Commanders are special models that can be added to a unit to increase its abilities. Units with Commanders have a higher Fortitude, and roll additional dice when attacking. You may only assign 1 Commander to each unit.

Important: Your General Staff unit always counts as having a Commander, and has all the benefits listed below.

Units Without a Commander

Normally, a unit will not have a Commander. A unit without a Commander is limited to certain types of orders. You can only give these orders to a unit without a Commander:
• Defend
• All-Around Defense
• Rest
• March

Units without Commanders can engage enemy units by using the March order, and will defend themselves normally if attacked. But, these units cannot gain the benefits of the Assault order and cannot make any ranged attacks.
Important: These restrictions do not apply to a unit if you have a Commander in any adjacent hex. Any unit adjacent to a friendly unit that has a Commander may be given any order that is listed on its Unit Card, and may assault the enemy and make ranged attacks as normal.

Commander Abilities

A unit that includes a Commander receives these bene fits:
• The unit can be assigned any order that is listed on the Unit Card. Units without Commanders that are adjacent to a unit with a Commander can also be
assigned any listed order.
• The Commander fi ghts with the rest of the unit, and is counted when the unit attacks.

Example: A unit of spearmen includes 5 warriors and 1 Commander. Since this is an infantry unit, each model rolls 1 die when the unit attacks. There are 6 models total, so the unit attacks with 6 dice.
A cavalry unit with a Commander has su ered 1 casualty, so it now includes 1 warrior and 1 Commander. The Unit Card shows “x3” in the Attack Value box, so each model rolls 3 dice when the unit attacks. Since there are 2 models total, the unit attacks with 6 dice.


• If the unit suffers casualties, the Commander model is always the last one removed from the unit stand (the other warriors will lay down their lives to protect their Commander).
Exception: If an enemy Ninja unit attacks and inflicts casualties, the Commander model is the fi rst casualty removed! The unit loses all the benefi ts of having a Commander if enemy Ninjas kill the Commander.

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