WFB: Border Patrol on 7th edition Sobota, Sier 21 2021 

7th and Bretonnia and Ogres and Orcs&Goblins and Warhammer and WROhammer tancreddebeauville 18:28

Today with Alessandro and Krzysiek we played Border Patrol on 7th edition of WFB. Alessandro played with band of Orcs & Goblins, Krzysiek with always hungry Ogres and I played noble Bretonnians with many common folk. In something up to three hours we played four games. Today games we played in Planszóweczka in Astra. We played with objective – it was taking church or defend it, but during games no one cared.

  • First game played beetwen Alessandro and Krzysiek.
  • Chariot managed to kill one ogr with „da shotta”.
  • Ogres march forward, with gnoblars going next to them.
  • Waagh – orc’s moved forward and charged ogres. Behing goblin fanatic started his dance with ball in his hand.
  • After hand to hand ogres retreat, but rallied.
  • One more face to face combat.
  • Ogre standar fled the field with emtpy stomach.
  • Last of gnoblars…
  • … and ogres left the field.
  • Second game was played beetwen me and Alessandro.
  • My first round was move forward.
  • Squires – who want’s to be promoted to a knight? Dirty job before you, those goblins are special ones!
  • Archers managed to score successful wound on Night Goblin fanatic.
  • Orc’s successfully charged Knights of the Realm, but knights hold on.
  • Men at arms joined noble lords in combat. The battle was won by Bretonnians.
  • Third game, me against Krzysiek.
  • Just move.
  • Then charge and the game was over, as main unit was catched and the other paniced. So…
  • we played fourth game with Krzysiek. Bretonnian archers after several loses left the field.
  • Squires moved around the flank.
  • Knights lowering they lances…
  • fled from ogre charges as they were overcome by fear.
  • Squires managed to eliminate five gnoblars.
  • Hurry up.
  • Pursuers galloped into…
  • Ogres.
  • Last try, knights charged ogres,
  • But did not broke them in combat.
  • More ogres arrived…
  • and last Bretonnians left the field.

Summary:
– I have cursed rolls for knights armour saves, especially for my enemies.
– we will organize it again, maybe in form of small campaign. Need to look on campaigns from 5th edition, maybe we should draw a map – not sure, never played other campaing than those from „Herohammer” era.
– 500 points is great amount to start playing WFB.
– we used revised rules for Border Patrol done by our friends Remo and Profi. Those rules are in Polish.
– thank you Alessandro and Krzysiek for great games.

 

WFB: Bretonnians vs Dwarfs Sobota, Maj 22 2021 

7th and Bretonnia and Dwarfs and Warhammer tancreddebeauville 17:54

Today I played with Alessandro our first game in WFB 7th edition. It was interesting games with some rules used to make game playable for weaker armies like Beastmens.

My Bretonnians.
Alessandro Dwarfs.
Bretonnian praying before the battle.
Tragedy started at the beginning. Dwarfs probably drunk too much day before and one of they guns exploded (gun with re-rolls).
Bretonnian advanced.
Anvil of doom is dangerous, it was my first game against it and soon I losed Pegasus Knights from troll slayers.
Coming closer, with Gyrocopter sending my archers off the table.
Coming closer, hand to hand combat with gyrocopter.
Stubborn cannon held knights for a while – never take cannon first.
Knights Errants after pursuing gyrocopter tried to came back and help they Duc.
Heavy combat beetwen Bretonnian Grail Knights and Dwarfs.
Paladin on pegasus fighting with crossbowmen.
Duc Tancred and battle standard fougt bravely, but were defeated.
Brave Errant Knights were panicked by organ guns, but happilly rallied.
The end. Bretonnian Duc rallied, army standard left field.

Summary:
– victory belongs to Alessandro – I losed 1526 points of army and killed 604 points, I guess Dwarfs wone over me by massacre.
– interesting play, wants to play again, first tabletop game in English I played (before I played board games in English).
– first time meet Long Drong Slayer pirates who were playing as Troll Slayers. Now I think, that we should agree for use of mercenacy regiments and allies, as they can give more live to the Old World.
– 2000 points formad need to be tested more with those rules, I got those rules from Davide on FB and translated to English from Italian. Maybe we will add something more and play them – test them.

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WFB: Grail Knight Niedziela, Maj 9 2021 

Bretonnia and Warhammer tancreddebeauville 22:30

Several years ago I bought on internet shop two Grail Knights, this weekend one of them joined ranks od my army. Still need to find appropriate decal sheet and create pennant.

There were loses, Agrax Earthshade was over desk, happilly only 1/3 of it.

Other models I almost finished this weekend.

 

WFB: Bretonnian sorceress Sobota, Maj 1 2021 

Bretonnia and Warhammer tancreddebeauville 17:11

One more model finished – Bretonnian sorceress Caroline de Aques join ranks of Bretonnia or they allies Empire and Kislev (in time of need). Caroline speak well in Bretonnian and in Imperial Reikspiel. When she was young, her parent’s saw her magical talent. To avoid they daughter to be taken by the Fay Enchantress, they send her to magical school in Middenheim. After years of magical studies Caroline is ready to return to Bretonnia.

I bought this lady on internet shop, she lost her sword before I got her. Book, dispel scroll and bag are from Frostgrave set Wizards I bought with one of my friends year or two ago.

 

WFB: bloody struggle beetwen Bretonnia and Empire Sobota, Lu 13 2021 

6th and Bretonnia and Empire and Warhammer and WROhammer tancreddebeauville 18:21

Today we played with Marian bigger game on 2250 points per side. Marian played Reikland and I played Bretonnians from border area of Parravon and Quenneles. We are still learning again new things, as we still do mistakes.

  • Initial position of both armies.
  • Empire in first turn did shooting, then Bretonnians started moving.
  • Empire drtachments were everywhere.
  • Look on left flank.
  • Bretonnian turn two. All Grail Knights were wiped out by Empire artillery. Only Duc and damsel survived.
  • I had some luck that I killed Empire battle standard bearer with Banner of Griffon.
  • Then pursued swordsmen.
  • Archers runned away from massive charge of Empire cavalry.
  • Last moments of damsel.
  • Archers left the field, joined by mounted squires.
  • Knights Errants reduced to champion.
  • Bretonnian duc after eliminating wizard lord was held by brave cannon crew. Then pursued by swordsmen.
  • Need to magnetise all Bretonnia, as packing them that way is horrible.

Summary:
– It’s hard to counter magic, when your enemy have three wizards (lvl 4, lvl 2 and lvl 1) and you have one (lvl 2).
– first time from a long time I meet so many shooting, three cannons, two hellblaster volley guns.
– my best unit of Grail Knights was eliminated by enemy fire, even banner increasing ward save didn’t help them.
– Men at arms did nothing, at least the survived along bowmen.
– My army standard bearer – worked well as always, my Duc did not succed well.
– army list, maybe I will add it later here.
– at least we played good game – which finish was a Draw – Marian got 1472 points and I got 1542 points.

 

WFB: Just playing Bretonnia Piątek, Lu 12 2021 

6th and 9th Age and Bolt Action and Bretonnia and Warhammer and WROhammer tancreddebeauville 17:35

Many years passed since I first time played 6th edition (started in 5th around 1997). I played less and less and stopped somewhere around 2005. My only army stand on shelf above my desk for a long time, and I played her rarely – once a year or not, up to the 2015. In 2015 when I started new job, I meet friend (thank you Krzysztof Sz.) who played Orcs and Goblins in 9th Age, I got it. I heard that GW has some plans for WFB, so I bought Green Knight, two trebuchets, three boxes of Men at Arms. It was good choice, as GW discontinued my beloved system. Then everything started – I got Bolt Action and due that meet great ppl I never know before – it was 2016, I started new work, greatest one. Then I realized, that among ppl I meet are many ppl collecting or playing WFB, happilly I refreshed contacts with ppl I losed 15 years ago (thank you Marian P, Marcin S, Piotr K, Rafał W. and many more). We started playing smaller games, like for 1000, 1200, 1500 points per side, but now is historical moment – 2250 points, my army looks almost the same as on last tournament I played in Sfan (shop in Wrocław) with exception – now I have Men at Arms I hadn’t had in past, plus I have some more archers. Some magic items and virtues on characters are different, still I don’t remember all stuff my Duc Tancred de Beauville had in past. Many things changed, like most of time I’m playing 7th edition, but I like to return to 5th and 6th.

 

WFB: Bretonnian archers Sobota, Sty 9 2021 

5th and 6th and 7th and Bretonnia and Games Workshop and Oldhammer and Warhammer tancreddebeauville 21:44

Last time when I was painting at home with friends few months ago I decided to strip my old Bretonnians archers from old paint and repaint them. Then two or three months later I finished them. In late 90′ I took two units of archers in addition to two units of KoTR and I managed to get third place (don’t remember convent name – Szederiada or Melkoriada – event which happend on weekend in schoold on Romualda Traugutta in Wrocław). I won some blisters as well as 24 more Bretonnian archers – now I want to paint or repaint most of them.

I love Bretonnian fluff – especially that from 5th edition, as well from 1st edition of WFRP – when I was young I tried to combine both with strange effects. Then 6th edition and 2nd edition of WFRP happened. After years I can say – I prefer fluff from 5th edition rather than from 6th, but in case of diversity of units I prefer 6th over 5th (still miss some better infantry and better archers – like Bergerac company). Generally in case of fluff – I guess that no one could shoot longbow in 6th edition fluff – as commoners paid 90% tax to they lord – on Chaos where we are, too dark reality for me.

To paint them I used following paints and contrasts from Games Workshop:
– basecoated them using Wraith Bone.
– bases are Death Forest Green – as I realized that I’m not sure which colour replaced Goblin Green and after tests I liked that new paint.
– skin colour is Contrast Guilliman Flesh.
– belts, bags etc. Doombull Brown.
– bows, arrows were done by Contrast Wyldwood.
– uniforms were painted with Contrast Apothecary White and Contrast Talassar Blue.
– boots were painted with Contrast Black Templar.
– metal elements including helmets, buttons etc. Leadbelcher with Nuln Oil.
– fleur-de-lys on banner – first was Leadbelcher, then Zamestri Desert, then Auric Armour Gold and some wash with Reilkand Fleshshade.

 

WFB: Tristan le Troubadour and Jules le Jongleur Wtorek, Sty 5 2021 

5th and 6th and 7th and Bretonnia and Classical Warhammer and Games Workshop and Warhammer tancreddebeauville 12:37

Last year I realized that I want to repaint Tristan and Jules. Firstly I painted them around 20 years ago, but it wasn’t great job and they had few layers of paints. So I strip them from old paints and repainted. I started painting those two on last day or days of 2020. Those two appeard in 5th edition Bretonnia army book, but also got they rules in 6th edition. In both edition they are balanced character/hero choice and I hope to use them in my games either as special characters or as musician for my Knight of the Realm unit. Now Tristan is ready to continue his quest to seek a Grail.

This character and more are here.

 

WFB: Bretonnia vs Tomb Kings Sobota, Gru 5 2020 

6th and 7th and Bretonnia and Games Workshop and Oldhammer and Tomb Kings and Warhammer tancreddebeauville 18:15

Today with Kuba we played small pitched battle on 1000 points per side. Bretonnians wanted to take ancient Khemri relicts, but there were guardians – Tomb Kings raised from they graves to defend they treasure from Bretonnian thiefs.

We played in Aga i Ada in Leclerc – they have more terrains for 40k, so our board was empty, ruined part of Nekkekharan city. So there is another shop new for me, where we can play tabletop games in Wrocław (others are Bolter.pl on Podwale, Planszoweczka.pl in Astra and on Bielany and Feniks on Kołłątaja).

From Bretonnian side:
– 10 peasant archers in skirmish
– 6 Knights of the Realm (full command group)
– 20 men at arms with spears (full command group)
– 5 Grail Knights (full command group)
– paladin, battle standard bearer and damsel of the Lady.

From Tomb Kings side:
– 25 Tomb Guards (full command group)
– 20 archers
– Screaming skull catapult
– scorpion
– if I’m correct – priest and one more hero.

Bretonnians deployed in line.
Defenders of the tomb.
Bretonnian were moving, undeads were stayig and shooting.
Scorpion arrived from underground.
Coming closer.
First charge due luck almost wiped out most of skeleton archers.
Due magic undeads managed to charge KoTR and broked them in combat by one point – one too much for KoTR, but not for army standard bearer.
Peasant infantry saw panic of KoTR unit and also runned for they lives.
Then both units managed to rally – happilly general was near to the men at arms infantry.
Tomb King elite charged brave army standard bearer.
They won combat result by three points, but standard bearer is a Grail Knight, so he was able to hold – I rolled twice for morale and second roll was good, he held out.
KoTR unit passed leadership and was able to charge on the flank.
The game was other, thank you Kuba for good game.

Summary:
– it was interesting game, as I don’t remember when I played against Tomb Kings – I remember games against Vampires.
– Grail Knights killed scorpion plus in some way catapult, as it got misfire when was shooting against them and was destroyed.
– I should charge archers with every knight, so probably I would get in touch with Tomb Guards faster.
– my battle standard bearer (Grail Vow, Sword of Might and Gromril Great Helm) plus KoTR unit – the most succesfull units from this battle.
– Men at arms – this game they were here – never get into combat. Archers did nothing as well.

 

WFB: Bretonnia vs Chaos Dwarfs Sobota, Paźdź 3 2020 

6th and Bretonnia and Chaos Dwarfs and Stary Świat and Warhammer and WROhammer tancreddebeauville 20:14

Today we played with Marian pitched battle on small points (850) in 6th edition with army rules from Ravening Hordes. First time I played against Chaos Dwarfs – and I supposed that rules for Bretonnia from Ravening Hordes will add doubt as they did around twenty years ago on tournament. Of course playing on that set up was my idea and once we tried, we will not repeat it.

Dzisiaj zagraliśmy z Marianem standardową (pitched – zażarta też pasuje) bitwę na małe punkty (850) w szóstą edycję z zasadami do armii z Ravening Hordes. Pierwszy raz grałem przeciwko krasnoludom Chaosu – ale też spodziewałem się, że zasady dla Bretonii z Ravening Hordes dodadzą element niepewności, podobnie jak zrobiły to na turnieju około dwudziestu lat temu. Oczywiście sama idea takie gry pochodziła ode mnie, nie będziemy tego próbować ponownie.

  • Bretonnia: 10 bowmen, 6 Grail Knights with full command, 2 level sorceres, 9 Knights of the Realm with full command, 5 mounted squires (spears).
  • Chaos Dwarfs: 2 Hobgoblin ballistas, 14 blundersbuss with champion and 2nd level wizard, 5 bull centaurs, 19 warriors with full command group and 1st level wizard.
  • Grail Knights on the far right. Rycerze Graala na prawym skrzydle.
  • Knights of the Realm and squires in the middle, along with sorceres.
  • Charge for the King and the Lady, for ethernal glory! Szarża dla króla i dla Pani, po wieczną chwałę!
  • Charge broke Chaos dwarfs warriors. Szarża rozbiła wojowników Krasnoludów Chaosu.
  • Left flank. Lewe skrzydło.
  • What I’m doing here (she had Mistress of Marsh and Master of Wood spells)? Co ja tutaj robię (czarodziejka posiadała niefortunne czary jw.)?
  • Bull centaurs eliminowały three of Grail Knights, jet Knights managed to kill also three of them. Bycze Centaury wyeliminowały trzech Rycerzy Graala, ale rycerze także wyeliminowali trzy centaury.
  • From both armies there are only few models, hard shooting from blunderbuss unit. Z obu armii zostało zaledwie kilka modeli, ciężki ostrzał oddziału z garłaczami.
  • Few knights with paladin finally broke unit by If I’m correct one point in Combat Result. Kilku rycerzy wraz z paladynem w końcu złamało oddział, o ile dobrze pamiętam jednym punktem przewagi w Rezultacie Starcia.

Summary:
– WFB wasn’t balanced in case of armies, so we will return after this try back to 7th edition with army books from 6/7th.
– no one used magic items today and magic was failed all the time.
– from both armies at the end were only few models.
– Pyrric victory for Bretonnia.
– Planszóweczka.pl – thank you for place to play.

Podsumowanie:
– WFB nie był zbalansowany w kwestii armii, tak więc waracamy po tej próbie do siódmej edycji z księgami armii do 6/7 edycji.
– nikt nie używał dzisiaj magicznych przedmiotów i ogólnie magia to była porażka przez całą bitwę.
– z obu armii na koniec zostało zaledwie kilka modeli.
– zwycięstwo Pyrrusowe dla Bretonni.
– Planszóweczka.pl – dzięki za udostępnienie miejsca do gry.

 

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