More on Battlefields

So with War for Edath you can fight over single Terrain Cards or a single row of Terrain Cards. With War Unleashed you can now battle over large battlefields which are the equivalent of multiple rows of Terrain Cards. Each battlefield - or Terrain Map as we've called them - is made up of many Terrain Positions. Each Terrain Position is the  equivalent of a Terrain Card or a combined Terrain Card.

Take a look a the image on the left - that's a single Terrain Position. All the stats and symbols found on a Terrain Card are noted on the Terrain Position so you can immediately see how that Terrain Position will affect the game. And when you stick multiple Terrain Positions together you get a Terrain Map.

The above illustrated Terrain Map has a lot going on with woods, hills and marsh all on the same map. Some combined terrain - i.e. woody marsh - as well.

So what size is it? Three rows of Terrain Positions make up a single page of A4. So you download and print out 2 pages of A4 and you've got yourself a regular sized Terrain Map. If you want a bigger battlefield you just keep adding Terrain Maps.

How does this change the game? Movement and positioning on the battlefield becomes key. Obviously some Terrain Positions are going to increase your chances of success. Also, if you can get 2 or more of your Units attacking a single enemy Unit then you have a big advantage. Get a Unit behind the enemy and you're on the way to victory. Strategy in deployment and manoeuvering becomes key.

So you've got your Terrain Map and you've built your army with your cards. How do you represent your Units on the battlefield? Well, we're working on official Unit Counters but using dice works very well. You lay your Units out in a row in front of you and the number of pips showing on the top of each die reveals which Unit it represents.

There's going to be a library of Terrain Maps available free to download from www.warriorelite.com which we will be adding to regularly. If you've got ideas for Terrain Maps then do post them to our forum - warriorelite's forum. We're also going to be producing scenarios that will contain pre-made armies and objectives - these will also be available free to download. Again, do create your own scenarios and post them to the forum.

Oh and as we have so many ideas for Stratagem and Conflict Cards we're going to be including some of these in the downloads. Print them out, stick them in a plastic card sleeve and you've got more tactics and strategy to play with.

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p.s. For a bit more info on Terrain Maps check the following post on our forum -

Hills on Battlefields - aka. Terrain Maps