Campaign Update and some thougths on The Old World

 

The Campaign so Far


The vaults campaign started in the summer of the imperial year 2491.


Early on the the undead marched out of the Blighted Marshes and captured the town of Udolpho sending refugees, lead by Lady Angelica, fleeing east through the mountains where they and forces from nearby Ravola fought battles with expanding Skaven,


After Udolpho, the necromancer Xebulon lead his forces south to envelope Miragliano, but was stopped by the defenders on the road north.


To the south Norse raiders, lead by a Tzeench sorcerer named Valac and a Nurgle sorcerer named Gamygyn landed near Viadaza and proceeded to ravage the countryside. The forces of Viadaza marched out, but after some of their ogre mercenaries betrayed them they were badly defeated, though the captured the sorcerer Gamygyn. Gamygyn was later to escape into the forests to the east.


Where we stand now


In the north the undead and, their as of yet unseen, leader gather to the west of Miragliano and prepare for the attack.


The Skaven continue to expand through the mountains and the forces of Ravola pull back, while the survivors of Udolpho look for aid to help avenge themselves against the ratman, and eventually retake their home from the undead.


The Tzeench Sorcerer Valac continues his rampage around Viadaza. While his former ally Gamygyn the Nurgle sorcerer has split from him and is setting up his own cult in the forests to the east.

 

Rumors abound that both the Orcs and Dwarfs are mustering.





List of Characters


Sir Dan – Killed in the siege of Udolpho.

Vampire Count Pavel – Killed by Lady Angelica at the Siege of Udolpho.

Wizard Edward - Survived Udolpho

Necromancer Zebulon – Took Udolpho but was defeated at the battle on the North Road.

Lady Angelica – Escaped Udolpho after slaying the vampire leading the attack, lead the survivors and escaped the Skaven ambush but was later wounded in a counter attack against the Skaven.

Valac, Tzeench Sorcerer – Victorious at Patrizzi, currently plundering around Viadaza

Gamygyn, Nurgle Sorcerer – Captured at Patrizzi, he later escaped and is now setting up his own cult in the forests to the east.

Peatapum, Ogre Warlord – Captured at Patrizzi, Freed by Hawks

Korto, Ogre Brusier – Captured at Patrizzi, Freed by Hawks

Big Mahk, Ogre Bruiser – Survived Patrizzi

Gorr Dinramzy, Ogre Butcher – Wounded at Patrizzi

Elesando Contti, Viadaza's Commander – Survived Patrizzi, facing political opposition for his failures

Capitan Hawks, Ogre Mercinary leader – Victorius at Patrizzi, but disappointed with his payment, he freed the captured enemy ogres and abandoned the chaos forces. He traveled north and was hired by Prince Loren of Miragliano to aid in the battle against the undead, which was a success.

Kunn Agrilzhuf, Dwarf prince in Viadaza - Killed at Patrizzi

Calarion, Elf Mage – Survived Patrizzi and Gamygyn's escape. His terrible experiences have hardened him in a short space of time.

Alhazred, Miragliano's wizard – Survived The Battle of Piccola Via del Nord

Rashaad, Alhazred's apprentice – eaten by zombies at The Battle of Piccola Via del Nord

Yuri, Mercinary capitan – captured by the undead at The Battle of Piccola Via del Nord

Magrit, Hawks's friend – survived The Battle of Piccola Via del Nord

Gauk, Zebulon's assistant/apprentice/walking experiment – lost his legs at The Battle of Piccola Via del Nord but otherwise fine.

Captain McCoy, Captain of Ravola – Late to the ambush in the mountains.

Simon, Warrior Priest – Wounded at the ambush in the mountains

Wizard Hilbert – Survived the ambush in the mountains.

Snikrit, Skaven Grayseer – Survived 2 battles with the forces of Ravola/Udolpho, victorious in the second battle


Finally a thought on “Warhammer, The Old World.”


It has been some time since Old World was released. I have played some games of it and generally it seems to be a step down from 8th or indeed any other edition of Warhammer I have played. Most editions have their good points and bad points and 8th did not start well. But over time, especially after Games Workshop stopped releasing new content it seemed to work well.

Except for major balancing issues, which are common across all editions at first,and ignoring the fact that there will not be any more rules for many of the main Warhammer races, Old Worlds biggest problem is that it is just not very fun. Many of the fun random elements and the poker/resource game that was magic have been cut away to just a dice-off.

The only good point for Old World was that it could attract some new players, but as I play in Japan and there are no Japanese language rules as off yet, most Japanese players are still using 8th, which had full Japanese language rules.


We will probably continue to use 8th edition rules, with army lists from “The Warhammer Armies Project” which are wonderful.

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