Sunday, June 24. 2007
The Hordes Are Coming...
THE FORCES OF EVIL ARE GATHERING - CAN WE STOP THEM?
We are currently in the run-up to a Hordes of the Things campaign at the store. Personally I have prepped 8+ armies and won’t probably stop until I have run out of figures.
To hone our generalship skills we have been regularly playing games on Saturdays. Below are pictures of a game Nick and I played a week or so ago. It pitted his brand spanking new Lizard Army against my Woodland Rangers-Barbarians-Creatures army.
Nick got off to a great start, repeatedly repulsing the efforts of my archers on the right flank and pushing my warband back on the left flank. Then the dice slowly turned against him and for me… er, my brilliant grand strategies started to pay off – yeah, that’s it!
Eventually our behemoths began slugging it out on the right flank with mine gaining the upper hand, and given his was his general, sealing his fate. All in all it was a fun game with lots of ebb and flow.
You will notice from the pictures we are using mostly D&D 25/28mm pre-painted miniatures for our armies (since many of us have tons of these things). To accommodate the round bases on the figures, we are using modified frontages (as per the HoTT’s book). Our base widths are 4”, and base depths are 1-1/3”, 2”, 2-1/2”, 4” and 6” respectively. The ratios are all in proportion to the DBA base sizes, just bigger.
Anyone who has a HoTT’s army(s) could join us by simply placing their existing elements onto a temporary base of the above dimensions. In fact, one of the players has been giving away bases to those dimensions that work perfectly.
Also, here is a shot of the campaign map we will be using. If you are interested, you can find out more of the campaign specifics on the store’s Forum page under the “Misc. Games” section – “HoTT’s Campaign”. Hopefully as the campaign gets going I will have a few pictorial battle reports for the blog as well!
Until next time…
Cheers!
Dan
We are currently in the run-up to a Hordes of the Things campaign at the store. Personally I have prepped 8+ armies and won’t probably stop until I have run out of figures.
To hone our generalship skills we have been regularly playing games on Saturdays. Below are pictures of a game Nick and I played a week or so ago. It pitted his brand spanking new Lizard Army against my Woodland Rangers-Barbarians-Creatures army.
The Armies Maneuver For Battle
Nick got off to a great start, repeatedly repulsing the efforts of my archers on the right flank and pushing my warband back on the left flank. Then the dice slowly turned against him and for me… er, my brilliant grand strategies started to pay off – yeah, that’s it!
The Columns In The Center Close
Eventually our behemoths began slugging it out on the right flank with mine gaining the upper hand, and given his was his general, sealing his fate. All in all it was a fun game with lots of ebb and flow.
The Woodland Army Stands Victorious
You will notice from the pictures we are using mostly D&D 25/28mm pre-painted miniatures for our armies (since many of us have tons of these things). To accommodate the round bases on the figures, we are using modified frontages (as per the HoTT’s book). Our base widths are 4”, and base depths are 1-1/3”, 2”, 2-1/2”, 4” and 6” respectively. The ratios are all in proportion to the DBA base sizes, just bigger.
Anyone who has a HoTT’s army(s) could join us by simply placing their existing elements onto a temporary base of the above dimensions. In fact, one of the players has been giving away bases to those dimensions that work perfectly.
Also, here is a shot of the campaign map we will be using. If you are interested, you can find out more of the campaign specifics on the store’s Forum page under the “Misc. Games” section – “HoTT’s Campaign”. Hopefully as the campaign gets going I will have a few pictorial battle reports for the blog as well!
Realms of the Free Lands
Until next time…
Cheers!
Dan
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