.e. it

neither Moves nor Assaults, the Unit increases the

die category of the its ranged attacks by one step

(e.g., from d8 to d10, from d10 to d12, etc).


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PlanningA Commander within a Command Unit that was

neither shot nor successfully Assaulted this turn

can sacrifice all other Actions in exchange for makinga Planning Action.

Planning allows the Commander to attempt to

Recover a discarded Tactical Card. The Commander's

Leadership is rolled. If the result is equal to or higher

than the Tactical Point cost of the card, the

Commander regains the used card.

Alternatively, the Commander may attempt to

improve its Battalion's Initiative. A Commander may

use a Planning action to gain +2 to their Battalion'sInitiative roll for the next turn. This bonus only takes

effect if the Commander is still alive at the Initiative

phase.

MoraleUnder certain circumstances a Unit must make a

Morale check to continue fighting instead of fleeing.

To make a Morale check, roll the Leadership of the

Element with the best Leadership characteristic in

the Unit. If the result is 4 or more, the Unit passes

the Morale check.

A Units that fails a Morale check becomes Panicked.

At the beginning of each of its Activations a Panicked

Unit can make a Morale check. If successful, the Unit

recovers from Panic and can act normally. If the

Morale check is failed, the Panicked unit must make

a Run Action towards the Battlefield edge it

Deployed from, or, if they were Deployed in the

center of the Battlefield, the nearest Battlefield edge.

Once an Element of a Panicked unit leaves the

Battlefield, the entire Unit is removed from the

Battlefield and is considered destroyed by the

enemy.

Morale checks are most frequently made under three

circumstances:

- Casualties: When a Unit takes

enough casualties to reduce it to half or less

of its starting number of Elements, it must

make a Morale check. It must make

additional Morale checks each time it suffers

further casualties.

- Determination: when a Unit tries to

Take a Stand after having suffered an

Assault. If the Unit fails this Morale check it

must retreat as detailed in the Assault:

Taking a Stand section.

Tactical Card: Some Tactical cards can force a Unit to

make a Morale check or Panic.

Forces in combatEach player chooses one of six factions available in

Total Extinction: the Glorlons, the Union of Colonies,the Regulatory Corporation, the Elohim, the

Theocracy or the Skraldar. The choice of faction

determines which units can be chosen to form theirBattalion.

Battalion creationThe whole of a player's forces is called a Battalion.

Battalions are comprised of one or more Companies.

Companies are made up of Units, each of which is

created using a point buy system.

At the beginning of each game, the players must

agree on the maximum number of points each player

can spend on their Battalion. Ideally, the maximumpoint value should be a multiple of 100. Generally

speaking, 500 points will make for a small skirmish,

1200 points will lead to a medium battle, and battles

of 2000 or more points will be truly epic struggles.

Alternatively, players may agree to play a specific

scenario or mission detailed in the Missions chapter.

Such games may have specific lists of or limitations

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The first Unit a player must choose is a Command

Unit for the entire Battalion.

Next, players form the Companies that make up the

Battalion. Each Company must include a Command

Unit. Once the Command Unit is chosen, a player

must decide what type of Company they are creating.The type of Company determines the types of Units

which can be included in the Company. Bear in mind:

some Commanders benefit greatly when leading

specific types of Companies.

The diagrams below show the specific Unit choices

available to each type of Company:

Shock Company

Forces with high mobility and good fire power

suitable for missions in open terrain. Useful for

outflanking and taking an enemy’s fortifiedpositions.

Garrison Company

Forces whose mission is to defend a specific

position, Garrison Companies have great fire power

but limited mobility.

Raider Company

Forces with very high mobility but limited

firepower. Raider Companies are deployed for rapid

penetration into enemy territory or for armed

reconnaissance.

Mixed Company

Mixed Companies are well rounded forces capable of

performing a range of missions. When in doubt, the

versatility of a Mixed Company may well be the best

option.

Forming UnitsWhen forming a Unit a player must decide how many

Elements will be included in the Unit. As explainedunder Characteristics, each Unit Card lists how many

points it costs to field a Unit made up of the fewest

possible Elements. A player may spend more points

at the given rate to add Elements to the Unit, up to

the maximum Unit size.

Many Units allow their Elements to use different

types of weapons. For every two elements that carry

the Unit's standard weapon (the first weapon listed

on the unit's unit card), one Element may use one of

the other weapons listed on the Unit Card.

For example: Looking at the Colonial Trooper UnitCard at the beginning of this chapter, in a Unit of 6

ShockCompany

Recon Tank InfantryTank orAir unit

Artilleryor Infantry

Command

GarrisonCompany

Infantry Infantry Artillery Artillery Tank orAir unit

Command

Raider

Company

Recon Recon TankRecon orInfantry

Tank orInfantry or

Air unit

Command

MixedCompany

Infantry Infantry Tank ArtilleryRecon orAir unit

Command


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Colonial Troopers, at least 4 must carry the AR-9

Assault Rifle. The other two troopers could carry any

of the weapons listed on the card—including an RPG

or a Machine Gun, in this case.

Commanders and tacticsEach Battalion receives 10 Tactical Points to buy

Tactical Cards, plus 3 extra Tactical Points for every

Company Commander in the Battalion (the Battalion

Commander does not give a player any extra Tactical

Points).

Before the game starts, players should spend their

Tactical Points on Tactical Cards. The cost of a

Tactical Card is printed in the upper right hand

corner and on the back of the card. The cost of the

cards range from 3 to 7 points—Minor TacticalCards cost 3 points, Intermediate Tactical Cards cost

5 points, and Major Tactical Cards cost 7 points.

Temporary alliesEven in a universe locked in a war of Total

Extinction, former rivals must often form alliances

against common enemies. When forming a Battalion

a player may form up to half of the Battalion'sCompanies (rounding down) using Units from their

Temporary Allies. Each Company must be formed

entirely out of Units of the same faction. The possible

Temporary Allies combinations are listed in the

table below:

Faction Temporary allies

Glorlon Skraldar

The Union of Colonies Elohim

Elohim The Union of Colonies

Regulatory Corporation Theocracy

Skraldar GlorlonTheocracy Regulatory Corporation

BattlefieldAny flat surface of sufficient size, square or

rectangular, can be used as a Battlefield. Floors are

usable, though it is necessary to decide on the

“edges” of the game zone. The standard size of a

Battlefield for a 1200 point game is 72” x 48” (180 x

120 cm), although the Battlefield should grow orshrink to best accommodate the point value (and

therefor the number of miniatures) of the game.

The Battlefield is usually divided into three large

Zones: two Zones of Deployment (or more, if there

are more than two players in the game) and a Zone

called No Man's Land.

Unless the mission determines different, the Zone of

Deployment will have the depth of 12 inches and the

width equal to the longest side of the battlefield.

SceneryDifferent scenery objects (such as terrain features

and Obstacles) are placed on the Battlefield. In a

standard game we recommend 3 or 4 terrain

features per player, but this may change based on the

specific Mission played.

Players alternate placing scenery objects. Randomly

determine who places scenery first unless thespecific mission being played dictates otherwise.

ObjectivesAfter all scenery has been placed, place at least 5

Objectives on the Battlefield (unless the Mission

played says otherwise.). The player that placed a

scenery object second should place the first

Objective. In a standard game, at least 3 Objectives

must be placed in No Man's Land and at least 6”from

each Deployment Zone. Any number of Objectivesmay be placed, but there should be an odd number

of Objectives in total.

MissionsEach gameplay of Total Extinction is call Mission,

when two or more players fight in a Battlefield to

achieve victory.

In the Battle for Karnak section you will find special

missions for this campaign.

DeploymentOnce all Objectives are on the Battlefield, the playersmake an Initiative roll. The player with the highest


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initiative chooses their Deployment Zone first and

places (“Deploys”) a Unit in their Deployment Zone.

The player with the 2nd highest initiative then selects

their Deployment Zone and places a Unit within it.

The players continue alternating placing Units in

their Deployment Zones until all Units have been

placed—if one side has Units left over after theiropponent(s) have placed all their Units, they deploy

the rest of their Units one after another.

Units cannot be deployed in a place they could not

access using their normal movement rules (e.g. a

Tank cannot be Deployed on the roof of a building).

Note: Recon Units may be Deployed anywhere on

the Battlefield as long as they are not in the enemy

Deployment Zone or in Contact with an enemy Unit.

When th e mission endsThe game is considered finished when one of these

conditions is met:

- The 6th turn of the game is finished.

- During the Control phase one of the sides

lacks operative units (i.e. does not have survived

units that are not Panicked).

- During the Control phase one of the sides

controls all the Objectives of the Battlefield.

- There is met one of the conditions of the

finish of the game established for a special mission.

Who wins the m issionThe side that wins the mission is the the one that at

the end of the game:

- Has operative units while the other side

lacks them, or

- Controls more Objectives in the case when

both sides have operative units, or

- Has destroyed more enemy units in the case

when both sides have operative units and the samenumber of controlled Objectives.

Documents

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