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CHECKFIRE

Field Manual

The in-game manual, page for page, with stable links. The copy is the same copy the game's own hints use, so the reference and the teacher never disagree.

01

Getting started

Your first order, the turn, and how a match ends.

02

The CheckFire rule

Commander safety, Certain and Desperate, hit and miss legality.

03

The pieces

Move, fire and skill for all six classes.

04

Combat

Moving vs firing, melee, reload, cover, shields, mines.

05

Special Abilities

The six single-use skills and when to spend them.

06

Checkfire Match

Rulesets, AI, local and online play, castling and promotion.

07

Operation Broken Crown

Requisition, the sector map, exploration, extraction, the receipt.

08

Objectives

The twelve briefs: ordinary, bonus and enemy objectives.

09

Field supplies

Sixteen supplies, combat and cleared-ground.

10

Last Pawn Standing

The endless loop, the roster, units earned, the log.

11

Classic Chess

Orthodox rules and the engine tiers.

12

Controls

Mouse, keyboard and controller.