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The Army tab

What this tab is for

The Army tab holds your unit cards. You make a card once for each kind of model, then add it to a game.

Tap a heading below to open or close it. The page remembers which ones you left open.

Army tab on a phone, with numbered labels: 1 + Card makes a new card; 2 All cards / your armies; 3 + Army; 4 Tap a card to open it; 5 Add to Player 1 or 2; 6 Edit; 7 Share, QR, stickers, copy
The Army tab (dark theme)

When you'd use this tab

Use the Army tab when:

  • Before the game, you make cards for the models you own.
  • You pick which cards go into tonight's army.
  • A friend wants your army list on their phone.
  • You want to print QR stickers for your model bases.

Why use the app for this

Doing it by hand works, but the app makes it easier:

  • No stack of paper cards to carry or lose.
  • You type each card once. You can use it in every game.
  • You can share a card or a whole army with a QR code or a file.
  • The app ships no game data. You type your own stats, in your own words.

How to use it, step by step

Try it: make a card for a big robot and add it for Player 1.

  1. Open the Army tab. Tap + Card at the top right.
  2. Type a name, like Iron Ox. Under Type, tap Mech.
  3. Pick a color and type a short base label, like OX1.
  4. Fill in the stats, like DEF 12 and ARM 18.
  5. Under Damage tracker, pick HP, Track, Grid or Spiral and set its size. Under In armies, tap an army to put the card in it. Tap Save.
  6. Back on the Army tab, tap the card to open it. Tap + Player 1. The app says “Added”.

Where things are on the screen

The numbers on the pictures match the list under each picture. Gold boxes show where each thing is.

Army tab on a phone, with numbered labels: 1 + Card makes a new card; 2 All cards / your armies; 3 + Army; 4 Tap a card to open it; 5 Add to Player 1 or 2; 6 Edit; 7 Share, QR, stickers, copy
  1. + Card makes a new card
  2. All cards / your armies
  3. + Army
  4. Tap a card to open it
  5. Add to Player 1 or 2
  6. Edit
  7. Share, QR, stickers, copy
Army tab on a phone, with numbered labels: 8 Import; 9 Share JSON; 10 Show QR; 11 Sticker sheet
  1. Import
  2. Share JSON
  3. Show QR
  4. Sticker sheet

Top

+ Card
The gold button at the top right. Makes a new card.
All / army chips
All (4) shows every card. Each army you make gets its own chip. Long-press an army chip to rename it.
+ Army
Makes a new army, which is a named list of cards.

Middle

Cards by type
Cards are grouped under Leader, Mech, Beast, Unit, Solo and Other. Each shows its color, name, label and first few stats.
Open card
Tap a card to open it. You get + Player 1, + Player 2 and Edit.
Card extras
Share JSON sends the card as a file. Show QR shows it as QR codes. Duplicate makes a copy. Stickers shows up if QR stickers are on.

Bottom

All cards / Army box
Import, Share JSON and Show QR for the whole list. Sticker sheet shows up if QR stickers are on.
Army buttons
When an army is picked: Army → Player 1, Army → Player 2, and Delete this army (keeps cards).
Empty list
With no cards yet, you get New card, Load samples and Import. Samples are made-up example units.

Why it matters in the game

  • Each model's card holds its stats and its damage boxes, so the game screen knows what to show.
  • Good cards mean fewer rule-book lookups during the game.

What the words and numbers mean

Card
One kind of model, with its stats, weapons, rules and damage tracker.
Model
One figure on the table. A card can have more than one model, like a squad of 5.
Type
Leader, Mech, Beast, Unit, Solo or Other.
Base label
A short name of up to 6 letters, like HM1, for the model's base.
Stats
Numbers for the model. New cards start with MOV, MEL, RNG, DEF, ARM and CMD. You can rename them.
Damage tracker
How damage is marked: HP (one number), Track (a row of boxes), Grid (columns of boxes with system letters) or Spiral (branches with aspects).
System letters
Letters in grid boxes. When all boxes with a letter are marked, that system is disabled.
Resource points
Points a leader can spend, like Power. Turn on Has resource points on the card.
Army
A named list of cards.
JSON
A text file version of a card or army, for sharing.
QR code
A square code another phone can scan. Big lists use several codes.
Collection tracker
Optional. Counts owned, built and painted models.

Good to know: undo and saving

  • Card edits are saved when you tap Save.
  • Delete card asks first. Models already in a game stay there.
  • Deleting an army keeps its cards.
  • Cards and armies are saved on your phone.
  • The Undo button on the Game tab covers game changes, not card edits.

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