The Bride of the Mummy

The Mary Anns are all Breugelberg minis. Kevin has a bunch of them.

They are COOL minis. I got a few when they were available from C.M.o.N. & some from SerialMoM...the later I have yet to be painted.  

I miss the CMON connection.  I was picking up a few every GenCon and then...no more.  Foo.
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Week Eight--Al Haikk

Warbands
Andrew--Cathayan looking Reiklanders
Chad--Possessed
Chris--Witch Hunters
Jim S--Guhtani (Relics of the Crusades)

Our photographers were both missing last week.  For completeness I will give an overview of what happened without photos.

Rock the Boat
A Nautical Defend the Find...
The Possessed grabbed an unoccupied ship in the Thieve's Quarter's harbor.  The Cathayan's set out to take it away from them...  The surviving Possessed is stupid.  This was a difficulty for the Possessed.  The Cathayan's won by forcing the Possessed to rout, no one received any treasure as the Possessed abandoned the 'Find' again...

The Mutant will miss a game due to a wound...

The Stakeout
The Witch Hunters found the Ghutani's hideout.  Not good.  Three Arabyan flagellants were shot out of action in the first turn... Return fire took the Witch Hunter's ogre down.  Then an Arabyan Maneater showed up as an event to join the Witch Hunters...

Another Ghutani flagellant went down in melee.  The Ghutani fled.

No one died.  Al Bobo IV becomes a hero!
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Down on the Docks in the Thieves Quarter
The Witch Hunters and Cathayans fought over another smuggler's trove... The Cathayan Noble was shot and killed in the early maneuvers. The Cathayans hung on to win, but the Witch Hunters counted the game a victory because of the death of the enemy leader.  Oh and as usual with these warbands only great rolls were made for cargo, resulting in three crossbows with hunting bolts for the Witch Hunters.

The Crazy Lady becomes the Cathayan leader.
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More Down on the Docks in the Thieves Quarter
The Ghutani and Possessed faced off over a smuggler's hoard.  Naturally the store closed before the battle could be resolved...

Al Bobo IV suffers Multiple injuries (Blind in One Eye, Hates the Magister AND the whole Possessed warband.)  The Other Mutant must miss a game (Smashed Leg) and the Dark Soul takes a Chest Wound...

The Possessed captured two crates...  Food and alcohol...

This coming week at least one photographer will return...

HOORAY FOR Al Bobo IV! He may be one eyed & vindictive, but he is a hero nonetheless!  

Week Nine--the Ruins of Bel Alaid

Warbands
Chad--Possessed
Chris--Witch Hunters
Jim S--Guhtani (Relics of the Crusades)
Jim L--Undead
Kevin--Marienburgers

Surprise, Surprise
The Undead attack the Ghutani

Vampires mob the poor mounted Slaver...


And a Dreg and ghoulies attack a Ghutani flagellant...


The Merchant's Bodyguard falls...


End turn one....


Al Bobo and the Holy Man


Everyone threatens Almah the Merchant Princess...


Almah charges the wolf...


The hunt through the ruins...


The fifth casualty has just been removed by the vampires' charge...


The Ghutani roll an eleven and flee. No one dies. A dreg gets better. Undead gain a ghoul hero, Horrace V. The victorious Undead trade at the Thieves Quarter after returning to Al Haikk. The Ghutani find the usual cheating merchant and buy nothing.

COOL PHOTOS! The scenery looks especially attractive & there are some nice minis in the mix.  

Thanks Al. We started in around sunset with big windows facing west. Made for interesting lighting.

The Wizard's Mansion
The Possessed face Witch Hunters and Mary Anns deep in the ruins of Bel Alaid

The Possessed, who have been a lowly warband for most of the campaign spent their riches on an ogre and reinforcements after last week. The Witch Hunters apparently lost an ogre and their veteran flagellants last week, so the Possessed had the dubious distinction of being the highest rated warband...


They decided to steam roll the Mary Anns...






Witch Hunters can still shoot...




The Witch Hunters slowly advance toward the carnage.


Brethren snipe.


Mary Anns' last stand...


The Mary Anns fled from the pounding of the Possessed, followed closely by the Possessed themselves. There was much wailing, but no accurate reports have reached Al Haik. The Witch Hunters find may good things in the ruined tower. In addition they discover the Cave of Thieves in the desert and gain more loot...
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A Skirmish in Bel Alaid
The Mary Anns confront Ghutani



The walk of primed shame...


The clash of cultures...




No one died in the fight. The Mary Anns fled with several henchmen out of action. The Djinn Binder was the only one to fall on the Ghutani side... He is now mad and suffers from stupidity.

The victorious Ghutani return to Al Haik to trade. On the way they free prisoners and gain a veteran Memluk. The Mary Anns are stuck with the Cheating Merchant once again...

More adventures anon...

Somewhere in the background the theme from Lawrence of Arabia should be playing or Jean Shepherd doing The Sheik of Araby on the kazoo. The game has a touch of the cinematic to it. GREAT STUFF!  

Thanks Al. We try.

The Battle of the Tower
The Undead skirmish with Possessed
(Its like week 9 of the campaign and I have no idea what the Possessed or Undead call themselves...)

These games seem to have the common theme of 'I stayed one turn too long', but this time its the Undead's turn to stay too long. (Also known as "I couldn't rout! I only had three out of action.")





The Cult of the Possessed!


The wolf has a target...


The vampires versus the Mad Possessed


The Cult's ogre falls stunned.

playtable aka Jim L wrote:

Got my ass kicked, and I got off the 1st charges
Vaulten the vampire looses an arm!
Ghoul Voltig III died
Direwolf died
Nomad Scout'ed the 10 I rolled for re-supply into an 11 and found the caravan at the Oasis
Hired Voltig IV
Bought Horrace V a Lucky Charm and now I have 20 dinars
Warband rating 300, back down to 12 members + 3 hired swords

The Nameless Ones did look SPLENDID! VERY CINEMATIC!  
That is the best looking G.W. Tower I've seen thus far...EXCELLENT brushwork & detailing.  

There's more photos hidden in this thread from when it was new--
https://boringmordheimforum.forumieren.com/t4495p25-new-gw-buildings-in-november#68310

Thanks, Jim. That is a treasure!  

Week Ten--The Pools of Despair

Warbands
Chad--Possessed
Chris--Witch Hunters
Jim S--Guhtani (Relics of the Crusades)
Jim L--Undead

This week the warbands reach the dread Pools of Despair, the last water before the land of Khemri.

Capture the Oasis
The Cult of the Possessed and the Ghutani fought over precious water.  


Obviously the Ghutani reached the oasis first.




There is some shuffling back and forth as speedy cultist dodge and feint in the darkness.  (Its a night battle under a full moon.)




The battle lines stretch all along the oasis.  At the top of the photo the white scout is possessed by the magister and attacks the Ghutani's slaver (who never does anything but ride around aimlessly.)


The end is near.


The Possessed fled screaming into the desert after the Mad Possessed was defeated by the Holy Man.  The Ghutani trade with a caravan at the oasis. (Poor rolling means there is no money.)  

The Possessed are Lost in the Desert.

More to adventure to come...

...as I faced the burning waste without the taste of water...cool, clear water. Desert scenes always do that to me. Some COOL PHOTOS once more!  

Von Kurst wrote:

Week Ten--The Pools of Despair
The Possessed are Lost in the Desert.

...AND good riddance I say.  

Thanks Al.

The Ancient Battlefield
Undead and Witch Hunters race to stop a rogue necromancer from summoning an undead army by Morrslieb's light.

The vampires are about to kill the necromancer in that pyramid.


An undead horseman attacks the Witch Hunters.




Lenny III(?) battles an ogre.


A ghoul battles a summoned zombie.


The Undead killed the necromancer to end the ritual, but the Witch Hunters routed them.

Jim L aka playtable wrote:

Lenny the Lazar III died.
Ghoul Voltig IV died.

The Witch Hunters tell no tales, but presumably good things happen.
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Defend the Oasis
The Possessed attack the Undead

Undead defending the oasis


Desperate battle in the shadows of the palms (its night again.)




The vampires and the Mad Possessed trade ineffective blows...






The Possesseds' ogre fell down for most of the fight. He was weak from lack of water.


The Undead eventually lose.

Jim L wrote:

Voltig V died.
A Zombie also died

The multiple Lenny & Voltig are an ongoing source of amusement & inspiration...you just can't keep a good corpse down or some such thing. GREAT REPORT & PHOTOS!  

Thanks Al.  Voltig is taking a commanding lead (although I think we missed a dead Lenny in there somewhere...)
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Dark Ritual
The Ghutani race the Witch Hunters to stop a necromancer.

The Witch Hunters played two similar scenarios on the same table over the evening.  In both they sought to break their opponent rather than worry about the necromancer.

Here the Witch Hunter shooters watch Ghutani try to enter the pyramid.


Zombies attack the Witch Hunters as the Ghutani deal with the necromancer.  (We tried a random zombie entrance rather than as written.  It resulted in the zombies attacking the Witch Hunters while the Ghutani were relatively unopposed.)


The Ghutani kill the necromancer and rescue the victim.  Mir Sher is shot trying to escape.


One Ghutani flagellant holds up the Witch Hunter ogre and flagellants.


The Ghutani escaped with the rescued victim.  The victory costs the lives of the newest flagellant, a maxed out Memluk and the veteran Nomad Scout.  As far as I can tell no Witch Hunters died.  

The Ghutani found another caravan at another oasis for trading.  The fabulous reward barely pays for a new scout.  Naturally the defeated Witch Hunters find fabulous wealth...

Both the Ghutani and the Witch Hunters have found their way through the Great Desert to reach the Land of the Dead.  The Undead and Possessed must still win a couple of games to discover the route.  Or they may just track along with the victors (depending on whether the rest of the lads are still involved or not.  Haven't seen Kevin, Bob and Andrew for awhile...)

Rich or poor, the Witch Hunters are still miserable, reprehensible bigots...at least they don't have plastic hair. GREAT REPORT & LOVELY PHOTOS!  

Week Eleven--More Despair at Pools

Warbands
Bob--Tomb Guardians (Khemri website)
Chris--Witch Hunters
Jim S--Guhtani (Relics of the Crusades)
Jim L--Undead

Capture the Oasis
The Ghutani, Undead and Witch Hunters gather at the oasis

A view of the Witch Hunter shooters, their shields and targets. Note that NO Ghutani can be seen from the Witch Hunter's vantage point.


The Witch Hunter melee crew (flagellants and warrior priest). The Ghutani are behind that sphinx...




The vampires head for the rocks and the tasty shooters...


Everyone hiding form the Witch Hunters on the hill.


The Dregs, Necromancer and surviving ghouls drool over the soon to be corpse of a Ghutani flagellant...


Two ghouls and a beggar (the halfling) reach the top of the rocky hill just before the "stupefying haze" event. (They are all Ld 5. They will all wander off [literally] in the haze.)


Mir Sher confronts Usher the possessed dreg (he is being ridden by an invisible minor daemon, possibly named Earnie).


The vampires reach the shooters just as the haze descends to scatter the humans.


The Witch Hunter's wounded ogre succumbs to the haze. (So do three flagellants!)


The Ghutani pounce!


The Witch Huntes fled into the desert with LOTS of models out of action. A flagelant dies. A witch hunter shooter becomes frenzied. A flagellant hero is captured by the Ghutani Slaver. He is ransomed. The Witch Hunters are lost at the Pools of Despair.

The Undead flee with three heroes out of action. A ghoul not named Voltig dies. Dregs roll hardened and horrible scars... Not sure about the necromancer. The Undead are lost as well.

The Ghutani only suffered two casualties so they both died. The Ghutani capture the oasis, but no caravan arrives to trade with them.
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A Skirmish at the Pools of Despair
The return of the Mummies (Bob)

It was a dark, but clear desert night. The witch Hunters stumble forward. Arrows fly out of the dark. Then the Crusaders come within sight of their tormentors.




Only the flagellant heroes reach the foe, but that's enough.


The Tomb Prince Ha-Ra-Hotep is destroyed! The Mummies withdraw to the City of the Dead.

The victorious Witch Hunters are STILL lost in the desert. The ogre dies.

The Tomb Prince becomes the third warband leader to die in the campaign. Only the vampire has been resurrected by a Monkey's Paw. (Only ONE Monkey's Paw has been found in the course of the campaign despite its availability through events, treasure from scenarios and simple purchase.)

The City of The Dead, that's Philadelphia on a Saturday night isn't it?  
GREAT REPORT & COOL PHOTOS!  

We're playing in Naptown, you know.

Week Twelve--Halloween in the Deserts of Araby

Players and Warbands
Bob--Tomb Guardians (Khemri website)
Chad--Possessed
Chris--Witch Hunters
Jim S--Guhtani (Relics of the Crusades)
Kevin--Marienburgers

Haunted Treasure
The Possessed versus Tomb Guardians

Possessed and Tomb Guardians fought a desperate battle for a Ghoul King's treasure.  The Ghoul King won. (Well actually the Possessed won the battle, but the ghouls kept their treasure.)

The battle begins.  Look there's Bob.


The Tomb Guardians lose the newly hired Pit Fighter and Ogre. Both warbands look for Monkey's Paws...

The photo isn't working for me...c'est la vie, eh?!  

Foo. Well I can't share photos from google drive...

Maybe Saturday there will be photos on Shutterfly.

Google screwed up their photo sharing. The address lacks -tmp.jpg.. I tried adding it to your image address with no success. The idiots at Google view this as an improvement.  

Photos fixed (I hope)

The Ancient Battlefield
The Witch Hunters, Marienburgers and Ghutani try to stop a necromancer from re-animating the Bride of the Mummy...
(It was Halloween)

The Marienburgers encounter the dead...




The Witch Hunters and Ghutani clash (again)...


The risen dead really didn't like the Mary Anns.


Four Ghutani (three heroes) versus one Witch Hunter flagellant hero... No one will be injured in this fight.


The Ghutani break the Witch Hunters, then a chariot rides down Al Bobo!


The necromancer completes the ritual, summoning the Bride and her army.






The Ghutani defeat the chariot, but the wave of dead is unstoppable.


The Witch Hunters fled first after the Ghutani took out the melee flank (except for the lone flagellant hero...) A flagellant dies.
They encounter a Frenzied Mob of Chaos cultists, whom they kill and loot.

The Marienburgers fled the irresistible wave of dead things (and the Bride). The Tilean Marksman is killed by a skeleton archer. Various heroes suffer injury.

The Ghutani gave it up as well. The Slaver is killed by the pesky flagellant hero. The Beggar King is killed by a mob of Sigmarites. The Sigmarite heretics are killed and looted.