Changes apply right away. ▲ moves a player earlier in their side's turn order. Give hands lances to a teammate. ✕ removes a player; if they still have lances you'll be asked who takes them over.

Summarized from Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition (pp. 32–38, 42, 52). The rulebook governs.

Each unit picks one

• Stand still: doesn't move.
• Ground move: up to its Move in inches.
• Jump (j Move): ignores terrain costs; can't also walk this turn.

Mark how each unit moved (e.g. a movement die): it sets its own attack modifier and how hard it is to hit.

Terrain and elevation

Cost	Terrain (extra Move per inch)
+1"	Woods
+1"	Rough ground or rubble
+1"	Water 1" deep
+6"	Water 2" or deeper
+2"	'Mech climbing or dropping, per inch of height (max 2" up per 1" forward)
+4"	Vehicle climbing or dropping, per inch of height (max 1" per 1")

• Minimum move: a unit that can move may always move 2", whatever the terrain costs.
• Vehicles: t = tracked, w = wheeled. Wheeled can't enter woods or rough ground; no vehicle may enter water.

Jumping

• Pick a landing point within the jump Move and end facing any way.
• Ignores terrain costs; clears terrain up to half the jump Move high.

Facing and other units

• A 'Mech faces where its feet point, a vehicle where its front points. Units attack only into their front half (TUR turrets fire all around). Facing can only be changed in the Movement phase.
• Move through friendly units, never through enemies (except at a different elevation, e.g. jumping over). Two units can't end in the same spot.

Heat ('Mechs)

• Each heat level: −2" ground Move (jumping isn't affected). Heat 2 or more: −1 TMM. Shut down = immobile.

How moving affects attacks

Mod	The attacker this turn
−1	Stood still
+0	Moved on the ground
+2	Jumped

Mod	The target this turn
+0	Stood still
+TMM	Moved on the ground
+TMM +1	Jumped (weak jump jets, JMPW#: − #)
−4	Immobile or shut down

Summarized from Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition (pp. 42–46). The rulebook governs.

Target number = Skill + range + attacker movement + target movement + terrain + other. Roll 2D6: equal or higher hits. A target number of 2 or less always hits; over 12 always misses.

Range

Mod	Range
+0	Short: up to 6"
+2	Medium: over 6" to 24"
+4	Long: over 24" to 42"

Movement this turn

Mod	Attacker
−1	Stood still
+0	Moved on the ground
+2	Jumped

Mod	Target
+0	Stood still
+TMM	Moved on the ground
+TMM +1	Jumped (weak jump jets, JMPW#: − #)
−4	Immobile or shut down (and the scenario dishes)

Terrain and cover

Mod	Condition
+1	Woods the target is in, or woods between you and it (more than 6" of woods in the way blocks line of sight)
+1	Target in partial cover ('Mechs only)
+1	Scenario: target is hull down (entrenched), unless you're behind it

Attacking a dish (scenario): dishes are immobile, so the target number is Skill + range + your movement − 4. They take damage straight off their CF (60).

Other

Mod	Condition
+1 / +2	Indirect fire (IF); +2 if the spotter also attacked this turn
+1	Firing REAR weapons
+2	Each Fire Control critical hit on the attacker
+heat	Attacker's heat level
−1	Target is Large (LG, VLG, SLG)

Physical attacks

Mod	Attack
+0	Standard (punch, kick): 'Mechs within 1". Damage = its Size.
+1	Charge: 'Mechs or vehicles, declared in the Movement phase, must end in base contact. Damage = inches moved × Size ÷ 8 (rounded). Attacker takes 1 if the target is Size 3+.
+1	Death From Above: jumping 'Mechs only, declared in the Movement phase (plus the +2 for jumping). Damage = Charge damage + 1. Attacker takes its own Size, or Size + 1 if it misses.

A unit can be the target of only one Charge or Death From Above per turn. Overheat never adds to physical attacks.

From Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition, Determining Critical Hits Table (pp. 49–50). Effects are summarized.

'Mech critical hits

2D6	'Mech
2	Ammo Hit
3	Engine Hit
4	Fire Control Hit
5	No Critical Hit
6	Weapon Hit
7	MP Hit
8	Weapon Hit
9	No Critical Hit
10	Fire Control Hit
11	Engine Hit
12	Unit Destroyed

IndustrialMechs roll twice and apply both.

A result that can't apply (e.g. a Weapon Hit on a unit whose damage is already all 0) does 1 extra damage instead, with no further crit roll. Crit effects last for the rest of the scenario.

When to roll (2D6)

• An attack damages structure.
• The attack roll was a natural 12.
• A successful Death from Above or Anti-'Mech Infantry attack (one roll even with no structure damage; another if it did damage structure).
• BAR units: any damage, even with armor left. Submerged units: any damage.

Effects

Ammo Hit

Destroyed, unless it has CASE (takes 1 more damage; roll again if that hits structure) or CASEII/ENE (no effect).

Engine Hit

+1 heat every time it fires (on top of any overheating). A second Engine Hit destroys it.

Fire Control Hit

+2 to-hit on all its later weapon attacks, cumulative. Physical attacks are not affected.

MP Hit

Loses half its current Move and TMM, rounding normally (at least 2" and 1 TMM). At 0" it is immobile.

Weapon Hit

All damage values, including special-ability damage (AC, LRM, SRM, HT, IF…), −1 (minimum 0). Physical attacks are not affected.

Unit Destroyed

Remove the unit from play.

From Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition, Determining Critical Hits Table and Motive Systems Damage (pp. 49–51). Effects are summarized.

Motive Systems Damage

Roll 2D6 every time a vehicle is damaged (armor or structure), adding its motive modifier.

Mod	Motive type
+0	Tracked, Naval
+1	Wheeled, Hovercraft
+2	VTOL, WiGE

2D6	Motive effect
2–8	No effect
9–10	−2" Move, −1 TMM
11	−50% Move and TMM (round down; at least −2" and −1 TMM)
12+	Immobilized

Reduced to 0" Move = immobilized. An airborne VTOL/WiGE at 0" crashes (1 damage, roll crits normally); a submerged unit at 0" sinks (same).

Vehicle critical hits

2D6	Vehicle
2	Ammo Hit
3	Crew Stunned
4	Fire Control Hit
5	Fire Control Hit
6	No Critical Hit
7	No Critical Hit
8	No Critical Hit
9	Weapon Hit
10	Weapon Hit
11	Crew Killed
12	Engine Hit

A result that can't apply (e.g. a Weapon Hit on a unit whose damage is already all 0) does 1 extra damage instead, with no further crit roll. Crit effects last for the rest of the scenario.

When to roll (2D6)

• An attack damages structure.
• The attack roll was a natural 12.
• A successful Death from Above or Anti-'Mech Infantry attack (one roll even with no structure damage; another if it did damage structure).
• BAR units: any damage, even with armor left. Submerged units: any damage.

Effects

Ammo Hit

Destroyed, unless it has CASE (takes 1 more damage; roll again if that hits structure) or CASEII/ENE (no effect).

Crew Stunned

Can't move or attack next turn; treated as an immobile target.

Fire Control Hit

+2 to-hit on all its later weapon attacks, cumulative. Physical attacks are not affected.

Weapon Hit

All damage values, including special-ability damage (AC, LRM, SRM, HT, IF…), −1 (minimum 0). Physical attacks are not affected.

Engine Hit

Move, TMM and all damage values halved (round down). A second Engine Hit destroys it.

Crew Killed

Treated as destroyed: remove the unit from play.

Summarized from Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition, Sequence of Play (pp. 31–32). A "player" can be a team of players. Every turn runs these four phases in order.

1 Initiative phase

• Each side rolls 2D6 and adds them. Ties are re-rolled.
• The higher roll wins Initiative for this turn.
• Movement and combat are treated as simultaneous, so the winner acts after the loser in both the Movement and Combat phases. That reflects better awareness of the battlefield.

2 Movement phase

• The Initiative loser moves one formation first, then the winner moves one, and the sides keep alternating until every formation has moved.
• Unequal numbers (p. 32): before each pair of moves, if one side has at least twice as many left to move as the other, it moves that many (2×, 3×…, rounded down) for each one the other side moves.

Book example: Side A (8, won Initiative) vs Side B (5)

Pair	B moves	A moves	Left (B / A)
1	1	1	4 / 7
2	1	1	3 / 6
3	1	2	2 / 4
4	1	2	1 / 2
5	1	2	0 / 0

3 Combat phase

• The Initiative loser goes first, but does not alternate: it declares and resolves all of its units' attacks, then the winner does the same.
• Each unit makes one attack (very large units may make more).
• Damage is applied at once but takes effect in the End phase, so a destroyed unit normally still gets to fire back.

4 End phase

• Both sides do this at the same time.
• Finish anything left for the turn: remove destroyed units, restart units that shut down from heat in an earlier turn, and any other rule that says it happens in the End phase.
• Then the turn ends and play returns to the Initiative phase, until one side meets its victory conditions.

How this tracker applies it

• Formations are counted as lances. Players on the same side take turns moving one lance each, in the order they're listed.
• In Combat each player resolves all of their own attacks in turn: the losing side's players first, then the winner's.