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 ====== 1. INTRODUCTION ======
-//"The fireball arched across the sky, glowing
+**//"The fireball arched across the sky, glowing
 and spluttering through the dark clouds.
 Then, as the wizard lowered his hand, the
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 curses, as the Discipline Masters began to
 drive them forward toward the shattered
-dwarf lines.
+dwarf lines.//**
-As the orcs drew near King Dernil’s dwarven
+**//As the orcs drew near King Dernil’s dwarven
 guards, they could make out the carnage
 wreaked by their wizard's fireball and began to
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 grim, stood their ground, lowering their
 spears and raising blood stained shields to
-receive the cavalry charge."//
+receive the cavalry charge."//**
-Such is the turn of battle in the world of Vortimax,
+{{ ::tumblr_97b0ea64f94c628f083b4f6c5cca8206_e6326bef_1280.jpg?400 |}}
+Such is the turn of battle in the world of **FANTASY WARLORD(tm)**,
 where brave deeds are called for and great generals
 are in eternal demand. Now you can become one of
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 bring fire and destruction to all who oppose the
 banners of darkness!
 FANTASY WARLORD is a system which allows you to
 fight great battles between fantasy armies, with
 anything from just ten (all characters) to over two
 thousand troops on each side. It contains
 information on all the key races from humans, elves
 and dwarfs to ogres, trolls, orcs and goblins. You can
 even have dragons and giants at your command, if
 that is your desire!
 FANTASY WARLORD offers you one of the most
 comprehensive and fastest fantasy combat systems
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+==== SCENERY ====
+Scenery to place on a battlefield is not essential but
+does make games more interesting. If you are just
+starting you can use books for hills and lay a green
+cloth over them. Alternatively you can make hills out
+of polystyrene ceiling tiles or even chipboard. You
+can buy rubberised lichen from most model stores to
+use for bushes or hedges and model trees to denote
+woods (or you can make your own!). There is also a
+growing range of FANTASY WARLORD SCENERY packs
+which contain such things as stone walls, wooden
+fences, runestones, shrines etcetera.
+Articles on how to build and use scenery are
+featured regularly in the magazine RED GIANT.
+===== FIGURES =====
+You can build up armies out of metal or plastic
+figures, which are available from all good gaming
+stores. The best figures to use are FANTASY WARLORD
+MINIATURES because they tie in directly with the
+world of Vortimax and are carefully crafted so they
+can be armed with the weapons you want! Buy
+figures where ever possible in unit quantities, and
+plan your purchases in advance so you end up with a
+balanced army (see chapter 2 for more information
+on the make up of different armies). Try to build up
+armies in conjunction with your friends or club
+members, to ensure you can fight with as many
+different races as possible.
+Figures should be painted before you play with
+them. You will find playing with painted figures is
+more enjoyable and a painted army will be the envy of
+all your friends! Advice on how to paint figures will be
+featured regularly in the magazine RED GIANT.
+Each figure comes with its own base, but it is best
+to glue them onto larger card bases, so they stand up
+better on the wargames table and take up the correct
+amount of space. The size of base you should use for
+each figure is listed on the profile sheets, which you
+will find at the back of this book. Take care to use the
+profile sheet that matches the race of the figure you
+have purchased, as base sizes can vary.
+Characters (important figures such as heroes and
+generals) should always be mounted individually.
+But ordinary soldiers are best mounted either singly,
+or in twos, threes or fours. Groups of more than four
+figures can be made but are difficult to use when you
+need to form up troops on the table in columns, lines
+or hedgehogs! Multibases, i.e. those bases with more
+than one figure glued on them, ensure you can move
+your figures faster around the table and are less
+fiddly than individually based figures. As you look
+through the pictures in this book you will see many
+examples of different multibases.
+If you want to base your soldiers on multibases,
+you can either buy precut FANTASY WARLORD bases
+from FOLIO WORKS or gaming stores, or you can buy
+sheets of card and cut them up to the correct sizes. If
+you buy your own card, make sure it is thick or your
+figures will bend it. Advice on how to base figures is
+featured in the magazine RED GIANT.
+The base sizes given on the profile sheets are single
+base sizes only. If you want to use a multibase simply
+multiply the figures given on the profile sheets by
+the number of figures required. For instance if you
+want to base some goblins in a block of four, as the
+size of one base is 20mm x 20mm, the multibase will need to be 40mm x 40 mm. Such a base will allow you
+to have two goblins at the front and two at the back.
+===== DICE =====
+FANTASY WARLORD uses a number of different
+types of dice which can all be purchased from good
+game stores.
+The types of dice are as follows:
+**D3** - A D3 is in fact a six-sided dice marked 1 — 3
+twice. If you cannot find a proper D3 you can use a
+D6 but each time you roll it, you must remember
+that a 1 or 2 = 1, a 3 or 4 = 2 and a 5 or 6 = 3.
+**D4** - This is usually a dice with four sides marked 1 —
+. However you can also buy eight sided dice
+marked 1—4 twice and these are more easy to roll
+and nicer to use.
+**D6** - This is a normal six sided die marked 1 — 6.
+**D8** - This is an eight sided die marked 1 — 8.
+**D100** - D100s are used to roll numbers between 1
+and 100. 100 sided dice are available but the best
+thing to use are two D10 dice. These are dice
+marked 0—9. You will need two of these and they
+should be different colours. To roll a number
+between 1 and 100 with two D10s, you must first
+designate one of the dice to be the 'tens', then you
+roll both dice and read off your score. For
+instance, if you had one red and one white die, you
+could name the red one 'tens' and then roll them.
+If you got a 1 on the red and a 9 on the white your
+score would be 19%. If you rolled a5 on the red and
+a 4 on the white your score would be 54%, if you
+rolled a zero on the red and a 2 on the white your
+score would be 2%. The tenth number on a D10 is
+normally a zero rather than a ten. If you roll two
+zeros you will have scored 100%, otherwise a zero
+counts as exactly 0.
+It speeds up games if each commander has his own
+dice.
+===== RULERS =====
+All measurements in FANTASY WARLORD are given
+in millimetres or centimetres and you will need a
+ruler or better still a tape measure which features
+metric measurements. It speeds up a game if each
+commander has his own ruler.
+----
+[[creating-an-army|CHAPTER 2. CREATING AN ARMY]]