Life's a Beach.pdf

By Ian Davies,

as appeared in Yahoo! Mordheim

eGroup .

Transcribed & edited by The

Mordheimer.

The warband has some vital strategic information to pass on to a faction of their

army based inland. Their ship will drop them off on a beach and then it is up to them

to make their way inland to the army's encampment. After spending days looking for

a suitable landing point, your Warband has been dropped on a beach. You soon

discover that the enemy has done the same. Unfortunately for both parties, the

forthcoming skirmish is also likely to attract the attention of a local Giant, keen to

see off newcomers.

Scenario 163 - Life's a Beach

Terrain

The table represents the beach except for a 1" strip along the North edge which

represents a cliff top. At the South side of the table is the sea.

The sea-line is most easily represented by a piece of taut string and some blue-tack.

Place some stones on the table to represent rocky outcrops as well as some twigs to

represent driftwood. Walls can be placed perpendicular to the cliff-face to represent

groynes.

One large rocky outcrop and one ruined building should also be placed on the beach.

The upper stories of this ruin and the large rock will not be submerged as the tide

comes in (see later).

Warbands

Both player roll D6 and add their leader's Initiative rating. The higher total is the

attacker and deploys first within 10" of either the Eastern & Western edges. The

attackers must be placed within 10" of the opposite edge.

Special Rules

Tide : During the battle the tide will come in by D6" per turn until the tide reaches the

cliff, at which time it will begin to recede by D6" per turn (the effects of Chaos are

even influencing the speed of the tides on Albion). Any warrior 3+" out to sea must

swim.

Swimming : Unarmored figures swim 3" in a direction of their choice. Light armored

figures (including Ithilmar & Gromril) must roll 4+ to swim 3". A failure results in no

swimming movement. Heavy armored figures can only bob (N.B. the word "bob"

should be said in a comedy, Blackadder-style voice.) Every figure then bobs 3" in a

random direction. While in deep water a figure can perform neither missile fire nor

Hand To Hand combat nor offensive spells. They can however be the targets for

missiles & spells making them sitting ducks. If the tide retreats to leave the figure on

land again they are treated as Knock Down.

Mannfred the Giant : The noise of battle will attract the attention of Mannfred the

Giant who is keen to see off all foreigners. Beginning on the 2nd turn he will stand

atop the cliff and hurl boulders at the warriors beneath. He will throw one boulder in

each of the players recovery phases at one of the 12 warriors nearest to the cliff (roll

a red & a white dice: 1-3 on red = 1-6 on white, 4-6 on red = 7-12 on white). Any

warrior targeted must pass an I test or take a S6 hit (armor saves apply) with a +1

to the wound roll. You may wish to place stones where the boulders land for extra

cover.

Starting the Game

Ending the Game

The non-routing warband wins.

Experience

+1 Winning Leader: The leader of the winning warband gains +1 Experience.

+1 Survives: If a Hero or Henchman group survives the battle they gain +1

Experience.

+1 Per Enemy Out Of Action: Any Hero earns +1 experience for each enemy he puts

Out Of Action.

Treasure

The beach contains shards of Runestone, which may be traded exactly as if they

were Wyrdstone.

Post Battle (campaign only)

The victors are able to light a fire, catch some fish and have a peaceful night. Add

+1 to all models LD value for the next battle.

The losers spend the night looking for a safe pitch, cold, tired & hungry. Subtract -1

from all models LD value for the next battle.

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