Newbie defence dice question.

[UtahScott]

Paraphrasing the rules: "all rolled skulls must be blocked to survive an attack."


Say an attacker rolls all skulls (5), the defender rolls all shields (3).

Question: Are defence dice like Risk, where if you roll all possible shields, you block all damage, despite the attacker having a higher number of successes, OR do the unmatched 2 skulls punch through anyway and damage the defender for 2 hits? It seems the latter would be highly fatal to defending squads.

I can read the rules both ways, and the rulebook's given examples do not clarify this point.

Thank you.

[Su-Bak-Na]

The defending figure takes 2 damage.

[MBSowards]

Man, roman archers and grut archers would be nearly invincible.

[Teamski]

The defending figure takes 2 damage.


He is correct. You count all excess skulls or shields.

-Ski

[sigmazero13]

Man, roman archers and grut archers would be nearly invincible.
And what about the Venoc Vipers? Since they don't roll ANY defense dice :P

[GaryLASQ]

Man, roman archers and grut archers would be nearly invincible.
And what about the Venoc Vipers? Since they don't roll ANY defense dice :P

zero my hero, how wonderful you are...

[Rodriquez]

Man, roman archers and grut archers would be nearly invincible.
And what about the Venoc Vipers? Since they don't roll ANY defense dice :P

zero my hero, how wonderful you are...

they'd all die

however on other hand if it's sentinels...3 shields=6 defends...
they'd block that 5 skull attck..

[gorillanator]

Hasbro would have to change all the defense listings on the cards because it would be way too unfair.

[sigmazero13]

Man, roman archers and grut archers would be nearly invincible.
And what about the Venoc Vipers? Since they don't roll ANY defense dice :P

zero my hero, how wonderful you are...

they'd all die

however on other hand if it's sentinels...3 shields=6 defends...
they'd block that 5 skull attck..
;) Methinks ye have missed the tongues we have firmly planted in our cheeks here ;) :)

[MBSowards]

Man, roman archers and grut archers would be nearly invincible.
And what about the Venoc Vipers? Since they don't roll ANY defense dice :P

zero my hero, how wonderful you are...

they'd all die

however on other hand if it's sentinels...3 shields=6 defends...
they'd block that 5 skull attck..
;) Methinks ye have missed the tongues we have firmly planted in our cheeks here ;) :)

Yeah...definitely missed something along the way.