StarCraft: Tabletop Miniatures Game rules, searchable

Mineral Line puts the Core Rules of StarCraft: Tabletop Miniatures Game on your phone and tablet. The app follows Core Rules v48. It’s free and the rules work offline.

How a game plays

A game lasts up to 5 Rounds, and the mission sets how many. Each Round has four phases, played in order (Core Rules 8.1):

1. Movement: Deploy, Move, Disengage or Hold.
2. Assault: Ranged Attack, Charge, Run or Hold.
3. Combat: Close Ranks and Close Combat Attacks.
4. Scoring & Cleanup: control Mission Markers, score Victory Points, clean up.

In the first three phases, players take turns activating one unit at a time (8.2). No units start on the battlefield. Every unit begins in Reserves and comes on during the Movement Phase as Supply allows. The Supply Pool grows each Round, and in the last Round there’s no limit (8.3.1).

Building an army

Players agree on a game size, then spend Minerals on units and upgrades and Vespene Gas on Tactical Cards (9.1.1). Gas is always 10% of the Minerals.

Your Faction Card sets the starting Army Slots: Core, Elite, Support, Air and Hero. Tactical Cards bought with Gas add more. A unit takes as many slots of its type as its starting Supply. Every Faction Tag on a unit must also be on your Faction Card (9.1.2). The army builder checks all of this for you.

What’s in the app

173 rule sections in 17 chapters, and 174 keywords, statuses and terms:

• Core Concepts 13
• Dice & Rolling 8
• Measuring & Movement 6
• Cards & Characteristics 6
• Supply 2
• Battlefield & Line of Sight 11
• Game Round 8
• Movement Phase 11
• Assault Phase 8
• Attacks 8
• Combat Phase 7
• Scoring & Cleanup 9
• Army Building 13
• Game Setup 4
• Special Abilities & Cards 8
• Keywords 42
• Quick Reference 9

Search finds rules and keywords as you type, even with a typo. Keywords on unit cards and in the rules open their definition with one tap. Common lookups like Charge, Line of Sight and Engaged sit at the top. During a game, the rules open from the tracker without leaving it. Archon Studio’s official PDFs are listed under Official downloads.

Ask HQ

Ask a rules question in plain words, like “Can a unit charge after it moves?” HQ answers from the Core Rules and cites the rules it used, each one tap from the full text. The answers are written by an AI model, so check the cited rules when it matters.

Rules text follows Archon Studio’s published Core Rules. If something looks wrong, tell us through Support.