Post edited 8:26 am – Tue 6-15-10 by Nessie

Mordheim Campaign: Game 1

Until a fortnight ago the Baron Willebrord Snell of Bechafen, Ostermark  was held under the spell of his royal soothsayer, Typhon Gantry. Typhon had been sneaking a poisonous draught into the Baron’s tea prior to their weekly leaf readings. The Baron’s Clerics were baffled by Snell's inexplicable behavior. For months the soothsayer had fleeced the Baron of much wealth. His scheme progressed with such ease that he grew cocky and complacent. Inevitably Tyhpon’s overconfidence became his undoing, and late one night while rushing to brew the Baron's draught he added a dash of monk’s hood instead of a pinch of ground mandrake root. The blunder had a sobering effect on the Baron. Upon drinking the botched potion he snapped out of the manipulative spell and ordered the Dark Wizard executed. In a blinding flash of light and smoke Typhon had vanished.

Baron Snell exhausted all of his resources in tracking the wizard to the city of Mordheim. Although he had the bastard cornered, not one of his knights or trackers would dare enter the damned city. The Baron grew frustrated, as he knew his quarry would only gain strength as time slipped past. In desperation, he used his wealth to enticed the dregs of the surrounding regions to venture forth and capture the Dark Wizard.

Game Effect: Raining Fish

Typhon has gained considerable power since entering the city of the damned. He has learned to manipulate the weather.

Before each game of the campaign roll 3D6 and add the total to determine the weather effect. Consult the table provided by the Campaign writer.

Game Effect: Sunday Morning Coming Down 

The warbands spent the previous night in premature celebration of the capture of Typhon Gantry. As they awaken to search for their bounty, they find that the sun is too bright, the cocks crow is too loud, and dawn seems to have come too early. They are all suffering from hangovers and will take a while to clear their heads…

Each Hero in the warband halves their Initiative. Roll a dice at the start of every turn for each Hero in the warband. If the score is equal to or lower than the Hero’s Toughness then they have shaken off the effects and no longer suffer the penalty.

Scenario: The Writing’s On The Walls

 Typhon Gantry has been in the city for 2 weeks and he is well hidden. However, since his entry, strange scribblings have been found in the alley ways of Mordheim. Perhaps this chicken scratch will provide some clue as to the whereabouts of the Dark One?

TERRAIN

Each player takes it in turn to place a piece of terrain, either a ruined building, tower, or other similar item. If your terrain collection allows, a dense warren of narrow, crooked streets is ideal. In any case, the centre of the table should have two buildings, placed close together so as to form an alley, one inch wide. The map will be written in this alley. Because of the ruins, close confines of the alley, trash, etc., the alley is considered difficult terrain.

WARBANDS

The warband with the lower warband rating chooses whether to set up first or last. The first player then chooses which table edge to set up on, and places all of his warriors within 8” of that edge. His opponent then sets up within 8” of the opposite edge. Because of the dense, mazelike construction surrounding the alley, skills or abilities which allow special deployment may not be used.

SPECIAL RULES

The map on the alley wall was written by the Dark Wizard, and the warriors in Mordheim will have a tough time puzzling it out in the middle of a fight! In order to understand the map, a hero must be moved into the middle of the alley, and must spend two full turns doing nothing but studying the writing. Heroes who have taken at least one Academic skill may decipher the writing in one turn rather than two.

Once a warband has no further use for the map, they may ruin the wall so other warbands can't follow the directions! The wall has 1 Wound, and a Toughness of 7. Attacks against the wall automatically hit, and any wound ruins the map. Anyone attacking the wall must be in the alley (they cannot ruin the map from the other side of the wall).

The warband to decifer the map has gained a master map of mordheim.

STARTING THE GAME

The player with the lower warband rating has first turn.

ENDING THE GAME

If one warband is able to decipher the writing on the wall, and then ruin said writing, the scenario ends immediately, and that warband wins. If both warbands manage to decipher the writing, then the scenario ends in a draw. If one warband deciphers the writing and then routs, the game ends in a draw. If the writing is somehow ruined before it can be deciphered by either warband, the scenario ends in a draw. Alternatively, if one side routs, the other wins. The winners are assumed to decipher and orient the writing at their leisure.

EXPERIENCE

+1 Survives. If a Hero or a Henchman group survives the battle they gain +1 Exp.

+1 Winning Leader. The leader of the winning warband gains +1 Exp.

+1 Per Enemy Out of Action. Any Hero earns +1 Experience for any enemy he puts out of action.

+1 for Deciphering the Writing. Any Hero who deciphers the writing during the battle (limit 1 per warband) gains +1 Experience.

+1 for Ruining the Writing. Any Hero who ruins the writing (after it has been deciphered!) earns +1 Experience.

Great first game guys!

Here are the results of the first match:

Andrew (Ogres): 1 Campaign Point 

Warband Rating: 249

Lance (Middenheimers): 0 Campaign Point

Warband Rating: 195

Donald (Undead): 1 Campaign Point

Warband Rating: 175

Greg (Orcs): 0 Campaign Point

Warband Rating: 175

Campaign Points can be redeemed at any time for 2 EXP. per 1 CP.

However, The player with the most CP points at the end of the campaign wins. 

The winner will receive an End Game Gift Card for the value of a Regiment Box.

Yup! And don't forget the gold for naming your guys.

Post edited 6:31 pm – Mon 6-21-10 by Nessie

The Campaign continues tomorrow.

Game 2: Rats! 

Scenario: Hidden Treasure

That Wizard is proving difficult to find. Your Warband is growing restless. It’s about time this venture paid off. There is a rumour that one of the ruined buildings has a concealed cellar with a treasure chest hidden in it. Two rival warbands have heard about the cellar and are now searching the area. Who knows what they will find?

set-up

Both players roll a D6 and whoever rolls highest chooses which warband sets up first. This warband is deployed within 8″ of any table edge the player chooses. His opponent sets up within 8″ of the opposite side.

Special Rules

All the warriors (not animals!) in each warband know roughly what they are looking for and must inspect the buildings to find the treasure. Each time a warrior enters a building which has not been previously searched by either side roll 2D6. On a score of 12, he has found the treasure. Buildings in the deployment zones are not searched (since they have already been thoroughly ransacked)

If you have not scored 12 with any roll when there is only one building left to search, the treasure will automatically be found there. However, warbands may not skip a building in their search. They must be thorough and check each building as they advance. After finding the treasure chest, the warrior must then take it to safety via his own table edge. Carrying the treasure chest will slow the warrior carrying it to half speed. Two or more models may carry the chest without any penalty. If the carrier is put out of action, place the treasure chest at the spot where he fell. Any man-sized model may pick it up by moving into base contact with it.

Whoever recovers the chest may roll on the following chart after the game to see what the chest contains.

Treasure Table:

D3 pieces of wyrdstone Automatic

Ithilmar armor 3+

Ithilmar Sword 4+

Gromil Armor 5+

Gromil Weapon 4+

The Boots and Rope of Pieter 6

Pieter, the master thief of the Guild of Shadows, was the most famous of all the cat burglars of Mordheim. He earned the nickname ‘Spider’ for his daring robberies. The secret of his success was a pair of enchanted boots and a magical rope which he had acquired from far-off Araby.

A model wearing these boots may move normally (including running, charging, etc) on any kind of terrain, including vertical surfaces. When moving the model, simply adds the distances moved horizontally to that moved vertically, with no Initiative test needed (except to jump across gaps).

starting the game

Warbands which read the writing on the wall last game must designate a hero and role 1D6 on the following table at the start of the next game to determine their interpretation of the clues.

1. 1.   “Klaatu Varada…Neck Tie” A misreading of the words sets off a curse. A hero suffers -1 to all dice rolls this game.
2. 2.    “Veskit wuz here”, nothing of importance was written.
3. 3.   The writing guide the reader to a cache of gold. You findind 6D6 gold crowns.
4. 4.   The writings reveal all hiding places in the area. During this game, one hero can hide anywhere, even in the open,.
5. 5.   A hero learns of a secret passage in a building. Choose one building at the start of the game. The hero may enter this building one turn and appear in any other building on the next turn.
6. 6.   The writing have eluded to the location of a great treasure. The hero may find treasure on an 11 or 12.

Roll a D6. The player rolling highest has the first turn.

ending the game

When one warband gets the treasure to safety, or a warband fails a Rout test, the game ends. The victorious warband then gains the treasure chest.

experience

+1 Survives. If a Hero or a Henchman group survives the battle they gain +1 Experience.

+1 Winning Leader. The leader of the winning warband gains +1 Experience.

+1 Per Enemy Out of Action. Any Hero earns +1 Experience for each enemy he puts out of action.

+2 For Finding the Chest. If a Hero finds the treasure chest he earns +2 Experience.

Game Effect: Raining Fish

Typhon has gained considerable power in the past two weeks. He has learned to manipulate the weather.

Before each game of the campaign roll 3D6 and add the total to determine the weather effect. Consult the table provided by the Campaign writer.

Game Effect: INFESTATION

This area of Mordheim is infested with rats, bats and other verminous creatures which will swarm out to attack anything that disturbs their lairs.

Every time a model enters a building, roll a D6. On a roll of a 1-2 the model is attacked and suffers D6 Strength 1 hits. Roll for models deployed in buildings at the start of the game, before the first player’s turn.

Game 3: If these walls could talk…

The riches discovered during the last venture have calmed your crew’s mutinous grumblings, but not without consequences. An idiotic henchman let his rodent wounds fester and allowed a plague to join your ranks. The warband needs a place to rest. While in search of suitable shelter you happen upon an eerily deserted section of Mordheim. The walls of every building are covered with the enigmatic scrawlings of the Evil Wizard, Typhon Gantry. The air is thick with dark magic and the faint glow of wyrdstone emanates from every shadow. You have found the scent of your quarry.  The reward will surely be yours if you can claim the territory before your enemies.

SPECIAL RULES

Occupy:

The objective is to capture D3+2 of the buildings on the tabletop. Mark these buildings, starting with the one closest to the centre of the table, working your way outwards to the next nearest building. A building is occupied if at least one of your standing models is inside and no enemy models are inside the building.

Wyrdstone:

Each warband is carrying 2D3 shards of wyrdstone at the beginning of the battle.

Both warbands gain all the wyrdstone they were carrying at the beginning of the battle, minus the number of their own Heroes that were taken out of action during the game, down to a minimum of zero. In addition, they gain one extra shard of wyrdstone for each enemy Hero they take out of action, up to the maximum number of shards the opposing warband was carrying at the beginning of the battle.

The power in the stones:

The warband which possesses the most wyrdstone at the end of the game is subject to the tainted influence of the mystical shards. Roll on the following table to determine a hero’s fate.

1 Weakened. The model has lost some of its life force to the stone. One of the model's characteristics is permanently reduced by one. Roll 2D6 to see which characteristic suffers:

1-2 Movement            5-6 Strength

3 Weapon Skill            7-8 Toughness

4 Ballistic Skill           9-10 Initiative

11-12 Leadership

If any characteristic is reduced to 0 as a result of the weakening, the model becomes a Chaos Spawn. See 'Becoming a Chaos Spawn'.

2-4 SHAZAM! Exposure to the stone's magic has made the warrior physically strong.

Roll a D6 to see which characteristic is affected:

1 +1 Initiative             4 +l Toughness

2 +1 Movement          5 +1 Attacks

3 +1 Strength            6 +1 Wounds

5-6 Mutation! The corrupting power of Chaos has caused the model to gain a mutation. Roll on the Random Mutation Table.

1 Hideous                   4 Black blood

2 Tenticle                   5 Spikes

3 Extra Arm                6 Great Claw

ending the game

There is no need to take any Rout tests – as the game lasts for a maximum of eight turns. If one warband voluntarily routs, the game ends and the winning warband is considered to occupy all of the buildings on the table.

Experience

+1 Survives. If a Hero or a Henchman group survives they gain +1 Experience.

+1 Winning Leader. The leader of the warband who controls the highest number of buildings at the end of the battle gains +1 Experience. If both sides occupy the same number of buildings, then the battle is considered to be a draw and neither leader gains this bonus.

+1 Per Enemy Out of Action. Any Hero earns +1 Experience for each enemy he puts out of action.

Game Effect: Raining Fish

Typhon has gained considerable power in the past two weeks. He has learned to manipulate the weather.

Before each game of the campaign roll 3D6 and add the total to determine the weather effect. Consult the table provided by the Campaign writer.

Game Effect: FLU

Mordheim has been swept by an epidemic of influenza and some of the warriors may be suffering its debilitating effects.

 Roll a dice for every model in the game. On a roll of a 1-2 they have caught the ‘flu and suffer -1 WS, -1 BS and -1I for this battle.

Game effect: Derelict Buildings

The buildings in this part of Mordheim are controlled by the Dark wizard’s evil scrawlings!

At the start of each player’s turn test for the collapse of each occupied building. Roll one die for each model (friend or foe) in the building. If two or more rolls come up with the same score (two or more ones, two or more twos, etc.), the building collapses. Of course, this means that a single model in a building cannot collapse it, but if more two or more models are in the same building, the chances of a collapse increase. Models that are inside a collapsing building count as falling. Note that a building doesn’t collapse totally, there’s no need to replace it, and models may enter it again as normal.

Current Standings with 4 Games Left to Go:

Andrew: 4 Campaign Points

Donald: 3 Campaign Points

Lance: 0

Joshua: 0

Greg: 0

@Joshua & Greg: You guys are welcome to play a make up game if you have the time. The winner would get a CP and will have access to all of the other treasures mentioned in the last scenario.