Age of Sigmar Campaign - The quest for the Starforge (part one)

The release of a new edition of Age of Sigmar seemed like an excellent time to set-up a small scale campaign. After a bit of a chat at my local gaming club (Sword Brethren Eindhoven) I was warned to tone my ambitions down to make it work (excellent advice, I tend to get carried away). In the end I proposed running three linked scenario's one-on-one, leaving all the more complicated multiplayer campaign planning for some other time...


To start with I picked three scenario's, one from the new Core Book and two from the Malign Sorcery Rulebook and added a victory/loss/draw result to the battles. We'll play using matched play rules. The battles we'll be playing are:

Periphius Gate (Malign Sorcery p. 54)
Objective: take (and keep) control of a Realmgate with your heroes.
Winner - gets to pick the realm in the next scenario.
Loser - will play the custodian in the next scenario.
Draw - roll-off determines who gets the winner/loser result for the next scenario.

The Barrowfields (Malign Sorcery p. 54)
Objective: either defend (custodian) or destroy (attacker) four objectives.
Winner - Is the attacker in the final scenario.
Loser - Is the defender in the final scenario.
Draw - roll-off determines who gets the winner/loser result for the next scenario.

The Relief Force (brb p. 296)
Winner - Wins the campaign.
Loser - Loses the campaign.
Draw - The campaign ends in a draw.

After playing the first battle I decided to spice it all up slightly by adding a bit of a backstory.

"During the age of myth the fabled artificers from the city of Greyguild built the Starforge; a magical workshop with the power to make – and umake – stars. 'the brotherhood', A secretive cult of mages, seers and enchanters, worked in secret on a ritual said to bestow the power of the gods on mortals.  All came to nothing as the cult was slain defending Greyguild during the Age of Chaos. The location of the Starforge was lost to the ages..."

A second duo of player's will most likely be starting the campaign this week. In the meantime I've made my first battle report (2000 points), comic style (of course) of battle number one. If you want to, you can download the story below in PDF format here.

To be continued soon....