Campaigns
You may have heard the term ‘campaign’ to describe a series of inter-linked battles in which your units develop over time. Here the campaign is slightly different. An online global campaign is an event that encourages commanders and generals around the world to play as many battles as they can and share the results with us at Mantic Games. These results will then be used to determine who is controlling certain areas that are identified as Theatres of Battle for the current campaign.
Campaigns are a fantastic way to get together with your friends at a local store or club and play a number of games across the course of a weekend, or over multiple weeks (depending on the campaign schedule). You can fight it out to see who comes up best among your friends and then upload the results to this website.
Website
The aim of this website is to provide an online, central hub for campaigns – providing information and background on the campaign, the areas of interest being fought over, the ability to submit your results into a global pool of data and finally, allow everyone to see the results of those battles on a faction and wider campaign scale.
Community Involvement
Getting the Mantic Games community involved is a central feature of our campaigns – it is the very reason why we run these global events! We want as many players around the world to become interested in the campaign narrative and get involved in playing games with their friends (or enemies) either at home, at clubs, local stores or at specific game events. It’s then as simple as one player from a game to upload their battle result to this website so we can collate the data and present the ongoing results and ultimately the final outcome.
Beyond this website, why not share pictures, videos or blogs of your battles on social media too? Use the hashtag associated with the active campaign and/or tag Mantic Games we’ll keep an eye on our various social media channels in the run up to and during the campaign to share what the community gets up to.
Build Your Force
There’s no points minimum or points limit on your battles. We wanted to make it as easy as possible to be able to get involved. So, whether you’re just starting out and have a basic force ready to play or have multiple battalions / squads with decorated service histories on the gaming table, we still want you to bring your factions to the table and lead them in battle. A campaign also presents a perfect opportunity to try out a faction or army you might not normally use in your standard points games.
Building your force will use the normal army composition rules from the rulebook, as well as any special characters and items that have been introduced in any supplement that the campaign specifically mentions or calls out as important/needed. We’ll make sure its clear when this is the case.
Play Games
Of course, the most important part of a campaign is to actually play some games! You can play as many games as you want over the course of the campaign schedule and upload the results to the site – your only limits are available time and opponents to play against! We’ll be updating the campaign status on the website throughout the campaign, so you can check-in on your factions progress and the overall campaign flow to see how – or if – you’re having an impact.
Shape the Future
Based on your results, the narrative for the world or locations the campaign is set will change! Perhaps certain factions will gain footholds of control in the key theatres of battle, others might be pushed back and lose previously owned locations, while the possibility for some well known characters to die in battle and pass into legend certainly exists… or at least suffer some pretty nasty injuries!
This is your chance to help us weave the future storylines of Mantic Games. So, what are you waiting for? Grab your army and get ready for battle!
