Black Iron Brigade • 2018 rpg

Barbarians have invaded from the North! The Black Iron Brigade gathers to push back the invaders to the mountain pass from whence they came.

One player is a Traitor, determined by card draw (if Joker).

Each player:
- Commands a unit of cavalry, archers, swordsmen or spearmen 
---- Give a name, short description to the unit's origins (race, culture, etc).

- Starts with one Artifact of Trust, preferably a real item

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Five Encounter Cards are placed face-down, representing the path to the main barbarian host. Encounter types are:

Hearts: Villages. Describe your passage.
Spades: Battles. Suggest a strategy.
Clubs: Crossings. Suggest a way to cross.
Diamonds: Uneventful. Share campfire stories.

Players vote for best story every encounter; winner earns an Artifact from a pile. Also, players can give Artifacts to other players whose stories they liked; describe the Artifacts and why you give them. 
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The Traitor reveals themselves on the last Encounter. Players who have not given their Artifacts away lose them. Traitor rolls d6, describes their resentment towards one player, who also rolls a d6. Losers lose an Artifact. Continue until each player has been fought. The side with more Artifacts left wins and narrates the climax and outcome of the war.