Hastilude:

  1. Objective: The goal of Hastilude is for a team to maneuver their robot, known as a marionette, through the opponent’s goal, incapacitate all the players of the opposing team, or destroy the opponent’s marionette. Each of these can end a round with a victory.

  2. Teams: Each team consists of seven players, with five players active in each round. Teams can have one Controller and multiple players in the other roles: Security, Engineer, Guard, Infiltrator, Rifleman, and Goalie.

  3. Roles:

  ? Controller: Pilots the marionette. A controller can be replaced during gameplay, but only one can operate at a time.

  ? Security: Protects the Controller.

  ? Engineer: The only player allowed to repair the marionette during a game.

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  ? Guard: Protects the marionette.

  ? Infiltrator: Uses advanced stealth and tracking technology to neutralize opponents.

  ? Rifleman: Provides long-range support or assaults the enemy marionette.

  ? Goalie: Defends the goal from the opposing team’s marionette.

  4. Marionettes: Marionettes are robots, roughly car-sized but can be as large as a tank. They are highly customizable and usually contain unique technologies/features that make them distinct.

  5. Gameplay: Matches are played over three rounds, each lasting up to 30 minutes or until one team achieves one of the objectives. After each round, there’s a 10-minute break where teams can strategize, swap roles, and reconfigure their marionettes.

  6. Scoring:

  ? Getting the marionette through the goal: 10 points.

  ? Incapacitating a non-controller player: 1 point.

  ? Incapacitating a controller: 5 points.

  ? Destroying/incapacitating the enemy’s marionette: 7 points.

  7. Arena: Matches take place in specially constructed, randomized modular stadiums that offer a variety of challenges and benefits.

  8. Incapacitation: Any violence after an opponent has been incapacitated is grounds for immediate termination of the game, with victory awarded to the non-offending team. Incapacitated players are removed from the arena via automated drones or teleportation technology.