Is anybody out there? If so, what armies are you playing with?
Frequently. Out of the 12, I have:
Hill Dwarves
Barbarians
Gobbos
Hugh Elves (Like High Elves, but more polite)
Dark Elves
Taurians
Vampire based Undead
Eldrich Undead (underway)
Dragon men (x2, one good under construction, one evil)
Various on my reports are scattered across this board and my blog: https://madlemmey.blogspot.com/2019/03/10mm-warband-search-for-treasure-dark.html
No fish armies though...
I've got a fish army - they haven't been out for Warband though.
Quote from: fred. on 24 April 2019, 09:08:03 PM
I've got a fish army - they haven't been out for Warband though.
Shouldn't they be a navy, really?
I've got many pikes in various armies.
X_X
Go and get your coat, again, Alexander. ;)
Cheers - Phil
My WW2 germans have "Cod mitt Uns" on their belt buckles.
OUT NOW
Nothing like a fish army to tip the scales.
I have trouble "FIN"ishing my armies, I suppose most of us can tell that "TAIL".
Mrs Orcs does not nag me about the time I spend on them, I suppose she knows her "PLAICE"
( I hope she does not read this otherwise I will be GUTTED)
What's it worth not to tell her, Mark ?
Davy....You can go and get your coat, too. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 25 April 2019, 10:53:54 AM
What's it worth not to tell her, Mark ?
Cheers - Phil
Absolutely Nothing, Zero, Zilch.
Mrs Orcs is an absolute diamond. She never complains about the amount of time I spend in my Den Painting, or doing wargames stuff. If she has been out she call out "are you in the usual place",as she expects me to be there. She also tell me to go and paint, and has already asked if I have sorted the figures to take to Florida in a couple of weeks, so I can paint by the pool.
So far this year I have had about a dozen all day games, and a game almost every Friday evening. last week I had two day games and a Friday night game, so I cannot complain at all.
Sounds like Mrs Orc is a diamond :D
Thanks for the replies folks ... the title of the post was really to see what I might 'catch' by way of Warband players ... and I am fishing for insights
I'm afraid I am a 28mm Warband player - don't tell Leon or he'll drum me off the forum - I have the following Warband armies:
1). a Mordor Orc (plastic GW LotR orcs + cave trolls and spiders) - which plays as a Goblin (to their huge disgust)
2). a 'Feral' Elf army (metal Foundry Nymphs and Copplestone/Grenadier Wild Elves) - that plays as an Elf army
3). a Rohan army (again GW plastic LorT figures) - lots of nice charging horse etc.
4). and finally a Beast man (or should I say Beastwoman) army which is metal and is mostly 28mm Maidenhead Miniatures (from Australia) ... the 28mm massive Woolly Rhino and crew were what drew me to build it ... I picked it up on a Bring & Buy at a show cheaply and then spent a fortune importing the rest of the army to match.
The Orc is however by far the most successful on the table - that 'exploding' Shaman is a killer ... liturally.
I was just wondering what makes other Warband players like the game so much?
Cheers
Mark
The fact it is hilarious, always gets a result and always produced a good narrative for me (especially when my regular opponent with a +2 general never gets his troops moving)!
I play regularly, mostly with Dwarves, Goblins, or Taurians.
I rarely win, but its fun losing!
It sounds interesting! Maybe I'll get into it just for the halibut.
Yes, the horse has already been flogged but I'll claim the time-difference waiver of which I still have three remaining for 2019.
I might collect Prussians for Waterloo. But which commander... Pirch? :'(
It just gets worse and worse ! X_X
Cheers - Homer S
Got the rules, don't have an army, played a couple of games.
The games were fine but, as a group, for quick'n'easy we prefer HoTT and for all-afternoon/ all-evening we prefer Warmaster (the original, not the abomination that is Warmaster Revolution).
Different strokes ...
What's wrong with Warmaster Revolution Ithoriel - not that I have played it or the original.
Mark
I dislike the attempt to "historicalise" the rules.
For me, Fantasy is not historical armies with dragons, it's a whole different animal with a whole set of different underlying principles.
The sources are not Arrian, Anna Comnena or Aeneas Tacticus but rather Tolkein, Gemmel, Jordan, et al, or even (Insert favourite fantasy author here).
Cavalry are queens of the battlefield, grinding the grubby little ground pounders into the mud (except when the ground pounders are the heroes and have some cunning plan, possibly involving turnips, to turn the tables).
Archers have muscle-powered SMGs.
No author I've read seems to understand the difference between a javelin, spear or pike - a pointy stick is a pointy stick.
Likewise, none of them understand how skirmishers work and most don't seem to know they might exist.
I like the uncertainty created by the command system and the constant attempts to shield players from the consequences of their own actions frustrate me.
Other people like the new version, and more power to their elbows, but they are not for me.
QuoteNo author I've read seems to understand the difference between a javelin, spear or pike - a pointy stick is a pointy stick.
Likewise, none of them understand how skirmishers work and most don't seem to know they might exist.
The same could be said for plenty of contemporary (ie Ancient) historians, playwrights and authors.
They all tend to follow a similar track.
* A pointy stick is a pointy stick, and I won't go into great detail about its length (How were the Hypaspists equipped?)
* Heavy infantry covers anything from a Spartan Warrior, Roman Legionary to a Gallic Infantryman.
* The only skirmishers worthy of note hail from Mediterranean islands, or ride horses.
* There's never much detail about how the opposition fights.
May we add the idiocy of calling a halberd a pike? The noirest of betes noirs.