Of Gods And Mortals 4 way game.

 A unique, world first(?) game was held. 

Huge, huge THANK YOU to Matt Hay's (Hades) Wednesday Night group, Alana (first time player!  So brave! Izanami), and Harley*, THE Loki, who's enthusiasm was unbounded.

It's one thing to have a concept, vision, call it what you want.  But to find a group  willing and able to make it happen is a real treasure.

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* Will, in the fullness of time, Ragnarok happen?  

Loki  Q2 C5  344

Illusions Start of Play - only 1!:

Switch position of any 2 legends or mortals on either side

Remove 1 terrain piece.  Add 1 terrain piece

Traitorous strike +2 free hacks  (teleport then attack from behind) 

Stealth as long as adjacent to cover, cannot be shot at.

Transfix  1,2,3 actions, target legend or mortals,  LOS within Long.  Target Q test 3 dice, must pass equal no. actions use.  Takes 2 actions to remove.

Teleportation 1 action to move anywhere.  If in combat, enemy gets free hack

Ambusher  +2 bonus

Trickster during own turn, cause reroll any other dice, must be announced.

Shapeshift  Mare Q3 C3 Long move, Dashing  

OR  Fish Q2 C1 Amphibious.

Legends

Utgard Loki Q3 C4  104

Gargantuan +1 against smaller, +1shot at.

Trickster  during own turn, cause reroll any other dice, must be announced.

Ymir  Q3 C4 106  Huge. 

Frost. 1 action 1 short.  Target Q test or die/frozen.  Mortals 1 casualty + (Legends) movement reduced by 1 until 2M away from giant.  All gods & weather control unaffected.

2x Frost Giants Q4 C3 86  Huge +1 against smaller, +1shot at.

Slow 1 movement per activation, no reaction. 

Mortals

4x Troll Elite Q4 C3 Big +1 against smaller, +1shot at.  Rare  =100

12x Trolls  Q4 C2  Big  204

6 Troll Wolves  Q4 C2 Long move, Forester 150

7 Undead Warriors  Q4 C2   161  Undead Armoured no loss tied melee

God 344 
Legends 296
Mortals 615
Total 1,255

Izanami, Goddess of Creation and Death 280 points Q2 C4 

Culling of the Weak, Once only. ALL mortals 1M Q test or die.

Gods, Legends, Artificial, Undead Q3+ mortals unaffected.

Confound, enemy one short random direction Legends resist on Q test.

Tremble Before My Might, 2 actions 1L, fear.  All Q on 3 dice. 1 or more failures becomes Awed.

Sacrifice Automatically (no cost) kill 1 mortal follower for 1 extra invocation D.

Legends

Gaki, Hungry Spirit 90 points Q3 C3 Undead, 
Greedy.  If destroys Q test or lose 1 action next turn (not turnover)
Cloudform 1action to cloud, gain Free disengage, Flying & Long Move in the process. Unaffected mortal attacks,any casualties it inflicts are treated as a Recoil. A God with Weather Control attacks at +2. It takes one action for the unit to revert back into its physical condition. 

Dai Oni  Q3 C3 Big,  Hammering blow.  On 1 enemy free hack.  On 6 +2.
Teleport.  1 action to move anywhere.  If in combat, enemy gets free hack
114

2 Oni  Q3 C3 Big,  Hammering blow.  2x 84 = 168

Mortals 

16 Animated Corpses  16 points Q4 C2 Undead, Short Move  256

8 Monks  Q4 C2 Fanatic no morale test force under 50%  19 152

8 armed peasants Q4 C1 @ 10 = 80

5 Ronin Q4 C2 Armoured. no loss tied melee @ 20 = 100

God 280
Legends 372
Mortals 588

Osirus Q2 C4 256 

Raise the dead, 1 action 1 mortal 1 per turn.

Healing,  2 actions 1 mortal to life, legend/god to stand, remove transfix.

Protection.  Armoured trait on unit within 1 long until end turn.

Legends

Pharaoh Nuff  Q3 C2 Shooter Long, Long Move, Undead 76

General Ass  Q3 C2 Shooter Long, Long Move, Undead 76

2xGiant scorpions Q3 C3 Desert walk, 

Poison if inflicts casualty, roll 5-6 causes another. Not undead or god.

Big+1 combat smaller/shot at. 74 = 148

Mortals 

Levy infantry spear Q4 C2  8  x 18 = 144 

Slaves Q5 C1 Shooter short, Undead,  9 x 13 =  117

Mummies Q4 C2 Undead, 24 x 18  432
Armoured, no casualty in tied melee.  
Slow 1 move per activation, no reaction.  
 

 

God 256

Legends 300

Mortals 693

 

1,250

 

Hades Q4 C4 240

Raise the dead.  I action-1 mortal, 1 a turn.

Shadow form 1 action to turn immaterial shade gains stealth & flying, immune ranged attacks by mortals.  Melee by mortals -1.  Any casualties inflicted are recoils only.

 

Legends 

Spot.  Q3 C3 86.  Combat master. 1 melee action per action.  

Huge. +1 combat smaller/shot at.

 

Charioteer Q3 C3 Armoured, no casualty in tied melee.

Mounted, Free disengage, +1melee.  undead  90

 

2 x Behemoth Q3 C3 undead 90  Big +1 combat smaller/shot at.

Hammering blow On 1 enemy free hack.  On 6 +2.

 

Mortals 

Undead Q4 C2 24 x18 = 432

 

4 Centaurs Q4 C2 Long move, Shooter M, Undead.  31 = 124

 

7 Javelin Q4 C1 Undead Shooter short 14 = 98

 

God 240

Legends 356

Mortals 647

1,254

 

So it came to pass that a Fastus Furious game was held.  The result being:

The Running Order:

Ymir for Loki
Loki
Osiris
Izanami
Gaki for Izanami
Cerberus for Hades
Pharoah Nuff for Osiris
Hades. 

Terrain and Deployment Order is the reverse. I kept the terrain selection to 2 each, one pass of the list : Hades. Osiris. Hades. Izanami. Izanami. Osiris. Loki. Loki.

The game. Apologies, I was concentrating on running the game than taking coherent pictures, but you can get a good idea of the fun. And it WAS fun. We all enjoyed it and the pace was slower than normal but no one was left out.

The first game - deployment. Matt (Hades) put a unit in the centre of my (Osirus) deployment and in my temple. Yep, I placed several too close.

He took the hill he had placed while Loki forms a solid column.  Izanami more a solid crescent.

Starting!  Loki added a small area of rough to pen in Izanami.  Then his better trolls (I think these should be C3 or dashing) crashed into my levy spear, who did a sterling job all game of holding him back.

Then he attacked Izanami, undead vs Ronin who came off worse.

Now Hades attack on Osirus heats up.  The scorpion vs Cerberus fight was a real ding dong until they killed each other!

Hades hordes attacks Osirus, get shoved back.  My hero dashes into one, but gets crushed.  The other hits a behemoth, but likewise dies.

My levy's killed one!   Scorpion comes scuttling in and turns a dead result into a knocked down to be dispatched later.  My legends aren't doing well!

Pressure on Izanami.  Loki's moving in, Hades chariot takes out the Dai Oni.

Ymir gets close enough to try Frost, but it fails.

Hades starts collecting dead--. 

Osirus moves onto the flak, throws trolls back.

Now Izanami moves in, slaughtering the centaurs.  All the ladies love a crunchy hard centaur.

Loki teleports in on reaction.

The remaining Oni and Gaki pick on the troll wolves.

Hades forms the grateful dead, look who's coming--

This flank starts to heat up again.

Osirus kills Ymir!

A scratch unit of undead - reundead? Holds up Izanami.

Loki does the dirty on Hades but didn't quite make it.

The remaining trolls head for Hades hoard - away from Osirus. 

Peasants fight undead and do better than expected.

Osirus moves into contact, but Loki teleports in going stabby stabby and the first god is dead!

Hades hill is assaulted.

Osirus is back!  The levy are pushed back.

And there we left it!  Time constraints as usual.

The game.  The pace was fine, considering that Alana was a new player and Matt & Harley haven't played since the before time.

We made mistakes.  So what?  We were all friends together looking to have a fun experience.  This aim was achieved.  Perhaps I should have shrunk the sises to 1,000?

The game-generated list worked well as it made sure play was distributed, even if not evenly.  Such is the nature of the gods.

I kept terrain selection to 2 each, so one round of the list.  I gave each a temple, if defended as per the scenario, but these were not used except Matt plonked a unit in mine on deployment.  The central Dun  Manifestin worked to break the play up.

This was a first step to my proposed Beachhead game in Bournemouth next February (2023)  First off I've started making the lists.  That means I've an idea of the mound of painting to do- chariots----.

Planning isn't too hard.  Just matching who fought who.  I have the plan of the table in my mind.  River on one side, Scaen gate with dignitaries on top.  Base line of Achilles camp covers all the scenery.

For this game is to use a goblet with 2 gems each for each side.  I had thought of using small ducks but- I would need a bucket..  The initiative is pulled and the gem retained (I need a stand per each side - more work!)   

Reactions are pulled, so there is less chance of the active player getting it.  

Change of initiative the same.  If the active player gets it again, both are retained, so there's no chance of a reaction or a third go.

Watch this space!