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Hi all, I thought I would add a little meat to the strategic discussions surrounding Storm of Chaos. I’d like to reiterate how the fate of the various battlefields is decided, so that players can bear this in mind when discussing when and where to post results.
Each battlefield has two or more possible victory conditions that will cause it to fall. The success of the Chaos advance on Middenheim is dependant on which of these conditions is met at each location, and how quickly. The better the victory and the more speedily it is achieved, the better chance Chaos stands in the final assault on the City of the White Wolf. These conditions are:
Timed. To keep the narrative flowing, certain locations will fall on certain dates if they have not fallen already, to open up new battlefields or storylines. This will garner little advantage to the Chaos hordes.
Bloodbath. The battlefield may be won simply by dint of the amount of fighting that takes place. This is based upon the total results posted at the location, win or lose, and so sometimes it may be more effective not to fight somewhere! Of course, you’ll have to defend to a certain extent otherwise the Chaos forces will have a walkover… Nobody said it would be simple! While this means that these locations will eventually fall, a Bloodbath victory takes time to achieve and so will gain only a small amount of advantage when Middenheim is besieged.
Weight of Numbers. The number of Chaos victories that are posted to its location can take the battlefield. Defenders’ results are not deducted from this, it is simply a flat value of Chaos wins. Weight of Numbers is worth more than a Bloodbath but not as much as a Total Victory result.
Total Victory. If Chaos achieves a required win/loss percentage for a certain amount of time or after the battlefield has been active for a certain number of days, they have stormed the battlefield and swept all before them. This gains them great advantages for the final days of the campaign.
Read the updates! These may contain carefully worded hints about the victory conditions that apply to the currently active battlefields. Also the type of location that is being fought over will impact on how difficult it will be for Chaos to overcome its defences. Obviously a small village is harder to hold than a fortified castle. Remember that many locations will have fallen by the end of the campaign, but the longer the Empire holds out, the better chance it has for final victory. Chaos will reach Middenheim, but it’s a race against time to see how much of its gets there before the Emperor Karl Franz and Valten arrive to relieve the defenders.
That’s it, now get out there and fight!
Gav Thorpe
Storm of Chaos Loremaster
