Sunday, July 29, 2012

Map - Year 5, Turn 6


History of the Sundered Isles – The Forty Second Year of the Second Age. Macdanalus, scrivener to the King. The Fifth Year and Sixth Campaign Month of the Great War.

It was eerie. Kugath Skulltaker looked out over the Altdorf battlements at the assembled undead
horde and sighed. The horde had arrived at the walls seven days previously. There were no fires at
night... none. Nor were there the usual sounds you would expect from a camp at rest. Nothing...  His
troops were getting restless and fights were now breaking out almost daily between off duty Norse
and Druchii. All they could do was wait... it was interminable. Why wouldn’t they just attack! He
needed to get drunk.

It happened on Geheimisnacht. At precisely the witching hour a torrent of dark energy exploded
out from the Lost City like an ink stain over the sky. The tendrils of dark energy surged across the
sky south toward Kanesdue and east towards Smith’s Isle. A mere five minutes later the blight had
reached Altdorf and the Ogre’s Great Hall. The wave of power seemed to earth itself over the forces
of undeath to the horror of the troops behind the walls. The ground shook as ancient beasts and
bones rose from beneath the earth. Long cursed and long dead armies vomited forth from the cold
black earth and creatures of the night were drawn to the mystical energy as it re-coalesced as green
lights in the eye sockets of the horde. On two separate continents, without a single sound, and at
the exact same moment, the undead advanced in lock step toward the walls. They were met by a
roar from the walls as battle was finally joined.

The fate of the sundered isles would be changed utterly by the events that followed.



The Siege of Altdorf
Defenders: 1200pts of Warriors of Chaos and 545pts of Dark Elves.
Vampire Counts have announced they are attempting to storm the walls.

It is a siege battle. The Dark Elf King is present.
The main defender (Warriors of Chaos) gets a maximum of 1745pts of defensive siege.
equipment from the following list (rules are in Blood in the Badlands – or ask GM).
  • Wizard’s Tower (tower upgrade) = 500 points
  • Witches Cauldron = 500 points
  • Cauldron of Boiling Oil = 250 points
  • Hell Gate = 250 points
  • Warded Tower (tower upgrade) = 250 points
  • Sally Forth! = 250 points
  • Flaming ammunition = 100 points per unit
  • Haunted Mansion (tower upgrade) = 500 points
  • Tower of Blood (tower upgrade) = 500 points

The Siege of Blood and Bone
Defenders: 350pts of Ogre Kingdoms and 200pts of Warriors of Chaos.
Vampire counts have announced they are attempting to storm the walls.

It is a siege battle. Ogre Kingdoms get a 300pt muster.
Vampire Count battery is unsuccessful thus:
  • The main defender (Ogre Kingdoms) gets a maximum of 550pts of defensive siege equipment from the following list:
  • Wizard’s Tower (tower upgrade) = 500 points
  • Witches Cauldron = 500 points
  • Cauldron of Boiling Oil = 250 points
  • Hell Gate = 250 points
  • Warded Tower (tower upgrade) = 250 points
  • Sally Forth! = 250 points
  • Flaming ammunition = 100 points per unit

Far to the north the Bretonni continued their annexation of the Isle of Mists as they stormed in to
seize Bjornling (B13) and Skaeling (C13) from the Norse. Back on Norslatch the Bretonnian 4 th army returned home to the capital while the 1st army rushed in to reconquer Lyonesse (D8). The forces of the rebel duke fought a hard rearguard action and the Bretonni suffered 250 casualties before finally subduing the province.

Elsewhere the Dwarfs, Undead and Norse repositioned their fleets to Eataine (K10), Baersonling
(E14) and Hersig (F11) respectively, while the random movement of the storm of magic moved it
north to the Bastion Hills (H12).

Conquest
Bretonnians take Bjornling (B13) from Warriors - fortress
Bretonnians take Skaeling (C13) from Warriors - village
Bretonnians take Lyonesse (C13) from the Duc De Lyonesse - village
  
Tally of the Dead
Bretonnians lose 250pts

2 comments:

  1. Just wanted to let you know that I very much enjoyed reading the campaign postings you put up. I have done several campaigns, and I wish we had done something like this as it must have kept the motivation high.
    Thanks for sharing this.
    B

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    1. Hey Bard, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's nice to have a record, and it does help to keep us going.

      We have two pivotal sieges to play now, which could decide the entire campaign. Reports will be forthcoming...

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