Official Map Pack

2nd Edition, version 2.0.1

January 10, 2019

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 How to Use this Document

The following 16 maps are meant to be used for games with either randomised or predefined Deployment Types. If you
use predefined deployment for your games, the following maps should be used with the mentioned Deployment Type:

Map 1 - Frontline Clash

Map 2 - Frontline Clash
Map 3 - Frontline Clash

Map 4 - Counterthrust
Map 5 - Marching Columns
Map 6 - Refused Flank
Map 7 - Encircle
Map 8 - Dawn Assault

Map 9 - Frontline Clash

Map 10 - Frontline Clash
Map 11 - Frontline Clash
Map 12 - Counterthrust
Map 13 - Marching Columns
Map 14 - Refused Flank
Map 15 - Encircle
Map 16 - Dawn Assault

For team tournaments we recommend to use the following maps:

3-player teams: Map 1-3

5-player teams: Map 4-8
8-player teams: Map 9-16

All 16 maps Terrain Features from the Terrain Supplement “Lands of The 9​th Age”. In addition to the generic
Terrain Features found in the Rulebook these extra Terrain Features are:

Walls -> Tall Wall, Corral of Wagons

Hills -> Mountain of Slaughter, Burial Mound
Ruins -> Beast Lair, Smoldering Outpost
Impassable Terrain -> Monolith, Massive Insect Mound
Forests -> Brushwood, Jungle
Fields -> Meadow
Water Terrain -> Cleansing Water, Oil Slick

We recommend using these Terrain Features as described in the “Lands of The 9​th Age”. Players and
tournamentorganiers can of course decide to use the corresponding generic Terrain Features from the Rulebook. The
design of the maps ensures there will not be any significant loss in gaming experience in either case.

The Terrain Features from the Terrain Supplement are marked with a red frame and their corresponding name
in red letters on each map.
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Map 1 - Frontline Clash

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Massive Insect Mound

Types See Shared Rules for Impassable Terrain

Cover See Shared Rules for Impassable Terrain

Mission Impassable See Shared Rules for Impassable Terrain.

The Swarm At the start of each Shooting Phase, units within 3" of one or more Massive Insect Mounds
suffer 2D3 hits with Strength 1 and Armour Penetration 0.
Any unit losing one or more Health Points from this attack suffers -1 to hit with its Shooting
Attacks during this phase.
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Map 2 - Frontline Clash

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Mountain of Slaughter
Types See Shared Rules for Hills.

Cover See Shared Rules for Hills.

Elevated Position See Shared Rules for Hills.

Charging Downhill See Shared Rules for Hills.

Death's Domain At the start of each Player Turn, each of the Active Player's non-Fleeing units in contact with a
Mountain of Slaughter must take a Discipline Test with a -1 modifier (in addition to any other
Discipline modifiers the unit may be subject to). If more than half of a unit’s models are
Fearless, the unit automatically passes this test. If the test is failed, the models in the unit
become Shaken, and Close Combat Attacks made by models in the unit suffer -1 to hit, while
Close Combat Attacks allocated towards models in the unit gain +1 to hit. Models that are
immune to the effects of Fear are immune to these effects.
The effects last until the end of the Player Turn.

Corral of Wagons
Types Corrals of Wagons are Covering Terrain for models behind them while Defending the Wall,
and Dangerous Terrain (2) for Constructs.

Cover See Shared Rules for Walls.

Defending a Wall See Shared Rules for Walls.

Fortified Position See Shared Rules for Walls.

Moving the Once per Movement Phase, immediately before performing an Advance or March Move with a
Wagons unit Defending this Wall, you may choose to move the Corral of Wagons. If so, move the Corral
of Wagons up to 5" in a straight line. It may rotate around any point during this move, but no
part of the Corral of Wagons may end the move farther away from its starting position than 5".
It cannot move into contact with other Terrain Features, nor with units other than the one
Defending it. Next move the unit that was Defending the Wall. It must end its move still
Defending the Wall. If this is not possible, return the Corral of Wagons to its original position
(the unit Defending it may still move as normal).
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Map 3 - Frontline Clash

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Tall Wall
Types Tall Walls are Opaque Terrain for models without Towering Presence, and Covering Terrain
for models with Towering Presence.

Cover Tall Walls contribute to Hard Cover.

Mission Impassable See Shared Rules for Impassable Terrain.

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Map 4 - Counterthrust

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Burial Mound
Types See Shared Rules for Hills.

Cover See Shared Rules for Hills.

Elevated Position See Shared Rules for Hills.

Charging Downhill See Shared Rules for Hills.

Will of the Ancient During step 3 of the Magic Phase Sequence (during Siphon the Veil), if the Active Player has
one or more units with more than half of their models with the centre of their base on a Burial
Mound, the Active Player may add 1 additional Veil Token to their Veil Token pool.
In addition, spells with type Hex that target one or more units with more than half of their
models Elevated on an Burial Mound gain a +1 modifier to their casting rolls.
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Map 5 - Marching Columns

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Brushwood
Types See Shared Rules for Forests.

Cover See Shared Rules for Forests.

Broken Ranks See Shared Rules for Forests.

Guerilla Warfare See Shared Rules for Forests.

Difficult to Models that are inside a Brushwood at the start of a phase suffer -1” Advance Rate and -2”
Transverse March Rate for the duration of that phase.
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Map 6 - Refused Flank

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Cleansing Waters
Types Cleansing Waters are Dangerous Terrain (1) for Standard Height models on foot.

Broken Ranks See Shared Rules for Water Terrain.

Doused Flames See Shared Rules for Water Terrain.

Soothing Soak When the Centre of a unit is in contact with Cleansing Waters, the unit loses Flammable for the
rest of the game if it had it (note that this does not prevent the unit from gaining Flammable
from other sources).
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Map 7 - Encircle

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Jungle
Types Jungles are Opaque Terrain.
Jungles are Covering Terrain for units inside and/or behind them, and Dangerous Terrain (1)
for Cavalry, Constructs, and units making a Flying Movement.

Cover See Shared Rules for Forests.

Broken Ranks See Shared Rules for Forests.

Guerilla Warfare See Shared Rules for Forests.

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Map 8 - Dawn Assault

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Corral of Wagons
Types Corrals of Wagons are Covering Terrain for models behind them while Defending the Wall,
and Dangerous Terrain (2) for Constructs.

Cover See Shared Rules for Walls.

Defending a Wall See Shared Rules for Walls.

Fortified Position See Shared Rules for Walls.

Moving the Once per Movement Phase, immediately before performing an Advance or March Move with a
Wagons unit Defending this Wall, you may choose to move the Corral of Wagons. If so, move the Corral
of Wagons up to 5" in a straight line. It may rotate around any point during this move, but no
part of the Corral of Wagons may end the move farther away from its starting position than 5".
It cannot move into contact with other Terrain Features, nor with units other than the one
Defending it. Next move the unit that was Defending the Wall. It must end its move still
Defending the Wall. If this is not possible, return the Corral of Wagons to its original position
(the unit Defending it may still move as normal).
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Map 9 - Frontline Clash

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Oil Slick
Types Water is Dangerous Terrain (1) for Standard Height models on foot.
Ignited Oil Slicks (see Ignite below) are Covering Terrain for units behind them.

Cover Ignited Oil Slicks (see Ignite below) contribute to Soft Cover.

Broken Ranks See Shared Rules for Water Terrain.

Ignite If a unit that is in contact with an Oil Slick suffers hits from Ranged Attacks that are Flaming
Attacks, the Oil Slick counts as Ignited until the end of the game.
A unit that ends its movement in contact with an Ignited Oil Slick suffers a hit with Area Attack
(4×4), Strength 4, Armour Penetration 0, and Flaming Attacks.
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Map 10 - Frontline Clash

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Corral of Wagons
Types Corrals of Wagons are Covering Terrain for models behind them while Defending the Wall,
and Dangerous Terrain (2) for Constructs.

Cover See Shared Rules for Walls.

Defending a Wall See Shared Rules for Walls.

Fortified Position See Shared Rules for Walls.

Moving the Once per Movement Phase, immediately before performing an Advance or March Move with a
Wagons unit Defending this Wall, you may choose to move the Corral of Wagons. If so, move the Corral
of Wagons up to 5" in a straight line. It may rotate around any point during this move, but no
part of the Corral of Wagons may end the move farther away from its starting position than 5".
It cannot move into contact with other Terrain Features, nor with units other than the one
Defending it. Next move the unit that was Defending the Wall. It must end its move still
Defending the Wall. If this is not possible, return the Corral of Wagons to its original position
(the unit Defending it may still move as normal).

Meadow
Types Meadows are Covering Terrain for units inside them.

Cover Meadows contribute to Soft Cover, except for models with Towering Presence.

Uneven Ground Units in contact with a Meadow suffer -1” Advance Rate for their Charge Range rolls.
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Map 11 - Frontline Clash

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Beast Lair
Types See Shared Rules for Ruins.

Cover See Shared Rules for Ruins.

The Beast Within At the start of your Player Turn, roll a D6 for each of your units in contact with a Beast Lair. On
a roll of ‘1’ or ‘2’, the unit suffers D3+1 hits with Strength 5 and Armour Penetration 2.
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Map 12 - Counterthrust

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Burial Mound
Types See Shared Rules for Hills.

Cover See Shared Rules for Hills.

Elevated Position See Shared Rules for Hills.

Charging Downhill See Shared Rules for Hills.

Will of the Ancient During step 3 of the Magic Phase Sequence (during Siphon the Veil), if the Active Player has
one or more units with more than half of their models with the centre of their base on a Burial
Mound, the Active Player may add 1 additional Veil Token to their Veil Token pool.
In addition, spells with type Hex that target one or more units with more than half of their
models Elevated on an Burial Mound gain a +1 modifier to their casting rolls.

Tall Wall
Types Tall Walls are Opaque Terrain for models without Towering Presence, and Covering Terrain
for models with Towering Presence.

Cover Tall Walls contribute to Hard Cover.

Mission Impassable See Shared Rules for Impassable Terrain.

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Map 13 - Marching Columns

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Smoldering Outpost

Types See Shared Rules for Ruins.

Cover See Shared Rules for Ruins.

Ash Cloud A unit that ends its movement in contact with a Smoldering Outpost suffers a hit with Area
Attack (4×4), Strength 2, Armour Penetration 0, and Flaming Attacks.
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Map 14 - Refused Flank

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Brushwood
Types See Shared Rules for Forests.

Cover See Shared Rules for Forests.

Broken Ranks See Shared Rules for Forests.

Guerilla Warfare See Shared Rules for Forests.

Difficult to Models that are inside a Brushwood at the start of a phase suffer -1” Advance Rate and -2”
Transverse March Rate for the duration of that phase.
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Map 15 - Encircle

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Monolith

Types See Shared Rules for Impassable Terrain.

Cover See Shared Rules for Impassable Terrain.

Mission Impassable See Shared Rules for Impassable Terrain.

Looming Presence Units within 6” of a Monolith suffer -1 Discipline when taking Panic Tests.
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Map 16 - Dawn Assault

Walls

Forests

Water
Terrain

Fields

Hills

Ruins

Impassable
Terrain

Tall Wall
Types Tall Walls are Opaque Terrain for models without Towering Presence, and Covering Terrain
for models with Towering Presence.

Cover Tall Walls contribute to Hard Cover.

Mission Impassable See Shared Rules for Impassable Terrain.

Meadow
Types Meadows are Covering Terrain for units inside them.

Cover Meadows contribute to Soft Cover, except for models with Towering Presence.

Uneven Ground Units in contact with a Meadow suffer -1” Advance Rate for their Charge Range rolls.