2-Player-Mode

[Kemba]

I'm very sorry to ask this stupid question, but how can i play this game (DW 6: Empires) with two players?
Normaly in DW games you have to push the start button until the pre battle phase.
But this time that do not work.
I read in the internet that you have to get friedly charaters in the empire mode and then the second player can chose one of them.
But how do i get friendly characters and can the second player chose of all characters? Or is there another method to play with 2 players?

[CuckooBanana]

If you're an officer, then you need to keep doing mercenary missions until it says that you can become friends with someone on the event list. Once you are friends, you need to place them on the fighting list right before a battle which will then let the second player be able to join as the friend of the character you are playing.

[Kemba]

Does that mean that only "officer" can get friends?
So that for "free officers" and "lords" it is impossible to get friends?

[cheat07]

vagrants are also able to get friends however i am not sure about accessing two player as a ruler. maybe someone else can check that.

[Kyz99]

yeah you can as a Ruler you just choose from people in your force it comes up like the others no friends needed

[Thadius]

Had the same issue. As an officer fight a few mercenary battles and hope that the random officers you meet are ones your friend would want to play. The after a few mercenary battles an event will appear to ask that officer to be your friend. Recently on starting my third campaign I fought Ling tong 4 times before he was available on the event list to befriend, but he was worth the wait.

[Stubu]

So I guess you can't both play CAW characters then?.

Hmm would be good if that was an option, to actually recruit your friend as a mercenary to help you out in a battle or two then go riding off into the sunset :p

[Thadius]

If you set your scenario to use CAW characters then yeah you can play as any number you have made or can recruit into your force in ruler mode. In officer mode you just have to be lucky enough to meet the created character in either mercenary battles or missions enough times for the event to appear, so you can befriend them.

[CuckooBanana]

If you do the scenario "A Land In Chaos" and you choose ruler, you get to choose three followers which means your friend can play who he wants to and you can either drop down and have those three people be friends or stay a ruler and your friend can play the followers chosen.

[Nevfx]

OK some people seem confused.

1) Officers and Vagrants can make friends by doing Mercenary Missions.
2) If your an officer/vagrant and become a ruler, you still keep your "friends", "oaths" and "marriages".
3) Of course both player 1 and 2 can be CAWs. Why not? Just put the character in the 2P slot.
4) In Ruler Mode, you can still have Oaths and Marriages by increasing your bonds with officers by using them instead of your main characters in battle.

I think that was everything people were asking questions about.

[Thadius]

Hopefully that will clear it up for everyone, thx for the list NEVFX.