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800General 801Limited Range of Influence Option 802Attack Multiple Players Option 803Attack Left and Attack Right Options 804Deploy Creatures Option 805Shared Team Turns Option 806Free-for-All Variant 807Grand Melee Variant 808Team vs. Team Variant 809Emperor Variant 810Two-Headed Giant Variant 811Alternating Teams Variant

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Multiplayer Rules

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807. Grand Melee Variant

5 chapters

807.1

The Grand Melee variant is a modification of the Free-for-All variant, in which a group of players compete against each other as individuals. Grand Melee is normally used only in games begun with ten or more players.

807.2

Any multiplayer options used are decided before play begins

807.3

The players are seated at random.

807.4

The Grand Melee variant allows multiple players to take turns at the same time. Moving turn markers keep track of which players are currently taking turns. Each turn marker represents an active player’s turn.

807.5

Rather than having a single stack, Grand Melee games contain multiple stacks. Each turn marker represents its own stack.