Tilea Campaign, Part 37

DISCORD, DANGERS AND DISINCLINATION An Excerpt from Bonacorso Fidelibus’s Work: The Many Wars of the Early 25th Century The First Months of Summer, 2404 In the far south there was much relief in Alcente when the Sartosan Corsairs’ army moved away from the city, without commencing a siege. Perhaps the mauling they had received at […]

TWICE, THRICE AND MORE SHALL I KILL (ETC), BATTLE REPORT CONTINUED

Part 3, The Fighting Ends (Game Note: The annihilation mortar took 3 wounds from the crossbowmen in turn 2, and so was now reduced to a mere 2 wounds. This explains David’s attempt to move it to the river’s edge by another, safer route. The trouble is, whichever enemy unit arrives per turn from now […]

Annihilation Bombard

During construction and discussion with the skaven player, we called this the ‘super-mortar’ or ‘uberweapon’. I like the name (above) I finally came up with for the stories. I stupidly deleted most of the photos of the earliest stages when I was trying to create space on my phone (for the later pictures … doh!) […]

Skaven engine guard

I had to get busy scratch-building and kit-bashing to create adequate protective gear to protect them from the deadly gases leaking constantly from the engine they guard. I played around with bits to make a mask and air-filtration tank … The first mask came together like this … And milliputted up like this … I […]

TWICE, THRICE AND MORE SHALL I KILL (etc), Battle Report Continued

Part 2, The Fighting Begins Being the nimblest body upon the field, it was the enemy’s horsemen who first came up, unsurprisingly making directly for the engine, a motion which revealed that they must surely possess more than an inkling of the engine’s terrible potential. (Game note: I forgot to vanguard move them. Doh! If […]

Notes on the Battle

This is for those among you who like this sort of thing. I can’t imagine there are many of you! This was a ‘play-by-email’ battle (due to distances and pandemics!) Put very simply, the scenario was as follows: The skaven player must get the annihilation mortar to the river’s edge to be in range of […]

Twice, Thrice and More Shall I Kill-Slaughter, and Never Look Upon Thy Face.

A Battle Report, Part 1 Just south of the city of Campogrotta (The Table) The first of the ratto uomo to arrive within sight of the river were the gunners of one of the jezzail companies. They hefted their burdensome barrels and pavaises to the top of a little hill from where they could see […]

Tilea Campaign, Part 36

Annihilation! (Prequel to a Battle Report) South of Campogrotta, Summer 2404 First out had been the scouts, scurrying off in all directions to ascertain if it was safe for the rest of the army to emerge. They learned that the land to the north, between the tunnel mouth and the river, was only partially forested, […]

A Letter to the Mayor

This to Reginaldo Scalise, Sindaco of the city of Portomaggiore, from Chimento Gagliardi, Chief Clerk to Lord Alessio Falconi. My Lord Alessio has commanded me to inform you of the allied army’s current circumstances and condition. He wishes me to deliver a comprehensive account, for as his deputy in his beloved city, you must better […]

Pavona’s Hero

Summer, 2401, The City of Pavona The sound of drums could be heard, growing louder. Giovacchino leaned forwards to look over the crowd between him and the street. When the strong ale in his pot sloshed and threatened to spill, he relaxed a little turned to his companion. “I think this is lunacy,” he announced. […]