Glossary

A list of commonly used abbreviations and terms

4I - this indicates the four-player game in which all players try to score touch on any two opposing

Mage-lords, or control the last surviving Mage-lord

4P - this indicates the four-player game, in which players form pairs to try and score touch

against the opposing two players

CC - casting cost; the number of variant points necessary to use a specific Variant card - see VPV

DA - dual army; refers to the two player game in which each player controls two sets of pieces, or camps

MCDV - sometimes used in place of the phrase "... movement, capture, drop, or play of a Variant ..."; usually

appears in lowercase

MNA - stands for maximum number allowance, or the total number of a specific type of original

piece a player may have in play at one time; see the section on Piece Movement for

the MNA's of each piece

SA - single army; refers to the basic version of the two player game in which each player

controls one set of pieces, or camp

VPV - variant point value refers to the number of points a certain piece supplies toward

meeting the casting cost of a Variant card; see CC and the section on Notation for the

VPV's of each piece

Active - any piece or army that is still eligible to be played

Army - all the pieces controlled by one player whether original, held, or bound

Array - opening position; the position of each piece at the start of the game before any play

has taken place

Balance - the sectioned off area at the center of the board consisting of the central square and its eight

surrounding squares

Blind - any piece or army still on the board after its Mage-lord has been permanently

removed from the game; all blind pieces are also locked

Bound - captured enemy piece that has been returned to the board for play, controlled by the capturing

player

Camp - the first three ranks of each of the board's four sides; areas designated for each army's array

Cantrip - one of the three types of Variants, its effects being instantaneous and usually fulfilled in one turn

Capture - taking of an enemy piece that has never been controlled by the capturing player, usually by

displacing it (the captured piece) with a piece the capturing player controls

Caster - the player controlling a specific Variant

Challenged - refers to a position from which a Mage-lord may be captured on the attacking

player's immediate next turn

Collar - placed to function as the base for a bound piece when it is returned to the board, so as to indicate

which player will control it; also used to indicate promoted original pieces