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I decided not to bring my own warband because I didn’t have it painted up in time and I’m glad because it gave me the chance to see a pre-made warband complete with painted minis.<\/p>\n
My crew was a ragtag team of wild, barbarian-type soldiers led by an Elementalist wizard.<\/p>\n The board was a 4′ x 4′ table decked out with tons of scenery.\u00a0 The nature of the game was simple: find as much treasure as possible and get off the map.\u00a0 This was a nice alternative to just “clash with your enemies and kill everyone” that drive most games.\u00a0 Our hosts said that people usually just go after each other anyway but my friend and I (who were mostly new to the game) were playing with a couple of veteran players and we ended up really going for the scenario goals, which made the game quite fun.<\/p>\n In the middle of it all stood a large treasure worth twice as much as normal and guarded by two large demons.<\/p>\n I wasn’t really paying attention to the other players as I started making my way towards the center treasure. Along the way, I piss off this lowly monster after being told they are “really weak and just ‘speed bumps’ to get in our way.”<\/p>\n Well, the “speed bump” takes a lot for me to bring down and in the mean time, the two vet players start making big plays to get that central treasure.\u00a0 One player threw his thief all the way up to the top, just inches away from the main treasure.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the second veteran mind controls the adventurous thief and uses a lot of lifeforce from his main wizard to make sure the spell holds.\u00a0 This concept is basically burning hit points to increase the spell result.<\/p>\n Seeing all this transpire, I decide I need to make my move so my wizard climbs into view and uses a telekinesis spell to pull the treasure to my side and have my soldiers rush in to recover it.<\/p>\n On the next turn, my soldier grabs the treasure and starts to make her way off the map. I’m not home free so I have my apprentice cast “Leap” on the soldier to get her off the map.\u00a0 Unfortunately, she fails pretty horribly, rolling a 3 while needing a target 12.\u00a0 I decide we really need this so she makes the heroic sacrifice of using the rest of her life force to make sure the spell succeeds and leaps the soldier off the map.\u00a0 She then succumbs to the effort and dies on the battlefield.\u00a0 This was pretty amusing to the hosts as this is not typically done if doing a campaign as the sacrifice is extremely risky but I think I would have done it anyway just for the sheer story potential.<\/p>\n Later on, after most of the treasure had been taken off the map by the players, I sent my Tracker out on a solo mission to kill as many of my friends team as he could.\u00a0 As my friend was preoccupied with battling another wizard, my Tracker stole into position, hiding behind some terrain.\u00a0 Here is where the crazy four-player game really shined as my friend knew he was there but the distraction of the other wizard caused him to temporarily forget.\u00a0 When his own wizard had to retreat a little, I made my move and ran out to engage.\u00a0 The ensuing battle dropped the wizard and my Tracker came home a legend.<\/p>\n At the end of the game, my team had collected the most treasure off the board and got a fair share of magical items and weapons.\u00a0 My apprentice proved her mettle and ended up surviving her sacrifice.\u00a0 My friend’s wizard didn’t fair as well.\u00a0 My Tracker didn’t end up killing him after all but crippled his arm.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n