To commemorate the End Of The World this coming Friday, we are having a FOG Fantasy game this Friday, and I thought I'd share my rule changes.
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It's January 1st 1000 AD and in a field just North of Paris King Robert II (The Pious) is standing with his army to face the unthinkable. As predicted by his Priests, 1000 years after the birth of Christ, the world is about to end as a wave of barbarian heathens advance towards the King of the Franks and his army.
Winged Demons, Dragons, Trolls and Giant Wolves stand with the devil worshipers and only the power of God and Heroic Christian men (and some divine help) opposes them. Win or lose, fight well and your place in your version of Paradise
is assured
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This not-quite standard FOG game features Northern Barbarian
and the army of the Franks. The non-standard items for this fighting of Ragnarok are –
Heroes. Markers not elements. If placed in the front line of combat they upgrade any unit they are with to Superior Impact foot with Skilled Swordsman. (Odin on his 8-legged steed counts as a Hero representing the waning power of the
non-Christian Gods.) This change of troop type applies to mounted troops as well as foot. All Heroes move as LC. When a unit accompanied by a Hero loses its second base, roll a D6. On a 6 the Hero dies immediately (no save). For the rest
of the game the unit still counts as Superior but other benefits are lost. If he survives, roll again each time a base is removed.
Priests. Markers not elements. Priests have no combat ability, but if a unit with a Priest engages an enemy unit with a Hero, the Priest cancels the Hero effect.(see above). If the unit the Priest is accompanying is fighting Giants, Dragons or the Giant Wolf, the priest inflicts 2 hits against automatically (in addition to any the unit inflict). When a unit accompanied by a priest loses a
base, roll a D6. On a 6 the priest dies immediately (no save), however, for the rest of the game the unit counts as Elite Impact Foot. If he survives, roll again each time a base is lost.
NB. Priests may leave a unit at ANY time including while the unit is in combat. Heroes are subject to the same rules as Generals. If a unit accompanied by a Hero or Priest routs, the Hero/Priest is immediately moved to the nearest
friendly unit. A unit with a Priest and a Hero attached gains nothing – they just cancel each other out.
Dragon/Giant Wolf. Fights as 2 x Elephants, moves as LH, otherwise normal Elephant rules.
Trolls. Count as Protected MF with Heavy Weapon, but move at Cv speed
Giants. Fight as Elephants, move as Cv, otherwise use normal Elephant rules.
Angels/Valkyries. Move as 2 x LH in any direction but ignore all ground units. Have to land to attack, so need space to place 2 x LH bases but otherwise can land anywhere within move including rear of enemy. On landing they get a free change of facing. Fight as superior LC. If not in HtH combat can be shot at by archers. Cannot end a turn over a unit. If not engaged on the ground Valkyries and Angelic host can fight in the air. Combat as normal.
Comments appreciated.
Pete
