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The Lost Chest

The last survivor of an ill-fated Marienburger warband stumbled out of the ruins of

stricken Mordheim this morning, and told how he and his mates had found a magically

locked treasure chest – shortly before a Skaven band sprang an ambush. With his last

breath, the Marienburger gasped out a description of the neighborhood where he and his

doomed friends found, and then hastily re-hid, the chest before attempting to break out of

the skaven trap. The Marienburgers lost the running fight with the evil rat abominations,

but it is possible the chest remains undiscovered by the victors. For most who have heard

the tale, the “Lost Chest” could be anywhere in the city, but a few captains have

recognized landmarks in the dying man’s description, and have an idea where to start

looking…

The “Lost Chest” scenario can be played by two players, but it is primarily intended for

larger numbers of warbands. All of the warbands in the game have previously partially

explored the section of Mordheim where the chest has been hidden, and have some

knowledge of the area.

Set up. Blah blah blah. The players will need a number of counters to mark possible

locations of the Lost Chest: three counters for each player, plus one additional counter.

Players also need duplicates of these counters. Players roll to determine the order that

they will place the first set of counters on the table. The first player places a counter, and

then the second player places a counter, etc., until all of the players have placed three

counters and the first player has placed a fourth counter. These counters must be in a

building, or some sort of enclosure. Counters must be at least 10 inches from the edge of

the board, and they must be at least 10 inches apart from any other counters. The

duplicate counters are placed in an opaque container (hat, coffee cup etc.). Before rolling

to determine the order of placement for the warbands, each player draws three of the

duplicate counters from the cup. These counters will tell each player three locations

where the Lost Chest will not be found, since its actual location will be determined by the

last counter left in the cup after all of the players have drawn their three counters (the

warbands have all partially searched this neighborhood before).

Players follow the standard rules for setting up warbands and determining the order of

play.

Searching a location . If one or more members of a warband ends the movement phase in

a location with a counter and are within four inches of the counter, the player can roll to

search the building at the end of the his or her turn. The base chance for the search to

succeed is 1 in 6 per warrior searching the location (i.e. in the building/site and within

four inches of the counter). If only one warrior is searching, then the search will succeed

on a roll of 6+, while three warriors would successfully search a location on a 4+. If the

search is unsuccessful, the location may be searched by the same warband again in a

subsequent turn, with a +1 to the search roll (and a +2 on the third turn of searching, etc.).

Note that the number and the identity of a warband’s warriors searching a location may

vary from turn to turn, as their captain sends them to different locations or has them

defending against or attacking rival warbands. Such changes to not penalize the

searchers: at the end of the turn, a player totals the number of his or her warriors

searching a location, and adds any modifiers for previous searches of the same location

conducted by the warband, and rolls to determine if the search is successful.

Obviously, a warband can search more than one location a turn, although no single

warrior can search more than one location a turn.

A warrior in hand-to-hand combat, or within six inches of an enemy model, cannot

search.

If the search roll is successful then the player who secretly holds the other counter for that

location must reveal the counter, demonstrating that the Lost Chest is not at that location.

If no player has the counter for the site, then the searching player has found the Lost

Chest. Players should check the last counter in the cup to insure that it corresponds to the

counter at the site just searched. (If it doesn’t, then a player failed to reveal that he or she

had the counter for the searched location; all of the inattentive player’s warriors are taken

out of action , and the game ends. Assign experience points as normal – 1 for each

survivor and 1 for each character who took an enemy out of action).

Removing the Lost Chest : Now that the Chest has been located, to end the game a

warband must remove it from the board. The Chest is quite heavy, bug and awkward, and

securely locked. Players should use model to depict the Lost Chest – the one that comes

in the basic Mordheim box serves nicely. It can be carried as follows:

A single warrior with 4+ strength can carry the chest his/her full movement, but

cannot run. Place the Chest behind the model, touching its base.

A warrior strength 3 or less can drag the chest at half the warrior’s normal

movement rate, and cannot run. Place the Chest behind the model, touching its

base.

Two warriors of strength 2+ can carry the Chest at the normal movement rate of

the slowest of the two warriors. They cannot run. The two models should be

placed base-to-Chest-to-base while they are carrying the Chest.

The Chest can be dragged behind a mount. The mount moves at its normal

movement rate, but cannot run. Place the Chest behind the model, touching its

base.

If a model dragging the Chest moves off of the board, then the Chest has been removed.

The game ends once the chest has been successfully removed from the table, or when all

bands except one have routed.

Experience:

+1 for surviving

+1 per enemy taken out of action

+1 for the winning captain (the captain of the band that removes the chest from the

board or the Captain of the last remaining warband if no band successfully carries

the Chest off of the board before the game ends).

+1 for the searcher (or one of the searchers of the player’s choice) who found the Chest

+1 for the warrior or warriors (maximum of two) who actually carrird the Chest

model off of the board. If the game ends because of routing before the Chest is

carried off, no models receive this bonus experience.

Loot: All warbands take their normal search rolls after the game ends. Additionally, the

player whose warband possesses the Chest at the end of the game may roll to see what

the Chest contains:

Automatic 4d6 gold

4+ d6 gems worth 5 gold each

5+ Brace of dueling pistols

5+ Lucky Charm

5+ Rabbit’s Foot

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