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Age of Sigmar AI Championship: ChatGPT

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A couple of years ago we had a go to see if AI could create a believable Top 3 Lists result. Needless to say, it failed miserably.

But it’s been many months since the, and we’ve loads of new AI programmes on the market and many upgrades since. So, what if we could see which AI was the best not only at creating an Age of Sigmar list, but also play them against each other (using humans, we’ve not come that far just yet) to see which would come out on top?

The Rules

For this I selected four AI assistants;

– ChatGPT
– Gemini
– Copilot
– Perplexity.

Their task is to try and create a 2,000 point Age of Sigmar list using the following prompt:

“I would like you to create me a 2,000 point Age of Sigmar army from any faction you wish using the current rules and the current GHB25-26. Your list will be played by an AoS player against other lists created by 3 other AI programmes in a knockout winner takes all tournament. Please break down why you chose the choices you did and any smack talk you want to include for the other AIs, perhaps why you’ll win this tournament? (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity). We’re going to see which AI is the best at Age of Sigmar.”

I will then check to see whether I can create a valid 2,000 point list from their choices. For ever prompt after the one given above, I will deduct 1 point from their overall total at the end of the competition. This will continue until we have a viable list from the AI.

I’m also going to put the smack talk down in each article so that you can tell me in the comments which AI you think won the Psych-out game. This will be scored by giving the winner 40 pts, 2nd, 30pts, 3rd 15 pts and nothing for 4th.

Finally, the AI’s will be placed into a Round Robin competition and I’ll have four players from the Woehammer Discord play their lists on TTS. For a win 100 points will be awarded and for a draw 50 pts.

Simple right? Yeah, we’ll see…..

ChatGPT

So Kruleboyz, good taste at least!

So what’s the list? What’s the first unit on their list that scream Kruleboyz when leading the army?

Yup, nothing says Kruleboyz more than a Terrorgheist!

It’s clear that the prompt I gave it didn’t quite hit the mark, but before I try again, lets see what else was on the Kruleboyz list?

General’s Regiment
Terrorgheist (400 pts)
– General
– Artefact: Horn of Screaming Skulls
– Command Trait: Warlord of Fury
20 Savage Orruks (180 pts)
3 Tuskgor Chariots (120 pts)
Warp-head Beast (240 pts)

Regiment 1
Boss Goregroda (180 pts)
– Trait: Savage Intimidator
– Artefact: Night-Screech Horn
10 Gore-Gruntas (260pts)
– Banner of Savagery

Regiment 2
Fiend-Wrath (160pts)
1 Ironjawz Goregruntas Hunters (200 pts)
2 Gore-Gruntas Packs of 5 (140 pts)

Yup very Kruleboyz……

Ok back to prompt drawing board……

It took eight prompts to get to a list that could actually be entered into the tournament. So that’ll give ChatGPT -80 Points off from the start.

ChatGPT likes to make things up…

Orruk Warclans | Kruleboyz
Swamphorde Bullies (30 Points)
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 5

Battle Tactics Cards: Scouting Force, Wrathful Cycles

General’s Regiment
Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast (220 Points)
– General
– Egomaniak (10 Points)
– Mean ‘Un
– Mork’s Eye Pebble (10 Points)
10 Gutrippaz (160 Points)
10 Gutrippaz (160 Points)
10 Hobgrot Slittaz (80 Points)
Marshcrawla Sloggoth (140 Points)

“ChatGPT: Objective core and screen wall; Sloggoth keeps reroll 1s flowing and extends aura coverage.”

Regiment 1 – Da Big Bully Mob
Swampboss Skumdrekk (220 Points)
Beast-Skewer Killbow (140 Points)
3 Man-Skewer Boltboyz (100 Points)
3 Man-Skewer Boltboyz (100 Points)

“ChatGPT: Long-range death-bubble. When the Bosses charge, these lads finish the job from afar.”

Regiment 2 – Da Smasha Gang
Breaka-boss on Mirebrute Troggoth (200 Points)
10 Hobgrot Slittaz (80 Points)
7 Kruleboyz Monsta-Killaz (120 Points)

“ChatGPT: Flank pressure and objective raiding. Fast, vicious and funny to say out load.”

Regiment 3 – Da Cunnin’ Ladz
Swampcalla Shaman with Pot-Grot (120 Points)

Regiment 4
Murknob with Belcha-banna (90 Points)

“ChatGPT: Antimagic bubble + bravery boost. Because no one likes failing Battleshock in the mud.”

1960 Points

What about the smack talk? What did ChatGPT say about it’s competition?

Tomorrow, we’ll take a look at Gemini’s entry and more importantly it’s smack talk!

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Small Minded General: My 10mm Fantasy Project

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Some of you may be aware that I’ve recently written my own fantasy ruleset for smaller scale games.

It’s aim is to put you in the shoes of what a General experiences, being unable to move all their troops with clockwork precision and not always knowing the full picture.

Part of this has meant taking some glamour shots for the Rulebook. Painting the models and making the scenery has possibly been the most fun I’ve had with wargaming for a long time. For those put off painting a smaller scale, thinking its too small or hard I would urge you to have a go.

There’s no shading, highlighting or detailing, mostly its just patches of colour which come together once you take the 3 foot rule in.

Dwarfs march out to meet the Human threat

This is one of the shots I did for the rulebook. Aimed at recreating the GW battle scenes you sometimes get in their books. Here we’ve got some Human Halberdiers facing off against some Dwarf Warriors. Both sets of miniatures are sculpted by Forest Dragon Minatures. I bought these prints from Excellent Minitures.

Humans stand ready to receive an Orc charge

Here I painted up a load of Orcs from Wargames Atlantic (Also, a box of their 10mm minis at £35 basically gives you enough for a small army in the Fantasy ruleset I’ve written).

Orc and Dwarf lines crash together

In this one we’ve my Forest Dragon miniature Dwarfs on the right facing off against the Wargames Atlantic Orcs on the left.

All of these photos have been edited slightly in Canva, with the last one having a rain effect added over the top and the first two having scenic backgrounds inserted behind.

I’ll post some further updates soon, with perhaps some painting guides for the miniatures and instructions on how to make the smaller scale woods.

Peter

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Age of Sigmar: 4th Edition Meta Stats (September Battlescroll) – 26th October 2025

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We’ve updated the method of calculating the Elo ratings into our Age of Sigmar stats, this includes an attempt to reflect both the tournament strength and the faction strength.

All of the results in this article are taken from Best Coast Pairings, , Ecksen, New Recruit, ChampionshipHub, Milarki and Longshanks. They include GT (Two day events) or GT+ (6 or more rounds) only.

For patrons, you’ll be able to download and play with the database as well (which includes all the lists and stats for all the factions) as reading this weeks Patreon only analysis of Seraphon.

As always, if you’re struggling to read a chart, you should be able to right click and then either view or download the image.

Tournaments Included (Using September Battlescroll)

  • 2025 South China Autumn Championship
  • Age of Sigmar Badmoon Rising GT 2025
  • Age of Sigmar Medellin Grand Open
  • All-Realm Battlemania XXXIX Deluxe
  • Amulet D20 Grand Tournament 2025
  • Barfight GT
  • Battle Rage Ballerup 2025
  • Bendigo’s Bush Bash Bonanza 2025
  • Bloomington Brewhammer at Upland Brewing
  • Boo-grass Brawl GT – Actual Trash Wargaming
  • Bread or Dead 2025 – Fresh Out the Oven
  • DragonFall 2025
  • Elbcoast Cup 19 Age of Sigmar
  • End Times Grand Tournament 2-25
  • Farmhammer @Brewdog
  • GAF Jamboree Volume 4
  • GT Huertano Individual III
  • K/Qota S9 E4
  • Kippers’ Melee – 2025 Age of Sigmar
  • LVO XII Warhammer Age of Sigmar Champs
  • Mektoberfest AoS GT
  • Mercia Madness III
  • Michigan GT 2025
  • Might of the Righteous 2025 Age of Sigmar
  • New York Open 4: Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament
  • Paragon City Games Presents: 2025 AoS Store Championship
  • PubHammer Open 4
  • Realm Wars
  • River City Rumble
  • Rose City Rampage 3: Rex Marks the Spot
  • Season of War GT II
  • Southeastern Slaughter Battles and BBQ
  • Storm of Sigmar
  • Sugar & Dice Annual Age of Sigmar Tournament 2025
  • Sydney Grand Tournament 2025
  • Vault Wars 2025
  • Well of Mayhem #4 Grand Tournament

We have chosen not to include the following events:

  • Lamoine Last Stand IX (Due to having optional draw rounds)
  • III GT De Sevilla (Team Event)
  • LVO XII Warhammer Age of Sigmar Champs Round 6-8 (Due to only being available to the top 8)
  • Season of War GT II (Anything played after Round 5 – due to only a few players taking part)

GT Win Rates

These are the first stats we’ve done in a while and things are looking a bit different despite it being very early days. As always those factions in bold should be taken with salt, as we feel there’s possibly not enough data there.

Estimated Win Rates if the Player Skill Levels were Equal

That’s a mouthful of title isn’t it!?

Essentially, what I’m trying to do here is work out what the win rates would be if the skill levels of all the players were the same (Yes, I realise this is nearly impossible to calculate – But I’m playing around here).

How it works is by calculating the average Elo of all the players that have had matches since the September battlescroll dropped. This worked out as 422.4. I then calculated how much difference there was between a factions average Elo shown in our original win rate graph to this overall average. The difference between these two figures was then turned into a percentage difference over/under the 422.4 elo. I then increased or decreased their win rate by this percentage (But this isn’t as simple as deducting or adding the percentage different to the win rate – you have to work out for instance what 4% may be of say 53% and then apply that. For Example – 10% of 40% is 4%)

Battle Formation GT Win Rates

This data is calculated in the same way as the win rates for factions. This only shows data for subfactions that have reached 100 games played since the battlescroll dropped.

Faction Popularity (Broken Down by Player Elo Rating)

This is perhaps the most interesting chart to me personally. Here you can see the spread of the player skill levels for each faction according to our Elo rating system (updated each week in line with the Age of Sigmar stats).

The dark blue shows the really elite players of 700+ Elo. Interestingly, they don’t seem to give a damn about which faction is performing well in the meta and rely on their own skill (as they should!). Neither to 600-699 rated players. Where we start to see the swell in players possibly chasing the factions with more favourable rules is in players rated less than 600 Elo.

To make it a bit easier to see the effect of higher skilled players, I’ve added the below chart this week which breaks down each factions player base as a percentage.

Elite and Rookie Players by Faction

The blue section shows the percentage of a factions players which have an Elo rating of 500 or greater. While the Orange shows the number of new players to the faction where they have yet to attend a tournament (based on our database history).

The Fabien Chart

Fabien Barbusse is a top player in the AoS scene and a member of the Woehammer Discord who is one of many who points out any mistakes in the charts before we publish them. He stated he felt the most valuable chart would be a version of the one above, which shows the % of 4+ win results in a 5 game event compared to the other results.

% of Players with a Positive GT Result

Ideally you would want 50% of the players having a positive results for a truly balanced game system.

Consecutive Wins

This chart shows firstly the % of players with a negative result from 5 games at GT’s or GT+ in purple for each faction.

Dark blue shows the percentage of players who achieved 5 wins from 5 in the first five rounds of a GT or GT+.

Orange shows the players who achieved four wins from the first four rounds of a GT or GT+ but were unable to achieve the full house and lost their round 5 match.

Green shows the players who achieved three wins from three wins but were unable to win in their fourth round match.

Light blue shows all other players aside from those shown in the first three categories, who were able to achieve a positive result at a GT or GT+ i.e. 3 or more wins.

Battle Tactic Win Rates

This table shows the most popular battle tactic pairings for each faction.

Battleplan Win Rates

For those of you who are counted among our legendary Patreons, you can download the stats database below which now includes warscroll win rates and lists.

On top of this there is some added extras in the form of a faction dive into Seraphon.

You can become a Patreon of Woehammer for as little as £2 a month!

Woehammer Database

To download out Age of Sigmar stats database, click on the button below.

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Top Three AoS Lists for GT Huertano Individual III

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This is the top three for GT Huertano Individual III that took place in Spain on between the 25th and 26th of October. It saw 18 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

Before I jump into the Top Three AoS Lists, I wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.

If you like what we’re doing, why not join our Patreon and help keep it going?

Also if there’s a one day or two day tournament you’d like us to cover drop us a comment on this post and we’ll have a look at it for you.

The Top Three AoS Lists

Nighthaunt
Death Stalkers
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 2
Spell Lore – Lore of the Underworlds
Manifestation Lore – Infernal Sorceries
Battle Tactic Cards: Attuned to Ghyran, Restless Energy

General’s Regiment
Lady Olynder, Mortarch of Grief (300)
• General
Chainrasps (100)
Pyregheists (150)
Pyregheists (150)
Scourge of Ghyran Black Coach (300)

Regiment 1
Krulghast Cruciator (160)
• Brazier of Nagashizzar
• Ruler of the Spectral Hosts – (20) Points
Bladegheist Revenants (420)
• Reinforced
Bladegheist Revenants (420)
• Reinforced

Faction Terrain
Nexus of Grief

Soulblight Gravelords
Bacchanal of Blood
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 2
Spell Lore – Lore of Undeath
Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of the Grave
Battle Tactic Cards: Intercept and Recover, Restless Energy

General’s Regiment
Prince Vhordrai (470)
• General
Blood Knights (440)
• Reinforced
Deathrattle Skeletons (90)

Regiment 1
Wight Lord on Skeletal Steed (130)
• Immortal Ego
• Amulet of Graves
Barrow Knights (420)
• Reinforced
Barrow Knights (420)
• Reinforced

Faction Terrain
Cursed Sepulchre

Stormcast Eternals
Sentinels of the Bleak Citadels
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 3
Spell Lore – Lore of the Storm
Prayer Lore – Prayers of the Stormhosts
Manifestation Lore – Morbid Conjuration (30 Points)
Battle Tactic Cards: Scouting Force, Intercept and Recover

General’s Regiment
Scourge of Ghyran Iridan the Witness (320)
• General
Stormcoven (210)
Vigilors (140)

Regiment 1
Lord-Relictor (120)
Liberators (90)
Prosecutors (150)
Questor Soulsworn (200)

Regiment 2
Lord-Terminos (140)
• Quicksilver Draught
• Legendary Tenacity
Prosecutors (300)
• Reinforced
Reclusians (280)
• Reinforced

Faction Terrain
Stormreach Portal (20 Points)

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Season of War GT II

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This is the top three for the Season of War GT II that took place in Canada on between the 18th and 19th of October. It saw 38 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

Before I jump into the Top Three AoS Lists, I wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Soulblight Gravelords
Bacchanal of Blood
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 4
Spell Lore – Lore of Undeath
Manifestation Lore – Aetherwrought Machineries
Battle Tactic Cards: Master The Paths, Restless Energy

General’s Regiment
Prince Vhordrai (470)
• General
Askurgan Trueblades (130)
Askurgan Trueblades (130)
Blood Knights (220)
Blood Knights (220)

Regiment 1
Radukar the Beast (250)
Kosargi Nightguard (110)

Regiment 2
Vengorian Lord (220)
• Shard of Night
• Immortal Ego

Regiment 3
Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares (250)

Fyreslayers
Scales of Vulcatrix (10 Points)
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 5
Prayer Lore – Vulkyn Gifts
Manifestation Lore – Magmic Invocations
Battle Tactic Cards: Restless Energy, Master The Paths

General’s Regiment
Auric Runefather on Magmadroth (320)
• General

Regiment 1
Scourge of Ghyran Auric Runeson on Magmadroth (330)
• Fiercely Competitive
• Thickened Scales
• Droth-helm – (10) Points

Regiment 2
Auric Runesmiter on Magmadroth (280)

Regiment 3
Auric Runemaster (180)
Auric Runeson (80)
Hearthguard Berzerkers with Berzerker Broadaxes (240)
• Reinforced
Hearthguard Berzerkers with Flamestrike Poleaxes (240)
• Reinforced

Faction Terrain
Magmic Battleforge

Regiments of Renown
Sky-Port Profiteers (320)
Codewright
Grundstok Thunderers
Grundstok Thunderers

Fyreslayers
Scales of Vulcatrix
Auxiliaries: 0
Drops: 5
Battle Tactic Cards – Restless Energy, Intercept and Recover
Manifestation Lore – Magmic Invocations
Prayer Lore – Vulkyn Gifts

General’s Regiment
Auric Runefather on Magmadroth (330)
• General
• Droth-helm
• Blood of the Berzerker
• Thickened Scales
Hearthguard Berzerkers with Flamestrike Poleaxes (120)
• 1x Champion
Hearthguard Berzerkers with Flamestrike Poleaxes (120)
• 1x Champion
Hearthguard Berzerkers with Flamestrike Poleaxes (240)
• Reinforced
• 1x Champion

Regiment 1
Auric Runemaster (180)

Regiment 2
Auric Runeson on Magmadroth (Scourge of Ghyran) (320)
Auric Runeson (80)

Regiment 3
Auric Runesmiter on Magmadroth (280)

Regiment 4
Auric Runeson on Magmadroth (Scourge of Ghyran) (320)

Faction Terrain
Magmic Battleforge

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Top Three AoS Lists for the Badmoon Rising GT 2025

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This is the top three for the Badmoon Rising GT 2025 that took place in Canada between the 18th and 19th of October. It saw 32 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.

Before I jump into the Top Three AoS Lists, I wanted to remind everyone of our friendly Discord server where you can join in the conversation with the Woehammer crew and suggest articles or series for the website.

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The Top Three AoS Lists

Kharadron Overlords
The Magnate’s Crew
Army of Renown
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 2
Battle Tactic Cards: Restless Energy, Master The Paths

General’s Regiment
Brokk Grungsson, Lord-Magnate of Barak-Nar (260)
• General
Arkanaut Frigate (300)
Skywardens (260)
• Reinforced
Skywardens (260)
• Reinforced
Vongrim Salvagers (240)
• Reinforced

Regiment 1
Null-Khemist (130)
• Aerodynamism
• Master of Discipline
Endrinriggers (110)
Vongrim Harpoon Crew (220)
• Reinforced
Vongrim Harpoon Crew (220)
• Reinforced

Disciples of Tzeentch
Wyrdflame Host
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 3
Spell Lore – Lore of Change (30 Points)
Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of Tzeentch
Battle Tactics Cards: Attuned to Ghyran and Restless Energy

General’s Regiment
Lord of Change (380)
• General
• 1 Baleful Sword
• Illusionist
• Mutating Blade
Blue Horrors and Brimstone Horrors (280)
• Reinforced
Chaos Spawn of Tzeentch (60)
Pink Horrors (160)
Pink Horrors (160)

Regiment 1
Changecaster, Herald of Tzeentch (110)
Blue Horrors and Brimstone Horrors (280)
• Reinforced
Burning Chariot of Tzeentch (100)

Regiments of Renown
The Exiled One (430)
Skarbrand

Orruk Warclans
Ironjawz
Brutefist
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 5
Spell Lore – Lore of the Weird
Prayer Lore – Warbeats
Manifestation Lore – Manifestations of Gorkamorka
Battle Tactic Cards: Intercept and Recover, Attuned to Ghyran

General’s Regiment
Gordrakk, the Fist of Gork (340)
• General

Regiment 1
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (320)
• Armour of Gork
• Big ‘Un
• Hulking Brute

Regiment 2
Weirdnob Shaman (120)
Ardboyz (170)

Regiment 3
Kragnos, the End of Empires (580)

Faction Terrain
Bossrokk Tower

Regiments of Renown
One-eyed Grunnock (410)
Warstomper Mega-Gargant

Roland Rivera: This list is peak Timmy gaming – play a bunch of monsters, make them go fast, smash everything in your path. Fortunately for enjoyers of this style of gaming, Ironjawz has access to a good monster selection, and they can also dip into Regiments of Renown for even more big things to put on the table.

This particular list is centered around Kragnos. His ability to project an aura of 3D6″ charges enhances this list in a big way by expanding its threat range. The units looking to take advantage of this boost are Gordrakk and the Megaboss on Maw-krusha, which are potent anti-Hero and infantry tools, respectively. The Warstomper Mega-Gargant mercenary One-Eyed Grunnock offers more anti-infantry juice, and also is a durable piece that can hold ground in the midboard in ways the rest of your team would rather not do (and also makes tactics like Attuned to Ghyran significantly more viable). A Weirdnob and his bunker of Ardboys helps round things out by giving you access to Ironjawz’s excellent manifestation lore.

Despite my assertion that this list is peak Timmy gaming, playing it to the level required to podium a tournament (as this one did) actually requires a bit of cleverness. Your major advantage is being able to reach out and touch enemies that can’t necessarily do the same to you, you have specialist pieces that want to be directed into specific types of enemy units, and you have to try and keep your big guys from getting mobbed whenever possible. Measure out your average charge ranges and play your units to their particular strengths, and this list will serve you well.

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Silver Bayonet: Britain – Bones of Albion Review

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Britain: Bones of Albion is the latest expansion for The Silver Bayonet, Joseph A. McCullough’s Napoleonic gothic horror skirmish game published by Osprey Games. On paper it is a tantalising prospect. The wars of Europe rumble on, but in the mists and moors of Britain ancient powers are stirring. An old druidic circle on Anglesey has awakened and threatens to plunge the land into chaos.

Silver Bayonet has always stood out for the way it blends Napoleonic history with the dark folklore of the world, and here that idea is carried into the haunted landscapes of Britain. Undead Dark Age warriors, Normans and Romans rise from the earth, while the Silver Bayonet units must confront these ancient horrors.

However, there are some frustrations. The scenarios themselves feel rather familiar, and they offer the expected mix of objectives and encounters but are not as tightly woven into the myths and legends of Britain as they could have been. The choice of mainland Britain as the setting for a supernatural crisis would probably not have been my next step. Certainly with the Iberian Peninsula and the invasion of Russia throwing up possibly better options. The book does not always fully exploit the possibilities of a campaign in Britain either. The absence of a druid option for the British faction is hard to ignore, given how central druidic magic is to the narrative. It feels like a missed opportunity.

The biggest disappointment, at least for me, is the lack of solo campaign support. The Silver Bayonet has been praised in the past for including ways to play alone or cooperatively, but Bones of Albion does not follow through on this front. This will make it less appealing for those who, like myself, often play without a regular group.

If you enjoy playing with others and you are keen on the idea of Britain as a setting for Napoleonic horror then Bones of Albion will provide you with plenty of inspiration and a suitably grim atmosphere. The scenarios are serviceable, the monsters are evocative and the book gives you the excuse to expand your collection with all manner of folkloric figures.

But if you are buying this expansion solely to play solo you may find yourself disappointed. For me that prevents it from being the essential purchase it could have been. Bones of Albion is still a solid addition to the line, and one that captures the imagination with its premise, but it never quite realises its full potential.

Personally, I would give this 6/10. The campaign has some nice touches but it lacks a solo campaign and the missions feel similar to previous versions.

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Plastic Trench Crusade Pre-Order: Prussian Strosstrupen Warband

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Plastic kits have been recently announced at Essen! No longer do you have to rely on Etsy or a 3D Printer.

Starting with the Prussian Strosstrupen Warband. If you’re interested in pre-ordering the kit, you can get them from direct from the Trench Crusade website. This kit will be released on 22nd November.

RRP: £31.99

The Stosstruppen of the Free State of Prussia are amongst the most storied and fearsome of New Antioch’s soldiers. Storming through the twisting web of trenches that scar No Man’s Land, they move with peerless coordination as they deliver their famously brutal shock assaults. Even a small force of these noble warriors can smash through the toughest Heretic fortifications with nothing more than a hail of grenades, a furious flurry of clubs, and a jaw clenched with gritted teeth and prayer.

The Prussian Stosstruppen Warband box contains a complete starter force for the Free States of Prussia, a New Antioch variant.

The warband includes 8 models: 1 x Hauptmann, 1 x Feldkaplane, 3 x Stosstruppen, 3 x Yeomen

This plastic kit builds eight models, each with two assembly options. Choose from a selection of weapons, equipment, and head swaps.

Models supplied unpainted and require assembly

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Age of Sigmar: 4th Edition Meta Stats (September Battlescroll) – 19th October 2025

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We’ve updated the method of calculating the Elo ratings into our Age of Sigmar stats, this includes an attempt to reflect both the tournament strength and the faction strength.

All of the results in this article are taken from Best Coast Pairings, , Ecksen, New Recruit, ChampionshipHub, Milarki and Longshanks. They include GT (Two day events) or GT+ (6 or more rounds) only.

For patrons, you’ll be able to download and play with the database as well (which includes all the lists and stats for all the factions) as reading this weeks Patreon only analysis of Seraphon.

As always, if you’re struggling to read a chart, you should be able to right click and then either view or download the image.

Tournaments Included (Using June Battlescroll)

  • 2025 South China Autumn Championship
  • Age of Sigmar Badmoon Rising GT 2025
  • Age of Sigmar Medellin Grand Open
  • All-Realm Battlemania XXXIX Deluxe
  • Amulet D20 Grand Tournament 2025
  • Barfight GT
  • Bendigo’s Bush Bash Bonanza 2025
  • Bloomington Brewhammer at Upland Brewing
  • Boo-grass Brawl GT – Actual Trash Wargaming
  • Bread or Dead 2025 – Fresh Out the Oven
  • DragonFall 2025
  • Elbcoast Cup 19 Age of Sigmar
  • End Times Grand Tournament 2-25
  • GAF Jamboree Volume 4
  • K/Qota S9 E4
  • Kippers’ Melee – 2025 Age of Sigmar
  • LVO XII Warhammer Age of Sigmar Champs
  • Mektoberfest AoS GT
  • Mercia Madness III
  • Michigan GT 2025
  • New York Open 4: Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament
  • Paragon City Games Presents: 2025 AoS Store Championship
  • Realm Wars
  • River City Rumble
  • Season of War GT II
  • Southeastern Slaughter Battles and BBQ
  • Storm of Sigmar
  • Sugar & Dice Annual Age of Sigmar Tournament 2025
  • Sydney Grand Tournament 2025
  • Well of Mayhem #4 Grand Tournament

We have chosen not to include the following events:

  • Lamoine Last Stand IX (Due to having optional draw rounds)
  • III GT De Sevilla (Team Event)
  • LVO XII Warhammer Age of Sigmar Champs Round 6-8 (Due to only being available to the top 8)
  • Season of War GT II (Anything played after Round 5 – due to only a few players taking part)

GT Win Rates

These are the first stats we’ve done in a while and things are looking a bit different despite it being very early days. As always those factions in bold should be taken with salt, as we feel there’s possibly not enough data there.

Estimated Win Rates if the Player Skill Levels were Equal

That’s a mouthful of title isn’t it!?

Essentially, what I’m trying to do here is work out what the win rates would be if the skill levels of all the players were the same (Yes, I realise this is nearly impossible to calculate – But I’m playing around here).

How it works is by calculating the average Elo of all the players that have had matches since the September battlescroll dropped. This worked out as 417.4. I then calculated how much difference there was between a factions average Elo shown in our original win rate graph to this overall average. The difference between these two figures was then turned into a percentage difference over/under the 417.4 elo. I then increased or decreased their win rate by this percentage (But this isn’t as simple as deducting or adding the percentage different to the win rate – you have to work out for instance what 4% may be of say 53% and then apply that. For Example – 10% of 40% is 4%)

Battle Formation GT Win Rates

This data is calculated in the same way as the win rates for factions. This only shows data for subfactions that have reached 100 games played since the battlescroll dropped.

Faction Popularity (Broken Down by Player Elo Rating)

This is perhaps the most interesting chart to me personally. Here you can see the spread of the player skill levels for each faction according to our Elo rating system (updated each week in line with the Age of Sigmar stats).

The dark blue shows the really elite players of 700+ Elo. Interestingly, they don’t seem to give a damn about which faction is performing well in the meta and rely on their own skill (as they should!). Neither to 600-699 rated players. Where we start to see the swell in players possibly chasing the factions with more favourable rules is in players rated less than 600 Elo.

To make it a bit easier to see the effect of higher skilled players, I’ve added the below chart this week which breaks down each factions player base as a percentage.

Elite and Rookie Players by Faction

The blue section shows the percentage of a factions players which have an Elo rating of 500 or greater. While the Orange shows the number of new players to the faction where they have yet to attend a tournament (based on our database history).

The Fabien Chart

Fabien Barbusse is a top player in the AoS scene and a member of the Woehammer Discord who is one of many who points out any mistakes in the charts before we publish them. He stated he felt the most valuable chart would be a version of the one above, which shows the % of 4+ win results in a 5 game event compared to the other results.

% of Players with a Positive GT Result

Ideally you would want 50% of the players having a positive results for a truly balanced game system.

Consecutive Wins

This chart shows firstly the % of players with a negative result from 5 games at GT’s or GT+ in purple for each faction.

Dark blue shows the percentage of players who achieved 5 wins from 5 in the first five rounds of a GT or GT+.

Orange shows the players who achieved four wins from the first four rounds of a GT or GT+ but were unable to achieve the full house and lost their round 5 match.

Green shows the players who achieved three wins from three wins but were unable to win in their fourth round match.

Light blue shows all other players aside from those shown in the first three categories, who were able to achieve a positive result at a GT or GT+ i.e. 3 or more wins.

Battle Tactic Win Rates

This table shows the most popular battle tactic pairings for each faction.

Battleplan Win Rates

For those of you who are counted among our legendary Patreons, you can download the stats database below which now includes warscroll win rates and lists.

On top of this there is some added extras in the form of a faction dive into Seraphon.

You can become a Patreon of Woehammer for as little as £2 a month!

Woehammer Database

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