INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH
INTRODUCTION
Scenario for WarpQuest.
Click here for the WarpQuest Core Rules.
Simulation of the Charge of the Light Brigade,
the final phase of battle of Balaclava in 1854.
Conversion of the “Charge of the Light Brigade” game in the Solo section.
YOUR MEN
The player controls a British cavalry group of 12 men known as a ‘Troop’.
All men are mounted on horses. All men are armed with a sword.
One of the men is the Captain, the leader of the troop.
Another man is the Trumpeter.
The other 10 men are referred to as riders.
There are 3 types of Troops: Dragoons, Hussars, and Lancers.
Pick which type you want your troop to be.
Your Troop has 6 random skills. Roll on the Troop Skill Table:
TROOP SKILL TABLE
1D6 Skill Type:
1 Speed +1
2 Ride +1
3 Morale +1
4 Trooper +1
5 Fight +1
6 Tough +1
Dragoons get an additional Speed +1
Hussars get an additional Morale +1
Lancers get an additional Fight +1
RIDING SKILL
Add your Speed score to your Movement Roll.
LOSSES
Every time you fail a challenge you lose one man, unless the
Card directions include the instruction (safe) or otherwise instructed.
Lost includes: Killed, routed, stopped, wounded, lost horse, run ahead, fall behind, etc.
MODULES
There are two Modules:
The First is the “Charge”.
The Second is the “Russian Gun Battery”.
There is no ‘Artifact’.
When you reach the end space, you must turn around and make the return trip.
MODULE 1 “CHARGE”
Card Name: Notes:
Spur Aid: Ride +1 or Fight +1
Horsemanship Aid: Ride +1
Steady Pace Aid: Ride +1
Discipline Aid: Morale +1
Rally Aid: Morale +1
Trumpeter Aid: Morale +1
Captain Aid: Morale +1
Stiff Upper Lip Aid: Tough +1
Merely a Flesh Wound Aid: Tough +1
Momentum Aid: Tough +1
Leadership Aid: Morale +1
Close Up Files Aid: Ride +1
Blown Horse Ride x2
Flat & Level Ride x2(safe). If successful Move forward 1D6
Flat & Even Ride x2(safe). If successful Move forward 1D6
Trot Ride x2(safe). If successful Move forward 1D6
Gallop Ride x2(safe). If successful Move forward 1D6
Panicked Horses Ride x2. If you fail go back 1D6 spaces, DM +1
Riderless Mount Ride x2(safe). If successful gain 1 Trooper
Morale Test Morale x2
Break Morale Morale x2
Heavy Casualties Morale x2
Gaps in the Line Morale x2
Carnage Morale x2
Officer Down Morale x2
Stragglers Morale x2. (safe) If successful gain one Trooper
Survivors Morale x2. (safe) If successful gain one Trooper
Charge Falters Morale x2. If you fail go back 1D6 spaces
Retreat Morale x2. If you fail go back 1D6 spaces
Hesitate Morale x2. If you fail go back 1D6 spaces
Hurried Morale x2
Wounded Man Ride x2. If you fail go back 1D6 spaces
Dead Horse Ride x2. If you fail go back 1D6 spaces
Uneven Ground Ride x2. If you fail go back 1D6 spaces
Corpse Ride x2. If you fail go back 1D6 spaces, DM -1
Running the Gauntlet Ride x2. If you fail go back 1D6 spaces, DM -1
Smoke & Dust Ride x2. If you fail go back 1D6 spaces, DM -1
Cannon Fire Tough & Morale
Double Canister Tough x2, DM +2
Canister Tough x2, DM +2
Round Shot Tough x2
Cannon Ball Tough x2
Exploding Shell Tough & Morale, DM -2
Shrapnel Tough x2, DM -2
Musket Fire Tough & Morale
Shot, Shell & Grape Tough & Morale
Musket Volley Tough x2, DM +1
Fusillade Tough x2, DM +1
Musketry Tough x2
Fire at Will Tough x2
Salvo at Point Blank Range Tough x2
Concentrated Crossfire Tough x2
Unhorsed Ride x2
Murderous Fire Tough x2
Musket Balls Tough x2
Rifle Shot Tough x2
Wounded Tough & Morale
Horse Shot from under him Tough & Morale
MODULE 2 “RUSSIAN GUN BATTERY”
Card Name: Notes:
Officer with Saber Fighting x2, DM +1
Cossacks Fighting & Horsemanship, DM +2
Russian Cavalry Fighting x2
Lancers Fighting & Horsemanship
Greatcoats Fighting x2
Brave Artilleryman Fighting x2, DM -1
Cowering Gunner Fighting x2, DM -2
Infantry Fighting x2
Exhaustion Tough x2
Fear Morale x2
Russian Reserves Fighting x2, DM -1
Surrender Offer Morale x2
Complete Confusion Morale x2
Take Prisoners Morale x2
Melee Fighting & Tough
Line of Bayonets Fighting & Morale
Hopelessly Outnumbered Fighting & Morale
Bravery Aid: Morale +1
Charge Aid: Fighting +1
Steadfast Aid: Morale +1
Hold them Back Aid: Morale +1
Scatter the Russians Aid: Fighting +1
Sabres Aid: Fighting +1
Pistols Aid: Fighting +1
Lances Aid: Fighting +1
SCORING
Get 2 points for every man that makes it back.
Get 1 point for every Challenge successfully overcome.
HISTORY
Of the 673 men who went into action 113 were killed and 247 wounded.
VARIANT RULES
For a variant of this game click here:
Charge of the Light Brigade
LINKS
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INTRODUCTION
Warp Quest is an abstract game system that depicts goal driven
scenarios.
Each player controls a collection of Units who are attempting to
be the first to reach an objective and bring it back to the start.
The units could be a party of adventuring archeologists hoping
to recover a lost artifact, a squadron of bombers attempting to
hit a military target and return home, a band of samurai seeking
to vanquish marauding bandits or a company of mixed creatures
seeking to destroy a piece of evil ornamental jewelry that has
the nasty habit of trying to control the minds of all free creatures.
The scenarios that use the Warp Quest engine will hold the details.
DICE & PIECES
· Six and ten sided dice are needed.
· Each player has a pawn to represent his or her group of Units
(adventuring party, fleet, etc.) on the board.
· Use a small trinket to represent the Objective.
· There is only one Objective.
THE BOARD
· The board is a single winding path of connected spaces
with a Start Space and an End Space. The path should be 30 Spaces long.
· The First Space represents the start.
· Spaces 2-15 represents travel through the first scenario module.
· Spaces 16-29 represents travel through the second scenario module.
· The End Space is the final destination where the Objective is found.
THE DECKS
· There are 2 decks for each scenario:
· The Module 1 Deck and the Module 2 Deck.
· Each deck has one of each card in its card list.
· There may also be an Aid deck.
THE UNITS
· Each player controls a group of units called a Party.
The scenarios will detail the make up of the units in the party,
their attributes (Skills, Traits) and starting dispositions.
TURN SEQUENCE
· Players take turns.
· Each turn consists of 3 phases:
1. Move Phase
2. Draw Phase
3. Challenge Phase
MOVE PHASE
· Roll 1D6. Move your pawn that number of spaces towards the end space.
· You automatically stop when you enter the end space.
· If you are the first to land on the end space your party acquires the Objective.
· Once a party has acquired the Objective then all other
players may move their parties in either direction on the path.
· The party with the Objective must move towards the start space.
· The first pawn with the Objective to reach the start space wins the game.
DRAW PHASE
· If you land on an empty space in spaces 2-15 draw a card from the Module 1 deck.
· If you land on an empty space in spaces 16-29 draw a card from the Module 2 deck.
· If you land on an opponent’s party do not draw a card.
· If a deck ever runs out, shuffle its discard and draw from it.
· Cards are of 2 types: Challenge cards & Aid cards.
· Place Aid cards in your hand.
· Challenge cards are encounters your party faces immediately in Challenge Phase.
CHALLENGE PHASE
Each challenge card lists one or more skills.
Your party will have to make a skill check vs each skill listed.
(The same skill may be listed twice or more, requiring that many skill checks)
A Skill check consists of a Skill roll and Challenge Roll:
Roll 1D10. This is the Skill roll.
Add the skill bonuses of your party members to the roll.
You may discard Aid cards for further bonuses to the skill roll.
Next roll 1D10. This is the Challenge roll.
Some Challenges have a DM (Difficulty Modifier). Add the DM to the Challenge Roll.
If the challenge roll is less than or equal to the skill roll you win the Skill check.
If the challenge roll is greater than the skill roll you fail the Challenge.
If you win all the Skill Checks, you win the Challenge.
The adventure card may say what happens if you win or lose the Challenge.
If the card does not give directions, then roll on the following table:
If you lose the challenge: Roll 1D6: (Challenge Loss Table)
1-4 Go back 1D6 spaces
5-6 Lose 1 Unit (Man, Ship, Hit Point, etc., depending on the Scenario)
If you Win the challenge gain 1 Experience Token.
You may spend an Experience Token to let you reroll a Move Roll or a Skill Roll.
MOVING ONTO AN OPPONENTS PAWN
· If you land on an opponent’s pawn there will be a fight.
· The current player rolls on the Skill List Table to determine
which skill will decide the confrontation.
· Both players make Skill Rolls. In case of a tie nothing happens.
· The loser rolls on the Challenge Loss Table.
· The winner takes the Artifact from the loser if the loser was
in possession of the Artifact.