Sunday, 22 February 2015

Saladin at the Gate - Campaign

We kicked off our Crusades campaign on the weekend.
This is the opening battle two Christian armies got jumped by two of Saladin's armies in the East
There are 3 armies per side so 6 players. I'll post a picture of the map when I have it as it's hard to explain what's happened so far in any real detail.
Essentially the Christians won this fight forcing Saladin to withdraw splitting his forces, one army heading north and the other heading south.
The third Arab army has sacked Saphet in the north while the King of Jerusalem and the holy relic hold the central province of Cafarsset ....waiting on the outcome of this first engagement.
We now have to see who gets to move first in the next turn if the Christians win the initiative then they can keep the pressure on and pursue .... Saladin is rated as a Genius so he will get a +4 on his initiative roll while the King of Jerusalem is rated Poor with only a +1 so they may slip away.
More to come....





 Muttawiyah (Islam volunteers ) start a bush fire smoking a few of the Christians off the hill pushing them back and disordering effected units.....trouble makers.

Here's the map thanks to Chris ..... Cheers mate.







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14 comments:

  1. Klingula22 February 2015 at 19:43

    Majestic battle 8o
    Congratulations!

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  2. Starkadder22 February 2015 at 20:58

    Bloody turcopoles. That's it. Bloody turcopoles.

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  3. Carlo22 February 2015 at 21:13

    Looking great. Very interseted in your campaign mechanics Richard.

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    1. Tarty22 February 2015 at 22:07

      We're playing the campaign out of Extra Impetus 2 Carlo.

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    2. Carlo23 February 2015 at 17:58

      Thanks mate - I have that so will have a good read tonight. Cheers

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  4. Matt Crump22 February 2015 at 23:38

    Fantastic looking well, more inspiration to keep painting. Can you just confirm what your desert base terrain is made of ? Are they simply blankets with spray as they look very effective.

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    1. Tarty22 February 2015 at 23:52

      Made it myself Matt. It's a painters drop sheet ( very large this one but they come in smaller sizes as well ) which I've painted with latex and flocked with model railroad 'desert' textured ground cover mixed with beach sand.

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  5. rct7500123 February 2015 at 03:12

    This is fun.

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  6. Monty23 February 2015 at 12:26

    That is a lovely table chockablock full of beautiful minis. Thanks for sharing! I do love campaigns so that makes it a ++.

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    1. Tarty24 February 2015 at 04:05

      Thanks Monty. This is our first crack at an Impetus campaign I've been keen for awhile to get one off the ground.

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  7. Ramases24 February 2015 at 02:36

    Looks great. Impetus?? Gaming matt is really effective. I would love to own that.

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  8. Ramases24 February 2015 at 02:40

    How did you paint and flock the matt. Think a lot of people would like tips on it.

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  9. Tarty24 February 2015 at 04:09

    Yep Impetus Ramases. This is a painters drop sheet painted with latex and flocked with a desert ground cover and sand mix. The secret is to work in small sections I think don't try and do it all in one go or you'll end up in a total mess ( learnt the hard way )
    Richard

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  10. flyingshedpainting service30 March 2015 at 08:43

    Beautiful minis, the table and the game looks awesome.

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