War drum finished

Just a quick painting progress picture update. My converted war drum. I didn't get a chance to use this guy on the weekend since my first game (9th age) went so long. So still after another KoW game yet, but will follow up with my scenario thoughts soon.

Orcs of Mantica - Scenario Analysis

A disclaimer up front. I've played 1 game of Kings of War. As I write this, I'll be playing another this Sunday against some undead, but apart from that my experience is limited.

As you can see by the pics below, I've got bits of boyz everywhere and I'm trying to work out what to build for both Kings of War and 9th age. I'd like to try focus on just the Orcs for 2016 (for both games) and try not stray down the path of temptation/filth of the day.

Enough MDF to horde a Waaaaagh (tm) ;)

About 100 mantic orcs there

My goal is to build up a great looking army that will be able to run variety of balanced lists. Specifically, for Kings of War, it seems very important to take into account the 6 scenarios. So here's a first pass at what I think would be the winners and losers from the Orcs list based on the scenarios and use that to guide some selection. I'll take any and all suggestions/corrections in the comments as really, I have no idea what I'm doing :)

I'm going to start with my initial take on the scenarios and what general things would be needed for them and follow up with more posts specific to the Orcs.

Kill

By its title, this scenario is all about killing enemy models (and secondly) preventing the death of yours. Winners would seem to be high Me/Att units or High De/Ne units. As anything in KoW, movement would play a large factor in getting off charges, but seems secondary to the 2 above.

Invade!

Speed seems pretty critical for this scenario as well as the ability to simply survive. So High De/Ne and fast units (Sp)

Dominate!

Defence probably wins this one too. Even the slowest army can make it to the middle of the table, but can they hang around enough to survive to the end. This is where my limited game experience shows. I have no idea how a 6 to 7 turn game would affect the need for fast units or defensive units in this scenario. Is killing the opponent still a better option? Healing and boosting Ne seems important

Pillage!

So there may be 7 different locations we need to 'hold' and we can't do it with individuals. So low cost, high De units? Maybe this advantages troops/regiments over hordes. With things spread out, high Ne units that can operate individually seem pretty useful. Also, the ability to heal. Another factor might be the ability to reach out and destroy units with Ra attacks.

Loot!

Once again speed seems critical, although once you pick a loot marker up your at speed 5 anyway. Would throwing some hordes in the face of the enemy distract them enough to let a bunch of skulks make off with them? Individuals can't make off with loot, but they can defend. Fast flying individuals to stop their units getting off the board might be of use here too as would High Ra units

Kill and Pillage!

Combination of the respective scenarios above. At 2000 points (which seems the standard) an objective is worth as much as taking out a 200 pt unit. Is it better to try take just a subset of the objective markers and make sure you kill every damn thing that is close to them?

So, there's my initial take. Maybe it gives me some ideas. I've no doubt missed a bunch of key points but I'll run through each scenario and take a look at some of the units that might excel in the roles required.

Please, feedback/comments most welcome.

Cheers

Daemons of Chaos from Castle Assault 2015

So it looks like I never kept this blog up to date. The AoS debacle left me somewhat annoyed at GW. I can't see myself getting into that game unless prices drasctily reduce and the fluff takes a turn for the better.

However, last October I did finish my Daemons for Castle Assault. I played terrible (as usual) but had a great time anyway. Here's a few pics of the army. I got nominated for a painting award but the winner of that smashed all of us on votes. I'll try dig up some pics of his (it was an Empire/Lustria army). Anyway, here's mine

My old metal bloodthirster sees his first tournament

And as you may have guessed by the title of my blog, it's now on to Kings of War and 9th Age for me.