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Age of Sigmar, Games Workshop, Peter Holland

BoBo Day 2

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Last night’s round three in pictures.

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#ArmiesonParade2021

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I’ve been obsessed with looking through the hashtag for Armies on Parade in 2021 and I thought I would share some of my favourites.

https://twitter.com/HelmStudios/status/1454991098716336132?t=WBbJ1EygyNamGK3ADzf-bg&s=19
Age of Sigmar, Games Workshop, Peter Holland

BoBo Day One

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The club I belong to, Age of Chumps ready to go, including Rhys in a skirt…..
Intrigued to see Trogg’s results after this……
Peeps getting ready
A stunning Sons of Behemat army
Declan’s army ready to go
A beautiful Kruleboyz army
A loss for Declan in the first round against fellow Chump Paul Coram
Is all that alcohol starting to kick in for Trogg?
The legend that is Chrissy, enjoying her first game of the weekend
The draw for round two

Game three draw
Games Workshop, Peter Holland, Rogue Trader, Warhammer 40k

Rogue Trader Collection IV

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This is just a quick update to show the progress on Calgar.

Calgar on his ‘throne’

So Calgar is done, I don’t think there’s anything left on him for me to do. Though I’m sure an eagle eyed reader or even myself will spot something further down the line…..

His marine Guard is nearly finished, he just needs his backpack sorting and some freehand symbols on his pauldron.

The armour stand is also nearly finished. I just need to do some final highlights on the gold. The bolter stand is also nearing completion with the wood completed. I need to highlight the bolter and do some of the metal work.

The base is also completed. I’m just waiting on the miniature fur rug to be delivered and the bricks to replicate the background wall. Once that’s in place I can start glueing the piece together and work on the flag stands against the wall.

The whole thing will then be mounted on a plinth like the one below which will have a metal plate stating the name of the model, it’s code and the year it was produced.

Then I’ll be finished (I think) and work can commence on the Imperial Army Land Speeder.

Let me know what you think, anything you think I can do to improve the model?

Age of Sigmar, Games Workshop, Peter Holland, Solo Wargaming

My First Solo Game of AoS

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So those who have seen my previous articles on Solo Wargaming in the Age of Sigmar will know that I’m developing a card draw system to determine an armies movements and actions on the tabletop. This will allow people to play against an automated army, which is especially good if you can’t find regular opponents or you want to test our your army lists.

The Army Lists

Kharadron Overlords

Allegiance: Kharadron Overlords
– Subfaction: Barak-Zilfin
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
———-
Endrinmaster with Dirigible Suit (General) (190 pts)
– Command Trait: Grandmaster
– Artefact: Staff of Ocular Optimisation

Battleline
———-
Arkanaut Frigate (250 pts)
Arkanaut Frigate (250 pts)

Units
———-
Grundstok Gunhauler (155 pts)
Grundstok Gunhauler (155 pts)

Total Points: 1000 pts

Ogor Mawtribes

Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes
– Subfaction: Winterbite
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
———-
Huskard on Stonehorn (General) (340 pts)
– Command Trait: Wintertouched
– Artefact: Frostfang
– Mount Trait: Metalcruncher
Icebrow Hunter (125 pts)

Battleline
———-
Mournfang Pack (160 pts)
Mournfang Pack (160 pts)
Mournfang Pack (160 pts)

Units
———-
Frost Sabres (55 pts)

Total Points: 1000 pts

Pre-Game

The battleplan played was Savage Gains, deployment for the AI units was based on the card shown above. This resulted in a strong right and left flank for the ogors with only the Icebrow Hunter holding the centre objective. To counter this I placed my Gunhaulers and one of the Frigates with the Endrinmaster in the centre (hoping to be able to counter any opening moves from the Ogors).

Deployment

Kharadron Turn 1

Choosing the Battle Tactic Aggressive Expansion, I started strong with a Frigate moving up my left to claim the left hand objective and a Gunhauler and my other Frigate moving t the right objective. The Frigate on the left managed to get lucky with its sky cannon and completely removed the Frost Sabres turning them into red mist.

Ogors Turn 1

The Ogors drew a tactic card at random and received Ferocious Advance. Following the instructions on the card, the Icebrow Hunter was chosen as unit one while the nearby mournfangs and the Huskard were units two and three respectively.

I then drew cards for each of the AI units and followed their instructions. Unfortunately the three units didn’t quite make it to within three inches of each other and so the Ogors failed the Battle Tactic for that round. The other Mournfang units circled the trees on the right heading for their right hand objective. Luckily for the Ogors they were able to get one of these units within 6″ and so contested the right with my Frigate and Gunhauler. No battle tactic for me after all!

Kharadron Turn 2

Feeling buoyed after the early lead and removing the Sabre Tooth’s I chose the Conquer Battle Tactic, thinking that I could wrestle objective from the hands of the Mournfang.

The Frigate on my right turned to try and take some shots at the Huskard but didn’t hit a single time. The Frigate and the Gunhauler didn’t fair too much better and only removed a single Mournfang meaning that the Ogors still contested the Kharadron left.

Ogors Turn 2

This time the Ogors drew Aggressive Expansion. Both of the objective markers would be the left and right side objectives. I felt fairly confident that the Ogors couldn’t shift my forces this turn.

The Ogors advance and charged and unleashed a world of paint on my poor sky ships! They utterly destroyed the Gunhauler on the right and scored multiple wounds on both Frigates. The only saving grace for me was that as the Ogors are an aggessive army, the Mournfang failed its check to remain near the objective in the centre and instead chose to charge after the Gunhauler on the right.

Ogor Turn 3

With the Ogors winning the initiative, they drew Slay the Warlord as their Battle Tactic.

This turned out very well for them, all the Mournfang Cavalry charged the Frigate on their right and utterly destroyed it and the poor Endrinmaster sat inside! While the Huskard then decide to reduce the other Frigate to a pile of metal. Tactic Achieved, and this only left me a single Gunhauler to mount any defence with. I had little option but to concede the game to the A.I.

Conclusion

The cards worked really well, so well that the A.I. beat me to a pulp and if I had carried on I have no doubt that I would have been tabled eventually. I’m happy with the cards, there are some minor changes I would like to make to some of the wording here and there, but overall a very successful first test.

I’d like to take the opportunity to all those who are helping me playtest this system and feeing their comments back to me:

  • Ed
  • Tony
  • Tom
  • Andy
  • Sarah
  • Matthew
  • William
  • Paul

I’m getting to the stage where I will be able to sell the cards on the website. If you’re interested in purchasing a set of the cards why not fill out the poll below:

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WD120 Battle Report – Warhammer Fantasy (A Gathering of Eagles)

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This report is the second from Games Day ’89; Gary Brough (Goblins) against Mark Sutcliffe (Wood Elves).

Solo Wargaming for your Favourite Games

I’m in the process of creating a series of Wargaming Aids which allow players to play their favourite games in a single player format against an AI controlled enemy army. To find out more on this click here.

For as little as £1 a month (the price of a chocolate bar) you can help support me in this endeavour and receive cool perks as a thank you, such as access to our Discord Server as well as downloadable copies of the gaming aids which you can print out and use at home.

Why not pop over to Patreon and sign up and help me in this project? Money raised will go towards making these as physical products.

A Life in Wargames, Fantasy, Historics, Peter Holland, Warlord Games

John Stallard – A Life in Wargames

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It’s been a little while since I last posted to the A Life in Wargames series, for which I can only apologise. These articles take a lot more effort than the others I write and unfortunately I’ve simply not had the time for the research recently.

John Stallard, from the wonderful city of Cardiff in Wales is a Games Designer who for 27 years worked with Games Workshop. In 2007 her left and set up Warlord Games along with Paul Sawyer (who some of you may remember from White Dwarf).

John lived in Cardiff until he was four years old, at which point his family moved to Scotland where his father was working for BP, eventually at the age of ten John and his family moved to Worcester.

His cousin introduce him to military models and toy soldiers after his cousin thought he was much to grown up for such things handed John his collection. John set about expanding his collection by making weekly purchases of Airfix kits with his pocket money.

The first set of rules that John played was the Airfix Guide to Napoleonic Wargaming written by Bruce Quarrie (1974), which he then followed up with Skytrex’s Middle Earth Wargames Rules (1976).

Airfix Guide to Napoleonic Wargaming (1974)

After university John moved to Nottingham a move which was prompted by reading a job advert in White Dwarf. After a successful interview John joined Bryan Ansell‘s Citadel Miniatures team, initially working in the Mail Order team reporting to Rick Priestley.

John learnt about customer service from Bryan Ansell and his wife Diane. Games Workshop was very forward thinking at the time where orders would be sent as soon as an order form was received, meaning the customer often had their orders within the week rather than the 28 days advertised.

After a year John left the Mail Order team to retake his exams, which he failed. He put this failure down to playing Warhammer all the time. John then worked in a freezer warehouse during the summer where in a forklift truck accident he lost most of the toes on his left foot. He then attended the Wargames show in Manchester on crutches and saw Rick Priestley behind the Games Workshop Mail Order stand. Rick Priestley asked if he wanted his job back and he returned to Citadel Miniatures.

John progressed from Mail Order to Trade Sales, followed later by becoming Sales Manager and later became Head of Sales and then Sales Director. He stayed with Games Workshop until 2007 when he set Warlord Games.

 Warlord Games came into being because I had always wanted to do historical military models. I’ve been fascinated with them since I was six. I kept on saying to two consecutive bosses at Games Workshop that the company should start to do historical models. I remember Tom Kirby, a man I admire very much, saying to me, “John, I’ve done a study and if you add all the historical gaming companies together it comes to £2m, there’s just not enough money in it.” Being older and wiser than me, he’d actually done the research. I said, “But Tom, that’s because it hasn’t really been done before. What was the market for Goblins with spears fifteen years ago? Bugger all! Citadel and Games Workshop made the marketplace by making great models and banging the drum and producing wargames rules.”

– John Stallard

John teamed up with Paul Sawyer (White Dwarf Editor in yesteryear) who’d also been made redundant by Games Workshop, they contacted Renedra Ltd, the plastic manufacturing company who has previously been Games Workshop‘s plastic manufacturing arm. They also bought on board Bob Naismith to make their figures.

Warlord’s upcoming British Starter Set for Black Powder: Epic Battles

It takes around four months for the complete manufacture of a set of plastic models. During the period after the final designs were made for their Warlord Games plastic models (Romans), John found out that the Perry twins also had an upcoming plastic release. They were still working for Games Workshop at the time but they had set up Perry Miniatures in the background (which was allowed within their contract). They were going to release some plastic American Civil War figures which would be made as either Confederate or Union troops. There release would be the first ever 28mm plastic historical wargame figures, beating Warlord Games by only two or three weeks.

John Stallard’s work:

Solo Wargaming for your Favourite Games

I’m in the process of creating a series of Wargaming Aids which allow players to play their favourite games in a single player format against an AI controlled enemy army. To find out more on this click here.

For as little as £1 a month (the price of a chocolate bar) you can help support me in this endeavour and receive cool perks as a thank you, such as access to our Discord Server as well as downloadable copies of the gaming aids which you can print out and use at home.

Why not pop over to Patreon and sign up and help me in this project? Money raised will go towards making these as physical products.

The Woeful Brush Painting Competition Sponsored by SCN Hobby World

Closing date for entries 30th November. £1 entry, win your choice of a Start Collecting or Combat Patrol box set!

LINK

Age of Sigmar, Games Workshop, Peter Holland

Top Three Lists from the November Warm Up (Milan) 7th November 2021

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These were the top three lists from November Warm Up held in Milan/Italy on 7th November 2021. This was a one day event.

Andrea Epis – Legion of the First Prince

Andrea won the event with three wins from three and 80 tournament points.

Allegiance: Legion of the First Prince
– Subfaction:
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty

Leaders
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Be’lakor (General) (360 pts)+
– Spell: The Master’s Command
Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince (210 pts)++
Sloppity Bilepiper (130 pts)++
The Contorted Epitome (255 pts)++
– Artefact: Fourfold Blade
– Spell: Levitate

Battleline
———-
Plaguebearers (110 pts)+
Plaguebearers (330 pts)++
– Reinforced: Twice
Plaguebearers (330 pts)++
– Reinforced: Twice

Units
———-
Furies (95 pts)+
Furies (95 pts)+

Endless Spells & Invocations
———-
Emerald Lifeswarm (60 pts)

Core Battalions
———-
Battle Regiment+
Battle Regiment++

Total Points: 1975 pts
Made with AoS App List Cleaner

Roberto Callegari – Lumineth Realmlords

Roberto also managed three wins from three and claimed 79 points.

Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Subfaction: Helon
– Grand Strategy: Prized Sorcery
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
———-
Hurakan Windmage (General) (120 pts)+
– Command Trait: Skyrace Grand Champion
– Artefact: Metalith Dust
– Spell: Transporting Vortex
Sevireth (345 pts)+

Battleline
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Vanari Auralan Wardens (145 pts)+
– Spell: Total Eclipse
Vanari Auralan Wardens (145 pts)+
– Spell: Protection of Hysh
Vanari Auralan Sentinels (450 pts)+
– Spell: Lambent Light
– Reinforced: Twice

Units
———-
Hurakan Spirit of the Wind (265 pts)+
Hurakan Spirit of the Wind (265 pts)+
Hurakan Spirit of the Wind (265 pts)

Core Battalions
———-
Battle Regiment+

Total Points: 2000 pts
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Manuele Venaruzzo – Sons of Behemat

Manuele came third with three wins from three and 77 points.

Allegiance: Sons of Behemat
– Subfaction:
– Army Type: Taker Tribe
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
———-
Kraken-Eater (General) (490 pts)
– Command Trait: Very Acquisitive
Kraken-Eater (490 pts)
– Artefact: Net of the Beast-reaver
Gatebreaker (525 pts)
Warstomper (470 pts)
– Artefact: Arcane Tome
– Spell: Flaming Weapon

Total Points: 1975 pts
Made with AoS App List Cleaner

Solo Wargaming for your Favourite Games

I’m in the process of creating a series of Wargaming Aids which allow players to play their favourite games in a single player format against an AI controlled enemy army. To find out more on this click here.

For as little as £1 a month (the price of a chocolate bar) you can help support me in this endeavour and receive cool perks as a thank you, such as access to our Discord Server as well as downloadable copies of the gaming aids which you can print out and use at home.

Why not pop over to Patreon and sign up and help me in this project? Money raised will go towards making these as physical products.

Black Powder, Peter Holland, Warlord Games

Sabot Basing for Black Powder

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So I’ve been looking at getting into Black Powder at the 6mm scale but have tried thinking about creating realistic base sizes (when compared to the other units of the period).

So my first point of reference is the number of men in each countries line infantry.

Infantry Battalion Strength

Based on this I can then calculate the bases I need. Bearing in mind that only the British formed on two ranks when in line as opposed to the other countries mostly forming in two ranks.

I therefore need to show this on the bases. So I decided to use a simple equation of a single Baccus figure representing 12 men. Therefore I could calculate how many models I would need per unit.

I’m very new to Napoleonic Wargaming (but have a fairly decent knowledge base of the history) and very new to Black Powderany

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

Age of Sigmar, Games Workshop, Peter Holland

Top Three Lists from the Justice Series GT 5th November 2021

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These were the top three lists from the Justice Series GT 5th November 2021

Simon W – Disciples of Tzeentch

Simon won the event with five wins from five and 150 tournament points.

Allegiance: Disciples of Tzeentch
– Subfaction: Hosts Duplicitous
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
———-
Lord of Change (General) (420 pts)+
– Command Trait: Will of the Phantom Lord
– Artefact: Brand of the Split Daemon
– Spell: Tzeentch’s Firestorm
Changecaster (135 pts)+
– Spell: Bolt of Tzeentch

Battleline
———-
Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (645 pts)+
– Reinforced: Twice
Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (430 pts)+
– Reinforced: Once
Horrors of Tzeentch (Pink) (215 pts)+

Endless Spells & Invocations
———-
Chronomantic Cogs (45 pts)
Soulscream Bridge (70 pts)

Core Battalions
———-
Battle Regiment+

Total Points: 1960 pts
Made with AoS App List Cleaner

James Tinsdale – Soulblight

James who also featured in our Top Three Lists from Mancunian Carnage 9th October 2021 appears again for another second place with the same list and 150 points.

Allegiance: Soulblight Gravelords
– Army Type: Kastelai Dynasty
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
———-
Wight King On Skeletal Steed (General) (130 pts)+
– Command Trait: Rousing Commander
– Artefact: Fragment of the Keep
Nagash (970 pts)+

Battleline
———-
Blood Knights (195 pts)+
Blood Knights (195 pts)+
Blood Knights (195 pts)+
Blood Knights (195 pts)+
Deadwalker Zombies (115 pts)+

Core Battalions
———
Battle Regiment+

Total Points: 1995 pts
Made with AoS App List Cleaner

Jp Stevens – Lumineth Realmlords

JP managed four wins from five for 125 points.

Allegiance: Lumineth Realm-lords
– Subfaction: Zaitrec
– Grand Strategy: Prized Sorcery
– Triumphs: Inspired

Leaders
———-
Vanari Lord Regent (General) (155 pts)+
– Command Trait: Fast Learner
– Artefact: Gift of Celennar
– Spell: Lambent Light, Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh
Scinari Loreseeker (170 pts)+
– Spell: Lambent Light, Overwhelming Heat, Protection of Hysh
Sevireth (345 pts)+

Battleline
———-
Vanari Auralan Wardens (145 pts)+
– Spell: Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh
Vanari Auralan Sentinels (450 pts)+
– Spell: Overwhelming Heat, Speed of Hysh
– Reinforced: Twice
Vanari Bladelords (130 pts)+

Units
———-
Hurakan Spirit of the Wind (265 pts)+
Hurakan Spirit of the Wind (265 pts)+

Endless Spells & Invocations
———-
Rune of Petrification (75 pts)

Core Battalions
———-
Battle Regiment+

Total Points: 2000 pts
Made with AoS App List Cleaner

Solo Wargaming for your Favourite Games

I’m in the process of creating a series of Wargaming Aids which allow players to play their favourite games in a single player format against an AI controlled enemy army. To find out more on this click here.

For as little as £1 a month (the price of a chocolate bar) you can help support me in this endeavour and receive cool perks as a thank you, such as access to our Discord Server as well as downloadable copies of the gaming aids which you can print out and use at home.

Why not pop over to Patreon and sign up and help me in this project? Money raised will go towards making these as physical products.