BL In Hell

[Old Dwarf]

Well i'm at it again,BL is such a great game screwed by lack of a
real Game World & the glacial pace of any real expansions.So i'm
always looking for things to do with it that might keep my Game Group interested.

We've all been interested in the Hell Dorado Skirmish Game but its
not really available in the US & the figs although cool seem to be
very fiddley & then of course the painting & it's a money Pit.
(A US company has aquired the game so it might become avaliable in the US-but still it's a money Pit )

So solution we using BL & loosely the Hell Dorado Theme to run Campaigns
in Hell.GW WarMaster has great figs that easily match the forces involved.
It's the Holy Roman Empire going down to clear out Hell (all 9 Levels)
& the demonic Forces found on each level.

The Hell Dorado is set during the 30 Years War when after the barbarity
of the sack of Madgeburg opened a Portal to Hell. We're using a
Linear Campaign borrowed from a HoTT Varient to handle the
Campaign part & BL for the battles.

OD
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[toddrew]

Hellish

Sounds like a lot of fun.

I'm still sitting on my thumbs as I wait for "Torks", etc., as my gaming group pretty much consists of whoever will play on Vassal - but yes, I am long past the holding my breath stages.
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the sky's opening up like an old wound,
and the rain on our bodies is warm tonight
and the ground underneath us shakes in the cracking thunder.
we can taste fresh blood in our mouths again:
there is no chance of getting enough of it

[Old Dwarf]

Some Fluff


The brutality of the 30 Years War reached new heights when
General Tilly's Imperial Forces sacked the city of
Magdeburg in 1631 & set off an orgy of rape,pillage & plunder.
So great was the blood shed that it steeped into the earth
in such vast quantities that it opened a portal to Hell.

The victorious Catholic forces lost no time in exploring
this gaping portal & discovered to their horror it
was a Hell Gate.Brief clashes with demonic forces
who resisted the humans exploration soon reached
the Imperial Court at Wen and the Pope in Rome.

Emperor Ferdinand II anxious not to be distracted
from his crusade to rid Protestantism from the Empire,
was disposed to order the sealing of the portal.
Pope Urban VIII was however appalled at the blasphemy
of the Hell Gate.He also was seeking ways to limit
the power of the Hapsburg's who although Catholic
presented too much concentration of power in their control
of both Spain & The Holy Roman Empire.This power
threated the Papal States in Italy which were sandwiched
between Spain & the Empire.

Pope Urban decided the Hell Gate was the perfect
distraction to keep the expansive Ferdinand occupied.
The Pope invoked a Crusade to cleanse Hell & requested
that Ferdinand provide the forces.

Ferdinand reluctant to put aside his campaigns in Germany,
nevertheless could not ignore the Papal obligation
placed on him.He therefore instructed General Tilly to
make some forces available for the conquest of Hell.

Thus the cleansing of Hell was begun as a poor stepchild
effort,the Emperor supporting it enough to show his
obedience to Papal wishes but not enough to interfere
with his war against the Protestants.
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[Old Dwarf]

For the record I just finished up an Army for The Vengeful-Hell Level VII,
after 6 months ,the Campaign is ready to go,just plugging along until
the final 2 Armies are painted.

OD

PS: Everything painted & bases now a little varnish & the Campaign can begin.
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