Rust And Dust
It is still in beta mode, you can get it freely from here.
Coming soon : Player vs Player mode, under heavy development right now !
Main Options:
- Show Moves : to show the hexes you can reach with the selected unit.
- Show Targets : to show the enemy units you can fire at with the selected unit.
- Show Move Assists : to show the friendly units you will be able to move if you activate the selected HQ.
- Show Enemy Possibilities : to show what a selected enemy unit can do, the above options determine what is shown.
- Debug : well, to turn on the debug mode.
- Fx Volume : to change the volume of the sounds effects.
- Graphics : to choose between regular wargame chits, and animated realistic sprites.
Play Options:
- Game Mode : to choose, between Solo, Player vs Player or Player vs AI game mode.
- Scenario : to choose which battelfield you are going to play on.
Action Points (AP):
Each player will have 2 to 4 AP to spend per turn.
You won't know the amount of AP that you can spend until you have reached that number.
An action point allows you to do one of the following:
Movement Points (MP):
Your units have an amount of movement points.
Each hex costs 1 MP, except the woods and the town that costs 2 MP.
If all your movement occures on a road, you gain 1 extra MP.
To move your unit:
- select it.
- select the destination hex.
- select the final orientation of your unit.
Moving a unit costs you 1 AP.
Combat:
Your units have a fire range and a defense value.
On a hill, your range is increased by 1 (except for the infantry).
A target in woods or town has a defense increased by 1.
You can target 1 unit within your range with a clear line of sight.
Hills, cities, other units block the line of sight.
Friendly units that can fire and have a clear line of sight to the selected target can assist you.
Artillery units can assist even if they don't have a clear line of sight to the target.
Infantry units nullify the defense bonus when attacking to a town.
Soft targets have 2 defense values, the higher being used when the are in hills, woods or town hex.
You destroy the target if: 2d6 + #engaged units + bonuses >= defense + bonuses.
To perform a combat:
- select your unit.
- select your target.
- (un)toggle the assist unit(s).
- select the target again.
To cancel the action, select your combat leading unit again.
Leading a combat costs you 1 AP.
HQ units:
Your HQ units have 
on them.
When you activate an HQ, adjacents units can move freely.
To perform an HQ activation:
- select twice the HQ unit.
- you can then move it and/or any other adjacent units in any order.
- after each movement you can end your HQ activation with the
button.
Activating an HQ costs you 1 AP.
Promotion to HQ:
You can promote one of your regular unit into an HQ if you have in your casualties an HQ of the same kind of unit.
To perform an promotion to HQ:
- select the regular unit.
- touch the
button.
Promoting a regular unit to an HQ costs you 1 AP.
Ace units:
Your Ace units have an 
on them.
When taking part in an combat, an ace unit allows you a second dice roll
if the first one is a failure.
Special Hexes:
The following hexes will have importance in the victory decision of some scenarios.
Exit hexes will allow you to leave the battelfield if you have at least 1 MP left.
Objective will belong to the last army that passes over it.
Hold Objective belong to you as long as one of your units stands on it.
Deployment / Reinforcement:
Some scenarios will require you to first place some or all your units on the battle field.
Some others will require you to make some or all your units enter the battle field.
You may also recieve some reinforcement units during the battle.
In any of the above situation, you will see the number of available units over the unit dock button.
To make one unit enter the battle field from the unit dock:
- select the unit.
- choose one of the available highlighted hexes.
- choose the orientation of the unit or perform a regular move.
