A tabletop skirmish game of pirates, musketeers, monsters, and mythic duels in a cursed fantasy world.
“Honor is sharp. Powder is cheap. And glory belongs to the bold.”
In the myth-shrouded archipelago of the Old World, ancient forces stir. Ruined temples whisper to the tides, sea beasts awaken, and the skies crack with arcane thunder. Once ruled by divine houses, now the land is carved by steel, spell, and cannon. Pirates, musketeers, witch-knights, and beastfolk clash in epic skirmishes for fame, treasure, and control of the leyline-choked isles.
Welcome to EnGarde: Battle for the Tron —a cinematic, tactical tabletop miniatures game where stylish action, daring gambits, and mythic heroics shape the fate of a fantasy world teetering on the edge of chaos.
🧭 Game Overview
Players: 2–4
Time: 60–90 minutes
Age: 14+
Genres: High Fantasy | Swashbuckling | Tactical Skirmish
Each player commands a Band of Champions—a crew of three to five stylized miniatures, each with unique abilities, backstories, and weapon styles. These can include:
🏴☠️ Freebooters – fast-moving pirates with trickshots, grappling hooks, and explosive powder tricks
🎩 Highborn Musketeers – masters of precise ripostes, cloak-swirls, and dueling techniques
🐺 Monsterfolk Raiders – beast-kin warriors of primal magic and brutal strength
🧙♀️ Arcane Duelists – swordmages who blend fencing forms with spellcasting
☠️ Cursed Revenants – undead swordsmen bound to ancient oaths and ghostfire
⚔️ How It Plays:
Build the Battlefield: Assemble a terrain-rich hex or square-grid map—lush jungle ruins, dockside taverns, haunted shipwrecks, or volcanic altars.
Draft Your Band: Choose your faction and assemble your squad, selecting from a growing list of Champions with personalized miniatures and stat cards.
Maneuver with Style: Use a Stance Deck to choose your Champion’s posture each round—Aggressive, Defensive, Trickster, or Arcane—each affecting movement, defense, and special moves.
Clash in Combat: Simultaneously reveal your stances, resolve initiative, and duel using a cinematic Duel Dice Pool—enhanced by gear, terrain, or magic.
Score Renown: Earn renown through duels, daring moves, or capturing objectives. The first to reach the Legend Threshold, or defeat all enemies, wins.
🎯 Key Mechanics
🎭 Stance-Based Combat – Mix of bluffing and tactics: predict enemy moves and posture your Champion accordingly to gain the upper hand.
🧃 Momentum System – As you land hits or perform stylish actions, you gain Momentum Tokens—fuel for ultimate abilities, spell attacks, or swashbuckling stunts.
🐉 Mythic Encounters – Every battlefield has a lurking threat: Kraken tentacles, Arcane Storms, Wyrmspawn, or temple curses. These NPC hazards shift the fight unpredictably.
🦜 Legendary Duels – If two Champions of similar renown clash, engage a Parry Chain mini-game with special dice to simulate a cinematic sword duel!
🗡️ Factions of EnGarde
The Crimson Shoals Company – Ruthless pirate captains and monster allies, obsessed with lost treasure and mutiny.
The Gilded Lancers – Musketeers from the fallen kingdom of Solaria, holding to honor and alchemical rifles.
The Deepbrood – Half-drowned sorcerers and fish-skinned brutes from the Abyssal Depths.
The Ember Pact – Fire-wielding warlocks, cursed gladiators, and lava-bound sword saints.
The Wild Chorus – Beastkin, druid-duelists, and walking trees guided by the will of the Verdant Moon.
🏆 Expansions & Campaign Mode:
⚓ EnGarde: The Sunken Crown – introduces naval combat, ship-boarding mechanics, and sea monsters. Includes a fold-out ocean map and “Ghost Captain” boss rules. Expansion will be released 2026 Q1.
🧭 EnGarde Legacy: The Curse of Three Kings – campaign box with branching scenarios, unlockable Champions, evolving Renown Paths, and persistent gear. Expansion will be released 2026 Q1333el
🐲 EnGarde: The Bloodbeast Hunt – PvPvE mode with a giant roaming monster that all players must either defeat or use against each other. Expansion will be released 2026 Q4..
🎨 Components
30+ gorgeously detailed fantasy-pirate miniatures
Modular terrain tiles with ports, temples, jungle ruins, and ships
Illustrated Stance Decks for each Champion
Duel Dice Pool (custom d6s and elemental tokens)
Mythic Event Decks for battlefield hazards and random encounters
Full-color lore book with art, legends, and Champion bios
“Every legend starts with a blade, a boast, and a bottle of rum. The rest? That’s just blood and song.”
– Captain Velera Redwake, First of the Freebooters
EnGarde: Battle for the Eternal Isle is more than a game—it’s a stage for cinematic sword fights, thrilling magic duels, and heroic last stands. Every battle is a tale told in taverns and storm-battered journals for years to come.
Do you fight for gold, glory… or something deeper?
