Questions of starting player group

[Lemminkäinen]

I'm on a vacation and my current hardware is a bit lacking, so apologies for any spelling mistakes as well as brevity.

But yeah, a hearty welcome to the game! Eden has quickly become one of my very favourite games and I really like the tactical challenges on offer.

As for your questions, the leader doesn't do anything besides the size of the tactical hand. Do note however that if your leader dies, you can no longer play tactical cards.

You can disengage from melee freely. Your opponent might get to hit you when you leave but you won't get stuck (except on some rare minis that have an ability that keeps you from leaving base to base). This is actually a huge part of the tactical gameplay and makes the encounters somewhat more fluid than in most other games.

Finally, yes, you are free to use any missions and tactical cards (well, other than those locked to a different faction).

Hopefully that was of some help - be sure to ask more if something is on your mind