Thursday 22 May 2014

Mordheim: What is this thing anyway?

Hi, I'm Dave, the Abnormal Member for Wargames. This is a new position, suggested after a group of us playing Mordheim decided that it would be a good thing to have someone to represent and organise wargaming for the society. This is a quick update of current goings-on and plans.

Right now there is a Mordheim campaign that's been running games every couple of weeks or so since the start of last term.

For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Mordheim is a skirmish game set in the Warhammer world. The city of Mordheim has been destroyed by the impact of a great comet, and shards of magical wyrdstone have been found amidst the ruins.

Each player takes control of a small warband of models from one of the many factions fighting for control of the treasure. Between games the characters in your warband gain experience points and explore the ruins to find new items to further their goals.

It's a lot of fun, and we usually manage several rounds of games each time we meet. If you're interested in joining, we'd be happy to have more players. I'm happy to help build a warband and run an introduction game. The campaign has an underdog system to enable new warbands to catch up to more powerful ones, so don't worry if the first couple of games don't go your way, you'll soon be challenging.

Games run on Saturdays, and we tend to book rooms from midday to midnight with games starting around 1pm. See the society emails for more information, and check out the society forums for further announcements.

As for future plans, next term/academic year, I'd like to start running a Mordheim campaign using the Border Town Burning supplement (available free). I'd also like to know if there's any interest in games of Necromunda over the summer. If you're into wargames and want to run something or just book out a room for an evening, get in touch with the society via email, the forum or at a social.

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