Base

A base is the rigid piece of plastic that the unit card will sit on and the figures fit into. A base can be formation (rectangular) or sortie (square) size.

• Notch: Notches are used for measuring. Whenever a distance is measured from (or to) a unit, it is measured from (or to) a notch.
• Peg Holes: Figures have pegs on the bottom of their footpad. The pegs will fit snugly into the peg holes on a base in order to hold that figure in place.

• Each base has four notches.
• A formation base has 7 rows of 17 peg holes. A sortie base has 7 rows of 7 peg holes.

The basic unit of measurement in Arcane Legions is the step. A step is the length of a sortie base, which is also the length of the short side of a formation base. (The long side of the formation base is two steps.)

• A step is 8 centimeters (3.15 inches). This means that the length of a formation base is 16 centimeters.
• A ranged combat attack takes place at a distance of 6 steps, or 48 centimeters.

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