As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

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Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week it’s Keeler’s Longbows. I believe these were mid to late game in the campaign (though I could be wrong).

To represent them in the game I’ll be running him as Empire Archers. Handily these are also the old metal empire archers as well. So a perfect fit.

These will be my second ranged unit in the game and handily have the skirmishes special rule, as well as being able to be upgraded to scouts.

I tried to keep to the original colour scheme and kept the colours to predominantly blue and white.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week it’s Vannheim’s 75th. These are some heavily armoured horse that you receive while preparing to leave the Border Princes. I often couldn’t choose between these or Ragnar’s Wolves.

To represent them in the game I’ll be running them as Freeblade Knights under Renegade Crowns.

I tried to keep to the original colour scheme and kept the colours to predominantly green and mustard yellow.

They’ve seen battle a couple of times on the tabletop, but have as yet to make any memorable impact.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week we have one of the two units you start with in Shadow of the Horned Rat, the Grudgebringer Infantry.

I think I took the infantry in almost every battle of the campaign. To represent them on the tabletop I used the 3D models called Reinhardt’s Infantry.

To represent them in the game I’ll be running them as Veteran Sellswords from the Renegade Crowns muster list.

At some point I plan to print out their unit cards with their special rules on the reverse. It’ll make it easier than having to flip through the many, many books….

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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Last week we had Morgan Bernhardt. It would be daft if I didn’t then show you his cavalry.

The Grudgebringer Cavalry were an auto take in every battle and were the most powerful unit in Shadow of the Horned Rat, especially as you neared the end of the campaign.

To represent them in the game I’ll be running them as Freeblade Knights from the Renegade Crowns muster list.

At some point I plan to print out their unit cards with their special rules on the reverse. It’ll make it easier than having to flip through the many, many books….

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week it’s the main man, Morgan.

Morgan Bernhardt was the leader of the Grudgebringers and led the Grudgebringer Cavalry. He had the magical sword Grudgebringer which his force was named after. Grudgebringer was able to cast fireballs at the enemy. To represent this, Morgan will be equipped with the Ruby Ring of Ruin and Flaming Weapon as magical items.

To represent him in the game I’ll be running him as a Renegade Prince.

I tried to keep to the original colour scheme and kept the colours to predominantly blue with the white markings across his robes.

He’s proven to be a lot of fun in the games I’ve played with his so far.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week we’ve a character for whom anyone who played the game will remember with fondness. Especially from kiting him around using his hunting spear spell…

Allor was one of the first units you recruited in the game, and he felt like a massive help with his hunting spear.

To represent him in the game, I’ll be playing them as a Renegade Crowns Outcast Wizard. The model is one I actually designed on HeroForge a few years back now.

I tried to keep to the original colour scheme and kept the colours to predominantly blue with the white markings across his robes.

Allor will normally be using battle magic and hoping to get the Fireball to represent the Hunting Spear spell.

Next week, Morgan. I promise…..

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

Other Articles
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

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This week we’ve a character who doesn’t feature in Shadow of the Horned Rat until you’re halfway through the campaign.

Since leaving the Celestial College twelve years ago, Marius Ubersbrom has dwelt in the remote peaks of the Grey Mountains. From this vantage point he has devoted his life to the divination of the stars. Divining a great calamity that would befall the Empire should the Grudgebringers fail in their task, he convinced Morgan Bernhardt to allow him to join his army.

To represent him in the game, I’ll be playing them as a Renegade Crowns Outcast Wizard. The model is just one of the old Empire Battlemage models.

I tried to keep to the original colour scheme and kept the colours to predominantly blue with the white markings across his robes.

Marius will normally be using illusion magic (as celestial magic is no longer a thing). But it does give him access to Mind Razor which is always a good one.

Next week, Morgan.

As a teenager I played Shadow of the Horned Rat and Dark Omens to excess. I always wanted a tabletop version of the army to play with as well.

Now that I’m in my forties, I can finally realise that dream.

First up are Black’s Avengers.

Other Articles
Keeler’s Longbows
Vannheim’s 75th
Grudgebringer Infantry
Grudgebringer Cavalry
Morgan Bernhardt
Allor
Marius Uberstrom
Black’s Avengers

These guys where the 3rd unit you recruited in the Shadow of the Horned Rat campaign. They were the survivors of a Skaven attack on a town called Wissenheim. They wanted nothing more than to kill Skaven and were armed with little more than pitch forks.

To represent these in the game, I’ll be playing them as Renegade Crowns Free Company Militia, which happens to be the models I used as well.

I tried to keep to the original colour scheme and kept the colours to predominantly Black with White and red accents.

These guys have no armour and as you can see their stats don’t set the world alight. But, what they do have are additional hand weapons and throwing weapons. This will give them two attacks each in combat and allow them to shoot twice as well.

I used 30 of these in two ranks of 15 last weekend. They were charged by Chaos Knights. They managed to kill one on stand and shoot, and then they killed another two over two rounds of combat, before eventually forcing the Knights to flee. More than making their points back.

As a start for my Grudgebringers, I’m more than happy.