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[Chaos] CitOW game 29 - The Crusade!

DarianDarian Yellow WizardThe PitRegistered User regular
edited March 2011 in Critical Failures
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Welcome to Chaos in the Old World, Fantasy Flight Games' boardgame take at Games Workshop's famous fantasy IP. In this game, players take the role of one of the four Ruinous Powers of the universe. Speaking of which, I believe this calls for some introductions.

schuss as Khorne
Khorne loves long walks on the battlefield and nights alone with the recently deceased. He enjoys handywork, and has even so constructed a throne for himself from nothing but the skulls of the living. He's always on the lookout for new blood - in the most literal sense possible - earning him the title of "The Blood God." If Khorne were a flavor of ice cream, he would be Berserk Banana.

Rorus Raz as Nurgle
The other white meat! Or in this case, possibly white pus. Nurgle, now with 300% more pestilence! This is Great Unclean One with the new Nurgle Treatment, and you won't believe it! Have you ever been traveling around, and all of a sudden you wish you had brought your horrific ailments with you? But how are you going to fit it all in your bags? Well that's easy with the new Nurgle (or as we should say, the Old Nurgle)! Watch as it spreads the epidemic over the entire countryside as you pass. And if you order now, we'll throw in this free plaguebearer. Call now!

Variable as Tzeentch
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Astargoth as Slaanesh
"Working for Khorne? It's ok, I guess, but I worry about my future prospects. You know how I'm probably going to die? Not enough blood left in my neck. You know how those Slaanesh dudes over there are probably going to die? Too many orgasms.
You can see my consternation." - Khorne Thrall

As the Prince of Pain and Pleasure, some might say that Slaanesh 'goes both ways.' His followers don't quite have a 'lust for battle,' but enjoy the 'corruption' of the aristocracy. He finds subtle usurping 'invigorating,' and sometimes even so much that he just has to release his 'keeper of secrets.'

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This will be a Play-By-Post game of Chaos in the Old World.

This standard game will take the top three players (other than me) from the signup list, plus one newby. Should any of those players not accept the position by Thursday evening, I'll continue down the regular sign-up list until we have four players.


[RULES]
[FAQ]

OP stolen shamelessly from Rend; board graphics courtesy of MrBlarney

Previous games, aka recommended reading before playing, are linked from the CF Boardgame Index

General discussion thread for Chaos in the Old World is available here

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  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    From Rend: A QUICK TUTORIAL ON CHAOS IN THE OLD WORLD
    -The Turn Phases-

    The Old World Phase
    This phase is much like the crisis phase in BSG, the infection phase in Pandemic, or the "Bad Stuff" phase in any cooperative board game. Except this game isn't so much "cooperative" as it is "petty". Each turn, events will take place in the old world, and this is when they happen.

    Every turn one old world card will be drawn, and its effects will be resolved. If there are any choices to be made, the power with the least threat will make those choices. (Threat is determined by who has advanced their victory dial the farthest)

    Note: There are only 7 cards in the Old World deck. If the cards have been exhausted, the game ends at the end of the turn. If nobody has achieved a victory condition, the Old World has won- and all players lose.

    The Draw Phase
    During this phase, each power draws 2 cards, except Tzeentch. Tzeentch draws his hand up to 5. Also, this is when each player refreshes their Power Points to however many applicable.

    The Summoning Phase
    This phase always starts with Khorne, and goes:
    Khorne
    Nurgle
    Tzeentch
    Slaanesh

    Starting with Khorne, each player may either summon 1 figure or play 1 chaos card. In order to do so, you spend Power Points. The cost for figures is the circled value on your power's card. Then there are also attack and defend stats, which will be explained in further detail in The Battle Phase.

    Chaos Cards each have a cost directly following their name in your Google Doc. Additionally, if the cost of your card is followed by M, that means there is a magic symbol on it. If you play that card onto a region, that region gains 1 magic symbol.

    Chaos cards are played directly onto one of the nine regions. Each region only has room for 2 cards, but they are cleared at the end phase after all effects are resolved.

    If a player chooses neither to summon nor play a card, he passes and his power points go to 0. He may not play again this phase.
    Additionally, if a player reaches 0 power points for ANY REASON, they may not play again this phase, EVEN IF THAT PLAYER HAS 0-cost cards or effects. Once you reach 0 power points, you are out of the turn phase, and are skipped until the next turn.

    If you have no figures on the board, figures may be summoned to any region. If you have at least one figure on the board, you must summon to that region or an adjacent region. Figures may be summoned either from your reinforcements, OR from the board itself. There is no discount for summoning figures from the board, it simply allows you to move figures instead of summoning new ones if you wish. You may summon a figure from a region in order to place him in an adjacent region even if none of your other figures are adjacent to that region (ie, a single figure can "walk" across the entire map alone).

    When making a play during the summoning phase, your entire post should be colored properly. All summoning phase plays should include the PP (power points) remaining, and you should fully quote the text of any Chaos cards played.

    The Battle Phase
    In this phase, dice are rolled. All combat is considered simultaneous, however, hits are chosen in the Order of Play (Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch, Slaanesh). Each figure with at least 1 attack power rolls a number of dice equal to that attack power. Any dice of 4 or better are hits. The player then designates those hits among any enemy figures in the region.

    You may not allocate more hits than necessary to kill an opponent.
    You must allocate all hits.

    Any figures which are killed will die at the end of the phase. However, unless the hits which killed it happened before normal dice are rolled, they may still return fire.

    The Corruption Phase
    The Corruption Phase takes place in 2 steps. Domination, and Corruption

    In the Domination step, each player's domination value is calculated for each region. This value is equal to the PP cost of any chaos cards that player has played on the region, plus the number of figures (number, not attack power) that player has in the region. If this number exceeds the region's resistance (which is the number by the region's name), and that player has the highest domination score, that player dominates the region and gains Victory Points equal to the region's number.
    If two players are tied for first, or if the top player is tied with the region's resistance, no VPs are awarded. Additionally, no VPs are awarded for ruined regions.

    In the Corruption step, each cultist a player has in a region adds one Corruption Counter to that region. If a region should reach 12 or more corruption counters, it then becomes ruined.
    When a region becomes ruined, it indicates that the Chaos has taken it over so completely that it is no longer even recognizable. It is now a hellish, daemonic wasteland. First, one of the 5 ruination cards is flipped (the cards go in order, so the values are the same from game to game). Each player who put a corruption counter on the region DURING THE STEP IT WAS RUINED gains a small amount of VPs instantaneously, decided by the card. Later this turn, the player with the most and the second most Corruption in the area gain a large lump sum of VPs as well. After the region is ruined, NO VPs will EVER come of the region again.
    If two players are tied for first, they add the first and second place values together and split them. If two players are tied for second, they split second place. If there is no second place, and only one player has counters, the second place VPs are wasted.

    If, at the end of the turn, all 5 Ruination cards have been flipped, the game ends and the player with the most VPs wins the game.

    The End Phase
    During the end phase:
    1. Remove Chaos Cards from the Board
    2. Hero Tokens are resolved - meaning that in any region with a hero token, the daemon with the highest threat in that region must sacrifice one figure, as the hero kills it.
    3. Resolve Old World cards - If a card on the Old World track asks for a resolution during the end phase, this is when it happens.
    4. Score Ruined Regions - this is the step when first/second place ruination is scored
    5. Advance Threat Dials - If you have fulfilled your victory dial condition at least once, you turn your dial one click. If you have fulfilled your condition more times this turn than any other player, you turn your dial two clicks. This dial gives various rewards, including Upgrades, VPs, and control of the tokens on the board.
    6. Check for Game end
    The game end conditions are checked one at a time, in this order:

    Dial Victory
    Victory Point Victory
    All 5 ruination cards drawn (most VPs wins)
    No cards in the Old World deck (All players lose)

    In the case of a dial victory tie, the player with most VPs wins. If they are tied, the victory is shared.
    In the case of a VP victory tie, the player with the highest threat wins.

    How do I gain victory points?
    Gain victory points in 4 ways:
    1. Dominating regions at the end of the battle phase
    2. Helping to ruin regions by placing corruption counters on them during the step in which ruination occurs
    3. Ruining regions and having most or second most counters on the region
    4. Sometimes, by advancing your victory dial

    The most reliable points come from Domination, while the quickest points come from ruining regions.

    How do I advance my dial?
    KHORNE: Gain 1 advancement token for each region in which you kill an opposing player's model this turn
    NURGLE: Gain 1 advancement token each time you place 2 or more corruption counters in a populous region in a single phase
    TZEENTCH: Gain 1 advancement token for each region with 2 or more magic and/or warpstone tokens in which you placed 2 corruption counters with cultists this turn.
    SLAANESH: Gain 1 advancement token for each region with at least 1 hero or noble in which you placed 2 corruption counters with cultists this turn.

    Every player with at least 1 token gains 1 click on the victory dial. Each turn the player who gained the most tokens this turn gains an additional click on the victory dial. In the case of a tie, neither player gets 2 clicks.

    Useful information:
    STANDARD REGION ORDER
    1. Norsca
    2. Troll Country
    3. Kislev
    4. The Empire
    5. Bretonnia
    6. Estalia
    7. Tilea
    8. The Border Princes
    9. The Badlands

    PLAYER MATS:
    Khorne
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    Nurgle
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    Tzeentch
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    Slaanesh
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    Errata: Dial advancement for two corruption, not one.

    DIAL ADVANCEMENT BONUSES:
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    Khorne: 9 clicks
    Nurgle: 10 clicks
    Tzeentch: 8 clicks
    Slaanesh: 7 clicks

    AVAILABLE UPGRADES:
    Khorne Upgrades:
    Upgrades:
    Power of Blood - +1 PP per turn
    Deluge of Ferocity - Draw 3 cards instead of 2 each turn
    Bloodsworn - Stats: (1/1/1)
    Bloodletters - Bloodletters strike first and inflict casualties before opponents return fire
    Bloodthirster - Counts as 3 figures for domination value

    Nurgle Upgrades:
    Power of Pestilence - +1 PP per turn
    Provender of Ruin - Score 3 VP each time a region is ruined
    Lepers - A Leper's cost is 0 if placed in a region where you have no other figures. A given leper may only be summoned for free once per round.
    Plaguebearers - When an opponent kills one of your plaguebearers in battle, inflict one hit on any figure in the same region belonging to that opponent
    Great Unclean One - Immediately place two corruption tokens in a region when you summon a Great Unclean One there

    Tzeentch Upgrades:
    Power of Magic - +1 PP per turn
    Deluge of Magic - Draw to 6 cards per turn instead of 5
    Acolytes - When summoned from the board instead of your stockpile, an Acolyte may bring a Warpstone token if present from its origin to its destination
    Horrors - When you summon a horror, you may place it on an empty card slot in that region. Only you may play cards to that slot while the horror remains.
    Lord of Change - A Lord of Change has 2 magic symbols.

    Slaanesh Upgrades:
    Power of Pain - +1 PP per turn. If you have power of pain and power of pleasure, total +3
    Power of Pleasure - +1 PP per turn. If you have power of pain and power of pleasure, total +3
    Seductress - New stats (1/0/2)
    Daemonettes - In battle, Daemonettes can only be hit on a die result of 6
    Keeper of Secrets - At the beginning of the battle phase, choose any cultist or warrior in this region. Control it until the end of the round or until your keeper of secrets is killed, whichever comes first.

    HOW TO MAKE A BATTLE ROLL:
    Delmain wrote: »
    Hey guys, helpful IC tidbit here.
    Roll Xd6.hitsopen(4,6). It'll reroll 6s and then count all the dice 4 and above and give you a convenient number of hits.

    Alternatively, you can make battle rolls via orokos (thanks, Infidel!)
    Delmain wrote: »
    Use Xd6o6h4.

    o is for Open, it rolls them over and over until you get a not-6. e6 just rerolls 6s once, even if another 6 comes up.

    Battle dice probabilities:
    MrBlarney wrote: »
    I made a table for expected results up to 6 battle dice. Cells without values have probabilities below 0.1%. There is some rounding, so the values won't be exact, but they'll be close enough for most purposes.

    ChaosInTheOldWorld_HitProbabilities.gif

    We'll be using both google-docs and admanb's handtracker for this game; you'll need to make an account for the handtracker and PM me an email address.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I've gotten a PM! yaaaaay

    who will I be playing with

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Woooooooooooooooo!

    No preference on gods. Slot me where you will.

    schuss on
  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    oh right, god preference

    I guess... I just don't want to be khorne again, I've pbp once and I was khorne.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited December 2010
    No preference.

    I'm rusty as hell though.

    Sterica on
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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    No preference.

    I'm rusty as hell though.

    yeah I haven't played in months

    but if the game hasn't changed :P I'm not too worried

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  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    No preference.

    I'm rusty as hell though.

    Don't forget to do the steps in your PM! (Send me an email address and make an account on handtracker.)

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  • AstargothAstargoth regular
    edited December 2010
    Hey guys.
    Pleasure playing with ya I'm sure.

    No preference in the god departament - let's go random baby

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited December 2010
    Okay, I'm all set up.

    Sterica on
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  • FroThulhuFroThulhu Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Not entirely sure how this works, but I'm up for harvesting some skulls. Gimme blood.

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  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Role assignment - A/RR/s/V: 1d100 6 1d100 40 1d100 41 1d100 14

    So in order (highest to lowest) we have:

    schuss as Khorne
    Rorus Raz as Nurgle
    Variable as Tzeentch
    Astargoth as Slaanesh


    You can go ahead and draw your initial hand of three cards on handtracker while I get everything else set up for the game.

    Darian on
  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    FroThulhu wrote: »
    Not entirely sure how this works, but I'm up for harvesting some skulls. Gimme blood.

    Sign-ups are being taken from the discussion thread (link in my sig); you should watch and read along with a couple of games while you wait for your turn to come up, over there.

    Darian on
  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Round 1, Old World phase

    The Crusade Is Come
    Place one Peasant token in each of two different regions. Then place one Hero token in each of two different regions. Then place one Noble token in each of two different regions.
    Discard this card instead of adding it to the Old World track.

    Nurgle to place the new tokens, after which we will move on to...


    Round 1, Draw phase

    Tzeentch may discard a card before drawing back to 5 in hand

    Khorne - draw 2; 19 left in deck, 5 in hand
    Nurgle - draw 2; 19 left in deck, 5 in hand
    Tzeentch - draw 2 or 3; 18-19 left in deck, 5 in hand
    Slaanesh - draw 2; 19 left in deck, 5 in hand

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    Darian on
  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    edit - got it

    Variable on
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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited December 2010
    Oh, so many possibilities.

    A lowly peasant in the Badlands and Norsca.
    A foolish "hero" in the Empire and Estalia.
    An indulgent noble in Troll Country and Bretonnia.

    Sterica on
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  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    To be clear: you can double up in a region (peasant, noble, and/or warpstone all in a single region), but you cannot put more than one of a given token in a single region.

    Assuming Nurgle is happy spreading everything out, though, we just need Tzeentch to declare discard or pass the option, before we move on to the summoning phase.

    Darian on
  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited December 2010
    I am aware of that, and am happy with my decisions.

    Sterica on
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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Tzeench will discard The Meddling of Skaven - 1 - When you play this card, choose an opponent with figures in this region. That player must discard two Chaos cards from their hand.

    Variable on
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  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Play the card from your hand in handtracker to discard it, and provide the card name and link to the action here.

    Nurgle needs to draw his next two cards (to five in hand), and Tzeentch needs to play the discard and draw three.

    Khorne does not need to wait for them, though; you're active for summoning.

    Darian on
  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    apologies

    variable played a card from his hand:
    The Meddling of Skaven - 1 - When you play this card, choose an opponent with figures in this region. That player must discard two Chaos cards from their hand.

    http://handtracker.heroku.com/games/41/acts/2172

    and I will now draw three

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  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    No worries; it's the first time you've used handtracker. :)

    Darian on
  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited December 2010
    Cards drawn!

    Sterica on
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  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Round 1, Summoning phase

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    Khorne is active

    Darian on
  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    1 cultist to Kislev
    6/7 PP remaining

    schuss on
  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited December 2010
    A cultist shall ring in the new year in Bretonnia tonight.

    5/6 PP

    Sterica on
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  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Round 1, Summoning phase

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    Tzeentch is active

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    variable played a card from his hand:
    (M) Temporal Stasis - 1 - The cost for your opponents to summon figures to this region, and play Chaos cards in this region, is increased by two.

    in Bretonnia

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  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Linky!

    Variable wrote: »
    Temporal Stasis in Bretonnia


    Slaanesh is active

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I think I'll get it right next time!

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  • AstargothAstargoth regular
    edited January 2011
    Cultist to Tilea.

    5/6 PP

    First turn stasis eh. Nasty.

    Astargoth on
  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Can you pick something a bit more purple (Orchid or DarkOrchid are recommended)?

    Also, let's try to remember to update your PP with each action. (5/6 PP, 5/6 PP)

    Also, also, threatening and negotiation with each other during the summoning phase is highly encouraged. It helps to keep the thread active and the GM amused.

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    cultist to kislev
    5/7 pp left

    schuss on
  • AstargothAstargoth regular
    edited January 2011
    Brother can it be? After years and years of slaughter this, and slaughter that, have you finally discovered the path of love and plesure.

    I shall be the first to welcome this new and improved Khorne to the fold of civilized beings

    Let us hold our hands and sing kumbaya to the moon.

    Astargoth on
  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Astargoth wrote: »
    Brother can it be? After years and years of slaughter this, and slaughter that, have you finally discovered the path of love and plesure.

    I shall be the first to welcome this new and improved Khorne to the fold of civilized beings

    Let us hold our hands and sing kumbaya to the moon.

    Don't worry brother, I shall still wash myself in the entrails of your followers, but what good is a present if it isn't a surprise?

    schuss on
  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited January 2011
    A cultist in Estalia

    4/6 PP

    Sterica on
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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Drain Power in Tilea

    6/6 PP

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  • DarianDarian Yellow Wizard The PitRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Variable wrote: »
    Drain Power in Tilea

    6/6 PP

    Also, 4/6 PP

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    Spells in effect:
    Bretonnia: Stasis (+2 PP for others)

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  • AstargothAstargoth regular
    edited January 2011
    Tzeentch dearest of all my friends. Do you honestly belive your sad attemts at being a party-pooper wil dissuade me from throwing one of my famous orgies? Why even the Troll nobility is coming to witness the "All you can eat, bitches & drugs, S&M extravaganza" I laugh at thee good sir

    Dark Influence on Troll Country- Move a Noble token to Tilea

    3/6 PP left

    Astargoth on
  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Mmmmmm, I feel the rage rising in you, my brothers.
    Cultist to Empire
    4/7 PP

    schuss on
  • AstargothAstargoth regular
    edited January 2011
    Sorry but no.
    As long as you have at least one figure in place, you are required to place additional ones in regions adjacent to them.

    Basicly you can place new figure in Kislev, Troll Country, and the Empire at the moment

    Astargoth on
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