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The Goblin band unit is unique in its composition This pack adds three new unit types to your and capabilities. At the start of an Adventure a Goblinoid armies:GOBLIN SKIRMISHER Welcome to the Goblin Skirmisher Specialist Pack! Unsupported

This pack adds three new unit types to your Goblinoid armies: Goblin Band • A Goblin band, complete with a Goblin Band Leader (the Green Bass Drum Banner Bearer) 1 Goblin Bass Drum Banner Bearer figure and three Goblin drummers • Two units of Red Banner Hobgoblin Spear Supported Bearers

• and two units of Green Banner Goblin Slingers The infantry is Bold and supported because it receives a support presence from two different sources: the adjacent Goblin cavalry, The pack comes with enough banners to field all and the distant Goblin band. The Goblin cavalry is not units for either camp (Pennant or Standard), the supported, since it only has one support presence - from the adjacent infantry- but none from the Goblin band in another Specialist cards required to deploy your newly acquired section of the battlefield. troops using the BattleLore Call to Arms custom army deployment system, and two new, ready-to-play 1 Bass Drum 1 Goblin Band Line of sight is not required for support presence, adventures. summary card specialist card and the Goblin band can be next to enemy units Goblin band must have 1 Goblin Bass Drummer and still offer a support presence. All that matters is A word about these units Banner Bearer figure and 3 Goblin Drummer figures that the Goblin Bass Drum Banner Bearer be in the Like all Goblinoid troops, the units introduced in (see Goblin Drummers below). same section as the friendly unit it is drumming this booklet share the same traits common to all In addition to battling at 2d in Melee, the Goblin support for. Like all Banner Bearers, the Goblin Bass Goblinoid units, as detailed in pp. 38-39 of the band provides a Support presence to all friendly units Drum Banner Bearer is the last figure eliminated from BattleLore Player's Guide; Namely - Goblin Rush in the same section of the battlefield. Any friendly the unit in combat. (blue and red Goblinoid infantry may move two unit located in the same section as the Goblin band If the Goblin band is on a hex shared by two hexes and battle when rushing to engage an enemy receives support from the Goblin band as if the sections, then all friendly units in both sections benefit in Melee) and Goblin Run (when forced to retreat, Goblin band was adjacent to the friendly unit for from the band's support presence. If two Goblin Goblinoid units retreat 2 hexes for each flag they support purposes, regardless of how far the Goblin bands are fielded in the same section, then all friendly cannot ignore, and check for panic losses for each hex band may actually be from the unit it lends a support units in this section are fully supported (since 2 support of retreat). presence to. presence = 1 Support) and Bold. In Reluctant Allies Epic games, players allied together both benefit from

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the support presence of the Goblin band fielded by In battle, the player controlling the unit is the one either one of them. who decides which figure to remove, when losing Hobgoblin The Goblin band itself is Bold, and may ignore one figures in combat. The Banner Bearer of the unit must flag rolled against it in battle for as long as it still has always be removed last however. As a result, an Spear Bearers a Goblin Drummer (see below) within its ranks. If it embedded Goblin Drummer will usually be the second 2 units with 4 Hobgoblin loses all three drummers and is down to its Bass to last figure to disappear, within a unit. At that point, Spear Bearer figures each Drum Banner Bearer, the band receives no support or the unit the Goblin Drummer was in no longer receives support presence from itself (i.e. the bass drum does any benefit from it. not boost its own morale). Unless explicitly specified otherwise by a unit's description (e.g. Goblin Band) or the adventure's Special rules, you can embed a maximum of 1 Goblin drummer Goblin per Goblinoid foot unit (and always in replacement of, not in addition to, an existing figure from that unit). Drummers 1 Goblin Spear 1 Spear summary card Bearer specialist card 3 Goblin Drummer figures Goblin Slinger The elite of the elite among Goblinoid troops, these 2 units with 4 Goblin fearsome units are best approached cautiously, if at all... Slinger figures each Not only do they battle back (when Bold) at + 1d, they also rush up to two hexes when engaging their enemy in Melee - something that their foes will only ignore at a great peril! 1 Goblin drummers 1 Goblin Drum specialist card summary card

Goblin Drummers are unique in that they can either be deployed as part of a Goblin band, as 1 Goblin Slingers 1 Sling summary card specialist card described above, or they can be embedded as a single figure, in replacement of an existing figure, in any other type of Goblinoid foot unit. Nimbler than their bow-equipped cousins, Goblin The effect of the Goblin Drummer is to make the Slingers shoot equally well on the run and when Goblinoid unit it is embedded in Bold and able to taking aim. Combined with their great mobility, this ignore one (additional) flag, for as long as the Goblin makes them the perfect troops to taunt slow-moving Drummer figure remains alive within that unit. enemy troops as well as for finishing off lone, straggling enemy figures. Copyright (c) 2007 Days of Wonder, Inc.

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30 THE SOUNDS OF WATER

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x9 Galician border 1383

1x he sound of running water x3 drowned out the beat of Ttheir drums, but it did not seem to matter: These pesky goblins 5x were holding ranks as if magically bound! x1

2x

Spider BRIEFING

Special Rules The entire river is fordable. In addition the shallow fords do not stop movement. João I Juan I Grand Master of Aviz King of Castile

Victory Conditions Victory Conditions 6 x3+ x3+ 6 3 WAR COUNCIL Level 6 WAR COUNCIL Level 6 WAR Goblin rulesbook all V Corr. DEF:Goblin booklet EN 10/04/07 16:18 Page 2

31 RIDING DOWN THE SPEAR BEARERS

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Spider Portugal 1384 x7

he Castilian rear-guard 3x had crossed the river, Tintent on riding us down. But our Hobgoblin brethren x4 had a nasty surprise for them in the waiting... 2x

x1 BRIEFING

Special Rules The entire river is impassable except at the bridge. João I Juan I Grand Master of Aviz King of Castile

Victory Conditions Victory Conditions 6 x3+ x3+ 6 WAR COUNCIL Level 6 WAR COUNCIL Level 6 4