Campaign Games
Once you have picked your Warband’s Patron, you are ready to start the campaign! A campaign is played by linking together the individual games that you play. You can play a campaign game against any of the other players that are taking part; all you need to do is arrange a time and place for the game, get together, and then select the scenario you are going to play, and then play the game using the normal rules. After the game you carry out a Campaign Phase where you find out the fate of models that were taken Out of Action, see if any models have gained new Skills, explore the region where the campaign is taking place, and use any loot you have captured to recruit more models for your Warband.
Once you have played 11 campaign games in total you can play no more until all the other players have played 11 games as well. Once all of the players have played 11 games, they must each play a final 12th game against one of the other players, using The Great War scenario. After all of the players have played 12 games in total, the winner of the campaign can be determined as described below.
If the campaign has an odd number of players, then one of the players will need to play an extra 13th game against the odd player. The player who plays the extra game can choose to use the result of the 12th game or the result of the 13th game (not both!) when they work out their Campaign Victory Points. At this stage all the players play a game against another player who has also played 11 games. Once all the players have played the Final Battle scenario, you can determine who has won the Campaign as explained below.
Winning The Campaign
In a campaign you score Campaign Victory Points for each game that you play:
- The winner of the game scores +15 Campaign Victory Points
The loser of the game scores +7 Campaign Victory Points
In a draw, both players score +10 Campaign Victory Points
Keep track of the Campaign Victory Points you have scored on your Warband Roster. At the end of the Campaign, the player with the most Campaign Victory Points is the winner.
Latecomers To Campaign
Players may want to join a campaign that is already in progress. This is fine; the latecomer’s Warband can be recruited using the Warband Threshold Value of the player who has played the most games in the campaign, and the latecomer also receives 4 Experience points for each game that the top player has played. These Experience points can be divided between ELITE models as the latecomer sees fit.
If you wish you can increase or lower the number of games that must be played before you reach the Final Battle Scenario; for example you might want to lower the number of games to 4 or 5, which will give you the chance to finish a campaign over the course of a single weekend, or increase it to 23 and say that each player must play 2 games a month, with the final battle taking place after a year of play!