"Father Abraham and his five monks"
Setting the Scene
It is dark times. Every lord needs money and wealth to fund new armies against their personal open thread. It is Scotland and you are right at the boarder between the Parliaments and Kings armies. What you should do as a priest ? Nothing easy as that. Take the churches wealth , choose your side and head towards to safety. Sounds easy ? Yes, if you wouldnt be the focus of attention.
Set-up:
Father Abraham has hidden the wealth of his small church into his robes and has the mayor part of the treasure stored away in a hopefully secure place. No he wants to join up with the kings loyal army for his own safety. Parliament forces got to know about the monk, the treasure and the possible escape routes and yes this would add some nice money to their warchests.
Father Abraham, and five of his monks are currently on the move, unaware of the peril they are in, directly between the opposing forces. They can be up to 12″ to the left or right of the centre of the table, but must not be closer to one player.
Both players roll a die, with the highest roll determining which player chooses their deployment area. The table should be setup so as to not offer either player an advantage.
Objective:
The objective for both players is to either capture Father Abraham or, should he fall into enemy hands, kill him. They may not attempt to kill him until he has been captured by the opposing player. In order to capture him, a player must have a unit close to within 6″ of him, at which point both he and his surviving men will surrender.
Special Conditions
The beauty of the landscape:
Being unaware of the peril along Father Abraham and his 5 Monks make a random move each round as long as they are not being captured. As being not familiar with the region and normally used being in their abbey they simply wander aimlessly around and enjoy the beauty of the landscape.
Why do priests always look the same ?
In order to hit Father Abraham, players must roll 4+ to reflect those escorting him get in the way and keep him as low down as possible. As Father Abraham is with five of his monks roll D6 to find out if you really capture him or simply one of his monks. Captured Monks as well as Father Abraham must have one allocated guard per two Monks.
Alternatively, they can execute the Monk on the spot. This action results in -1 Victory Point.
"And he rose from his grave within 3 inch....."
If Father Abraham gets killed any unit within 3" can revive him and bandage his wounds.
"Like a prayer"
In case for negative VP a player can spend one round with one model within 3" of a living monk to receive absolution for his sins. This model cant do any other action this turn except for praying and commiting his sins. This eleminates one negative VP.
Specials for the players - Riding not allowed:
Neither side can use Cavalry.
First Turn
Both players players bring their entire force onto the table.
Game Duration
Players have six turns to achieve their objective. If none achieved one of the victory conditions the game is a draw.
Victory!
Victory is achieved in two ways.
Capture Father Abraham and escort him off their table edge +5 Points
Kill Father Abraham before he can be escorted off the opposing players table edge +1 Point
Kill a monk -1 Point
"Like a prayer" (only if being negative in points) +1 Point