Card-driven activation

Players take turns drawing; a character card gives that character a turn. An action card is laid face up and the next player who draws a character of at least that class may take it into hand (to give a free turn later) or use it at once for a hasty shot. The Joker reshuffles all discards, the reload card and held action cards back into the deck.

The Fate Deck is used to determine which character takes a turn, and which characters load their weapons. The players take it in turn to draw a card

Any card may invoke any phase and is discarded even if the phase is not used. If any unit is to do something that causes disorder (interpenetration, difficult terrain, formation change or about-face within 6BW of the enemy), the phase must be invoked with two cards, after which all units may do so freely.

If he wants any of his units to do anything that causes disorder in a movement or combat phase, then the active player must use two cards to invoke that phase.

The deck holds one card per character, four class action cards (Citizen, Gunman, Shootist, Legend) and a Joker. A drawn character card gives that character one action and is discarded. The Joker reshuffles all discards, and any held action cards must be played immediately or discarded back into the deck.

The Fate Deck is used to determine which character takes a turn. A card (or chit or whatever) is turned, then: If it is a character card, that character immediately takes a turn

The deck holds a card per unit (a horse regiment shares one card), one Officer card per C-in-C and brigadier, two Artillery cards (all batteries of both sides may fire), two Reload cards and one Turn Over card. Orders are Hold, Move, Maneuver or Charge. Scenario cards for reinforcements or engineering may be added.

The Order Deck consists of one card per unit. When a unit's card is drawn, the commanding player may issue one order to the unit.

The deck holds 4 Ninja cards (1 action), a Banzai bonus card (any Ninja and heroes take one action), 2 Samurai (2 actions), Ronin cards (2 and 1), 3 Ashigaru, 3 Civilian and 3 numbered Event cards. Faction-vs-faction games use two sets. Actions: move 6" (Ninja sprint 9"), move into melee, shoot, or another action such as opening a chest.

When a card for a particular unit type comes up, all the units or models of that type are activated and may take one (or two) actions, depending on the card.

Crown cards (red): Regulars 4, Irregulars 4, Artillery 2, 'Indians' 4; Māori cards (blue): 'Indians' 4, Irregulars 4.

Crown Cards (Red): Regulars (4), Irregulars (4), Artillery (2), ‘Indians’ (4) Māori Cards (Blue): ‘Indians’ (4), Irregulars (4)