Mordheim
Mordheim is a tabletop game made by Games Workshop. Since Games Workshop had the further development of Mort 's home set in 2002, it is maintained by the subsidiary Fanatic games on. In the English original the game is called ' Mordheim '.
Gameplay
Similar to Warhammer, Mordheim is played by two or more players, each player controls a gang of fighters, which usually consists of 8-15 models in common Games Workshop figure size (28mm scale). Depending on their race, their background, experience and arming the fighters have different capabilities. Characteristic of Mordheim is the comparatively pronounced for a TableTop game roleplaying character, becomes an individual personality by each model. The individual fighters after each battle experienced, learn new skills or improve their basic values . Self- injury from previous skirmishes are retained, and their impact in the following scenarios.
The scenarios take place in the city of Mordheim, which was destroyed many years ago by the impact of a comet. Today splinters of this comet ( the so-called Morrssteine ) coveted artifacts of magical energy and various parties set out to search for them. In the game of Mordheim, players take control of a gang of adventurers who meet on the lookout for these very splintering each other and unsubscribe battles for the best collections. After the disputes (usually less peaceful) were cleared out of the world, looking for the bands in the ruins of the city after Morrsteinsplittern and other treasures. If the results of this search, the consequences of combat injuries sustained in and arising from the experience gained experience were evaluated, both players have the option of using the earned gold coins to buy new equipment and hire new band members.
The phases of the game
A turn consists of three phases: movement, ranged & magic, and melee. The game trains go the rounds until the goal of the scenario is satisfied or all bands have fled except one.
Bands
The following bands are described in the rules:
- Reikländer
- Middenheimer
- Marie Burger
- Obsessive
- Witch Hunter
- Sisters of Sigmar
- Undead
- Skaven
More bands are located in the Annual 2002:
- Dwarfs
- Easterners
- Averländer
- Orcs & Goblins
- Kislevites
- High Elf Shadow Warrior
Extensions
There are now numerous extensions for Mordheim, then Lustria employed, for example, with the rules for jungle fights ( mainly weather rules ), Khemri with the rules for deserts (eg water consumption in the desert) and Empire in Flames with the rules for campaigns in the empire. Each of these extensions introduced new bands, so that it now lizards, pirates, grave robbers, Orcs, Amazons, High Elves, and various other bands is possible to play.