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18 Nov

New Edition, New Army: Part 2

Articles, GamingAge of Sigmar

Last time I told you about how I painted up a new Sons of Behemat army for Age of Sigmar 3rd edition. In this article I’m going to cover my experiences so far of running the army on the tabletop, and give some tips for new or aspiring Gargant players. I’ve played around twelve games with my Gargants so far I think, including a one day tournament. They’re exactly what I hoped they would be: a fun army that plays into the strengths of AoS 3, and has straightforward rules which have let me focus on learning the nuances of…

11 Nov

New Edition New Army: Part 1

Articles, HobbyAge of Sigmar

Over the lockdowns in the UK I painted up four Age of Sigmar armies, but when Age of Sigmar 3rd edition was announced for the summer of 2021 I decided that it would be a good idea to paint another new army to learn the new edition with. In this article I’ll talk about why I chose Sons of Behemat for my first AoS 3.0 army, and how I planned, built and painted the army. There will be a follow-up article soon in which I’ll cover playing my first games with the army and what I’ve learned so far. Why…

05 Aug

Direchasm Reflections

Gaming, UncategorizedDirechasm, Underworlds

Warhammer Underworlds: Direchasm, the fourth season of Games Workshop’s Warhammer Underworlds game, has been fully released for a month or so now (aside from an Arena Mortis expansion which was announced just after I'd written the first draft of this article), so I want to talk about how I’ve found the season as a whole. For anyone who is not familiar with Warhammer Underworlds, it’s a hex based, competitive, two player strategy game. Each player picks a warband from the thirty-six that are available, and adds a deck of objective and power cards built from the large card pool. A…

22 Jul

Rollmodels Rumble: Age of Sigmar Team Tournament Diary

Articles, Gaming

To keep ourselves busy during lockdown, the Rollmodels hobby community have been playing a series of Age of Sigmar (AoS) team tournaments using Tabletop Simulator. In the most recent one we used a different format to the traditional tournament, and we thought it would be fun to document how it went down. The tournament was played in May 2021, before the release of AoS 3.0, so it used AoS second edition rules. The format Two teams of six players (imaginatively named ‘Team A’ and ‘Team B’) come together to play Age of Sigmar on Tabletop Simulator.The tournament organiser (TO) writes…

24 May

Learning to love different game modes: Warhammer Underworlds Arena Mortis

Articles, GamingAge of Sigmar, Warhammer Underworlds

Like many Warhammer Underworlds players, when I bought my copy of the multiplayer Arena Mortis Underworlds expansion in late 2020, it was because I wanted the new cards and board to use in organised play. I dumped the Arena Mortis variant rules and tokens in a box in the loft, fully expecting I’d never use them. However, a few months ago one of my regular gaming group suggested that we give Arena Mortis a try, and it ended up being so much fun that we’ve returned to it several times since. Arena Mortis is a multiplayer expansion for Underworlds…

21 Apr

Why I love: duardin

Articles, HobbyAge of Sigmar, Duardin, Fyreslayers, Kharadron Overlords, Why I Love

Dwarves are a stalwart of many fantasy universes, and Age of Sigmar is no exception. Dwarves in the Age of Sigmar universe are known as duardin, and there are three main types of duardin in Age of Sigmar: the Fyreslayers, the Kharadron Overlords, and the Dispossessed (which these days are part of the Cities of Sigmar faction). I have an army of each of these, so I thought I’d say a bit about why I like them so much, and what makes duardin better than those pesky elves (or ‘aelves’ in Age of Sigmar) who tend to steal the limelight.…