Willkommen zu Wissenland!

     It's time to begin a new campaign here at the Wargate!  On February 1st, we begin Willkommen zu Wissenland!, a Warhammer Warbands campaign.  The rules for the campaign have gone up on the Warhammer Fantasy page, so you can check those out when you get a chance.  I wanted to take the opportunity to explain some of the design decisions made during the planning of this new campaign.

     First of all, you might notice that the campaign has almost three times as many games in it as the last campaign.  I've chosen to go the long form this time for several reasons.  First, we've got a lot of new players. Second, it's still a relatively new ruleset for a lot of us.  Third, it's an escalation campaign.  Fourth, we have more players than our last campaign.  A lot of the games will be really fast, especially at first.  As the warbands grow larger, it will take longer to do your games, but not too long as the cap is 1000 points.  

     One of the great reasons to take the long form is so new units can be added to the armies as we go along, and we'll no doubt feature a few of these here on the Wargate.  I wanted to allow a little more time to get into the game and our armies.  We'll be building a lot of the background which we'll be using in the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, just like we use the Mardannon Sector for Warhammer 40,000.

     The campaign's time limit is set.  It will run from February 1st to June 1st, so we have four months to get in all our battles.  At the end of that time, or if we finish all the battles before then, the campaign is over and the player with the highest point value wins the campaign!  We'll see what happens if someone manages to tie.  Who knows what sort of treasure the victors will uncover as they reap the spoils of victory in Wissenland!

     I have to apologize for the slow rate of posts these days, but I'm going to try to keep up a rather demanding posting schedule, even if I always miss my deadlines!  Make sure to leave us some comments if you have something to say about the new campaign, or if you just want to talk smack on your opponents!