Warhammer season is right around the corner and everyone here at GW HQ is ready to get their game on. After seeing all the recent online campaign articles, namely, Gameplay Accessories and Campaign Tokens, and with Warhammer Realms: Lustria and the Conquest of the New World booklet floating around, everyone in the office is ready to begin a summer full of Warhammer gaming.

In case you are still sitting on the fence with regards to doing some Warhammer campaigning this summer, we have another fantastic campaign article for your perusal: modelling campaign accessories. In case you don't know what I'm talking about, campaign accessories are all those neat items, besides your army, that you will need to maximise the enjoyment of any map-based campaign.

CONTROL COUNTERS

For almost any type of campaign, you need markers to indicate the territories, nodes, or settlements that you own. These markers can be called possession tokens, control counters, territory markers or "I own this" thingies... it doesn't really matter. Regardless of the name, they do the same thing: they let everyone playing know who owns what areas of the map. Depending on the size of the map, the number of players, and how much of the map you hope to claim, you could need anywhere from 5 to 50 of these markers. First, I recommend downloading and printing out the Campaign tokens. Then, model and paint a set of 15-20 control counters like those below. If you really sweep the board, you can use the cardboard chits while you make additional control counters.

Control counters - click to see larger versions

All of the control counters above were mounted on 25-mm round bases. If you are magnetizing your tokens (see Campaign Hexes for all the details), ceramic magnets will fit nicely underneath these bases. Alternately, you could mount the model directly on the top of the ceramic magnet (which you can find in most craft stores).

ARMY MARKERS

Again, almost every campaign requires players to move their armies around the map. While the number of armies needed and the rules for movement may be different depending upon the campaign format, you still need army markers regardless! Again, you can download and print out Campaign Tokens. However, for those of you that need that third dimension, Warmaster models are the way to go.

Army Markers - click to see larger versions

SETTLEMENT MARKERS

Below are some ideas for creating tokens to represent the cities, fortresses, villages, headquarters, farms, and outposts that you will discover, build, or conquer in your campaign. Since every player in your campaign will probably be fielding different armies, we recommend that each player makes his own army-specific settlements. While these settlements involve a bit of work, the results will be well worth it. Even in a very large campaign, only a few of each of these markers per player will be required, and they can add fun, unique details to your campaign. You can probably start with two cities and castles and a few more of the smaller settlements. Check the rules of your campaign and talk to your organizer to get a better idea of what you will need.

VILLIAGE		CITY
Green Stuff, plasticard, and metal tower.		Might Empire bridges, tower, and plasticard.
FORTRESS		OUTPOST OR WATCHTOWER
Insulation foam cut with a hobby knife.		Warmaster Dark Elves and Bretonnian Command.

We built the settlement markers above on 40-mm round bases. While I think keeping the black edge around the token makes them look like little dioramas, some players prefer to cut off the sides (see below) so the game piece fits seamlessly onto the campaign board or map. It's up to you!

Above are various settlement markers from The General's Compendium (CW from Upper left): Village, Orc City, Vampire Counts Capital, Farm, Fortress, Beastmen Watchtower, Watchtower, Empire City, and Vampire Counts Watchtower (click to see larger images).

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