Since our campaign began for Thaw of the Lich Lord, we've found that Frostgrave is a very tight ruleset. Indeed, each rules question we ran across has been answered in the Errata & FAQ from Osprey Wargames. We've been playing the game according to the rules as written in the main Rulebook, and there hasn't really been an issue we've seen to cause a problem save one. Namely, permanent wizard death.
It wouldn't be an issue in an open or long-term campaign, but we've traditionally ran timed campaigns and tracked individual player win / loss records. It causes an issue when your wizard dies if we're keeping track of certain information (like experience points). If you're reset to 0 in certain respects, how can you manage to make it up before the end of the campaign?
We decided not to subject anyone else to a 0-sum after I suffered as the club guinea pig for having their wizard killed (R.I.P. Arzoz Maurz, Most Annoying Illusionist). After casting around on the internet looking to see if anyone else had come to this conclusion, we quickly found that we were not alone. After examining a few of the rulesets, we've decided to integrate the popular JustPlay Frostgrave Rules Changes wholesale, both Recommended and Optional. This cleans up all the questions we had very nicely, including giving us a nice structure for the Out-of-Game turns as well.
In addition to these changes, we're adding several official Frostgrave expansions to the ol' chopping block this season: Sellsword, Dark Alchemy and Hunt for the Golem. Consider these expansions to be legal in any Wargate campaign where one of the scenarios is listed. For our current game, these are all legal as of now - including the ability to include Captains in your lists. Now you can finally make use of that section of the wizard sheet!
As for the smaller campaigns, Dark Alchemy and Hunt for the Golem, the scenarios take their place in the current order as shown on the Frostgrave campaign page. In addition, Dark Alchemy replaces the potion rules immediately. The campaigns can generally be undertaken by players as they wish, any limits will be denoted in the season's own campaign rules.
Lots of folks are frothing at the mouth for Frostgrave around these parts! We'll see a large campaign update this weekend as new combatants enter the fray. I wonder what level we'll end the season around? Get your wizard leveled now, and we'll see you on Game Day!
