Editing Morturi: Battlelines (section)

=Arena and Deployment=

The arena is  '''15 x 15 squares'''. The three squares at the centre of each of two opposite board edges are "entry gates", one for each team. On a gladiator's first turn of the game, he must "enter" onto a square adjacent these gates, with his first square of movement moving him onto a square adjacent to the gate. If there is no free square to enter on, then the entering gladiator is taken ''out of action'' immediately. This represents the limited time to get into the arena before the portcullis gate drops down!