"From the dawn of time we came; moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering; when the few who remain will battle to the last. No one has ever known we were among you... until now." -- Ramirez / Highlander the Gathering REMOVAL: You may remove this card from the game to play defenses against multiple attacks, even if there are cards preventing you from doing so.

"From the dawn of time we came; moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering; when the few who remain will battle to the last. No one has ever known we were among you... until now." -- Ramirez / Highlander the Gathering REMOVAL: You may remove this card from the game to shuffle your Discard Pile into your Endurance.

SKILL MELD ACROBAT Through centuries of training, you have mastered feats of agility that keep you one step ahead of anyone who faces you in combat. This card counts towards your Pregame limit. You cannot include any other Arms and Tactics Skill Meld cards in your Pregame. Before the game begins, place this card under your Persona Pre-Game card. This is not a Capture effect. This card is melded to your Persona Power. Your Persona Power gains the following text: "At the beginning of your Defense Phase, if your opponent played more than one Attack last turn, you may move one Pending Attack to either the beginning of the Attack Chain or the end. Resolve the Pending Attacks in the new order. You cannot use any other effects during your Defense Phase that would allow you to reorder Pending Attacks.

SKILL MELD BRAWLER Through centuries of hard-fought battles, you have mastered the brutal art of winning by any means necessary. This card counts towards your Pregame limit. You cannot include any other Arms and Tactics Skill Meld cards in your Pregame. Before the game begins, place this card under your Persona Pre-Game card. This is not a Capture effect. This card is melded to your Persona Power. Your Persona Power gains the following text: "You may attack to areas you just blocked for your Primary Attack Opportunity if the first Attack you play is a Dirty Trick.

SKILL MELD HEAD CHARMER This card counts towards your Pregame limit. You cannot include any other Arms and Tactics Skill Meld cards in your Pregame. Before the game begins, place this card under your Persona Pre-Game card. This is not a Capture effect. This card is melded to your Persona Power. Your Persona Power gains the following text: "DISCARD: Once per turn, during your May Do/Must Do Phase, you may discard an [E] from your Hand to duplicate the active effects of one Ally your opponent has in play until the beginning of your nexi turn. You cannot duplicate Trigger effects with this effect."

SKILL MELD HEAD HUNTER Through centuries in the Game, you have learned a brutal truth: hunt or be hunted. In the end, there can be only one. This card counts towards your Pregame limit. You cannot include any other Arms and Tactics Skill Meld cards in your Pregame. Before the game begins, place this card under your Persona Pre-Game card. This is not a Capture effect. This card is melded to your Persona Power. Your Persona Power gains the following text: "PREVENTION: If your opponent successfully defends a Head Shot with a dodge, they cannot make a Power Blow during their next Attack Phase."

SKILL MELD MARTIAL ARTIST Through centuries of training, you have mastered fighting techniques beyond the blade. This card counts towards your Pregame limit. You cannot include any other Arms and Tactics Skill Meld cards in your Pregame. Before the game begins, place this card under your Persona Pre-Game card. This is not a Capture effect. This card is melded to your Persona Power. Your Persona Power gains the following text: "You may attack to areas you just blocked for your Primary Attack Opportunity if the first Attack you play is a Martial Arts Attack."

SKILL MELD OUTLAW Through the centuries, you have learned that survival often means living beyond the law and leaving no trace of your actions in the Game behind. This card counts towards your Pregame limit. You cannot include any other Arms and Tactics Skill Meld cards in your Pregame. You cannot include Lawmen cards in your Deck. Before the game begins, place this card under your Persona Pre-Game card. This is not a Capture effect. This card is melded to your Persona Power. Your Persona Power gains the following text: "COST: Your opponent must spend one Lawmen card from their Hand to play a Lawmen card from their Hand. DRAW: If your opponent did not play a Lawmen card during their last turn, Draw 1 card during your May Do/Must Do Phase.'

Wanderer He is immortal. For four hundred years, he's been a warrior... a lover... a wanderer, constantly facing other Immortals in combat to the death. You cannot include this card in your Pregame if any of your other Pre-Game cards have a Capture effect. You cannot include any other cards titled "Arms and Tactics" in your Pregame. You must include exactly 6 total Locations in your deck with at least 2 different Locations (based on Card Title). This card cannot be targeted by Generic Edge cards. CAPTURE: Before the game begins, you may place up to 6 Location cards from your deck underneath this card. If you do, you cannot begin the Game with any In-Game cards in play. Once per turn, if you do not play or put any other Special Cards into play, you may play one Location from under this card as if from your Hand.

WARRIOR He is immortal. For four hundred years, he's been a warrior... a lover... a wanderer, constantly facing other Immortals in combat to the death. You cannot include this card in your Pregame if any of your other Pre-Game cards have a Capture effect. You cannot include any other cards titled "Arms and Tactics" in your Pregame. You cannot include cards in your deck that do Direct Damage. This card cannot be targeted by Generic In-Game Edge cards. CAPTURE: Before the game begins, you may place up to 6 cards from your deck titled "Aggression", "Brawler" "Pressed Advantage", "Riposte", or "Weapons Expert" under this card (6 cards total). If you do, you cannot begin the Game with any In-Game cards in play. Once per turn, you may play one card from underneath this card as if from your Hand.

ARMS & TACTICS WOUNDS ARSENAL While Immortals can only truly die if their head is removed from their shoulders, they can be wounded in battle. No Immortal wants to take damage during a duel, it's a part of the game and sometimes, they just have to try and last long enough for the wound to heal. CAPTURE: Before the Game begins, you may place up to 6 cards from your Endurance titled "Wound" under this card. The only cards that can be captured under this card must be titled "Wound". This card cannot be targeted by "Captured!" or removed from the Game. If you do not begin the Game with a card in play, you may begin the Game with one un-inflicted Wound in play. At the end of your Defense Phase, you may take one Wound card from beneath this card and place it into your Hand. At the start of your Attack Phase you must put that Wound into play as an un-inflicted Wound.

You may only play or put this card into play if you are using the Nimcha Weapon of Choice. During your turn, you may nullify one Special Card or Illusion your opponent has in play for each Weapon of Choice your opponent is using. "A man needs a fine blade." -- Haresh Clay

You may only play or put this card into play if you are using the Richie Ryan persona and the Swiss Long Sword Weapon of Choice. Once per turn, if you do not play a Special Card, you may put one Special Card into play from a Hard Exertion.

When using your Persona Power, you may target Allies, Bystanders, Pedestrians, Watchers, Hunters or Members. "Done, means done!" -- Kyala

REMOVAL: If you have a card with "Disguise" or "Alias" in the title in play, you may remove one Situation, Plot, Ally, or Member your opponent has in play from the game, and your opponent takes one damage.

TRIGGER: Remove this card from play after a Firearm Ranged Attack you played is declared successful. Your opponent must Burn one card for each point of pending Attack Damage caused by that attack.

RESTRICTION: Play in conjunction with an Attack. Your opponent can only play a defense from an Exertion against that attack. If the Attack is a Power Blow, remove this card from the Game when it is Swept from play.

Attribute Challenge: [A] WIN: Your opponent must immediately, randomly place one card from their Hand to the bottom of their Endurance for each Agility found in your Exertion. LOSE: DISCARD: Immediately, randomly Discard a card for each Agility found in your opponent's Exertion.

DAMAGE - 2 Choose a grid. If this attack is played from an Exertion, your opponent must discard a dodge to play a dodge from their Hand against this attack. This cannot be combined with Persona and or Weapon Specific Cost effects.

Play in conjunction with a Basic Attack. That attack cannot be blocked or dodged.

Pick two areas on the grid for this defense to cover. This defense may be played as if from an Exertion.

REVEAL: During your May Do/Must Do Phase, you may Reveal the top two cards of your Endurance and put them back in any order. "This is outside the laws of celestial mechanics." -- Reggie

Special Cards cannot be put into play.

COST: If the last Defense you played this turn was an Evade, your opponent must spend an Attack to play an Attack from their hand during their next turn.

If the last defense you play during your turn is an Evade, your opponent must discard an attack to play an attack during their next turn. This is a Standing Defense.

BURN: Your opponent must Burn one card from the top of their Endurance for each attack they play from their Hand while this card is in play. This is a cumulative effect.

Your opponent must attack you during their next turn. If they do not, you may look at their hand at the end of their Attack Phase.

Your opponent must play an attack from their hand if possible during their next turn.

DAMAGE - 2/4 If your opponent did not play an Attack, Defense, or Special Card during their last turn, this Attack cannot be blocked or dodged. "That friend of yours rode with Kronos... killed and raped alongside him! He was one of the Horsemen, MacLeod!" -- Cassandra, Comes a Horseman

You may only include this card in your deck if you are using the Swiss Long Sword Weapon of Choice. RESTRICTION: If you do not make a Hard Exertion during your turn, your opponent may only make a Hard Exertion if it is for a defense.

DAMAGE - 2 Choose one area on the attack grid for this attack to cover for each Object: Ally you control. Discard an Object: Ally you control from play. "One day the world will know the peace of Rome." -- Marcus Octavius / The Search for Vengeance

DISCARD / DRAW: Once per turn, during your May Do / Must Do Phase, Draw one card, then Discard two cards. "Work harder, not smarter!" -- Geoff Colman 2016 (Southwest RR)

Each player must make a Hard Exertion during their turn. "There's only one way for them to go. Over the ridge." -- Avery Hoskins / Bless the Child

Each player must make a Hard Exertion during their turn.

DAMAGE - 2 Choose one grid. You may only include this card in your deck if you are using the Black Phoenix Fan Weapon of Choice. If this defense is successful, it is also your first attack this turn.

You may play this card during your May Do / Must Do Phase. If you are Prone, you regain your feet. Remove any non-gridded cards that are causing the effect from play.

You may play this card during your May Do / Must Do Phase. If you are Prone, you regain your feet. Remove any non-gridded cards that are causing the effect from play.

You may play this card during your May Do / Must Do Phase. If you are Prone, you regain your feet. Remove any non-gridded cards that are causing the effect from play.

You may play this card during your May Do / Must Do Phase. If you are Prone, you regain your feet. Remove any non-gridded cards that are causing the effect from play.

Play in conjunction with a Block or Dodge to defend against an Attack that can only be blocked, dodged, or defended by a specific type or subtype of Defense (this does not include attacks that cannot be blocked and /or dodged).

Whenever you play an Ally that is a Situation, you may place it under your opponents control. You may reduce the size of your Hard Exertions by one for each Ally your opponent has in play.