offroadfury Posted June 3, 2021 Report Share Posted June 3, 2021 That’ll be cool to represent to land, really make the world come alive. But I can have my kingdom made before the start right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2021 Yeah, this is mostly intended as being a bit of visual “fluff” and shouldn’t really affect gameplay. One bit trouble I’m having (in addition to the tiles that haven’t been released yet) is that an Oathmark Kingdom is laid out in a 1-2-3-4-4 pattern. A hex map is going to be 1-6-12 pattern... I’m thinking we just say “to heck with it” and run the campaign as written in the rulebook, allowing the Kingdom Sheet to not be a completely accurate reflection of the tiles. We should try to keep them “close enough” but not worry about it too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2021 Basically, I’m thinking of doing something kinda like this. The brown tile is a capital city, the orange tiles are level two territories, the green tiles are level three territories, the tan are level four, and the blue are level five. So, it’s the right number of territories for a kingdom map, but it’s not laid out in the exact same pattern. We’ll just have to use our imaginations to justify the differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted June 3, 2021 Report Share Posted June 3, 2021 I’m sure we can manage, plus it’s just rules for what units, so as long as we stick to that fixing the tiles around should be easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2021 Heres that same tile mash-up I made with just some quick and sloppy basecoat colors applied. These things paint up quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Dope dude! Those will work great. I’ve never been to the club, is there space for it to be set up in a more peminate fashion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 The tiles are 55 mm (~2") from flat edge to flat edge. An eight-player campaign would require at least 112 hexes... Which would require a grid of at least 11 * 11. So very rough math, that's basically a 2' x 2' footprint. We should be able to set up something in a corner somewhere... I'm gonna order a pack of these toothpicks from Amazon, drill a small hole into each hex, and make little flags. I'm thinking a flag at full staff, flying proud, to show that the territory is controlled by it's rightful king and a flag at half staff, maybe with a bit of battle damage, to show that the territory is occupied by a foreign power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 I finally got my kingdom built out. Ive been listening a lot to The Fall of Rome and love the Byzantine medieval aesthetic. I think that using the base models from the LotR starter set will be perfect to build around and already have ideas for filling out the rest of the army Kingdom Name- Nicomedia Current Ruler- Duke Frederick Alonzo de Constance-Lumishie Born of a union between the two great families from powerful southern kingdoms, Frederick strove to make a name for himself in the twisted and convoluted politics of the decedent south. Despite the powerful and ancient noble blood in his veins, he was not in line for succession and the mixed families of his house meant he was kept out of certain religious and political posts that could help him gain the influence needed to get him on the coveted throne. Realizing how troublesome he would become, the current emperor and senate sent him north to establish a territories and subjugate the kingdoms long outside their reach. He graciously accepted his new role, and knew that fastest way to sitting on the throne was with a loyal army at his back. Establishing a city named after the first Emperor, he conquered and allied with willing orc tribes to build kingdom that'll be his place of power before returning home and taking the throne he knows is his. Kingdom Design Human Capital Plains, Smithies Orc City, Dark Hills, Smithies Dungeons, Ancient Ruins, Barrens, Rough Hills My goal is to build a fast, hard hitting army of human knights and orc linebreakers. Light cav and wolves for getting to the back line and flank charges. I love the idea of orcs as more noble tribesmen, like Gauls. Also I love Cataphracts, so being able to combine the two makes me the happiest wargamer ever! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Dishonorable and dishonest Humans! No respect for oaths and treaties... Can’t trust ‘em. They expect us to believe this nonsense about some new Duke So-and-so who never swore any “ancient oaths” to us? Harrumph. ‘Twas only a mere five hundred years ago when it was done. King Järnskägg will show them the error of their ways and teach them the price of treachery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Your dwarven treasure will be very useful for funding my armies, and your people willing subjects after a show of force! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick! Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Looks like I am going to be able to join an oathmark League! Going for Elves and Humans: Capitol: Elf City 2: Grasslands, Silver Mines 3: Kennel, Tower, Plains (for human cav, I'm calling them half-elves) 4: Hill Cave, Moors, Dark Forest, Barrens. I'll get some backstory going when I have a minute. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Nice! Got in mind what figures your gonna use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick! Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, offroadfury said: Nice! Got in mind what figures your gonna use? Mostly GW wood elves, with some Runewars and other miscellaneous stuff. All mounted, by the way. The Wild Hunt is upon you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Well, now that the perfidious Elves have made themselves known, I suppose I better redouble my efforts to make my kingdom’s borders secure. I ran out of filament, but for now, I’ve got fourteen tiles done. Four of them are just generic hills (but I’m very pleased with how the flocking looks on them) and I have only fully finished one of the tiles for my kingdom: my Dwarf Capital City. I also made a mash-up of a open water tile and a free compass rose I found on Thingiverse. I plan to stick it in a corner of the map for purely decretive purposes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 I just ordered the main rulebook and the undead book. Yay skellies! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, Brother Glacius said: I just ordered the main rulebook and the undead book. Yay skellies! I’ve got all three currently available books (and Bane of Kings on pre-order), if you’re going to be at WOW tonight I’d be happy to bring them with so you can preview them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tao Tsê-Mung Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 I find it very appropriate that the snow on the dwarven peak is actually salt . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Collected from the tears of perfidious Elves, dishonorable Men, lazy Goblins, and barbarous Orcs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Ish said: I’ve got all three currently available books (and Bane of Kings on pre-order), if you’re going to be at WOW tonight I’d be happy to bring them with so you can preview them. I can't...in-laws are in town for graduation...gotta deal with them 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Rohan on square bases!?! army coming together now that I got all my bases in the mail! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Arise now, arise, Joggers of Théoden! Forth Eorlingas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick! Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 I made a map of my Kingdom on Inkarnate: https://inkarnate.com/m/W29vyy--oathmark-elf-kingdom/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 11 hours ago, Ish said: Arise now, arise, Joggers of Théoden! Forth Eorlingas! Shoes you have tightened! nipples you have taped! ere the gun fires! jooooooggggggg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Nick! said: I made a map of my Kingdom on Inkarnate: https://inkarnate.com/m/W29vyy--oathmark-elf-kingdom/ This was fun! https://inkarnate.com/m/dlARml--the-kingdom-of-the-black-mountains/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadfury Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Have any of you guys seen the miniatures for the Song of Ice and Fire game? How is their scale? The price and level of detail look too good to be true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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