1. Choose a faction or location you don’t control. Announce you are attacking that faction or location. If you forget to announce what you are attacking then by default you choose your opponent’s faction.
2. Choose one or more non-depleted characters you control to form an attacking party. Deplete those characters. (To attack, a character must have been in play under your control since the start of the turn.) Each character “attacks” at this time. They are considered to be “attacking” as long as they are in this battle. If a character is added to the attacking party after this point, it does not officially “attack” but it still is considered “attacking”.
3. You can play tactics or use abilities any number of times.
4. Your opponent can play tactics or use abilities any number of times.
5. Your opponent may choose one or more non-depleted characters they control to form a blocking party. Each character “blocks” at this time. They are considered to be “blocking” as long as they are in this battle. If a character is added to the blocking party after this point, it does not officially “block” but it still is considered “blocking”.
6. Resolve the battle. (See “How to Resolve a Battle”)