Shadow wars campaign at Warhammer World (with extra)

Last friday, just before attending the annual Oldhammer event BOYL, I had the pleasure to meet up with old friends in the halls of the Warhammer World for a Shadow wars campaign. 

A couple of us had prepared a campaign with a few special events and roles to make it even more enjoyable.

What a better way of starting 3 days of hobby orgy than a series of games with old friends !

My first game was on one of the best tables I've seen there, an industrial facility embedded into the cliffs of stone of a dark place.

My Bratt gangers would have to face Colin's radical inquisitor, Jon's Ratling inquisitorial force and Curis' mercs.

The Bratt had very special assignments from the planet governor so they teamed up with the inquisition for this game.

They split into 2 groups to corner the mercs into a difficult position.

Meanwhile, the ratling inquisitor and his retinue were reaching the heights of the facility to gain terrain superiority.

Colin's Inquisition force marched forwards as a single man.

While Curis' mercs decided to take the shortest path, climbing pipes to reach their objective.

Somehow trying to make up for their reduced height, the ratling quickly reached the upper levels.

The radicals spreading to avoid the threat from their rivals...

With the mercs moving on the west side, a group of the the combat specialist of the bratts decided to engage them before their could get any further.

The mercs walking their way on the pipes into the facility realising this might have been a dangerous path to take.

Which was confirmed when one of them was shot and slipped at the bottom of the rift...

The bratts did manage to make the mercs leave the western sector but they had to retreat earlier than planned, their side winning the day.

For the second game, the Bratts had to face the Sister of Battle led by Chris. Their actions in the previous battle migt have earned them the wrath of the inquisition... Good thing for them, they had gained the help of an imperial agent for this confrontation.

Adam, the sniper of the group, seconded by Ginge, took position to cover his companions.

The rest of the group would take a safest way to outflank the sisters and avoid their dreadful firepower.

The imperial agent, had assignements of her own and a power armour to help her in achieving it, she might be able to take a severe bite into the sister's force.

Out maneuvering the trained sisters was proving far more difficult than anticipated, they had already taken advantage of the terrain...

A game of hide and seek would lead nowhere, the bratts had to engage at all costs.

A miracle made the sister retreat back to where they came from, letting the bratts earn some peace despite the casualties...

For the last battle, the bratts had to face Colin's inquisitors again after the first battle. They would have to recover precious containers the planet governor didn't want to see fall into the wrong hand and even less into the imperial ones...

The bratts divided into 3 groups to get the containers as quickly as possible.

The most difficult container to retrieve was guarded by The facing Inquisitor and his whole retinue...

A couple of the imperial acolytes were moving towards the bratts to force them out...

While the Inquisitor and his most trusted servants were covering the area from a cover.

The Bratt picked the shortest way to the container which had ended up on the 1 storey of some ruined building nearby. Getting up there under the Imperial fire would be no mean feat.

The other gangers had no difficulty retrieving their objective.

Adam, who had managed to climb up and get the container, had to crawl back to safety but the opposition was too fierce, forcing them back to safety, losing the battle and earning the wrath of the Governor.

Well this little campaign of 3 games was fun and it was nice to get to upgrade the team a bit to see it develop and gain character ! It was also so very nice to meet up with old friends !

Before heading back to Nottingham for a few drinks, we decided to play an impromptu game of Gorechosen on one of the table in Bugman's bar.

I had never played the game but warmed up to it pretty rapidly !

4 of us entered the arena to determine who would be the GORECHOSEN !!!!!

The game was quick and very fun and although I was in the lead for most of the game, I ended up being beaten to pulp by Chris !

Warhammer World is a fantastic place I advise anyone to visit at least once.

Seeing fantastic models, tables, the museum and getting to share the urinal right next to Duncan Rhodes' in the toilets were some of the highlights of the day, right after getting to share some quality time with my hobby brothers !