Narrative Play Games

If you are the sort of player who names all of their heroes and units or makes decisions in battle based on how you think your general would behave - such as a heroic Stormcast Eternal sacrificing themselves to smite an agent of Chaos, or a cowardly skaven fleeing from danger - then narrative play is for you.

Narrative play thrusts you right into the exciting setting of the Mortal Realms and immerses you in its stories. It turns the heroes in your army into living and breathing warriors, each with their own ambitions and goals, and it puts you in the shoes of the general who leads them. Battles are no longer simply one-off games to be won or lost, but part of an ongoing narrative. The story of your army is told with each victory your army earns and every defeat they suffer. Before long, you will have forged a rich and detailed history for your army that you will remember for years to come.

Campaigns

For many players, the core of narrative play is to link your battles into an ongoing story. This is called a campaign, and across the various books and supplements available for Warhammer Age of Sigmar, you can find many different types of campaign to play through. What draws players into playing campaigns is the idea that every battle fought will impact the next. For example, a victory may secure you extra supplies that you can bring to bear in a later fight, or a battle might see one of your heroes slain and permanently removed from your army, forcing you to reconsider and adapt your strategies.

Campaigns don’t have to be complicated. The simplest form of campaign is for two players to fight a series of battles in which they discuss the outcome of each battle and then choose a narratively suitable battleplan to be the next chapter in the conflict. Other players like to let their imaginations run wild and come up with maps and house rules for sprawling campaigns with a dozen or so players taking part, and that feature bespoke rules which govern how the armies manoeuvre, conquer territories and secure supply lines.

Path to Glory

In this section of the book, you will find the Path to Glory campaign system. A Path to Glory campaign focuses on telling the story of your army. You will start off with a small domain of territories under your control that, as you fight battles, will grow into a mighty empire. You will be able to choose the quests your army embarks upon and fill up the vaults of your stronghold with all manner of artefacts of power and other tools of war.

The Path to Glory campaign system is one that the player can take with them wherever they go. Some players will have a regular group of gaming friends that they play with every weekend, while others may frequent a local games store or club and challenge a new opponent every time. Path to Glory caters for both of these types of players, and can even be used when you are attending a matched play tournament.

Path to Glory Battlepacks

The Path to Glory campaign system is expanded upon in a series of battlepacks. Each Path to Glory battlepack is set in a specific location in the Mortal Realms that allows your army to establish an outpost there, bringing your campaign and the story of your army to life in new ways. In addition, they are packed with additional quests for your army to embark upon, new battleplans to fight and a whole host of other rules. The battlepack system for Path to Glory is modular, meaning your opponent does not need to have the same battlepack for you to use all the content within.

Other Ways to Explore Narrative Play

The battleplans based upon the stories you have read that are set in the Age of Sigmar are another facet of narrative play. The Broken Realms series of books, for example, features many such battleplans, each offering its own challenges to overcome. These books also include sets of campaign rules that link the battleplans, allowing you to play the battles in order, with the result of each battle subtly influencing the next. It is always interesting to see how your own army would have fared if it had taken part in the same realm-shaping events!

Path to Glory centres around storytelling in the Age of Sigmar. Each battle you fight with your army is linked in an ongoing narrative called a Path to Glory campaign. During the campaign, your warriors will gain renown and veteran abilities for acts of valour, and they will suffer casualties and injuries upon defeat. You’ll embark upon quests to amass a vault of artefacts of power and other treasures, and you’ll be able to conquer territories and build a stronghold.

All the rules to get started with your Path to Glory campaign can be found on this page.

The Path to Glory Roster

Here, you will find a blank Path to Glory roster. The Path to Glory roster is the record from which you will draw your army for each Path to Glory battle you fight.

The Path to Glory roster comprises two pages, each with various sections. The first page includes details about your faction, your territory and stronghold, and your vault, where you can record the bonus enhancements, battalions and endless spells you earn during the campaign. The second page includes the order of battle, which is a record of all the units you can draw upon for each battle.

There are 5 steps to completing your Path to Glory roster, outlined below. Once you have a completed your Path to Glory roster, you can start challenging opponents to Path to Glory battles.

Path to Glory Overview

Below you will discover in more detail how to get your army ready to fight Path to Glory battles. For now, here is a handy summary of the steps involved.

Step 1 - Choose Faction and Realm

The first step is to pick 1 faction for your Path to Glory army and note it down on your Path to Glory roster. Each faction has its own battletome, as explained here. If you have access to any subfactions, you can choose 1 of these and write it down on your roster too. Once you start fighting Path to Glory battles, your faction (including your subfaction, if you chose one) cannot be changed, so choose wisely. Once you have chosen your faction, choose which Mortal Realm your army hails from - Azyr, Ghyran, Ghur, Chamon, Aqshy, Shyish, Ulgu or Hysh - and write this information on your roster.

Step 2 - Choose Starting Size and Starting Territories

There are four starting sizes to choose from: Vanguard, Warband, Brigade and Legion. Each of the starting sizes gives you a number of starting territories and a stronghold, a points limit and unit limit to follow when first adding units to your order of battle, and a number of starting glory points. Pick 1 of the starting sizes from the table below:



Once you have chosen your starting size, you must pick your starting territories from the table below and add them to your Path to Glory roster.

Stronghold

In addition to your starting territories, you begin your campaign with a stronghold. Your stronghold gives you the following benefits:

Territories: You can control up to 3 territories at once.
Barracks: Your stronghold can have up to 3 barracks.
Outposts: You can establish up to 1 outpost.

As your campaign progresses, you will have the chance to upgrade your stronghold to an Imposing Stronghold and then a Mighty Stronghold. In addition, if you are using the Tiers of Battle rule for a Path to Glory battle, the type of stronghold that each player has will determine how many bonus enhancements you can include in your army for that battle.

Glory Points

Glory points are the currency of Path to Glory, and during your campaign you will be able to both earn them and spend them. As you do so, you will need to keep a total of your current glory points on your Path to Glory roster. Each time you spend glory points, deduct the amount from your glory points total.

You will find out more about earning and spending glory points in the aftermath sequence. For now, note down your starting glory points on your roster.

Step 3 - Order of Battle

The next step is to populate the order of battle on your roster with units. On the order of battle you will find a series of order of battle limits. These limits will dictate what types of units and how many of them you can have on your order of battle at any time. The total units limit is decided by the starting size you picked, and the other limits are shown on the table below. The starting territories you picked will also have increased 1 or more of these limits.

Warlord

You can now begin to add units to the order of battle. The first unit you must add is your warlord. The warlord is the commander of your Path to Glory roster and must be picked to be your general each time they are included in your army for a Path to Glory battle. The unit you pick for your warlord must meet the following criteria:

• It must be a single model that is a HERO and a Leader.
• It must be from the faction of your Path to Glory army.
• It cannot be Unique.

Starting Units

Once you have picked your warlord, you can add the rest of your starting units to your order of battle. You will need to refer to the Pitched Battle profile of each unit you add. The total points cost of the units added cannot exceed the points limit of the starting size you chose, and you cannot exceed any of your order of battle limits (this includes your warlord in both cases). The units must be from the faction of your Path to Glory army, with the exception of allies, which must be units that can ally with that faction. The units can be reinforced.

Battalions, Endless Spells and Invocations

To begin with, you can choose 1 core battalion or warscroll battalion that your faction has access to, and 1 endless spells or invocation that your faction has access to (their points cost counts against your starting size points limit). Note these down in your vault.

Faction Terrain

You do not need to add faction terrain features to your order of battle. If you are using a Path to Glory battlepack, then the battleplan will stipulate which players can set up faction terrain in that battle.

Step 4 - Core Enhancements

In Path to Glory there are two types of enhancements: core enhancements and bonus enhancements. Core enhancements are enhancements normally granted by the core rules and your allegiance abilities. Bonus enhancements, on the other hand, are additional enhancements you will earn during your Path to Glory campaign by completing quests.

For now, you need to choose your core enhancements. To do so, follow the core rules for enhancements. For each enhancement you give to a unit on your order of battle, note it down in the ‘Core Enhancements’ section of their entry. Note down your triumph in your vault. Core enhancements cannot be changed later, so choose wisely.

Extra Enhancements

Certain subfactions and other allegiance abilities might grant you access to additional enhancements. For example, the Greyfyrd subfaction of the Fyreslayers faction allows you to take two additional artefacts of power, whereas the Boulderhead subfaction of the Ogor Mawtribes faction allows each HERO with the MONSTER keyword to have a mount trait. In cases like this, you receive these extra enhancements as normal, and they are treated as core enhancements and not bonus enhancements.

Step 5 - Pick Your First Quest

The last step is to pick a quest for your Path to Glory roster. A quest is the goal your warlord is currently trying to achieve, and you will be able to complete that quest by doing certain things in your Path to Glory battles. As you progress through your Path to Glory campaign you will be able to complete many different quests, so to begin with, choose a quest with a reward you are most keen to receive.

Once you have chosen your quest, write it down in the quest log on your Path to Glory roster.

Completing Quests

During the aftermath sequence of each Path to Glory battle, you will check to see if you have completed your quest. Each quest will detail how and when it is completed. Some quests may take several battles to complete and some quests may direct you to record your progress in the quest log on your Path to Glory roster. Each time you complete a quest, remove all of the quest points in your quest log.

The Vault

Many of the rewards you earn from completing quests are stored in your vault. The vault is found on your Path to Glory roster and has space to record bonus enhancements, endless spells or invocations, and battalions.

The entries in your vault are a capped resource, as indicated by the spaces for them on your Path to Glory Roster. You can only have 6 bonus artefacts of power at a time, 6 bonus spells at a time, and so on. If you ever wish to discard any of the rewards in your vault, you are allowed to do so.

When fighting a Path to Glory battle, whether your opponent is also using a Path to Glory army or not will determine how bonus enhancements can be included in your army. If both players are using a Path to Glory army, you’ll be able to include some bonus enhancements in your army in addition to your core enhancements, whereas if your opponent is not using a Path to Glory army, you will only be able to replace some of your core enhancements with bonus enhancements (see Fighting Path to Glory Battles).

Fighting Path to Glory Battles

Once you have completed your Path to Glory roster, you are ready to begin fighting Path to Glory battles. A Path to Glory battle is one where you draw your army from your Path to Glory roster and follow the rules in this section. To fight a Path to Glory battle, first pick a battlepack to use. The rules here are used in addition to the rules in that battlepack. Path to Glory battles can be fought using any battlepack (not necessarily a Path to Glory battlepack) and against any opponent, even those using an army that is not on a Path to Glory campaign.

Bonus Enhancements

The tier of battle determines how many bonus enhancements from their vault each player can include in their army in addition to their core enhancements, as shown on the table below.

Command Traits

With regard to command traits, the tier of battle determines how many friendly HEROES can use their command trait in the battle in addition to your general.

Bonus Spells and Bonus Prayers

The tier of battle does not allow you to include bonus spell lore enhancements and bonus prayer scripture enhancements (see 27.3). Instead, it allows you to include bonus spells and bonus prayers. For each bonus spell or bonus prayer you can include in your army, pick 1 spell or prayer from your vault and 1 WIZARD or PRIEST from your order of battle to know that spell or prayer, in addition to any others they know.

Picking Your Army

Regardless of the battlepack being used, when you pick an army for a Path to Glory battle, these rules apply in addition to those in the battlepack:

The Aftermath Sequence

After each Path to Glory battle, there is a series of steps that must be resolved by the players commanding armies on Path to Glory campaigns. This is referred to as the aftermath sequence, and it goes as follows:

Step 1 - Earn Glory Points

After each Path to Glory battle, you will receive a number of glory points based on how your army fared. To determine how many glory points you receive, consult the table below (the different criteria are cumulative). There is space on your roster to keep track of your glory points total.

Step 2 - Resolve Injuries and Casualties

When one of your models is slain in a Path to Glory battle, the warrior is not immediately presumed to have been killed: they may instead have been seriously injured or perhaps gotten away with just a minor wound. This is represented by two types of roll: injury rolls and casualty rolls. During this step, you must make an injury roll or casualty roll for each unit from your army that had any models slain or was destroyed during the battle. The type of roll you must make is determined by the kind of unit that you are rolling for, as follows:

Injury Rolls: HEROES. In addition, units with a Wounds characteristic of 8 or more that are noted as being Single.

Casualty Rolls: All other units.

Unique Units

Do not make injury rolls or casualty rolls for units that are listed as Unique on their Pitched Battle profile.

Injury Rolls

To make an injury roll, roll on the table below. In each aftermath sequence, you can re-roll 1 injury roll by spending 1 glory point. You must choose whether to re-roll the injury roll before rolling for the next unit.

Killed Units and Enhancements

When a unit with any enhancements is killed, the following rules apply:

Core Enhancements

If the unit that was killed had been given any core enhancements, once it has been removed from your order of battle, you can choose for a different unit on your order of battle to be given a new core enhancement of the same type. For example, if the unit that was killed had been given an artefact of power, you can give a different Hero on your order of battle an artefact of power. Ihe new enhancement can be the same as or different to the previous one, and all other rules that dictate who can be given that enhancement still apply.

Bonus Enhancements

If the unit that was killed had been given any bonus enhancements, these go back into your vault.

Death of Your Warlord

If your warlord was killed, you must immediately pick 1 HERO on your order of battle to become your new warlord or add a new HERO to your order of battle to be your new warlord. In both cases, your new warlord must adhere to the warlord restrictions. Your new warlord gains 15 renown points and, if they do not have one, a command trait.

If you add a new HERO to your order of battle to be your new warlord, you must spend the required number of glory points to do so.

If you have no HEROES eligible to be your warlord on your order of battle and insufficient glory points to add a new HERO, you can add 1 new HERO to your order of battle to be your warlord without having to spend any glory points to do so - after all, your army is already in dire straits!

Casualty Rolls

To make a casualty roll for a unit, roll a number of dice equal to the number of models in the unit that were slain during the battle (not including models that were slain and then returned, unless they were slain again). For each roll of 1, increase the units casualty score by 1. After making a casualty roll you can choose to spend 1 glory point to re-roll 1 of the dice in that casualty roll. No more than 1 dice can be re-rolled in each casualty roll.

In subsequent Path to Glory battles, after the unit is set up on the battlefield for the first time, remove a number of models from the unit equal to its casualty score. If the casualty score of a unit equals the number of models in the unit, remove the unit from your order of battle.

Step 3 - Gain Renown Points

Units in a Path to Glory army may gain 1 or more renown points after taking part in a battle. Renown points represent the growing skills and status of your warriors as they survive from battle to battle. You can record each unit’s renown points on your order of battle. Units gain renown points in the following ways:

1. Surviving the Battle

Each unit that took part in the battle and was not destroyed gains 1 renown point.

2. Bonus Renown

If you used a battleplan from a Path to Glory battlepack, the battleplan will detail additional ways for units that took part in the battle to gain renown. If you used a battleplan from another battlepack, the Bonus Renown rule below applies:

3. Favoured Warriors

Pick 1 unit that took part in the battle to be your favoured warriors. That unit gains D6 renown points.

Unique Units

Unique units do not gain renown points.

Ranks

Your units will earn ranks when they reach certain renown point thresholds. For units that are not HEROES, use the table below:

Veteran Abilities

Each time a unit that is not a HERO earns a new rank, it gains 1 veteran ability (to a maximum of 3). In addition, once a unit has gained its first veteran ability, it becomes a veteran unit. You can choose the veteran ability the unit gains from the table below. The same unit cannot gain the same veteran ability more than once. Write down any veteran abilities a unit has on your order of battle.

Using Veteran Abilities

Veteran abilities can only be used in battles where all players are using Path to Glory armies. In addition, no more than 1 friendly unit can use a veteran ability per turn, and the same unit can only use each of its veteran abilities once per battle.

Heroes and Renown

HEROES earn different ranks to other units. In addition, HEROES gain a command trait instead of veteran abilities. HEROES earn ranks as follows:


When a HERO earns the Mighty Hero rank, that HERO gains a command trait. Record the command trait on your order of battle. The tier of battle will determine how many HEROES in addition to your general can use command traits during the battle. As your warlord starts the Path to Glory campaign with 15 renown points, they have already earned the rank of Mighty Hero.

A HERO can never have more than 1 command trait, and different HEROES in the same army cannot have the same command trait.

Step 4 - Complete Quests

Check your current quest to see if you have completed the quest or if you need to record any progress made in your quest log.

Each quest will state when it is completed. If you have completed your quest, you earn its reward. Anything written in your quest log is then removed and you can pick a new quest to begin. The same quest can be completed multiple times by the same army unless it states otherwise.

Giving Up on a Quest

During this step of the aftermath sequence, you can choose to give up on your quest. If you do so, remove anything written in your quest log and pick a new quest to begin.

Step 5 - Manage Your Stronghold

In this step you can choose to spend glory points to upgrade your stronghold to a different type and to add barracks to your stronghold.

Upgrading Your Stronghold

You can upgrade your stronghold first to an imposing stronghold and then to a mighty stronghold. Upgrading your stronghold will grant you access to middle and higher tier Path to Glory battles. It will also increase the number of territories you can control, the number of barracks your stronghold can have and the number of outposts you can establish. Each upgrade has an associated cost in glory points.

Adding Barracks

You can spend 5 glory points in this step to add 1 barracks to your stronghold. Each time you add a barracks to your stronghold you increase your unit limit by 2 to a maximum of 30. You can only add 1 barracks to your stronghold in each aftermath sequence. There is a maximum number of barracks that each type of stronghold can have. When you upgrade your stronghold to a different type, it retains any barracks that you have added to it.

Step 6 - Manage Your Territories

To begin the next step, first roll on the Territories table. This is referred to as the exploration roll and represents a new area of territory your scouts have discovered. You maybe able to make multiple exploration rolls for reasons such as completing the Scout Fertile Lands quest.

After making your exploration rolls, you must decide if you wish to bring any of these new territories under your control. To bring a new territory under your control, you must spend 10 glory points.

If you already have the maximum number of territories your stronghold allows, you can choose to remove one of the territories from your roster and replace it with the new one. Removing a territory may reduce one of your order of battle limits. After replacing a territory, if you have more units of a certain type than your order of battle limits allow, you must remove units of that type from your order of battle until you no longer have more units of that type than your order of battle limits allow.

Three of a Kind

You can never have more than 3 territories of the same type.

Upgrading Territory

Lastly, you can choose to upgrade any of your territories (including those that you brought under your control in this step). Each territory can be upgraded by spending glory points to bolster its effects. Consult the Territories table to see the effect of upgrading a territory. The Territories table lists the upgrading cost in the format ‘[Upgrade xGP]’, where x is the number of glory points you must spend to upgrade the territory. For example, if a territory has ‘[Upgrade 5GP]’ in its description, you must spend 5 glory points in order to upgrade it. When you upgrade a territory, mark it as upgraded on your Path to Glory roster.

Step 7 - Manage Your Order of Battle

During this step of the aftermath sequence, you can spend glory points to do any of the following:

• Add new units to your order of battle.
• Recuperate any of your units that have suffered casualties.
• Reinforce any of your units.

Adding New Units

You can add new units to your order of battle in each aftermath sequence. The number of glory points you must spend in order to add a unit to your order of battle is determined by the points value of the unit, as shown on the table below. When you add a new unit to your order of battle, you must follow the order of battle restrictions. In addition, the unit is added at the minimum unit size shown on its Pitched Battle profile.

Recuperating Units

You can spend glory points to recuperate a unit with a casualty score of 1 or more. The number of glory points you must spend in order to recuperate a unit is determined by the points value of the unit, as shown on the table below.

To recuperate a unit, you must spend the required number of glory points and roll a number of dice equal to the unit’s casualty score. This is referred to as the recuperating roll. For each 4+, reduce the unit’s casualty score by 1. If the unit did not take part in your last Path to Glory battle, reduce the unit’s casualty score by 1 for each 2+ instead. Each unit can only be recuperated once in each aftermath sequence.

Reinforcing Units

If the Pitched Battle profile for a unit allows it to be reinforced, you can do so by spending the required number of glory points according to the unit’s points value, as shown on the table below. Each unit can only be reinforced once in each aftermath sequence.

Retiring Units

If you wish to remove any units from your order of battle, you can remove them in this step. If the unit had any enhancements, follow the rules as if they were killed (see Killed Units and Enhancements). In the same manner, if you retire your warlord, follow the rules as if they were killed (see Death of Your Warlord).

Points Limit

The players must first agree on a points limit for the battle. The points limit can be any number and determines the number of points you have available to spend on your army. No more than half of your points can be spent on a single unit. All units added to your army must be taken from your Path to Glory roster. The points limit also determines the recommended minimum battlefield size and recommended minimum number of terrain features for the battle, as shown in the table below.

Faction Terrain

Each battleplan in this battlepack will state if faction terrain can be set up and which players can do so.

Faction terrain features must be set up more than 3" from all other terrain features and more than 3" from all objectives. These restrictions are in addition to the set-up rules in the battletome in which they appear. If it is impossible for a faction terrain feature to be set up, then it is not used.

Battalions

You can include warscroll battalions and core battalions in your army.

Special Rules

The following special rules apply to the battle:

Mysterious Terrain

The Mysterious Terrain table is used as detailed in each battleplan.

Warrior of Renown

Once per battle, the player whose army includes the HERO with the highest number of renown points can use a command ability to issue a command with that HERO without a command point being spent.

Withdrawing From Battle

You may wish to withdraw your army from the battle to lessen the impact of casualties. At the start of your hero phase, if at least half of the units from your starting army have been destroyed, you can choose to withdraw from the battle. If you do so, all units in your army are immediately removed from the battlefield but the battle is still played through to its conclusion.

In order to take part in a Path to Glory campaign, you will need two or more players. All players will need to have at least one HERO, who is their champion, and must then create a warband to follow and fight beside their champion during the campaign.

The players fight battles against each other using the warbands they have created. The results of these battles will gain their warband favour. The warband will swell in numbers as more warriors flock to their banner, while existing troops become more powerful.

After gaining enough favour or growing your warband enough to dominate all others through sheer weight of numbers, you will be granted a final test. Succeed, and your glory will be affirmed for all time, and you will be crowned as the victor of the campaign.

Creating a Warband

When creating a Path to Glory warband, do not select your army in the normal manner. Instead, your army consists of a mighty champion battling to earn the favour of the gods, and their entire band of loyal followers. As you wage war against other warbands, your own warband will grow, and existing units will become grizzled veterans.

Warband Roster

The details and progress of each warband need to be recorded on a warband roster, which you can download for free from here.

To create a warband, simply follow these steps and record the results on your warband roster:

1. First, pick an allegiance for your warband. Each allegiance has its own set of warband tables that are used to generate the units in the warband and the rewards they can receive for fighting battles. Warhammer Age of Sigmar publications include warband tables to let you collect warbands from the Grand Alliances of Order, Chaos, Death and Destruction.
2. Next, choose your warband’s champion by selecting one of the options from your allegiance’s champion table. The champion you choose will determine the number of followers in your warband. Give your champion a suitably grand name, and write this down on your warband roster.
3. Having picked your champion, the next step is to generate your starting followers. These can be chosen from the followers tables for your allegiance. If your allegiance has more than one followers table you can freely choose which ones you use, selecting all of your followers from a single table or from several. Instead of choosing, you can place your destiny in the hands of fate and roll on the followers tables instead. To make a followers roll, pick a column from one of the followers tables and then roll a dice.
4. Your followers need to be organised into units. The follower table tells you how many models the unit has. Follower units cannot include additional models, but they can otherwise take any options listed on their warscroll. Record all of the information about your followers on your warband roster.
5. Instead of generating 1 unit of followers, your champion can start the campaign with a Champion’s Reward, or 1 of your units can start with a Follower’s Reward. No champion or unit can start the Path to Glory campaign with more than one reward each.
6. Finally, give your warband a name, one that will inspire respect and dread in your rivals. Your warband is now complete, and you can fight your first battle. Good luck!

To War!

Having created a warband, you can now fight battles with it against other warbands taking part in the campaign. You can fight battles as and when you wish, and can use any of the battleplans available for Warhammer Age of Sigmar.

The units you use for a game must be those on your roster. Units can either be fielded at their full roster strength, or broken down into smaller units, as long as no unit is smaller than the minimum size shown on its warscroll.

Any casualties suffered by a warband are assumed to have been replaced in time for its next battle. If your champion is slain in a battle, it is assumed that they were merely injured, and they are back to full strength for your next game, thirsty for vengeance!

Gaining Glory

All of the players in the campaign are vying for glory. The amount of glory they have received is represented by the Glory Points that the warband has accumulated. Glory can be increased by fighting and winning battles, as described next. As a warband’s glory increases, it will also attract additional followers, and a warband’s champion may be granted rewards.

Warbands receive Glory Points after a battle is complete. If the warband drew or lost the battle, it receives 1 Glory Point. If it won the battle, it receives D3 Glory Points (re-roll a result of 1 if it won a major victory).

Add the Glory Points you scored to the total recorded on your roster. Once you have won 10 Glory Points, you will have a chance to win the campaign, as described below.

Rewards of Battle

Each allegiance has its own set of rewards tables. After each battle you can take one of the three following options. Alternatively, roll a D3 to determine which option to take:

Eternal Glory

There are two ways to win a Path to Glory campaign; either by Blood or by Might. To win by Blood your warband must first have 10 Glory Points. To win by Might your warband must have at least 5 additional units of followers. In either case, you must then fight and win one more battle to win the campaign. If the next battle you fight is tied or lost, you do not receive any Glory Points – just keep on fighting battles until you either win the campaign… or another player wins first!

You can shorten or lengthen a campaign by lowering or raising the number of Glory Points needed to win by Blood, or the number of extra units that must join a warband to win by Might. For example, for a shorter campaign, you could say that a warband only needs 5 Glory Points before the final fight, or for a longer one, say that 15 are needed.