Obsidian Throne Rules and Map

Obsidian Throne Campaign Status

Year One Timeline

Starting Army Locations:

• Arbino: Tirenze
• Elmet: Tookburg
• Hessians: Thorn
• Zarantium: Zarantium
• Mountain Orcs: Mount Gundabad
• Forest Orcs: Barad Uruk
• Steppe Raiders: Tyrol Gap
• Ocean Raiders: inactive

Declarations of War:

A state of war exists between:
• Steppe Raiders of Khand and Zarantium
• Steppe Raiders of Khand and Arbino
• Forest Orcs and Zarantium
• Hessian Order and Zarantium
• Halflings of Elmet and Hessian Order
• Mountain Orcs and Arbino
• Mountain Orcs and Elmet

Spring 01 Turn Order and Moves:

• Arbino -- sit in Tirenze
• Elmet -- move from Tookburg to attack the Hessian Order at Thorn
• Forest Orcs -- attack Thrakesia
• Zarantium -- move to Nikaea
• Raiders -- sit in Tyrol Gap
• Mountain Orcs -- attack Tookburg
• Sieges: Tookburg holds out (M.Orcs lose a Wb), Thrakesia falls
• Battles: at Thorn the Hessians lose 2x2LH, 2x7Hd; Thorn falls to the Halflings; the Hessians retreat to Hofburg.
• Reinforcements:M.Orcs recover one Wb

Summer 01 Turn Order and Moves:

• Forest Orcs -- attack Zarantium
• Arbino -- sit in Tirenze
• Elmet -- sit in Thorn
• Zarantium -- move to reinforce Zarantium
• Hessian Order -- naval invasion of Fallolan
• Raiders -- invade Nikaea
• Mountain Orcs -- continue siege of Tookburg
• Sieges: Nikaea holds out (Raiders lose a LH); Fallolan holds out (Hessians lose a Sp); Tookburg holds out (Orcs lose a Wb).
• Battles: at Zarantium one Hobbit 4Ax died, and one Zarantine 4Sp. two Bow and a Wb and a Warg die among the Orcs; the Orcs are driven back to Thrakesia.
• Reinforcements: Forest Orcs recover one Warg loss; Mountain Orcs recover one Wb.

Fall 01 Turn Order and Moves:

• Mountain Orcs -- continue siege of Tookburg
• Hessians -- continue siege of Fallolan
• Arbino -- moves to attack Orcs in Tookburg!
• Steppe Raiders -- maintain siege of Nikaea
• Elmet -- moves to attack Hofburg!
• Zarantines -- move to relieve siege of Nikaea
• Forest Orcs -- move to attack Zarantium; Zarantines move back to Zarantium in response.
• Sieges: Nikaea falls to the Raiders; Fallolan falls to the Hessians; Hofburg falls to the Hobbits.
• Battles:
  • at Tookburg -- Mountain Orcs defend against Arbino, with a Hessian ally contingent. Results: Arbino is defeated in a close battle, losing three spear and an Auxilia, and causing casualties of a psiloi and a warband to the Orcs.
  • at Zarantium -- Forest Orcs (down 1 Wb and 2 Bw) defend against Zarantines (down 1 Sp), with a Steppe Raider ally contingent. Results: Zarantium is defeated in a close battle, losing a Cav and a Spear and a camp (with further losses of 2 Psiloi because of demoralization of the camp loss). Forest Orcs lose 2x Wg; Steppe Raider allies lose 1x LH.
• Reinforcements: Forest Orcs regain one Warg; Mountain Orcs regain one psiloi.

Winter 01 Turn Order and Moves:

• Mountain Orcs: overwinter in Trollshaws; rebuild one psiloi (full strength).
• Forest Orcs: overwinter at Thrakesia; rebuild one Warband (9 elements).
• Steppe Nomads: overwinter at Nikea; rebuild two LH (full strength).
• Shire of Elmet: overwinter at Pimscup; rebuild one Auxilia (full strength).
• Hessian Order: overwinter at Fallolan; rebuild two Horde and two LH (full strength)
• Duchy of Arbino: overwinter at Arbino; rebuild three spear and one auxilia (full strength)
• Duchy of Lahrsownee: overwinter at Zarantium; rebuild one cavalry (7 elements)

Page created: May 10, 2003.

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