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Yes, in the O&G Arcane Journal they have this little box: Dogs Of War Badlands Ogre Bulls may be taken as Mercenaries in any army made using any Grand Army composition list that includes a Mercenaries category. Note that mercenary units are subject to the ‘Misbehaving Mercenaries’ rules, as des...

New Recruit is reporting Badlands Ogre Bulls are available as mercenaries with High Elves. Can anyone confirm this? I'll also note, that Pure of Heart looks like an easy way to circumvent the Mercenary rule. If this is true, I'd be seriously interested in taking some Ogres, maybe as proxy Giant Lion...

Saw this, worth sharing.
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Favorite: no BSB. Lots of ways to mitigate now, veteran immune to psych sisters, Pure of Heart. New break rules. Don’t need in a lot of lists.

If I have to: on Griffon or on Frost Phoenix.

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Like the concept, don't really understand the purpose of the small units in this type of this. This is my current roster with the similar style of the list: 484 -- Prince, General, Blood of Calendar, on Star Dragon, Lance, Full Plate, Charmed Shield, Seed of Rebirth, Opal Amulet 234 -- Archmage, Pur...

Lots of 1500 Tourneys going on it seems, including some quite large ones (online): Warhall (108 players), Tornedo (31 players), Border War (29). Some interesting concepts in there I could see being expanded upon. https://www.newrecruit.eu/app/tournydetails/players?id=65d474af520807b7e1ef5c01 https:/...

@Prince of Spires Good catch -- previous versions. Will fix the General piece. @Anorexia No WE in my meta currently -- while I might like to bump up the survivability a little more, they're significantly more survivable than the Eagles-Characters they were before. Original EAF from 8th ended up with...

It's on New Recruit, I can't link directly (or upload the pdf)

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Top Three Lists: Duke, Peg, Heroism, Anointed Armor, Gauntlet of Duel, Healing Potion Paladin, BSB, Peg, Grail Vow, Confidence, Gromil Great Helm, Gauntlet of the Duel Prophetess, Lore Familiar 6x Errant 10x Realm, Great Hunt 2x 10 Peasant Bowmen, Skirmishers 5x Pegs, War Banner 2x 3 Pegs Chaos Lord...

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Thanks for the feedback. General response: - Famespyres is a mini monster with a ranged auto-hit attack. Thinking about them as "big Eagles" rather than "small Frosthearts" is the right approach here. They won't single-charge any targets unless they're very light, but they can he...

Hi all -- Spent some time thinking about new strategies and tactics after my first few games, and applying them to previous concepts. One that jumped out at me was EAF. Budgies have become monster-y, fiery- birds now. Some common thoughts: - 5x Spearmen or 5x Archers (ideally) in core, in Marching C...

Items that affect both model and mount say ‘model’ not ‘bearer’. Potion of Strength only affects the rider.

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Year 17 of hoping.

Drake Riders.


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Some armies this will be a big problem. Good tomb king players for instance. Setup small chaff unit with Champion within range and for the next 2-3 turns, you're tied up eating champions while he resurrects the unit back. When you come out of it, you get hammered with Great Bows and Catapults. Not i...

Pash -- Looks good. Strong place to start (and I think you have the right amount of chaff for this kind of list). Why Sea Guard Honor on Mage instead of Pure of Heart? That saves you the Veteran points if you want to optimize a bit more. Obsidian Lodestone may also better as Ruby Ring? Let us know h...

I don't see it as a viable tactic. It might be a nuisance to deal with the first time you encounter it if one is not prepared for the potential of its existence but otherwise, I see more drawbacks than positives to such a list. I strongly suspect there will be a lot of armies attempting to abuse th...

I like it, but you are all combat all the time. I might suggest Reavers with Scouts instead of Spearmen, maybe two units. You’re going to want to block off, screen, and harass the enemy to get the combats you want. Why Battle Magic here? Seems like High Magic would be the obvious choice. Kind regard...

I'm undecided on a lot of the magic banners. I think Rampager is a really big deal, and Lion Standard is good for armies that don't have a lot of Ld infrastructure in place (one with a Ld8 General for example.) I do think getting +D3 combat res is potentially very strong. Especially if you play wit...

When you randomly generate a spell, you can discard one spell. Normally wizards can only generate spells once, but our mage can generate spells once per turn. So can he each time he generates a spell substitute to the signature and/or Saphery, even if we already have a signature? RAW looks to clear...

I am a huge mark for the battle atandard bearer, especially with the pure of heart honor to be a pseudo general since a noble has higher leadership than an archmage. I'm very much in favor of very lean characters though as well. In my list building, I'm finding I have room either for a BSB or for B...

Three games in, including a three-way game, some thoughts: - Tested Annulian Crystal to confirm initial thoughts. I won't be leaving home without it. It felt as good or better than it looked on paper. Axiem Some very interesting testing here but this is the one that has me asking the most questions...

Question: Do regeneration saves stack? Ward saves specifically mention they don't. Regen saves don't actually say anything in that regard. And the general rule is that special rules stack. RAW, no unless something says +1 Regeneration, since there's no explanation for how a 5+ and a 6+ interact wit...

Three games in, including a three-way game, some thoughts: - Tested Drilled on 7 Swordmasters in 2x4 formation. Old tactic, new formation. Worked very well. I can see myself adding these bricks into my normal armies. Hey Axiem, Could you please explain this tactic in a bit more detail? I suspect it...

Can someone please clarify, are sisters shooting attacks AP 1 armour bane 1, or AP 1 armour bane 2? It's a little confusing in the way arrows of isha is written. I read it as AP 1 and AB 2 (1 from the Bow of Avelorn and 1 from the Arrows of Isha). This is how I played it. I should also point out, t...

Are you sure you can take a Glade Lord as an allied character since they are 0-1 per 1000 and in 2000 pts you can spend only 500 pts on allies? You might be right -- it says you have to abide by normal percentages and army composition rules, so probably? It doesn't count as a Grand Army though. Pro...

With the new rules, how much do you think BSB is going to be necessary? - Whole Army has Valour of the Ages; - Access to Veteran on key units (if you want); - Pure of Heart (sometimes multiples); - Shieldwall, Stubborn, and Magic Banners. I'm finding myself less and less compelled to take a BSB. Tho...

Finally got my books! So much interesting stuff in there, a few observations: I think we have a lot of interesting options with character builds, I hadn't seen the new shooting rules, BS7 on the prince is amazing now with the reaver bow. Wish they had the arrows of isha special rule too. What do pe...

Since it looks like the restrictions for Matched Play will be 0-3 duplicates and no allies, I'm not sure how much this part of the books will see play. However, if I could, I think the double Bow-setup looks great: 245 -- High Elf Prince, Loremaster, Reaver Bow, Potion of Strength, Silvery Wand 256 ...

Three games in, including a three-way game, some thoughts: - Tested Drilled on 7 Swordmasters in 2x4 formation. Old tactic, new formation. Worked very well. I can see myself adding these bricks into my normal armies. - Tested Annulian Crystal to confirm initial thoughts. I won't be leaving home with...