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Of Gods and Mortals - Mythological Wargame Rules

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Two armies are about to clash. Thor, surrounded by crackling lighting, leads the assault of a horde of viking berserkers. Preparing to receive this charge stands a wall of grim-faced, determined Spartan hoplites, commanded by Ares. In the stormy sky above, a Valkyrie breaks through a flock of Harpies.

Gods lead men by their powers, while at the same time men give power to the gods by their faith in them. A God cannot exist without its Faithful. The Faithful cannot win without the help of their God. There is no automatic winning strategy: the player must balance his limited resources and outguess his opponent. A bit of luck helps, too!

Of Gods and Mortals is a scalable skirmish rules set where the average scenario plays in about one hour using up to 20 models per player on a 4’x4’ table.

Each player controls one god, 1–3 Legends (priests, demigods, heroes, monsters or other mythical creatures), and 10 to 20 men (infantry, cavalry, and the occasional artillery piece). This creates a three-tiered structure in the warband. The three troop types are interdependent in more than one way.

Gods may seem all-powerful  but they lose power as their troops are killed. At the same time, if the God is defeated, the mortals' morale is weakened. Gods do not die but they disappear if defeated. Legends are a sort of middle ground and provide special abilities to the warband. Mortals are more effective when used against other mortals – kill your opponent's mortal forces and you will deprive his god of much needed energy.

The faith level of the warband is tracked with dice at the side of the table. When the faith level is at the maximum, the army is bolstered, priests may invoke miracles and curses, mortal troops activate at +1, and so on. When the faith level is severely reduced, the power level of the god is reduced too, and priests may not perform miracles or use spells.
When the faith level drops to zero, the god disappears and all the troops still in play must make a rout test.

Combat between gods is conducted like normal, but in certain cases (if both roll a six), an explosion of power hits all mortal models within medium range. Combat between gods use a colored dice mechanic so they can hit each other for a long time and send each other flying all over the battlefield without short-circuiting the game with an "instant kill of the leader". (Gods accumulate colored dice when hurt, and colored dice caused "bad stuff" when they roll a 1. At the same time, these are the dice used for the activation mechanic). Combat between mortals and legends use normal Song mechanics – opposed die rolls plus modifiers, with different game results based on how much the contest is won by.

The game also introduces a mechanic in which a hero or other personality may swear an oath or boast that he will accomplish something within a set number of turns. If he manages to fulfill his oath, his army gets a morale bonus.

Sample factions to be presented in the rulebook include: Greco-Roman Pantheon, the Egyptian gods, the Japanese, Aztecs, Pre-Islamic Arabs (Arabian Nights), Norse deities, Celts and Chinese. For every Army list, a list suitable models from a variety of manufacturer and scales will be included.  As more manufacturers release suitable figures, new armies may be added as free PDF add-ons, keeping the game fresh for years.

Note: This digital edition includes the PDF and ePub versions of the book.

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Can this be used with Dragon Rampant?
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