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A new narrative Age of Sigmar event in Walsall UK, just coming up in Oct 1-2! There's a few tickets left! “A Shadow in the West” is a new narrative event hosted by Nacho Momma’s Wargaming Club. This year’s extravaganza, the Tragedy of Macdeath, is a two day, narrative-driven Age of Sigmar event, with all of the action occurring in the Realm of Shadow: Ulgu. Players will team up into two factions, and battle their opponents for control of the five Counties of New Albion. The teams will also have to manage food and wealth resources, as well as collect clues to unravel the mystery of who killed king Macdeath! http://wearetheneon.com/2022/09/14/a-shadow-in-the-west-the-tragedy-of-macdeath-a-new-narrative-event-in-walsall-uk-1st-2nd-oct-2022/

A world-wide narrative campaign in Rondhol, the continent of raging rivers in Ghur, will be starting on The Great Weave, on the 12th of September 2022. A floating city, ruins & monsters, corsair fleets and a vampire mafia: it's got a lot to sink your teeth in! With an emphasis on relaxed gameplay, exploratory storytelling, and emotional loss – you can expect a long-lasting campaign that will be easy to jump into as well as keep up with, with all the bells and whistles that you’d expect from an online, multi-game system event. Games of AgeofSigmar, Warcry, Soulbound, as well as hobby and writing submissions, all contribute to advance the story! The Backdrop: The floating Dawnbringer city of Khardihr has been heading towards a valley recently emerged from the depths: the Furyoth Dell, rich with the ruins of a lost civilization of the Age of Myth. Interest in the location is also increasing outside the city, and soulblight vampires as well as chaos reaver fleets have started to mobilize, to consolidate their power around the routes to the heart or Rhondol. The prophets of Destruction and self-appointed guardian-conquerors of Ghur oppose the advance of these intruders, and have taken to sailing the raging rivers to raze all traces of civilization encroaching on their territory. Click HERE for more details about the campaign.

Upcoming Age of Sigmar Narrative Events this Spring. Sign up, you might still get a ticket! Find more at wearetheneon.com. Are you running a Narrative Event yourself? Let us know and we'll get the word out there.

The Path to Story podcast (by the The Mortal Realms network) brings you "The Hungering Steppe," a narrative #AgeofSigmar worldwide campaign! It will focus on the Path to Glory system & encourages players to explore new aspects of their armies' narratives. Kicks off Jan 31st! We spoke to the lead NEO, Will Simpson (@SevvirElon) , about what players can expect and be able to do in this new campaign. http://wearetheneon.com/2022/01/19/the-hungering-steppe-a-narrative-aos-path-to-glory-worldwide-campaign-jan-31st-may-1st/

BIG narrative Age of Sigmar battles at Shorehammer convention! 2-4 December. Two BIG, massive battles: one consisting only of Behemoths and big models, and another being a massive pitched battle between two factions, with special missions for each table. Here is the interview with the convention organizer and NEO, the famed Pimpcron: https://wearetheneon.com/2021/11/29/age-of-sigmar-big-battles-at-shorehammer-2021-dec-2-5-ocean-city-md-usa/

'Campaign Wars: War of the Wood' is a new worldwide Age of Sigmar campaign by Dice Sagas, involving various new conflicts within the Interstice pocket Realm. Participate with battle reports, hobby, written stories, and voting on tactical decisions! In collaboration with The Great Weave (the master platform for narrative Age of Sigmar creations run by NEO Keegan West @HorizonsLackey), players have uploaded and shared their creations for others to see and build upon, and the Insterstice has grown with players’ stories and new explorers setting up house and shop in this wild unstable land. We interviewed the NEOs (Narrative Event Organizers) Christian and Matt on what players can expect from this. https://wearetheneon.com/2021/11/22/campaign-wars-war-of-the-wood-worlwide-narrative-campaign-dice-sagas-started-20-nov-2021/ Find Dice Sagas on: Twitter Facebook Instagram Discord

There is a new podcast focusing on Narrative Play in the Age of Sigmar! Specifically, on the Path to Glory system of the new 3.0 edition: - how the rules work, - how to best explore the system options, - how to create ongoing army narratives. A new show from the Mortal Realms podcast network, who have blazed a path through the narrative since the beginning of Age of Sigmar! Here is an INTERVIEW with the hosts of the show, and what you can expect from their antics and conversations!

New narrative event in Milford, MA USA (between Boston MA and Providence RI), on the 26th Nov 2021! This narrative event will be a struggle to control the Bloodgullet Mawpath: this place of power in the Realm of Beasts has conjured up a storm for reasons unknown, siphoning the winds of magic into itself. During this event, players will be able to gather artefacts and channel the wild energies of the storm vortex! Wild spells flying, digging for artefacts, and Grand Wizards and Priests will try to control the magical Vortex! Before Destruction is too empowered... Details and interview: https://wearetheneon.com/2021/11/10/age-of-sigmar-black-friday-narrative-event-the-bloodgullet-mawpath-26-nov-2021-milford-ma-usa Event page (rules and registration): https://facebook.com/events/s/black-friday-aos-narrative/253697463382689/

Event Title: Age of Sigmar Black Friday Narrative Event – The Bloodgullet Mawpath. Milford MA, USA Event Author: WeAreTheNEON Calendar: Events USA Event Date: 11/26/2021 11:00 AM New narrative event in Milford, MA USA (between Boston MA and Providence RI), on the 26th Nov 2021! This narrative event will be a struggle to control the Bloodgullet Mawpath: this place of power in the Realm of Beasts has conjured up a storm for reasons unknown, siphoning the winds of magic into itself. During this event, players will be able to gather artefacts and channel the wild energies of the storm vortex! Wild spells flying, digging for artefacts, and Grand Wizards and Priests will try to control the magical Vortex! Before Destruction is too empowered... Event page (rules and registration): https://facebook.com/events/s/black-friday-aos-narrative/253697463382689/ Age of Sigmar Black Friday Narrative Event – The Bloodgullet Mawpath. Milford MA, USA

A new Narrative Play Age of Sigmar podcast - ‘Seriously Narrative’ Matt & Renee are veteran narrative players & NEOs, and bring us lore discussions, army background writing, interviews, painting, game organizing tips and narrative readings! Matt and Renee Tucker are both avid narrative gamers from Maryland, USA, who have built up a big narrative gaming group and league play there, in collaboration with their local gaming store, teaching new players coming into the hobby. They have been playing and creating gaming experiences for other players for years now. Both of them are also long-time alumni of the NOVA Open Grand Narrative event. Year after year they joined the event and brought more people to it. Read the article here: https://wearetheneon.com/2021/10/17/new-narrative-play-age-of-sigmar-podcast-seriously-narrative/ You can find the SERIOUSLY NARRATIVE podcast here, or wherever magical app/website you can find your podcasts!

Path to Glory - Discovery: a new Age of Sigmar campaign, with live interactive narrative games on NarrativeLabs, the premier streaming channel for live narrative games of Age of Sigmar! This will be a Path to Glory campaign where the audience can directly influence the battles live on Twitch, and contribute to the strategic decisions of their favorite force in the campaign through the private strategy channels, with their own hobby creations! NarrativeLabs has been streaming live narrative games for more than a year, and has given us gems such as the mega-gargant Jor-Syf’s “Amazing Technicolor Dream Quest”, the deathtrap “Vaults of Nessalam”, the “Thwaki Races” chariot racing game, the cinematic “Siege of Barelia”, and many more. Now, for the next two months, NarrativeLabs, in collaboration with The Great Weave, invites all Age of Sigmar gamers, Soulbound roleplayers and lore enthusiasts to join the 3 guest players who will command the Explorers’ forces in the studio, who will fight for the island of Concendia, in Ghyran. There will be the usual live audience interactivity and worldbuilding on Discord, but this time viewers are invited to submit their own hobby creations and character lore, to interact directly with the main players and the storyline as supporting cast, via the Great Weave platform and Discord. Check out the interview with Martin Neal-Price, the NEO mastermind for the event and host of NarrativeLabs. Hope you join us!

3 Empires - Wasteland Warfare: The Dauntless Divide. Nov 5th 2021, Las Vegas USA 3 teams, 2 army lists per player, conquer territory, themed battlefields, and the dreaded 'NEO's Hand of Doom' special rules! This narrative event will be a war between 3 ambitious kingdoms, on an interactive map of the Dauntless Divide itself, a small continent set in the Realm of Fire. The 3 Empires have kept to the words of a peace treaty so far, but only on the surface. It hasn’t stopped them from each raising armies of their own and preparing for a grand campaign at the Treaty’s expiration. This event is part of the Wasteland Games Weekend. Overview Article: https://wearetheneon.com/2021/10/08/new-narrative-event-3-empires-wasteland-warfare-the-dauntless-divide-nov-5th-2021-las-vegas-usa/ You can find the Event Rules page here for more details and tickets.

Event Title: 3 Empires – Wasteland Warfare: The Dauntless Divide Event Author: WeAreTheNEON Calendar: Events USA Event Date: 11/05/2021 12:00 AM 3 Empires - Wasteland Warfare: The Dauntless Divide. Nov 5th 2021, Las Vegas USA 3 teams, 2 army lists per player, conquer territory, themed battlefields, and the dreaded 'NEO's Hand of Doom' special rules! This narrative event will be a war between 3 ambitious kingdoms, on an interactive map of the Dauntless Divide itself, a small continent set in the Realm of Fire. The 3 Empires have kept to the words of a peace treaty so far, but only on the surface. It hasn’t stopped them from each raising armies of their own and preparing for a grand campaign at the Treaty’s expiration. This event is part of the Wasteland Games Weekend. Overview Article: https://wearetheneon.com/2021/10/08/new-narrative-event-3-empires-wasteland-warfare-the-dauntless-divide-nov-5th-2021-las-vegas-usa/ You can find the Event Rules page here for more details and tickets. 3 Empires – Wasteland Warfare: The Dauntless Divide

Event Title: Animosity Weekender 2021 @ SoCal Open 2021: The Ghosts of Amasya Event Author: WeAreTheNEON Calendar: Events USA Event Date: 10/23/2021 12:00 AM to 10/24/2021 12:00 AM A new narrative 2-day event will take place at the SoCal Open, in Del Mar, California USA (San Diego area), on the 23-24 October 2021! This narrative event will be part of the Weekender global event (details coming soon) from Animosity Campaigns , where players from all over the world can contribute to how the story unfolds. Now, at the SoCal Open, players will be able to experience the battlefields and drama between the two warring factions first hand! It will be a war for the ruined holy city of Amasya in Ghyran, believed lost for centuries in the Age of Chaos… with the Hammerhal Reclamation claiming one side of the city… and the hordes of Da Maw dat Walkz the other. You can find the Event Rules pack here for more details. Animosity Weekender 2021 @ SoCal Open 2021: The Ghosts of Amasya

A new worldwide narrative event for Age of Sigmar is starting in just a week away! The Vurm-Tai campaign runs from 9th-27th September 2021, through The Great Weave website. If you missed Animosity III, or have already recovered from it and are bored out of your Mork-muscle, ‘The Vurm-Tai campaign’ is here to shake things up! And it’s BIG! How do I participate? Players from around the world can play games of Age of Sigmar, Warcry or Soulbound, locally with their friends or over the internet, set in the events of the campaign, by choosing one of the available Quests as an objective. The Plot A gargantuan worm has been diverted from its migratory route in Ghur, and will now pass right “through” the free city of Nassollotyl. This city is… well, a city in two parts, built on the backs of two massive Godbeasts, who meet in a VERY regular migration pattern. And a new Dawnbringer Crusade is set to launch onto the worm's back as iit passes... and opportunistic warbands are coming from all over to take advantage of the chaos. Collaborative storytelling and teamwork Organize your local group or meet other narrative players across the world through Discord to plan and coordinate attack strategies. Many of us are already chatting and introducing our armies, and weaving our Path to Glory advances into the story of Vurm-Tai, as our armies/warbands arrive on the scene. READ MORE DETAILS AND HOW TO JOIN (click here)!

The Worldwide Narrative Event for Age of Sigmar is back! What better way to kick off the new edition of Age of Sigmar, and new Narrative Play rules like Path to Glory, than the return of this massive global event? Last year, more than 90 players from all across the world clashed in a Shyishian underworld. Now, Team Animosity has again opened the doors for gaming groups to participate in a grand scale narrative, and for hobbyists, writers and artists to engage in it together, from the comfort of their homes. GLOBAL COLLABORATIVE STORYTELLING Animosity Campaigns is where choose-your-own-adventure meets "submit any hobby/game/writing/art". And still fully compatible with social distancing. It is a global collaborative storytelling event, with contributions from players around the world steering the direction of the plot and their personal narratives making their way into a grand story arc. Players are able to participate in Animosity Campaigns through whatever way they enjoy their hobby the most: (safe) games of Age of Sigmar and Warcry, Soulbound roleplay sessions, painted and/or converted models, diorama photography of a battle set-up, written short stories, drawn artwork and even cosplay! In this year’s storyline, players’ armies, warbands and characters have been hired by the Satraps of the Prime Dominion: a reclusive aelven kingdom at the edge of Hysh, the Realm of Light. Settled by a splinter culture of Lumineth descendants, the Iscarneth, they have come up with their own interpretations of aelven culture after the destruction of the Spirefall. Recent events have set the Satraps against each other in a bid for power and ambition, leading their respective provinces in a struggle for control of the Prime Dominion. Now, all sorts of groups have been flooding into this land, as the Satraps are paying well and are not very picky over whose blades fight for their cause. HOW IT ALL WORKS At its most bare-bones, each Campaign Turn you submit something (games played, hobby, writing, artwork or even cosplay!), connecting it to the story, and your submissions help your Coalition win and will shape the Unfolding Narrative of the Campaign. Coalitions are player teams in conflict with one another: you can talk tactics with your team, write group narratives together, and engage other Coalitions in battle- or even through diplomacy, in the Animosity Discord server. As a core mechanic of Animosity Campaigns, each Coalition is led by a charismatic non-player character we call a Figurehead, to whom your character has pledged allegiance in exchange for riches, influence or secrets. Players sign up for the Coalition of their choice, in Discord server: they represent hired armies and warbands supporting a particular Figurehead, which is one of the Satraps of the Prime Dominion. Each turn, players will be presented with a choice of Narrative Paths on how to best help their Coalition. They then submit “Reports” in support of their Coalition's efforts through the Animosity Campaigns Report form, choosing one of these Narrative Paths with each report, as well as sharing their contribution for that turn and how it fits into the story. Team Animosity then aggregates all of these together into one grand Unfolding Narrative, using the players’ interpretation of the setting and their acts of daring-do to flesh out the events that occur. Players can also engage in strategizing and sharing short stories in their Coalition’s private Discord channel, where many have already started developing their characters’ personal backstories & narratives. This year, we also have two channels dedicated to in-character roleplay, representing two rival food establishments in the capital city of Iscarion: ‘The Epicurean’ and ‘Five Guys, Nurgle & Flies’. They function as information brokers and an in-game method for players to ask questions about the Prime Dominion and its politics. There will be five Campaign Turns, each lasting for a week: 4 days for players to submit Reports, and 3 days for Animosity Team to compile them into the Unfolding Narrative as well as next Turn’s Paths). COMPETE NARRATIVELY AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS ONLINE Animosity Campaigns has been around since the days of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. For almost a decade, it brought cooperative storytelling and intense strategy on a grand scale to Warhammer players around the world. Since 2019, Team Animosity has worked to reinvent this incredible experience for Age of Sigmar and a new generation of players, with even more ways to participate. Most notably, Animosity III is not a map campaign. Although there is a map, it exists for narrative purposes and as a playing ground for player’s stories and battles. Our Setting page has a number of interesting locations, guilds and businesses that players can use to craft their stories and as plots in their Soulbound sessions. Coalitions win- or lose- the campaign by how successfully their Coalition navigates the Unfolding Narrative, and the impact their choices have on the setting itself. The more Reports you put into a Narrative Path in a turn, the more likely it will be successful. There will always be an enemy Coalition opposing them, meaning players will be going head-to-head with other players from the top of Turn 1.There is no clean, numerical scoring regarding objectives: players will need to read the narrative and make their best guess. Finally, the impact of player’s choices will be felt long-term as the campaign progresses, and shapes the story of future Animosity Campaigns. Beyond the campaign narrative, there are a large number of player achievements we will recognize at the end of the campaign too, such as best hobby, best written story, biggest MVP for their faction, as well as awards for creative problem-solving and most ambitious over-the-top narrative! To add to the entertainment value, during the campaign everyone can tune in to Narrative Labs, home of live narrative battle reports on Twitch, which will be setting their battles in Animosity III. Viewers can vote on the live Twitch chat to decide which special effects and rules appear in the battle and cause all sorts of mayhem, and tip the chances of victory for their Coalition of choice. Find out how to jump in and participate in Animosity III now! Coalition registration open on Discord on July 1st, and Turn 1 starts on Wednesday July 14th! Hope to see you on the battlefield! Team Animosity

Sounds like a great idea! 😀 Narrative definitely needs more people showcasing the use of narrative rules.👍 If you need rules resources for Solo rules specifically, the Solo modes released by Games Workshop may be a good place to start: Solo Warhammer: The Glymmsforge Catacombs Solo Warhammer: Troggoth Slayers Heroes of the Hinterlands (White Dwarf 458) It'd be awesome to see many of the narrative rules released so far, in General's Handbooks, implemented on the tabletop: the underground rules, the aerial battles, the streets of death, etc. If you need more, we at the NEON website (https://wearetheneon.com/) have several links to rules packs used by Narrative Events throughout the years, and you can find even more rules supplements at the Tabletop Campaign repository (https://tcrepo.com/downloads/category/game-systems/age-of-sigmar/). We're talking about rules for trading posts, monster hunters, monsters that grow in power, airships, and more! If you are looking to get engaged with other players using Solo Play, though, Animosity Campaigns may also be what you are looking for. It is a global narrative campaign, where players support their coalition by submitting hobby, writing, artwork, photo shoots or gaming reports, from the comfort of their home. Their submissions then build an over-arching story, which is updated every game turn (generally a week). Due to the pandemic, last year during AnimosityII many players submitted Solo Games using their army, fighting battles set in the storyline. The next Animosity campaign should be set to start this coming summer (there's many narrative players getting to know each other in the Animosity Discord channel).

Any details when the Narrative Event will take place? 😀 We want to make sure here at the NEON (https://wearetheneon.com/) we can advertise it across the AoS narrative community platforms, and hype up folks who hadn't heard of the event before. ✊ Cheers!

While awaiting the world returning to normal, so we can all go out and play games... Those of you you haven't, come and join the rest of the #Narrative Play #AgeofSigmar community in the many online platforms that popped into existence during 2020! We're all sharing army background lore, original writing, hobby and ideas for future narrative gaming events! Discord servers full of narrative players, pages of unique character stories, narrative battle reports and live narrative games on Twitch! Animosity Campaigns: worldwide narrative campaign where all your hobby engagement counts! Join Da Warpath on the discord server. Team spearheaded by Alex Polimeni. animositycampaigns.com Narrative Labs: live narrative games on Twitch, and the chat chooses what happens! narrative-labs.com The Great Weave: narrative repository to collaborate your narrative gaming with players from across the world. Join the Discord server! By NEO Keegan West. thegreatweave.com Dice Sagas: narrative battle reports with special effects, and collaborative player worldbuilding! By NEOs Christian & Matt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQRwhjWlj0o The Lost Archipelago: world-building map campaign. Currently in hiatus after the first playtest, but gearing up for action soon. https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-lost-archipelago-basherjad Shadowmarsh: narrative Twitter submission campaign parallel to the Broken Realms storyline. Currently finished with first chapter (BR: Morathi). By NEO Ricki Smith. https://twitter.com/hashtag/aosshadowmarsh Hope to see you around!

For those of you that may have missed Holy Wars this past weekend, the Casual NEON Show just featured an interview with Holy Hammer Hern about the Holy Havoc Warlord warscrolls, along with some other conversation about different warlord warscrolls at other narrative events over the years. https://youtu.be/QinkFz8VbbQ It's called a podcast, but only on YouTube because of the slides and photos featured during much of the episodes.

WeAreTheNEON has upgraded the website http://wearetheneon.com and started a show on YouTube focused on casual conversation about narrative play in the Age of Sigmar. How to find narrative events, how to play them, and how to start your own! https://youtu.be/QinkFz8VbbQ