Second Prequel to ‘The Battle of the Valley of Death’

Unholy of Unholies Trantio City, Early Autumn 2403 Moved by the malice coursing through his every vein, Biagino mounted the sanctuary and strode to the altar. Although the congregation’s whimpering could be heard throughout the building, he failed to perceive it – for him, the sound was buried beneath the much more powerful sensation of […]

First Prequel to the Battle of the Valley of Death

The Great Gathering At long last an army capable of striking a deadly blow at the vampire duchess’s horrid hegemony of the north had assembled, and not a moment too soon for her foul forces had reached further south than ever before. Consisting of five armies from different city states, including a multitude of mercenaries, […]

The Second Assault on Campogrotta: The Battle, Part 3 (Final Part)

Turns 4-6 The Buldian relief force arrived just as the last Sermiden was chased away. This new force had no gnoblars accompanying them, consisting only of brute bull warriors with a bruiser in command. Like many ogre regiments of Border Princes’ origins, they wore spiked helmets and gut-plates, carrying huge swords in one hand while […]

The Second Assault on Campogrotta: The Battle, Part 2

Turns 2 – 3 The dwarven Longbeards, commanded by the Runesmith Rakric Bronzeborn, had already begun to move towards the city wall … … when the ogre relief force from Sermide arrived upon the field, consisting of a company of bulls and a mob of gnoblars. (Game Note: Both relief forces rolled separately, 5+ to […]

The Second Assault on Campogrotta: The Battle, Part 1

Game Note: The following game continues almost from the point the previous battle ended, but now the ogres have two 400 pts relief forces, one entering from the north side, the other from the south, as well as a few newly-bought maneaters bribed (using saved ‘Supply Points’ in the city’s coffers) to help on the […]

Tilean Campaign, Second Assault on Campogrotta, Part 1

Prequel Out Riding North East of Campogrotta, Very Early Autumn 2403 Having circumnavigated Campogrotta three times, which at over two leagues out from the city meant travelling a considerable distance, the Brabanzon riders were within sight of the rock-strewn area between the villages of Buldio and the Astigo River. They were one of three such […]

More Militia Pikemen

With an ever growing number of NPC city states actively involved in the theatres of war, joining with other NPCs and players in large alliance armies, I needed more militia. So I got myself some new pike figures … These were Artizan, but I threw in some Perry’s too for variety, and added some new […]