Campaign Rules and Summary

1. Army Composition & Creation

2. Territories

3. Battles

4. Death

5. Experience

Army Composition

Players will have a total of 1500 points total of their army. This point value can consist of as many CORE troops as the player wants, 2 SPECIAL choices and 1 RARE choice. Other options can be added by using the chart of territories that is provided below.

Each player will start the campaign with 1 HERO level character that is the general. This character represents the leader who is commander of the troops in the area. He does not have to fight in every battle as he can send his minions to do his work for him, but there must be at least one character in every battle. No special characters will be allowed, as these characters are far too powerful to be bothering with these small territories.

An army may use one level 1 mage. You only have one mage from your homeland and if he dies in battle he cannot be replaced.

Each player can also bring 1 magic item of up to 50 points. This can be anything allowed by the army lists. This item cannot be changed between battles and can be lost if the character that has the item is killed.

1500 Pt Army Composition Chart 1 Hero 1 Mage X Core 2 Special 1 Rare 1 50pt Magic Item

Characters as Generals 

Your character that is your armies general gets to roll 4 times on the Warrior Skill Chart, see page 11. These rolls provide additional skills and abilities to distinguish your hero. Alternatively, if applicable, you may 'trade' these rolls for additional points of race specific powers as described below. Note that these additional rolls only apply to fighter-type heroes, not mages.

Character Personality Chart

Allies

Any army may use other players as allies. 500 points of allies may be taken; they must be led by a character and are under the control of the player who owns them. The cannot use the main army general's leadership and act independently of the main players orders. Any army can have any other army as an ally, but some common sense items must be adhered to. i.e. no dark elf would ever have high elf allies.

Example: Mike (vampire counts) and Brian (dark elves) are playing a game and Mike asks me to be his ally and says if I do then he would give me the use of his Bridge(this means that he cannot use the bridge in his next game, and I can). I bring 500 points worth of night goblins led by my level 1 mage. I control these troops during the game, and can attack whoever or whatever I wish during the game. My leadership is off of my level 1 mage during this battle.

As you can see this can be an incredibly potent aspect of the game, so diplomacy may be important. And back stabbing is a very real threat.

1. Allies

Allies are players who want to participate in the campaign but don't have a 1500 pt army yet.  They may not fight alone, but must be allied with a 1500 Pt Campaign Army.  They must be led by a character and are under the control of the player who owns them. They cannot use the main army general's leadership and act independently of the main players orders. Any army can have any other army as an ally, but some common sense items must be adhered to. i.e. no dark elf would ever have high elf allies. As you can see this can be an incredibly potent aspect of the game, so diplomacy may be important. And backstabbing is a very real threat.

2. Army Construction

Allies army construction uses the following guidelines, 500 pts MAX.

1 Hero level character, may be 1st level mage.  May NOT use bloodline powers, marks, etc.

X Core units

0 Special & Rare units

1 magic items, 25pts

3. Magic

Allies generate power & dispel dice as follows:

1 for ally army PLUS

1 for mage

If the ally army does not field a magic user, they do NOT generate power dice.  They do however generate dispel dice for spells targeting their army.

Ally Power/Dispel Dice may NOT be combined with the Main Force dice pools.

4. Character Experience & Death

Allies follow all the rules for gaining character experience and/or death as in the main rules. 

5. Aftermath

If a stand-alone army defeats an army with an ally, this counts as a Heroic Feat.  Therefore, the winning general gains +5 experience points for the Heroic Feat.

 When using this chart here are a couple of clarifications. Most territories will only give you the ability to take its bonus. The territory does not give you that character or item for free unless the territory actually says that it does. Example: If a wizards tower is rolled the army can take a level 1 mage, the points for the mage are taken from the total 1500 points for the army. If a ruin is rolled then the item comes for free (as the territory says), outside of the 1500 point total for the army.

Roll 2 d10 dice. The first die is the first digit of the number, the second is the second digit of the number. Then consult the chart below.

Terrain Chart

Heroic Peasant Rules

You may take one champion from a core infantry unit (no specialized troops, i.e. big ‘uns or huntsmen) for FREE. There are no changes to the champion stat line.  This champion in all other aspects becomes a Hero level character that MUST be fielded as long as he lives (he likes to fight for his country).

The Heroic Peasant starts at 0 experience points and gains experience points just like a character as described in the Experience section. The Heroic Peasant is also susceptible to effects of death and injury as described in the Death Section. If the Heroic Peasant is killed outright, he may not be replaced. 

The Heroic Peasant may issue and accept challenges from other characters.  If a Heroic Peasant is successful in a challenge, this counts as a Heroic Feat and gains the +5 experience point bonus. He can never be given magic items or racial abilities apart from those gained from the experience chart.

Before the battle.

Before a fight occurs territories are claimed. This is done by showing your opponent your list of territories. The opponent will then claim the territory that he is going to try to take over. After both sides choose a prize territory both players roll a single die and a new territory is created. These territories are where the battle is fought and the battlefield should be setup using these territories.

Example: Me and Brian are going to fight a battle. His list of territories includes a TOWN so I pick that territory to try to take over. He sees my ROAD and claims that territory. We both then grab a die and we roll on the chart. The roll comes out to be a RIVER, so the battlefield looks like this: My army is setup along a road, Brian's is deployed in a town and between the two is a river through the battlefield.

The Fight

The battles can be any type that is mutually agreeable.  No special rules are imposed on the battle itself unless the scenario calls for them.

Scenarios

Scenario 1. Pitched Battle

1.1  Army deployment is up to 12” from the back table edge.

1.2 Standard Victory Points.

Scenario 2. Breakthrough

2.1 Army deployment is up to 18” from the back table edge.

2.2 Standard victory points for kills.

2.3 Any unit that makes it off the enemy deployment zone at greater than or equal to its original unit strength value receives victory points equal to the points cost of the unit.

2.4 Any unit that makes it off the enemy deployment zone at less than half its original unit strength value receives victory points equal to half the points cost of the unit.

2.5 Flying units that exit the enemy deployment zone do not generate victory points.

2.6 Units that flee off the enemy deployment zone count to the enemy’s kill total, not to the breakthrough total.

2.7 Character and war machines that exit the enemy deployment zone are worth 50 points, not their indicated points value.

Scenario 3. Night Fight

3.1 Army deployment is up to 12” from the back table edge and 6” in from the sides.

3.2 Standard victory points.

3.3 Before any shooting is declared roll 3d6 and multiply the result by 2 to determine how far the unit can see (shooting is limited to this range).

3.4 Guess weapons are not limited to this range but must roll twice to scatter.

3.5 Magic items and spells are unaffected.

Scenario 4. Magic Flux

4.1  Army deployment is up to 12” from the back table edge.

4.2 Standard Victory Points.

4.3 At the beginning of each magic phase both players roll dice equal to their respective power and dispel dice.  Any result of 1 is given to the opponent, who adds it to his pool for that phase.

Scenario 5. Grudge Match

5.1 Army deployment is up to 12” from the back table edge and 6” in from the sides.

5.2 Standard victory points except killing the opponents general is worth 250 victory points instead of the standard 100.

Scenario 6. King of the Hill

6.1 A hill is centered on the battlefield.

            6.1.1 The hill center must be minimum 6” diameter.

            6.1.2 If all hills are placed before scenario generation, randomly determine a hill to be placed at the

                        center.

            6.1.3 It must be the largest hill (terrain piece) on the battlefield.  Replace as necessary.

6.2 Deployment is diagonal.

            6.2.1 Table is divided into quarters.

            6.2.2 Away player rolls for side, home players sets up diagonally opposite.

            6.2.3 Units may not be deployed within 10” of the center hill.

6.3 Standard victory points.

6.4 The army with the greatest cumulative unit strength on the hill at the end of the battle wins.

            6.4.1 The unit must be touching the hill.

            6.4.2 Characters do not count toward unit strength assessment.

After the Battle

After the battle is completed the winning general gets to keep the territory that he already owned and choose one of the other territories that are left. The loosing general will then take the remaining territory.

Deaths

Characters that have died during the battle then roll on the injury chart to see if they have actually died. If a lord dies outright then the army must send for a new leader and cannot use any lord choices in the next battle. When a character besides the lord dies outright his experience is lost and if the player who owned that character still retains the territory that supports that character then that player can create a new character and roll on the personality chart.

Killed characters

If a character is "killed" in battle then roll a d6, on a 4+ his body is searched and anything of value is lost. He will loose any magic items he possesses to the opposing army. The opposing army cannot use the item unless it is under the "common" magic items list, but may sell the item back to the owner for a mutually agreeable price.

If a character rolls on the injury table and is pronounced "dead" then all experience is lost and the character can no longer be used. It takes one battle to replace the character killed in this way. If the army can only have one character then a fighting commander (any from the army's list) is brought up from the ranks for one game and is used for one game.

After every battle any character "killed" must roll on the injury chart below.

In addition roll a d6,

1-4 nothing extra,

5- bitter hatred, hate the enemy model or unit that took you down,

6- horrible scars, causes fear

Character Experience

As characters fight in combat they gain experience and can grow more skillful. This is shown in the charts below. Each character begins at a certain level at the start of the campaign and when that character reaches the next level then he gains a new skill. After a battle add up the experience points and determine if a character has gained a level. A character may gain only one level per battle, points in excess are discarded.. Then roll on the charts below to determine the new skill of the character.

Unit Experience

Units can also gain experience. If the unit has captured an enemy standard in the battle then roll on the chart below. Only one roll can be used regardless of the actual number of standards captured.

Unit Experience Chart

This chart is the starting experience levels of all characters. Mages are considered to be any magic user with no fighting ability. Elf lords with the lore master honor, vampires and chaos champions should use the hero/lord fighter experience levels, not the mage levels. These rules also do not apply to Wights or Wraiths who are not able to learn from experience, being dead.

Experience Chart

After a battle is fought work out experience for the characters who were not slain. These are worked out as follows: 

+1 Surviving the fight

+1 Per wound caused by the character

+1 Per character slain if it is not a heroic feat

+5 Per heroic feat performed. i.e., something like a hero taking out a lord, or a hero single handedly taking out a regiment in hand to hand. etc.

+2 For each spell successfully cast by a wizard that isn't suppose to cause wounds.

+4 for the winning general

Note, these bonuses are cumulative, for example a high elf lord kills a beastman lord in hand to hand combat. Beastmen lords have 4 wounds and are the same level as a high elf lord(so its a heroic feat). The high elf lord gets 9 experience points. (4 wounds +5 for heroic feat).

If the experience points take a warrior into a new bracket of experience points (see above), then you roll a d8 on the following table. Remember that a character may only advance one level per battle. Any excess experience points are discarded.

Additional Experience Effects

If a character does not use a missile weapon, count 1-2 as +1 WS

Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Skaven, Orcs, Goblins, Lizardmen cannot have a strength or toughness of more than 6. Slaan cannot have more than 7 in either.

Skills

Roll a d6 to determine from which table you must pick your skill. Note that you can choose which skill you want from within the table. You cannot get the same skill more than once.

Warriors

Miscellaneous skills:

Combat skills

Shooting Skills

Race Specific Skills

Wizards

Wizards roll a d6 on the following table. Re-roll duplicate skills except for skills 2 and 5 can be gained many times.