The Big Game

Here is the map:

Armies can move according to the slowest element in their force as per the following table.

In addition the forces of good and evil, and each independent player have one diplomat. Diplomats have a move of five hexes. Diplomats can be used to try and persuade GM controlled neutrals to come under player control. The diplomats for good and evil can add +1 to their diplomacy roll. If diplomats are attacked they will flee to the nearest friendly town or fortification.

Neutrals remain under player control until they are destroyed or are on the losing side of a battle. If they lose a battle they immediately return to their starting location and are available to receive further diplomatic envoys.

Each human player has one field commander. The human player can command armies only within the range of his field commanders command value in hexes. All commanders have a command value of six besides the Aztec and Arab commanders who have a command value of eight. If involved in a battle a human players troops not directly involved in a battle may be ordered to move on the strategic map by a human player on the same side within command range of the troops to be moved. If this represents more than one human player the original player may decide who they want to command their troops not directly involved in the tabletop battle. Independents do not count as being on the same side. If a human player has more than one force engaged in battle he may elect another commander within command distance to fight the tabletop battle for him or play the battles in sequence starting with his largest force. Under no circumstances can any human player involved in a battle direct or advise on actions on the strategic map.

Each town or fortification will be given a recruitment value. Each year, during winter, troops up to the recruitment value can be raised in the town or fortification. Each settlement can raise any troop type except for gods, dragons, heroes or magicians unless as replacements for elements lost in battle. Enemy forces in the six surrounding hexes of a settlement, equal or greater in Army Points to the recruitment value of the settlement X2 prevent any recruitment.

Armies in the field are assumed to be able to support themselves by scavenging. Settlements can support armies in their own hex or the six surrounding hexes equal in army points value to the settlements recruitment value x4. Armies larger than the permitted maximum must roll on the subsistence table.

If the combined size of armies in the six surrounding hexes of a settlement exceeds the recruitment value of the settlementx4 only one roll is made on the subsistence table and the result applied to all armies in proportion to their size.

Subsistence Table

Referees Scouting Table

NB: Armies of less than 16 Army points do not get a spotting roll and report to their commander that no enemy units have been spotted. Don't tell the punters though!

Roll a D10 and consult the following table:

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Terrain Generation Table

Use the following table to generate terrain for tabletop battles. Remember that to be legal a battlefield must contain at least one terrain feature in three of it's quarters and at least two quarters must have bad going or a river. To achieve this it may be necessary to place a single terrain feature so that part of it is in more than one quarter. For example a single piece of bad going in the centre of battlefield is legal terrain. When terrain is generated roll a D4 to see which quarter is in and a D6 for it's location within the quarter. An even number means touching an outer edge and an odd number not touching an outer edge. When all terrain has been placed adjust as necessary to provide a legal battlefield.