[Interest check] Narrative wargame campaign!

Every now and then this site hosts a narrative wargame campaign. I would like to try my hand at something like that with The Barons' War, to exchange blows about what truly matters: taxes and rural land!

The Barons' War is a quick, dirty, and easy skirmish system that would go in handy with GP's posting. There are other systems one could try, such as MESBG to play with a Lord of the Rings story, SAGA which I would find passable in a play by post setting, and all the Warhammer stuff.

I believe The Barons' War could be the perfect background for politics, betrayals, marriages, roleplays, and of course, death and taxes.

Would anyone like to try?

Looks like fun. But how big is each warband?

If we're looking to do skirmish games then maybe Mordheim would be a good shout? I'm biased though.

I'd be up for most things, and I was tempted to check something like this too, but I don't know what games people would know/have? For example I don't know The Barons' War, not that I'm not happy to learn.

I'd be up for this, and willing to learn whatever system it ends up using

Mordheim is cool, and very full with flavor.
But allow me to offer onepagerules, if we want something more rules lite.
That would be either of their skirmish systems. (Age of Fantasy Skirmish or Grimdark Future Firefight)

I was thinking for long time of making a skirmish game on GP. Once I even begun it, but the player went off-line:( I was mainly looking to use Space Weirdoes rules for my game. Don't know Barons' War rules, but would like at least be added as spectator to this game. And in the future invite you all to my Space Weirdoes or it's fantasy brother game:)

OPR is quite nice too, and I know it, but I don't have a campaign system behind it.

Warbands are small. 500 points warband are smaller than 4 points SAGA warbands, so 20 figures?

Tbh, I'd throw in another vote for OPR.

I don't know Barons' War either, but OPR does have the advantage of having most of their rules free and available which eliminates the issues of those interested not having x,y,z.

If I was to play I would be very ok with OPR too... but please, count me at the last place in order to be an active player. But still hoping to able to observe your game.

For campaign rules, OPR has some basic warband progression rules freely available.
For proper territory control there's the gang wars for GFF, or we'd have to get other rules ourselves.
Gang wars could also be reflavored for AOFS, since it's working on the same rules.

Yes, please! Couple of questions:

1. How many players are you thinking for the game?
2. If more than 2, do you envisage an all-against-all scenario, or might players create pacts and alliances ala Diplomacy?

Okay, so, a word of advice.

MESBG is quite old, but holds up pretty well and it's fantasy, something that people like. I got the rulebooks. The problem is that minis are individuals, and that could be challenging for combat. So is age of trebuchet.

SAGA has a splash of fantasy, easy rules, and campaign rules. It activates horizontally, and it's very good for 'your dudes'. The only issue I would have would be activating Saga abilities during combat or shooting.

I don't know Mordheim, but it's quite complicated even if fantasy and beloved. Not my priority.

I know OPR and I like it. I think Age of Fantasy would work best, and alternating activations could be handy, but we would completely left alone for the campaign and I'm not sure I like it.

The Barons' War was my original idea. Easy and quick with campaing support.


And I was thinking it could be a free for all but with the ability to build alliances.

Okay, so, a word of advice.

MESBG is quite old, but holds up pretty well and it's fantasy, something that people like. I got the rulebooks. The problem is that minis are individuals, and that could be challenging for combat. So is age of trebuchet.

SAGA has a splash of fantasy, easy rules, and campaign rules. It activates horizontally, and it's very good for 'your dudes'. The only issue I would have would be activating Saga abilities during combat or shooting.

I don't know Mordheim, but it's quite complicated even if fantasy and beloved. Not my priority.

I know OPR and I like it. I think Age of Fantasy would work best, and alternating activations could be handy, but we would completely left alone for the campaign and I'm not sure I like it.

The Barons' War was my original idea. Easy and quick with campaing support.


And I was thinking it could be a free for all but with the ability to build alliances. Any even number works.

Baron's War looks good.

I would like OPR but if I'm going OPR we're going full Warhammer, aside from the mechanics.

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May he embrace us in all four of his arms.

For an OPR warhammer, i think putting it in something mordheim-adjacent or some underhive gang war would be most conducive to impromptu alliances and treachery between warbands, given larger factions can be quite dogmatic.

Considering our popular options
OPR is simpler, and easier to get the rules.
But campaign rules are minimal

Baron's war has some more interesting campaign rules, but might be harder for everyone to get and is a bit more complicated.

So, a roll off.

The Barons' War, or OPR.

I'd be happy with an invite to play in either!

I've always been more fond of sci fi settings, but beyond that I'm happy to play either. Who's rolling :p

I too am good with either.
For the roll, as the person who started this thread, it seems appropriate for Appalahi to roll.

Just to think of some narrative drive, I'd go with OPR fantasy (not skirmish, because morale is easier) with 750 points. Would you have a faction in mind?

In regards to the barons war, would you have an idea about your retinue?

If we're assuming OSR Fantasy but using Warhammer lore, would it be The Old World / Presigmar? At which point I'd go for Tomb Kings or Ogres. Otherwise, Beastmen or Dwarves most likely.

As for Baron's war, are we using real world factions or...? (Also, how many points?)

You could also entertain my head canon alt fic of the Age of Sigmar Rapture, where most of the forces get hoovered into AoS, leaving a fractured polity behind without the aegis of gods, their eternal vendettas, or the veils of secrecy and propaganda, resulting in a *slightly* more cosmopolitan (but still suspicious and hostile) world.

For OPR, assuming fantasy lore.
Vampire counts, some lesser vampire noble, a necromancer loyal to him, and retinue.
Skaven are fun too.
Same applies if we use aos lore, just some different details of what greater factions they hail from.

For barons war, i'd have to take time and learn a bit more of the history to get ideas.

So far, we are five players. I will go with Wood Elves, hoping someone else takes order aligned factions.

OPR it is. Age of Fantasy. 750 points. You can designe your own minis, I think we will use Owlbear or Roll20.

And I think yes, a small portion of an undefined Age of Sigmar plane could be the best place to be as agnostic as possible. I will try to recruit some more, and I will need to think of proper campaign rules.

I don't know if you counted me in, but unfortunately I'm out of time for another game:( But still would like to be a spectator - how you handle this - very much!

Never played with that system before, but would be eager to join if you'll have me!

Since we're in AoS, I'm happy to play order. Likely Dwarves, maybe Empire.

I'll make a public game open. We'll see how many join

Are we Age of Sigmar, or the Old World? I understood that OPR AoF factions related to the latter

As far as i understand it, AoF factions are made to support models from a couple different ranges.
So they have the classic fantasy armies like mummified undead (tomb kings) or chivalrous kingdoms (bretonnia), and the common fantasy races.
But also some AOS lists, eternal wardens represent stormcast, ghostly undead the nighthaunt.
Then shadow stalkers represent mantic games nightstalkers.
And duchies of vinchi is an original army not made to represent any third party miniatures.

Both! More setting agnostic, less issues. A place I'm Ghyran where you can easily bring Old World lore.

So any 750 pt OPR AoF faction list would be ok in our game?

So, I am in? I am interested in Dwarves or Lizardmen.

Can I get an invite to spectate?

I like vampires, but a group from Greywater Fastness is tempting in Ghyran (the human city with guns thats in Ghyran).
So, since factions choices look to be mostly order infighting, that would be my choice.

I was thinking of trying to run a Rangers of Shadow Deep campaign on gp. Even started developing some battle maps and things to do so.

Never pulled the trigger though.

Please make the game public if you do go through with this, so we can see how well it works?

Game is public! Feel free to join and spectate.

Yes. I'm debating whether or not put competitive rules