Ever forget to cast a spell, or forget to unleash hell at the right time?
Well not to worry, Reddit user u/jcmichael7 has got your back with this handy poster to remind when to play those all in important abilities….
I for one think this is very useful!
This event saw a total of 20 players take part in three games.
The Hammers of Sigmar are still one of the most popular armies at tournaments around the globe.
With the other tournaments we’ve seen though, the Hammers of Sigmar are still not at the highest win rate suggesting that the army can be hard to master.
These were the top three lists from Coliseum of Sigmar.
Anthony won all three games and beat Sylvaneth/Gnarlroot in Round 1, Legion of the First Prince in Round 2 and another Legion of the First Prince in Round 3.
Allegiance: Seraphon
– Coalesced: Thunder Lizards
– Grand Strategy: Beast Master
– Triumph: Inspired
Leaders
———-
Lord Kroak (430)*
Saurus Astrolith Bearer (150)*
Saurus Scar-Veteran on Carnosaur(General)(215)*
– Prime Warbeast
– Artefact: Amulet of Destiny
Saurus Scar-Veteran on Carnosaur(215)*
– Beastmaster
– Fusil of Conflagration
Skink Starpriest (130)*
– Hand of Glory
Battleline
———-
5x Saurus Knights (110)*
5x Saurus Knights (110)*
30x Skinks (225)*
– Reinforced: Twice
Behemoth
———-
Bastiladon (250)*
– Solar Engine
Other
———-
Salamanders Hunting Pack (140)*
Core Battalions
———-
Battle Regiment*
Total Points: 1975 pts
Zachary also won all three games and beat Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar in Round 1, another Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar in Round 2 and Cities of Sigmar/Tempest’s Eye in Round 3.
Allegiance: Fyreslayers
– Subfaction: Greyfyrd
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs:
Leaders
———-
Auric Runesmiter on Magmadroth (275)*
– Artefact: Salamander Cloak
– Mount Trait: Coal-heart Ancient
– Prayers: Ember Storm
Auric Runefather on Magmadroth (General)(285)**
– Command Trait: Battle-Scarred Veteran
– Artefact: Helm of Obsidia
Battlesmith (125)**
– Artefact: The Nulsidian Icon
Battleline
———-
5x Heathguard Berzerkers (250)*
5x Heathguard Berzerkers (250)*
5x Heathguard Berzerkers (250)**
Artillery
———-
Celestar Ballista (140)*
Celestar Ballista (140)**
Units
———-
5x Auric Heathguard (250)**
Core Battalions
———-
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
Total Points: 1965 pts
Zachary won two games and beat Kharadron Overlords/Barak Zilfin in Round 1, lost against the first placed list of Anthony Mongelli’s Seraphon/Thunder Lizard in Round 2 and beat Stormcast Eternals/Hammers of Sigmar in Round 3.
Allegiance: Legion of the First Prince
– Grand Strategy: Beast Master
– Triumphs: Bloothirsty
Leaders
———-
Be’lakor (360)
– Spell: The Master’s Command
Kairos Fateweaver (435)
– Spell: the Master’s Command
Bloodthirster of Insensate Rage (General)(280)*
– Command Trait: Ruinous Aura
– Artefact: Armour of the Pact
Slaves to Darkness Daemon Prince(210)*
– Mark of Chaos: Khorne
Battleline
———-
5x Flesh Hounds (105)*
5x Flesh Hounds (105)*
5x Flesh Hounds (105)*
Units
———-
6x Furies (190)*
Endless Spells
———-
Umbral Spellportal (70)
Emerald Lifeswarm (60)
Core Battalions
———-
*Battle Regiment
Total Points: 1965 pts
Warmaster is a set of fantasy miniatures wargame rules developed by the same company as produced Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and Lord of the Rings miniatures rules.
It has been given a rating of 7.2 on BoardGameGeek from 450+ ratings.
I was going to write an article about Warmaster and how to get started, but Iain has done such a great job on YouTube I’ve decided to steal link to all his shows instead.
But before I start – Welcome to Woehammer – have you noticed the lovely feeling of no adverts (ads), no pop-ups and no auto-playing videos? Well, that’s the norm here at Woehammer.
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For those who don’t know, Warmaster is a 10mm fantasy game (with an ancients version) which is commonly played on a 6′ x 4′ board to points values of 2,000 points. It was written by Rick Priestley and is going through something of a renaissance thanks to a number of 10mm designers releasing models for resin printing – either home printing or through a retailers like Excellent Miniatures.
Iain Standing has produced 10 videos explaining Warmaster Revolution (a version of Warmaster maintained by a committee).
Iain also has loads of great videos on most of the armies you can play.
If you’re interested in getting into Warmaster (or returning to it!) I can’t suggest you start anywhere else but these excellent collection of videos.
Cheers Iain!!
— Declan & Eeyore
After Declan’s great article on getting started with Warmaster, we decided to perhaps turn this into a little series. So today I bring you getting started in Age of Sigmar!
Warhammer: Age of Sigmar is a skirmish tabletop game for two or more players where you command several armies from a huge range that goes from Humans, Dwarves, High Elves, Undead Vampires, Orcs, Beastman and lots of races. This book provides you with all the rules you need to play, and guides you through collecting and painting your own army of Citadel miniatures.
It has been given a rating of 6.7 on BoardGameGeek from 600+ ratings.
Games Workshop has produced a number of videos explaining how to play Age of Sigmar.
1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. Warscrolls
4. Hero Phase
5. Movement Phase
6. Shooting Phase
7. Charge Phase
8. Combat Phase
9. Battleshock Phase
As this is a Games Workshop game, there are tonnes of support and websites out there dedicated to the Age of Sigmar. Some of my favourites include:
Warscroll Builder (Allowing you to make lists quickly)
The Honest Wargamer Scorecard
Cheatsheet
— Peter
This event saw a total of 26 players take part in five games over two days.
The appeal of playing with Dragons is obviously very strong at the moment, with seven of the twenty-six payers choosing to select the Hammers of Sigmar for the tournament. The winning list was also from this faction.
While the Hammers of Sigmar were the most selected faction/subfaction at the event and held the honour of a list in first and second place at the tournament, they were only middle of the table when it came to their win rate. Perhaps a sign that the popular list could be hard to use well?
These were the top three lists from Golden Sprue.
Corey won all five games with 169 battle points.
Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumph: Inspired
Leaders
———-
Aventis Firestrike Magister of Hammerhal (310)*
– Spell: Thundershock
Lord-Relictor (General)(145)*
– Command Trait: High Priest
– Prayer: Translocation
Knight-Judicator with Gryph-Hounds(205)*
– Artefact: Arcane Tome
– Spell: Celestial Blades
Battleline
———-
2x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (230)*
2x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (230)*
15x Judicators with Skybolt Bows (600)*
– Reinforced: Twice
5x Liberators (115)*
– Heavens-wrought Weapon and Shield
– 1x Grandweapons
Core Battalions
———-
Battle Regiment*
Total Points: 1950 pts
Thomas managed four wins from five and 153 battle points.
Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Subfaction: Hammers of Sigmar
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs:
Leaders
———-
Lord-Relictor (General) (145)**
– Command Trait: High Priest
– Artefact: Mirrorshield
– Prayers: Translocation
Battleline
———-
4x Dracothian Guard Tempestors (440)*
– Reinforced: Once
2x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (230)*
2x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (230)*
2x Dracothian Guard Concussors (220)**
2x Dracothian Guard Concussors (220)**
Units
———-
6x Vanguard-Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows (480)*
– Reinforced: Once
Core Battalions
———-
*Redemption Brotherhood
**Battle Regiment
Total Points: 1965 pts
James came third and also managed four wins from five with 147 points.
Allegiance: Ironjawz
– Subfaction: Bloodtoofs
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders
———-
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (General)(480)*
– Command Trait: Mega Bossy
– Boss Choppa and Rip-Tooth Fist
– Artefact: Armour of Gork
Megaboss on Maw-Krusha (480)*
– Boss Choppa and Rip-Tooth Fist
– Artefact: Destroyer
– Mount Trait: Fast ‘Un
Warchanter (115)*
– Warbeat: Killa Beat
Warchanter (115)*
– Warbeat: Get ‘Em Beat
Warchanter (115)*
– Warbeat: Fixin’ Beat
Battleline
———-
3x Gore-Gruntas (170)*
– Jagged Gore-Hackas
3x Gore-Gruntas (170)**
– Jagged Gore-Hackas
3x Gore-Gruntas (170)**
– Jagged Gore-Hackas
3x Gore-Gruntas (170)**
– Jagged Gore-Hackas
Core Battalions
———-
*Warlord
**Hunters of the Heartlands
Total Points: 1985 pts
Justin came in 13th out of 26th with a two drop squig heavy Gloomspite Gitz army that our Declan would be proud of, Especially as it includes Kragnos! This must have been a lot of fun to play.
Allegiance: Gloomspite Gitz
– Subfaction: Jaws of Mork
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs:
Leaders
———-
Kragnos, The End of Empires (720)*
Loonboss on Giant Cave Squig (General)(110)*
– Moon-cutta
– Command Trait: Envoy of the Overbounder
– Artefact: Syari Screamersquig
Battleline
———-
10x Squig Hoppers (180)*
10x Squig Hoppers (180)*
10x Squig Hoppers (180)
Units
———-
10x Boingrot Bounderz (210)*
– Reinforced: Once
10x Boingrot Bounderz (210)*
– Reinforced: Once
10x Boingrot Bounderz (210)*
– Reinforced: Once
Core Battalions
———-
*Battle Regiment
Total Points: 2000 pts
Scott runs a lot of tournaments up in Stirling, Scotland at Common Ground Games. Unfortunately I’ve not been to one yet, but it’s definitely on the list of places to go! Warmaster is also run up there.
His latest tournament has just finished, and he has been posting the results – and lists – online via his twitter account and on Tabletop.to.
So before you continue with this article, pop onto Twitter and give Scott a well deserved follow! https://twitter.com/_wee_men
…
Welcome back!! I hope you liked Scott’s feed – it’s full of great coverage from the event and well worth a read. I followed along all weekend to the trials and tribulations of the competitors.., and the Dragons!!
1st Place – Daughters of Khaine – Nathan Watson (5-0)
Allegiance: Daughters of Khaine
– Temple: Hagg Nar
– Mortal Realm: Ulgu
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs:
Leaders
Bloodwrack Shrine (190)*
– General
– Command Trait: Devoted Disciples
– Artefact: The Ulfuri
– Lore of Shadows: Steed of Shadows
Hag Queen (105)*
– Artefact: Khainite Pendant
– Prayer: Blessing of Khaine
Morathi-Khaine (330)*
The Shadow Queen (330)*
Battleline
15 x Blood Stalkers (540)**
– Reinforced x 2
20 x Witch Aelves (240)**
– Sacrificial Knives and Blade Bucklers
– Reinforced x 1
10 x Witch Aelves (120)*
– Pairs of Sacrificial Knives
Units
5 x Khinerai Lifetakers (90)**
Endless Spells & Invocations
Heart of Fury (55)
Core Battalions
*Warlord
**Hunters of the Heartlands
Additional Enhancements
Artefact
Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 3 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 101
Drops: 8
Nathan is rocking Morathi and the Bow Snakes and clearly did a lot of work here. The secret to Morathi’s success is no secret – she’s a beast! Being able to dish out good damage, knowing all the spell lore (interesting boost in the latest FAQ), and only taking 3 damage per player turn means that you can use her to block, kill big stuff and generally get in the way. If you’re opponent has no shooting she’s even better as she won’t suffer early wounds.
In AOS she is great and the FAQ made her stronger!
A word of warning though – this is not a pick up and play army… practice, practice, practice is the order of the day with this. There’s not many wounds available (101) and not a great save across the rest of the army.
Congratulations to Nathan.
2nd Place – Stormcast Eternals – Luke Garside (4-1)
Allegiance: Stormcast Eternals
– Stormhost: Hammers of Sigmar
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Beast Master
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders
Knight-Draconis (300)*
– General
– Command Trait: Battle-lust
– Artefact: Arcane Tome (Universal Artefact)
– Mount Trait: Thunderous Presence
– Spell: Thundershock
Battleline
2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Drakerider’s Lance
2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Drakerider’s Lance
2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Drakerider’s Lance
2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Drakerider’s Lance
2 x Stormdrake Guard (340)*
– Drakerider’s Lance
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
Total: 2000 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 0 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 101
Drops: 1
Stormcast Eternals are lucky enough to have a great Warscroll and the ability to make it into battleline. And Luke has done this shortly after the models were released over the Christmas break. Stormdrake Guard have a mortal wound shooting attack, great movement, and decent combat output. And they can survive! At 340 points they are exceptional value despite the massive points increase before they were released.
This army is relatively simple… go forward … kill the world … don’t die!
But that’s doing Luke a dis-service and you have to play well to get a 4-1 with such other great armies around (*Edited – thanks to John B below!)
It will take time for the AoS community to work out how to deal with this, but they do seem very, very good and it’s difficult to see them not winning a 5 game tournament in the very near future.
3rd Place – Stormcast Eternals – John B (4-1)
Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar
– City: Living City
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders
Freeguild General on Griffon (290)*
– General
– Lance
– Command Trait: Ironoak Artisan
– Artefact: Spear of the Hunt
– Mount Trait: Soaring Guardian
Celestant-Prime, Hammer of Sigmar (325)*
Branchwraith (95)*
– Lore of Leaves: Lifesurge
Battleline
10 x Ironbreakers (115)*
10 x Ironbreakers (115)*
20 x Freeguild Crossbowmen (210)*
– Reinforced x 1
Units
10 x Shadow Warriors (120)*
4 x Dracothian Guard Fulminators (460)*
– Reinforced x 1
Behemoths
Celestial Hurricanum (230)*
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
Total: 1960 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 2 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 111
Drops: 1
John B has another 1 drop army but very different from the Dragon list. I’ve seen similar, but never anything exactly like this… and it’s good! The Fulminators have a mortal wound shooting attack (see above!), the Celestant-Prime can arrive on the table on the game when needed and he has reach with the Crossbowmen.
It’ll be interesting to see this live to see how it plays… I’ve got little idea!
Wildcard! – Skaven – Cara Newby – 3-2
Peter Atkinson of Twitter, and Plastic Craic fame suggested that we pick a fourth army for our top three articles as an interesting list, one to watch for the future, or just because we like it.
I’ve chosen a Skaven list by Cara Newby.
Allegiance: Skaventide
– Mortal Realm: Ghur
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders
Master Moulder (95)*
– General
– Command Trait: Hordemaster
Master Moulder (95)**
– Artefact: Rabid Crown
Master Moulder (95)**
Master Moulder (95)***
Units
6 x Rat Ogors (285)*
– Mutation: Toughened Sinews
6 x Giant Rats (40)*
6 x Giant Rats (40)*
6 x Rat Ogors (285)**
– Mutation: Insanely Rabid
6 x Giant Rats (40)**
6 x Giant Rats (40)**
6 x Giant Rats (40)***
6 x Giant Rats (40)***
6 x Giant Rats (40)***
6 x Giant Rats (40)***
Behemoths
Hell Pit Abomination (240)*
– Mutation: Toughened Sinews
Hell Pit Abomination (240)**
– Mutation: Best-best Warpstone Spikes
Hell Pit Abomination (240)***
– Mutation: Accelerated Regeneration
Core Battalions
*Battle Regiment
**Battle Regiment
***Battle Regiment
Total: 1990 / 2000
Reinforced Units: 4 / 4
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 152
Drops: 3
Cara was 3-1 going into the last round with a chance of a 4-1, and this list is great! Anyone who knows me, knows I love horde armies and this looks like a great example. I played a similar army at a 1 day THWG event last year and they are great at holding objectives, and stopping Cara getting Hold the Line must have been a real challenge.
Added to that the four monsters allow extra points from Battle Tactics including – at least – monstrous takeover. Added to that this must be fun to play against which is always something I look out for in a list.
Well done to Cara for 3-2 with a possible 4-1. I hope I’ll get a chance to see this in the flesh this year.
Thanks to Scott for running the tournament and keeping us all updated on Twitter… looks like everyone had a great time.
— Declan
The work towards Burning Skies continues. Today (or is that yesterday, it being 00:45 here right now) I finished my first models of 2021.
I’ll need to pick up the pace a bit though if I’m going to get the remaining 44 models done by late march…..
These were the top three lists from Atomic Age of Sigmar held on 8th January 2022.
Bryan won all of his games gaining 39 battle points.
Allegiance: Ossiarch Bonereapers
– Subfaction: Petrifex Elite
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumph: Bloodthirsty
Leaders
———-
Arkhan the Black (360)
Katakros (450)*
Mortisan Soulmason (General)(140)*
– Command Trait: Mighty Archaossian
– Artefact: Godbone Armour
– Spell: Empower Nadirite Weapons
Battleline
———-
10 x Mortek Guard (140)*
10 x Mortek Guard (140)*
5x Kavalos Deathriders (190)**
5x Kavalos Deathriders (190)**
Units
———-
2x Morghast Harbringers (185)*
3x Necropolis Stalkers (180)**
Core Battalions
———-
Battle Regiment*
Hunters of the Heartlands**
Total Points: 1975 pts
Gavin also managed three wins from three and 38 battle points.
Allegiance: Ogor Mawtribes
– Mawtribe: Underguts
– Grand Strategy: Predator’s Domain
– Triumphs: Bloodthirsty
Leaders
———-
Hrothgorn (General) (170)*
Tyrant (150)*
– Artefact: Gruesome Trophy Rack
– Big Name: Fateseeker
Butcher (135)**
– Artefact: Gnoblar Blast Keg
– Spell: Blubbergut Stench
Kragnos, The End of Empires (720)*
Battleline
———-
2x Frost Sabres (55)**
2x Frost Sabres (55)**
2x Frost Sabres (55)**
Units
———-
3x Hrothgorn’s Mantrapers (0)**
20x Gnoblars (100)**
Artillery
———-
Ironblaster (130)**
Ironblaster (130)
Ironblaster (130)
Ironblaster (130)
Core Battalions
———-
*Command Entourage – Magnificent
**Battle Regiment
Total Points: 1960 pts
James came third and managed two wins and a draw while gaining 36 battle points.
Allegiance: Maggotkin of Nurgle
– Subfaction: Blessed Sons
– Grand Strategy: Hold the Line
– Triumphs: Inspired
Leaders
———-
The Glottkin (700)
– Spell: Rancid Visitations
Bloab Respawned (General)(300)
– Spell: Magnificent Buboes
Battleline
———-
10x Putrid Bightkings (500)*
– Reinforced: Once
5x Putrid Blightkings (250)*
5x Putrid Blightkings (250)*
Core Battalions
———-
*Hunters of the Heartlands
Total Points: 2000 pts
Following Declan’s hobby goal post for the year where he mentioned his Pile of Potential, I took a look at the sight myself and started to fill out my “Projects“.
This site is brilliant for those wanting to keep track of their pile of shame. You’re able to add any categories you want and as many projects as you like to each category. As such I started with mine.
I have two Age of Sigmar armies, my Kruleboyz which I’m working on to compete at Burning Skies in March, and my Kharadron Overlords.
I’ve split my Kruleboyz into two projects. The first being the tournament list and the second being the remaining models.
Hopefully I’ll start to whittle these figures down. I’ll post a summary of my other categories over the next few days.
This battle report saw Jervis Johnson (Goblins) face off against Robin Dews (Empire).
