Beowulf/Eaters
of the Dead
A Scenario for ‘Hordes
of the Things’
By
This scenario is inspired by the palimpsest of Beowulf by Michel
Crichton. The interest is you can play it whatever is your interpretation of
the myth.
Set-up
A waterway on the trolls/wendols side.
Mountain, woods and rough areas.
Both strongholds are present.
The Wendols are the attackers.
Geats
Hrothgar, Horde general @ 1 pts 1
Beowulf/Bulywif, Hero @ 4 pts 1
Ibn Fahdlan, Sneaker @ 3 pts 1
Beowulf/Bulywif
companions, Blades @ 2 pts 8
Stronhgold: Heorot, the Golden Hall of
Hrothgar, of course!
Hrothgar is graded as horde because of his efficency
in the epic and the novel. He really needs to be protected!
Wendols/Trolls
Grendel/the chiefs of the Wendols, Behemoth or Hero
general @ 4 pts 1
The mother of Grendel/the Wendols, Magician @ 4
pts 1
Mounted Wendols/big
Trolls, Beasts @ 2 pts 4
Foot Wendols/Trolls, Hordes @ 1 pts 8
Stronhgold: The Troll/Wendol's lair nearby the
sea.
One option is to switch the general from Grendel
to his mother. I prefer this solution, but in the novel the Wendols stop after
the dead of the male and not of the female.
The foot are classified as hordes to simulate the feeling of numbers
given by the novel. To keep the spirit of the novel, the player should have one
troll and one neanderthal
army ready and reveal the nature of his army at the last moment. For the same
reason, an optional rule is that he write on a secret paper who is the general
and reveals it only when necessary (i.e when it dies). He thus have to be careful when he counts his pips if he wants to
deceive his opponent for a long time.