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What is the difference between an active nation and a nation At War?
The designer explained the intent of the activation and track mechanic.
- cybernex · Designer · 2004-10-03
- Francesco Nepitello · Designer · 2006-01-18
- War of the Ring rulebook · Rulebook · The Political Track
- War of the Ring rulebook · Rulebook · Entering War
Activating a Free Peoples nation just flips its marker to the active side. It then needs to be advanced box by box down the Political Track until the final 'At War' box, which allows its armies to cross borders and attack and lets you muster it with dice. The designers built it this way to show the nations' reluctance, so one skirmish does not send a nation to war.