Solo Campaing - from Kislev with love

[jchaos79]

Year 2. Summer time. Phase I Consolidation

About reference sheet
[spoiler]Overview
Place: Fort of Konevopol
Year: 2
Season: Summer
Goals:
1)- Build a shrine
2)- Explore the territory (obtain 4 dots in exploration and quest)
3)- Build a fort
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Site stats
RELIGION   
RECRUITMENT   
EXPLRATION AND QUEST   
SETTELMENT AND LAW   
WAR AND RAIDS   
TRADE   

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Registers
Characters
Tatiana Alijev - a young general
Ivan Blum - a wise shaman
Febo and Debo - The rogue twins
- Places of interest
Ruins of Fort Konevopol
Fort Novyy Konevopol
Chamon Dharek - Great grave mound sacred to the Kurgan and strong with tainted power.
- Relationships
Kislev court - Tsarina Katarina - Ally
Erengrad, Kislevite city - Very good
Clan Necrarca - At war 15/love
- Army
4th regiment of infantry. Axemen
1st regiment of archers
1st division of warwagon
7th regiment of light cavalry[/spoiler]

About the turn
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Roll for AP, result is 3 that means 2 AP
I choose Exploration and Quest, so it is time for Febo and Debo. Roll for command (8 ). Result is 10.
So roll in Goal: Explore the area No Succes chart. Result 1 -->My notes are "Found  chamon dharek -at war"
There will be war.

I think a little bit about how I will manage the war. And I will try to carry the war as a set of Tennis. So
points won(gameplays / corresponding call
0   "love"
1   "15"
2   "30"
3   "40"
4   "game" --> that means war is won and your opponent is not a menace anymore

Also I decide that Troll Country must be a wierd, savage and dangerous place. So in every game played in Troll country there is the posibility of attract a pack of Trolls, monsters, beastmen, beast, etc,,, to the battle. Roll each turn with 5+ a dangerous unit joins the battle. Movement is randomize and it is aggresive.

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During one of Febo and Debo exploration party, they found a great artificial mountain. They come closer to find that it was a great grave mound.



Suddenly appears from the shadows a hostil naked men, with signs of madness in his face. Febo shot his bow and the critter died. - Ghouls - whispered Debo.



The two Halflings approached to the mound and could see a number of zombies emerging from the hollow mountain.



The living corpses were the kislevites from the old Fort Konevopel. It seems a powerful vampire is using the dark power of the tomb for some dark purpose and destroyed  the fort a year ago.



The Vampire emerged in the top of the grave and stared directly to Debo’s eyes. A chill stroke Debo’s body! And both hobbits ran away.



Back in the New Fort they tell the encounter to Tatiana. Ivan Blum speaks about the Tomb:
"- Chamon Dharek is a great grave mound, sacred to the Kurgan and strong with tainted power. It is surrounded by mummified horses, and within it is a vast treasure in gold and gems. The treasure is cursed, however, and not even the foul reavers of the north dare to touch it.

Raiders from various northern factions often winter here, and members of different factions can stay without too much bloodshed, as the respect they hold for the location restrains them from overt war. Even in the summer, there are normally warriors and shamans of the Ruinous Powers here. The Kislevite nomads are careful to stay as far away from the cursed place as they can.

I do not know why a vampire had come to the grave, but if the vampire is keeping the northern warriors out of his sacred mound it has to be a powerful vampire !"

- "It is more than possible that the vampire go to the old Fort searching for us," - says Tatiana, - "prepare the regiments we will engage the Necrarcas in the ruins. To the battle !"

[Geep]

I assume the 15/love is in Kislev's favour? Why does it start out that way?

[jchaos79]

Because I played the summer battle and kislev won 

But did not prepared the battle report yet.

It was a around 500 points, solo game, so not a big display of tactics. But is interesting to see what happens in situations.

For example one kislevite horse archers (80 points) faces 2 zombies (70 points). Making the playtest this way is a lot more fun 

[jchaos79]

Year 2. Summer time. Phase I Consolidation

































Consideration of the battle:

- Troll country special. The battle last 4 turns, and no troll band feels curiosity for the violence in the fort.

- Vampire counts attacks fast in a best condition. Kislev forces were marching, warwagon not laggered, and few infantry in defended position (only 1 stand).
The clash was very very match but in both combat kislevites won by 1 or 2. So horse archer pursuit to the zombies was easy to eliminate them and the center once the first wave of gohuls was expulsed the wagon laggered by initiative becoming defended.
Vampire counts could have the victory with a little bit of luck, but I wonder if they would have possibilities in the case of attacking to a laggered warwagon+axemen+bowmen

- So kislevites works well as defensive army.

- I really like zombi (4 hits) and ghouls (4 attacks) profiles. They are a lot of fun. I think werewolves fit well with ghoul profile.

- Tatianas forces did not loose any unit. That is good for the campaign

[jchaos79]

Year 2. Autum time. Phase I Consolidation

About reference sheet
[spoiler]Overview
Place: Fort of Konevopol
Year: 2
Season: Autum
Goals:
1)- Build a shrine
2)- Explore the territory (obtain 4 dots in exploration and quest)
3)- Build a fort
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Site stats
RELIGION   
RECRUITMENT   
EXPLORATION AND QUEST   
SETTELMENT AND LAW   
WAR AND RAIDS   
TRADE   

_______________________________________________

Registers
Characters
Tatiana Alijev - a young general
Ivan Blum - a wise shaman
Febo and Debo - The rogue twins
- Places of interest
Ruins of Fort Konevopol
Fort Novyy Konevopol
Chamon Dharek - Great grave mound sacred to the Kurgan and strong with tainted power.
Ancient Ruins - A good defensive position for battles
- Relationships
Kislev court - Tsarina Katarina - Ally
Erengrad, Kislevite city - Very good
Clan Necrarca - At war 15/love
Roll every autum for a battle 4+ Necrarcas attacks.
- Army
4th regiment of infantry. Axemen
5th regiment of infantry. Bear masters
1st regiment of archers
1st division of warwagon
7th regiment of light cavalry[/spoiler]

About the turn
[spoiler]
AP roll. Result 4 that means 3 AP.

I  will use 2  points for letting Febo and Debo explores a little bit more. Febbo and Debo has a command of 8. Roll (4+2) 6. It is a success. So roll in Goal Exploration: Explore the area Success chart.  Roll 6. “Exploration of Ruins. Good battlefield.” That means next battle will be in the site of interest and due to its tactical advantage of the terrain the kislevite will have more terrain and ruins in is side.

Then I will use my last point to recruitment because in Autum reinforcement is easy. I pick one infantry axemen.

At last we are at war. I decide that Vampire counts attack will be every  Autum. So there will be an attack with a roll 4+. Roll 6 Battle Necrarcas attack this season !

Additional rule: If a roll of two dices are doubles during administration segment then a event is trigger. Roll in event chart (1D20)

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The news of a nest of undead in Chamon Dharek spread quickly . Few days later a regiment of strange kislevites arrives to Fort Konevopol. They are Mad Yurgen an the bear hunters. They would like to join to the garrison as the 5th regiment and participate in the war against the vampire. They were kindly welcome by Tatiana.



During those days Febo and Debo found some ancient ruins. The place was some scattered ruins from temple or a palace from the days the men were young.  Tatiana found this place interesting as a defensive place.

[jchaos79]

Year 2. Autum time. Phase I Consolidation

About reference sheet
[spoiler]Overview
Place: Fort of Konevopol
Year: 2
Season: Autum
Goals:
1)- Build a shrine
2)- Explore the territory (obtain 4 dots in exploration and quest)
3)- Build a fort
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Site stats
RELIGION   
RECRUITMENT   
EXPLORATION AND QUEST   
SETTELMENT AND LAW   
WAR AND RAIDS   
TRADE   

_______________________________________________

Registers
Characters
Tatiana Alijev - a young general
Ivan Blum - a wise shaman
Febo and Debo - The rogue twins
- Places of interest
Ruins of Fort Konevopol
Fort Novyy Konevopol
Chamon Dharek - Great grave mound sacred to the Kurgan and strong with tainted power.
Ancient Ruins - A good defensive position for battles
- Relationships
Kislev court - Tsarina Katarina - Ally
Erengrad, Kislevite city - Very good
Clan Necrarca - At war 15/l15
Roll every autum for a battle 4+ Necrarcas attacks.
- Army
4th regiment of infantry. Axemen
5th regiment of infantry. Bear masters
1st regiment of archers
7th regiment of light cavalry[/spoiler]

Scouts notice undead movement in the Chamón Dharek area. So Tatiana march with her army to attract the clan necrarca to the old ruins found by the halflings Debo and Febo.

The plan is a success and two armies engage in the ruins.





















Comments.

Tatiana could only pass one command roll in the whole game, so his army stare the undeads with fear and refuse to engage, due to this she could not use the ruins and the battle was near her edge.

Vampire lord has great command rolls and could combine an infantry and cavalry attack. Victory for the undeads. Only destroyed the warwagon as the other units go out the table and do not return to the battle, so I decide in terms of the campaign they will save their lives despite the battle is lost.

Again Troll country rules was used but no "troll guests" come to the party.

[Geep]

I was wondering why you didn't make more use of the ruins, but bad command rolls make sense of it.
I'm going to have no internet access for over a week, so I look forward to the completed fort, heaps of exploration and smashed VC army by the time I'm back 

[Edmund2011]

Nice campaign!. A lot of good narrative and hobby elements there.

Battles seem fun and fast.

When I play solo games I've found it's useful to generate random deployement points for both armies in opposite sides of the table. This forces me to start playing in interesting situations, like non symmetric deployments.

Other useful idea is to prepare random small reinforcenments during the game, to bring some fresh situations to deal with.

[jchaos79]

Geep have fun with your family on christmas! I also will go with them so no internet for me either.

Let's see what happen in the campaign. And yes I try to use the ruins but I couldn't by the command rolls.

Edmund, like the idea of random small reinforcenment during the game.
 
There is a house rule of playing in Troll country. Evrey turn there is 5+ possibilities to enter a troll unit attracted by the battle, but it didn't happen so far.

[jchaos79]

Year 2. Winter time. Phase I Consolidation

About reference sheet
[spoiler]Overview
Place: Fort of Konevopol
Year: 2
Season: Winter
Goals:
1)- Build a shrine
2)- Explore the territory (obtain 4 dots in exploration and quest)
3)- Build a fort
_______________________________________________

Site stats
RELIGION   
RECRUITMENT   
EXPLORATION AND QUEST   
SETTELMENT AND LAW   
WAR AND RAIDS   
TRADE   

_______________________________________________

Registers
Characters
Tatiana Alijev - a young general
Ivan Blum - a wise shaman
Febo and Debo - The rogue twins
- Places of interest
Ruins of Fort Konevopol
Fort Novyy Konevopol
Chamon Dharek - Great grave mound sacred to the Kurgan and strong with tainted power.
Ancient Ruins - A good defensive position for battles. It can be used once per year only if you bring less point to the battlefield than your opponent
- Relationships
Kislev court - Tsarina Katarina - Ally
Erengrad, Kislevite city - Very good
Clan Necrarca - At war 15/l15
Roll every autum for a battle 4+ Necrarcas attacks.
- Army
4th regiment of infantry. Axemen
5th regiment of infantry. Bear masters
1st regiment of archers
7th regiment of light cavalry
Special
-1 next time to roll in Goal Religion: Building a shrine – Success chart.
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About the turn
[spoiler]
AP. Roll 3 that means 2 AP.
 I choose religión. Ivan (command 7) will make the roll. Result 1+3 = 4 success. Roll in Goal Religion: Building a shrine – Success chart. Roll 2. Result Hallowed soil -1 next time in this chart
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During the winter Ivan forsee a place where magic energy is strong and will be a right place to build the shrine. Ivan conduct some rites to hallowed the soil.

[jchaos79]

Year 2. Sacred time. Phase I Consolidation

About reference sheet
[spoiler]Overview
Place: Fort of Konevopol
Year: 2
Season: Sacred Time
Goals:
1)- Build a shrine
2)- Explore the territory (obtain 4 dots in exploration and quest)
3)- Build a fort
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Site stats
RELIGION   
RECRUITMENT   
EXPLORATION AND QUEST   
SETTELMENT AND LAW   
WAR AND RAIDS   
TRADE   

_______________________________________________

Registers
Characters
Tatiana Alijev - a young general
Ivan Blum - a wise shaman
Febo and Debo - The rogue twins
- Places of interest
Ruins of Fort Konevopol
Fort Novyy Konevopol
Chamon Dharek - Great grave mound sacred to the Kurgan and strong with tainted power.
Ancient Ruins - A good defensive position for battles. It can be used once per year only if you bring less point to the battlefield than your opponent
- Relationships
Kislev court - Tsarina Katarina - Ally
Erengrad, Kislevite city - Very good
Clan Necrarca - At war 15/l15
Roll every autum for a battle 4+ Necrarcas attacks.
- Army
4th regiment of infantry. Axemen
5th regiment of infantry. Bear masters
1st regiment of archers
7th regiment of light cavalry
Special
-1 next time to roll in Goal Religion: Building a shrine – Success chart.
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About the turn
[spoiler]
AP. Roll 1 that means 0 AP
Gosh, I thoght I could have a religión test in this season with the hope of building the shrine…. Too bad.
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Ivan Blum could not invoke the ancient spirit of the bear in order to bound it to hallowed soil. People are not happy. The last defeat and not having a proper place to pray to their gods is not good for the troop moral.

Anyway this year some exploration has been made, the place for the shrine is found and fort was complete. Not bad year.

[jchaos79]

Year 3. Spring. Phase I Consolidation

About reference sheet
[spoiler]Overview
Place: Fort of Novyy Konevopol
Year: 3
Season: Sacred Time
Goals:
1)- Build a shrine
2)- Explore the territory (obtain 4 dots in exploration and quest)
3)- Build a fort
_______________________________________________

Site stats
RELIGION   
RECRUITMENT   
EXPLORATION AND QUEST   
SETTELMENT AND LAW   
WAR AND RAIDS   
TRADE   

_______________________________________________

Registers
Characters
Tatiana Alijev - a young general
Ivan Blum - a wise shaman
Febo and Debo - The rogue twins
- Places of interest
Ruins of Fort Konevopol
Fort Novyy Konevopol
Chamon Dharek - Great grave mound sacred to the Kurgan and strong with tainted power.
Ancient Ruins - A good defensive position for battles. It can be used once per year only if you bring less point to the battlefield than your opponent
Sarl tribe - a norther tribe village
- Relationships
Kislev court - Tsarina Katarina - Ally
Erengrad, Kislevite city - Very good
Clan Necrarca - At war 15/l15
Roll every autum for a battle 4+ Necrarcas attacks.
Sarl clan - At war love/love - Very bad
Roll every spring for a tribute 5+. 1 good if not paid then attacks
- Army
4th regiment of infantry. Axemen
5th regiment of infantry. Bear masters
1st regiment of archers
7th regiment of light cavalry
Special
-1 next time to roll in Goal Religion: Building a shrine – Success chart.
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About the turn
[spoiler]
AP. Roll 3 that means 2AP

Febo and Debo go to explore now: Command 8. Roll 5+6=11 Fail. Oh Oh. Problems. Roll in Goal Exploration: Explore the area NO Success chart. Roll 1 Found the Sarls.

That means real problems, another war in progress and against chaos.. no good .. no good

Sarl northern tribe will start with-2 to relationships and every spring with a result of 5+ they will ask for tribute (1 good first time, 2 good next time and so on...) for being in his land. If the tribute is not paid then they attack.

I guess I should start painting 500 points of undivided chaos sarl tribe as a miniproject.  I love painting chaos

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[jchaos79]

I continue a little bit the campiang with a skirmish game which tells how the two hobbits, Febo and Devo, while exploring found a Erengard's caravan attaccked by Sarl warriors. Finally Febo and Debo are captured by the Chaos workshippers and then Sarl Tribe will know about the existence of the new Kislevite Fort.

In some days barbarian emissaries will ask for tribute to the fort, As Tatiana will not pay there will be war. But first I need to paint 500 points of chaos.

The game was in Troll Country, so each turn with 6+ a troll or critter enter in the game, but once again no big critter has been attract by the violence during the game

Secondy I played this game using skirmish ruleset Ronin (ospray). I found it very simple, fun, quick and easy to convert from Japan to fantasy or whatever setting.

But here is the tale of how Febo and Debo found themselves captured:

[Geep]

Great to see more movement on this story.

Silly hobbitses always get captured by evil minions...

[jchaos79]

About reference sheet
[spoiler]Overview
Place: Fort of Novyy Konevopol
Year: 3
Season: Sacred Time
Goals:
1)- Build a shrine
2)- Explore the territory (obtain 4 dots in exploration and quest)
3)- Build a fort
_______________________________________________

Site stats
RELIGION   
RECRUITMENT   
EXPLORATION AND QUEST   
SETTELMENT AND LAW   
WAR AND RAIDS   
TRADE   

_______________________________________________

Registers
Characters
Tatiana Alijev - a young general
Ivan Blum - a wise shaman
Febo and Debo - The rogue twins
- Places of interest
Ruins of Fort Konevopol
Fort Novyy Konevopol
Chamon Dharek - Great grave mound sacred to the Kurgan and strong with tainted power.
Ancient Ruins - A good defensive position for battles. It can be used once per year only if you bring less point to the battlefield than your opponent
Sarl tribe - a norther tribe village
- Relationships
Kislev court - Tsarina Katarina - Ally
Erengrad, Kislevite city - Very good
Clan Necrarca - At war 15/l15
Roll every autum for a battle 4+ Necrarcas attacks.
Sarl clan - At war love/15- Very bad
Roll every spring for a tribute 5+. 1 good if not paid then attacks
- Army
4th regiment of infantry. Axemen
5th regiment of infantry. Bear masters
7th regiment of light cavalry
Special
-1 next time to roll in Goal Religion: Building a shrine – Success chart.
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Finally Sarl tribe ask the tribute to Tatiana. She refuse but manage to move into the ruins to present battle. Tatiana was outnumbered so it will be a one contact battle and her only chance of winning will be using the ruins. But unfortunatly Sarl tribe move very fast and kislevites could not reach the ruins. Sarl tribe pass through the kisslevites destroying the unit of archers. A bitter defeat... but fortunateley while the corase force of chaos were killing kislevites, Febo and Debo escape from the barbarian campament using their rogue skills !

Troll Country rule: each turn the violence could attract trolls or monsters to the battlefield
Location: Ancient ruins, good defensive position, only 1 per year, only use if aggresor has more points than defender