Battle for the Pass

Each player chooses their force from a Warhammer Armies book, to an equal points value agreed beforehand.

Set up terrain as described in the Fighting a Battle chapter. The battle is fought down the length of the table, in a narrow pass with impassable mountains just off each long table edge -- keep that in mind when placing terrain.

Roll off for who picks a table half -- the opponent takes the other. Unlike most pitched battles, the table is divided down its length rather than across its width. Players alternate placing units, using the alternating units method of deployment, anywhere in their own half more than 12" from the centre line.

Roll off after deployment for the first turn -- whoever finished deploying first adds +1 to their roll, as usual.

The battle lasts six game turns, or until an agreed time limit is reached, whichever comes first.

Victory points determine the winner.

Bottleneck. The pass is enclosed by high cliffs, so the long table edges count as impassable terrain. Fleeing units can still force their way through and off the table as normal, but no other unit (including reinforcements) may enter or leave via a long table edge unless it's Ethereal or a Flyer -- meaning any other pursuing or overrunning unit must stop 1" short of the long table edges.