Last week I gave my first version of a homebrew campaign system for ASOIAF Miniatures Game. As promised I now give you the rules to make your own Commander for your own games or even for the campaign system. This is a first version of the rules and will be expanded upon and edited after playtesting. Let’s get into it.
The Commander
One of my favourite aspects of tabletop wargaming is converting miniatures. This is to create my own unique units no one else can have. To design a story all around the models I have created. To have a character model that I can compose a story for and play miniatures games to decide their fate.
Why not have the same for our characters in ASOIAF? These could be characters we don’t have that we want to see like the Manderlys or your own minor house vying for the Iron Throne. To do this we need to make a system where we can design the rules for the Commander Cards. I have a solution in a points based system.
When designing your Commander you have 3 Trait Points to spend for any combination of the below Abilities and Orders.
This is a very limited list of Abilities and Orders, I wanted to make the first version small so that we can perfect the system first then expand upon the rules. I based the points cost off of the attachments that contain the Abilities and Orders. For example, Unstoppable Wrath is not seen often but always on an Attachment that is 2 points or more, I felt it was then acceptable to make it a such a large points cost for free Commander.
However, if you are using the homebrew campaign rules I made in last week’s article, then your Army Pool increases in points for Battle from 30 to 40, and 40 to 50. At each step up your Commander gains 1 Trait Point to spend on an additional trait. You may also reorganise your Traits whenever you receive a new Trait Point.
The Tactics Deck
A Commander is no Commander without their own tactics and strategies they employ on the battlefield. So we need to create a deck for the Commander. Select a Base Deck from any faction, then with 5 points, construct the rest of your deck from below. Each purchase if for two of the same card.
I have included some Base Deck cards in this list for flavouring. What if you were playing as a recently married Tyrion Lannister moving to take the North in Sansa’s name? You could take the Lannister deck but add in some of those Stark Cards to represent his new attitude towards Sansa. What if you wanted to make Justin Massey in his Warden of the North form as if Stannis won the North without a Stark child?
Just like with the abilities I wanted to keep this small so that we could test the system first then expand on it later.
With that being said, those are the beginning rules for designing some of your own characters in ASOIAF Miniatures game. Let me know of some of your designs and what glory you have gained for your characters.
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