diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/WRange.cs b/OpenRA.Game/WRange.cs
index ab272f825e..1e6038c405 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/WRange.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/WRange.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using Eluant;
+using Eluant.ObjectBinding;
+using OpenRA.Scripting;
 using OpenRA.Support;
 
 namespace OpenRA
@@ -17,7 +20,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 	/// <summary>
 	/// 1d world distance - 1024 units = 1 cell.
 	/// </summary>
-	public struct WRange : IComparable, IComparable<WRange>, IEquatable<WRange>
+	public struct WRange : IComparable, IComparable<WRange>, IEquatable<WRange>, IScriptBindable, ILuaAdditionBinding, ILuaSubtractionBinding, ILuaEqualityBinding, ILuaTableBinding
 	{
 		public readonly int Range;
 
@@ -94,5 +97,53 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public int CompareTo(WRange other) { return Range.CompareTo(other.Range); }
 
 		public override string ToString() { return Range.ToString(); }
+
+		#region Scripting interface
+		public LuaValue Add(LuaRuntime runtime, LuaValue left, LuaValue right)
+		{
+			WRange a;
+			WRange b;
+			if (!left.TryGetClrValue<WRange>(out a) || !right.TryGetClrValue<WRange>(out b))
+				throw new LuaException("Attempted to call WRange.Add(WRange, WRange) with invalid arguments.");
+
+			return new LuaCustomClrObject(a + b);
+		}
+
+		public LuaValue Subtract(LuaRuntime runtime, LuaValue left, LuaValue right)
+		{
+			WRange a;
+			WRange b;
+			if (!left.TryGetClrValue<WRange>(out a) || !right.TryGetClrValue<WRange>(out b))
+				throw new LuaException("Attempted to call WRange.Subtract(WRange, WRange) with invalid arguments.");
+
+			return new LuaCustomClrObject(a - b);
+		}
+
+		public LuaValue Equals(LuaRuntime runtime, LuaValue left, LuaValue right)
+		{
+			WRange a;
+			WRange b;
+			if (!left.TryGetClrValue<WRange>(out a) || !right.TryGetClrValue<WRange>(out b))
+				throw new LuaException("Attempted to call WRange.Equals(WRange, WRange) with invalid arguments.");
+
+			return a == b;
+		}
+
+		public LuaValue this[LuaRuntime runtime, LuaValue key]
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				switch (key.ToString())
+				{
+					case "Range": return Range;
+					default: throw new LuaException("WPos does not define a member '{0}'".F(key));
+				}
+			}
+			set
+			{
+				throw new LuaException("WRange is read-only. Use WRange.New to create a new value");
+			}
+		}
+		#endregion
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/OpenRA.Mods.RA.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/OpenRA.Mods.RA.csproj
index 85dab4f5b9..9dc726733a 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/OpenRA.Mods.RA.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/OpenRA.Mods.RA.csproj
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@
     <Compile Include="Player\ProvidesTechPrerequisite.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Player\MissionObjectives.cs" />
     <Compile Include="PortableChrono.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Scripting\Properties\GuardProperties.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Scripting\Properties\PlayerProperties.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Warheads\DestroyResourceWarhead.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Warheads\CreateEffectWarhead.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Warheads\CreateResourceWarhead.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Global/CoordinateGlobals.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Global/CoordinateGlobals.cs
index 8fd2ca3794..dcc1763c22 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Global/CoordinateGlobals.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Global/CoordinateGlobals.cs
@@ -57,4 +57,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Scripting
 		[Desc("The world zero-vector.")]
 		public WVec Zero { get { return WVec.Zero; } }
 	}
+
+	[ScriptGlobal("WRange")]
+	public class WRangeGlobal : ScriptGlobal
+	{
+		public WRangeGlobal(ScriptContext context) : base(context) { }
+
+		[Desc("Create a new WRange.")]
+		public WRange New(int r) { return new WRange(r); }
+	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Global/MapGlobal.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Global/MapGlobal.cs
index cc9981e552..34c61859f0 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Global/MapGlobal.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Global/MapGlobal.cs
@@ -28,15 +28,18 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Scripting
 		}
 
 		[Desc("Returns a table of all actors within the requested region, filtered using the specified function.")]
-		public LuaTable ActorsInCircle(WPos location, WRange radius, LuaFunction filter)
+		public LuaTable ActorsInCircle(WPos location, WRange radius, LuaFunction filter = null)
 		{
 			var actors = context.World.FindActorsInCircle(location, radius)
-				.Select(a => a.ToLuaValue(context))
-				.Where(a => 
+				.Select(a => a.ToLuaValue(context));
+
+			if (filter != null)
+				actors = actors.Where(a =>
 				{
 					using (var f = filter.Call(a))
 						return f.First().ToBoolean();
 				});
+
 			return actors.ToLuaTable(context);
 		}
 
@@ -72,9 +75,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Scripting
 		public Actor NamedActor(string actorName)
 		{
 			Actor ret;
+
 			if (!sma.Actors.TryGetValue(actorName, out ret))
 				return null;
 
+			if (ret.Destroyed)
+				return null;
+
 			return ret;
 		}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Properties/GeneralProperties.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Properties/GeneralProperties.cs
index 4a4025a73c..0ab242684b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Properties/GeneralProperties.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Properties/GeneralProperties.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Scripting
 		[Desc("The player that owns the actor.")]
 		public Player Owner { get { return self.Owner; } }
 
+		[Desc("The type of the actor (e.g. \"e1\").")]
+		public string Type { get { return self.Info.Name; } }
+
 		[Desc("The direction that the actor is facing.")]
 		public int Facing
 		{
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Properties/GuardProperties.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Properties/GuardProperties.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30f6c8b6dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Properties/GuardProperties.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2014 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+ * see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using OpenRA.Scripting;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Scripting
+{
+	[ScriptPropertyGroup("Guard")]
+	public class GuardProperties : ScriptActorProperties, Requires<GuardInfo>, Requires<IMoveInfo>
+	{
+		Guard guard;
+		public GuardProperties(Actor self)
+			: base(self)
+		{
+			guard = self.Trait<Guard>();
+		}
+
+		[ScriptActorPropertyActivity]
+		[Desc("Guard the target actor.")]
+		public void Guard(Actor targetActor)
+		{
+			if (targetActor.HasTrait<Guardable>())
+				guard.GuardTarget(self, Target.FromActor(targetActor));
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Properties/PlayerProperties.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Properties/PlayerProperties.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..538b611c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Scripting/Properties/PlayerProperties.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2014 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+ * see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using OpenRA.Scripting;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Scripting
+{
+	[ScriptPropertyGroup("Player")]
+	public class PlayerProperties : ScriptPlayerProperties
+	{
+		readonly Player p;
+
+		public PlayerProperties(Player player)
+			: base(player)
+		{
+			p = player;
+		}
+
+		[Desc("The player's name.")]
+		public string PlayerName { get { return p.PlayerName; } }
+	}
+}