The Catechism

What you are looking at, and how to move it. The only Article about the interface rather than the game.

• The TableTake your turn into the Engagement phase.
• Your HandGet the Cogum out of your hand and into a lane.
• The TurnEnd your turn, watch theirs, and take the next one into Engagement.

Everything you do on your own initiative: summon, set, attach, and move. Ready is the only permission, and every action here spends it or grants it.

• Summon a CogumSummon a Cogum into a lane.
• Set a ProphecySet the Prophecy, pass, and get Quicken back from your graveyard.
• Play a TalentSummon the Hermetic and have it standing Ready by the end of Formation.
• Attach a VowAttach Apostasy to your Pious.
• Withdraw to the ManifestMove Hermetic A into your Manifest.
• Deploy from the ManifestPut Hermetic A into Limit, standing Ready.
• Ready and ExhaustedGet a body into your Manifest — but the one you just summoned cannot go.

What you do with what you set up.

• One Body, One ActionGain influence in Court.
• Break a Lone RivalBreak the Gnostic.
• Instigate Into a WallInstigate with the Martyr and watch nothing break.
• Influence a Lone Rival2 influence in Court.
• Influence Into a Spirit WallInfluence with the Martyr and gain nothing.
• Two Scorers, One Blocker6 influence in Court.
• The Body You Attacked With BlocksBreak one of theirs, and lose nothing on their turn.
• Exhaust It, Then Score4 influence in Court.
• Nothing Left to Hit2 influence in Court, having also scored with Hermetic A.
• Choose Who AnswersBreak their Apostate.
• Answer With a PrayerKeep Hermetic A alive.

Readiness is the only permission in the game, and it is a within-turn currency.

• Nothing Carries7 influence this turn.
• A Body That Acts Still Blocks+4 influence in Court, and end their turn having lost nothing.
• Killing Is Not the Point2 influence in Boog.
• Zero Unspent10 influence this turn.

Two verbs. Different stats, different payouts, opposite tie rules.

• The Three PayoutsInfluence in all three lanes; finish at Boog 1, Court 0, Limit 3.
• Two Verbs, One TurnBreak the Gnostic in Boog, gain influence in Court, and read both plates.
• The Empty Lane2 influence in Boog.
• The Tie That Breaks, The Tie That Pays NothingBreak the rival Gnostic in Boog; influence in Court and gain nothing.
• Which, Never WhetherLose nothing.
• What a Full Lane Costs5 influence in Court within two turns.

Real positions, lifted unaltered out of recorded games. What is the best move here?

• The Lane You Already WonTake every point this turn allows — 2 in Boog and 3 in Limit — and get Hermetic A out of Court.

Faith, Virtue and Skill are three different things — and the Virtue no longer tells you the Skill.

• Two Brave Bodies, One Skill4 influence in Court this turn.
• Bring a FriendBreak the Pious this turn.
• The Wise Body Bites BackBreak the Martyr and lose nothing.
• Changing What a Body IsBreak the rival Martyr with Apostate A, and lose nothing.

The Manifest is where readiness is stored, and the only door is one-way in.

• The Long Way RoundBank Hermetic A’s full SPRT 4 in Limit within two turns.
• Arriving Able to Act4 influence in Court, with your summon still unused at the end.
• Check Their Manifest First4 influence in Limit.
• Three and No More4 influence in Court, with the Prophecy set.
• Where the Body Is Worth MoreWin the game. Par: two turns.
• The Body You Cannot MoveReach 15 in Limit. Par: two turns.

Two steps per engagement. The player who did not act speaks first. Passing is final, and there is no stack.

• Answer, Then ReplyEnd their turn with Hermetic A still standing.
• The Step Before the DefenderLose nothing.
• The MiracleLose nothing.
• Bait the PrayerBreak exactly one rival, and lose nothing.

Everything except a Prayer is committed in Formation, before you know how the turn goes.

• It Fires Without YouSet the Prophecy into a full Manifest, pass, and let it fire.
• A Skill Turned Against Its OwnerEnd the rival’s turn with Martyr A alive.
• Commit Before You Fight4 influence in Court this turn.

Two or three Articles at once, with nothing signposted.

• The Body That Acts Twice4 influence in Limit this turn, using one body.
• Read All Three Clauses4 influence in Court this turn.
• Order of OperationsBreak the rival Martyr, lose nothing, and bank 4 influence in Court.

Long boards played from behind, where the first move pays nothing and only makes the third one possible.

• Tax the RetreatDrag their Court back under 12, and take Boog to 15.
• Clear the TableEmpty their Court entirely, and take Limit to 15.

One board. Two turns. You are losing, and every Article is required.

• The ExaminationWin the game.