Hello folks!

I thought I'd share with you a little side-project that we've had going on in my gaming group. We call it The 9th Age: Skirmish Campaigns (T9A:SC), formerly knows as Cityscape Skirmish. It is a game of small Warbands fighting to earn fame and fortune in the9th Age. You'll find it all in the following six documents:


T9A: Skirmish Campaigns - Rulebook v0.9.98

T9A: Skirmish Campaigns - Armies and Warbands v0.9.98

T9A: Skirmish Campaigns - Paths and Faiths v0.9.98

T9A: Skirmish Campaigns - Hirelings v0.9.98

T9A: Skirmish Campaigns - Scenarios v0.9.98

T9A: Skirmish Campaigns - Optional Rules v0.9.98



What you see above is the result of a few months of work, done mainly by me and @celarain, and with help from our whole gaming group. We started with simply rewriting all the rules, aiming for a tighter and more easily grasped ruleset. We used The 9th Age as a template and in the process adapted several mechanics from it, most notable perhaps is the charge mechanics and the whole principle of being allowed to measure any distances at all times. Based on previous experiences with the game we also made changes to try and improve balance and enjoyment, most notable here is probably the change to how damage is handled. With that ruleset we started up our campaign and have used it do some playtesting. As we moved along, we made further smaller changes to improve balance, and brought in more and more details from 9th Age for the sake of simplicity (weapon rules and characteristics are that much easier to remember if they are similar).

We are having a lot of fun with this rule set, and so we figured other might enjoy it too. It is imo still very true to the core of the game it based upon, while at the same time being clearer and easier to use, much thanks to the similarity to 9th Age. I personally find that the changes made improve both balance and gameplay, but this is of course based on our own meta and preferences.

Everyone is welcome to use these rules, and I'd gladly read any input you might have about it.

Happy gaming!

Latest updated: 2020-11-29

EDIT: Here are some links to a tool that we have been using in our campaign, an interactive warband roster. It's available both in .ots and .xltx format (template formats). The roster automatically calculates your Warband Rating and collects Maximum Characteristics when Species are specified. I've also included a link to my own warband as an example of how to use the roster, though only in .ods format and in an older version. I hope you'll find it useful.

Warband Roster (.ots format)

Warband Roster (.xltx format)

Example Warband (.ods format)

Thanks for all the comments guys

Astadriel wrote:

Awesome, thanks for sharing! Did you consider adding an Amazon warband ?

We do have plans to add more Warbands to the mix, though before Amazons we would probably focus on getting all of the 9th Age armies represented first.

Troels wrote:

Looking good.

Should the Inquisition Warband have 0-3 Apprentices? Just guessing.

You are correct, that will be changed for the next release. Nicely spotted.

Vazalaar wrote:

This is fantastic work. For some strange reason I never started with Mordheim, but this seems perfect. As someone who loves painting, but doesn't really have the time or endurance to paint whole armies this is the perfect excuse to paint different warbands.

I am also eagerly waiting for Forgeworld Mordheim, certainly for the miniatures as it will be in the old world!

I hope you can keep this up.

Well done!

Painting a warband can be very rewarding I've found so I highly recommend giving it a go. The low model count means you can really put an effort into each and every one of the them.

Is Forgeworld going to do Mordheim? That sounds awesome!

@Warlord of the Multiverse Very glad to hear you liked it
I'd very much like it if you could tell me more about the games you had. Are you starting up a campaign for example?

The next big work ahead I imagine is to update it in accordance with v1.2 of the 9th Age, which will mainly affect the Paths of Magic I guess. Adding more warbands to have all 9th Age armies represented is definitely on the list of coming stuff.

@vbbulldog24 You are correct, thanks for pointing it out
Will be fixed in the next update.

Answers in red.

Troels wrote:

Greybeards are missing from the DH lists.
Can't believe I overlooked those. Will be added.


Brotherhood of the Dragon VC has access to 6 starting heroes.
Intentional. They have no henchmen who can gain experience so would not be able to get 6 heroes otherwise. Btw, KoE also have access 6, but that is mainly symmetrical reasons.


VS has access to 5 starting heroes (they were the only Warband to have 6 initially).
Intentional. VS (or Skaven rather) were always one of the strongest warbands early in the campaigns. Not allowing them 6 heroes from the start balances that a bit. They have cheap henchmen so can get the 6th hero relatively quickly.


DE has a rule that allows an advance move after taking down an opponent. It is currently worded so that the model gets a priority choice. It's of course clear that the player chooses but to be on the safe side it might need changing.
Good point. Will be clarified.

@blonde beer What is an OR show? Google suggested that it means Outdoors Retailer show, but I'm guessing that is not it.