How to Move up Levels in Basic Heroscape

HeroScape is a wargame originally developed for children that quickly became popular with the traditional wargamer crowd. The Basic version is quicker to learn and play than the more advanced Master version, and in most cases, the movement rules between the two versions are similar. There are a few tips to keep in mind when moving up levels in Basic HeroScape.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Move up tiles as part of a normal move phase. Changing your elevation upwards is more complex than moving down, but you still do it in the standard movement phase.

2. Count the sides of the tiles as one space of movement and then the top as an additional space. A stack of four tiles would be a total of five, four for the tiles' sides and then one for the top.

3. Take a single-spaced figure to the top of a stack of tiles no larger than its movement minus one.

4. Use double-spaced figures the same way except that they have to move one more space. A double-spaced figure needs to end its turn on two level spaces, so when going up in elevation it can't leave its back end hanging off a cliff. This means it can move up a single stack of tiles equal to its movement minus two.