Of all the games ever released by Games Workshop, in my opinion one has always stood head and shoulders above the rest. The rules are ambiguous and poorly tested but the concept is perfection given injection-moulded, punched-card form. Instead of taking on your mates, you team up to venture into […]
Tag: Fantasy
Adventures Beneath the Old World – Part 1: Attonement
Adventures Beneath the Old World – Part 2: A Quest In Itself
Games Weekend AUG 2011 – Warhammer Quest
Some pictures from the trip to Tom and Jo's place in Shrewsbury, henceforth referred to as Hinterzerg. Mostly pictures of us playing through levels 2 and 3 of Warhammer Quest (Full write-up of the campaign and encounter tables to be added to the wargames section soon). Also some pics of the board game "Carcassonne".
Hordes of the Things – Part 01 – From tiny acorns …
These things always have a way of starting fairly innocuously. Tom and myself were sitting around, enjoying a frosty beer after a particularly hard fought game of “Battles for Empire” (Anglo-Zulu War). To hand was a box of old magazines which I was too sentimental to recycle, mostly ‘White Dwarf’ […]
Hordes of the Things – Part 02 – Selecting a system
Hordes of the Things – Part 10 – Lurker
Hordes of the Things – Part 03 – The farming of the noobs
Hordes of the Things – Part 09 – Behemoth
Hordes of the Things – Part 13 – Rider
Hordes of the Things – Part 14 – Magicians
Hordes of the Things – Part 15 – Hero
Hordes of the Things – Part 04 – Blade
Hordes of the Things – Part 05 – Warband
In the first edition of Hordes of the Things, Warband was definitely the worst troop choice going. At twice the points cost of Horde it was only slightly more combat effective. Thankfully in 2nd Edition they were buffed slightly, and the semi-official-unofficial errata to the HoTT rulebook brings them up […]
Hordes of the Things – Part 06 – Spear
Hordes of the Things – Part 07 – Bow
Hordes of the Things – Part 08 – Artillery
Hordes of the Things – Part 11 – Beast
Hordes of the Things – Part 12 – Knight
Hordes of the Things – Part 17 – Horde .. the Endless bloody Horde
Hordes of the Things – Part 18 – Dragon
Hordes of the Things – Part 19 – Finished: The Forces of Light
Hordes of the Things – Part 20 – Finished: The Forces of Darkness
Hordes of the Things – Part 16 – Paladin / Cleric
First (big) Game of 28mm ‘Hordes of the Things’ – 15th Apr 2011
The night before salute was the debut of my 28mm “Hordes of the Things” game .. although we only got 4 of the intended 6 armies on the table, a close fought game ensued. Armies were 36 points per side (keeping the standard D6 pips). Mat and Tom took the ‘Forces of Light’ (Men and Elves), and Alex and James commanded the ‘Forces of Darkness’ (Mostly Greenskins and Chaos Worshippers). Although The Forces of light commanded the early game, with withering ranged fire from Bow and Cannon and a superbly effective cavalry charge by Mat, the Forces of Darkness slowly turned the tide with a countercharge of Ogres and Vicious Ariel attacks by Dragons. Allied Spellcasters held the line briefly, but were brutally cut off and killed by aerial attack. End Result : 2 Light-Side Commands Demoralised to only one Dark side Command demoralized. Victory to the night, but rematch pending.