Dagger in my Mind

From the journal of Captain Chen Xioatang: "I don't know why I was compelled to attack my own men. It was as if I had no control over my own mind. Isn't it enough that the gods have changed our world forever with strange and frightening abominations? Men and women horribly transformed from that terrible night of mists, the dead rise up to plague the living, creatures from the spirit world unleash powerful magic and now a new power to threaten us! For a moment, I felt the presence of another take control and force me to issue orders that I would never utter of my own free will. When will this madness end?"

Battle Size

7000 points. 8 order points per turn. 4 order points for the ambush turn. 21 victory points to win.

Victory Points

3 points for commanding control terrain
2 points for eliminating an enemy formation unit
1 points for downing an enemy commander figure (yellow)
1 points for eliminating an enemy sortie unit

Terrain Setup

Battlefield is set up as shown in the diagram. In addition, before placing armies, each player must place 2 standard terrain items.

Special Rules for this Combat

COMMANDER BONUS	If one army outnumbers the other in total commander figures on the field, the outnumbering army is awarder one extra order point per difference in commanders. For example, if Army A has 4 Commanders and Army B has 2 commanders, Player A will receive 2 extra order points. The maximum order points per turn are 12. This bonus will change as armies lose commanders and the totals should be compared at the beginning of each turn.
CRYSTAL	If a unit containing a green circled figure is on or adjacent to the control terrain containing the crystal, it may attempt to issue an order to an opponent's unit within 3 formation lengths. The unit spends 1 order point as a special order to cast the spell. The target unit temporarily becomes a friendly unit controlled by the active player and may the player issue one order of their choice to it, provided they have enough order points to spend. The order point cost is per the standard rules.

COMMANDER BONUS

If one army outnumbers the other in total commander figures on the field, the outnumbering army is awarder one extra order point per difference in commanders. For example, if Army A has 4 Commanders and Army B has 2 commanders, Player A will receive 2 extra order points. The maximum order points per turn are 12. This bonus will change as armies lose commanders and the totals should be compared at the beginning of each turn.

CRYSTAL

If a unit containing a green circled figure is on or adjacent to the control terrain containing the crystal, it may attempt to issue an order to an opponent's unit within 3 formation lengths. The unit spends 1 order point as a special order to cast the spell. The target unit temporarily becomes a friendly unit controlled by the active player and may the player issue one order of their choice to it, provided they have enough order points to spend. The order point cost is per the standard rules.

Terrain Items

Crystal		Acts as control terrain for both players. Units can move through this terrain. Snapping is optional. Units on or adjacent to this terrain gain the powers of the crystal as described in the special rules. The crystal in the center (red border) acts as blocking terrain, preventing movement and blocking line-of-sight. Units must snap to this blocking terrain.