Malk's Wargaming / RPG blog

A new journeyman league has started up at Drawbridge Games in Castle Shannon. I’ve started up Skorne army and will be playing Beast Master Xekaar throughout the league. My list for Week One: Skorne Battlebox Xeekar1 - Cyclops Raider - Cyclops Savage - Titan Gladiator We’re using the journeyman rules with only two minor variations.  The first is that you get a free “Do Over”.  Namely if you add something that it turns out you hate you can replace it the next week.  Secondly we allowed a caster swap at week 1 so that player who wished to keep adding to their faction of choice could have a little variety. In regards to scenario we played the mangled metal which is required for weeks one and two.  The downside to this scenario is that it lacks board objectives and some matches devolve into who wants to hide behind a forest or obstruction the entire game.  Personally I just go all in when a match goes to this point so that I can move onto a more interesting match. Game #1 -

In an effort to bring in newer players I helped convince our local press ganger we should start off 2017 with a new journeyman league.  I thought it would it would give an opportunity to players who had purchased or received battle boxes over Christmas a chance to hop into our local meta.  Most of the local guys are starting with just new casters and playing the battle box with factions they already have but I decided to knock out the Skorne I had gotten with the two player Hordes box I had purchased to start my Trollbloods. I’m having no trouble painting the Trollbloods but I was afraid that the Skorne would sit on the shelf much like my circle has.  With this league I can knock them out and have a 75 point list completed and then happily move onto the Trolls. Why two Hordes factions all of a sudden?  Honestly I’ve been a bit frustrated with Cryx in its current incarnation and have been a bit overly affected by the Privateer Press forums doom and gloom.  I figured a change of pace