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“At the top of the shattered temple, did theacolytes work, bending and forging the ironuntil a device of pure evil was wrought -

the Soul Engine.”

In part one we gave you thebackground to our campaignbased on the South-West quarter

of Mordheim, the Death’s HeadDistrict, and the Temple of Morr. Inpart two we reveal the next part ofthe story, present the three specialscenarios used in the campaign andthe players’ warbands.

Steel yourselves, as we return toMordheim…

The Story So FarSoloman Vantor, High Priest of theTemple of Morr in Mordheim, waschanged by the cataclysmic eventssurrounding the landfall of the cometthe Hammer of Sigmar. Believing he,and only he, could minister to the deadand bind their souls so they might bedelivered unto Morr’s embrace,Soloman stayed behind after the cometstruck. He sent away his six closestfollowers to spare them and set aboutthe task of guiding the vast numbers ofthe dead to their final rest. But thewyrdstone shards expelled by the cometchanged him in ways he could not havepredicted. Now, instead of laying thesouls of the fallen to rest, he isgathering them…

From across the Empire, the six Priestseach received dream-visions that theybelieved to be from Morr himself,bidding them to return to the city. So itwas they ventured forth with warriorson toe to confront Soloman, but to whatpurpose only he knew.

The Dark Truth Revealed...Further and further did the Priests delve into theheart of the city, their allies with them, and graduallydid they uncover the true, insidious nature ofSoloman’s grand design and the depths of hismadness.

In the dark nights did Soloman send out his acolytes;creatures… ‘changed’ by exposure to wyrdstone, muchlike their master. Corpses they brought to him, all invarying stages of decomposition. Upon each didSoloman performed the rites of binding, but not toMorr’s arms and benefaction did he intern them. Ohno, for as well as breaking into crypts and digging upgraves to provide corpses, the acolytes scavenged theruins for hell-forged iron. This substance, much likeall of the cursed earth around Mordheim, was taintedby evil. At the top of the shattered temple, did theacolytes work, bending and forging the iron until adevice of pure evil was wrought – the Soul Engine.

Of Soloman’s own design, inspired by dark tomes hediscovered in the darkest reaches of the city, the SoulEngine, due to its hell-tainted origins, could trap andenslave souls - an energy so powerful that it couldraise a mere mortal to the lofty heights of godhood.This was at the heart of Soloman’s malfeasantambition, his desire to become as Morr himself, adeity, a soul reaper.

The light emanating from the temple, an eldritchluminescence bathing the city, came from theburgeoning Soul Engine. But in order to reach hisgoal and attain godhood, Soloman needed sixparticular souls, those that served a higher power,much like him. The six Priests whom he hadbanished from the city would be his candidates.Indeed, it was not Morr that bade them return to theCity of the Damned, it was Soloman. If he couldbring them to the city and destroy them, his dreaddesign would be complete. Yet, the Priests areunaware of it. Even battling amongst themselves asthey believe each of their former colleagues to bemotivated by nefarious purposes. As they close uponSoloman, they are unaware of his dark plan, and thatthey are inevitably walking straight into a trap…

Welcome fair traveller, to part two of our Mordheim campaign. Venture forth with the White Dwarfers and

friends as they descend into the City of the Damned to do battle with each other. Here is their tale…

Part two of a Mordheim campaign, by Nick Kyme and Andy Hall

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Rik: My inexperiencetook its toll early on inthe campaign as I lost

the opening two games,the first of which wasagainst the Possessed.

Despite having the highground and enough

crossbows to do the job, Iwas making post-game Injury rolls for my

entire warband, including the Priest.

Fortunately, my luck improved. In gamethree against Andy’s Reiklanders, I

despatched his captain with the first shot.After a heated bow exchange, Andy routed

and I claimed my first victory.

With just Christian’s Beastmen left, I'mwondering if spending 80 gold crowns on

an Ogre Bodyguard is such a good ideaagainst his Minotaur…

Nick: Five wins out offive – result! This isflattering though,considering how close alot of my games were…

The Undead were myfirst opponents. Atough game ensuedagainst Owen’s dead

men – I was taking Rout tests. But I clungon long enough and forced the Vampireto quit the field, but I lost two of myhapless Flagellants and was forced to paya king’s ransom for the return of one ofmy captured Heroes.

Against Kliver’s Men (Andy’s Reiklanders),I fought tactically and thanks to a flukeycombat round, gave his Heroes athrashing and won that game too.

Both games with Rik’s Dwarfs andChristian’s Beastmen ended withvoluntary routs – most unsatisfying.Taking on the Possessed was a hard fight,though. But the Witch Hunters prevailedand I go into the final game at fullstrength. No pressure, then.

Christian: My first game (I had never played before) wasagainst James’ more experienced Possessed warband. I cansay now that it was quite a learning curve. I came out a bitworse for wear, losing one of my Gors, but thankfullykeeping my 200 gold crown Minotaur who was flattened byone of the Possessed. Post game, I replaced the Gor with aBestigor, before tackling Owen’s Undead.

I would describe this game as cow-tastic, after whopping thehounds, the frenzied beast knocked the Vampire flat. I won

– go cow! After that I hadto tackle Nick’s superiorWitch Hunters – I gotloads of extra experiencefor this. My newlyaquired hounds weretaken out of action and Ifled before he hurt therest of my livestock.

Nick Kyme

Christian Byrne

Billgee and Greg: LowlyDregs are weak in combat

but valuable forExploration after the game.

Carnak and Voranth: The Beastman Chieftain and Bestigor are the Heroes in this warband.

Malachias von Carstein: Owen’s Captain is awesome inclose combat, with 2 Attacks and a Strength of 5 using

his halberd.

Cramner: The Necromancer has the Spell ofAwakening allowing him to make dead enemy Heroes

into zombies!

A great weapon adds +2 to awarrior’s Strength.

Goat Boys: Gors are tough fighters with WS4 and T4.

Minotaur: If frenzied, theMinotaur has a monstrous

seven Attacks.

Owen: Five games,three wins andMalacias lives!

With Sprint,Malacias can nowkeep pace with theDire Wolves. Withtwo S5, WS 5attacks there’s not

much opposition, his only match sofar, the bovine beauty that is Byrax’sMinotaur.

A lowly Dreg, Blidun, nearly becamea legend. Playing the Possessed,Blidun was charged by one of thegang’s namesakes. He avoided thebeast’s claws and promptly took himout. Then Blidun charged theMagister and nailed him too! Was hedestined for great things? Nick,however, crushed my euphoria bykilling him in the next game.

Owen Rees

Skull Flayers Mordant Men

Carnak’s BonebreakersTreasure Hunters of

Karaz Skarrenruf

Rik Turner

Cranium Crackers:Zombies are fairly poorwarriors but a cheapand effective meat shieldthat raise a warband’sRout threshold.

The Black Hounds: Dire Wolves are very fast with a charge of 18".On the charge they get +1 Attack too, making them deadly.

Thorgrek: Rik’s Thane has a high Leadership of 9,making the warband difficult to Rout.

Axlings: The axe and hammer combination of Rik’s Beardlings add +1 Attack. Spearlings: With spears theBeardlings will strike first, even if charged. Antonio: With BS4 the Tilean Marksman is a deadly shot.

Thandul & Gaine: Fearless in combat, Rik’s Slayers will charge any foe.

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Rasmussen: The Engineer in the warbandincreases the ranges of all Dwarf weapons by +6".

A hammer is a goodweapon against toughopponents that arehard to injure. It stunsan enemy on a 2-4, insteadof a 3-4.

Dietrich Häller Faber DamanskHeinrich Rauter

Gunther Valstaff Raminov von Berek

The Penitent: Flagellants are hardy fighters with S4 and T4.

Witch Sniffers: At WS4 and S4, Warhounds are tough in packs.

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One of the oldest places in Mordheim,Executioner’s Square was named for obviousreasons, the daily executions were a crowd pullermaking the area busy and surrounding businessessuccessful. Now the gallows and chopping blockstand deserted amongst the rubble. SinceMordheim’s downfall the many victims ofExecutioner’s square – the guilty and innocentalike - have returned as restless spirits eager toscream their anger at all who pass or linger.

Both warbands have come toExecutioner’s Square with one purpose –to fight. Such places are often the arenafor so-called ‘pitched battles’, open,bloody and vicious. Little do they realiseof the latent spirits, yearning to venttheir anger against them.

terrainThis scenario is played on a 4'x4' playingarea as normal. No buildings can be placedin a central 2'x2' area although they can beplaced along this boundary as thisrepresents the square. Rubble pieces andother such flotsam can be placed inaround the square as normal. In the centreof the square, place a piece of terrain torepresent the gallows and/or choppingblock. Place terrain in the remaininggaming area as normal. The scenarioworks best if this is particularly dense.

set-upEach player rolls a D6. The player with thehighest score decides which warband setsup first. In the case of a tie, the warbandwith the lowest rating may choose. Thefirst player chooses the table edge he

wants to set up on, and places all of hiswarriors within 8" of it. His opponent thensets up within 8" of the opposite edge.

starting the gameBoth players roll a D6. The player withhighest score takes the first turn. If theresult is a tie the player with the smallerwarband, in terms of actual models, maychoose to go first or second.

special rulesAnger of the Damned: The restless spiritsof Executioner’s Square vent their eternalanger at any who roam in or close to thesquare. They manifest as concentrated andviolent gusts of wind; the howling is theirscreams of rage. At the beginning of eachplayers turn roll a D6. On a roll of 1 thespirits stay silent and nothing happens thisturn. If the result is a 2 or more a spiritattacks. If the number is even (2,4,6) thenthe player whose turn it is must chooseone of his warriors to be attacked. If thenumber is odd (3,5) then his opponentmust choose one of the controllingplayer’s warriors to be attacked. Note it isalways the player whose turn it is that isattacked by spirits, the only difference iswhether or not he or his opponentchooses the affected model.

An attacked warrior is automatically hit bya Strength 2 attack (no armour modifiers)and is blown directly backwards D6". If anattacked warrior is in an elevated positionsuch as a gantry or an upper floor of abuilding then there is a good chance he

may be blown off and if this is the casetreat the model as falling. If a model isblown into a piece of terrain (such as amound of rubble or the wall of a building)or blown into another warrior, friend orfoe, then the warrior (or both warriors if ithits another model) is knocked down butmay get up at the start of his next turnshould he survive.

ending the gameWhen one of the warbands fails its Routtest, the game ends. The routing warbandloses and their opponents win.

experience+1 Survives. If a Hero or Henchmangroup survives the battle.

+1 Wining Leader. The Leader of thewinning Warband gains +1 Experience.

+1 Per Enemy Out of Action. A Herogains +1 Experience for each enemy heputs out of action.

+1 Trophy from the Square. If a Heromanages to stay on the gallows (or thepiece of terrain representing the gallows)at the centre of the square for onecomplete turn then he gains +1Experience.

Scenario: executioner’s square

Mordheim’s Gaol was not only usedto imprison the city’s criminals butthose of the surrounding areas. Evenwith the daily executions that tookplace in Executioner’s Square thecrumbling building was literally fullof society’s detritus from thehumble debtor to callous murderers.When the comet crashed into thecity, a great crack fractured theGaol in half allowing the fewsurviving prisoners to escape.However, even two years laterrumours persist that someone orsomething still inhabits the darkrecesses of its inner sanctum.

The battle in the Gaol grounds is aSkirmish. Both Warbands have happenedupon the area at the same time and arefighting it out for control, so they canloot it. Little do they realise the presenceof the dreaded ‘Warden’…

terrainChoose any one neutral table edge of a4'x4' area and place a large ruined buildingon the chosen table edge just on the table.This represents a part of the Gaol. The restof the gaming area represents the Gaolgrounds and terrain should be set up in amutually agreeable manner.

set-upEach player rolls a D6. The player with thehighest score decides which warband setsup first. In the case of a tie, the warbandwith the lowest rating decides. The firstplayer chooses the table edge he wants toset up on, and places all of his warriorswithin 8" of it. His opponent then sets upwithin 8" of the opposite edge. Playerscannot choose the table edge that has theGaol building on or the edge opposite theGaol.

starting the gameBoth players roll a D6. The player with thehighest score takes the first turn. TheWarden and the Inmates (see below) take aturn after both players have had their turnand are effectively a third player ie, afterthe last player has finished his turn, theWarden and the Inmates get their firstturn. Play then continues as normal.

special rulesThe Warden and his Lackeys: Hiddenwithin the dark recesses of the Gaol is athing known by local scavengers andwarbands as ‘The Warden’. No one knowswhat it once was; some say it was a largeguard dog, others that it is a bonded andmutated group of prison guards. Whateverits true origins, the Warden now wandersthe ruins of the Gaol feeding off anyfoolish enough to enter its realm. TheWarden is served by a group of ‘Inmates’ –surviving convicts of the cataclysm sincedriven mad. They will attack and captureany in their wake so their master may feed.

The Inmates have the same stats as a Dreg,you can also use Dreg models to representInmates on the tabletop. There are threeInmates in the scenario; they will worktogether as a mob and must stay within 2"of each other at all times. They will movetowards – and charge, if in range – thenearest warrior. If the Inmates manage toinjure a warrior then ignore the out ofaction result on the Injury table, instead

the warrior will be treated as stunned forD3 turns. Whilst a warrior is stunned theInmates will carry the warrior towards theWarden (unless impeded by being charged,etc) at a rate of 4" (they cannot charge orrun whilst carrying the warrior). Note thattwo Inmates can carry the warrior withoutreduction in their movement, however, ifreduced to one Inmate then the remainingInmate can only move 2" a turn. If theyreach the Warden in time, the stunnedwarrior is consumed. The warrior is takenout of action and is considered dead forthe purposes of the campaign.

The Warden has the same statistics andabilities as a Possessed with two randommutations (players should decide therandomisation method for themselves).You can also use a Possessed model or anyChaos Spawn miniature to represent theWarden on the tabletop (we used a ChaosTroll – Ed) The Warden will move towards– and charge, if in range – the nearestwarrior. If it wins a combat it will movetowards the next nearest warrior.

NOTE: Both the Warden and the Inmatesall start the game within the Gaol andmove out of this building towards thewarriors that are closest to it at first andthen the warrior that is closest to them, asdescribed in the rules above.

If a Hero enters the Gaol and remainsthere until the end of the game he willgain +1 dice for Exploration (even if anenemy warrior is present).

Scenario: the gaolending the game

When one of the warbands fails its Routtest, the game ends. The routing Warbandloses and their opponents win.

experience+1 Survives. If a Hero or Henchmangroup survives the battle.

+1 Winning Leader. The Leader of thewinning warband gains +1 Experience.

+1 Per Enemy Out of Action. A Herogains +1 Experience for each enemy heputs out of action (this includes theInmates).

+2 Slaying the Warden. Should a Heroor Henchman group put the Warden out ofaction they gain +2 Experience.

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NEXT MONTH:

Scenario: the cemetery of st.vollerA grim and foreboding place, the Cemetery ofSt Voller had a dire reputation even before thecomet struck and changed Mordheim forever.Now, the cemetery is a haunted place, where thedead do not rest easy. Indeed, many of thegraves are open and the numerous tombs andmausoleums of the city’s more opulent patrons,cracked like rotting wounds. Though whetherthis is from the attentions of ambitious graverobbers or the stirrings of the unquiet dead,who knows…

One warband is out searching thecemetery’s grounds for loot, in part attheir Priest’s behest and to pilfer whatremains on the corpses of the rich andinfluential. The cemetery, though, is vastand the warband spread thin. In theshadows of a vast statue, depicting thecemetery’s patron they are set upon byanother warband, lying in wait…

terrainStarting with the attacker, each playertakes it in turn to place a piece of terrain.As the warbands are battling in a cemetery,there should be a large number of graves,mausoleums, tombs etc. Some of these canbe erected on mounds and some shouldbe open. In the centre of the battlefieldshould be a large statue – the imagerepresenting St. Voller. We suggest that theterrain is set up in an area roughly 4'x4'.

set-upThis battle is essentially based on theSurprise Attack scenario in the Mordheimrulebook. As such the set-up is identical tothat of this scenario, found on page 133 ofthe Mordheim rulebook.

starting the gameThe attacker always gets the first turn.However, if the warband has either WyatLagus or Borin Fatalismus as their Priest,they will automatically get the first turninstead. Note if both warbands have thisPriest, then the attacker goes first.

special rulesSee page 133 of the Mordheim rulebookfor details of when the defender’sreinforcements arrive.

Open graves: Open graves are treated likebeing on the edge of a ledge for warriorswithin 1" of them. If a model falls into anopen grave they suffer a Strength 2 hit andmust climb 2" to get out next turn.

The Unquiet Dead: After each player hastaken a turn and always rolling at the startplayer’s turn who went first, roll a D6. Ona roll of 1 or 2, D3+1 zombies (these arethe same as the Undead warbandHenchmen on page 89 of the Mordheimrulebook) emerge from the graves. These

models are be placed by the player withthe lowest warband rating within 1" of anygrave. The zombies don’t move and attackuntil the end of the second player’s turn.They will always move towards the nearestmodel, choosing a living one, if they areequidistant, and charging if possible. Note,they will even attack other Undead modelsbut not if they are also the Unquiet Dead.

The Statue of St. Voller: ThoughMordheim is lost and a wholly depravedplace, the spirit of St. Voller still exertssome guardianship over the cemetery. Anyof the Unquiet Dead that rise from thegraves may not move within 3" of thestatue as its holy aura repels them.

ending the gameThe game ends when one warband fails aRout test. The routing warband loses.

experience+1 Survives. If a Hero or Henchmangroup survives the battle they gain +1Experience.

+1 Winning Leader. The leader of thewinning warband gains +1 Experience.

+1 Per Enemy Out of Action. A Herogains +1 Experience for each enemy (andUnquiet Dead) he puts out of action.

The final battleof the campaign!