Mennara has been peaceful for a generation. Evil has lain dormant. There have been signs and portents; many have chosen to ignore them. Evil stirs anew, and its minions are on the march.

Overview

"Mennara Aflame" is a campaign of linked Diskwars events. They will unfold in a storyline fashion, and results will  have a bearing on future scenarios. The first cycle of 4 scenarios uses only disks contained in the "Revised" set. The purpose is to re-introduce players to the fun of when Diskwars was brand new and these were all the disks that were available. These scenarios are all deemed to take place in a somewhat concurrent fashion, so there will be no immediate effect of victory upon the storyline. Future cycles will add disks from expansion sets in the order of release.

There is actually a rationale for this. In war, the effective capabilities of units can improve over time. This can be due to experience or an improvement in technology as the war progresses. Even in peacetime, countries like to give their troops combat experience if possible. And there were PanzerKampfWagon III's before there were PanzerKampfWagon V's. Therefore, we start out with the basic troops for each faction. Don't panic, your enemy has troops of the same relative quality as you. And it will lessen the effect of a player having too many disks from which to choose. If a player doesn't have the basic disks from the correct faction, another faction could be substituted if necessary. Try to keep the same alignments. A player may identify with, or claim, a certain faction. This means that the player must play that faction when they are used in a scenario. This should help with the story aspect.

Objective

To have fun.

Each faction on the winning side will get a selection advantage in the next cycle. In the campaign, factions have some of their starting force pre-selected. These are designated as basic faction squads, and are essentially all the disks that appear on the faction's Revised fixed flats except for Uthuk spellcasters and 1 Undead Wraith. In cycle 2, all factions will be allowed to reduce their basic squad by 2 disks of their choice. This will allow more flexibility in army composition. For victory in cycle 1, there will opportunities for a faction to reduce or replace its starting squad in cycle 2 in addition to the 2 previously mentioned. At least 1 basic infantry disk of each faction will be allowed veteran status. Veterans are designated by a marker (a good use for Legions non-spell disks) and gain +1 to AT, D, and T. Basic infantry are Men of the Sword, Drake Warriors, Regiment of the Anvil, Deepwood Warriors, Men at Arms, Grugs, Undead Horde, and Warriors of Yllan. There is also a treasure in scenario 1.4 that will give the controlling faction a bonus item for future cycles. This will all be covered in greater detail before the next cycle begins.

Notes

I have used more than a bit of terrain and even introduced some new terrain types to build the scenarios. Please read the terrain rules carefully for each scenario, along with the special rules. I have tried to phrase things as exactly as possible. I will apologize in advance for any mis-spellings, especially with disk names. If playing as a campaign, try to keep a record of which factions have won.

My thanks to Roger Abernathy, Ryan Davis, Kevin Mullen, Pete Orfanos, Rob Rodger, Drew Rosewitz, Jason Seaman, and Paul Yoakum for playing these scenarios, and the Compleat Strategist in Boston (www.201mass.com) for providing the locale.