Ahoy Sailors! As you know I am most and foremost a passionate hobbyist. That being said I am also a pirate, a scoundrel and a fanatical enthusiast of Mantic Games Kings of War: Armada – a naval strategy game set in a rich world of Pannithor, pitting multiple wonderfully crafted and strongly themed factions against one another. In this article I will present to you a fun play mode to spice your games of Armada with Faction Forts!
Faction Forts is a fan made game mode for Armada. In this mode both players set up two 40mm based Forts with no additional points cost. that count In order to use the Faction Forts (MOD) ignore the Coastal Defences (p.9-15 Seas Aflame).
Faction Forts: Fortifications based on a round 40mm base, that count as Large size Main Battleships with a few exceptions:
During deployment Forts must be deployed first, before any ships and can be deployed anywhere on the gaming board, but more than 8″ from: – the center of the board, – any terrain piece that occupies the Center of the board, – from the Enemy Deployment Zone – from other Faction Forts.
Forts cannot move or be moved by any means. They count as Grounded and as such get/grant +1 To-Hit modifier for any Shooting Attacks (Anchored/Grounded).
If Surrendered or Destroyed, the Forts remain on the gaming board and count as Rocks from that point onwards.
Forts cannot purchase any Upgrades and are not a subject to their Faction rules, nor any friendly Auras.
Each Fort comes with 30Sp, 25Nv, Regular Crew, and one of the three sets of armaments, with 360* firing arc. Mark the chosen set for each Fort when it is deployed. – Long Range Bombardment: 1IDW, 1L, CS2 – Coastline Sentry: 2H, CS3 – Shoreline Defence: 1C, 2L, CS4
For the purposes of scoring Objectives Forts control areas, but cannot hold any Loot Tokens. They count as 1 Kill Point (One Destroyed Ship), but 0 points cost when destroyed.
Faction Bonuses: If both players agree the Faction Forts gain the faction specific bonuses listed below:
Abyssal Dwarfs: Ariagful’s Flame
Basileans: Iron Resolve
Dwarfs: Headstrong
Elves: Elven Eyes
Empire of Dust: Curse of Undeath
Forcess of the Abyss: Abyssal Hellfire
Ghost Fleets: Spectral Form
Kingdom of Men: Solid Command
Northern Alliance: Trapper
Orcs: Let’s get them!
Pirate Fleet: Spotters
Salamanders: Mastery of Flame
Trident Realm: Partially Submerged
Twilight Kin: Shroud
Undead: Unbreakable
Varangur: Retribution
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