The Stats are given for Astounding Tales though we used our own Skirmish Rules to play our game.

E-mail me at info@morvalearth.co.uk for a free trial set of our rules.

Occasional scattered buildings dot the landscape where shepherds live in the lambing season.  They have a fireplace, a water cistern, a bed box and a number of stone or wood containers for belongings or foodstuffs.

All of the parties start at the table edges, the Carlists opposite the Cardinal, the Nationalists opposite the Germans and the Republicans opposite the British.  The Order of the Purple Pentacle is in the ruins and the demons, well they need to be summoned.

The board needs to be large enough to keep the parties separate until the last moment.  The ruin is the main terrain feature and a separate drawing, to scale, of the caverns below is useful.  The approach routes need to have natural problems only to slow the cars down to walking pace and so that the parties can hear the chanting accompaniment to the ritual when it starts.

Special Considerations:

·        Verey (Flare) Pistols have the same range as a pistol and sets fire to a demon if it hits one (most times).

·        The Ritual takes as long as is necessary for the heroes to get into the ruined monastery.     

Extras

Nobody lives here except an occasional (generic profile) shepherd tending his flocks. 

Zmorgahl is a horrific minor demon that has been bound within the Moorish monastery for centuries along with his follower demons.  He is immortal.  If he is “killed” he will return to its prison in a column of fire accompanied by a great roaring OK?  He can be held back by the symbols of life, light and good – crucifix, crescent, and ankh and so on.  They do not do him much harm but he prefers not to be burned by them.  If he is touched by one the “burn” will weaken his fighting power by 1 each turn that they are inflicted. Thus the Demons can be held at bay and weakened but not killed by them. 

Once liberated he will appear with 3+d6 smaller demons and will attack humans in sight.  After this more demons will appear at the rate of d6 per turn that you have sufficient in the casualty box until the sword or a crucifix or Holy symbol is used to seal the portal.  Demons can be destroyed by Holy Water and SonderStoff and can be driven off and killed by fire.  Instead of demons you can use zombies, skeletons, ogres, ghouls, giant bugs or whatever you have or whatever takes your fancy!

The Nazi Swastika is NOT a Holy symbol but the Middle Eastern one is!

Minor Demons move 6" and Zmorgahl moves 8".  They get no charge bonuses but do not have any penalties for terrain.

The Manuscript Book Ars Daemonica.  An ancient manuscript with text in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Cuneiform, Ancient Greek and a language that has not been recognised, though it is assumed that it has the same text as the others.  The text deals in some detail with the rituals for raising and binding demons.  The manuscript warns of the dangers of not adhering precisely to the proper rituals, of the necessity of possessing artefacts for the binding and control of demons, of the need for human blood and, occasionally, human sacrifice.  You know the sort of stuff.

The ritual will bring out not one demon but a whole host of minor demons led by a larger one, Zmorgahl. 

Never ending supply of demons: The players should not be directly told but should be led, after a few turns, to realise that the demons are recycled until the portal is closed.  Every demon turn that there are 6 or more demons in the casualty box roll a d6 per six demons and that is how many appear. 

The sword of Santa Justa Juancornetto was forged originally from Sun Stone (Meteoric Iron) in Ancient Egypt for the Pharaoh Isiliforgotahn when he bound the demons of the Underworld.   Unfortunately they were released in error during the Arab conquest and the Moorish Prince Saladresin and the Christian Santa Justa, using swords forged from the Kepesh, bound them in Spain.  Santa Justa’s Sword with its fantastically bejewelled scabbard and belt, was held in the Monastery Vinhoverde in Tuscany until it was stolen. 

When it is in the presence of a Demon (9”) it glows purple. 

Rules:  The sword is used as a normal sword.  Any demon facing the sword suffers -2 Guts and -1 Fists.  Any wounds suffered by a demon send it back through the portal.  Taking the sword to the portal where the demons enter will recall all demons back through the portal on a d6 roll of 4+ and seal it.  Thus ending the game.

The Monasteria del Lobbi y Coridor or “Moorish” Monastery is based on an old fortified mosque.  It is largely ruined.  The main parts are the chapel/mosque itself, the walls and the gate towers are practically roofless.  The Order has its living quarters below ground.  This is where the demon is bound and it will appear through the central well (portal).

The hill on which the monastery stands is riddled with tombs and catacombs that date well back into prehistory.  Any party attempting to go through them will get lost taking d6 turns to get back to the start.   The shepherd can guide a party through them.

The Victim Lady Erin Sepport, the daughter and heiress to Sir Jeckyl Sepport, Earl of Mummerset has been kidnapped by the Order of the Purple Pentacle for their ritual because her family suppressed the Order in the 15^th Century.  Long memories, these chaps!

The Order of The Purple Pentacle was suppressed after being corrupted.  The exposure to magic took its toll and the Order was subverted to evil.  The Church recovered many items from the Order but the most powerful and important ones remained concealed.

The Order is now resurgent under the leadership of Secton Tryall and looking to regain its arcane powers through demonic control.  The familiars carry a variety of weapons.    

The Leader will be at the pentacle.  Beside him is the victim, bound and held by one familiar (the driver) and Sue Ridgepype ready to be bled into a chalice. 

The other familiars are in the chapel tower and the last one is on foot patrol.

The Order has a Rolls Royce - I have a blood red one but a purple one would be better maybe? - in an underground garage below the chapel.  It is always ready for a quick getaway - of course.

 The players:

The Diogenese Club

The Vatican

The Nazis

All the Spanish supporting cast groups are the same except for the special banner pole carried by the Carlists:

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