1.1 Introduction to Daemornia: Battlegrounds Online.

Daemornia: Battlegrounds Online is a game of skirmishes between rival armies. It takes place using a series of cards depicting creatures, scenarios, equipment, skills, events and more. It is played between two or more players using a deck of 40 cards (minimum) each and requires a degree of tactical thinking in selecting the right force. Through careful deployment and equipping your warriors the objective is to defeat your opponent through winning battles, raids and destroying scenarios.

 

1.2 Your new account

We have automatically populated your deck so you can get started straight away without having to mess about too much. You have been given 40 cards and 100 points to spend. These 40 cards are generated randomly with 30 common cards, 8 uncommon cards and 2 rare cards. I will take you through deck management and the card store in section 2.1.

 

1.3 The main page

When you log in, you will be presented with the main page, consisting of: A Menu giving links to various parts of the game on the left, Latest news / info in the centre and your basic account information at the top.

 

1.4 The menus
Brief description of menus:

1.4.1 Welcome
Home – Back to main page
Forums – Opens Battlegrounds forums in a new window/tab
Log-out – Log out of your account

 

1.4.2 Battle Lobby

This is where you want to be, the lobby lets your join a game, create a game and chat to other people in the lobby.

 

1.4.3 Guide

The Site - a quick start guide to using this site

The Battle - In depth explanation of Battle rules

Factions – Information on each Faction and its benefits

The Charts - The Best of the Best (and the worst!)

Join Clan - Go here to read up on the Clan benefits and how to join

 

1.4.4 Account
Settings – Change email, password, factions and saved decks. Also view your battle history and profile here
Library – View all cards in your arsenal, here you can add cards you own into your deck and also sell cards you no longer require (at reduced value)
Deck – This section allows you to view your current deck and remove cards from it if you wish

Profile - You own personal page for others to see

Clan - Details on the clan you have joined, if any.

 

1.4.5 Store
Available Cards – Here you can browse all cards available to buy for your earned points, find a card you like and hit the buy button!

Online Specials – Limited specials, this will become active when there are special cards/offers available

Purchase Points – Although you can gain points by winning games, sometimes that card you desperately want is just out of reach, this section allows you to use real money to get those few extra points required

Subscribe – You can subscribe to the game for a monthly fee. Subscription unlocks a wealth of features and benefits including (but not limited to) Clan creation/management, Factions, additional cards, monthly bonus points.

Earn Points – Vote for Battlegrounds using these links and earn 5 points each vote, once per day

Section 2 – Library / Deck Management

2.1 Managing named decks

Go to Account>Settings>Main. The “Decks” section presents you with 3 options: Set Default Deck, Create New Deck and Delete Deck

 

2.1.1 Set Default Deck
In the drop-down box all of your decks are listed (if you haven't created a new deck, only your starter deck will show). Just select the deck you wish to work with and then hit the “Set” button, this deck will now be active, any cards you add to deck will be added to this deck and any battles you join will deal from this deck.

 

2.1.2 Create New Deck
Built up a few cards? Fancy experimenting a little with decks, great. Enter a name for you deck in the box (e.g. Cheap Cast, Lizards only... basically something you can identify the deck by) and click the create button. An empty deck will be created which you can add the cards you wish to. Remember to set it as default (see above) before working on it!

 

2.1.3 Delete Deck
The new deck not working out for you? No problem, just select the deck you wish to delete from the drop-down menu and hit the delete button. Don't worry, the cards aren't deleted, you still own them and they will be available in your library still (and still be in other decks you have created)

 

2.2 Adding cards to your deck
Go to Account>Library to view your library of cards. You can browse your cards using the filters at the top. You will be presented with a list similar to below.

 

You can click on the card image to get more info on the card. The “Amount” field shows how many of this card are in your library. Below the “Add” button it shows how many of this card are in the current default deck. You can sell a card and gain the points displayed below the “Sell” button.

 

A maximum of 5 of any one card are allowed in a deck at a time. You can have each card in multiple custom decks at a time, a card is only committed to the current active deck so if you have only 1 “Araneae Goff” in your library, you can still have 2 (or more) decks with an “Araneae Goff” in it.

 

Each time you add / remove cards from your deck, you will see the deck count on the left menu increase to show the total size of the deck.

 

2.3 Removing cards from your deck
Go to Account>Deck to view your deck (again, using the filters at the top to browse the different card types). You will be presented with a list of cards currently in your selected deck. It's fairly self explanatory, the “Amount” shows how many of this card are currently in your deck. Click “Remove” to remove it from the current deck,

Section 3 – The Lobby and Battle!

3.1 Game History

The top left shows how many games are currently being played and the recent history of games.

 

3.2 Games Available

The “Games Available” section on the left shows games which are available to join. Available(Minutes) shows how long a created game has remaining before it times out (15 minutes at creation). “Player” shows which player created the game and “Game Type” shows which type off game is created (see below). To join a game, just hit the “Battle” button next to the created game, you will be taken to the battleground and your opponent will be notified that the game has started.

 

3.3 Shout

This is the lobby shoutbox. You can post a message in here by typing in the text box at the bottom and hitting return, anyone visiting the lobby can view these messages. The message format is Username - Time since posted – Message.

 

3.4 Members Online

This section simply shows who is active on the site (not just the lobby) and how long it is since they were last active. If the user is currently in a game their name will be displayed in bold red text. User names listed can be clicked to take you to the users profile.

 

3.5 Controls

Here you can create your own game for people to join. There are several game types:

 

Standard – Win your capital + 10 points
Fast Play – Win your capital points, game speed is increased by higher res rolls and lower starting capital
Challenge – Standard game but with higher stakes. You will pay points when creating or joining these games.

 

Once you select your game type, hit the create game button and your game will be listed in the “Games Available” section. It will be listed there until either someone chooses to battle you or you select “Cancel Game” from the Controls section. When someone chooses to battle you, wherever you are on the site you will be notified at the top left of the screen, just click the notification to enter your game and begin the battle, so feel free to browse the site while you are waiting for someone to join your game.

 

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