Conan and the Princess

Participation game at Carronade 2017

Introduction
This is a participation game based on the Conan books written by Robert E Howard. Made popular, yet again, by the recent board game.
 
Scenario
You are Conan and you lead a warband from the Kingdom of Aquilonia, consisting of the magician Hadratus, supported by units of spearmen, bowmen and horse archers. Your task is to rescue the Princess Yasmina from the clutches of Skuthus, a priest of Set. He holds the Princess in an abandoned castle defended by his acolytes. You start from the ruined village next to a river. There are two crossings of the river and you have to decide how to deploy your forces in the advance towards the castle. The enemy could ambush you at any time.
 
The rules are Dragon Rampant, written by Daniel Mersey. The character figures are from the Conan board game, supplemented by medieval figures from a variety of 28mm ranges.
 
Rules
  • Start by rallying any battered units by passing courage test. If fail retreat
  • Choose a unit you wish to activate.
  • Decide what action you want it to undertake – move, attack or shoot.
  • Roll two dice, if total is equal to or higher than score needed - carry out the action
 
Shooting and attacks:
  • Foot archers can shoot 18”, but -1 over 12”. Horse archers 12”
  • Roll 12 dice, 6 if at or below half strength.
  • Equal or better your shoot/attack value is a hit.
  • In attack, rough terrain reduces attack and defence values to 5+ and armour 2.
  • You will need 3 or 4 hits to remove one strength point from the enemy
  • Cover increases armour by one.
  • Loss of strength point causes a courage test.
  • If both units still in contact after courage tests the unit that lost most strength points retreats, or if equal the attacker.
 
Courage:
  • Roll two dice and subtract 1 for each strength point lost in the game.
  • Leaders within 12” add +1.
  • If equal or better courage score – no effect
  • If fail, but final score more than 0 – retreat half speed and battered. If 0 or less rout

​No expense was spared on the prizes!