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November-December 2009

The Crocodile Games Webzine

From The Editor

Coming in December.

Character Multi-Packs

WGE-807 Camp Followers 4

(Spectators Pack) $14.95

WGE-808 Camp Followers 5

(The King of Memphis & Entourage)

$14.95

Also Available through Retail Stores

and Distributors in December:

WGE 323 Mummy Archer Unit (10)

$35.95

WGE 324 Asar Slinger Unit (10)

$35.95

WGE 325 Heru Swordsmen Unit

$35.95

WGE 326 To-Tanem Spearmen Unit

$35.95

WGE 703 The Scarab Ogre $29.95

Greetings Croc fans!

Welcome to the second installment of

the Croc Tales webzine. Firstly, thanks

for all the positive support and feedback

we received for the irst issue. It was

great to hear and most encouraging!

Mutant

Titans Run

amok!

We have an equally exciting issue for

you this month to coincide with the

much-anticipated release of the Titans.

In this issue you will ind the latest rule

set for playing your Titan warband,

making them ready for battle, whether

against the mighty forces of the

Spartans, the proud races of Aegyptus,

or the Wendigo Raiders of Hyperborea,

your Titan force will certainly make

a statement on the battleield (if not

a little dent!).

Christmas is almost here, and to make

it easier on our customers we have

now ixed the shipping rates on our

online store – small orders that it in a

padded envelope can now be shipped

internationally for $8, and $13 for

a small lat-rate box (about the size of

a VCR tape box... perfect for Warband

Starter Sets!)

Thinking of buying the WarGods of

Aegyptus rulebook this Christmas?

For yourself, a family member or

a friend, the rulebook ships anywhere

in the world for the lat rate of $13 in

the new lat rate envelope, and only

$5 anywhere in the USA. So why not

take advantage of these great deals on

shipping today? But hurry, the last day

of posting before Christmas is almost

here (December 21, for US addresses),

so get your order in early to be sure it

gets there in time.

You ain’t nuthin but a scarab!

Rollin’ all the time...

( Miniature Painted by Brenda Gosman)

Graphic Design

Brian S. Roe

Retail Information

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at sales@crocodilegames.com.

Editing

Ryan Markle

Deborah FitzPatrick

Artwork

Des Hanley

John Wigley

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tion and contact details, and we’ll get

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Articles

Chris FitzPatrick

Chris FitzPatrick

Before the dawn of time, there were the Titans. Monstrous

beings born of primal chaos, their power was unstoppable,

their malice immeasurable. For ages untold they ruled

the earth and the heavens, and all living things were their

slaves and their prey. Then came the gods, and they waged

a war against the Titans that nearly shattered the world. By

the gods’ cunning and trickery, the Titans were defeated,

imprisoned in dark Tartarus far beneath the earth. Smug

with the spoils of their victory, the gods retired to the

pillared halls of Mount Olympus, high amongst the clouds.

The Titans were born of the primal chaos of the newly-

formed cosmos, and their bodies are made of the same

stuff, held together only by the force of their hateful will.

When a Titan is killed, its body does not decompose like a

mortal thing born of nature, but quickly returns to the base

materials from which it sprang forth at the dawn of time –

some gradually dissolve into a puddle of bubbling slime,

while others ignite, the lesh and bone burning away until

only ashes remain.

For countless eons, the Titans tore and clawed at the

boundaries of their dark prison. Up through the cracks

in the earth, where the ires of creation still burned and

molten stone lowed and bubbled, up they crawled.

Of speech and learning, they care little; only the Masters

and the Overlords can form even the basic phrases of the

human tongue. It is just as well, for they have little to

say to mortal men, who they see as merely prey and the

target of their long-pent-up wrath. They use no tools or

weapons; indeed they have no need for these inventions

of men – swords are poor substitutes for the razor claws

of their mighty hands, bronze armor and shields are thin

and fragile when compared to their scaly hide. The Titans

scorn mankind for their weakness, their reliance upon these

crutches, and for their plentiful numbers, and the Titans

actively seek to hunt them down. Fueled by rage and

anger, a single Titan is a match for an entire phalanx of

warriors with their feeble spears and shields.

At last, the Titans have escaped.

Though only the smallest of their kind were able to make

their escape, even these tower over the greatest men and

monsters of the surface world. It is a disturbing reality

that the greatest of the Titans are still imprisoned beneath

the earth, their mountainous bulk far too massive to ever

escape their prison, but their futile struggles and tantrums

are still powerful enough to cause earthquakes and disasters

on the surface world of men. Many a great disaster has

been caused by the subterranean struggles of the greatest of

Titans, as they fought in futile rage against the vast dome

of rock and stone that is their prison.

The life of most Titans is a short and violent one. They

constantly ight amongst themselves, struggling for status

and dominance in their own group. The weak are killed

by strong, the small dominated by the larger. As Titans

age, they increase in size and strength. There is no known

limit to the size that Titans could potentially attain given

an unlimited time to grow and victims to devour. Only

the gods have witnessed the vast size attained by the

irstborn of Kronos, father of the Titans, who were defeated

and imprisoned beneath the earth. However, there are

vast valleys dividing the mountains of Hellas that bear a

familiar and frightening humanoid shape when viewed

from above, as if some titanic body was cast down from the

mountain’s highest peak to leave its form imprinted forever

on the ground – outlines of those cast down from the

immeasurable heights of Olympus by Zeus, the All-Father,

during the irst war against the Titans millennia ago.

History & Society

Huge and bipedal, the Titans are monsters cast roughly in

the shape of men, but with stark differences. Their skin has

a reptilian appearance, thick and leathery, and covered with

patches of armored scales and sharp horns. The smallest

stand over twice the height of the tallest man; the largest

known stand as high as the tallest tree. The bestial faces of

the Titans have the appearance of great, simian reptiles and

their eyes burn with an otherworldly power and ancient

cunning. The rest of their features are wild and varied,

a relection of their primordial origin, as if nature had not

yet decided upon their inal form: if they were to have two

arms or four, one eye or two, if they should have grasping

hands or writhing tentacles.

Ways of War

The Titans wage war in a primitive and primal way. The

smallest of their kind, the Slaves, rush into battle heedless

of the dangers of stones and arrows. At the front of the

warband, they lead the charge, seeking to close quickly

with their prey. The Titan Masters are more cunning and

hold back, recognizing the threat of their mortal foes and

the long bite of their missiles. They drive the Slaves before

them, using the slow-moving brutes as shields. When

confronted with a vast phalanx of spears, the Masters

are shrewd enough to use their formidable strength

to their advantage; their great claws scoop boulders

from the ground and uproot trees for use as improvised

missiles. It is a terrifying ordeal for the bravest of men

to withstand a deadly hail of wood and stone. Once the

enemy is suficiently softened, the Masters close for the

kill, exulting in the carnage of melee – stomping doomed

soldiers beneath their feet, swiping entire rows of hoplites

aside with their mighty tails, grasping men with their hands

and swallowing them whole. Only the massed spear wall

of the phalanx has any hope of holding back the monstrous

Titans.

thundering roar causes fear in the bravest veteran; its blood

boils with the hot intensity of magma; its mighty blows

can topple towers and smash city walls. Though the most

intelligent of the Titans, the Overlord ights with a brutal

straightforwardness – it knows its greatest asset is its

strength, and it is not to be wasted toying with its enemy.

The Overlord seeks to quickly catch and devour its foe,

eager to taste the sweet power in his divine blood.

Monsters of all sorts are attracted to a Titan warband,

seeking it out and following for the carnage and carrion

they leave in their wake. Foul winged Harpies circle in the

skies above them them, like a black cloud of pestilent lies.

Fearsome Hydras and Chimerae are sometimes adopted by

the more ingenious of the Masters, acting as pet watchdogs

for a time – until hunting is poor and the hapless monsters

are eaten for a quick meal. Most disturbing of all are

the stories told of men who have, by dark magic or foul

perversion, lain with a Titaness and spawned half-breeds

of man and Titan. These beings are said to posses

both

the

awesome strength of the Titans and

the

cold

intelligence of man; worse yet, their

h y b r i d

nature gives them insight into

p o t e n t

magic to rival the greatest

Sorcerers.

The Overlord looms above them all. It is the oldest and

most powerful of the Titan warband, and the rest follow

out of fear. The Overlord has a deep and abiding hunger

for the blood of the gods, however diluted by years and

distance, and they seek out any opposing Demigod to

make of him a meal. The Overlord has countless

diverse and unspeakable powers to draw upon: Its

The Titan Warband

This issue of Croc Tales is devoted solely to the Titans, a

preview of a new faction from the upcoming WarGods of

Olympus. The Titans are an unsusal warband for WarGods,

in that they are a warband comprised entirely of monsters.

As such, they lack many of the options that their ‘mortal’

enemies have to draw from: choice of weapons and armor,

high-speed chariots, Sorcerers, and so on. However,

the one thing they do have, in abundance, is power and

strength. The Titans are the biggest, baddest monsters of

the Antediluvian World, and that beneit alone should be

enough to make any other warband seriously reconsider

their options and head for home!

the nearest target, the missile unit is still required to use

Strategic Fire in order to target it.

Note: Multiple opponents may attack a colossal model

during the Provocation.

Fearsome

All units and characters must make a Discipline Test

against the Titan in order to engage it in melee combat.

Harbingers, Demigods, undead followers of the Eater of

the Dead, and magical constructions such as the Stone

Colossus are immune to this effect.

Hurl Rocks

If the Titan begins his Activation within 1” of a boulder,

battleield debris, building or rocky outcropping, it may

pick up a rock and use it as an improvised missile weapon.

The attack may be conducted as a Fire of Opportunity, or

the player may use

Special Powers

All Titan Masters and the Titan Overlord have the following

special abilities.

Colossal

Titan Masters and Overlords are considered “Colossal”

creatures, because they tower above man-sized opponents.

A Colossal creature in melee combat with a man-sized

model can still be targeted by missile ire, because of

their difference in size. A Colossal creature can also

be targeted even if there is a man-sized unit in

the way that would normally block

line-of-sight. Man-sized models

are those that are mounted

on 20 or 25mm bases.

If the Colossal

model is not

the Fire Command Counter

attack

without penalty. The rock has

a range

of 18”/12”/6” for a Titan

Overlord, and 12”/8”/4”

for a Titan Master. The rock has a Damage Modiier of

3 for the Overlord, 2 for Titan Master. The rock causes

Structural Damage against buildings.

or not, they will lose their Command Counter. The thrown

model has a range of 12”/8”/4”, and a Damage Modiier

of 3 if thrown by an Overlord, 2 for Titan Masters. The

thrown model is automatically hit from the throw, and must

make an Armor Save to avoid being wounded, at the same

Damage Modiier above. The target of the thrown model is

wounded only on a successful Missile Test from the Titan.

If the target is an enemy unit, only 1 model will be hit. If

the thrown model survives, the defending player places the

model next to the target unit on the side and facing of his

choosing. The model is not attached to the unit.

If the target is a unit, more than one model may be hit. Roll

a d10 and consult the table below to determine the number

of hits upon the unit:

1 model struck

2-5

2 models struck

6-9

3 models struck

4 models struck

Stomp Attack

Instead of his normal attacks, the Titan may substitute a

single Stomp attack. For Titan Masters, this attack is made

with a Damage Modiier of 3, and causes 2 wounds on a

successful hit. For Titan Overlords, this attack is made

with a Damage Modiier of 4, and causes 3 wounds on a

successful hit. The Stomp attack can only be made against

a man-sized model (20mm or 25mm base).

2. Bite

Clutching the hapless character in hand, the Titan lifts its

victim up to deliver a savage bite attack! If the grabbed

model has an unplayed Command Counter, it may make

a single melee attack upon the Titan before the bite is

resolved. This attack uses up one of the model’s # Attacks,

and if the model survives the bite he may use his remaining

attacks later during his own his Activation Phase. The

Titan’s Bite attack is conducted as a normal melee attack

but with Damage Modiier 3 for Titan Masters, 4 for the

Titan Overlord. If the Titan hits with a natural roll of a 10,

it has bitten the model’s head clean off! A model killed

in the manner cannot be recovered through Casualty Buy-

Back in Campaign Play.

Topple

A living Titan is a deadly foe, but even a defeated Titan is

a great danger to its enemies, as its massive body may fall

upon and crush the attackers. When the Titan is killed, a

d10 is rolled for each model in base-to-base contact with

the Titan. On a roll of 1-3, the model is under part of the

falling Titan. The model must roll a Movement Save to

attempt to dodge (roll the model’s base MV or less on a

d10). Any model hit by the falling Titan suffers a wound,

with no Armor Save allowed.

3. Crush

The Titan holds the character in its powerful grip,

attempting to crush its victim into a jelly! If the grabbed

model has an unplayed Command Counter, it may make

a single melee attack upon the Titan before the Crush

is resolved. This attack uses up one of the model’s

#Attacks, and if the model survives the crush he may use

his remaining attacks later during his own his Activation

Phase. The Crush attack is conducted as a normal melee

attack but with Damage Modiier 3 for Titan Masters, 4 for

the Titan Overlord. The crushed model does not receive

the beneit of a shield on its Armor Save.

Grab

Some special powers require the Titan to grab a model.

The Titan may attempt to pick up a man-sized (20 or

25mm base) independent character by making a successful

Melee Test against the model. The defender may make a

Move Save to attempt to dodge the Grab attack (rolling

equal to or less than their Character’s base Move Value.)

Characters that are attached to a unit or a chariot may not

be speciically grabbed – the defending player decides

which model in the unit or chariot is grabbed. Each Grab

attempt is considered one of the Titan’s attacks, and only

one successful Grab attack may be made each Turn. Once

a model has been successfully grabbed, place it standing on

the Titan’s base. The Titan may then select an action from

the three options below (each of these options uses one of

the Titan’s remaining attacks. Thus, a successful Grab and

Throw attack would use 2 of a Titan Master’s 3 attacks.)

Held Models

Models that have been successfully Grabbed by a Titan

are placed on the Titan’s base, signifying that they are held

in the Titan’s powerful grip. A Titan may hold only one

model at any one time. A held model may not cast spells,

but may use Harbinger powers as normal. While held, the

model may not move or make missile attacks, but may

make melee attacks against the Titan during the model’s

Activation Phase. All Tests made by a held model are

conducted at a penalty of -1. If the held model manages

to wound the Titan, it may let go, allowing the model a

chance to escape. For each wound caused, the held model

makes a Save against it’s own Move Rating, success means

the model has escaped. It is placed in base-to-base contact

with the forward ield of the Titan’s base. The Titan may

carry a model that it is holding by playing an Advance or

Fast Advance Command Counter as normal, but the model

may not be attacked during a Turn that the Titan moves.

1. Throw

The Titan may use the victim as an improvised missile

weapon, hurling the unfortunate character at an enemy

target. If the grabbed model has an unplayed Command

Counter, it may make an immediate single melee attack

upon the Titan before it is thrown. The target may only be

thrown at an enemy model. Whether the defender attacks

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