Blood on the Blade - 2nd Edition
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Blood on the Blade - 2nd Edition is the newest release of Blood on the Blade¸ a micro but complete set of rules for solitaire or co-op skirmish game set on a fantasy background.
"Micro” refers to the small set of rules¸ the small time required to complete one game session and the small number of miniatures required (4-10 figures being a common range). Many micro-details are left to the player¸ only the "important” rules are included in the twelve pages of the game.
The game includes ten Scenarios¸ covering classical wargame scenes like searching for loot¸ attacking an enemy base¸ defending your territory¸ freeing prisoners. Event markers placed on the Map will create the needed Fog of War and randomize the placement of enemies¸ events and of course loot!
Scenarios can be played individually or as part of a Campaign game: in this case a flowchart will (randomly) determine the next mission; as an example¸ after a "Scout” mission a bad roll could send your characters on the "Ambush” scenario. Characters on a Campaign will be able to improve their characteristics¸ but with the improvement of the Reputation Level of your Warband¸ your enemies will also become stronger.
Activation of units (friendly and enemies) is managed with a pool of activation markers¸ but you can never be sure that every unit will be activated. When an "Enemy” marker is drawn by the pool you will roll on the ENEMY ACTIVATION table in the current Scenario to determine the unit to activate and its orders.
The rules can easily be used for non-fantasy games (Middle-Ages/Dark Ages).
*** What's new in the second edition ***
Mounted Characters rules New Enemies (Demons¸ Giants¸ Elves) Revised Enemies (Araknos¸ Lizardmen¸ Major Undeads) New Character Advancements Flasks and Potion rules Flying and Mounted Enemies Event Marker activation rules (EM are not any more static) Larger Loot Tables New Spells New Challenge: Boss Fight! (against a single "Boss" Enemy of course) Companions
CONTENTS
Game Rules
10 Scenarios
19 Enemy Sheets - more than 70 Enemies
1 Sheet of characters for DYO scenario
6 Ready to play Characters
2 Character sheets
6 Table sheets
2 Campaign Rosters
1 Campaign Sheet
32 markers
Additional free components for the game are available on the Studium CMLXV site