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    The Silver Bayonet: The Carpathians: Castle Fier
    The Silver Bayonet: The Carpathians: Castle Fier
    The Silver Bayonet: The Carpathians: Castle Fier
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    The Silver Bayonet: The Carpathians: Castle Fier

    By Joseph A. McCullough and Brainbug Design

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    Recruit new soldiers, face new foes, and explore the mysteries of the Carpathian Mountains in two new campaigns, one competitive and one for solo or cooperative play.

    High in the Carpathian Mountains stands the crumbling Castle Fier. Once home to a powerful warlord, the castle cast a dark shadow across the nearby villages, until crusaders attacked with sword and flame to put an end to its menace. Though history passed into folklore, the ruins of Castle Fier remained shunned by all as a cursed site. Now, horrors have been seen moving at night. An army gathers. Something has awoken in the ruins. With the political situation in the surrounding region becoming increasingly unstable, France, Prussia, Britain, and the other powers have dispatched their best agents to investigate the ruins, eliminate any threats, and acquire any treasures that could prove useful in the ongoing fight against the harvestmen… and each other.

    The Carpathians: Castle Fier is a supplement for The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror, in which the special units must fight their way through the ruins of a menacing haunted castle. It features two campaigns – one competitive and one for solo or cooperative play – as well as new monsters to fight, soldiers to recruit, and treasure to unearth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateMay 25, 2023
    ISBN9781472858801
    The Silver Bayonet: The Carpathians: Castle Fier
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    Joseph A. McCullough

    Joseph A. McCullough's first brush with writing for games was as co-author of The Grey Mountains supplement for the Middle-Earth Role-Playing Game, and he has remained passionate about Fantasy gaming since, going on to become an award-winning game designer. He is the creator of the “Frostgrave Family” of skirmish wargames (the Fantasy titles Frostgrave, Ghost Archipelago, Rangers of Shadow Deep, and the Sci-Fi evolution, Stargrave) and of the Oathmark Fantasy battle game and The Silver Bayonet, a game of Napoleonic Gothic Horror. The latest information on his game design and other writing can be found at: josephamccullough.com.

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      Book preview

      The Silver Bayonet - Joseph A. McCullough

      CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      NEW SOLDIERS

      NEW SOLDIER LIST

      THE IRON KEEP CAMPAIGN

      PLAYER COUNT

      INITIATIVE CHECK – SPECIAL RESULTS

      SCENARIO 1: THE GRAVEYARD

      SCENARIO 2: THE KENNELS

      SCENARIO 3: THE TORTURE CHAMBER

      SCENARIO 4: THE GREAT HALL

      SCENARIO 5: THE LAIR OF MARCEA LUPUL

      EPILOGUE

      THE BROKEN WATCHTOWER

      MINIATURES NEEDED

      SCENARIO 1: WITCH WOODS

      SCENARIO 2: THE SPINE

      SCENARIO 3: THE BROKEN WATCHTOWER

      BESTIARY

      Bat Swarms

      Bloodless Hound

      Dog-Head (Căpcăun)

      Forest Walkers

      Forest Witch (Muma Pădurii)

      Gargoyle

      Giant Bat

      Giant Rat

      Marcea Lupul

      Undead Werewolf (Pricolici)

      Rack-born

      Tomb Wraith

      Vrykolakas

      NEW ATTRIBUTES

      CHAPTER ONE

      INTRODUCTION

      Welcome to Castle Fier, the first supplement for The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror! I’ve got to admit, this is not a book I expected to write. One of my design goals in creating the game was to keep it small – low miniature count, quick playtime, not too many rules. I figured I’d write the rulebook, and maybe a magazine article or two, and that would be it. Then Osprey Games released the book, and everything changed.

      The book flew off the shelves, and overnight the internet came alive with people painting units, building terrain, stating up monsters, and creating their own scenarios. The combination of historical pageantry and gothic fantasy apparently struck a nerve with miniature fans. Fantasy gamers who had played my previous games found an excuse to dabble with historicals in a ‘safe environment’; while historical players gained a reason to pick up a few werewolf and vampire models they had always wanted. The enthusiasm for the game was infectious, and it spread right back to me!

      Due to the schedules of the publishing industry, by the time of the game’s release, I was hard at work on other things, but all the excitement pulled me right back in. I wanted to keep playing in this gothic world full of weird shadows, high-plumed hats, ancient magic, and great moustaches. Ideas filled my brain, but also a bit of fear. I have now created a bunch of games, and I just can’t support them all to the level I would wish. I needed to find a way to support this game, to express the ideas brimming inside me, but also to stay true to that original design principle of ‘staying small’. So, after discussions with Osprey, I asked for two things. First, could we make expansions for The Silver Bayonet smaller than for my other games. This would allow me to better fit them into my work schedule and would also keep them leaner and more focused. It would help keep the game small. My other request was that we recruit some help! So, while this first expansion is written by me, the next one will be penned by my friend, sometimes collaborator, and genuine wargaming celebrity, Ash Barker! I will, of course, be keeping an eye on him, but I’m quite excited to see what new ideas he brings to the world and the game. After that? Well, I’ll be back I’m sure, and maybe some others will get involved as well. No plan survives contact with the enemy, especially if that enemy can only be harmed with silver weapons or salt!

      For now though, I hope you enjoy Castle Fier! In this supplement, I wanted to focus in on some of the most classic of Gothic tropes: the haunted ruined castle, graveyards, and the restless dead, and work them all into one narrative campaign. Well, two campaigns, actually. The first is a five-scenario competitive campaign, where the specialist units explore the ruins of the Iron Keep, once

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