THE EYE OF ARGON
A somewhat silly, but quick, 500-point Warmaster Scenario, by Rick Wynn

GROUND: A small hill in the center of the field, at the crest of 
which is the Fane of Fate. (The small hill serves two functions - to 
give infantry there defended status, and to block line-of-sight for 
artillery and fliers from the initial deployment positions.)


FORCES: Both sides select 500 point forces, under the following 
special rules:
(i) Army generals are NOT available; instead, each force must have a 
wizard (or runesmith) who acts as the army commander (and stand-in 
for the player!). When that wizard fails in giving an order, that 
side's movement is done. Players may choose other wizards and/or 
heroes to act as subordinates.

(ii) There are no minimums or maximums for troop types. A force 
could consist of an Orc Shaman and three Giants, or a Liche Priest 
and six Carrion, or an Imperial wizard and seven Handgunners.

(iii) Each army may field one mercenary unit, of any list. Add a 
Flame Cannon to Chaos if you like, or a Giant to Empire, or a Steam 
Tank to Dark Elves.


DEPLOYMENT AND PLAY: Both sides deploy no closer than 40cm from the 
center of the hill, on opposite sides of the field and not more than 
10cm from the "center line" of the field. Dice for first move.


OBJECTIVE: In the Fane of Fate is the all-powerful Eye of Argon, 
which each side's commanding wizard would dearly love to possess. 
All forces are expendable in pursuit of this objective! There is no 
break point in this battle - the only ways to win are to (a) kill the 
opposing commander while keeping your own alive, or (b) wrest the Eye 
of Argon from the Fane and then successfully exit your commander off 
your own edge.

The Eye of Argon can only be extracted from the Fane by the wizards 
commanding the respective armies. To do so, the Fane must be 
occupied by a friendly unit, and the wizard attached to that unit 
during Character Movement phase. Then, during Spell Phase, the 
wizard must throw a 3+ to obtain the Eye (during which time he cannot 
cast any other spell). If he succeeds in doing so, he has the Eye in 
his possession. Now all he has to do is survive the enemy's likely 
counterattack! If he does so, on his next turn he can flee for his 
own table edge; if he does not, the Eye is found on his corpse and 
his rival wins.