By Alessio Cavatore

2 Ed
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 Units
In Kings of War, all units are made up of one or more
models. These models must be glued on the bases provided
with them and formed up into units as described below.
Each unit belongs to one of the following categories:

Infantry (Inf) War Engines (War Eng)

Infantry units normally consist of models fielded 5 A War Engine is a unit consisting of a single war machine,
models wide. like a catapult or a bolt thrower. It will also have number
of crew models, but these are purely decorative and
Infantry units consist of ten models in two ranks of five, should be arranged around the machine in a suitably
fifteen in three ranks, twenty in four ranks or twenty-five entertaining fashion.
in five ranks, which is the largest standard unit.

The number of models that make up a unit is specified in its

stats (explained on page 7), and will normally correspond to Monsters (Mon)
the number of models you get in boxes supplied by Mantic. A Monster is a unit consisting of a single model – a large
and powerful mythical beast or magical construct.
Hordes
Hordes are the largest infantry unit in Kings of War
and are highly resilient and dangerous. The frontage of Heroes (Hero/xxx)
Hordes is double that of normal units – 10 models wide. A Hero is a unit consisting of a single model. It can be
They are normally three or more ranks deep. an officer, a sorcerer or even a mighty lord of its race.
Heores vary in size between different races, and can ride
Large Infantry many types of mount or even monstrous war-beast, so
Some infantry units consist of large infantry models a Hero always has a tag in bracket specifying what type
fielded 3 models wide (in one rank, or in two ranks for of unit he belongs to – which helps with determining
Hordes). There are rumours of larger, wider formations, its height and other special rules that are related with
but they are probably just a myth... or are they? certain units.

So a Hero could be a (Hero/Inf), or a (Hero/Cav), or a

Cavalry (Cav) (Hero/Mon), or a (Hero/Large Inf), or a (Hero/Large Cav),
Cavalry units normally consist of mounted models fielded and though we have not conceived yet a (Hero/War
5 models wide (and one or two ranks deep). Cavalry are Eng), one never knows...
not usually as numerous as infantry on the battlefield,
but the very rare cavalry Hordes are fielded 10 models Sometimes a Hero has options that allow him to choose
wide and are two or more ranks deep. different mounts – if it does so, his unit type will of
course change to that of the relative mount, as specified
Large Cavalry in the Hero’s entry.
Some cavalry units consist of large cavalry models fielded
3 models wide (in one rank, or in two ranks for Hordes).
Larger units are probably just a made-up tale to scare
little goblins at bedtime.

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Model’s Base Sizes

Infantry models are based on 20mm square bases, apart from some that will be marked as exceptions in their entry
(such as Orcs, Sylvan Kin, Salamanders, Lower Abyssals, Gargoyles, etc, which are on 25mm square bases).

Large Infantry models are based on 40mm square bases, apart from some that will be marked as exceptions in their
entry (such as Lesser Obsidian Golems, which are on 50mm square bases).

Cavalry models are based on 25x50mm.

Large Cavalry models are based on 50mm square bases, apart from some that will be marked as exceptions in their
entry (such as Mincers, all Chariots & Fight Wagons, which are on 50x100mm).

Monsters and War Engine models are based on 50mm square bases, but you can use a base that is 50mm wide and
100mm deep if your model doesn’t fit. You may even need a wider or deeper base for exceptionally large models – in
such rare cases, use the smallest base that you can fit your model on.

Heroes fit on the relevant base – i.e. a model on foot will use a 20mm base (unless it’s an Orc or other race that uses
larger bases for infantry, as noted). If you mount a character on a horse, he is then put on a 25x50mm. Mount them
on something bigger like a Slasher/Griffon/Dragon etc, and they’ll be on a 50mm square base. Again, if your Dragon
needs a bigger base, that’s fine.

Unit footprint, movement trays and multibases

If a unit consists of a large number of models, it is far more convenient when moving it around to place a ‘movement
tray’ underneath it – that way you effectively have a single object to move on the battlefield rather than a large
number of them (say 20 Elf infantry models). This speeds up gameplay immensely. The ideal movement tray is a piece
of plastic, thick cardboard or plasticard that is cut to the exact space occupied by the bases of the models forming
the unit, and painted to match the colour of their bases. For example, a regiment of 20 Elf infantry models occupy
a rectangluar tray 100mm wide and 80mm deep. If the tray has a little ‘lip’ around the unit (normally up to a couple
of millimetres wide), this does not matter and player should agree to either always ignore the lip when measuring
distances (our favourite solution) or to always measure distances from/to it – as long as this is done consistently for
all units and both sides, it should not present a problem.

It is even faster, not to mention more practical, to actually glue the models’ bases directly onto the tray – that way
you have an army that effectively consists of a very small number of individual ‘elements’ – very compact and easy
to store and transport. Some people even go to the next level, and glue their models directly onto the tray, without
first placing them on their individual bases. We refer to these solutions as ‘multibases’. Multibases are very useful, but
make sure that the multibase itself conforms to the correct size for the ranked up models as if their were mounted
onto their individual bases. To continue the example above, you could mount the 20 Elf infantry models directly onto
a 100x80mm multibase.

This last way of mounting models directly onto the multibase offers great modelling opportunities, as the multibase
can effectively be treated as a mini-diorama in itself, creating great looking and very individual units like the ones
shown below. You might even end up with a little more or less than the correct number of models on the multibase
– this is fine, but it must be reasonably close to the correct amount, so that there is no chance of misleading your
opponents in regards to the real size of the unit. It’s best to quickly explain to your opponent what your units are
before you play to clarify anything like this.

Unit Leaders, Banners and Musicians

Some units include models that are equipped differently from the rest of the unit - normnally the unit’s leader,
banner-bearer and musician. These models count as equipped like the rest of the models in the unit and have a purely
decorative function in the game – placed in the front rank of your unit, they offer you a good chance of showing off
your painting skills and help making the unit look splendid and unique.

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Front, Rear, Flank

Normally in Kings of War, units have four facings: front, Rear Arc
rear, left flank and right flank. Each of these facings
possesses an ‘arc’, an area determined by drawing
imaginary lines at 45 degree angles from each corner of
the unit, as shown in Diagram A.
Right Left
Flank Flank

Can They See? Arc Arc

During the game, you will at times need to determine

whether one of your units can see another one, normally
an enemy unit that your unit intends to charge or shoot.
Front Arc

Arc of Sight
First, we’ll assume that your unit can only see things Diagram A
that are at least partially in its front arc – its ‘arc of
sight’. The flank and rear arcs are completely blind.
then line of sight is blocked.

Line of Sight (LOS) Note that the line of sight does not have to be the
Of course, terrain and other units can still get in the way shortest line between your unit’s front centre and the
and hide targets that are in your unit’s arc of sight. To target unit’s base; any line from the front centre of your
determine whether your unit can actually see a target unit to any part of the target unit’s base will do fine.
that is in its arc of sight, follow the rules below.
If you’re unsure whether your unit can see a target unit
Unit height or not, roll a die. On a 4+ it can see it, on 3 or less it
Each unit has a height assigned according to its type: cannot.

Unit Type Height Example A

Infantry 1 Unit A is trying to draw line of sight to Unit C. The dotted
Large Infantry 2 line represents the line of sight trying to be drawn.
Cavalry 2
Large Cavalry 3 If either Unit A or Unit C are taller than Unit B then line
Monsters 4 of sight is NOT blocked. If Unit B is the same height or
War Engines 1 taller than both Unit A and Unit C then line of sight is
blocked.
A hero’s height is equal to that of its type. E.g. a hero on
foot has a height of 1 while a hero mounted on a horse Example B
has a height of 2 etc. In this example, Unit B is considered to be as tall as
Units A and C and therefore blocks line of sight. Unit A
Some units may be an exception and have a different can still see Unit C by looking around the edge of Unit
height – this will be specified in their entry (e.g. Orclings B, even though the line drawn is not the shortest one
are height 0). possible.

Drawing LOS
To determine line of sight, draw an imaginary line from
the point in the exact centre of the front of your your Terrain and LOS
unit’s base to ANY point of its target’s base. If this This is discussed in more detail on page @@.
imaginary line passes over no other unit’s base or terrain
features, then line of sight is not blocked.

If either your unit or the target unit are taller than any
other units or terrain in the way, then line of sight is not
blocked. If any units or terrain in the way are the same
height or taller than both your unit and the target unit,

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Stats Measuring Distances

Each unit in Kings of War has a name and a series of You can measure distances at any time you like. Distances
statistics (for short, we call them ‘stats’), which define are always measured to/from the nearest points between
how powerful it is in the game. These are: the bases of the nearest models in the two units you are
measuring from/to.
• Type. What type of unit and how many models it
comprises. If models don’t have bases, but have been mounted
directly onto a movement tray, then measure to the
• Speed (Sp). How fast the unit moves, in inches. closest point on the unit’s movement tray.

• Melee (Me). The score needed by the unit to hit in melee. If models don’t have bases or movement trays (a very rare
case possible with some very large models), then measure
• Ranged (Ra). The score needed by the unit to hit with to the nearest part of the model’s body, ignoring limbs,
ranged attacks. If it has no normal ranged attacks, this weapons and other elements that ‘stick out’ of the body.
is a ‘–’.

• Defence (De). The score the enemy requires to damage Keep your distance!
the unit. In order to avoid confusion, keep your units at least
1” away from enemy units at all times, except when
• Attacks (Att). The number of dice the unit rolls when carging.
attacking, both at range and in melee.
For the same reason, make sure your own units are not
• Nerve (Ne). A combination of the unit’s size and its literally in base to base contact, as for example two
training and discipline, this stat shows how resistant it Regiments pushed together side by side look very much
is to damage suffered. like a Horde. So it’s best to keep your units at least 1mm
away from friendly units at all times.
• Special. Any special equipment (like ranged weapons)
and rules the unit has.

Example
Elf Bowmen (Type: Infantry)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Troop (10) 6 4+ 4+ 4+ 10 11/13 120
Regiment (20) 6 4+ 4+ 4+ 10 14/16 160
Horde (40) 6 4+ 4+ 4+ 20 21/23 305

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 The Turn
Much like chess, Kings of War is played in turns. Just roll Dice
a die to decide who is going to have the first turn – the
player winning the die roll decides who goes first. That In these rules, whenever we refer to a die or dice,
we mean a normal six-sided die, which we call D6.
player moves, shoots and strikes blows in close combat
Sometimes we also use terms like ‘D3’, which is
with his units – this concludes Turn 1 of the game. After
the result of a D6 divided by 2 (rounding up), or
that, his opponent takes a turn – Turn 2 of the game,
‘D6+1’, meaning rolling a D6 and adding 1 to the
and then the players keep alternating this way until an
result, or 2D6, which is rolling two dice and adding
agreed time limit or turn limit is reached.
them together.
In his turn a player goes through the following three Re-rolls
phases:
1) Move phase; When you are allowed a re-roll, simply pick up the
2) Shoot phase; number of dice you are allowed to re-roll and roll
them again. The second result stands, even if it’s
3) Melee phase. worse than the first. Regardless of the number of
We’ll examine each of these phases in detail on the special rules that apply to a particular circumstance,
following pages. you can never re-roll a re-roll, the second roll always
stands.

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 Move
During the Move phase of your turn, pick each of your
Diagram B
units in turn, and the unit’s Leader will give them one of
the following orders:

Halt!
The unit does not move at all.

Change Facing!
The unit remains stationary and can pivot around its
centre to face any direction. See Diagram B.

Advance!
The unit can advance straight forward up to a number of
inches equal to its Speed. At any point during this move
(i.e. before or after advancing, or anywhere along its
advance), the unit can also make a single pivot around Change Facing!
its centre of up to 90 degrees from its original facing.
See Diagram C.

Back! At the Double!

The unit can move straight backwards at up to half of its The unit can advance straight forward up to double its
Speed. See Diagram D. Speed. See Diagram D.

Sidestep! Charge!
The unit can move sideways straight to its left or straight This is by far the most exciting of orders. It is also the
to its right at up to half of its Speed. See Diagram D. most complicated and so it’s described in detail below.

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Unit Interpenetration Diagram C Advance!

Interpenetration when moving

The following rules regulate interpenetration when a
units moves directly forward, backwards or sideways.

Friends
Friendly units can be moved through (except when
charging, see below), but you cannot end a unit’s move
on top of another unit, so you’ll have to be sure that
your units have enough movement to end up clear of
their friends. Also, at the end of their move, your units
must be at least 1mm away from friendly units. This
ensures that both you and your opponent can clearly tell
them apart.
4"
Enemies
Enemy units, on the other hand, block movement. Your
units can never approach to within 1” of them, except
when charging or during a pivot.

Interpenetration when pivoting 1"

In reality, regimented units are more flexible in rearranging
their ranks than our miniatures, so we allow units that
are pivoting around their centre as part of their move
(whether it’s a Change Facing, an Advance, etc.), to pivot This Skeleton regiment has a Speed of 5" and it’s ordered
through both friends and enemy units, and all types of to Advance! First, it’s moved 4" straight forward, then
terrain, including blocking terrain and even the edge of it’s pivoted around its centre, and finally it completes its
the table. advance by moving a further 1" straight forward.

They must of course still end their move clear of blocking

terrain (and completely on the table!), 1mm away from
friendly units, and 1” away from enemy units.
Back! 2½"

Charge!
A charge is the only way your units can move into contact
with the enemy. A unit can charge a single enemy unit
(‘the target’) as long as the following conditions are met:

• the target is at least partially in your unit’s front arc;

• the unit can see the target;

• the distance between the point in the exact centre of

Advance! 5"
your unit’s front and the closest visible point on the
target unit’s base is equal to or less than double your
unit’s Speed;

• there is enough space for your unit to physically move into At The
contact with the target by moving as described below. Double!
10"

Diagram D

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Moving Chargers away by an inch or as much as possible to ensure that they

As they move, charging units can move forward without are no longer touching. This represents the charging unit
measuring how much distance they actually cover, and concentrating its fighting efforts against a single enemy,
pivot once around their centre up to 90º, at any point while holding at bay the other enemy units nearby. It
during their move. might look a bit strange at first, but remember that the
enemy units will normally get to charge back into the
They must, however, always use the shortest way fight to help their friends in their following turn.
possible, going around any blocking terrain and any
unit in their way (friends and foes). Note that they
must go through any area of difficult terrain or obstacle Corner-to-corner charges
that would normally slow down their movement. These In some rare cases, the only possible way for a charger to
elements of terrain do not slow down Charge moves, but make phisical contact with a target would be by literally
they cause the charging unit to suffer a slight penalty in having one corner of its frontage in contact with one
the ensuing melee. corner of the target. This extreme cases are called ‘corner
to corner’ contact – one example of this is shown in the
Basically, the only thing that matters during a Charge diagram below.
move is that the unit has physically enough space to
move into contact with the target. Note that the unit <diagram of two friendly unit perfectly aligned in column,
needs to be able to have at least some of its front both visible and in front arc of the charger>
physically into contact with the unit being charged,
contacting a unit exclusively with the point in the exact We deem that this is not enough to warrant a sensible
corner of the unit is not allowed. charge and combat, so we disallow these charges. The
charger must be able to place at least one millimetre of its
Once the charging unit is in contact with the target, frontage in base contact with the side of the target that it
align it with the side of the target you are charging so is charging.
that it is flush with it.

Finally, shuffle the chargers sideways until the centre of Defending an Obstacle
their front is facing directly opposite the centre of the Sometimes a unit will be placed with one of its facings
target unit, or as close as possible to it. in contact with an obstacle, as this makes for a strong
defensive position. Even though it’s physically impossible
to move a charging unit in contact with the target unit’s
Flank and Rear Charges facing that is ‘defended’ by the obstacle, your units can still
If the point in the exact centre of the front of the charge it – move the charger to align against the obstacle
charging unit is in the target’s front arc when the order rather than the target unit’s facing. If the majority of the
to Charge is given, the unit must charge the target’s charging unit’s front is covered by the obstacle, then the
front facing. target counts as Defending an Obstacle, and will benefit
from a defensive bonus in the ensuing combat, as explained
If the point in the exact centre of the front of the in the Melee section on page @@.
charging unit is in the target’s right or left flank arc
when the order to Charge is given, the unit must charge
the target’s appropriate flank facing.

If the point in the exact centre of the front of the

charging unit is in the target’s rear arc when the order
to Charge is given, the unit must charge the target’s rear
facing.

<DIAGRAM!>

Proximity to enemies
Remember that when charging, units don’t have to stay
1” away from enemies, and this means that sometimes a
charging unit may end up in contact with both its target
and one or more enemy units it has not charged (e.g.
when charging a unit that is part of a tight enemy battle
line). In this case, you’ll have to nudge these enemy units
Multiple Charges
Against the Same Target
If two or more of your units are able to charge the same
enemy unit, they can do so, as long as they can fit
(leaving the mandatory 1mm distance between friendly
units!). Just issue a simultaneous order to all of the units
that are charging the same target.

Once contact is made, any units that have charged the

same facing of the target will have to share the space
available as equally as possible, so shuffle them sideways
as shown in Diagram E.

If there isn’t enough space for all of the units to fit against
the facing of the target they are charging, some of the
units will not charge and must be given a different order.

You will notice how it is impossible for three units of

exactly the same frontage (e.g. 100mm) to charge the
facing of an enemy that has the same width (100mm).
This is because you have to respect the 1mm distance
between friendly units (and anyway corner-to-corner
charges are not allowed!). So only two such units can
charge the same facing, the third will have to be given a
different order.

Diagram E

Two units charge a single enemy unit to its front. The charging units share the space available
on the front facing as equally as possible.

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 Terrain
Elements of terrain make your table look more impressive,
but they also make the game more complex, so don’t use Terrain and LOS
too much terrain in your first games of Kings of War.

In war games, terrain is normally made in either of two Terrain height

ways: single terrain pieces or areas of terrain. The rules Heights of all terrain should be agreed before the game.
for both are below. Before the game, it’s always a good As a guideline for ‘measuring’ the height of terrain, use
idea to agree with your opponent how you are going to your tape measure and translate every inch of actual
treat each of the pieces of terrain on the table. height of the terrain piece as 1 level of height, for
example:

Terrain and Movement • a one-inch tall wall is Height 1

• a two-inch tall hill is Height 2

Single Terrain Pieces • a three-inch tall building is Height 3

These are individual pieces like a lone tree, a house, a
boulder, a fence, a hedge or a wall. They will be either • a wood with four-inch tall trees is Height 4)
blocking terrain, an obstacle or decorative terrain.
If a terrain piece includes elements with different heights
• Blocking Terrain. Units cannot move across blocking (like a wood made of trees of different height), use its
terrain and must go around it. We recommend average height.
treating buildings, high walls and other large pieces
as blocking terrain.
Single Terrain Pieces
• Obstacles. Obstacles are long and narrow pieces of Blocking Terrain blocks LOS drawn across it in the same
terrain, like a low wall, a fence, a hedge, a stream, way as a unit of the same height.
etc. – something that a roughly man-sized creature
could see over and clamber across easily. Units can Obstacles and Decorative Terrain do not block LOS.
move over obstacles normally (even ending halfway
over them), but cannot cross them while moving ‘At
the Double’. Areas of Difficult Terrain
Areas of difficult terrain are treated as blocking terrain
• Decorative Terrain. A unit can move over decorative when drawing LOS across them to a unit that is behind,
terrain pieces as it pleases, ignoring them altogether and in the same way as a unit of the same height.
nudging them out of the way if it ends its move on top
of any (but remember to put them back in their original However, if any part of a unit is inside an area of
position once the unit moves off!). This is best for small difficult terrain, ignore that area of difficult terrain
terrain pieces like small bushes or individual trees. when drawing LOS to/from the unit.

In other words, areas of difficult terrain block LOS to

Areas of Difficult Terrain units behind them (depending on height, of course), but
This type of terrain consists of things like woods, farms/ not to/from units inside them.
hamlets, crop fields, areas of broken, rocky terrain or
scree, and so on. They are normally made by gluing
a number of pieces of terrain onto a large base. This Hills
conveniently shows the area of the terrain – the entire As for other terrain, the Height of a hill should be agreed
area of this base counts as difficult terrain. If a unit’s between players at the start of a game. For example a
move would cross an area of difficult terrain, the unit hill around 25mm high, which would realistically hide a
cannot move ‘At the double’. It is of course absolutely human, would be height 1 while one which would hide
fine for a unit that starts its move outside an area of a mounted knight but not a drakon would be height 2.
difficult terrain to move at the double and stop its
move just as it comes into contact with one such area, Any models standing on the hill add the hill’s height to
stopping just outside it. their own. For example, a war engine on a height 2 hill
would be considered height 3 while large infantry would
be considered height 4.
 Shoot
When you’re done moving all of your units, it’s time to
shoot with any of them that can do so. Pick one of your Shooting and
units at a time, choose a target for them, and let loose!
Hitting the Target
If you start the Shoot phase and have not issued orders Once the target has been picked, roll a number of dice
to all of your units, it is assumed that all units you have equal to the firing unit’s Attacks value. Your unit’s dice
not ordered during the Move phase have been ordered rolls, with any modifiers that apply, must score a number
to Halt. equal to or higher than its Ranged Attack value in order
to hit its target. Discard any dice that score less than that.
If a unit has two or more types of ranged attacks
(including magical ones), it can only use one per turn.
Modifiers
A number of factors can make a hit less likely to happen.

Moving and Shooting The most common are:

Units that have received an ‘At the Double’ order that • +1 close range. The target is within 6”.
turn are too busy moving to be able to shoot.
• -1 cover. The target is in cover (see below).

Melee and Shooting • –1 moving. The firing unit received any order other
than Halt that turn. This modifier does not apply to
Units that are in base contact with enemies cannot pistols, javelins, thrown weapons.
shoot, and cannot be shot at.
For each of these factors, add or deduct one from
the score rolled by the dice. For example, if your unit

Picking a Target normally needs a 4 or more to hit, but it has moved, you
will need 5 or more to hit instead. If the target was in
A unit can pick a single enemy unit as a target for its cover as well, you would need 6s.
ranged attacks as long as the following conditions are met:
Any dice that rolls a 1 is always a miss, regardless of
• the target is at least partially in the unit’s front arc. modifiers. However, if modifiers to the roll mean that the
unit would need more than 6 to hit, it can still shoot and
• the target is visible to the unit. will need 6 to hit, but it only rolls dice equal to half of
its Attacks (rounding down).
• the distance between the unit and its target is equal to
or less than your unit’s weapon range.

Damaging the Target

Ranges After discarding any dice that missed, pick up the dice
and roll them again, to try and damage the enemy
The ranges of the most common weapons used in Kings unit. The number your unit needs to damage the target
of War are: is equal to the target’s Defence value. This roll can
sometimes be modified by special rules, etc.
• Bows, crossbows, rifles: 24”
Any die that rolls a 1 always fails to damage, regardless of
• Pistols, javelins, thrown weapons: 12” modifiers. If a modifier brings the score required to damage
a target to above 6, that target cannot be damaged.
If a unit has a ranged attack with a range that is different
from the ones above, it will be specified in its special rules.

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Recording Damage Cover Versus

For each hit that scores damage, place a damage marker Ranged Attacks
next to the unit. This represents physical damage and
casualties as well as a decline in the unit’s morale, In cases when the target unit is partially visible
cohesion and will to fight on. behind a unit or terrain piece, the firing unit might
suffer from the negative ‘cover’ modifier on its rolls
As the unit accumulates damage markers, it might be to hit. To decide whether the target unit is in cover,
more convenient to record this by writing it down, or draw LOS from the centre of the front rank of the
placing a die (possibly an unusual one, of a different size firing unit to the side of the target unit that the
or colour, to avoid rolling it by mistake) next to a single firing unit is in (front, rear, or either flank).
damage marker behind the unit, or using some other
suitable tokens. Partially obscured targets
If at least half of the target’s side is not visible, then
the target is in cover.

Testing Nerve If a unit is visible, but the LOS to at least half of its
At the end of the Shoot phase, test the Nerve of any side is drawn over intervening blocking terrain or units
unit you inflicted damage on in that phase. This test is that are smaller than the target, the unit is in cover.
described on page 37, and will determine whether the
damaged units stand, waver or run away. Note however that if the intervening units/terrain are
three height levels smaller than the target, then they
offer no cover.

For example, a height 2 cavalry unit or a height 3 Large

infantry unit is in cover behind a height 1 infantry
unit, while a height 4 Dragon is not.

Obstacles
Obstacles follow the rules above, but as they are lower
than height 1, they offer cover exclusively to height
1 units.

Areas of Difficult Terrain

If at least half of the footprint of the target unit is
inside an area of difficult terrain, the target is in cover.

Note however that if the area of difficult terrain is

three height levels smaller than the unit in it, that
area of terrain offers no cover (e.g. a height 1 corn
field would offer cover to infantry, cavalry and large
infantry, but not to a height 4 dragon).

Players may agree at the beginning of the game that

some areas of difficult terrain, in the same way as
obstacles, only offer cover to height 1 units, or even
that they do not confer any cover at all (like a shallow
pond, or quicksand, for example…).

Not sure?
In the rare, marginal cases when you’re not sure
whether your target is in cover or not, simply roll a die.
On a 4+ it is not, on 3 or less it is.
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 Melee
When you’re done shooting with all of your units, it’s Recording Damage
time for your warriors to strike against the enemies This process is exactly the same as described for ranged
that they have charged that turn. Of course, in reality attacks.
the enemy warriors would be striking against yours,
but for the sake of playability we imagine that in your
turn the impetus of the charge means that your men
will be doing most of the hacking and slashing, while Testing Nerve
the enemy mostly defend themselves. If the enemy is At the end of each combat, if you have managed to
not annihilated or routed, your men will fall back and score at least one point of Damage on the target, test
brace themselves, for you can be sure that the enemy will the target’s Nerve. This test is described on page 37, and
charge back into the fight during their turn to avenge will determine whether the damaged units stand, waver
their fallen comrades. or run away.

At this stage, there will be a number of combats on the

table equal to the number of enemy units you charged in
the Move phase. Pick one of these combats and resolve Regroup!
it completely before moving to the next, and so on until
all combats have been resolved. Target Destroyed –
Chargers Regroup
At the end of each combat, if your unit(s) managed to

Striking rout the target, it can do one of the following:

To attack the unit you charged, roll a number of dice • stay where it is and pivot around its centre to face any
equal to the charging unit’s Attacks value. direction (as per a Change Facing order).

If your unit is attacking an enemy to the flank, it doubles • move directly forward D6”. The unit must move the full
its Attacks. distance rolled. This move is not affected by difficult
terrain and obstacles.
If your unit is attacking an enemy to the rear, it trebles
its Attacks. • move directly backwards D3” (as above).

Note that in any of the cases above the unit must stop

Hitting the Target 1” away from enemy units, as normal.

This process is exactly the same as described for ranged

attacks, except that it uses the unit’s Melee value rather Target Remains –
than the Ranged one, and the modifier below rather Chargers Pull Back
than the ones for shooting. If, on the other hand, your unit did not manage to rout
its enemies and is therefore still in contact with them,
it must be moved directly back 1” – your warriors have
Modifiers been fought off and must fall back, close ranks and
A number of factors can make a hit less likely to happen. brace themselves for the inevitable counterattack.
The most common is:
If the target unit has suffered at least one point of
• -1 defended obstacle or hindered charge damage in the melee, however, it has been Disordered by
The charger is fighting across an obstacle against a the chargers, and should be marked with an appropriate
target that is defending an obstacle (see page @@), counter. See below for the effect of being Disordered.
or the chargers’ move has gone through an obstacle or
any portion of an area of difficult terrain. Remember at this point to separate any unit that ended
up very close to other enemy units when charging the
target, so that they are 1” apart once again. Also, make

Damaging the Target sure that your own units are separated by a little visible
gap (a millimetre or so...). If it is impossible to achieve
This process is exactly the same as described for ranged the 1” distance from enemies, see if this can be done by
attacks. moving said enemies away until they are 1” away. In the
very rare cases when even this is impossible, then it’s fine
to leave them closer than 1”.
 Disordered
Units that have just come out of combat with the
enemy (i.e. were charged in the previous enemy turn
and survived), and have suffered at least ONE point
of damage in the previous melee, are Disordered –
mark them with an appropriate counter.

They will remain disordered until the end of their

following turn, when the Disordered counters are
removed.

No Ranged Attacks
Disordered units cannot use any form of ranged
attack (including magic). This is because they have
been disrupted by the melee or are busy fighting
back in close quarters.

Counter-charge!
When a Disordered unit charges back into melee with a
unit it had fought in the previous turn, this is called a
Counter-charge.

When counter-charging, the looser formation of

Disordered units works to their advantage, so they
can charge any one of the enemy units that had
charged them in the previous turn, INCLUDING A
UNIT THAT THEY CANNOT SEE. This allows the
Disordered unit to charge an enemy that is in the
Disordered unit’s side or even rear arc – which of
course represents an ongoing combat with its ebbs
and flows, attacks and counterattacks.

Another benefit of counter-charging is that the unit

does not suffer from the -1 penalty for defended
obstacle or hindered charge. Terrain is effectively
ignored.

Counter-charging to the flank can prove sometime

slightly tricky in narrow confines. Square units can
normally do that without a problem, but rectangular
units might not fit. It is perfectly fine to slide the
rectangular unit sideways to fit against the front of
the enemy, as long as the final position does not
overlap any other unit. If the unit cannot fit against
a unit in its flank, then it cannot counter-charge
that unit.

<insert diagram with two examples of this, one

possible, one not possible>

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 Nerve
As a unit accumulates damage, it will become more and the unit is said to be Steady, which means it is completely
more likely to lose cohesion, until eventually it will turn unaffected and continues to fight on as normal.
tail and run from the field, never to return.
For example, let’s assume you are testing the Nerve of an
enemy unit that has a Nerve of 11/13 and has suffered

When to Test 3 points of damage. If you roll a seven or less, your total
will be ten or less and the enemy will be Steady. If you
At the end of both the Move and Shoot phase of your roll an eight or nine, your total will be eleven or twelve
turn, you test the Nerve of any enemy unit you managed and the enemy will be Wavering. If you roll a ten or
to inflict damage upon during that phase. In the Melee more, the enemy Routs!
phase, however, this test is done immediately at the end
of each combat, if you managed to inflict damage on
the target during that combat. In a combat where more Steady
than two units are involved, resolve all of the attacks The unit continues to fight normally and does not suffer
first, and then take the Nerve test. any negative effects. Remember however that units
capable of ranged attacks, which have been Disordered
will not be able to use their ranged attacks in their

How to Test next turn. You may want to mark these units with an
“Disordered” counter.
Each unit has two numbers under its Nerve value. The
first number is the unit’s Wavering limit, the second
number is its Routing limit. Wavering
The unit does not rout, but is severely shaken. In
To test the Nerve of an enemy unit, roll 2D6 and add to its next Move phase, it can only be given one of
the result the points of damage currently on the unit, the following orders: Halt, Change Facing or Back.
plus any other modifiers that apply (such as some special In addition, the unit is Disordered (so it will not be able
rules). This is the total you’re using to ‘attack’ the enemy to use its ranged attacks in its next Shoot phase).
unit’s Nerve. This total is then compared with the Nerve
value of the enemy unit. It is normally a good idea to mark Wavering units with a
token of some kind (like a bit of cotton wool).
• If the total is equal to or higher than the unit’s Routing
limit, the unit suffers a Rout (see below).
Rout!
• If the total is lower than the Routing limit, but equal The unit routs of the field, is butchered to a man, or
to or higher than the Wavering limit, the unit suffers surrenders to the enemy and is taken prisoner – in any case,
from a Wavering result (see below). as far as this game is concerned, it is destroyed. Remove it.

• If the total is lower than the unit’s Wavering limit, then

Exceptional Morale Results Berserkers!

Double Six – We Are Doomed! A few units in the game have a value of “-” for their
If you roll double six when testing Nerve and the Wavering Limit. For example, they could be -/14.
unit is not Routed, it will still suffer from a result of These units are normally composed of fanatical,
Wavering, as insidious news of defeat start to spread frenzied warriors or mindless supernatural creatures
through the ranks. - in any case, they cannot Waver, and will therefore
remain Steady until they eventually Rout.
Double One – Hold Your Ground!
If you roll snake eyes (double one) when testing
Nerve, the enemy is filled with implacable resolve
and will always be Steady and fight on, regardless
of any modifier.
War Engines
Following are all of the exceptions that apply to War Engine
units, unless differently specified in their entry.

Move
War Engines cannot be ordered to move At the Double, nor to
Charge.

Terrain
War Engines treat all obstacles as blocking terrain instead.

Shooting
Unless otherwise specified, War Engines have a range of 60”.

Melee
Attacking War Engines
Units attacking a War Engine always treble their Attacks,
regardless of position. Remember also that even if it survived
such an onslaught, a War Engine would become Disordered as
normal.
 Individuals
Units with this rule are normally made of a single model Also note that if the new enemy is another individual,
representing a roughly man-sized individual, on foot or which is then routed, the charger can again advance D6”
horseback. These obviously behave in a very different forward as above, and so on – you can run over any
manner from regimented units or very large creatures. number of meddling individuals in a single charge!
The following rules represent this:

Objectives
Line of sight Individuals are always ignored when it comes to
The individual is able to see, and therefore shoot and dertermine who controls an objective.
charge, all around.

Move
Individuals have the Nimble special rule.

Shooting
Enemies shooting against Individuals suffer an additional
-1 to hit modifier.

Melee
Enemies never double/treble their Attacks when fighting
the individual. Similarly, the individual does not double/
treble its own attacks when attacking an enemy in the
flank/rear. It does still treble its attacks against war
engines, however.

If an individual is routed and the charger (including

another individual) decides to advance D6” directly
forward, it can make contact with another enemy unit.
This is treated as a successful charge and the charger
is lined up against the new enemy as normal and can
immediately attack again! This rule represents the fact
that an individual is often not enough to completely
stop a charging unit in its tracks.

Note that in this second combat the penalty for hindered

charge or defended obstacle apply as normal if charging
the target unit normally would have encountered these
conditions.

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 Special Rules
Some units, or even entire armies, possess what we call The unit can move over anything (blocking terrain,
‘special rules’. Each of these special rules is an exception enemy units, friendly units when charging, etc.), but
to the normal rules. More of these will be added later still cannot land on top of them. As a consequence, in
(we won’t be able to help ourselves...), but the most melee it never suffers the -1 to hit penalty for charging
common are listed below. a defensive position or for a hindered charge. The unit
also has the Nimble special rule.

Blast (n)
This rule is used for all weapons that explode on impact Headstrong
with the target or otherwise inflict massive amounts of “Wavering’s for little wide-eyed girls with ribbons in
damage with a single hit. their hair... and Elves.” – Dwarf proverb.

If the unit’s attack hits the target, the target suffers a Whenever the unit begins a turn Wavering, it rolls a die.
number of hits equal to the number in brackets, rather On a 4+ it shrugs off the effects of Wavering and is
than a single hit. For example, if a unit suffers a hit from Disordered instead.
a Blast (D6+3) attack, it will suffer from four to nine
hits rather than a single one. Once this is done, roll for
damage as normal for all of the hits caused. Indirect Fire
The unit fires its shots in high arcing trajectories,
which means that the distance to the target is pretty
Breath Attack (n) much irrelevant and that most cover is pretty much
This rule is used for dragon breath and other attacks useless. However, if any enemies get really close, it’s
where a great gout of flame or toxic gas fills an area. impossible to hit them.

The unit has a ranged attack for which you roll (n) dice The unit fires in high arcs, hitting the target from the
rather than the Attacks value of the unit. This attack top, which means it does not suffers the –1 to hit
has a range of 12” and always hits on 4+, regardless of modifier for cover.
any modifier.
On the other hand, the unit cannnot shoot targets that
are within 12”.
Crushing Strength (n)
This rule is used to represent the devastating effects of Note that the firing unit does still need to see its target
melee hits from creatures of terrible strength or that to fire at it.
are equipped with very heavy close combat weapons or
even magical weaponry.
Inspiring
All melee hits inflicted by the unit have a +(n) modifier The bravery of a heroic general, or the presence of a great
when rolling to damage. big flag, can convince warriors to stand their ground a
little longer. For creatures like the undead (that don’t care
much about banners), the proximity of their general or of
Elite a sorcerous banner fills them with supernatural energy.
Creatures with this rule are supremely skilled – true
masters of the art of war. If this unit, or any friendly unit within 6” of this unit, is
Routed, the opponent must re-roll that Nerve test. The
Whenever the unit rolls to hit, it can re-roll all dice that second result stands.
score a natural, unmodified 1.

Nimble
Fly Used for flyers, lightly armed units like skirmishers and
This rule can literally represent flying movement scouting cavalry, and heroic individuals that venture
(not really soaring high in the sky, however... more on the battlefield on their own, this rule makes the unit
like fluttering around, a bit like a chicken), or even considerably more manoeuvrable and more suited at
a ghostly creature’s ability to move through solid using their ranged weapons to harass the enemy.
matter.

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The unit can make a single extra pivot of up to 90 Stealthy

degrees around its centre while executing any move, The unit is extremely adept at hiding or benefits from
including a Charge! magical protection that makes it very difficult to target
with ranged attacks.
In addition, the unit does not suffer from the –1 to hit
modifier for moving and shooting. Enemies shooting against the unit suffer an additional
-1 to hit modifier.

Phalanx
From the front, these units look like a forest of sharp Thunderous Charge (n)
spikes pointing at you – not the most inviting of This rule is used for mounted knights equipped with
proposals for a charging horse… or anyone else really. lances and other units that rely on momentum to
deliver a powerful charge, but that can lose efficacy if
Units that charge this unit’s front cannot use the bogged down in a protracted fight.
Thunderous Charge special rule.
All melee hits inflicted by the unit have a +(n) modifier
when rolling to damage. This bonus is in addition to the
Pathfinder unit’s Crushing Strength (if any), however the unit loses
Mystical affinity to nature or simply a very good eye this bonus when Disordered or during Hindered charges.
for terrain?

The unit suffers no movement penalties for difficult Vanguard

terrain and obstacles, simply treating them as open This unit is trained to range ahead of the main force,
terrain. Note that this means the unit also suffers no scouting the terrain and gathering information about
penalty for ‘hindered charges’ caused by terrain, but the enemy.
it does suffer from the ‘defended positions’ penalty if
charging a unit that is defending an obstacle. The unit can make a single At the Double move after
set-up is finished, but before the players roll to decide
who goes first.
Piercing (n)
This rule is used for all ranged attacks that can penetrate If both armies have units with this rule, roll a die. The
armour with ease (such as shots from rifles and war highest scorer decides who begins to move one of his
engines), as well as spells and other magical ranged attacks. Vanguard units first, then the players alternate until all
Vanguard units have been moved.
All ranged hits inflicted by the unit have a +(n) modifier
when rolling to damage.
Very Inspiring
The best leaders are able to command every unit on
Regeneration the battlefield by use of sorcery or numerous brave
Creatures gifted with this ability are very difficult to messengers.
kill, as their wounds heal at incredible speed, their torn This is the same as the Inspiring special rule, except that
flesh re-knitting itself under the very eyes of the enemy. it has a range of 9”.

Every time this unit receives an order (including Halt!),

before doing anything else, roll a number of dice equal
to the amount of damage currently on the unit. For
Vicious
every result of 6+, the unit recovers a point of damage. The unit fights with utter ferocity, resorting to poisoned
arrows, serrated blades and wicked hooks, clubs
festooned with barbed wire, eye gouging, kneeing in the
Reload! groin and all manner of other unsporting behaviour.
Some powerful missile weapons take much longer to
reload, making them less flexible. Whenever the unit rolls to damage, it can re-roll all dice
that score a natural, unmodified 1.
The unit can fire only if it received a Halt order that turn.

Shambling
Braiiinsss… braiiiinnnssss…

The unit cannot be ordered ‘At the Double’.

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 Picking a Force
You can play Kings of War with just a few units per E.g. including 3 Hordes gives you access to up
side, without worrying about the two sides being equally to 3 additional War Engines, up to 3 additional
matched. This is great for learning the game, but after Heroes AND up to 3 additional Monsters.
you’ve become familiar with the rules and have amassed
a large collection of models, you might want to try a Troops
game where the forces facing one another across the Your army can include up to 2 Troops per
battlefield are balanced, so that both players have an Regiment in the army.
equal chance of winning the game.
Your army can also include up to 4 Troops per
In order to achieve this, you and your opponent must Horde in the army.
pick an army before the game. First agree a total of
points, say for example 2,000 points. Then start picking < Insert diagram! see right >
units from one of the force lists provided in this book –
each unit costs a certain amount of points, as listed in its Irregular units
entry in the appropriate force list (including any options Note that some units have an asterisk next to their
like magical artefacts). For example a regiment will cost name (for example: Gargoyles*). We call these irregular
around 100 points. As you pick them and include them units, because they are not representative of the core, or
in your army, keep adding their cost until you have mainstay force, of their army. This means that the unit
reached the total you agreed. You can of course spend is treated as a Troop from the point of view of Army
less than the agreed total, but you cannot spend even a Selection, even if it is a Regiment or Horde – i.e. it does
single point more. However, an army is still considered not unlock any optional Troops, Heroes, Monsters or War
to be the size of the maximum total the players agreed Engines, and it needs to be unlocked by a Regiment or
on (e.g. an army which come to 1995 points would still Horde of ‘regular’ troops.
be considered a 2000 point army).
Living Legends
In addition, if a unit has [1] after its name in the list,
Army selection it is a Living Legend and this means that only one such
In order to restrict the possible (nasty) combinations unit exists and can therefore be included in an army.
that can be fielded and to make sure armies have a Of course it might happen that both opponents field
resemblance of ‘realism’ about them, we introduce the this unit... in which case one of them must surely be
following limitations to the unit types that can make up an impostor and only the test of battle can show which
your army: one!

Regiments
Your army can include as many Regiments as
you like.

For every Regiment in the army, you can also

include the following:

1 War Engine OR 1 Monster OR 1 Hero

E.g. including 3 Regiments gives you access

to up to 3 additional units chosen from War
Engines, Heroes or Monsters.

Hordes
Your army can include as many Hordes as you
like.

For every Horde in the army, you can also

include the following:

1 War Engine AND 1 Monster AND 1 Hero

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 Kings of War - Picking a Force

Allies & Alignments An (Obsolete!) Example

As you have noticed, you are not normally allowed Force
to mix unit from different force lists into your army
(except when a special rule specifies otherwise). Allies The Servants of Voitolious
and mixed armies can be good fun though, and you
and your friends should feel free to agree to use the The Undead army pictured below was created using the
following rules for Allies. following force list:

Voitolious the Wraith (Necromancer). . . . . . . . . 135 points

When playing with Allies, you are free to mix units
from different races in your army, as long as you Equipped with Boots of Levitation
always keep in mind that you need Regiment/Hordes 1 Horde of Skeletons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 points
of a specific race to include Troops, War Engine,
Equipped with Brew of Sharpness, banner & musician
Heroes or Monsters of that race, as normal. It seems
fair also to limit the amount of points of Allied troops 1 Regiment of Revenants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 points
so that they never come up to more than a third of Equipped with banner & musician
your army’s total.
1 Troop of Revenant Cavalry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 points
In addition, alliances between races that are hated Equipped with banner
enemies in the Kings of War background are not very
‘realistic’, so we have given a specific Alignment to 1 Regiment of Skeletons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 points
each army – either Good, Evil or Neutral. Equipped with spears, banner & musician

Good races should never ally with Evil races, but 1 Troop of Ghouls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 points
anybody can ally with Neutral races. So please don’t 1 Balefire Catapult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 points
mix Evil and Good units in the same army, unless
your opponent agrees, of course. Total: 800 points

You can also join forces with your friends and play
with several allied armies on either or both sides, as
long as the points values are balanced.

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 Magic
Magical Artefacts javelins, thrown weapons and the like, and not those
conferred or covered by a spell.

Magical artefacts bestow bonuses to the unit they are given

to. Each unit can have a single artefact chosen from the list Blade of Slashing Cost: 10 pts
below, which is normally carried by the unit’s Leader. The The unit rolls one extra dice when attacking in melee.
cost of the artefact is added to that of the unit.

Unless the artefact specifies otherwise, the following Mace of Crushing Cost: 5 pts
limits also apply: When the unit attacks in melee, roll one of its dice
separately. This one attack has Crushing Strength (1),
• Each artefact is unique and therefore can only be or if the unit already has Crushing Strength, this one
chosen once per army. attack’s Crushing Strength is increased by 1.

• War Engine units cannot choose artefacts.

Piercing Arrow Cost: 10 pts
• Monster units cannot choose artefacts. But Hero/Mon Every time the unit uses a ranged attack, roll one of its
units definitely can. dice separately. This one attack has the Piercing (4) rule
on top of any other special rule. This artefact only works
• Living Legends (i.e. units with a [1] limit) cannot on ‘normal’ ranged attacks.
choose artefacts.

Artefacts are magical in nature (some of them might Talisman of Inspiration Cost: 20 pts
even be sentient!), and all of them have the magical This artefact can only be used by Heroes. The Hero has
power of changing their shape. This allows them to the Inspiring special rule.
morph into a weapon, piece of armour, jewel or other
implement that is more akin to the race of the warrior
carrying it. For example, a Blade of Slashing could be an Brew of Haste Cost: 15 pts
elegant sword in the hands of an Elf, but will turn into a The unit has +1 Speed.
crude meat cleaver in the hands of an Orc. This magical
property is of course very convenient from the point of
view of the average war gamer! Pipes of Terror Cost: 15 pts
If this unit inflicts damage on an enemy in melee, it adds
As the presence of these items is not obvious, players an additional +1 to the ensuing Nerve test.
must tell their opponent which artefact any of their
units is carrying as they deploy them on the battlefield.
If both players agree before deployment, you may want Blasting Arrow Cost: 25 pts
to play with ‘hidden artefacts’. This is somewhat less fair, Every time the unit uses a ranged attack, roll one of its
but can be considerably more fun… dice separately. This one attack has the Blast (D6) rule on
top of any other special rule. This artefact only works on
Note that when an item refers to ‘normal’ ranged attacks, ‘normal’ ranged attacks. If the unit already has Blast D3
it means shots from bows, crossbows, rifles, pistols, then it is replaced by D6 on this single attack.

Blessing of the Gods Cost: 25 pts

The unit has the Elite special rule.

Brew of Courage Cost: 15 pts

When testing Nerve against this unit, the enemies suffer
an additional -1 to their total.

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Chant of Hate Cost: 25 pts The Fog Cost: 35 pts

The unit has the Vicious special rule. The unit has the Stealthy special rule.

Brew of Strength Cost: 30 pts Heart-seeking Chant Cost: 30 pts

The unit has Crushing Strength (1), or if the unit already The unit’s ‘normal’ ranged attacks have the Piercing
has Crushing Strength, it is increased by 1. (1) special rule, or if the unit already has Piercing, it is
increased by 1.

Boots of Levitation Cost: 30 pts

This artefact can only be used by Heroes. The Hero can Advance Wings of Honeymaze Cost: 40 pts
and then shoot as if it had Halted that turn. It can also move This artefact can only be used by a Hero with the
At the Double and shoot as if it had Advanced that turn. Individual special rule. The Hero has the Fly special rule
and increases his speed to 10.

Helm of Confidence Cost: 20 pts

You must always reroll a rout result for this unit even if Brew of Keen-eyeness Cost: 35 pts
they are not in range of a unit with inspiring. The unit has +1 to hit with ‘normal’ ranged attacks.

Ensorcelled Armour Cost: 35 pts Brew of Sharpness Cost: 40 pts

This artefact can only be used by Heroes. The Hero’s The unit has +1 to hit in melee.
Defence is improved by 1, to a maximum of 6+.

Medallion of Life Cost: 20 pts

Healing Charm Cost: 30 pts This artefact can only be used by Heroes. The Hero has
This artefact can only be used by Heroes. The Hero has the Regeneration special rule.
the Heal (3) special rule.

Jar of the Four Winds Cost: 25 pts

The unit’s ‘normal’ ranged attacks gain 12” to their
maximum range.

The Boomstick Cost: 30 pts

This artefact can only be used by Heroes. The Hero has
the Lightning Bolt (3) spell.

Boots of the Seven Leagues Cost: 35 pts

This artefact can only be used by a Hero with the
Individual special rule. The Hero has the Vanguard
special rule.

Dwarven Ale Cost: 20 pts

The unit has the Headstrong special rule.

Wine of Elvenkind Cost: 40 pts

The unit has the Nimble special rule.

Diadem of Dragon-kind Cost: 30 pts

The unit has the Breath Attack (10) special rule.

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 The Basilean Legacy

War-bow of Kaba Mreb’s Grimoire of Unspeakable Darkness

Cost: 5 pts Cost: 30 pts
The unit has a ranged attack for which you roll a single Units with the Surge special rule only. This item increases
die, regardless of the Attacks value of the unit. This attack the unit’s Surge (n) value by 4. For example, Surge (8)
has a range of 36” and, when rolling to hit, the unit uses a becomes Surge (12).
basic Ra value of 3+, regardless of its actual Ra value. The
roll to hit is affected as normal by to-hit modifiers, and if Blade of the Beast Slayer
a hit is scored, it is resolved at Piercing (1). Cost: 20 pts
This artefact can only be used by Heroes. The Hero has
Myrddin’s Amulet of the Fire-heart Crushing Strength (2) when attacking large infantry, large
Cost: 10 pts cavalry and monsters (including heroes of the same types).
Wizards only. Once per game, the unit can use one spell as If the Hero already has Crushing Strength, it is increased
normal and then immediately use one other ranged attack by 2 when attacking those same targets.
it possesses (including another spell), against the same or a
different target. Kaba’s Holy Hand Grenades
Cost: 25 pts
Kevinar’s Flying Hammer This artefact can only be used by Good units (i.e. units of
Cost: 5 pts This artefact can only be used by Good units (i.e. units of
The unit has a ranged attack for which you roll a single Good alignment). The unit has a ranged attack for which
die, regardless of the Attacks value of the unit. This attack you roll a single die, regardless of the Attacks value of the
has a range of 18” and always hits on the Ra value of unit. This attack has a range of 12” and always hits on the
the unit (or on 4+ if the unit does not have a Ra value), Ra value of the unit (or on 4+ if the unit does not have a
regardless of modifiers, and if a hit is scored, it is resolved Ra value), regardless of modifiers. The attack also has the
at Piercing (2). Blast (D6) and Piercing (2) special rule.

Maccwar’s Potion of the Caterpillar Crystal Pendant of Retribution

Cost: 20 pts Cost: 50 pts
The unit has the Pathfinder special rule. When the unit is Routed, all units in base contact with it
suffer 2D6 hits at Piercing (3). These hits are resolved by
Orcsbain’s Amulet of Thorns the player that Routed the unit with the Crystal, which
Cost: 15 pts now has to (grudgingly, we’re sure) resolve the hits against
The unit has the Phalanx special rule. his own unit(s). After the damage has been resolved, no
Nerve test is taken by the damaged units – they proceed
Darklord’s Onyx Ring to Regroup, but cannot move directly forward D6” for
Cost: 20 pts their Regroup action, deterred by the huge explosion.
The first time the unit is hit by an enemy spell, the attack
has no effect.

Crepognon’s Scrying Gem of Zellak

Cost: 30 pts
When starting to deploy his units, the opponent must
deploy D3+1 units instead of a single one.

Myrddin’s Dwarven Rune Stones

Cost: 50 pts
This artefact can only be used by Heroes. It allows the
Hero’s side to re-roll their dice roll when deciding who
goes first. If both sides have Rune Stones they cancel each
other out and neither works!

Scarletmaw’s Fenulian Amulet

Cost: 25 pts
This artefact can only be used by Neutral or Evil Heroes.
The Amulet grants Vicious and Lightning Bolt (1) to the
bearer.

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 Magical Lore

SPELLS – the art of zapping

The spells listed below summarize in brief the wealth of • Spells always hit on 4+, and ignore all to-hit
subtly different magical powers wielded by the spellcasters modifiers for ranged attacks, including any modifiers
of the world of Mantica, which we refer to with the generic from special rules.
term of ‘Wizards”. A wizard is any unit that has access to
the spells below, and not a unit that is equipped with a • Some spells can only target a friendly unit – this is
magical artefact that reproduces the effects of a spell (like marked as ‘friendly unit only’. Note that such spells
the Boomstick, for example). cannot normally target the wizard itself.

Casting any one of the spells listed below counts as Each wizard’s individual entry lists which spells can
making a Shooting attack. Spells follow the normal rules be purchased for him/her, much in the same way as
for shooting attacks (e.g. a model that moves at the equipment, and how much each additional spell is going
Double cannot use these powers that turn), with the few to cost. This allows you to customise your wizards for your
exceptions listed below. favourite battlefield role. Keep in mind, however, that a
unit can make only a single shooting attack per turn, so
• For spells, you always roll the number of dice indicated buying more than one spell gives your wizard flexibility, as
in the (n) value in the Wizard’s entry for that spell, rather you can choose which one to use, but does not allow the
than the Att value of the Wizard itself. The Att value Wizard to cast more than one spell per turn.
of the Wizard is only used if the model was to use a
normal ranged attack, like a bow, instead of his spells.

Spell Range Special Rules

Fireball (n) 12”
-
Bane-chant (n) 12” Friendly unit only, including units engaged in combat. If one or more hits are
scored, for the rest of the turn all of the unit’s melee and ranged attacks increase
their Piercing and Crushing Strength value by 1, or gain Piercing (1) and Crushing
Strength (1) if they don’t already have these rules. Note that multiple bane-chants
hitting the same unit do not have cumulative effects.
Wind Blast (n) 18” Hits don’t inflict damage. Instead each hit pushes the target enemy unit 1” directly
backwards if the caster is in the target unit’s front arc, directly sideways and away
from the caster if the caster is in either of the target unit’s flank arcs, or directly
forwards if the caster is in the target unit’s rear arc. The target stops 1” away from
enemy units or just out of contact with blocking terrain and friends.
Lightning Bolt (n) 24” Piercing (1)

Heal (n) 12” Friendly unit only, including units engaged in combat. For every hit ‘inflicted’, the
friendly unit removes a point of damage that it has previously suffered.
Surge (n) 12” Friendly unit with the Shambling special rule only. For every hit ‘inflicted’, the
Shambling friendly unit moves straight forward a full inch (stopping just out of
contact from friendly units and blocking terrain). If this movement brings it into
contact with an enemy unit, treat this as a successful charge against the enemy
facing that has been contacted. However, the charged unit will not take any Nerve
tests for any damage it might have taken previously in that Shoot phase.

Note that in this ensuing combat the penalty for hindered charge or defended obstacle
apply as normal if charging the target unit normally would have encountered these
conditions.

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 Game Scenarios
1) Prepare your Forces turn and then the game ends – work out the winner as
First of all you and your opponent need to pick armies described below.
to an agreed total of points, using the process described
in ‘Picking a Force’, on page 21. You can of course vary the number of turns you want
to play for, or decide to play for a set amount of time
instead (e.g. two hours), after which the game continues
2) Choose a Gaming Area until each player has had the same number of turns.
We assume that games of Kings of War will be played on Alternatively, you could also play a Timed Game, as
a 6’x4’ foot table or other flat surface, like a floor. explained in the Timed Games section (page 51).

3) Place the Terrain 5) Victory!

Before the game, it’s a good idea if you and your So, how do you win the game? To determine that, roll
opponent put some terrain on the battlefield. Arrange a die:
it in a sensible manner, trying to recreate a plausible
D6 Type of Game
landscape of the fantastic world your armies are battling
in. Alternatively, find a third and neutral person to lay 1 Kill!
out the terrain for you. 2 Invade!
3 Dominate!
During this stage it’s vital that you agree what each 4 Pillage!
piece of terrain is going to count as during the game –
5 Loot!
is it blocking terrain, an obstacle, a piece of decorative
terrain or an area of difficult terrain? 6 Kill and Pillage!

Kill!
4) Duration At the end of the game, add up the cost of all of enemy
The game lasts twelve turns (each player taking six units you Routed. That is your score. Your opponent
turns). At the end of turn 12, the player rolls a die. On a does the same and you compare scores.
1-3 the game ends. On a 4-6 both players play an extra

Diagram F
Set-up Area A

12"

Middle Line of Table

12"

Set-up Area B

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If the difference between the scores in favour of a player picks it up as it moves. That unit will then keep the loot
is at least 10% of the total cost of the armies, that player counter. Units with one or more loot counters can leave
wins, otherwise the game is a draw. For example, in a the battle by moving into contact with their own table
game where armies are 2,000 points, you need at least edge. If your unit leaves the battle it cannot return, but
200 points more than your opponent to win. the loot counters it is carrying are safe. If one of your
units is Routed while carrying loot, place the counters
Invade! anywhere within its footprint before removing the unit.
At the end of the game, add up the cost of all of your If the unit was destroyed in a melee, the opponent
units that are entirely inside the opponent’s half of the automatically distributes the loot counters however he
table. That is your score. Your opponent does the same likes among his units that are in contact with yours
and you compare scores. before your unit is removed. Individuals cannot pick up
nor carry the Loot – the best they can do is stand on a
If the difference between the scores in favour of a player loot counter to defend it – as long as an individual is
is at least 10% of the total cost of the armies, that player standing on a Loot counter, it cannor be picked up by
wins, otherwise the game is a draw. For example, in a the enemy.
game where armies are 2,000 points, you need at least
200 points more than your opponent to win. At the end of the game you score one point for each loot
counter in possession of one of your units, including
Dominate! those that have left the battle. If you score more points
At the end of the game, add up the cost of all of your than your opponent, you win, otherwise the game is a
units that are entirely within 12” of the centre of the draw.
playing area. That is your score. Your opponent does the
same and you compare scores. Kill and Pillage!
Proceed as for Pillage above, but at the end of the
If the difference between the scores in favour of a player game count the points just like in a Kill game. In
is at least 10% of the total cost of the armies, that player addition to points for Routing units, however, any
wins, otherwise the game is a draw. For example, in a objective you control at the end of the game (as
game where armies are 2,000 points, you need at least described in Pillage) is worth an amount of points
200 points more than your opponent to win. equal to 10% of the total cost of the armies. For
example, in a game where armies are 2,000 points,
Pillage! each objective is worth 200 points.
Place D3+4 objective markers on the battlefield. For
objective markers you should use 25 mm round bases,
but two pence coins or other items of similar size are 6) Set-up
also acceptable. After rolling for the type of game and setting up the
objectives/loot, if any, both players roll a die. The person
Both players roll a die. Whoever scores highest places a scoring highest chooses one long edge of the battlefield
marker anywhere on the battlefield. Players then take as his own and then places one of his units on that side
turns to place objective markers, which must be more of the battlefield, more than 12” from the middle line
than 12” apart from one another. (see Diagram F, left). His opponent then does the same
on the opposite side of the table.
If, at the end of the game you have at least a unit
within 3” of an objective and there are no enemy units The players keep alternating in doing this until they have
within 3” of it, you control that objective. Individuals placed all of their units onto the table.
are always ignored from the point of view of controlling
objectives (if it helps, remove them from the table before
determining control of objectives). A single unit can 7) Who Goes First?
control any number of objectives. Both you and your opponent roll a die. The highest
scorer chooses whether he is going to have the first
If you control more objectives than your opponent, you turn or give the first turn to his opponent instead.
win, otherwise the game is a draw. Game on!

Loot!
Place D3+4 loot markers (same size as objective markers)
on the battlefield, using the same procedure described
above for the objectives.

During the game, when one of your units (except for

Individuals) moves over a loot counter, it automatically

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 Timed Games
We really enjoy playing Kings of War in a relaxed Other Timers
atmosphere, accompanied by epic music, beer, pizza and If you don’t have a chess clock at hand, don’t worry
the unavoidable truculent banter. However, the game – the stopwatch in your phone or watch, or even an
is designed so that you can also decide to introduce hourglass or egg timer will do fine. If you use one of
another dimension to the fight: time. This way you’ll be these, then each player gets an agreed amount of time
able to experience some of the pressure of real battle, per turn (agree first how many turns the game is going to
when snap decisions make the difference between last for). We suggest that each turn should take around
victory or defeat, life or death! two to three minutes per 500 points in your game (say,
ten minutes in a 2,000 points game). If a player runs out
of time during his turn, his move ends and any melee
Chess Clocks that has not been fought yet is cancelled – move the
The best tool for timed games is a chess clock, a device chargers back 1”.
that ensures time is equally divided amongst the players,
thus creating the ultimate fair and balanced war game. Make sure you set a time limit for set-up (30 seconds per
unit works fine).
Simply agree a number of turns for the game and an
amount of time per player, and set the chess clock
accordingly. For a 2,000 points game, we suggest six Be Nice!
turns and one hour per player, but it’s up you to find the Of course it’s only fair to stop the chess clock or timer
pace you prefer for your games. if one of the players is distracted from the game (by a
phone call or the like), or if the players need to check
After deciding which player begins to set-up, start that a rule, an unclear line of sight, etc. It is also best if
player’s clock. Once he’s finished setting up his first unit, any unit you destroy during your turn is removed by the
he stops his clock and activates his opponent’s clock, opponent, together with all of its damage markers, at
and so on. Once set-up is finished, stop both clocks and the beginning of his turn.
roll to see who has the first turn. Once the winner of the
roll has made his choice, re-start that player’s clock. That By all means, you and your opponent can vary the
player plays a turn then stops his clock and activates the amount of time you have for your game or your turns
opponent’s clock, and so on. according to your own taste, but if you’re like us, you
are going to love the pressure created by timed games –
The game ends at the agreed number of turns and after all, in real war one rarely has the luxury of time...
victory conditions are worked out as normal. However,
if a player happens to run out of time during one of
his turns, the game ends instantly and his entire army
routs – immediately remove all of his remaining units, as
if they suffered a Rout result, and work out the victory
conditions as normal. However, in an objective-based
game (like ‘Pillage’ or ‘Kill and Pillage’, in the Scenarios
section), the opponent is allowed to keep moving his
units for as many turns as there are left in the game in
order to grab objectives before the victory conditions are
worked out.

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 Dwarfs
Dwarfs are an ancient people, their civilisation second and hawkish noses speak volumes about the Dwarf
only in age to that of the Elves. For all their history, the character – suspicious and insular. Dwarfs do not offer
Dwarfs have dwelled in halls under the earth, carving their friendship easily, and are widely mistrusted for it.
out a large subterranean empire beneath the feet of the However, once a dwarf does become a friend, he will
surface peoples who remain largely ignorant of the true prove a great ally indeed.
extent of the Dwarfs’ realm.
Dwarfs are stolid and unyielding in all matters, whether
Tenacious, hardy and determined, an average Dwarf in business or war, and Dwarfs excel at both. “Never cross
stands only as high as the shoulder of a man, yet a Dwarf” is a common saying, for Dwarfs are sticklers for
they are far more massive, broad across the back and detail, and a contract struck by them will be adhered to
heavy-skulled. The hands of a Dwarf are wide, with the letter, if not always the spirit.
strong fingers whose thickness belies their dexterity.
Their hair tends toward the red, from a deep russet Dwarfs are expert craftsmen, workers of metal beyond
brown to flaming orange. Their heads are set forward compare, and their Warsmiths experiment endlessly.
from their shoulders, giving them a downward facing Their artefacts are wondrous creations and all, from
countenance that other races unkindly say comes jewelled clockworks of marvellous intricacy to new-
from the Dwarfs’ never-ending search for gold (those fangled black powder weaponry are much sought
unkinder still say that it is to prevent the Dwarf tripping after. Their armour and weaponry are the envy of
over his large feet, while the unkindest yet whisper it the world, their technology giving them a superior
is because Dwarfs bear such enormous chips on their advantage in times of war, yet all of it can be bought,
shoulders). Their flinty brows, small glittering eyes for a price.

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Dwarfs lack the sensitivity to magic that Elves or even

Men possess, but there are certain Dwarfs, but a few
born out of every generation, who have an affinity for
fire magic. As soon as their talents make themselves
manifest, these young dwarfs will be spirited away by
the secretive College of Flame, whether they wish to go
or not. Within the halls of the College the raw skill of
these individuals will be hammered like steel until they
attain a mastery few non-Dwarfs can hope to match.
For a fee these powerful Warsmiths will weave their art
into the works of others, binding the awesome energies
of the earth’s interior into the Dwarf’s most potent
weapons by rune and incantation, or harnessing it to
drive the engines of their clanking machines.

Dwarfs have a deep sense of loyalty to hearth and

home and a natural inquisitiveness into the workings
of the world. A Dwarf working upon a new project will
be energetic, and exhibit a demeanour approaching
delight, but at all other times the Dwarfs are a stern
folk, prone to melancholy, especially when they are
their cups, which is often. A drunken Dwarf is not to
be trifled with, for they are as likely to hew a drinking
companion in twain with an axe at some perceived
slight as weep openly about their mother. Never, ever Alignment: Good
tell a Dwarf to cheer up.
Army Special Rules
Two or more Dwarfs together in an open house are All units are Headstrong.
perhaps more predictable and companionable. They
take comfort in their shared woes, and their tearful Dwarven Throwing Mastiffs
reminiscences about home will surely give way to ear- The Dwarfs train a breed of war-dog that is
splitting singing as the evening, and the ale, wears on. infamous for being even more vicious and hard-
Their songs are of favoured sheep high in the mountain headed than its creators.
pastures, sorely missed, or their many and varied kinds Mark a unit that has been equipped with throwing
of mine, which Dwarfs will happily spend hours tediously mastiffs with one or more such model. The unit then
detailing in excruciating close harmony ballads. They counts as being equipped with a throwing weapon
love to sing, Dwarfs, unfortunately, for their voices are that can be used only once per game (remove the
scratchy and flat, as tuneful as the scrape of rock upon mastiff markers once the weapon is used up).
rock in the bowels of the earth.
When you release the hounds, roll 5 dice to hit,
regardless of the firer’s Attacks. Dogs always hit on
It need not be said that a full choir of Dwarf males is a 4+ regardless of modifiers. Then, for each point of
potent battlefield asset. damage caused, roll to hit and to damage again, as
the surviving dogs savage the unfortunate opponents.
The Dwarf Creation Myth Repeat this process again and again until you fail to
Dwarf legend has it that they were born from the tears of score any damage, at which point even the toughest
the goddess of the underworld, who wept for her lack of of the dogs have been put down or have run off to
children. Over long ages, her tears dripped from the roof bury some of the enemies’ limbs.
of her sacred cave, forming a stalactite in the semblance
of a dwarf. The lord of creation took pity on her, and Against units with
brought the statue of tears to life. Thus was born the the Shambling
special rule,
first Dwarf from stone and tears, and their character
you can re-roll
reflects this beautiful, poetic myth.
any dice that
fails to damage…
On the other hand, others say less polite things involving
the mastiffs are
heroic quantities of ale, a lonely human woodsman
that keen.
and a particularly short-tempered badger, but it is a
disgusting story that does not bear repeating, especially
in the earshot of a Dwarf.

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Ironclad Infantry
Ironguard Infantry
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Troop (10) 4 4+ – 5+ 10 11/13 85
Troop (10) 4 3+ – 6+ 10 11/13
115
Regiment (20) 4 4+ – 5+ 12
15/17
115
Regiment (20) 4 3+ – 6+ 12
15/17
150
Horde (40) 4 4+ – 5+ 20 21/23
185
Options
Options • Exchange shields for two-handed weapons for free
• Dwarven Throwing Mastiff (+15 pts) (lower Defence to 5+, gain Crushing Strength (1))
• Dwarven Throwing Mastiff (+15 pts)
The core of most Dwarven armies consists of reliable,
solid Dwarf warriors equipped with heavy armour, Hand-picked veterans and sworn defenders of the Dwarf
shields and axes or hammers. As solid as a rock, and Lords, the Ironguard are the toughest and most stalwart
just as flexible and compromising, these dour fighters of Dwarf troops – it is said that nothing can breach their
are difficult to stop once they gather momentum. shield wall.

Shieldbreakers Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 4 4+ – 4+ 10 11/13
100
Bulwarkers Infantry

Regiment (20) 4 4+ – 4+ 12
15/17
130 Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Horde (40) 4 4+ – 4+ 20 21/23
210 Troop (10) 4 4+ – 5+ 10 11/13
110
Special: Crushing Strength (2) Regiment (20) 4 4+ – 5+ 15
15/17
145
Horde (40) 4 4+ – 5+ 25 21/23
230
Options
• Dwarven Throwing Mastiff (+15 pts) Special: Phalanx

The Shieldbreakers are the strongest of the Ironclads, Options

equipped with heavy two-handed hammers, enchanted • Dwarven Throwing Mastiff (+15 pts)
with powerful runes. Their blows can shatter the toughest
shield... together with the arm that carries it! Equipped with the heaviest armour available and long
spears, these Dwarven warriors actively seek enemy
cavalry squadrons and place themselves in the way of
their advance. Their excellent training allows them to
get to the right position while still maintaining their
impenetrable formation of serried ranks.

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Garrek Heavyhand [1] Hero Herneas the Hunter [1] Hero

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De At Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De At Ne Pts

1 4 3+ - 6+ 5 14/16 150 1 4 3+ 3+ 5+ 3 12/14 135
Special: Individual, Inspiring, the Warp Hammer, the Special: The Skewerer, Crushing Strength (2), Individual,
Shield of Miph Inspiring (Rangers only), Stealthy, Vanguard, Pathfinder
Garrek, mightiest scion of the Heavyhand clan, is a
Dwarf cursed by the sins of his forebears. His deeds are Herneas is a living legend amongst the Dwarfs – a
celebrated across the length and breadth of Mantica, solitary figure who incarnates all of the tenets of the
sung in ghostly harmony by the song-wrights of Galahir Rangers’ way of war: stealth, ambush and mastery of the
and roared by drunken hirdmen at Iceblood Fjord. light crossbow and two-handed axe.

The Warp Hammer The Skewerer

The bearer has Crushing Strength (4). In addition, The Skewerer is a magic crossbow that in rules
when attacking the Undead, the bearer has both terms is treated as a bow with Piercing (3).
the Elite and the Vicious rules.
Leader of the Hunt
The Shield of Miph If your army includes Herneas, you may upgrade
The bearer has Regeneration. any number of Troops (not Regiments) of
Rangers to represent his handpicked Ranger
patrols (+20 pts per unit). These units have the
Elite and Stealthy special rules.

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Ironwatch Crossbows Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 4 5+ 5+ 4+ 10 11/13 100
Regiment (20) 4 5+ 5+ 4+ 12 15/17 130
Horde (40) 4 5+ 5+ 4+ 20 21/23 210

Special: Crossbows, Piercing (1), Reload!

When a Dwarf gets older and fatter, he is normally made

to join these detachments of troops equipped with
crossbows, so that he does not have to move around as
much.

Ironwatch Rifles Infantry Sharpshooters Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 4 5+ 5+ 4+ 10 11/13 110 Troop (5) 4 5+ 4+ 5+ 5 9/11 100
Regiment (20) 4 5+ 5+ 4+ 12 15/17 145 Special:
Horde (40) 4 5+ 5+ 4+ 20 21/23 230 Range 36”, Piercing (3), Reload!
Note that the Sharpshooter models are mounted on
Special: Rifles, Piercing (2), Reload!
cavalry bases.
Why shoot a silent crossbow when you can fire a weapon
that can unleash the mighty sound of thunder!? Big rifles!

Rangers Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 4 4+ 4+ 4+ 10 11/13 120
Regiment (20) 4 4+ 4+ 4+ 12 15/17 160

Special
Light crossbows (treat as bows)
Crushing Strength (1)
Vanguard, Pathfinder

Options hammers. Their role is to venture ahead of the Dwarf

• Dwarven Throwing Mastiff (+15 pts) army and guard its flanks, scouting out forests and other
terrain where the enemy could be lying in ambush.
Expert woodsmen and borderers, the Rangers are elite
troops, armed with crossbows and two-handed axes or

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Ironwatch Rifles Infantry Berserkers Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 4 5+ 5+ 4+ 10 11/13 115 Troop (10) 5 4+ – 3+ 20 -/16
135
Regiment (20) 4 5+ 5+ 4+ 12 15/17 145 Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 3+ 25 -/22
180
Horde (40) 4 5+ 5+ 4+ 20 21/23 260
These frantic lunatics are famous for fighting with
Special: Rifles, Piercing (2), Reload! frenzied abandon in a bloodthirsty battle-trance. When
they suffer critical wounds that would fell a normal Dwarf,
Why shoot a silent crossbow when you can fire a weapon they continue to hack and slash with their axes without
that can unleash the mighty sound of thunder!? slowing, until the moment they finally fall over dead.

Earth Elementals Large Infantry

Berserker Brock Riders Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Troop (5) 8 4+ – 4+ 13 -/16
140
Regiment (3) 5 4+ – 6+ 9 -/13
140
Regiment (10) 8 4+ – 4+ 26 -/22
215
Horde (6) 5 4+ – 6+ 18 -/17
200
Special: Shambling, Crushing Strength (1), Pathfinder Special: Vicious

These mounted Berserkers charge forward on their

ferocious wild mounts, uttering their infamous battlecry
– ‘Go for Brock!’

Greater Earth Elemental Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 4+ – 6+ 8 –/18
160
Special
Shambling, Crushing Strength (3), Pathfinder

Black stone-giants that tower over the battle-field, these

monsters thunder against the enemy under the control
of the Stone Priests that summoned them.

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Ironbelcher Cannon War Engine Ironbelcher Organ Gun War Engine

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 4 – 5+ 5+ 1 10/12
100 1 4 – 5+ 5+ 15 10/12 85

Special Special
Reload!, Blast (D6+3), Piercing (4), Reload!, Range 24”. Piercing (2)

Dwarfs are masters at designing and forging engines of The Ironbelcher Organ Gun is a new design, built on the
destruction. The most ancient and reliable of Dwarven same chassis as the Ironbelcher cannon, which employs
war machines is the Ironbelcher cannon, which fires a number of smaller barrels that are fired all at the same
round iron shot into the ranks of the enemy with time, riddling the target with a veritable hail of shot.
horrendous consequences.

Steel Behemoth Monster

Flame Belcher War Engine
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts 1 4 5+ – 6+ (D6+20)* 18/20 250
1 4 – – 5+ * 10/12
85
Special
Special Breath Attack (10), Crushing Strength (3)
Breath Attack (22)
*Roll for the number of Attacks every time you resolve a
This short-ranged flame-throwing weapon projects great melee
gouts of flammable liquid that is almost impossible to
extinguish. The Flame Belcher is universally feared for The Steel Behemoths are innovative fighting vehicles
the horrible death it condemns its victims to. propelled by the power of an internal combustion engine
fuelled by the black blood of the earth. Protected by a
thick metal armour plating and equipped with flame-
throwing guns, they are a real nightmare for the enemies
of the Dwarfs.
Battle Driller Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Jarrun Bombard War Engine

1 4 4+ – 5+ (D6+6)* 10/12 70 Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Special 1 4 – 5+ 5+ 1 10/12
110
Crushing Strength (1), Individual
* Roll for the number of Attacks every time you resolve a melee Special
Reload!, Blast (D6+4), Piercing (2), Lob it!
Some members of the Dwarf Engineering Guild take
their drilling devices to battle, and charge them at the Lob It!
enemy with spectacularly unpredictable results. The Bombard can be fired directly, just like a cannon.
Alternatively, you can choose to fire it indirectly, following
the Indirect Fire special rule. When firing indirectly, the
Bombard has a range of 90”, but cannot be fired against
targets within 24”.

The Bombard is a revolutionary weapon designed to

either fire directly at the enemy like a cannon or in
high trajectories in a similar way to a mortar.

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King Hero (Inf) Ranger Captain Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 4 3+ – 6+ 5 13/15
120 1 4 3+ 4+ 5+ 3 11/13 75
Special Special
Crushing Strength (1), Individual, Inspiring Crushing Strength (1), Individual, Light Cross Bow (treat as
bow), Vanguard, Pathfinder
The Dwarf lords wear ancient suits of armour covered in
protective runes, and wield powerful magical weaponry.

Army Standard Bearer Hero (Inf)

It is a great honour to be
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
given the task of carrying
1 4 4+ – 5+ 1 10/12
50 into battle one of the ancient
Special battle-banners of one of
Individual, Inspiring the noble Dwarf houses.

Berserker Lord Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 3+ – 4+ 8 -/17
115
Special
Crushing Strength (1), Individual, These ultimate combat monsters
Inspiring (Berserkers only) are unstoppable killing machines
brandishing a lethal pair of magical axes.
Options
• Mount on a brock (+25 pts), increasing Speed to
8, gaining Vicious and changing to Hero (Cav).

Warsmith Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 4 4+ 4+ 5+ 2 11/13 85 Living repositories of the
Special ancient Secret of Steel, these
Crushing Strength (1), Individual, pistol, Piercing (1), mysterious personages are
Inspiring (War Engines only), friendly War Engines within able to communicate with
3” of a Warsmith have the Elite special rule the iron spirits that animate
every metal construct.

Stone Priest Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 4 4+ – 5+ 2 11/13
85

Special
Individual, Inspiring (Earth Elementals only), Surge (8),
Bane Chant (3)

Options
• Bane Chant (2) for +30 pts

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The Elves are the eldest of all the races of Mantica. Their Elves are slender, much thinner than a man, but
kind has raised cities and song since time immemorial, since deceptively strong. Their muscles are hard and supple,
even before the advent of the Celestians. They are a people and they can perform athletic feats that other races
in decline. Many of their ancestral lands are gone, all could not hope to perform. Next to an Elf, a human
of the Western Kin’s holdings, bar the city of Therennia is graceless and ungainly. They are beings of poise,
Adar, are lost to the sea, most of those of the Southern uniformly beautiful, quick to laugh and quick to anger.
Kin’s and a good deal of the Eastern Kin’s are buried They are long-lived and wise, and yet impulsive. They
under desert sands. Still the Elves are mighty, masters love to create, their arts are beyond compare, and
of magic beyond compare. Their mages are the greatest an Elven sword is as fine as it is sharp. They are less
the in the world. Their armies are disciplined, as effective joyous than once however, the passing of their golden
as individual warriors as they are as in ranks. Bows and age has given many cause to regret, and some have
spears are their favoured weaponry, and regiments become bitter. Others are seized with sorrow so deep
equipped with such are deadly indeed. they die of it, or gripped by lassitude that leaves them
helpless for months. The Elves also bear terrible guilt,
A host of creatures accompany the Elves to war and for they are responsible for much folly. It was the Mage
among the greatest are the dragons. Only the Elves have Calisor Fenulian who forged the mirror that caused the
ever truly mastered these ancient reptiles. Others have tried Sundering of the Celestials and ruined the world. If that
but the ties of respect that a dragon forms with an Elf are were not a heavy enough shame to bear, more recently
unsurpassed. These bonds are so strong that should an Elf their affection for a human youth blinded them to his
Dragon Lord die his mount quickly pines and falls into a propensity for evil, and so the necromancer Mhorgoth
deep sleep from which it can only rarely be roused. was made by their love.

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Elves are born of the deep green places of the world, their
primitive ancestors creeping out from under the boughs of Alignment: Good
the greenwood to gaze upon the young world. Leaving the
trees behind, they made the world their own, but always Army Special Rules
they have kept an affinity for nature, wherever they dwell. Unless otherwise specified, all units are Elite.
When the Celestians came to Mantica the Elves were readily
adopted by the female known as the Green Lady, whom Elven Sabre-Toothed Pussycat
they hold her dear to this day. Most Kins can call upon her Meeoww!
aid in battle, summoning Tree Herds, Forest Shamblers and Mark a Hero that is accompanied by a sabre-toothed
elementals of the earth and forest to their armies. pussycat with an Elven cat model. The Hero then
counts as being equipped with a throwing weapon
that can be used only once per game (remove the cat
The Kins of the Elves once it has been unleashed). This weapon can only
There are many kindreds of Elves, ranging in size from be used against Heroes or Monsters, War Engines
small bands to entire nations consisting of subclans and and units of Infantry or Cavalry of 10 models or
different tribes. Below are the largest and most renowned. less. The cat, with typical feline obedience, refuses
to attack any body of troops larger than that.
The Sea Kin – The lands of the Western Kin were located
When you send the cat to seek its prey, roll 5 dice
to the far west, and are now under the waters of the Great
to hit, regardless of the firer’s Attacks. The cat
Ocean. Only the Brokenwall islands and the City of Therennia
always hits on 4+, regardless of modifiers, and
Adar – known by men as Walldeep - remains, saved by the
has the Piercing (1) rule. Then, for any point of
sacrifice of Valandor the Great, although its Sacred Groves
damage caused, roll to hit and to damage again,
are drowned. The Western Kin are more commonly called
as the cat has its way with the victims. Repeat this
the Sea Kin or Sea Elves in this age, for those that remain
process again and again until you fail to score any
have become masters of the oceans. Their thin-hulled ships
damage, at which point the cat has been slain or has
leaps like gulls over the waves. Their Sea Mages can sing wandered off to lick the gore off its paws.
up a storm, and command the mighty Kraken with a word.
These mariners furnish the Elven Kins with their navy, and
are the finest sailors in Mantica.

The Northern Kin – The most powerful of all the Kins, Elves, even more reclusive and hostile to strangers than
the Northern Elves counts the Mage-Queen among their the Sylvan Kin. Followers of the renegade King Tyris,
number. Ileuthar, the de facto capital of Elvenholme in they permit access to their lands infrequently, and travel
these dark days, is their city, and the Twilight Glades rarely to the courts of the Twilight Glades and Walldeep.
grow upon their land.
The Sylvan Kin – Living deep in the green places of
The Dragon Kin – Once a tribe among the Northern Kin, the the world, the Sylvan Kin are at one with nature. Long
Dragon Lords’ power is out of all proportion to their Kin’s ago they rejected the ways of the other kindreds, and
small size. Inhabiting the peaks of the Alandar mountains, fully embraced the arboreal origins of all elves. They are
the Dragon Lords are arrogant people, if noble to the core. antagonistic to any who would alter the natural order of
the world, and have little contact with other races. Most
The Eastern Kin - These Elves were once renowned as the dwell inside the bounds of the mystic forest of Galahir,
most carefree of all. In their silk-covered wagons they but a large contingent live in Ileuthar, and several are the
roamed the savannahs of the east, making camp under closest confidantes of Mage-Queen Laraentha.
the stars. The most talented musicians and poets were said
to be of the Eastern Kin, quick-witted and mirthful. Now
they are a dour people, victims of the encroaching desert
and the depredations of the Twilight Kin, they are better
known for blade craft than poetry. The bladedancers and
Drakon riders are their greatest warriors.

The Southern Kin – Proud and haughty, the southern

kindred defy the moving desert with magic and, when
that fails, sheer stubbornness. Most of their cities are
wind-blasted ruins, but they remain in their tall towers,
standing sentinel over the unending southern wastes. The Twilight Kin – Of these dark-hearted Elves, the
other kindreds will not speak to outsiders, but that they
The Ice Kin – Inhabitants of the Bitter Lands, masters remain a part of wider Elven society is without doubt,
of ice magic, the Ice Kin are the most enigmatic of all for ambassadors of their kind are found in Ileuthar.

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Spearmen Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 6 4+ – 4+ 10 11/13
105
Regiment (20) 6 4+ – 4+ 15
15/17
140
Horde (40) 6 4+ – 4+ 25 21/23
225

Special
Phalanx

Solid ranks of spearmen normally form the backbone of

the Elven armies. With shields locked and spears lowered,
they defend the more fragile line of bowmen and war

engines.

Sea Guard Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (20) 6 4+ 4+ 4+ 15 15/17 190
Horde (40) 6 4+ 4+ 4+ 25 21/23 305

Special
Bows, Phalanx

Trained to fight on the upper decks of the Elven navy’s

sleek ships, the highly flexible Sea Guard are equipped to
fulfil the roles of both spearmen and bowmen, an ability

that makes them a most adaptable multi-role unit on the battlefield.

Palace Guard Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 6 3+ – 4+ 10 11/13 90
Regiment (20) 6 3+ – 4+ 12
15/17
120

Special
Crushing Strength (1)

The most experienced and skilled Elven warriors wear

the finest enchanted armour and fight with long glaives
and two-handed blades that they wield with impossible
speed and elegance, synchronizing their attacks with

their comrades with uncanny precision.

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Bowmen Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 6 5+ 4+ 4+ 10 11/13 115
Regiment (20) 6 5+ 4+ 4+ 12 15/17 155
Horde (40) 6 5+ 4+ 4+ 20 21/23 250

Special
Bows

Elven tactics rely heavily on shooting a deadly rain of

arrows into the advancing enemies, to thin their numbers
before the clash, or even to completely annihilate them
before they can make contact.

Scouts Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 6 5+ 4+ 3+ 10 11/13 105
Regiment (20) 6 5+ 4+ 3+ 12 15/17 140

Special
Bows. A Troop has Nimble & Vanguard

Lightly armoured scouts are normally used to reconnoitre

the battlefield for the advancing army. At times they can
also be formed up in larger formations to supplement

the fire of the bowmen.

Sylvan Kin Infantry Forest Shamblers Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 6 4+ – 4+ 20 11/13
145 Regiment (3) 6 4+ – 5+ 9 –/13
135
Regiment (20) 6 4+ – 4+ 25
15/17
190 Horde (6) 6 4+ – 5+ 18 –/17
190

Special Special
Vanguard, Pathfinder. This unit is not Elite. Shambling, Pathfinder, Crushing Strength (1), Vanguard.
This unit is not Elite.
Spirits and faery folk of the forest realms, these creatures
can assume many guises, but their war-aspect is of Even the trees animate and march against the enemies
humanoid elementals of nature, fighting with the fury of the Elves, or the very earth animates as humanoid
of the Great Wild. beings of foliage, mud and stone.

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Stormwind Cavalry Cavalry

Bolt Thrower War Engine
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Troop (5) 9 3+ – 5+ 7 11/13
125
1 6 – 4+ 4+ 2 10/12
70
Regiment (10) 9 3+ – 5+ 14
15/17
195

Special Special: Reload!, Blast (D3), Piercing (2)

Thunderous Charge (2)
Shunning the slow and cumbersome black powder
Fast and deadly, the knights of Elvendom weapons used by other races, the Elves train in the use of
can hit a foe in the eye with the tip of their gigantic crossbows so that they can unleash a quick
their lance while charging at full tilt. series of iron-tipped shafts capable of piercing several
ranks of enemy warriors.

Silverbreeze Cavalry Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (5) 10 5+ 4+ 3+ 6 11/13 105 Dragon Breath War Engine
Regiment (10) 10 5+ 4+ 3+ 12 15/17 165
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Special 1 6 – 4+ 4+ * 10/12 90
Bows. Nimble
Special: Breath Attack (20)
Mounted on the fleetest horses, these scouts
ranged ahead of Elf armies and protect This arcane weapon can engulf an enemy regiment in a
their flanks when on the march. magical inferno powerful enough to eradicate its target
or send the survivors running for their lives.

Drakon Riders Large Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

War Chariots Large Cavalry

Regiment (3) 10 3+ – 5+ 9 11/13 165 Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Horde (6) 10 3+ – 5+ 18 15/17 250 Troop (1) 9 4+ 4+ 5+ 2 10/12 40
Regiment (3) 9 4+ 4+ 5+ 6 12/14 120
Special
Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (1), Fly Horde (6) 9 4+ 4+ 5+ 12 15/17 185

Special: Thunderous Charge (2), Nimble, Bows

Mounted on winged Cold Drakes, these knights are one of
Mantica’s most deadly type of heavy cavalry. Two elves on chariots pulled by two horses, I assume...

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The Green Lady [1] Hero (Inf)

Argus Rodinar [1] Hero (Inf)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De At Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De At Ne Pts
1 10 – – 6+ – 14/16
200
1 – - – 5+ – 11/13
50

Special: Fly, Inspiring, Regeneration, Heal (8) Special: Individual, Altar of the Elements

Options Argus Rodinar duty is to balance the elements and to

• Up to 2 Sabre-Toothed Pussycats (+20pts each) forge victory from potential defeat, to manipulate the
unseen forces of the world in an effort to ensure that
The incarnation of the life-giving energies of Water and victory lies with the servants of the Shining Ones.
Earth, this Elven spirit manifests as a ghostly dame, as tall
as the oak and as fleet as the falcon. She can restore to
health scores of wounded allies with a simple gesture. Altar of the Elements
Argus Rodinar is deployed as normal, but then
cannot move for the duration of the game. He
The Sylvan Guard treats all Wavering results as Steady and is never
If your army includes the Green Lady, for +20 points disordered by chargers – he is protected by powerful
you may upgrade a single Regiment of Sylvan Kin to enchantments.
represent the Green Lady’s Sylvan Guard, her most
devoted and sworn guardians. This unit has the Otherwise, using the Altar is the same as using a
Headstrong and Regeneration special rules. ranged attack. When the Altar is used, it casts a
protection spell on any one friendly unit. This unit
counts as being in range of an inspiring unit until
the start of your next turn.

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Elven Stormcaster Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 7 4+ – 4+ 1 11/13
90
Special The Stormcasters unleash
Individual, Lightning Bolt (5) the force of thunderbolt
and lightning agaisnt the
Options enemies of the Elves.
• Fireball (10) for +10 pts
Wind Blast (5) for +30 pts
• Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9
(+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)
• Sabre-Toothed Pussycat (+20 pts)

Elven Mage-Queen Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 7 4+ – 4+ 1 11/13
85

Special Unsurpassed weavers of powerful

Individual, Heal (3) defensive charms, the fey
Mage-Queens are an invaluable
Options asset for any Elf general.
• Bane Chant (2) for +30 pts
• Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9
(+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)
• Sabre-Toothed Pussycat (+20 pts)

Elven Prince Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 6 3+ – 5+ 3 11/13 60
Brave heroes of Elvenkind
Special come to battle to prove their
Crushing Strength (1), Individual worth in the eyes of both
their peers and their superiors.
Options
• Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9
(+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)
• Sabre-Toothed Pussycat (+20 pts)

Elven King Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 6 3+ – 5+ 5 13/15
120
Special
Crushing Strength (1), Individual, Inspiring
Fighting with the skills of the War
Options Gods of legend, the Elven Kings
• Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9 lead their armies from the front.
(+20 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)
• Sabre-Toothed Pussycat (+20 pts)

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Army Standard Bearer Hero (Inf)

Bearing ancient enchantments
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
of protection, the standards of
1 6 4+ – 4+ 1 10/12 50
the Elven Lords are a blessing
Special: Individual, Inspiring to their battle-warriors and
anathema to the forces of evil.
Options
• Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9
(+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)

Tree Herder Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 6 3+ – 6+ 7 18/20
260

Special: Crushing Strength (3), Vanguard, Pathfinder,

Inspiring, Surge (8).
A Tree Herder is not Elite.

The Tree Herders are mighty wooden giants that spend

the long millennia of their lives protecting their forests
from all threats.

Prince on Drakon Hero (Large Cav) Lord on Battle Dragon Hero (Mon)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 10 3+ – 5+ 4 13/15
140 1 10 3+ – 5+ 10 17/19
300

Special Special
Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (1), Fly Breath Attack (15), Crushing Strength (3), Fly, Inspiring

Smaller than a full-grown Dragon, Drakons nevertheless The noblest Elves can call upon the ancient pact between
make excellent flying mounts for Elven generals. their people and the Dragons.

Master Hunter Hero (Inf)

Forest Warden Hero (Large Inf)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 7 3+ 3+ 4+ 3 11/13 90
1 6 4+ – 5+ 3 10/12
75
Special
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Vanguard, Nimble Bow, Piercing(1), Individual, Stealthy, Pathfinder,
Pathfinder. Vanguard
A Forest Warden is not Elite.
Options
Young tree herder or ‘awaken’ Forest Shambler... • Sabre-Toothed Pussycat (+20 pts)

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 Kingdoms of Men
Of all the Noble Peoples, men are the most numerous. Every man who fought for Primovantor did so willingly,
Men can be found everywhere, from the most verdant to protect a land they were proud to call their own.
valley to the harshest environment, anywhere a living
can be scratched from the land. In blazing deserts, the Winter’s war finished the Republic, already severely
frozen north, jungle, plain and mountain, men dwell. weakened by the God War. The provinces north of the
They exhibit a bewildering array of outer forms and skin Dragon’s Teeth mountains were ground to clay under
colour, and the palette of their emotions is equally as the ice, its rich southlands drowned by the sea. Whereas
varied. Men can be black of heart or as pure as snow. once Primovantor was a mountain kingdom looking over
Men have been known as great Elf Friends, men have fertile plains, it is now a peninsula.
been known to embrace and serve the Abyss willingly.
Men are anything but predictable. The memory of this noble state lives on in Basilea,
the largest and most powerful of today’s nations. The
Men were once more inclined to good than they are Basileans are adherents of the Shining Ones, and large
now. The Republic of Primovantor was the apogee of numbers of paladins, warrior monks and battle nuns are
human civilisation, a grand coalition of nations ruled found in their armies. The angelic Elohi fly above the hosts
by an elected senate and headed by the High Consul. of Basilea, lending their pure voices to the battle hymns
The men of this time were long-lived and keen-minded. of holy warriors, and their strength to the army’s assault.
Nearly a thousand years after the republic collapsed,
its feats of magic and art have yet to be matched. The The Successor Kingdoms are descended from Primovantor
Primovantians learned much from the Elves, and gave also, but the similarity to Basilea ends there, for they have
them much in return. From their mountain home of been much influenced by admixtures of culture and thought
Primovantia, the early Primovantians brought as many from other lands and have followed their own path. There
lands into their Republic by diplomacy as by conquest. are as many as a hundred of these small statelets, ranging
All citizens were treated equally under her laws, no from independent cities to large dukedoms, and the genuine
matter whether they willingly joined or their country had kingdom of Valentica. These small lands are in a constant
been defeated in war, and it flourished because of it. state of rivalry. War between them is not uncommon. As a

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result of this the city-states are vital places, breeding brave

men who range far in their ships. Alignment: Neutral
In other places men live in conditions ranging from great Army Special Rules
culture to orcish barbarism, and everywhere in between. None.
Dark Ophidia is the home of vile sorcery. To the far north,
hordes of horsemen fight over the herds of mammoth
and bison with Goblins. On the icy seashores beyond the
Bitter Islands, reavers set sail in longships, raiding and
trading as far south as Elvenholme and Basilea. Upon
the contested plain of Ardovikia, new lands reclaimed
from the ice’s retreat are founded. Caravans of camels
criss-cross the deserts of the south between desert oases
and dry cities, bringing exotic wares from cultures so far
afield what is known of them by the nations around the
Infant Sea is more legend than fact.

Naturally, man’s method of war differs from place to place.

The Successor Kingdoms are the homes of engineers and
wizard-scholars, and their armies reflect this. Gunpowder
weapons such as cannon and primitive handguns are
common there. Basilea also possesses this technology,
but relies more on divine magic and armoured horsemen
to win its wars, backed up by Griffins and the Elohi.
All the kingdoms born from Primovantor’s ruins favour
blocks of pikemen, a weapon used for millennia.

The Ophidians can draw upon a wide range of troops

from across their empire; including desert-horsemen,
fierce tribal warriors from the green south and all
manner of light troops suited for their harsh land,
supported by heavy infantry and horse drawn from the
Ophidian cities. The Ophidians also enslave desert spirits
to fight for them, and make use of legions of undead
skeletons. The northern tribes are less disciplined, but
formidable nonetheless. Whether steppe rider or sea
raider, all are raised as warriors from childhood, and they
are consequently skilled individual fighters.

As a whole, men have a somewhat ambivalent

relationship with the other speaking races of Mantica.
Several states have very close ties with the Elves, the
Valenticans in particular, with two great Elven cities
actually being part of it, and Elven quarters in every
other city besides. Dwarfs live throughout man’s lands,
descendants of refugees from the fall of the northern
holds and, more recently, King Golloch’s reign. The
northern tribes sometimes make common cause with the
Orcs or the Abyssal Dwarfs, or are else forced to fight for
them as slaves. The great alliances of the past may be
fading memories, men are as likely to fight shoulder to
shoulder with the Elves and Dwarfs as they are to oppose
them, and on many occasions men have fought on both
sides of the battle in these grand alliances.

Men however most often fight other men, whether

through greed or hatred or honour or just through
misunderstanding. Men are hot-blooded, and not always
wise, their vivacity is a curse as much as it is a blessing.

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Foot Guard Infantry Spear Phalanx Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 3+ – 5+ 10 11/13
100 Troop (10) 5 4+ – 4+ 10 10/12 90
Regiment (20) 5 3+ – 5+ 12
15/17
135 Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 4+ 15
14/16
120
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 4+ 25 20/22
190
Options
• Exchange shields for two-handed weapons for free Special
(lower Defence to 4+, gain Crushing Strength (1)) Phalanx

Human noblemen tend to equip the elite warriors making The most classic variant on the shield wall formation is a
up their bodyguard with the best armour and weaponry shield wall bristling with sharp metal-tipped spears.
that their wealth can afford.

Shield Wall Infantry Pole-Arms Block Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 4+ – 4+ 10 10/12 75 Troop (10) 5 4+ – 3+ 10 10/12 75
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 4+ 12
14/16
100 Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 3+ 12
14/16
100
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 4+ 20 20/22
160 Horde (40) 5 4+ – 3+ 20 20/22
160

These warriors are quipped with chain mail or leather Special

armour and carry a sword or axe and a wide shield that Crushing Strength (1)
they can lock together to adopt a defensive formation.
Strong Men armed with halberds, partisans, fauchards
and other oddly-shaped poleaxes.

Pike Phalanx Infantry Militia Mob* Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 3+ 18
14/16
135 Troop (10) 5 5+ – 3+ 10 9/11 55
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 3+ 36 20/22
215 Regiment (20) 5 5+ – 3+ 12
13/15 70
Horde (40) 5 5+ – 3+ 20 19/21
110
Special
Pike Phalanx Hurriedly conscripted in time of dire need, these rag-tag
formations never last very long.
Units that charge this unit’s front suffer the Hindered
Charges penalty.

Some Human kingdoms train their spearmen to use very

long pikes, losing the protection of their shields, but
forming impenetrable hedgehogs.

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Bowmen Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 10 10/12 85
Regiment (20) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 12 14/16 110
Horde (40) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 20 20/22 175

Special: Bows

The most common ranged weapons in human kingdoms.

Crossbowmen Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 10 10/12 85
Regiment (20) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 12 14/16 110
Horde (40) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 20 20/22 175

Special: Crossbows, Piercing (1), Reload!

Some human rulers equip some of their troops with

crossbows, trading tactical flexibility for hitting power.

Arquebusiers Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 10 10/12 95
Regiment (20) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 12 14/16 125
Horde (40) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 20 20/22 200

Special: Rifles, Piercing (2), Reload!

A relative new weapon, hard-hitting arquebuses are an

expensive replacement for crossbows.

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Knights Cavalry Mounted Sergeants Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (5) 8 3+ – 5+ 7 11/13 120 Troop (5) 9 4+ – 4+ 7 10/12 90
Regiment (10) 8 3+ – 5+ 14 15/17 185 Regiment (10) 9 4+ – 4+ 14
14/16
135
Horde (20) 8 3+ – 5+ 28 21/23 305
Special Special
Thunderous Charge (2), Headstrong Thunderous Charge (1)

Fanatical templars, brave knights on a chivalrous quests, Lightly armed compared with the knights, these swift
or disinherited noblemen in search of redemption, these cavalry units are used most often on the wings of a
heavily armoured cavalrymen make fearsome shock troops. battle line, and to pursue and cut down enemies that
are retreating from the battlefield.

Mounted Scouts Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (5) 9 6+ 5+ 3+ 6 10/12 85
Special
Bows. Nimble

Options
• Exchange bows with pistols for free (gain Piercing
(1) but halve their range) or exchange bows with
rifles for free (gain Piercing (2) and Reload)

These fast and flexible warriors form the eyes and ears of
the army as it advances.

Cannon War Engine

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Catapult War Engine

1 5 – 5+ 4+ 1 9/11 85 Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 – 5+ 4+ 1 9/11 90
Special: Reload!, Blast (D6+2), Piercing (4)
Special
The simplest and perhaps still the most cost-effective of Reload!, Blast (D6+3), Indirect Fire, Piercing (3)
war machines, the cannon is one Dwarf tradition that
the Humans were very keen to make their own. The most ancient of Human war engines, the Catapult is
mostly used in sieges, but it can also make itself useful
on the battlefield in several situations. An advantage it
has over its black powder counterparts is that it works
perfectly fine in the rain!

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General Hero (Inf) Army Standard Bearer Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 3+ – 5+ 4 12/14
100 1 5 4+ – 4+ 1 9/11 50

Special: Crushing Strength (1), Individual, Very Inspiring Special: Individual, Very Inspiring

Options Options
• Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9 (+20 pts) • Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9
and changing to Hero (Cav), or mount on a Pegasus, (+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)
increasing Speed to 10 and gaining Fly, but losing the
Individual special rule (+50 pts) and changing to Hero Men are especially trained to follow the battle-signals
(Large Cav). issued by these large banners.

Human generals are not the most powerful warriors, but

they are the best battle-leaders.

Wizard Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

General on Winged Beast Hero 1 5 4+ – 4+ 1 10/12
50
(Mon) Special: Fireball (6), Individual

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Options

1 10 3+ – 5+ 6 14/16
190 • Lightning Bolt (3) for +15 pts, or free if it replaces
Fireball
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Fly, Very Inspiring Wind Blast (5) for +30 pts
• Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9 (+10 pts)
Only the richest noblemen can afford to ride a and changing to Hero (Cav), or mount on a Pegasus,
Hippogryph, Manticore or similar winged beast. increasing Speed to 10 and gaining Fly, but losing the
Individual special rule (+25 pts) and changing to Hero
(Large Cav).

These lonesome, mysterious figures are a rare and

Hero Hero (Inf)
powerful addition to any Human army.

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 3+ – 5+ 3 10/12
50
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Individual

Options
• Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9 (+10 pts)
and changing to Hero (Cav), or mount on a Pegasus,
increasing Speed to 10 and gaining Fly, but losing the
Individual special rule (+25 pts) and changing to Hero
(Large Cav).

These heroic knights are entirely absorbed with fulfilling

a quest or other dangerous mission.
 Abyssal Dwarfs
It is common knowledge that all Dwarfs love gold and order to grow in power to gain more of their beloved gold,
jewels. But Dwarfs are governed by a strong moral code, inevitably becoming enmeshed in the worship of dark and
dictating that the only riches that one truly owns are terrible gods. Others flee, to seek shelter in hidden enclaves
those that have been earned with hard, honest toil – of fugitives deep beneath the earth. Through the centuries,
“With the sweat of the brow and the callus on the hand with the help of infernal powers, some of these groups of
holding the pick” goes an ancient Dwarven adage. escapees have grown into large settlements, even entire
subterranean cities. These sinister colonies are not only
But not all Dwarfs show such fortitude. At the time of populated by Abyssal Dwarfs, but also by masses of slaves
the God War, The Father of Lies, great among the Lords that are used for all physical labour, and by the Abyssal
of the Abyss, spied a weakness in the heart of the Dwarfs, Halfbreeds. Insane hybrids, half-Dwarf, half-Abyssal, these
a shame that they will not own to. It is greed, above all, a dark creatures are the result of unspeakable experiments.
perverse longing for gold can only be sated by the hard
work of others. Seduced by the promises of the Father The influence and arrogance of these Abyssal Dwarf
of Lies, some Dwarfs will begin to covet and eventually cities have grown to the point that they have become
take the wealth of others employing guile, threats and, a serious threat to other races. With their numbers and
ultimately, violence. In the end, when a Dwarf takes power swelling, they have begun to assemble vast armies
another Dwarf’s life to satisfy this greed, there is much of slaves. In battle, the Abyssal Dwarfs are dangerous foes
rejoicing in the Abyss, as another Dwarf has lost his soul indeed, as they mix the well-crafted weaponry of the
forever – another Abyssal Dwarf is born. Dwarfs with the dark powers of sorcery and summoned
beasts of the Abyss. Their attacks have moved ever
Only two choices are then left to such individuals. Some further south, toward the lands of better folk. Many
decide to remain hidden within Dwarf society behind mining outposts, small trading settlements and even
a façade of normality, forming secret cults that worship towns have fallen to their hosts, their population either
the Black Ones and cultivate all sort of forbidden arts in slaughtered or taken into captivity. Even though they
prefer to raze the dwellings of their hated brethren, the
Abyssal Dwarfs’ greed is so immense that no race has
been spared their attention. The threat is real, and is
growing rapidly. Already the rulers of the Free Races are
Alignment: Evil gathering their armies and looking to the north, ready to
face the menace of the Abyssal Dwarfs.
Army Special Rules
All units are Vicious. The greatest, most cruel and wealthy of the Abyssal Dwarfs
often lead their armies into battle. Mighty Overmasters,
Mutated Throwing Mastiffs armed with ensorcelled weaponry and covered in the
The Abyssal Dwarfs engage in wicked (but
most impenetrable obsidian armour, bellow orders to their
admittedly quite amusing) alchemically-adjusted
own warriors. Mysterious Iron-casters unleash the twisted
cross-breeding of the traditional Dwarven Throwing
fire-magic of Ariagful, the evil Queen of the Black Flame,
Mastiff with all sorts of monstrous creatures. The
and summon her Abyssal servants to the field to do their
results are bizarre, sometime spectacular, but
bidding alongside the monstrous Half-breeds and other
always very dangerous!
strange war-engines that they have created.
Mutated Throwing Mastiffs are the same as Dwarven
Throwing Mastiffs, except they re-roll failed rolls to The Abyssal Dwarfs have thousands of slaves, and they
damage against all enemies. employ each race of slaves for the tasks they are most
suited for: Dwarves are excellent miners, Elves make good
Yellow-Bellied toys, Humans can be put to work and Goblins are perfect
What did the master say? Sounded like ‘Retreat!’
house servants. Orcs however have one clear area where
to me...
they excel above all others – war. Their great strength and
This unit is not Vicious and is immune to the effect brutal ferocity are an asset to any army, and the Abyssal
of the Inspiring rule. In addition, any time it receives Dwarfs push vast hordes of the brutes towards the enemy
a Charge! order, you must roll a die. If the die result before committing their own troops. This has the double
is a 1, the unit ‘misunderstands’ the order and thinks advantage of causing damage and tiring out the enemy,
it has been ordered to ‘Halt!’ instead. as well as testing their firepower and the quality of their
different troops. It matters little to the slavers if hundreds
of Orcs are slain in the process.

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Blacksouls Infantry Immortal Guard Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 4 4+ – 5+ 10 11/13 85 Troop (10) 4 3+ – 5+ 10 -/13
100
Regiment (20) 4 4+ – 5+ 12
15/17
115 Regiment (20) 4 3+ – 5+ 12 -/17
130
Horde (40) 4 4+ – 5+ 20 21/23
185
Options
Options • Exchange shields for two-handed weapons for free
• Mutated Throwing Mastiff (+20 pts) (lower Defence to 4+, gain Crushing Strength (1))
• Exchange shields for two-handed weapons for free
(lower Defence to 4+, gain Crushing Strength (1)) The warriors forming the bodyguard of the Overmasters
and Iron-casters are given the gift of eternal life. There
Advancing in tight ranks, clad in ancient Dwarf armour is however a terrible price to pay for this ‘honour’, and
and protected by the dark powers of the Abyss, the many of these veterans end up as nothing more than
Blacksouls are feared by all, and they never pass on a war-thirsty spirits trapped inside ancient sets of fully
chance to add to the tally of misery and slaughter they enclosing armour.
are responsible for.

Decimators Infantry
Abyssal Berserkers Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Troop (10) 5 4+ – 3+ 20 12/14
130
Troop (10) 4 5+ – 4+ 10 11/13
110
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 3+ 25
15/17
170
Regiment (20) 4 5+ – 4+ 12
15/17
145
Horde (40) 4 5+ – 4+ 20 21/23
230
Special
Special Crushing Strength (1)
Thunderpipe (Troops & Regiments have Breath Attack
(15). Hordes have Breath Attack (30) Dwarf Berserkers are easily swayed by the Abyss, convinced
to give up their soul in return for the promise of eternal
The Decimators’ weapons are cruder in construction slaughter and a never-ending supply of willing foes.
when compared with the rifles of the Dwarfs, but what
they lose in range and stopping power, they more than
make up with close-range devastation.

Slave Orcs* Infantry

Slave Orc Gore Riders* Cavalry
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De At Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Troop (10) 5 4+ – 4+ 10 10/12
70 Troop (5) 8 4+ – 4+ 8 9/11 85
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 4+ 12
14/16
90
Regiment (10) 8 4+ – 4+ 16
12/14
130
Special
Crushing Strength (1), Yellow-Bellied Special: Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (1),
Yellow-Bellied
The Orcs’ great strength and brutal ferocity are an asset
to any army, and the Abyssal Dwarfs push vast hordes of
enslaved brutes towards the enemy before committing
their own troops.

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Abyssal Halfbreeds Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (5) 8 3+ – 4+ 6 11/13
110
Regiment (10) 8 3+ – 4+ 12
15/17
170

Special
Crushing Strength (2), Regeneration

These debased monstrosities, product of the Iron-casters’

insane crossbreeding experiments, often have the body
of a quadrupedal Abyssal creature and the upper torso
of a Dwarf.

Lesser Obsidian Golems Large Infantry Gargoyles* Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (3) 5 4+ – 6+ 9 –/13
155 Troop (10) 10 4+ – 3+ 10 10/12 85
Horde (6) 5 4+ – 6+ 18 –/17
220
Special: Fly, Regeneration
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Shambling, Pathfinder
These dumb creatures always follow the armies of the
Soulless constructs animated by the dark powers of the Abyssal Dwarfs, hanging in the sky like a sinister pall,
Iron-casters, these automatons are slow and dim-witted, ready to plunge with voracious appetite onto wounded
but extremely strong and almost indestructible. warriors and stragglers.

Katsuchan Rocket Launcher War Engine

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts At the start of an engagement, the Katsuchans unleash
1 4 – 5+ 5+ 1 10/12
50 a relentless bombardment that is used to force the hand
of the enemy, leaving them no choice but to retreat or
Special: Reload!, Blast (D6+3), Indirect Fire, Piercing (1) advance into the waiting Decimators and Blacksouls.

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‘Dragon’ Fire-team War Engine Angkor Heavy Mortar War Engine

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 4 – – 4+ * 10/12
50 1 4 – 5+ 5+ 1 10/12
110

Special: Breath Attack (10), Individual Special: Reload!, Blast (D6+5), Indirect Fire, Piercing (3)

This fiendish weapon consists of a team of two, carrying The Angkor mortar is a large artillery piece that fires
a canister of a highly volatile, flammable liquid with a huge shells filled with the explosive concoctions of the
pipe coming from it, which is used to project great gouts Iron-casters – any regiment it hits directly disappears in
of alchemical fire into the ranks of the enemy. a cloud of smoke.

G’rog Mortar War Engine

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 4 – 5+ 5+ 1 10/12
90

Special: Reload!, Blast (D6+4), Indirect Fire, Piercing (2)

The most common guns in the service of the Abyssal

Dwarfs, these versatile weapons are used both in sieges
and on the battlefield, where they make it almost suicidal
for the enemies to concentrate their forces.

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Overmaster Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

The generals of the Abyssal
1 4 3+ – 6+ 5 13/15
120 Dwarf armies are ruthless,
Special cunning and armed with
Crushing Strength (1), Individual, Inspiring mighty tools of destruction
and thick magical armour
of obsidian and cast iron.

Overmaster on Great Abyssal Slavedriver Hero (Inf)

Dragon Hero (Mon)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts 1 4 4+ – 5+ 1 10/12
50
1 10 3+ – 6+ 8 17/19
300 Special
Special Individual, Inspiring
Breath Attack (10), Crushing Strength (3) Fly, Inspiring
The cruel symbols born on the banners of the Abyssal
Huge, winged, Abyss-spawned nightmares are often Dwarfs are often the last thing many folk see as free
used as steeds by the highest-ranking Iron-casters and individuals.
Overmasters.

Iron-caster Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 4 4+ – 5+ 2 11/13
85 The Iron-casters wield
Special the twisted fire-magic
Crushing Strength (1), Heal (3 – works only on War of Ariagful, evil Queen
Engines, Golems and Immortal Guard), Individual, of the Black Flame.
Inspiring (War Engines only), Fireball (6)

Options
Lightning Bolt (3) for +20 pts
Surge (8) for +15 pts Supreme Iron-caster on
Great Winged Halfbreed Hero (Mon)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 10 4+ – 5+ 5 15/17
190
Special
Crushing Strength (2), Fly, Heal (4 – works
only on War Engines, Golems and Immortal
Guard), Inspiring, Fireball (10)

Options
Lightning Bolt (3) for +20 pts
Surge (10) for +20 pts

This evil spellcasters can channel the hellish energies of

the Abyss and shape them into horrible sorceries and
summoning rituals, greatly aiding the cause of the Lords
they serve.

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Abyssal Halfbreed Champion Hero

(Cav) The greatest amongst the
Halfbreeds are given great
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts two-handed hammers and
1 8 3+ – 5+ 6 12/14
160 axes, and let loose against
the enemy before their
Special fury takes over and they
Crushing Strength (3), Individual, Inspiring, Regeneration endanger their own side.

Greater Obsidian Golem Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 4+ – 6+ 8 –/18
170

Special
Shambling, Crushing Strength (3), Pathfinder

Black stone-giants that tower over the battle-field, these

monsters thunder against the enemy under the control
of the Iron-casters that animated them.

Ba’su’su the Vile [1] Hero (Mon)

Brakki Barka [1] Hero (Cav)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De At Ne Pts

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 8 3+ – 5+ 6 13/15
200
1 10 3+ – 5+ 8 15/17
220

Special Special: Crushing Strength (3), Individual, Regeneration,

Crushing Strength (2), Fly, Individual, Inspiring (Gargoyles Bhardoom!
only), Regeneration

A halfbreed of great power, Ba’su’su the Vile, Lord of When he goes to war Barka leads from the front and while
Gargoyles, is a mighty pinioned monster, tormented by he is nominally the Lord of the Legion of Bardoom, his
the low status his halfbreed nature condemns him to. battle orders are a single bellow of the word ‘Bhardoom’,
that roars impossibly loud over the entire field of battle
– its message unmistakable.
Vile Spawn
If your army includes Ba’su’su, for +20 pts
you may upgrade a single unit of Gargoyles to
represent his flock of elder Gargoyles. This unit
Bhardoom!
Because of his awesome battle-cry, and what that
has Defence 4+ and Crushing Strength (1).
means to his own troops, Brakki Barka is Extremely
Inspiring (this is the same as the Inspiring special
rule, except that it has a range of 12”).

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 Goblins
Goblins can be found in every corner of Mantica. They are they are a kind of cosmic mistake, something cobbled
a persistent nuisance, and sometimes a genuine threat, together by lesser Abyssals while the dark gods were
to all other creatures. Goblins are even more numerous looking the other way. They are not entirely evil. Goblins
than their Orcish cousins. For the most part, they are can be traded with. As one finds the occasional truly
subservient to the larger Orcs, employed in every role in evil man, it is possible to find the occasional truly good
society that Orcs are too lazy to fill themselves (meaning goblin, but such individuals are rarer than hen’s teeth,
most of them). They are deployed in war by their masters and are usually murdered by their compatriots. Goblins
to wear down an enemy with sheer weight of numbers are certainly nowhere near as brave as Orcs, exhibiting a
before the Orcs move in for the kill. Where they are not degree cowardice that verges on the comical. The only
enslaved by Orcs, they form their own petty kingdoms thing that Goblins have in great abundance, apart from
and tribes. These are of a bewildering variety – Goblins each other, is self-preservation.
dwell in swamps, jungle, deserts, forests, mountains,
hills, caverns and even sewers. Thousands roam the Most Goblins are far too weaselly for proper fighting,
mammoth steppe in huge federations of clans, riding a generally taking to the field in a large, poorly armed
variety of fierce and malodorous beasts. Here they fight rabble that has to be kicked toward the enemy. Whereas
with savage humans and hunt the shaggy behemoths Orcs are badly disciplined but bold, Goblins are just
that live there. badly disciplined. Given the chance, they will flee from
a fight at the slightest opportunity, and must be tightly
That Goblins are related to Orcs is obvious. They share controlled by their betters if they are to function as a
the same colour of skin, similar physiological quirks and useful force.
an underlying sense of malice. A Goblin’s idea of heaven
is finding something smaller and weaker than itself and The greater strategists among Orc-kind recognise this
tormenting it to death, although in reality they are so and give allow their smaller cousins bows, provided the
jumpy the source of their attentions has to be half-dead Goblins stand in front of the Orcs and point the weapons
already. But whereas the creation of the Orcs is relatively away from them. The bow is the preferred weapon of the
well-understood, not one scholar has a clear idea how Goblin in any case, as they generally feel safer when they
the goblins came about, and it has been opined that can inflict harm on their enemies from a distance, and,

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should the opportunity arise, and they can get up the

courage, it also affords them the opportunity for revenge Alignment: Evil
on their oppressors…
Army Special Rules
Not all Goblins are quite so timid, and the larger Unless specified, all units are Utterly Spineless.
ones will form into fighting units with some value.
These Goblins commonly call themselves ‘Gutrenders’, Utterly Spineless
although that is not how the Orcs tend to refer to them, Getting stuck in? That’s what Orcs are for!
instead derisively calling them ‘Sharpsticks’. For all Any time the unit is ordered to ‘Charge!’ against an
their bragging, Sharpstick’s still exhibit some degree of enemy unit front facing, you must roll a die. If the
Goblin fearfulness, and carry spears, the better to keep die result is a 1, the unit ‘misunderstands’ the order
the enemy at arm’s length. Shields too are favoured, the and thinks it has been ordered to ‘Halt!’ instead.
larger the better. Naturally, these items are of little use in If ordered to charge thr enemy’s flank or rear, the
the caverns and close tunnels of overrun Dwarf citadels Goblins have no problem at all.
where many Goblins make their home, and a close
second favourite is a curved knife, preferably wielded Small Sharpstick Thrower
behind the backs of their enemies. Not as powerful as a full-size version, this artillery
piece is still quite unpleasant.
Goblins are more ingenious than Orcs and do most The unit has 1 ranged attack with Range 36” and
of the building and smithying in their lands. They the Piercing (1) and Blast (D3) special rules.
are especially cunning when it comes to devising
new weapons, although it has to be said that most Big Shield
of them are also laughably incompetent when it A very large shield made with several planks of
comes to building them. Nevertheless, some Goblin wood badly strung together is good protection for
inventions become firm favourites on the battlefield, the lads, and a great place for obscene pictures.
and it is common for warriors bearing nets, lassos, All attacks (ranged and melee) from enemies that are
spring-powered harpoons, beehive-flingers and in the unit’s front arc treat its defence as 6+ rather
large, iron-toothed traps to fight alongside their than 4+.
spear-armed brethren.

Away from the Orcs, the goblin mind can shine.

They have an affinity for wicked creatures, forming
alliances with all kinds of sharp-toothed, stinking
beasts and possess them in great multitudes. Many
are employed as draft animals or mounts. Not only
do the Goblins relish the ability to escape quickly,
the animal they sit upon is usually the better fighter.
Another favourite asset of Goblin ‘Biggits’ (their
generals) are the ferocious but dumb Tolls and Giants.
Shambling monsters many times the size of Goblins,
they follow their little masters around, either in the
hope of a free meal provided by the Goblins, or in the
hope of a free meal provided by a Goblin.

Among the ‘free’ Goblins are those Goblins who exhibit

true genius. There are the Goblin wizards, or ‘Wiz’, who
are bright enough to remember spells and the ingredients
to go with them provided they are not too complicated,
and Goblin Engineers, brightest of all the greenskins. How
these small and stupid creatures can produce inventors
intelligent enough to dabble successfully in steam power
and black powder weaponry is the source of much debate,
among those who care about such things. There are even
rumours of an entire ramshackle city of Goblins full of
bizarre machines. This mythical place is said to be the
home of the Engineer’s Guild, and they rule it with a
(literally) iron fist. Supposedly it lies somewhere in the
marshes beyond the northern border of Basilea, but few
folk give this outlandish rumour much credence.

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Sharpsticks Infantry Spitters Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (20) 5 5+ – 4+ 15
13/15 95 Regiment (20) 5 6+ 5+ 3+ 12 13/15 90
Horde (40) 5 5+ – 4+ 25 19/21
150 Horde (40) 5 6+ 5+ 3+ 20 19/21 145

Special Special
Phalanx Bow

The best Goblin warriors (i.e. those that stand their Goblins have a natural preference for keeping their
ground at least once against the enemy) are armed with distance and peppering the enemy with missile weapons,
long spiky sticks, which better suit their mainly defensive so these diminutive archers are the most valued troops
combat style. of Goblindom.

Rabble Infantry Mawbeasts Pack Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (20) 5 5+ – 4+ 12
13/15 75 Troop (5) 8 4+ – 3+ 6 9/11 60
Horde (40) 5 5+ – 4+ 20 19/21
120 Regiment (10) 8 4+ – 3+ 12
13/15
90

Equipped with scraps of armour and shields of all shapes Special

and sizes picked up from the debris of battle, and armed Crushing Strength (1), Nimble. Note that the Mawbeasts
with a mix of rusty, blunted blades, the Goblin Rabble models are mounted on cavalry bases and that handlers
are not exactly elite troops. models are purely decorative.

The Mawbeasts are ferocious critters goaded into battle

by their Goblin handlers.

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Fleabag Chariots Large Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (1) 9 4+ 5+ 5+ 2 8/10 35
Regiment (3) 9 4+ 5+ 5+ 6 10/12 100
Horde (6) 9 4+ 5+ 5+ 12 13/15 155

Special: Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (1), Nimble, Bows

Two goblins on chariots pulled by one or two fleabags, I assume...

Fleabag Rider Sniffs Cavalry Fleabag Riders Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (5) 9 4+ 5+ 3+ 7 9/11 85 Troop (5) 9 4+ – 4+ 7 9/11 90
Regiment (10) 9 4+ 5+ 3+ 14 13/15 130 Regiment (10) 9 4+ – 4+ 14
13/15
140
Horde (20) 9 4+ – 4+ 28 19/21
230
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Bows. Nimble

These mounted Special: Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (1),

Goblin archers Nimble
excel at lightning
hit and run attacks. Goblins give the name ‘Fleabags’ to any beast that they
manage to tame enough to ride: giant rodents, ferocious
wolves, wild dogs or even horrid giant bugs.

Giant Monster

Trolls* Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me
1 7 4+
Ra
–
De
5+
Att Ne Pts
( 2D6+2)* 17/19 190
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Special: Crushing Strength (3)
Regiment (3) 6 4+ – 5+ 9 10/13
135
Horde (6) 6 4+ – 5+ 18 14/17
190 Note that Giants are not Utterly Spineless, as that would
Special require too much intelligence on their part.
Crushing Strength (2), Regeneration
* Roll for the number of Attacks every time you resolve
Note that Trolls are not Utterly Spineless, as that would a melee
require too much intelligence on their part.
The brain of a Giant is way too small to properly control
Trolls are large, feral humanoids whose appearance varies the creature’s huge body. However, when goaded in the
considerably depending on the environment they live in. right direction, these dumb brutes are a terrible threat
However, all Trolls have dim wits and an insatiable appetite. to any foe.

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Sharpstick Thrower War Engine War-Trombone War Engine

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 – 5+ 4+ 1 8/10 40 1 5 – – 4+ * 8/10 65

Special Special
Reload!, Blast (D3+2), Piercing (3) Breath Attack (15), Piercing (1)

This crude bolt thrower allows its crew to ‘stick’ the enemy Certainly less reassuring than a sharpstick thrower
from a reasonably safe distance – this explains the huge because of its considerably more limited range, the war-
number of volunteers that vie for this role in battle. trombones are still quite popular because these huge
wheeled blunderbusses can unleash terrible destruction
amongst the enemy.

King Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Big Rocks Thrower War Engine

1 5 4+ 4+ 4+ 5 11/13 80 Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Special 1 5 – 5+ 4+ 1 8/10 80
Bow. Individual, Inspiring Specia
Reload!, Blast (D6+3), Indirect Fire, Piercing (3)
Options
• Mount on a Fleabag, increasing Speed to 10 (+20 pts Crewing one of these catapults is the ultimate fun for
and changing to Hero (Cav) a Goblin, as the great cheers that accompany each shot
can attest.

The largest Goblins boss around their smaller brethren in

a fashion reminiscent of the Orcs they want to emulate. Biggit Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 4+ 4+ 4+ 3 9/11 60
King on chariot Hero (Inf)
Special
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Bow. Individual, Inspiring
1 9 4+ 4+ 5+ 5 13/15
150
Options
Special • Mount on a Fleabag, increasing Speed to 10 (+10 pts
Bow. Nimble, Inspiring, Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous and changing to Hero (Cav)
Charge (1)

The largest Goblins boss around their smaller brethren in The largest Goblins boss around their smaller brethren in
a fashion reminiscent of the Orcs they want to emulate. a fashion reminiscent of the Orcs they want to emulate.

Wiz Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 5+ – 4+ 1 9/11 45
Special
Individual, Lightning Bolt (3)

Options
• Wind Blast (5) for +15pts
Bane-chant for +15pts
Fireball (6) for +15pts
• Mount on a Fleabag, increasing Speed to 10 (+10 pts)
and changing to Hero (Cav)

The leaders of Goblinkind are known as the Wiz, all of

whom are diminutive but dangerous spellcasters.
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Flaggit Hero (Inf) Slasher Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 5+ – 3+ 1 8/10 40 1 7 4+ 5+ 5+ 8 14/16
165
Special: Individual, Inspiring Special: Crushing Strength (2), Thunderous Charge (1)

Options Options
• Mount on a Fleabag, increasing Speed to 10 (+10 pts) • Mount on it a small sharpstick thrower – Range 36”, 2
and changing to Hero (Cav) attacks, Piercing (2) – for +10 pts.

The job of carrying one of the sorcerous Wiz-banners is A small crew of particularly brave (insane?) Goblins riding
very sought-after, as it involves staying well away from atop a wooden platform unsteadily strapped onto the
the enemy. back of a giant Slasher... with a sharpstick thrower on it!

Mincer Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 4+ – 4+ (2D6+2)* 9/11 80
Troll Bruiser Hero (Large Inf)
Special: Big Shield, Thunderous Charge (3)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
* Roll for the number of Attacks every time you resolve 1 6 3+ – 5+ 5 11/14
125
a melee.
Special
Goblins make all manner of bizarre devices, including Crushing Strength (3), Inspiring (Trolls only), Nimble,
a great many war machines. Most of these are badly Regeneration
built, dangerous to operate and occasionally deadly to
the enemy. The Mincer is all of the above. Bigger and nastier than the others...

The Mincer is essentially a carriage powered by the

frantic labour of Goblins or a small steam engine. The
rear sports a large counterweight, necessary to offset
the huge weight of the Mincer itself, a large, cone of
counter-rotating segments. An adaptation of a digging
machine, the Mincer’s grinding cone is fitted with blades,
its purpose to be sent hurtling at high speed down a
tunnel packed with Dwarfs. The Mincer’s cone is thick
enough to deflect a cannon shot, so it usually manages
to hit the Dwarf lines and live up to its name…

Magwa & Jo’os [1] Hero (Inf)

The Magwa’ns
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts If your army includes Magwa and Jo’os, for +5
1 6 3+ – 4+ 3 11/13
100 points you may upgrade a single Mawbeast Pack
Regiment to represent the Magwa’ns, a group of
Special: Crushing Strength (3), Individual, Inspiring, enthusiastic, would-be successors to the role of
Vicious, Lightning Bolt (3). Jo’os handler if (when) Jo’os is finally going to
devour Magwa. This unit has the Vicious special
Note that the Utterly Spineless rule in this case represents rule.
Magwa’s troubles controlling his ferocious pet!

Keep the models within 1” of each other. The model of Magwa was a simple Mawbeast handler until the day he
Magwa is just decorative and is always ignored, except found a magical sharpstick in an abandoned Troll’s lair.
when working out the range of his Inspiring rule, and the The powerful artefact allowed him to subdue and gain
range and line of sight of his Lightning Bolt. control of the mightiest of Mawbeasts – the terrible Jo’os.

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 Orcs
Orcs are among the vilest of all creatures; evil beings Although the dark gods were cast down into the Abyss
created for war. They delight in destruction, all their at the climax of the War With Gods many millennia ago,
essence is bent towards violence, mind and body. They and Winter, the last of their kind, was finally driven
despise beauty and goodness, finding their presence from the surface of the world 900 past, their servants
painful, and do all they can to bring what is right in the have prospered in the gods’ absence. After Winter’s
world to ash. It is said that if they ever achieve this aim, armies were defeated, many lands were left empty and
they will then fight among themselves in the ruins of the desolate, and more still were revealed by the melting
realms of better races, unheeding and uncaring, hatred ice. Orcs breed quickly, and they have spread like a
driving them on to ultimate self-destruction. disease to infest large tracts of this new earth. From
deep caverns to the heights of the mountains, Orcs
Orcs are the foot soldiers of evil. At the height of the and their wicked kin dwell everywhere. Small bands
War with Gods, Garkan the Black, the dark aspect of of them can be found in the most civilised of lands,
the God of Smiths, bethought himself that he would while in the wild north kingdoms of slaughter are
forge an army of man-beasts made for his armies. raised and cast down by Orcs in relentless succession.
For 900 days and nights he toiled in his forge pits Roving hordes of Orcs, Goblins, Hobgoblins, Half-Orcs
until, by the light of a blood-moon, he hauled forth and worse, accompanied by all manner of monsters
in chains the first of Orc kind. Not forged of metal, and war engines, are a constant threat to the realms
these warriors, for Garkan took the living bodies of of finer folk.
purer souls, and struck with his hammer upon them,
working and reshaping them with magical heat on Orcs are large, muscular creatures, with hugely muscled
his forge of sorrow-cursed obsidian until they were limbs and thick bones. Their hands are large and grasping,
made anew; twisted into near-animals by pain and their arms long, like an ape’s. They hunch habitually, but
self-loathing at what they had become. when they stand tall they overtop most men, and their
body mass easily twice as great as a man’s. An Orc is
Other gods, and later, other speaking creatures, took tireless. They are lazy creatures, but suitably motivated
these monsters and experimented on them, much to by the promise of war or the slaver’s lash, they can run
Garkan’s annoyance, giving rise to the confusing array without pause for day upon day, their shuffling run
of Orcoids that plague the world to this day. eating up leagues eagerly.

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Their minds are narrow and as ugly as their faces; their

greatest preoccupation being the invention of ever- Alignment: Evil
greater torments for the innocent and good. Humans
and Elves alike (the Dwarfs know better) mistake their Army Special Rules
inability to concentrate and propensity to sudden, All units have the Crushing Strength (1) special rule,
mindless violence as stupidity, but Orcs are far from or better if stated in their entry.
stupid. From their father god Garkan the Black they
have inherited an affinity for making; and though their Goblin Stabby Sneek
creations are crude and ugly to others’ eyes, they are Goblin Stabby Sneeks are tiny treacherous assassins
strong. Orcs are capable of awesome feats of smithying of uncommon bravado.
and engineering when inspired - the might of their war Mark a Krudger that is accompanied by a Sneek with
machines and weapons is surpassed only by the twisted an appropriate model. The Krudger then counts as
ingenuity of their instruments of torture. being equipped with a throwing weapon. When
you send the Sneek on a stabby mission, roll 3 dice
Orcs have long faces and fang-lined maws. Their tongues to hit, regardless of the firer’s Attacks. The Sneek
are clumsy, ill-suited to speech, and their language is always hits on 4+, regardless of modifiers. Roll to
harsh, full of rasping and barking. Above tiny, hooked damage as normal. After this, roll a die. On a 3 or
noses their red eyes glimmer in deep sockets like pits, less the Sneek has been caught by the enemy and is
miniature copies of the Abyss itself. removed. On a 4+ he goes, stabs and returns to the
Krudger’s side cackling with evil satisfaction.
Wherever there are Orcs, there are their kinsfolk, the
Goblins and Urkin. Lesser creatures than the Orcs, Goblin Zappy Sneak
what the Goblins lack in size they make up for in Zappy Sneeks are clever little imps gifted with
viciousness. Many other sub-species of Orcoid curse nasty and unpredictable magical powers.
the world - Greater Goblins, Hobgoblins and the Mark a Krudger accompanied by a Sneek with an
vile Half-Orcs. There are many, many types of these appropriate model. The Krudger has the Zap (2)
creatures, and the scholars of the speaking peoples special rule. Each time you order the Zappy Sneek
spend much time in categorising and describing them, to zap someone, roll a die. On a 2+ the Sneek obeys,
but in truth they are all the same, and interbreed but if you roll a 1, he zaps the Krudger instead
freely. All were forged by evil for evil intent, no matter and disappears in a puff of rancid-smelling smoke
their size or strength. (remove the model).

Orc Heroes
As far as an Orc is concerned, might is right. He who There are Goblin chiefs and war leaders, and even those
hits hardest laughs longest, and all of their leaders have who wield power in the domains of the Orcs. But they
had to fight their way into their positions of power. A are rare beings, and if there are Orcs nearby, Goblin
good Orc chief might last a decade or more, before age, tribes are usually crushed and subjugated. However,
infirmity or old wounds weaken him, and then he will be Goblins do have one big advantage over their larger
bested in combat by another Orc and replaced, his body relative, and that is magic. Orcs have very little affinity
devoured at his vanquisher’s victory feast. It is a brutal for wizardry, and certainly lack the patience. Goblins,
way of life, but the Orcs do not bemoan it. For them it is on the other hand, are quite imaginative creatures,
the way of things, and so only right. Other creatures that and among their kind spell-weavers of sort can be
follow more civilised ways they see as weak and feeble. found; beast-callers, shaman and other low kinds of
wizard, natural born and untutored, although some are
As a result, Orc heroes tend to be very large. Big Orcs powerful indeed…
are stronger Orcs, and so big Orcs are more likely to be
king. Powerful Orcs are marked out from youth. This
can be dangerous, as some Orc chiefs prefer to cull the
bigger young, sparing themselves from the blade for a
few years longer, and Abyssal Dwarf slavers follow this
line of reasoning religiously, to prevent rebellion. Many
Orc kings, however, have little truck with this, holding
that to kill the biggest and best weakens the tribe, and a
king with a weak tribe is nothing. With weak followers, a
king’s achievements will be unremarkable, and his name
forgotten to song and legend. To be forgotten is the fate
of most chiefs; but to be remembered for all time is the
goal of them all.

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Ax Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 4+ – 5+ 10 10/12 95
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 5+ 12
14/16
125
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 5+ 20 20/22
200

Named after the vicious axes they carry, the orcs

forming the core regiments of the Orc hordes also carry
sharpened, spiked shields that are as much a weapon
as protection.

Greatax Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 3+ – 4+ 10 10/12
110
Regiment (20) 5 3+ – 4+ 12
14/16
145
Horde (40) 5 3+ – 4+ 20 20/22
230

Special
Crushing Strength (2)

The toughest, strongest Orcs discard their shields, so that

they can have both hands free to wield the huge two-
handed cleavers they call ‘greatax’.

Skulks Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 6 4+ 5+ 3+ 10 10/12 90

Special
Bows. Vanguard

A wilder, smaller sub-race of Orcs, the Skulks are unique

amongst their race because they like to use bows. Other
Orcs think them cowardly, but their keener senses make
them useful as scouts.

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Morax Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 3+ – 4+ 20 10/12
150
Regiment (20) 5 3+ – 4+ 25
14/16
200

Experts in fighting with a large axe in each hand with

uncanny ease, these ruthless veterans are a fearsome foe.

Orclings* Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (3) 4 5+ – 3+ 12 9/11 65
Horde (6) 4 5+ – 3+ 24 13/15 90

Special: Vicious. Size 0. Orclings do not have Crushing

Strength.

Malevolent imps of very little consequence, but source

of very great irritation for everyone.

Trolls* Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (3) 6 4+ – 5+ 9 10/13
135
Horde (6) 6 4+ – 5+ 18 14/17
190
Special
Crushing Strength (2), Regeneration

Note that Trolls are not Utterly Spineless, as that would

require too much intelligence on their part.

Trolls are large, feral humanoids whose appearance varies

considerably depending on the environment they live in.
However, all Trolls have dim wits and an insatiable appetite.

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Gore Riders Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (5) 8 3+ – 5+ 8 10/12
125
Regiment (10) 8 3+ – 5+ 16
14/16
195

Special
Thunderous Charge (1)

Gores need little reason to disembowel anyone that

gets too close, making them perfect battle-mounts for
bloodthirsty Orcs.

Gore Chariots Large Cavalry

Fight Wagons Large Cavalry
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Troop (1) 7 3+ – 5+ 3 9/11 50

Troop (1) 6 3+ – 5+ 5 9/11 60 Regiment (3) 7 3+ – 5+ 9 11/13
145
Regiment (3) 6 3+ – 5+ 15
11/13
175 Horde (6) 7 3+ – 5+ 18 15/17
225
Horde (6) 6 3+ – 5+ 30 15/17
270
Special: Thunderous Charge (2)
These bizarre contraptions consist of a wheeled platform
crammed full with eager Morax at the front, pushed by Sometimes a pair of Gores is attached to a war-chariot
two gores enclosed in an armoured compartment at carrying a couple of Orcs armed to the teeth. Their tactic
the back. is simple: charge at the nearest enemy regiment.

War Drum Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 4+ – 5+ 3 9/11
150
Special: Size 1, Great Thunder

Great Thunder – playing the drum is the same as using

a ranged attack. When the drum is played, all friendly
Orc units within 12” are immediately affected by a Bane
Chant (1) spell - roll for each unit separately.

The toughest, strongest Orcs discard their shields, so that

they can have both hands free to wield the huge two-
handed cleavers they call ‘greatax’.

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Krudger Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

The Krudgers have
1 5 3+ – 5+ 5 12/14
130 managed to make it to
Special the top of Orc society.
Crushing Strength (2), Individual, Inspiring

Options
• Mount on a Gore, increasing Speed to 8
(+20 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)
• Goblin Stabby Sneak (+10 pts)
• Goblin Zappy Sneak (+15 pts)

Krudger on Slasher Hero (Mon)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 7 3+ – 5+ 10
16/18
235

Special
Crushing Strength (3), Inspiring

Options
• Mount on a Winged Slasher instead, increasing Speed
to 10 and gaining the Fly special rule (+50 pts) Troll Bruiser Hero (Large Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Almost as prized as their winged brethren, Slashers 1 6 3+ – 5+ 5 11/14
125
are giant carnivorous reptiles, all fangs, claws and bad
attitude. Only an equally lethal Orc leader can think of Special
using one as a mount. Crushing Strength (3), Inspiring (Trolls only), Nimble,
Regeneration

Bigger and nastier than the others...

Krudger on Gore Chariot Hero (Large

Cav)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 7 3+ – 5+ 7 14/16
185
Special
Crushing Strength (2), Thunderous Charge (2), Inspiring

Options
• Goblin Stabby Sneak (+10 pts)
• Goblin Zappy Sneak (+15 pts)

Gore chariots make less impressive rides than a slasher

for an Orc general, but are much safer...

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Godspeaker Hero (Inf)

Flagger Hero (Inf)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts 1 5 3+ – 4+ 2 10/12
100
1 5 3+ – 4+ 2 9/11 60 Special
Special Individual, Bane-chant (3)
Individual, Inspiring
Options
Options • Heal (2) for +10pts
• Mount on a Gore, increasing Speed to 8 • Mount on a Fleabag, increasing Speed to 10 (+10 pts)
(+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav) and changing to Hero (Cav)

Trying to convince these hand-picked Orc champions A mysterious summoner of the powers of the Orc gods
not to use the large implement they carry to hit the of war.
enemy on the head is not difficult... it’s pointless.

Giant Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 7 4+ – 5+ (2D6+2)* 17/19 190

Special
Crushing Strength (3)

* Roll for the number of Attacks every time you resolve

a melee
Gakamak [1] Hero (Inf)
A Giant is a huge humanoid, a veritable mountain of
bone, sinew and flesh with a very, very tiny brain and a Unit Size Sp Me Ra De At Ne Pts
massive appetite. 1 5 2+ – 5+ 7 13/15
210

Special: Crushing Strength (3), Individual, Very

Inspiring, Vicious

Options
Wip the Half-cast [1] Hero (Inf) • Mount on a Gore, increasing Speed to 8 (+30 pts)
• Have a Goblin Stabby Sneak (+10 pts)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts • Have a Goblin Zappy Sneak (+15 pts)
1 6 4+ – 4+ 1 11/13
90
In battle, Gakamak the Smasher lives up to the title
Special by which he is known and feared across the whole of
Elite, Heal (3), Individual, Lighning Bolt (3) northern Mantica. He is utterly unafraid of engaging
even the most threatening enemy and has felled every
Note: Wip does not have Crushing Strength foe from noble Elven Drakon Knights to the winged
Abyssal demon known only as the Lord of Midnight.
Strange things keep happening around Wip... things
connected with his bizarre powers, his frail yet agile
body... and his pointy ears.

Wip’s Playmates
If your army includes Wip, for +5 points you may
upgrade a single unit of Orclings to represent Wip’s
affectionate playmates and adorers. This unit has
the Headstrong special rule, and Wip counts as
Inspiring for them.

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 Undead
Necromancy is the most abhorrent of sorcery, and those afterlife they might inhabit and forced back into their
who practise it are hated and feared in equal measure. decayed mortal frames. Trapped in prisons of decayed
In all civilised places, its use is outlawed. Those caught flesh, they can only watch as their new master uses their
studying these black arts are likely to find themselves very essence as a fuel to drive their old body on as a
dragged in ensorcelled iron to a painful execution, but magical automaton, hacking down the innocent. Worse
established Necromancers are never short of acolytes. by far is the fate of those imprisoned – if the vessel is
Necromancy offers immortality to those who master it, destroyed, there is a good chance that the summoned
never mind that few actually do, and that the price of soul will not be able to find its way back to its rest.
failure is to be condemned for eternity to the endless Such benighted spirits wander Mantica in agony until
cold and night of the Utterdark. laid to rest by priest or paladin, or are cast out into the
Utterdark for all time. It is for this reason that its practice
For that handful that escape detection and that succeed causes such revulsion in right-thinking folk.
in their quest, such devotion does have its rewards - the
most powerful Necromancers are all but immortal. In Of course, there are those wicked creatures, tormented
violation of natural law, Necromancers are able to use in infernal planes of existence, who welcome a return to
their power to defy death itself, extending their own the land of the living, even if it is as an unfeeling corpse.
lives virtually indefinitely. Furthermore, they are able These spirits are the most dangerous of a Necromancer’s
to create armies to do their bidding and seize power servants, for they obey him willingly and are thus allowed
of a more mundane sort. Invoking powers learnt from some measure of self-determination.
ancient tomes, they are able to make corpses clamber
back to their feet, and skeletons claw their way up from Ophidia is a hotbed of necromancy. In this ancient
ancient battlefields. The greatest Necromancers are able kingdom all manner of vile magical practises are
to raise armies numbering the tens of thousands, armies condoned and encouraged. In Ophidia necromancy,
that never tire, never need feeding, and never disobey. demonology and other unnatural arts are studied like
any other school of magic, and there necromancers are
Necromancy is a hateful art. The souls of those risen by given high status. Far from being reviled, the people
its black magics are dragged screaming from whatever of that strange land worship the Necromancer-priests

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of the great temples. They can call back the dead, and
so the common man sees for himself some measure of Alignment: Evil
immortality. Ophidia is unusual in that its armies consist
of undead and live warriors marching side by side, and Army Special Rules
its monumental buildings are raised by the labours of All units are Evil Dead.
the dead. The Ophidians are bemused by the reactions
of others to their dead magic, pointing out with some Evil Dead
justification that necromancy helps to keep their The greatest horror of fighting the Undead is that
kingdom mighty. your fallen comrades rise immediately back up to
join the ranks of the enemy.
The work of Ophidia’s dark scholars has unleashed Every time the unit manages to inflict one or more
many unclean things, close to the realm of death yet points of damage against an enemy in melee,
not truly dead, to prowl the dark. Both vampires and it regains a single point of damage that it has
Ghouls are reckoned to be the products of the sorcerers previously suffered.
of Ophidia, who, in searching for elixirs to grant
immortality, have instead made monsters. Ghouls are Undead Giant Rats (or are they Dogs?)
little more than mindless beasts, but Vampires are truly These creatures follow the shambling hordes into
dangerous. In their creation, the sorcerers of the desert battle, their venomous bites helping to spread the
were partially successful. Vampires are indeed immortal, curse of the living death.
barring the destruction of their body they cannot die, Mark a unit that has been equipped with Undead
and even something as final-seeming as burning or Giant Rats (or are they Dogs?) with one or more
dismemberment is no bar to continued life for the such models. This increases the effects of the Evil
strongest of their number. Dead rule – the unit recovers one point of damage
it has suffered for each of the first two points of
Time and again some vampire lords have been slain damage it inflicts in melee each turn, rather than a
and their ashes dispersed, only for their corrupt souls to single one.
grow a new body in some forgotten crypt. This longevity
is bought at great price. Although preternaturally swift
and strong, their bodies are prone to bizarre afflictions.
Some can not cross running water, or burst into fire
at the touch of the sun. Many of them carry the stink
of the charnel house around with them wherever they
go, some are made bestial, some cannot speak. They
hunger eternally for blood, and are inclined to terrible
cruelty as they search for it. Many of them possess at
least a grain of conscience, and are tormented by every
life they take. Others immerse themselves in savagery,
only to come to horrified realisation as to what they
are every so often where they are tormented first by
shame and guilt, and then by horror as their red thirst
reasserts itself. Because of this many vampires are mad,
and all suffer torments of the soul. Vampirism is a
curse, bestowed as a gift.

Despite its many and hideous drawbacks, vampirism

exerts a lure equal to that of necromancy. Vampires can
be beautiful, terrible and glorious, above the concerns
of humanity, and powerful magicians in their own right.
For this reason they are actively courted as often as they
are hunted.

Ultimately, no good can come of Necromancy. It is the

burden of all thinking, living things to come to terms
with their mortality, and the existence of necromancy
is yet another sign of Mantica’s lack of balance. Like
all dark magic Necromancy can be traced to the Abyss.
There, at the bottom of the fiery pit, Durunjak, dark god
of death, laughs every time an unwilling spirit is forced
from heaven to suffer in a necrotic shell.

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Revenants Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 4+ – 5+ 10 –/14 90
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 5+ 12 –/18
120
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 5+ 20 –/24
190

Special: Shambling

Options
• Exchange shields for two-handed weapons for free
(lower Defence to 4+, gain Crushing Strength (1))

• Undead Giant Rats (Dogs?) (+20 pts)

Revenants are the reanimated rests of elite fighters, belonging to Guard regiments and other troops that were better
equipped and trained than the average. This results in tougher, more skilled and more resilient undead warriors.

Wraiths Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 10 4+ – 6+ 10 –/13 150
Regiment (20) 10 4+ – 6+ 12 –/17 200
Special
Crushing Strength (1), Fly, Shambling

The souls of the most powerful enemies of the Vampires and Necromancers are cursed to a ghostly quasi-existence,
serving their masters in death.

Mummies Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 4+ – 5+ 10 –/15
120
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 5+ 12 –/19
160
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Shambling, Regeneration

The embalmed corpses of these ancient warriors from the

southern deserts are slow, but almost impossible to destroy.

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Skeleton Warriors Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 5+ – 4+ 10 –/13 70
Regiment (20) 5 5+ – 4+ 12 –/17 90
Horde (40) 5 5+ – 4+ 20 –/23
145

Special: Shambling

Options
• Undead Giant Rats (Dogs?) (+20 pts)

The Necromancers and Vampires can rely on the

Skeletons’ unquestionable esprit de corpse.

Skeleton Spearmen Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 5+ – 4+ 10 –/13 80
Regiment (20) 5 5+ – 4+ 15 –/17
105
Horde (40) 5 5+ – 4+ 25 –/23
170

Special: Shambling, Phalanx

Options
• Undead Giant Rats (Dogs?) (+20 pts)

Skeleton warriors that still remember how to form a

hedge of sharp speartips.

Skeleton Archers Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 6+ 5+ 3+ 10 –/13 85
Regiment (20) 5 6+ 5+ 3+ 12 –/17 115
Horde (40) 5 6+ 5+ 3+ 20 –/23 185

Special: Bows, Shambling

Options
• Undead Giant Rats (Dogs?) (+20 pts)

If a creature was a good shot in life, it can be raised

from the grave with a modicum of its former skill.
It’s not a coincidence that most skeleton archers were
once Elves.

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Zombies Infantry Zombies are freshly raised corpses, and their numbers
grow exponentially during a campaign as the bodies
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
of felled enemy soldiers and civilian victims alike swell
Regiment (20) 5 5+ – 3+ 15 –/16 80 their ranks.
Horde (40) 5 5+ – 3+ 25 –/22
130

Special: Shambling.
Options
• Undead Giant Rats (Dogs?) (+20 pts)

Ghouls Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 6 4+ – 3+ 10 9/11 70
Regiment (20) 6 4+ – 3+ 12
13/15 90
Horde (40) 6 4+ – 3+ 20 19/21
145

The ghouls are not strictly walking dead, but rather deranged cannibals and eaters of the dead that slowly lose their
minds to the horror of their lives, turning into savage creatures half-human, half-undead.

Werewolves Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (3) 9 3+ – 5+ 9 10/12
160
Horde (6) 9 3+ – 5+ 18 14/16
225

Special: Crushing Strength (1), Regeneration, Nimble

The curse of Lycanthropy turns its victims into

huge wolf-hybrids, nigh-invulnerable to most
weapons and fighting, with speed and strength
beyond the limits of mortal flesh.

Soul Reaver infantry Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 6 3+ – 5+ 20
12/14
200

Special: Crushing Strength (2)

Vampire Knights on foot with two-handed greatswords.

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Soul Reaver Cavalry Cavalry

Undead Trolls* Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Regiment (3) 6 5+ – 5+ 9 -/14
125
Troop (5) 8 3+ – 6+ 12 12/14
210
Horde (6) 6 5+ – 5+ 18 -/18
175
Regiment (10) 8 3+ – 6+ 24
16/18
325
Special
Special Crushing Strength (2), Shambling.
Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (2)
Turning a Troll into a zombie improves their intelligence,
The Soul Reavers are composed exclusively of but sadly at the expense of their ferocity and regenerating
Vampire knights, the most formidable warriors ability.
amongst the living dead – not many enemies
are brave enough to stand their ground
against one of their devastating charges.

Revenant Cavalry Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (5) 8 4+ – 5+ 7 –/14 105
Regiment (10) 8 4+ – 5+ 14 –/18
160

Special
Thunderous Charge (2), Shambling

The knights that have fallen

fighting the undead are often
condemned to renege their vows
in the most odious of ways,
feasting on the souls of those
they had sworn to defend in life.

Balefire Catapult War Engine

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 – 5+ 4+ 1 –/11 95
Special
Reload!, Blast (D6+3), Indirect Fire, Piercing (2), Vicious,
Shambling

Certainly not precise or fast, the skeletons crewing

these war machines are nevertheless more reliable than
their living counterparts and totally relentless in their
occupation.

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Mhorgoth the Faceless [1] Hero (Inf) Lady Ilona [1] Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De At Ne Pts

1 10 4+ – 6+ 1 17/19
270 1 8 3+ – 6+ 7 14/16 270
Special: Crushing Strength (3), Surge (3), Heal (3),
Special Individual, Inspiring, Lightning Bolt (3), Bloodbane
Fireball (15), Surge (12), Fly, Heal (6), Very inspiring, In battle Ilona bears a silvered greatsword, the lethal
Lightning Bolt (6), Bane-chant (4), Regeneration, Individual metal subject to dark blessings that make it the bane of
all other vampires.
A curse upon the whole world, Mhorgoth the
Faceless, the greatest of Necromancers, rises again
to continue his unholy quest – turning all living The Promise of Love Eternal
things into undead abominations under his control. When a Hero wishes to charge Ilona, the controlling
player must first take a Nerve test for his own Hero.
If the Hero is Steady, it can charge Ilona as normal.
Touch of Darkness Oherwise, it simply Halts instead of charging.
If your army includes Mhorgoth, you may upgrade
a unit in the army, imbuing them with the arcane
power of the Faceless himself (+25 points). The unit Bloodbane
thus upgraded has the Regeneration special rule. As well as increasing her Crushing Strength, as
shown in her profile, Bloodbane is the curse of her
own kind – when attacking a unit of Vampires (Soul
Reavers or Vampire Heroes), Lady Ilona has both the
Elite and Vicious rules.
Vampire on Undead Pegasus Hero
(Large Cav)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 10 3+ – 5+ 10 16/18
285

Special
Crushing Strength (2), Surge (3), Fly, Inspiring

Options
• Heal (3) for +15pts
Lightning Bolt (3) for +25pts

The sight of one of these mighty creatures soaring above

the battlefield wielding its powerful magic is often
enough to spread blind panic amongst the enemy.

Revenant King on Undead Wyrm

Vampire Lord Hero (Inf) Hero (Mon)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 7 3+ – 6+ 8 14/16
200 1 6 4+ – 5+ 8 18/20
190

Special Special
Crushing Strength (2), Surge (3), Individual, Inspiring Crushing Strength (3), Surge (6), Inspiring

Options Options
• Heal (3) for +15pts • Mount on a Winged Wyrm, increasing Speed to 10 and
Lightning Bolt (3) for +25pts gaining Fly (+45 pts).
• Mount on an undead horse, increasing Speed to 8
(+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)
A Great King of old buried together with its most mighty
These most powerful undead lords combine an unparalleled and faithful war-steed.
fighting ability with great necromantic powers.

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Necromancer Hero (Inf) Undead Army Standard Bearer Hero

(Inf)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 5 5+ – 4+ 1 10/12
90 Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 5 4+ – 4+ 1 –/13 50
Special
Surge (8), Individual Special
Shambling, Individual, Inspiring
Options
• Heal (3) for +15pts, or free to replace Surge. Options
Lightning Bolt (2) for +10pts • Mount on an undead horse, increasing
Bane-chant (2) for +30pts Speed to 8 (+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)
• Mount on an undead horse, increasing Speed to 8
(+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav) Most undead are uninterested in honour and duty,
but the sorceries that imbue the gory standards
Twisted wizards who have dabbled uncautiously of their armies are a source of unliving energy
with the dark lore of necromancy, these that sustains the minions of the Undead Lords.
individuals have turned into unliving
servants for the lords of the undead.

Revenant King Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 4+ – 5+ 5 14/16
120
Lykanis Hero (Large Inf)
Special
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Crushing Strength (1), Surge (6), Individual, Inspiring
1 9 3+ – 5+ 5 11/13
145
Options
Special • Mount on an undead horse, increasing Speed to 8
Crushing Strength (3), Inspiring (Werewolves only), (+20 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)
Regeneration, Nimble
Buried in their barrows together with their most precious
Hooooooowwllll!!! weapons and armour, the Revenant Kings make superb
officers for the legions of Skeletons and Revenants.

Liche King Hero (Inf)

Cursed Pharaoh Hero (Inf) Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 5+ – 4+ 1 12/14
110
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 5 4+ – 6+ 5 15/17
145 Special
Surge (10), Individual
Special
Crushing Strength (2), Surge (6), Individual, Inspiring, Options
Regeneration • Heal (5) for +30pts, or free to replace Surge.
Lightning Bolt (3) for +15pts
Driven by a willpower that conquered death itself centuries Bane-chant (2) for +30pts
past, these fallen nobles are almost unstoppable in their • Mount on an undead horse, increasing Speed to 8
unquenchable wrath. Great is their ire and the vengeance (+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)
they exact on those that are greedy and foolish enough
to dare violate their majestic burial complexes. Ancient kings who prolonged their wicked lives using
forbidden arts until their bodies wasted away, the accursed
Liche Kings are perhaps the most skilled of undead sorcerers.

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Forces of Basilea
At the eastern end of the Infant Sea lies Basilea, the
richest and most powerful of all the human nations.
Watched over by the gods and situated at the crossroads
of the world’s trade network, Basilea is blessed by coin
Alignment: Good
and heaven both. Army Special Rules
For thousands of years, the lands that make up the
Holier than Thou!
Great is the Basileans’ desire to smite Evil, wherever
Hegemony of Basilea have been at the heart of human
it may be found. In melee, when attacking any
civilisation; first as independent kingdoms, then as part
unit whose alignment is Evil, all units in this list
of the Republic of Primovantor, and for the last 900
count as Vicious.
years as the nation preserving that noble land’s memory.
Primovantor fell into chaos at the end of the War with
Winter, most of its territory drowned under the ocean, Angelic
but its north-eastern provinces, centred on the Basilean Angelic units have the Fly, Heal (3) and Regeneration
Massif, endured. United under the rule of the first special rules.
Hegemon, these provinces fought bitterly to survive, to
emerge from the strife following the Great Inundation as In addition, Angelic units count as Inspiring to units
the modern Hegemony of Basilea; a rich, religious and that are not Angelic themselves.
powerful, if conservative, empire.

In Basilean’s cities, memories of Primovantor’s glories

have been preserved. The Hegemon’s emblems are the
sun and the phoenix – the symbols of holy light and
of rebirth. To the minds of the generals and rulers of
Basilea, their empire is Primovantor born anew. Ask a
man of Basilea how Primovantor lives on, and they will
gladly point out their land’s achievements: its roads,
monuments, armies, bureaucracy, and laws. All, so they
maintain, descended from those of Primovantor itself.

And yet if one of the great philosophers or sages of

ancient Primovantor could walk the roads of Basilea
today, they would find a land alien to them. Time has
wrought great changes on these ancient lands, and for
all its pretensions to the republican ideals of old, Basilea
is a very different place indeed to the state that birthed
it. Gone is the rule of elected men; instead an emperor
– the Hegemon – holds sway, and his court is a snakepit
of treachery and scheming. Unlike vigorous Primovantor,
Basilea is hidebound, always looking to the past. Whereas
Primovantor’s mages and lords learned at the feet of the
benevolent Celestians; Basilea is a land gripped by religious
fanaticism, in thrall to the will of the Shining Ones. The
holy laws of the gods are absolute and the smallest
deviation from the prescribed social or religious rituals
can result in barbaric punishments that seem entirely at
odds with Basilea’s protestations of civilisation. Unable
to let go of its heritage, Basilea has become paralysed.
Innovation of any form is frowned upon, those who
would shake the social order are ruthlessly suppressed.
To its people, Basilea is a beacon of hope, a reminder of
what once was and what could be again. To outsiders it
is a senescent and brutal empire, whose time has come…

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Men-at-Arms (sword & shield) Infantry

Paladin Knights Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Troop (5) 8 3+ – 5+ 7 11/13
125
Troop (10) 5 4+ – 4+ 10 11/13 80
Regiment (10) 8 3+ – 5+ 14
15/17
190
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 4+ 12
15/17
105
Horde (20) 8 3+ – 5+ 28 21/23
315
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 4+ 20 21/23
170

Special: Thunderous Charge (2), Headstrong

Men-at-Arms (spear & shield) Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 4+ – 4+ 10 11/13 95
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 4+ 15
15/17
125 Paladin Foot Guard Infantry
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 4+ 25 21/23
200
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Special: Phalanx
Troop (10) 5 3+ – 5+ 10 11/13
105
Most common are units armed with the ‘koliskos’, a Regiment (20) 5 3+ – 5+ 12
15/17
140
broad-bladed spear in use since before the age of the
Republic, and with the simple but effective ‘daga’ Special: Headstrong
sword. The soldiers are heavily armoured, clad in chain
or scale mail depending on where they were raised and Options
additionally protected by large winged shields often • Exchange shields for two-handed weapons for free
embossed with the sun emblem of Basilea. (lower Defence to 4+, gain Crushing Strength (1)

Armoured in heavy, ornate plate armour, the Paladins

are also shielded by their faith. They exult in combat,
nothing is more sacred to them than the blood of
Basilea’s enemies in the dust. They fight either on foot
Crossbowmen Infantry
in the Paladin Guard or as Knight Paladins mounted
on fiery barded warhorses. The Basilean Guard is the
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts foremost elite infantry of the Basilean legions and the
dismounted paladins use hefty two-handed swords to
Troop (10) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 10 11/13 85 terrifying effect. But it is when mounted and using
Regiment (20) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 12 15/17 115 their famous long lances that the Paladins achieve
Horde (40) 5 5+ 5+ 3+ 20 21/23 185 their truly awesome battlefield potential – the Knight
Paladins are amongst the most feared cavalry units in
Special: Piercing (1), Reload! all of Mantica.

Heavy Arbalest War Engine Penitents Mob Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 – 5+ 4+ 1 10/12
45 Troop (10) 5 5+ – 3+ 15 9/11 75
Regiment (20) 5 5+ – 3+ 18
13/15
100
Special: Reload!, Blast (D3+2), Piercing (3)
Horde (40) 5 5+ – 3+ 25 19/21
160

The one missile weapon seen more often in the ranks of Special: Crushing Strength (1), Headstrong
the Hegemon’s armies is the arbalest, a heavy crossbow.
Of little use in fighting the fell creatures of the Abyss, Roving bands of lunatics, from deranged doom-sayers to
detachments of arbalesteers are common in garrisons, zealots on absurd crusades.
as their armour-piercing bolts have proved invaluable in
battling King Golloch’s heavily protected dwarf warriors.

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Sisterhood Infantry Infantry

Elohi Large Infantry
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Troop (10) 5 4+ – 3+ 15 11/13
105
Regiment (3) 10 3+ – 5+ 9 11/13 200
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 3+ 18
15/17
140
Horde (6) 10 3+ – 5+ 18 15/17 285
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 3+ 25 21/23
225
Special: Angelic, Crushing Strength (2)
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Headstrong, Vicious
The Elohi are the angels of the gods, the mightiest of
all Basilea’s warriors, sent from the top of mount Kolosu
to protect the land the Shining Ones have chosen as
Panther Lancers Cavalry their own. The Elohi are beautiful beyond mortal
understanding, tall and free of blemish. Wings sprout
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts from their shoulders, gleaming armour of unknown
Troop (5) 10 4+ – 3+ 8 11/13 120 metals clads their limbs. They wield swords and spears
the like of which are reminiscent of the terrible weapons
Regiment (10) 10 4+ – 3+ 16 15/17 185
of the Wars with Gods.
Special: Nimble, Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous
Charge (1), Vicious

Panther Chariot Large Cavalry Phoenix Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (1) 9 4+ – 4+ 5 10/12 60 1 10 3+ – 4+ 3 14/16 165
Regiment (3) 9 4+ – 4+ 15
12/14
170 Special: Angelic, Crushing Strength (1), Breath Attack
Horde (6) 9 4+ – 4+ 30 15/17
265 (10), Heal (6)

Special: Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (1), The Phoenix is the symbol of Basilea; an emblem
Vicious of rebirth, of holy fire and of blazing fury. These
semi-magical birds are summoned by the mages of
Most of the orders eschew armour for speed and act Basilea to fight with the armies of the Hegemon. There
as skirmishers, light cavalry, scouts and infiltrators. Their are a brave few heroes who utilise them as mounts,
preferred weapons are heavy flails and the glaive, a although elaborate spells of protection from fire must be
curved variation on the koliskos, used whether on foot, performed before the Phoenix can be mounted.
mounted on Gur Panthers or even riding fast chariots
pulled by these ferocious battlecats.

Abbess on Panther chariot Hero

Abbess Hero (Inf)
(Large Cav)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 5 3+ – 4+ 4 13/15
90
1 9 3+ – 5+ 8 14/16
170
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Headstrong, Individual, Special: Crushing Strength (1), Headstrong, Very Inspiring
Very Inspiring (Sisterhood only) (Sisterhood only), Thunderous Charge (1)

Options A chariotful of sharp unpleasantness.

• Mount on a panther, increasing Speed to 10
(+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)

The spiritual leaders of the Sistehood lead their sisters

from the front.

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Priest Hero (Inf) High Paladin Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 5 4+ – 4+ 2 10/12
75 1 5 3+ – 5+ 5 13/15 130
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Headstrong, Heal (3), Special: Crushing Strength (1), Individual, Headstrong,
Individual, Very Inspiring (Penitents only) Heal (2), Inspiring

Options Options
• Bane-chant (2) for +30pts • Mount on a barded horse, increasing Speed
• Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9 to 8 and acquiring Thunderous Charge (1)
(+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav) (+30pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)

The clerics that follow the troops on the battlefield are

fully able to defend themselves.

Bearer of the Holy Icon Hero (Inf)

High Paladin on Griffin Hero (Mon)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 10 3+ – 5+ 7 15/17 205
1 5 4+ – 4+ 1 10/12
50
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Headstrong, Heal (2),
Special: Individual, Inspiring
Inspiring, Fly
Options
• Mount on a barded horse, increasing Speed to 8 and
Defense to 5+ (+20 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav)

Only the bravest and most virtuous amongst the young

acolytes are given the honour of carrying into battle one
High Paladin on Dragon Hero (Mon)
of the Holy Icons of Basilea. These take many forms,
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
from golden statues of a saintly hero or heroine of
Basilean history, to battle-flags of renowned regiments. 1 10 3+ – 5+ 9 17/19 300
Special: Crushing Strength (3), Headstrong, Heal (2),
Inspiring, Fly, Breath Attack (10).

Dictator Hero (Inf)

The High Paladins, supreme warrior-priest of Basilea,
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts armour themselves and take to the field alongside
their Paladin brothers, calling upon the gods for
1 5 3+ – 5+ 3 13/15 90
their favour and might. They are powerful fighters,
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Individual, Inspiring sustained by the holy, unquenchable fire of their faith
Options and filled with burning desire to smite evil with all
• Mount on a barded horse, increasing Speed of their strength. Normally they ride into battle on
to 8 and acquiring Thunderous Charge (1) strongly-built chargers, but at times they can mount
(+30 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav) upon large Griffins – ferocious flying beasts that can
only be tamed by the iron will of a High Paladin.

Wise and charismatic Dictators – generals drawn from

the ranks of the priesthood, paladins, sisterhood, and
even from lowly men-at-arms – draw up grand strategies
to protect the lands of the Hegemon from harm. As
they tend to be older men, they might not be the most
powerful of warriors, but their presence on the field is
nevertheless vital to guide the Basilean legions to victory.

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War-Wizard Hero (Inf) Gnaeus Sallustis [1] Hero (Large Cav)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 4+ – 4+ 1 11/13
60 1 9 3+ – 5+ 7 15/17 190
Special: Fireball (8), Individual Special: Inspiring, Crushing Strength (2), Headstrong,
Heal (3), Nimble
Options
• Lightning Bolt (2) for +15 pts Gnaeus Sallustis is the Grand Master of the order of
Wind Blast (5) for +30 pts Basilean Paladins. His appearance on the battlefield is
• Mount on a horse, increasing Speed to 9 bad omen for the enemies of Basilea, as no army he
(+10 pts) and changing to Hero (Cav) has lead has ever lost a battle. He rides into battle atop
his gigantic Basilean lion, Nakir, cutting swathe through
Basilea’s world-famous Schools of Magic provide mages the enemy ranks to reach his ultimate objective, a final
of every kind. Magic is an integral part of all walks of confrontation with the enemy general.
life: including battle, where war-wizards, masters of
fire and weather spells, wreak havoc upon the foes of
Basilea with inferno and lightning. In particular, through
centuries of incessant warfare, magic has been found
to be a potent weapon to counter the denizens of the
Abyss, against which it seems to have a greater effect. Jullius, Dragon of Heaven
[1] Hero (Large inf)

Ur-Elohi Hero (Large Inf) Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts 1 10 3+ – 6+ 8 15/17 250

Special: Angelic, Inspiring, Crushing Strength (3),
1 10 3+ – 6+ 5 14/16 215
Heal (5), Twin Souls
Special: Angelic, Inspiring, Crushing Strength (3), Heal (5)

The Ur-Elohi are the most powerful of these creatures, Samacris, Mother of Phoenixes
shining beacons of light and Good, flying high in the sky
to guide the armies of Basilea and its allies against all [1] Hero (Large Inf)
Evil. These mighty arch-angels are occasionally tasked
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
by a Shining One to lead a crusade in their name: then
an Ur-Elohi would descend from the heavens to confer 1 10 3+ – 6+ 3 15/17 225
with the leaders of the mortals, offering his nigh-infinite Special: Angelic, Inspiring, Crushing Strength (1), Heal
knowledge and wise guidance, as well as taking active (7), Breath Attack (10), Lightning Bolt (5), Twin Souls
part in the battle, destroying the most dangerous enemy
entities with his lethal flaming sword!
Twin Souls
As long as Samacris and Jullius are within
6” of one another, they both have the Elite
special rule.

Irdima was left alone on the battlefield, cradling the two

parts of Fotia’s corpse and weeping. Suddenly, by the
great power of her words of love and her frantic prayers,
a miracle manifested and the two halves did not die.
Instead, one half; representing the cauterising, vengeful
and warlike nature of fire, became the Ur-Elohi Jullius, the
Dragon of Heaven, whilst the other half; the nurturing,
renewing and cleansing nature of fire, returned as the
Ur-Elohi Samacris, the Mother of Phoenixes. And so, the
Shining One who was Fotia, was reborn as the Phoenix
and the Dragon. Weaker now individually, they are more
powerful united, and their story is told as a parable of
the passion and indestructibility of love; their strength
in unity, giving rise to sayings such as “You can’t cut fire
with a sword”, meaning that two lovers are inseparable.

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The Ogre Army

Far to the north, the great plains of the Mammoth It is a curious thing about Ogres: money. They crave it
Steppe girdle Mantica. Rich, dry grasslands that are greatly, but no one really knows what they use it for. On
home to many large and shaggy beasts, the Mammoth campaign in the south they spend freely on ale, wine,
Steppe plays host to camps of savage Human horsemen, weapons and food. But come the time an Ogre feels
hordes of Goblin beast riders and tribes of Ogres who, the urge to return home to breed, he will abandon his
when away from their icy homeland, are better known as civilised habits and slip back into his ancestral way of life
Mantica’s foremost mercenaries. as if he had never been away. Where the small fortune
he has amassed during his adventures goes is the source
Ogres are massive humanoids with jutting jaws, of much speculation, and many fruitless treasure hunts.
ham-sized fists and hunched shoulders like hills of
knotted muscle. Twice the height and many times the
weight of a man: their mass helps keep them warm and
gives them the strength to hunt the largest of the great Alignment: Neutral
northern animals. Ogres live simple lives among the
hills and forests that dot the Steppe and fringe it to the Army Special Rules
south. They speak little, preferring to let their muscles
do the talking, but to call them stupid is a grave error; None.
their social relationships are exceedingly complicated
and while their language might be blunt to the point of Note however that Red Goblin units are not ‘Utterly
rudeness, it is grammatically complex. There are fourteen Spineless’ – it’s the thought of what would happen
classes of female personal pronoun alone – woe betide to them if they disobeyed their Ogre masters.
the eager student of Ogrish who gets them mixed up
when talking about an Ogre’s sister.

The Ogres have no cities, no capital and no overall

leader, instead they are organised into thousands of
bands, most no more than extended family groups.
These bands gather together once a year for an annual
Thing. The Thing is the great parliament of the Ogres,
held within sight of the dark pines of northern Galahir
inside a circle of towering standing stones. At the Thing
the Ogres trade, strike deals, resolve disputes and arrange
marriages. Of greater note to the rest of the world, it
is at the Thing that the Ogre Captains recruit for their
mercenary companies, promising a life of adventure to
young Ogre braves.

Ogres are in demand the world over as soldiers: they

are extremely powerful and not afraid of much. Their
size allows them to carry weapons that men could not
hope to lift, let alone wield. Ogres have an affinity for
mankind and many find their way to Basilea, where the
elite among their number might join the Ogre Guard
of the palace of the Hegemon. Others fight for the
Successor States, or the Dwarfs, or travel across the
Infant Sea to fight for the Elves. Ogres will, in fact,
fight for anyone. They are not evil, but will side with
the forces of darkness if they see profit in it. Because of
this, Ogres can be found everywhere and are often on
opposing sides in the same battle. Not that this bothers
them at all, provided the money is right.

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Warriors Large Infantry Hunters Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (3) 6 3+ – 5+ 9 11/13
135 Regiment (3) 6 3+ – 4+ 10
11/13
115
Horde (6) 6 3+ – 5+ 18 15/17
190 Horde (6) 6 3+ – 4+ 20 15/17
190
Avalanche (12) 6 3+ – 5+ 36
21/23
305
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Phalanx, Pathfinders.
Special: Crushing Strength (1). An Ogre Avalanche is
fielded six models wide and two ranks deep. It counts as a Bands of hunters equipped with small tree trunks they
Horde for the purposes of force selection. use as hunting spears, heavy nets and a plethora of axes,
skinning knives (large, large knives...), etc.
Options
• Exchange shields with two-handed weapons for free
(lower Defence to 4+, but gain Crushing Strength (2))

Hulking, massively muscled creatures, Ogre warriors are

twice the height of a man, and many times his weight.

Siege Breakers Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (3) 5 3+ – 6+ 3 11/13
150
Horde (6) 5 3+ – 6+ 6 15/17
215
Special: Crushing Strength (3), Blast (D3).

Ogres specialising in breaking down castle gates, they

carry huuge mallets and wear very heavy armour.

Shooters Large Infantry

Boomers Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Regiment (3) 6 4+ - 4+ 9 11/13 135
Regiment (3) 6 4+ 5+ 4+ 9 11/13 190
Horde (6) 6 4+ - 4+ 18 15/17 190
Horde (6) 6 4+ 5+ 4+ 18 15/17 270
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Reload! Special: Crushing Strength (1).
Heavy Crossbows: when shooting, Regiments have just Blunderbusses: Regiments have Breath Attack (9), Hordes
Att 3 (rather than 9), however these shots are range 36”, have Breath Attack (18).
Piercing (3) and Blast (D3). Hordes have 6 such shots.
Ogres Boomers carry fearsome blunderbusses that are
Ogre Shooters carry large crossbows the size of small more akin to short-ranged cannon than any firearm a
ballistae. man might wield.

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Chariots Large Cavalry Muummooth Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (1) 7 3+ – 5+ 4 10/12 65 1 7 4+ – 5+ 12 15/17 210
Regiment (3) 7 3+ – 5+ 12
12/14
190 Special
Horde (6) 7 3+ – 5+ 24 16/18
290 Crushing Strength (2), Thundering Charge (2)

Special: Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (2) Arooooooooohhhh!!!

Organised in thundering squadrons, these very heavy

chariots are easily capable of shattering the most
organised of battlelines.

Special: Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (2)

Red Goblin Blaster* Monster Red Goblins* Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 5 6+ – 5+ 1 8/10 65 Regiment (20) 5 6+ 5+ 3+ 12 13/15 95
Horde (40) 5 6+ 5+ 5+ 20 19/21 150
The Red Goblin operator (whose model, by the way, is
always ignored) can try to trigger the Blaster explosion at Special: Bow
any point during any of its Shoot phases (even if it has Run
that turn), rolling a die. On a result of 1, the Blaster fails Many Goblins and other lesser creatures are attracted
to explode and is simply removed. On a result of 2+ the to the wealth and power of Ogre mercenary armies.
Blaster explodes – all units within D6” of the Blaster They become camp followers and attend to all of the
model suffer 2D6 hits with Piercing (3), and then the most menial of tasks in an Ogre encampment, but
Blaster model is removed. are occasionally used as support archers by the Ogres,
who have noticed the little ones’ ability with the bow.
This means that the most common tactic for this weapon Traditionally the Ogres request ‘their’ Goblins to wear red
is to Charge an enemy unit, or ,even better, run the Blaster rags in order to distinguish them from the enemy in the
as near as possible to a bunch of enemy units and then try mayhem of battle, thus avoiding unpleasant incidents.
to trigger the explosion during the ensuing Shoot phase. It This has led to the nickname of ‘Red Goblins’, that these
often works… creature bear now with great pride.

If a Blaster routs as a result of a Nerve test, the controlling

player rolls the die as above, as the operator sets the
Blaster to explode before running off.
Red Goblin Scouts* Cavalry
If a Blaster routs when in base contact with an enemy,
however, the enemies have a better chance at trying to Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
defuse it, so the Blaster explodes only on a 4+, and on a 3 Troop (5) 9 4+ 5+ 3+ 7 9/11 90
or less is safely removed. Regiment (10) 9 4+ 5+ 3+ 14 13/15 135

Drawing the lots to become the crew of the Blaster is Special: Crushing Strength (1), Bows. Nimble
nerve-wracking for the Red Goblins. Fleabags flock naturally to groups of Goblins, even more
so where they can feed on the tasty scraps of the Ogre’s
leftover food. Packs of Red Goblins mounted on the
largest Fleabags make perfect scouts and sentries for
Ogre armies on the move.

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Giant Monster
Captain Hero (Large Inf)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 7 4+ – 5+ ( 2D6+2)* 17/19 190
1 6 3+ 5+ 5+ 5 12/14
135
Special
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Inspiring, Nimble Crushing Strength (3)

Options * Roll for the number of Attacks every time you resolve
• Exchange shield with two-handed weapon for free a melee
(lower Defence to 4+, but gain Crushing Strength (3)).
A Giant is a huge humanoid, a veritable mountain of
• Exchange shield with Att 1 heavy crossbow (see bone, sinew and flesh with a very, very tiny brain and a
Shooters, lower Defence to 4+), for +10pts. massive appetite.

Ogre captains are among the mightiest of this race of

war-loving veterans.

Army Standard Hero (Large Inf)

Siege Master Hero (Large Inf) Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 6 3+ – 4+ 3 11/13
70
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Nimble, Inspiring
1 5 3+ – 6+ 2 12/14
125
Special: Crushing Strength (4), Blast (D3), Inspiring Options
(Siege Breakers only) • Mount on chariot for +25 pts (gain Thunderous
Charge (2), Defence 5+ and Speed 7, but losing
To get through any fortress gate, accept no substitute. Nimble) and changing to Hero (Large Cav)

Wily Ogre Captains nominate trusted Sergeants to

take responsibility for the best of the band’s collective
treasures, proudly displaying them in times of war to
rally the troops and make them yearn for more.

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Warlock Hero (Large Inf) Berserker Braves* Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 6 4+ – 4+ 2 12/14
100 Regiment (3) 6 4+ – 4+ 15 -/14
150
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Inspiring (Ogre Berserker Horde (6) 6 4+ – 4+ 30 -/18
215
Braves only), Nimble, Bane-chant (3). In addition, as long
as they are within 6” of a least a unit of friendly Berserker Special: Crushing Strength (1)
Braves, Ogre Warlocks are Elite and Vicious.
*You may take up to two units of Ogre Berserker Braves for
each Ogre Warlock in your army. You may not select Ogre
Options
Berserker Braves if you do not take at least 1 Ogre Warlock
Lightning Bolt (3) for +15pts
Fireball (15) for +30pts
Wind Blast (5) for +30pts These chosen few become a Warlock’s followers – a
devoted, close-knit group of fanatical neophytes. All are
Ogre Warlocks are revered amongst the tribes of the trained in Ogre lore, devotion to the Ogre gods and, for
Steppe and often fulfil the roles of shaman, witch-doctor those with the gift, training in the spiritual and mental
and spiritual guide within the nomadic communities. conditioning required of a future tribal Shaman.

On the battlefield, Ogre Warlocks are often accompanied

by their devoted and fanatical pupils and followers. They
can draw extra power into their spell-casting, feeding on
the presence of their faithful neophytes.
Ogre Warlocks are revered amongst the tribes of the
Steppe and often fulfil the roles of shaman, witch-doctor
and spiritual guide within the nomadic communities.

On the battlefield, Ogre Warlocks are often accompanied

by their devoted and fanatical pupils and followers. They
can draw extra power into their spell-casting, feeding on
the presence of their faithful neophytes.

Grokagamok [1] Hero (Large Inf)

Warlord Hero (Large Inf)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts 1 6 3+ – 5+ 7 15/17
260
1 6 3+ – 5+ 7 14/16
185
Special: Crushing Strength (3), Nimble, Very Inspiring,
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Nimble, Inspiring The Amputator

Options
• Exchange shield with two-handed weapon for free The Amputator
(lower Defence to 4+, but gain Crushing Strength (3)). The bearer of this massive axe has an increased
• Exchange shield with two-handed weapon and Crushing Strength (already included in the profile).
mount on chariot for +35 pts, gaining Crushing In addition, the bearer’s Melee attacks also have the
Strength (3), Thunderous Charge (2) and Speed Blast (D3) special rule.
7, while Defence remains at 5+, but losing
Nimble, and changing to Hero (Large Cav)

Sometimes, the Ogres march to war en masse; to face

great threats to their lands or to search out new hunting
grounds. When this occurs, mighty Ogre Warlords lead
their tribes to total war – survival or death!

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Forces of Nature
Differently from all other Celestians, the Green Lady is a The Druids wield power over the elements of nature
being of multiple facets; composed of Good and Evil in and can summon elemental energies to fuel their battle
the same measure and so neither one nor the other. She spells; however, they tend to use more subtle methods,
was born of the fusion between three entities – one a summoning to the field creatures that can do the
Celestian in tune with the many natural aspects of the fighting for them. The armies commanded by the Druids
world of Mantica and the other two a Wicked One and a are made up of many of the creatures of the Wild, which
Shining One, the different aspects of a fallen Celestian. are more attuned to nature and neutrality in the eternal
battle between Wicked Ones and Shining Ones. So, it is
The resulting entity is tri-form and thus changeable the Gnomes of Earth, the Sylphs of Air, the Salamanders
like the weather. For long periods, when dominated by of Fire and the Naiads of Earth, all peoples that are very
her Good side, the Green Lady may behave in a gentle close to one of the elements, which form the bulk of
fashion, incarnating the healing, soothing side of nature. their armies. These core troops are complemented by the
This is often the aspect that the Elves worship, and that spirits of the Wild, in the shape of walking trees, fairy
they can summon to aid their armies in times of need. folk and other powerful monsters and wild beasts.
However, with a change that is as unpredictable as it is
sudden, the Lady’s feral side will rise to the surface, and To take on the armies of the Lady is to fight against the
then woe on any creature that crosses her path. As much world of Mantica itself.
as her Good side is benign, her Evil side is dangerous and
lethal – embodying the desire to kill that resides in the
heart of every living being. This dark side is worshipped
by the Twilight Kin and other twisted races that wish to Alignment: Neutral
harness this destructive force to their own advantage.
Army Special Rules
Aside from these two shining and wicked extremes, the Creatures of Nature
Lady’s truest and most natural state, her Celestian soul, All units in this list are Pathfinders.
is one of balance – of equilibrium between life and
death, creation and destruction. This, her aspect of ‘the Wild Companions
Preserver’, is what is worshipped by the creatures that Unless otherwise stated, any and all units in this list
live in the Wild; be that deepest forests, impenetrable can be equipped with a Wild Companion for +10pts
marshes, vast prairies, icy tundra or scorched deserts. Her per unit.
nature in this form is strongly linked with the four natural
A Wild Companion is a feral animal that is bound
elements – fire, water, earth and air – the building blocks
by magical means to a Druid or other master of the
of the universe, utterly neutral and impartial in the great natural lore, or simply allied or in thrall to a particular
struggle between Good and Evil. If anything, the Lady’s race or creature. Mark units that are accompanied by
greatest fear is that either Good would ultimately prevail, a Wild Companion with a suitable model – a panther,
and then the world would risk eternal stagnation, or Evil bear, wolf, hawk, etc. The unit then counts as being
will, and then anarchy, violence and destruction would equipped with a throwing weapon that can be used
reign supreme. This means that the Lady must ally only once per game (remove the animal model once
herself, and the great forces at her command, with the it has been unleashed).
weakest side, whether it is Good or Evil, in an attempt
to balance out the course of a war. Thus, in the current When you send the beast to seek its prey, roll 5 dice
state of the world, when Evil seems to have the upper to hit, regardless of the unit’s Attacks. The beast
hand and war rages across the land, the Lady is more always hits on 4+, regardless of modifiers. Then,
often than not on the side of Good, as her strong link for any point of damage caused, roll to hit and to
with the Elves in the last few centuries fully attests. damage again, as the beast savages the victims.
Repeat this process again and again until you fail
to score any damage, at which point the beast has
The Druids are the mortal servants of the Green Lady, a
been slain or has wandered off to lick the gore off
secretive cult that worships her in her aspect of Preserver
its paws/claws/talons.
of the Natural Balance. Members of all races may join
this order, but many of them are Men. This is because
the other races are often more strongly aligned to the
Shining Ones or the Wicked Ones, while Man is the most
open-minded and dynamic (or some would say the most
malleable and easily swayed) of the races of Mantica.

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Naiads Infantry Sylvan Kin Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 4+ – 3+ 10 10/12 95 Troop (10) 6 4+ – 4+ 20 11/13
145
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 3+ 12
14/16
125 Regiment (20) 6 4+ – 4+ 25
15/17
190
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 3+ 20 20/22
200
Special: Vanguard
Special: Regeneration, Nets (units that charge this unit’s
front suffer the Hindered Charges penalty). Spirits and faery folk of the forest realms, these creatures
can assume many guises – fauns, dryads, sprites and
As long as they remain in proximity of water, will-o’-the-wisp. They tend to be shy and peaceful in
or even above underground water that can seep nature, but if their forest realm is threatened, or by the
into their limbs through the earth, their flesh can command of their sylvan lords, they can be summoned
regenerate the most grievous of wounds. in great numbers, assuming a frightening war-like aspect
and fighting with the unbridled fury of the Great Wild.

Naiad Harpooners Infantry Salamanders Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 5+ 4+ 3+ 10 10/12 105 Troop (10) 5 4+ – 5+ 10 10/12
100
Regiment (20) 5 5+ 4+ 3+ 12 14/16 140 Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 5+ 12
14/16
130
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 5+ 20 20/22
210
Special: Regeneration, harpoon-throwers (count as
crossbows with range 18”), Piercing (2), Reload! Special: Crushing Strength (1)

Naiad hunt their prey with lethal arpoon-throwing heavy Options

crossbows. Because of their very long life-span Naiad • Exchange shields for two-handed weapons for free
hunters become incredibly accurate with their weapons. (lower Defence to 4+, gain Crushing Strength (2))

Salamanders are fire-people; reptilian in appearance,

they wear little armour and instead rely on their red,
scaly skin for protection. The great heat of their blood
Forest Shamblers Large Infantry is manifest from the billowing vapours that constantly
exude from their slavering mouths and it seems to be
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
channelled through their crude weapons, which sear and
Regiment (3) 6 4+ – 5+ 9 -/13
135 burn as much as they cut and crush.
Horde (6) 6 4+ – 5+ 18 -/17
190

Special: Shambling, Crushing Strength (1), Vanguard.

Slumbering spirits of nature that normally reside

within the trunks of ancient trees or in the vines and
plants that form the living veins of soil and marsh, the
Forest Shamblers can be aroused by the magic of the
Druids and unleashed against the invaders as slow but
unstoppable humanoid beings, made of wood, foliage,
mud and stone.

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Elementals Large Infantry Centaurs Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (3) 5 4+ – 6+ 9 -/13
140 Troop (5) 8 3+ – 4+ 6 10/12 100
Horde (6) 5 4+ – 6+ 18 -/17
200 Regiment (10) 8 3+ – 4+ 12 14/16 155
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (1)
Special: Shambling, Crushing Strength (1)
Armoured and equipped with heavy two-handed sword
or clubs, centaurs are powerful, but not very bright.

Flying Elementals Large Infantry

Centaur Archers Cavalry
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Regiment (3) 10 4+ – 5+ 9 -/12 160
Troop (5) 8 4+ 5+ 3+ 6 10/12 105
Horde (6) 10 4+ – 5+ 18 -/16 230
Regiment (10) 8 4+ 5+ 3+ 12 14/16 160
Special: Shambling, Crushing Strength (1) Fly
Special: Nimble, Thunderous Charge (1), Bows

Some centaurs go to battle more lightly equipped and

Summoned on the battlefield by the Druids, these harry the enemy with their powerful bows.
creatures are the true incarnation of the natural energies
that form everything in Mantica (both living and
inanimate matter.) They resemble very large humanoids,
roughly the size of an ogre, and move slowly across
Eagle Riders Large Cavalry
the field, crushing all before them like an unstoppable Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
elemental tide.
Regiment (3) 10 4+ 4+ 3+ 6 11/13 130
Horde (6) 10 3+ 5+ 3+ 12 15/17 200
Greater Elemental Monster Special: Fly, Bows

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Mighty birds of prey ridden by Sylphs and other Wind-
1 5 4+ – 6+ 8 –/18
160
spirits.
Special
Shambling, Crushing Strength (3)

Elemental giants of rock, mud or water that tower over

Sea Serpent Riders Large Cavalry
the battlefield, these monsters thunder against the Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
enemy under the control of the Druids that summoned
them. Regiment (3) 8 3+ – 4+ 9 12/14
135
Horde (6) 8 3+ – 4+ 18 16/18
210

Special
Greater Flying Elemental Monster Crushing Strength (1), Thunderous Charge (1), Regeneration
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Mounted on supernatural sea serpents, these naiad
1 10 3+ – 5+ 9 –/17
250 knights are one of Mantica’s most exotic heavy cavalry.
Special
Shambling, Crushing Strength (4), Breath Attack (10), Fly

A whirlwind of destruction that can hurl enemies away

like broken dolls with the fury of a tornado or melt
armour and flesh as a raging sentient inferno.

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Hydra Monster Unicorn Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 6 4+ – 5+ 5* 15/17 130 1 12 3+ – 5+ 3 11/13 120
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Regeneration. Special: Thunderous Charge (2), Heal (5), Individual (Size
*Multiple heads - in addition to the basic 3, the Hydra has 2)
a number of additional attacks equal to its current points
of Damage. The truest incarnation of the freedom and grace of the
natural world. Unicorns cannot be tamed and cannot
Swamp-inhabiting monster with several heads - when be ridden, even though legends tell that a maiden can
one is cut, two more take its place! actually achieve this feat. Whether that is true or not,
these magical creatures are powerful allies of the Druids
– fast, deadly and capable of restoring the most grievous
of wounds with but a glance.
Chimera Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 6 3+ – 5+ 5 15/17 185
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Breath Attack (10), Fly.
Pegasus Monster
Fire-breathing monster made of several animals merged
together in a grotesque but powerful, feral creature. Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 10 3+ – 4+ 3 10/12 75
Special: Thunderous Charge (1), Individual (Size 2), Fly
Gentle creatures of sky and cloud, it is rare to see them
taking to the battlefield, but when they do, their speed
Manticore Monster and flight makes them the bane of enemy war engines.

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 6 3+ – 5+ 7 15/17
205
Special: Crushing Strength (3), Vicious, Fly.

Pure, unadulterated fury.

Basilisk Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 7 3+ – 6+ 5 14/16 200
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Lightning Bolt (6).

Options
• Can have wings, gaining Fly and increasing Speed
to 10, but reducing Defence to 5+ for free.

This term groups a number of earth-spirits that assume

the shape of weird beasts, often sporting elements of
many different creatures mixed in the most bizarre of
fashion – reptile, mammal and bird. They are known
by the peoples of Mantica as Basilisks, Cockatrices,
Chimeras, Gorgons... many names and many forms, but
all with the terrifying ability of dealing death with but
a glance.

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Tree Herder Hero (Mon) Druid Hero (Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 6 3+ – 6+ 7 18/20
260 1 5 4+ – 4+ 1 11/13
65
Special: Crushing Strength (3), Vanguard, Inspiring, Surge Special: Individual, Inspiring, Heal (2)
(8).
Options
Options • Lightning Bolt (3) for +20pts
• Up to three Wild Companions (+10 pts each) Wind Blast (5) for +30pts
Surge (8) for +30pts
Possibly the longest-lived mortal beings of all Bane-chant (2) for +30pts
of Mantica, the Tree Herders remember the days • Can ride a stag, horse, lesser unicorn or
when the Celestians walked alone through the similar mount, increasing Speed to 9, for
virgin forests of a primeval world, still unspoilt by +10 pts and changing to Hero (Cav)
war and grief. These creatures are benign and care
deeply for the other dwellers of the forest, so when • Up to two Wild Companions (+10 pts each)
angered they make the most implacable of foes.
In battle, the Druids can manipulate elemental energies
of the world of Mantica to unleash ruination upon their
enemies but they also to heal and guide the creatures
that fight on their side, which most often they themselves
would have summoned to the battlefield to defend order
Winged Unicorn Hero (Cav)
and balance.
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 10 3+ – 5+ 3 12/14 160
Special: Thunderous Charge (2), Heal (7), Inspiring,
Individual, Fly
Sphinx Hero (Mon)
Options
• Lightning Bolt (5) for +20pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Wind Blast (5) for +20pts 1 5 4+ – 4+ 5 15/17 180
Surge (4) for +10pts
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Lightning Bolt (6), Fly.
Bane-chant (2) for +20pts
Cannot have Wild Companions.
• Up to two Wild Companions (+10 pts each)

These powerful magical creatures are the celestial Options

monarchs of all unicorns, pegasi, centaurs and the rest • Fireball (8) for +25pts
of horse-kind, which worship the rare winged unicorns Wind Blast (8) for +50pts
as the ritual heralds of day and night... Surge (6) for +15pts
Bane-chant (5) for +30pts

Aenigmatic ancient creature of great wisdom and power.

Centaur Chief Hero (Cav)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 8 3+ 4+ 4+ 4 11/13 105
Special: Crushing Strength (2), Thunderous Charge (1),
Inspiring, Individual

Options
• Bow for +15pts
• Up to two Wild Companions (+10 pts each)

Strong and fierce, the Centaur Chiefs lead the brave war-
parties in times of war.

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Keris and Shaarlyot

How can a man and a spirit of the air be in love? Even Solar staff
though he is a young and headstrong Druid initiate, The bearer has a single ranged attack with a range of
bearer of the Solar Staff, and she is a princess of her 24” that always hits on 4+ (regardless of modifiers).
kin and a gifted air-shaper? The nigh-impossibility of If the target unit is hit, it is blinded until the end of
their relation and the opposition it met amongst both its following Shoot phase – place a suitable marker
Shaarlyot’s people and the Druid order are the subject of next to the target. As long as it’s blinded, the unit
many a ballade, and yet their love endures. The couple cannot Charge and counts as Disrupted (so it cannot
have lived an amazing series of adventures in defence of use ranged attacks either).
the Whychwell Forest, resisting the attempt of both the
Elves and the Undead to upset the natural balance of The Wind of V’yuu
that great wood. Shaarlyot can summon winds strong enough to
propel friends across the battlefield. She has the
Surge (2) special rule, but instead of targeting
Keris [1] Hero Shambling units, she can target any friendly unit.
If the target unit has the Fly special rule, then this
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts counts as Surge (4).
1 5 4+ – 4+ 1 12/14 11 0
Special: Individual, Inspiring, Heal (1), Lightning Bolt (2), Ozzee
Breath Attack (7), Surge (8), Solar Staff Originating from fabled Khaoskye, Ozzee is Keris’
familiar – an earth spirit in the shape of a mighty
Options
hound. In game terms, he counts as a ranged
• Can be accompanied by Ozzee (+20 pts)
weapon for Keris – the Ozzee model is just a marker.
Ozzee counts as a Wild Companion, except that he
has a range of 18”, and is not discarded automatically
Shaarlyot [1] Hero
when unleashed. Rather, after unleashing Ozzee,
roll a die: on a result of 3 or less the Ozzee model
is removed and cannot be used for the rest of the
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
game. On a 4+ he returns to Keris and can be used
1 10 4+ – 3+ 1 12/14 160 again in following turns.
Special: Individual, Fly, Inspiring (Sylphs and Air
Elementals only), Breath Attack (10), Wind Blast (7), In addition, when using Ozzee against units with the
Wind of V’yuu Shambling special rule, you can re-roll any dice that
fails to damage... but then Ozzee is lost on a roll of 4
Options or less rather than 3 or less, as he finds it hard to resist
• Can be accompanied stalking off to bury a thighbone somewhere secret.
by Tiffee (+20 pts)
Tiffee
Tiffee is a lesser spirit of the air bound to Shaarlyot. She
The Green Lady [1] Hero (Inf) follows the same rules as Ozzee, except that she has a
range of 30”, and does not have the Piercing (1) rule.
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De At Ne Pts
1 10 – – 6+ – 14/16
200

Special: Fly, Inspiring, Regeneration, Heal (8)

Options
• Up to 2 Sabre-Toothed Pussycats (+20pts each)

The incarnation of the life-giving energies of Water and

Earth, this Elven spirit manifests as a ghostly dame, as tall
as the oak and as fleet as the falcon. She can restore to
health scores of wounded allies with a simple gesture.

The Sylvan Guard

If your army includes the Green Lady, for +20 points
you may upgrade a single Regiment of Sylvan Kin to
represent the Green Lady’s Sylvan Guard, her most
devoted and sworn guardians. This unit has the
Headstrong and Regeneration special rules.
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Forces of the Abyss

The Abyss lays North-East of Basilea – many leagues away numbers almost without limit. Their normal role is that of
and yet too close for comfort, for it is the home of all tending to the eternal torture of the souls of evil mortals
that is evil in Mantica. The plains around it are dotted with trapped in the Abyss, but at times of war, they serve as foot
Orc encampments, and its edge and upper reaches are soldiers. Some of these devils might strike a bargain with a
crowned by the fortresses of the Abyssal Dwarfs and the lesser Abyssal creature of animal-level intelligence to serve
Twilight Kin and other mortal worshippers of the Father the Lower Abyssal as a mount – thus the devil gains a status
of Lies. Further down this hellish crevasse, the taint of the equivalent to that of a knight amongst Men and the title of
malevolent energies of the Wicked Ones becomes stronger Harbingers, taking residence in the Second Circle. The level
and stronger. Deep down in the shadows and billowing of might in between these minor demons and the great
fumes, perpetually lit by the flares of the red fires of Evil, Fiends is occupied by the Molochs of the Third Circle and
fouler creatures reside. the Behemots of the Fourth Circle, mid-rank devils who in
times of war form the elite units of the Abyssal hosts. The
These are the Abyssals, immortal servants of the Father Fifth Circle is the abode of the Abyssal Champions, crafty
of Lies. The Abyssals are emanations of their Lord’s mind lower Abyssals that have received many new powers as a
– pure Evil incarnated. They are organized into a strict reward for services they have performed for a Wicked One.
hierarchy, which perversely mirrors that of the celestial hosts
of the Shining Ones, and is related to which level, or ‘circle’ Most often it is the armies of the Abyssal Dwarfs or the
of the Abyss they reside in. At the top of this hierarchy are Twilight Kin that emerge from the Abyss to bring war and
the supreme beings that rule the Abyss from the depths of destruction on the land of Man, Dwarf and Elf. These evil
the Seventh Circle, which is at the very bottom of the Abyss legions are commonly surrounded by dark energies and
– they are the twenty-seven Wicked Ones. The Wicked Ones accompanied by flocks of Abyssal creatures, but the Abyssals
are the brethren of the Father of Lies, bound never to leave are invariably fickle allies, and often return to their abode.
the Abyss by the power of Domivar, and yet ever plotting
and scheming to influence all mortals and bring as many
as possible towards the Dark. The will of the Wicked ones Alignment: Evil
is enacted by the most powerful of their servants – the
Archfiends (or simply Fiends). The Archfiends, Lords on the Army Special Rules
Sixth Circle, are the generals of the Abyssal armies, creatures Eternal Evil
of great might, both physical and sorcerous. As opposed The evil denizens of the Abyss can draw upon the
to their lords, these foul things can leave the Abyss and energies of pure Evil to restore their depleted ranks
will do so at the head of their legions when the time is or damaged bodies. All units in this army have the
right and the Power of the Abyss is unleashed upon the Vicious and Regeneration special rules.
world. Their minions are the Abyssals, of which there exist
a large variety of forms, ranks and abilities – as many as
can be constructed by the twisted minds of their masters.
The weakest are the Gargoyles and the Lower Abyssals (or
Diaboli) of the First Circle. These devils are mere speckles
of their masters’ power, but they truly are legion – their

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Lower Abyssals Infantry Gargoyles* Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (10) 5 4+ – 4+ 10 11/13 90 Troop (10) 10 4+ – 3+ 10 10/12 90
Regiment (20) 5 4+ – 4+ 12
15/17
120 Special: Fly
Horde (40) 5 4+ – 4+ 20 21/23
190
These lesser Abyssals of limited intelligence always
Options follow the Abyssal legions to battle, darkening the skies
• Exchange shields for two-handed weapons for free like a sinister pall, ready to plunge on the wounded and
(lower Defence to 3+, gain Crushing Strength (1) the stragglers with voracious appetite.

Legions of lesser denizens of the Abyss are summoned

to the battlefield by the arcane, twisted magic of their
Fiend overlords. Nightmare creatures made of the purest
coalesced evil, they are not of this world – cut off one Succubi Infantry
of their arms, and they will continue to fight just as
ferociously; cut off their head, and another leering face Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
will appear on their chest… Troop (10) 6 3+ – 3+ 20 11/13
145
Regiment (20) 6 3+ – 3+ 25
15/17
190

Special: Seductive. In melee, enemies suffer from an

additional -1 to hit the Succubi.

Flamebearers Infantry Succubi are the living embodiment of the basest desires
of all living beings, their blade-dance both lethal and
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts mesmerizing for mortals.
Troop (10) 5 5+ – 3+ 10 11/13 90
Regiment (20) 5 5+ – 3+ 12
15/17
120
Special: Troops have Fireball (10). Regiments have Fireball
(15)
Fleshlings Infantry

These lesser Abyssals use dark sorcery to cast searing Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
firebolts against the enemy. Troop (10) 5 5+ – 4+ 10 11/13 70
Regiment (20) 5 5+ – 4+ 12
15/17 95
Horde (40) 5 5+ – 4+ 20 21/23
150
Special: Living flesh. As they are not Abyssals, the
Fleshlings do not have the Regeneration special rule (they
Larvae Infantry are still Vicious though).

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Options

Horde (40) 5 6+ – 5+ 20 -/22
155 • Exchange shields for two-handed weapons for free
(lower Defence to 3+, gain Crushing Strength (1))

Special: Shambling Men, Elves, Dwarfs... all races of Mantica lose some of
their own to the call of the Abyss. These perverse, twisted
An endless horde of pale, wailing soul-vessels of the most Abyssal-worshipping fanatics are drawn to the Pit, live a
ghastly and disturbing guises. They are driven forward by fould existence on its outskirts, and follow its legions
their Abyssal torturers with pitch-forks and barbed whips when the Abyssals march to war.
in order to tie up powerful enemy units while the rest of
the Abyssal army outflanks them.

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Tortured Souls* Large Infantry

Hellhounds Cavalry
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Regiment (3) 10 - – 4+ * -/15 150
Troop (5) 9 4+ – 4+ 15 10/12
125 Horde (6) 10 - – 4+ * -/20 215
Special: Nimble, Thunderous Charge (1)
Special: Size 1, Shambling, Fly.
Three-headed demonic guardians of the pit – their
slavering fangs as long as daggers, the fury of their *Soul Drain. In melee, roll a D6 (Regiment) or 2D6 (Horde).
charge unnatural and unstoppable. Both the tortured souls and the enemy automatically suffer
that many points of damage. No roll to hit and damage
required (and no bonuses for attacking the flank/rear of
an enemy), simply proceed to the Nerve test for the target.

A host of tortured souls.. they yearn for the life-force of

the living, whcih allows them to free themselves from
captivity.
Abyssal Horsemen Cavalry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Troop (4) 8 3+ – 5+ 6 11/13
110
Special: Thunderous Charge (2)
Molochs Large Infantry

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Mysterious heavily armoured riders armed with lances
Regiment (3) 5 4+ – 4+ 9 11/13
130
or other huge two-handed weapons, each one looks
individual and is a true incarnation of a different aspect Horde (6) 5 4+ – 4+ 18 15/17
185
of Ultimate Evil. Special: Crushing Strength (2)

The largest of the Abyssal warriors – lumbering hell-

spawn the size of an Ogre. They fight individually or
band together in small units.

Imps* Large Infantry Chroneas Monster

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

Regiment (3) 5 5+ – 3+ 12
10/12 75 1 5 - – 5+ * 16/18
210
Horde (6) 5 5+ – 3+ 24 14/16
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Special: Size 0. *Tempus. At the beginning of each of your turns, as you

test for Regeneration, also inflict D6 automatical hits with
Chittering homuncoli, speckles of pure evil, malevolence Piercing (4) against all units within 6” of the Time-devourer
given form to walk the earth. – this affects friends and enemies, no line of sight required.

Black-skinned giant humanoids that walk the world since

its creation, causing everything around them to wither
and die. Nothing can whitstand the curse of ages...

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Ifriit Hero (Inf) Abyssal Fiend Hero (Mon)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 6 4+ – 4+ 1 11/13
120 1 7 4+ – 5+ 7 16/18
180

Special: Individual, Fireball (20), Pathfinder Special: Crushing Strength (3), Inspiring
Options Options
• Lightning Bolt (5), for +25pts • Can have wings, gaining Fly and increasing Speed to
Wind Blast (5) for +30 pts 10 for +40 pts
• Lightning Bolt (5), for +25pts
Surge (5) for +15 pts
The most powerful fire-wizard in all of Mantica - they
just want to watch the world burn. The most powerful lieutenants of the Lords of the
Abyss are the Fiends. Towering high above all other
combatants, just one of these colossal monsters is a
challenge for entire regiments of mortals.
Temptress Hero (Inf)
The Well of Souls [1] Hero (Mon)
Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
1 10 3+ – 4+ 5 11/13 120 Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts
Special: Individual, Fly, Inspiring (Succubi only), Seductive, 1 10 – – 5+ * -/20 250
Sultry Gaze – this is the same as Wind Blast (6), but the
target is drawn towards the caster rather than away from Special: Inspiring, Fly, Heal (6), *Soul Drain (2D6+1),
it. If the target makes contact with the caster, the caster Shambling
counts as having charged it.
Options Is this screaming maelstrom of Evil energy a sentient
• Bane Chant (2) for +30 pts entity or a manifestation of the darkest powers of the
Wind Blast (5) for +30 pts Abyss?

Matriarch of Succubi. None can resist her guiles...

The Lord of Lies [1] Hero (Large Inf)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts

1 10 3+ – 5+ 5 13/15
250

Special: Crushing Strength (2), Inspiring, Fly, Lightning

Abyssal Champion Hero (Inf) Bolt (7), Surge (6)

Unit Size Sp Me Ra De Att Ne Pts A whisper in your hear...

1 5 3+ – 5+ 3 11/13
90 When a unit is about to attack the Lord of Lies in melee,
it must first roll a die and consult the chart below to
Special: Crushing Strength (1), Individual, Inspiring see how it resists the corrupting influence of the Arch-
Options Abyssal.
• Can have wings for +40 pts (gaining Result Effect
Fly and increasing Speed to 10) 6 The enemy attacks and counts as Vicious!
• Lightning Bolt (5), for +30pts 5 The enemy attacks as normal.
Surge (5) for +15 pts 4 The enemy attacks but suffers an additional –1
• Can ride an abyssal mount, increasing Speed to to hit.
8, for +10 pts and changing to Hero (Cav) 3 The enemy attacks, but every result of 1 to hit
is resolved against the attacking unit itself (no Nerve test
required)
An Abyssal Champion is a Lower Abyssal that has 2 The enemy does not attack.
distinguished itself in battle under the watchful eyes of 1 The enemy attacks itself (no Nerve test required)!
the Fiends (or, rarely, of the Lords of the Abyss themselves).
Rewarded with powers far above his comrades, the Many an opposing army has ended up tearing itself to
creature has now become a leader amongst them: an pieces when faced with the subtle, manipulative powers
example to follow and an instrument of the Will of Evil. of this most devious of fiends.

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