How to play guide for Children of Zodiarcs

There is currently not much known about the gameplay of Children of Zodiarcs, but the information found on [http://store.steampowered.com/app/436290? Steam] or Kickstarter.

Genre

 * RPG, Indie, Strategy, Tactical, RPG Card Game

Rating

 * USK 12
 * ESRB - estimated "T"

Languages
You can play the game in the following languages:
 * English
 * French
 * Italian
 * German
 * Spanish

Controls
To move a hero, first select it and then select its destination.

Camera controls

 * L - LMB - Arrow keys - Pan camera
 * R - RMB - Page up, Page down - Rotate camera
 * R - Mouse wheel - Home, End - Zoom camera

Statistics

 * Level and XP - Actions in battle yield XP. Level ups occur at every 100 XP and unlock dice slots, new cards and upgrade old cards.
 * HP - If a unit's HP reaches 0 during battle, the unit retires from battle.
 * ATK - Add 1 damage to physical attacks
 * M.ATK - Add 1 damage to magical attacks/increase healing done by 1 HP
 * DEF/M.DEF - Reduce 1 damage for physical/magical attacks
 * C.ATK - Add this value per card in hand + ATK as damage during counter attack
 * Move - number of tiles a unit is allowed to move during movement.

Tile colours: Movement

 * Light blue: Movement range preview. Highlight a unit and see how far it can move.
 * Purple: Select movement. After hero selection, choose a destination to move.

Tile colours: Targetting

 * Yellow: Range of a card. After card selection, the yellow tiles show the effective range of that card.
 * Red/Green: Affected target area. Highlight a yellow tile to see the cards target area. Units on red/green tiles will be affected.

Hand size
Units can hold up to 7 cards in their hand at any time. Any overdraw will automatically discard the leftmost card in hand.

Discarding
Discarding always affects the leftmost card in the unit's hand.

Equipping dice

 * The players decide, which dice is brought by the heroes into the battles
 * New dice are received as random rewards at the end of the battles
 * The dice a hero can equip can be found in their personal inventory.

Read also

 * System requirements
 * Strategy
 * Card Deck
 * Dice