wolfshadegm Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Over the years, my wife tried Warhammer Fantasy and found it unappealing. But with the change to AoS she wanted to give it another try so we could play games together. We played a small demo, just to get her acquainted with the rules and assess if she would enjoy playing more. And she did! So now we are planning a long, slow burn action RPG AoS narrative campaign for us to play. The plan is for her to start with a single hero; a brave young woman bent on saving her village that is trapped in a realm filled with daemons and undead and chaos. As she hunts for additional help, she'll find other heroes and brave individuals willing to follow her. By the end, she'll be commanding a whole force that will fight through hordes of chaos to get back to and defend her village--with the goal of using magic to move the village to a safer place. I'll share rules that I build for this campaign on this post. We plan to do it slowly as we'd like to paint the models we use and build as much scenery as we can stomach for the campaign. Neither of us are great painters, but I think we'll enjoy the campaign more if we put down models that aren't just bare grey plastic. So I'll also post pictures of parts of the campaign as they happen. I'll be ordering her hero soon, but it may be weeks or a month until we are able to start. Until then I'll start brainstorming ideas and sessions. Would love to hear from people that have also done this kind of action-RPG AoS campaign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HobbyHammer Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Never done one myself, so really looking forward to seeing what you come up with dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerox Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I myself never done a campaign like that. But the idea is awesome in my eyes. Hope it all works out as you planned it. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulsmith Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 This sounds really cool. I'd be intrigued to set up my own really, get people working on AOS stuff. Keep us informed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMonk Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Sounds great! Quality fun with your partner. Check out the Hinterland rules created by @bottle as it has a section for an ongoing, multi-player, small force campaign. Could give you some ideas for the beginning of the campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosmer Nightblade Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Sounds awesome I also very much like that this topic has a tag of 'wife' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chord Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Sounds good!! The All-Gates book has some times of war for campaigns, (Regiments of Renown , and abilities for Generals) that might be worth looking into as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshadegm Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Thanks for the kind words, all! I've been away from wargaming for a bit due to a move and changing jobs, but the ease of building a campaign like this is, to me, one of the truly brilliant aspects of Age of Sigmar. @StoneMonk I just took a peek at the Hinterlands and Realm Master Campaigns. You are right, some excellent work done there! I'll definitely be using elements of that, if not more. Thanks for the suggestion! And @bottle, incredible work, thanks! @chord Ah, thanks, I'll see if I can take a look at the book from some of the local gamers. I might have to grab that book, too! I've planned to make a framework of the campaign by this weekend, so I'll try to add a substantive update then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordova Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Sounds like an excellent idea - would love to see how it turns out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottle Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Yep, I am looking forward to hearing how this goes! Can't wait for an update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostian Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Be careful. I can only offer my humble personal story: I started my wife with a kind of narrative campaign at the end of 2015, but now she just wants to build killer lists and smash my face! "Don't tell me about your puny general that I'm just going to erase from existence next turn--roll your dice already so I can win!" I'm running the grand narrative event at NOVA this year, but she wants to play in the GT! But playing some games together, even painting together, is always a great experience to share. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thornshield Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 You might also want to check out the games @WarbossKurgan has been playing, which features small warbands full of character that immediately came to mind when reading your posts. @Devilreefman also runs these sort of games often too, best to chat with him on Twitter to pick his brain on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkbelly Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 An awesome idea! And thanks to everyone for the other tips as well. I think AoS has huge potential for this sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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