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by bluemage
Mon May 21, 2012 11:56 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign
Replies: 14
Views: 3705

Re: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign

Game 3 This is going to be shorter as I don’t really feel like going into a lot of detail. And the game was one sided and probably not the most interesting. Tomb Kings VS Orcs Orc list Black Orc Warboss, axe of stunty bashing, heavy with 5+ ward, shield Black Orc Bigboss, bsb, shield, heavy armor wi...
by bluemage
Fri May 11, 2012 1:13 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: What are people's thoughts on tomb kings?
Replies: 23
Views: 3912

Re: What are people's thoughts on tomb kings?

I'd also have to rate tomb kings near the bottom in terms of power level of the books. As far as the 8th edition books go they're probably the weakest, but I feel the 8th ed books are so close together in terms of power that its not a big deal. I think the biggest advantage tomb kings players have i...
by bluemage
Mon May 07, 2012 10:51 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: 2500 TK vs Empire - Battleline (Game 2)
Replies: 13
Views: 4593

Re: 2500 TK vs Empire - Battleline (Game 2)

I think you list could benefit from a second unit of necropolis knights. They're really your only combat threat on the table, so once your opponent takes them out, you're in trouble. Also while the casket can be a real let down, I think it might have been worth trying to use it on any units outside ...
by bluemage
Mon May 07, 2012 9:58 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign
Replies: 14
Views: 3705

Re: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign

You're right dabber which is why given the choice all the terrain would be mundane and none of the wacky stuff. I mean are 83% of all forests and rivers in warhammer really magical? I actually won the combat against his bsb with my necropolis knights. Didn't realize I didn't have to deploy the horse...
by bluemage
Sun May 06, 2012 8:10 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: Writing Army Lists
Replies: 8
Views: 6490

Re: Writing Army Lists

I've got a couple more steps or things that should be kept in mind for your list. 1) Having a plan for how you want to deal with every phase of the game. So deployment phase, how many units of chaff are you going to bring to help you win your deployment phase. At the moment I'm thinking you should t...
by bluemage
Sun May 06, 2012 7:39 pm
Forum: 8th ed - Tactics Forum
Topic: The Art of Deployment
Replies: 20
Views: 13048

Re: The Art of Deployment

It was interesting to read, but don't think it really covered enough or went into enough depth. I agree that for the most part, half the game is the deployment phase. Far too often I've read warseer battle reports from the "experts" who advocate taking 3 combat hordes and brute forcing you...
by bluemage
Sun May 06, 2012 6:11 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: MSU HE - vs 2500 DoC with Blood Thirster
Replies: 16
Views: 6374

Re: MSU HE - vs 2500 DoC with Blood Thirster

Looks like a fun battle to play and it was fun to read. It also looks like I have a lot to learn in terms of using battle chronicler. Is there an expansion pack for the program so you can add some other types of terrain to the map?
by bluemage
Sun May 06, 2012 4:44 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign
Replies: 14
Views: 3705

Re: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign

So my game two got off to a great start. My friends and I met up at the local game store only to find out they had a flames of war tournament going on and there was no chance of getting a table for at least 6 or 7 hours. Anyways we decided we’d headed off to someone’s apartment, put a mat down and p...
by bluemage
Fri May 04, 2012 10:45 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Baeron's 1000 Pt Small Tourny - Summary
Replies: 3
Views: 1582

Re: Baeron's 1000 Pt Small Tourny - Summary

That was a nice report to read. Its a shame the dwarf match up didn't go so well.

Anyways I was bored and tallied up the empire list you played It came out at 1089 points and he went over 50% on specials, assuming I read his list correctly and there wasn't a typo somewhere.
by bluemage
Thu May 03, 2012 12:43 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign
Replies: 14
Views: 3705

Re: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign

Thanks for the response Jimmy. For purple sun, the first time I cast it in the second turn and it stopped right in front of the bull unit with the bsb. On my third turn I recast the spell, causing the first one to disappear. My opponent dispelled the second one in his magic phase. As for the lists, ...
by bluemage
Wed May 02, 2012 9:51 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign
Replies: 14
Views: 3705

Re: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign

@f00ssa that's true and that mistake should have cost me the game, but he rolled poorly for his overrun. He also very nearly didn't crumble me in that combat. Anyways if I didn't charge the mournfang he would get a charge on me in his next turn, so it was really do or die. The best option would have...
by bluemage
Wed May 02, 2012 1:40 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: 2500 TK vs Beastmen - Battle for the Pass
Replies: 17
Views: 4995

Re: 2500 TK vs Beastmen - Battle for the Pass

I agree about getting things done in low dice magic phases. With tomb kings at least since you can benefit from the casket and the heirotitan I much prefer rolling a 2-4 dice magic phase over a 10-12 dice phase. If there's a key spell that needs to go off I'm sure to enough dice for it and my oppone...
by bluemage
Tue May 01, 2012 11:26 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign
Replies: 14
Views: 3705

Re: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign

I'll take a look at Ollanno's (misspelled) sticky about them. I'd know how to use when I first wrote the report, but it should help out some. Includes some pictures now but I'm not very good at use battle chronicler and have no idea how to remove units when they're destroyed, I just tried to move th...
by bluemage
Tue May 01, 2012 12:34 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: 2500 TK vs Beastmen - Battle for the Pass
Replies: 17
Views: 4995

Re: 2500 TK vs Beastmen - Battle for the Pass

Its funny how you're saying that running two level four wizards is rare, as my understanding is that the 2 level 4 wizard approach is the only one that works well with tomb kings. Congratulations on your victory, it was entertaining to read.
by bluemage
Tue May 01, 2012 12:24 am
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Tomb Kings in a map based campaign
Replies: 14
Views: 3705

Tomb Kings in a map based campaign

Hello everyone. I posted this report over on warseer but its not generating any comments so far, so I thought I'd post over here as most people like reading battle reports. I hope you guys like it this is a direct copy paste, sorry about all the poor grammar and spelling. My friends and I are playin...