Warhammer Mighty Empires Turn1 Month 00 - Generating Tribes and 01b - Updated 09.03.2024.

 Hi everyone,

                      I am trying out Warhammer Mighty Empires, (C) Copyright 1990 Games Workshop, to flesh out one of my early "Nations" continents Bjantfass. I may mix in with it the "Countrycraft" rules, from Dragon Magazine # 293, (C) Copyright Wizards of the Coast. I tried to load a spreadsheet with my info in, but it was no good. I will just have to be descriptive.

                      I was using a 29 tall x 18 wide Hex map to begin with, but decided to use a 62 x 56 hex map instead to get finer detail. This works out to 50 miles across the face of a hex. I have a rough map to give me an idea of the general large-scale contents of the landscape, as shown in the preview. I plan to colour a second Hex map to show the conquests of each tribe over time.

House Rule - I have introduced Bandits, Pirates and Monsters to inhabit wasteland areas and some of the islands. Their territory will be a d4 or d6 depending on intelligence.

The army represents a quarter of the population of the tribe.

Map Key - I have split each Hex into 6 to represent the resources of the land and then added any features that may be generated by the game. Each Capital has a castle, except Bandits which have a fort.

Br = Bridge or Ford, C = City, D = Desert Tile, F = Forest Tile, Fo = Fortress, HA = Harbour, H = Hill, L= Lake,

J = Jungle, MG = Mine Gold, M = Mountain, N = Necropolis, Number = Tribe number Capital,   PL = Plain, PT = Plateau, S (1-6) = Ships in Port, T = Temple, Vo = Volcano, W = Wizard's Tower.

                    NW        NE

              W            1           E

                    SW         SE

Turn 0 Setup.

Tribe 01 Skularn Dark Elves. Alignment - Chaotic Neutral.

Resources = Capital, Built on a Ruin. (x = 25, y = 27) M5 D1 (e.g Mountain 5 Desert 1) - River, NW = F1 H5 - Barren, 

NE = PT5 D1 - Barren, E = M3 D3 - Barren, SE = H2 D4 - Village in a Cave, SW = H2 D4 -Village, W = PT3 H3 - Fort & Lookout Tower.

Army = 588 Total. (Not sorted into Banners yet.)

Tribe  3 Halflings. Alignment - Neutral Good.

Resources = Capital ( x = 28, y = 33) PL3 L3 , NW = PL3 F3 - Village, NE = PL2 L4 - Barren, E = L6  - Barren, SE =  M2 H2 L2 - Village & Necropolis, SW = M2 H4 - Fort, W = H6 - City.

Total Army = 633.

I have been adding monster lairs and bandits randomly over the map and two of them have landed close to some of our tribes already generated, so there will soon be friction in the air. Such as this one coming next.  Unless they talk it out and have a party.

Tribe  3a Lizard Folk Alignment - Neutral.

Resources = Capital ( x = 31, y = 30) PL6, NW = PL3 L3 - Fort, NE = PL3 L3 - Fort, E = PL6  - Village, SE = M1 PL3 H2 - Village, SW = PL4 F2 - Barren, W = PL6 - Village River.

Total Army = 648.

Tribe 7 Hobgoblin Raiders. Alignment - Chaotic Evil.

Resources (1d4 Hex) = Capital, actually it's just a Large Fort. ( x = 24, y = 34) F6 - Hot Spring. E = PL5 F1 - Village, SE = PL4 F2 - Village.

Total Army = 377.

Tribe 14 Elves - Alignment - Chaotic Good.

Resources = Capital (x = 29, y = 17) PL6 R, NW = H6 - Village,  NE = H4 J1 L1 - Village, E = H2 L4 - Fort, SE = H6 - Fort River, SW = H2 J4 - Village, W = H2 J4 - City.

Total Army = 909.

Tribe 16 Elves - Alignment - Chaotic Good.

Resources = Capital ( x = 31, y = 30) M2 PL4 Necropolis, NW = M2 PL2 F2 Fort Barren, NE = PL6 - Fort Hot Spring, E = M3 H3 Village River, SE = H3 L3- Village in a Cave, SW = M4 H2 - Village Lookout Tower, W = M2 L4 - Fort.

Total Army = 636.

Tribe 22 Human Bandits - Alignment - Chaotic Good.

Resources  = Large Fort. (x = 26, y = 11) PL3 F2 S1 River. NW = PL6 - Fort, NE = H4 F2 Village Lookout Tower,  E = PL4 F2 Village, SE =  M3 H2 F1 City & Lookout Tower.

Total Army = 649.

Tribe 30 Bosh Goblins - Alignment - Chaotic Evil.

Resources = Capital (x = 21, y = 06) H6 Built on Ruined City Lookout Tower, NW = P6 - Village  & Necropolis,  NE = PL3 F3 City, E =C4  City Port (No ships), SE = Lowland 5 F1 Castle, SW = C4 Village, W = PL5 F1 Village.

Total Army = 1197.

Tribe 34 Snotlings - Alignment -Neutral.

Resources = Capital (x = 19, y = 13) Lowland 4 Lake 2 , NW = PL6 - Fort,  NE = PL6 

Village & Temple to Neptune, E =PL3 L3 Village, SE = Lowland 1 Lake 5 Barren, SW = C4 Fort, W =PL6 Ruin.

Army = ____ Total.

Tribe 35 Bash Orks - Alignment - Chaotic Evil.

Resources = Capital (x = 26, y = 07) Lowland 6 Wizard, NW = PL5 F1 - Fort & Necropolis,  NE = PL5 F1 Castle & Road NE, E =PL4 F2 Village, SE = Lowland 5 F1 Castle & Wizard, SW = C4 Fort, W =PL6 Ruin.

Army = ____ Total.

Tribe 62 Orks - Alignment - Chaotic Evil.

Resources = Capital (x = 46, y = 20) C6 Built on a Ruined town -  W, NW = PL6 - City,  NE = PL6 -  Village, E = H2 L4 - Fort, SE = L3 F3 - Fort, SW = C4 - Barren Port, W = H3 F3 -Village.

Army = ____ Total.

There are armies to add next and then I will start them off scouting in nearby Hexes.

Warhammer Mighty Empires by Rick Priestley and Nigel Stillman. (C) Copyright 1990 Games Workshop Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Warhammer Fantasy Battle Original Game Design by Rick Priestley, Richard Halliwell and Bryan Ansel. 

Third Edition:  by Rick Priestley and Jim Bambra. 

Additional Material: Richard Halliwell and Bryan Ansel. 

Copyright (C) 1987 Games Workshop Ltd and Citadel Miniatures.

Regards all,

Ivor Cogdell

Web Page Copyright (C) 2024 Ivor Cogdell.

Warhammer Mighty Empires (C) Project Preview

 Hi Everyone,

                       I have just started my draft of  Warhammer Mighty Empires (C) Campaign Turn One, set on my continent of Bjantfass, roughly 2571 years ago. The idea is to work out the kingdoms and provinces, put a name to some locations and battles, flesh out my timeline and work out who were the dominant players in history. This will be my first time using Mighty Empires.

Warhammer Mighty Empires by Rick Priestley and Nigel Stillman. is Copyright (C) 1990 Games Workshop Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 

Here is a look at the continent of Bjantfass. Copyright (C) 2024 Ivor Cogdell. It may not be geographically accurate and subject to change, but that's why it's a fantasy.

Some of the names are the current sector colour designations and other countries. I may be tweaking the border of Ellrostanne and other Sectors as events unfold. I may add settlements to the left and right areas too, as my timeline unfolds.

The continent of  Drennas is to the West, Jelv, Bretonia and Cathay are to the East. I have no plans to expand into those areas as yet.

I have not made up my mind whether to just use the ME points system to resolve battles on all conflicts or occasionally convert to Warhammer Fantasy Battle (C) armies and fight it out on the tabletop.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle Original Game Design by Rick Priestley, Richard Halliwell and Bryan Ansel. 

Third Edition:  by Rick Priestley and Jim Bambra. 

Additional Material: Richard Halliwell and Bryan Ansel. 

Copyright (C) 1987 Games Workshop Ltd and Citadel Miniatures.

Regards all,

Ivor Cogdell

 Copyright (C) 2024 Ivor Cogdell

Seasons Greetings - Updated 23.01.2024

 Hi Everybody,

                            I hope you all had a good festive season. I was mainly watching tutorials and battle reports on YouTube. I did get to see a few non-gamer mates too. I watched seasons 1-4 of The Expanse, which I can highly recommend, the books are very good. Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey is the first in the series, I believe.

                              I have been flicking through Mighty Empires and printed out the rules, (I need more ink before I can do Rally) and "Rally Round the King" since the "Old World" has been revamped in the new books and models that are coming out. I will not be getting the updated versions as I have Version 1 and 6 of Fantasy Battles, not to mention that they cost a bundle. 

I do want to find my mini bat rep photos before I start anything new. I think my monitor is on the way out too.

Regards all,

Ivor Cogdell