Rule Book | Generals of Kaladan

Team Mode

Alliances for the Crown: 2v2 and 3v3, from setup to the last Crown

Generals of Kaladan: Age of Crowns can also be played as a team game. Two or three generals ally under a shared banner against an opposing alliance. Team Mode keeps every strategic system of the basic game and removes player elimination. No general leaves the table early, and the war is decided by the fall of every opposing Crown, not the first.

Everything this page does not change follows the basic rules. Learn the basic game first, then use this page for what is different. The six phases of a turn, unit dice, terrain, battle steps and every card work exactly as in the basic game unless a rule below says otherwise.

Team Mode at a Glance

	Basic game	Team Mode
Players	2 to 6, every general for themselves	2v2 (4 players) or 3v3 (6 players)
Seating	Any order	Allies sit in alternating seats
Table talk	Your plans are your own	Allies plan openly; no hidden hands between allies
Gold	Your own gold only	Kept on your own board; allies may transfer and spend each other's gold at any time
Sharing a tile	Never	Allies may share a tile up to its capacity; enemies never
Castle bonus	Each Castle you control	Each Castle you are present on, including an ally's
Your Crown falls	You are eliminated	You fight on with everything you have left
Your Special Unit	Passes to the general who felled your Crown	Stays with you
Victory	Last Crown standing	Every opposing Crown has fallen
Points	Per player	Per team

Setting Up a Team Game

Step 1: Form the Teams

Agree on the format before setup: 2v2 with 4 players, or 3v3 with 6 players. Allies sit in alternating seats around the table, so clockwise turn order naturally alternates between the two sides.

Example for 2v2: Team A, Team B, Team A, Team B around the table.

Step 2: Determine Turn Order

Each player rolls a 12-sided die (D12).
The highest roll becomes First Player. Tied players reroll.
Turn order is clockwise. Because of the seating, turns alternate between the teams.

Step 3: Build the World

Build the standard world for the total number of players, exactly as in the basic game: the 4 player world for 2v2, the 6 player world for 3v3. See Setting Up for the layouts and the random world building option.

2v2: the 4 player world

3v3: the 6 player world

Step 4: Choose Realms, Alternating Between Teams

Starting with the First Player and following the seating, players choose realms one at a time, so the choice alternates between the teams. A realm already claimed cannot be taken again.

Each player receives, exactly as in the basic game:

That Realm's Player Board
A Castle tile
The Realm's Special Unit
The Realm Card
The Realm's Magic Cards (choose 1 to start with)

Your starting Magic card stays hidden from the opposing team. Your allies may see it.

Step 5: Place Castles in Reverse Turn Order

The last player places first and the First Player places last. Because seating alternates, castle placement also alternates between the teams, giving each alliance an equal say in shaping the opening fronts. Use the Castle positions for 4 or 6 players from Setting Up.

Step 6: Initial Deployment

Each player deploys on their own Castle tile, as in the basic game:

Crown
Special Unit
1 General
1 basic unit of your choice (Sword, Archer or Shield)

Step 7: Event Deck, Gold and Reserves

Event deck: shuffle it as in the basic game and shuffle 1 End Game Event card into the last 8 cards (or play without one, if all players agree).
Starting gold: as in the basic game, in ascending turn order. The First Player receives 0 Gold, player 2 receives 1, player 3 receives 2, and so on. Each player keeps their gold on their own player board.
Reserves: unchanged. All units not deployed stay on your player board as your reserves.

The War Council

Team Mode is a game of alliance, not secrecy. Allies may discuss, plan and decide together at any point in the game, including:

Which action to take, which tile to contest and which unit to deploy
Gold spending, transfers and joint purchases
Battles, Magic card use, reinforcements and defensive positions across each other's turns
Openly reviewing each other's Magic cards, Realm Cards and reserves

There are no hidden hands between allies. The opposing team may listen in, so treat every conversation at the table as part of the game.

"An alliance that plans together fights together."

Shared Gold

Each player keeps their gold on their own player board.
Allies may transfer gold to each other at any time.
During any of your team's turns, you may spend an ally's gold as well as your own.
Gold you earn in your Income Phase goes onto your own board.
For Event cards, gold is counted per player: only the gold on your own board is yours.

Shared Tiles

Allies may stand on the same tile, up to that tile's maximum capacity. Every unit counts toward capacity, whoever owns it. Armies from opposing teams may never share a tile.

You may move your units onto a tile where an ally stands, on any Forest, Mountain, Field or Castle.
A tile is held by a team as soon as any allied unit stands on it.
Each general still commands only their own units. Ownership of a unit never changes.

Your Turn in Team Mode

Play is turn based and every player takes a full turn of six phases, in the usual order. Because of the seating, turns alternate between the teams. These are the team rules phase by phase.

1. Event Phase

Draw and resolve the top Event card as in the basic game. Event cards are judged per player, not per team:

Richest Player: the player with the most gold on their own board. Ties include all tied players, from either team.
Strongest Player: the player with the most of their own units on the board. Ties include all tied players.
Gold an Event gives you goes onto your own board. Gold an Event takes comes from your own board.
Conditional Events check your own units only. An ally's Catapult does not count as yours.

2. Free Spawn Phase

For each Castle tile you are present on at the start of your turn, your own or an ally's, you may spawn one free basic unit onto that Castle tile, if:

The Castle tile has capacity left
You have that unit available in your reserves

Free spawns only ever go onto Castle tiles. Two allies on the same Castle each spawn there in their own turn, capacity permitting.

3. Income Phase

+1 Gold for each Castle tile you are present on, your own or an ally's.
+1 Gold for every 2 other tiles where at least one of your units stands.
A tile you share with an ally counts for you, and it counts for your ally in their own Income Phase.
Your income goes onto your own board.

4. Action Phase

Choose one action, as in the basic game: Move, Swap or Battle. You command only your own units.

Move: move your units to an adjacent tile that is empty, held by you, or held by an ally, within capacity.
Swap: swap your own units between two adjacent tiles where you have units. Allied units stay where they are.
Battle: declare a battle against an adjacent enemy tile. See Battles on Shared Tiles below.

5. Purchase Phase

Spend your own gold, your allies' gold, or both.
Deploy purchased units onto a tile you or an ally holds, within capacity.
Or deploy onto one vacant tile adjacent to a tile you or an ally holds, following the normal deployment rules as if you held that tile yourself.
Purchased units always come from your own reserves.
Magic cards are bought or swapped from your own realm's deck, as in the basic game.

6. Reinforcement Phase

As in the basic game, with your own units only. You may never move an ally's units.

Battles on Shared Tiles

When allies stand together on the attacking or the defending tile:

The general whose turn it is decides the action. If they battle, every unit on the tile, from every ally present, must take part. There is no opt out.
Each player rolls the dice for their own units.
All of a side's dice are then sorted together from highest to lowest and compared against the opposing side as usual: highest against highest, second against second, and so on.
Magic cards from any allied player in the battle may be used, but the limit of one Magic card per side per battle still applies. The attacking team declares first, then the defending team. Allies must agree on which card is played.
Casualties: each general chooses which of their own units are removed. If a shared side loses, each affected player decides which of their own units to lose.
Realm and Magic card effects apply only to that player's units, unless the card says otherwise.

Mandatory Invasion

If the attacking team wins, it must invade the defeated tile at maximum capacity, as in the basic game. This is the one time you may move an ally's units: any allied units that took part in the winning battle may be moved into the invaded tile to fill the capacity, whoever owns them. Ownership does not change.

Fallen Crowns Fight On

There is no player elimination in Team Mode. If your Crown is defeated:

You stay in the game and keep taking a full six-phase turn every round.
You keep your Special Unit.
All your undefeated units stay on the board and in your reserves.
You keep your Magic cards and may still play them.
You keep earning, holding and spending gold, and may still spawn, purchase, deploy and battle.

Your Castle

If your Crown fell in battle on your Castle tile, the Castle passes to the victor, as in the basic game.
If your Crown fell anywhere else, your Castle stays yours for as long as your units stand on it. If it is ever left empty, it becomes a free tile that any player may occupy.

What the Victor Gains

The fallen Crown counts for the victor's team at the points tally.
The fallen player's Special Unit does not change sides, and their Magic cards cannot be bought by the victor.

Victory

A team wins when every opposing Crown has fallen. A team is defeated only when its last Crown falls.

When the Game Ends on the Event Deck

If an End Game Event is drawn, or the Event deck runs out, before a team has fallen, play one final round starting from the next player, exactly as in the basic game. Then tally points per team. The team with the higher combined total wins.

Team Points

5 points for every opposing Crown defeated
3 points for every Castle your team controls
2 points for every scalp your team claimed (every enemy unit your team defeated in battle, including assassinated units: the units in all allied graveyards. Units removed by Event cards are not scalps)
1 point for every non-Castle tile your team controls
1 point for every 2 gold your team still has, all allied boards added together

A tile shared by allies counts once for the team. Tie breakers follow the basic rules, compared team against team.

Team Mode Questions

Question	Ruling
Can I attack from a tile I share with an ally?	Yes, on your turn. All units on that tile, yours and your ally's, fight in the battle.
Can I move or swap my ally's units?	No. Only during a mandatory invasion may allied units from the winning battle be moved into the invaded tile.
My ally and I both stand on my Castle. Who gets the Castle bonus?	Both of you, each in your own turn: +1 Gold and one free spawn on that Castle, capacity permitting.
Who is the Richest Player when we keep our gold apart?	The single player with the most gold on their own board, from either team.
Does my ally's gold protect me from an Event that takes gold?	No. The Event takes gold from your own board only.
My Crown has fallen. Can I still win?	Yes. Your team wins when every opposing Crown has fallen, and your units keep fighting for it.

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