There’s only a week to go with our inaugural painting competition the Woeful Brush, sponsored by our friends at SCN Hobby World.
The winner of the competition will walk away with their choice of Combat Patrol or Start Collecting Box. You still have a week to enter as the closing date for entries is 30th November 2021.
To enter, email at least two pictures of your models to thewoehammer@gmail.com. One picture must contain a note with the email address the submission is coming from, this will prove its your own work and not that of someone else.
Your chosen model must be on a base no bigger than 50mm in diameter
Only one submission per person
The miniature can be from any manufacturer not just Games Workshop
Once the submissions close on the 30th November voting will begin on the website and Twitter. Once the voting is over we will contact the winner to congratulate them and ask them for their choice of start collecting or combat patrol box.
Game 3 vs Tuggy and his Blades of Khorne. We swapped home objectives turn 4 but the extra points for killing the Bloodthirsters were vital. A 14-6 win to me. On 28 now #BoBo2021pic.twitter.com/vQGyimqPCo
Game 4 at #BOBO2021 against @Aethercast_AoS. mirebrute cousin get distracted by shiny boat & run toward it but boat shoot him in face. Stupid mirebrute. Rockgut brothers try to punch ships from sky. But ships fly off & shoot rockguts. Silly boats. Great game tho. pic.twitter.com/LA9W8RWbcu
Game 4 exceptionally close with Gatekeeper one shotting the Loonboss despite rerolling hits but it thenade up for it by killing one Hopper the following turn. Very very close 2 points in it so 11-9 win#BoBo2021#aospic.twitter.com/QkayKA70tg
Amazing game 5 at #BOBO2021 v @RhysSallabanks fyreslayers. Trogg smash silly short men with red hair and do 30 dmg but objectives fall on rhys side. Trogg have big feet but only move 6". Sad face. Trogg lose game by 2 points going 0-5 for event. pic.twitter.com/0ATWCchSmt
A loss for Declan in the first round against fellow Chump Paul Coram
Game 1 #BOBO2021 first round loss v Luke Alford DOK Big snake lady have pointy spear and kill rockgut brothers. Sad face. Little snakes shoot other rockguts brothers in hero and shooting phase! Stupid snakes. Trogg smash next opponent instead. pic.twitter.com/HXt5QBEEGG
game 2 vs Kruleboyz another great game and another narrow loss 7-13. #bobo2021 @Elcapitan_WS10 and me playing for Best Gloomspite and still all to play for. Not sure the squig charge turn 1 was a good idea though pic.twitter.com/MLsFUlAAIy
Game 2 #BOBO2021 trogg finally get game against good friend @tzaangorjack. However @tzaangorjack run double mawcrusha Ironjawz. Trogg lose game. Trogg now not friends with @tzaangorjack. Silly @tzaangorjack pic.twitter.com/7XNKyGw5Mh
So I’m biting the bullet and diving into my first tournament since 1999….. Yes I’m that old.
I’m attending the Battle of the Burning Skies in Northamptonshire on 26th March. Tickets for which are available here. The tournament has been organised jointly between the fantastic peeps at both Savage Hammer Gaming and Greetings from the Warp.
It’s a 2,000 point the day event of AoS.
I’m a little rusty with AoS having only played one game against my A.I. ruleset in 3rd. One game in 2nd and a few in the first edition. Time to get some practice in.
I own three armies for AoS, Cities of Sigmar, Kharadron Overlords and Kruleboyz. I’m going to go with Kruleboyz as they’re probably the most competitive out of the three and I don’t want to be spanked in every game by taking my pure old school Dispossessed list.
So my list?
Well this is my first draft after some consultation with @rightangle79. And will in all likelihood get changed as the tournament draws closer.
Allegiance : Orruk Warclans – Subfaction : Big Yellers – Army Type : Kruleboyz – Grand Strategy : Hold the Line – Triumphs : Inspired
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
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:
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.
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)+
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 12 battleplan cards can be shuffled and used to determine which battleplan will be used. The battleplan card also assists in deployment of the AI army.
A Battleplan Card
– The player places the eight battle tactic cards into one deck. The player then draws one at random each turn, this determines the AI army’s battle tactic that turn.
Battle Tactic Card
– The Action Cards for that battle tactic are shuffled and one drawn for each AI unit in the army for that turn. These will determine that units action that turn.
I’ve changed the designs of the cards now so that they should be more appealing to players.
Example Card
I’ve also designed the card backs to go with these.
Card Back
I’ve had a number of players join me in playtesting and so the cards should be firmed up before the new year. However to make these into physical products I need your help! I need to raise roughly £400 to start the printing process. How can you help? Well why not sign up to be s Patreon of Woehammer? We have tiers available for as little as £2 per month! Or if you’d like to make a one of donation why not PayPal me using the box below?
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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.
People seem to be very keen on hearing about my work on the Solo Wargaming system. Indeed, all the previous posts are in the top 5 most popular posts on Woehammer.
Where have I go to with it?
Well all of the action cards are no complete. There are decks of eight cards for each battle tactic. The action cards for a particular battle tactic would be shuffled in with the objective action cards each turn creating an “Action Deck“, then these are placed face down and drawn for each AI unit that turn. These then denote how the units will act that turn and in what order (denoted by the initiative number in the shield).
A Broken Ranks Action Card
An Objective Action Card
The Battle Tactics are chosen by a pack of eight cards, each of which have the instructions on completing that Battle Tactic, along with how to choose any designated units or objectives. The Battle Tactic Cards will also state when they are to be placed into the “Tactics Deck“. These are then shuffled and one drawn at random each turn.
Bring it Down Battle Tactic Card
I’ve also had a few volunteers join me now for playtesting this system and the first few games are now taking place.
Photo courtesy of Tony from the Age of Chumps club in Northamptonshire
I’ve also got the initial cost through now to produce these cards in bulk. A few test packs will be printed in the next few weeks for any play testers. These cards will be A5 or A6 in size (about the size of a warscroll) and will come packaged in a tuckbox much like the Warhammer 40k Datacards you see below. Along with the cards will be a small leaflet with instructions on how to use them. The initial price for buying a whole set of the cards will be around £15, but with more demand this may come down in cost.
Warhammer 40k Data Cards
What’s Next?
Moe playtesting along with the printing of some test packs. I’m also going to be working on the art and presentation shortly once I feel the cards are 90% of the way to doing what they’re supposed to be doing. I’ve given myself a deadline of having these available to order through this website from January.
If you’re interested in joining me and supporting me on Patreon why not click on the link below.
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.
