On last Saturday 11.03 we played another event in WFB 7th edition in Wrocław, Bolter. Last edition had more players, but we look for the future, as we know next one will be even better! Our friends from Prague arrived on time and event started on time and we finished in time accepted by Bolter. Then we went for some dinner and beers.
We played on modified rules of Grumpy made by Alex avaible here.
Prizes where there from several sponsors as Paint Forge, Tereny do Gier.pl and me as well. Tomek and Daniel – first game!Ludeks greenskins.Me and Marian Empire against Kubas Bretonnians.Alessandro greenskins vs Martin Skavens.Generał VC vs Palen DE.Palen and Alessandro.Table nr 1 – Daniel and Wojciech – I wasnt able to stop them when everything was at the end – it was spirit of the game 🙂 !
Some photos I did after my first and only game.
Go, go, go!Models we love to see and play – Dark Elves Dragon!Old giant move forwards!Savage Orcs prepare to Waagh! 3rd battle, how I survived Prague last year beign there for event on Saturday and Sunday – I guess people and only people! Everyone doing the best here in Wrocław!Most of 3rd battle I was everywhere, but usually with Dominik and Marian.Battle beetwen Jakub Bretonnia and Martins Skaven army.
Summary: – great time with many great ppl, many thanks to Piotr from Bolter for all time support! – there were different armies as there were: Bretonnia, Dark Elves, Dwarfs, The Empire, Greenskins, Ogre Kingdoms, Vampire Counts and evil Chaos minions called Skavens. – first place belonged to Daniel with Ogre Kingdoms (44), second place belonged to Alessandro (43) with Greenskins and third place belonged to Wojciech with evil Skavens (42 if I’m correct). – everyone took prizes, three for everyone plus there were vouchers for 1st, 2nd, 3rd plus Ranald luck and Shalya mercy. – thank you Alessandro for being judge and to Marian for photos, sorry for losing first match 12:8, I’m usually play weaker cavalry Empire plus Kislev 😉 .
Yesterday I played another game with Sambor in our WROHammer league 2022-23 – thank you Palen, for organising page and league! We had interesting battle in WFB 7th edition. There were several points when game stopped for a moment. I tried to do my best and do photos of those moments.
We played on modified set of rules for WFB – Lore of Grumpy released by Alex, we use version from Semptember/October of 2022.
Both sides after first turn, my Bretonnians prayed to The Lady. Doomwheel came close to my trebuchet.Knights Errants and general’s morale – what could be wrong?Knights Errants fled the field, I’ve been sad.Unusual situation, but archers sometimes took they short swords and daggers and charge.Another charge of my second great unit against doomwheel.Grail Knights had to just turn on ‚Abomination’.Archers and mounted squires won against the slaves.Abomination was hungry and wanted easy prey.Pegasus Knigths won combat, as Skavens started killing each other.Grail Knights with Duc Tancred, battle standard bearer Louis charged abomination.Hold the line shouted young squire to fellow men at arms. Grail Knights killed abomination…… but on six it returned and charged them on flank. It had only two wounds, but still I weren’t able to kill it.They were fleeing, but rallied and fought once more time, jet no photo as evidence.Duc of Beauville and his battle standard bearer held against all odds tille the end.
Summary: – great game against Sambor. – at the end it was 14:6, I was loser in this battle beetwen noble Bretonnians and vile Skavens. – several moments in the game where crucial for both sides.
Last days I had too much free time, sometimes things happen unusual way. Still there are positives – I can play more games including WFB – today 7th edition. With Bartłomiej we played game on 1250 points per side, I played my Empire and Kislev, my opponent played first time his Bretonnia.
Both sides after turn one.Tried to hit, but cannon ball started bouncing to far.Pistoliers tried to shoot down some Knights of the Realm.Kislev Ungol riders tried to disturb some other Knights of the Realm.It was too much for Knights Panther to hold ground, losed three of them and was broken in combat and fled.It could be good charge, but I did almost nothing and archers scored three pistoliers, winned combat and cought them. Situation out of control, as cannon crew fled because of broken unit.Panic after losing two winged lancers, but they…… managed to rally.Before unit was destroyed – handgunners managed to eliminate whole unit of Grail Knights.The end.
Summary: – it was great game and it’s nice to see that younger generations are intrested in file and rank system, especially WFB. – need to paint some meele infantry and more missile armed handgunners and crossbowmens, maybe hellblaster, as again I saw that I have too much cavalry which should fight with enemy weakend by my own fire.
Last Saturday I played another game in2022-2023 league of WROHammer, which was started due efforts of Palen. I had chance to play against Piotr’s Skaven’s. We played with rules attached to page mentioned on the top. We play 7th edition rulebook and army books are generally from this edition as well.
Lines of Bretonnians – among them Knight’s Errants, Grail Knights and men at arms.Skaven’s centre including Doomwheel.Many jezzails on the top of the hill.Doomwheel is coming. Those rats want’s more than slices of cheese.It’s end of first Skaven turn.Bretonnian first turn started. I tried to shoot on Doomwheel and ratling gun but without success.Doomwheel was faster and charged on Knights Errants. It’s second Skaven turn.Skavens fled which was wise to live to fight another day.On the right flank Knights of the Realm routed Skaven unit, but I failed rolling on pursue really low. Plan was to a little bit more.Trebuchet tried to dropped stones on important things and usually hit low rank Skaven slaves.One more inch and I could avoid this situation. Most of Knights of the Realm fled, jet they losed they banner.Slaves charged mounted squires, but horse mounted noblemen held.Abomination and Skaven general charged Grail Knights.Bowmen took they short swords and daggers and charged to help squires.Abomination did most of job against Grail Knights, but I managed to even broke Skaven general in combat.Bad boys came out of board.Knight Errants managed to broke Doomwheel and charged Abomination.Doomwheel driver losed control over his engine and runned of the battle.It was the end. Bretonnian army in full retreat.
Summary: – it was great game, although I have to rethink how to play against such monstrous things like abomination. – some more days to thinking about changes, not only in tabletop games.
One common thing with my battle, one side was tablet from the field.
After one small tournament during holidays I dropped words about league and thankfully to Krzysiek we have it – here is official page of league – thank you Palen! So we have first round of good, old WFB. Some of us played in last few days: Alessandro with Piotr, Bartek with Adrian and me with Krzysiek.
Battle hydra, Cold One units, two unit of Dark Riders – one with sorceress and Harpies.Left flank of Dark Elves covered by Dark Riders with Sorceres..Knight of the Realm unit with paladin sir Richemont.Middle composed of Grail Knights with duc Tancred de Beauville, army standard bearer Louen de Beauville and damsel Melisanda, pegasus knights, archers and trebuchet.Knights Errants covering right flank.First turn belonged to Dark Elves as Bretonnians prayed to the Lady. Grail Knights are so magnetic, that all magic hit them from start.Fearful Dark Elves bolt throwers.Missed two or three inches.Dark Riders stopped before end of field.Another stuff I must take, along Grail Knights and pegasus knights.Several charges of Dark Elves.Grail Knights held charge.Dragon to Dark Elf lord – they smell so bad, what they drunk yesterday? Knight to sir Richemont: why it flee, that wine from Bordelaux – he felt it?For the Lady, for the King, charge!Grail Knights waiting in silence.Encircle and charge!Held several turns, passed morale on 5……to be broken moment later rolling on 8.Brave crew passed fear on Ld 5.Brave archers passed Ld.Cold One Knights return to the field.Final countdown at turn 6th. Sir Roger, unit champion is last member of his unit looking for friends.Steady, ready, fire!
Summary: – thank you Krzysztof for doing league! – today we played in Bolter, thank you Bolter team for place to play and Bolter Cafe for great toasts and Mio Mio we can order here. – armies we played are visible on photos. – link to WROHammer group, link to WFB 7th edition and link to our Czech friends group based in Prague – Praaghammer. – wish everyone great games in league! – victory 11:9 belongs to Krzysiek Dark Elves.
Today we played smaller game in WFB on 1250 points per side, I took my cavalry Empire and Kislev and my enemy took Ogres. It was nice, two hours game, where I discovered, that one cannon could make difference – but I don’t have any such device today.
Warhammer Fantasy Battle is so called „dead” system – but still there are people who play it. It’s square based system, where units move in formations (although some of them move as skirmishers and few of them circle wheel bases – like Night Goblin fanatics). „Dead” system – system which is not supported by it publisher. Games Workshop (GW) closed line of development for Warhammer Fantasy Battle (called in short WFB) when I started my current job (around 2016). To this day in they offer are many models for Age of Sigmar, which can be used to play in WFB (some of them are models released during 7/8th editions of WFB). So what we had in past? Games Workshop released following armies:
Bad guys were: – Chaos (after 5th edition it was separated on Chaos Warriors, Beastmen and Deamons) – here are all of them, – Chaos Dwarfs, – Dark Elves, – Orcs and Goblins, – Skaven army, – Vampire Counts.
Good guys released: – Bretonnia, – Dwarfs, – Kislev, – High Elves, – The Empire, – Wood Elves (up to 5th edition). So called neutral: – Dogs of War, – Kingdoms of Ogres, – Lizardmen, – Tomb Kings. – Wood Elves (from 6th edition).
Those mentioned are armies that were in WFB, still around half of them can be fielded with the current line of GW models.
When I looked on the shelf in the shop, I realized that probably the easiest armies to be collected now are demons of Chaos.
Nowadays from Games Workshop offer will be impossible to assemble: Bretonnians, Dogs of War, Kislev, Tomb Kings. Not easy but still possible will be creating something for Dwarfs, High Elves, The Empire, Wood Elves. Still many units are not in the offer – but it’s will be mentioned in next article.
What is still avaible in the Games Workshop offer? We will start from bad guys – Grand Alliance Chaos which covers in some way armies from past: Beastmen, Chaos Warriors, Deamons of Chaos and Skavens.
1. Chaos Warriors, old mortal Chaos – now called Slaves to Darkness: – models for characters – wide range, – Chaos Warriors on foot and on horse, – Chaos Marauders on foot and on horse, – Chariots, – Spawns, – character on Manticore.
2. Chaos Beastmen, called now Beasts of Chaos, even better choice than they Northern co-believers: – Gors – typical core infantry, – Ungors – typical cannon fodder, – Ungor Raiders – skirmishers with bows, – Chaos Warhounds, – Bestigors – elite infantry, – Centigors (they are usualy drunk, still avaible), – Dragon Ogres, – Ghorgon, – Cygor, – Cockatrice, – Tuskgor Chariot, – some characters as well.
3. Chaos Deamons with current name in offer as four different demoinc powers, so: a) Blades of Khorne – deamons of Khorne: – there are greater deamon of Khorne – Bloodthirster as well as many other units which were used in WFB in past. Most popular core units from 6th are: – Bloodletters – minor deamons of Khorne, – Flesh Hounds. I don’t remember special or rare units but Mighty Skullcrushers probably appeard in 7th or 8th editions.
b) Disciples of Tzeentch – deamons of Tzeentch: – of course we start with Kairos Fateweaver and Lord of Change as lords, – Horrors of Tzentch, – Screamers of Tzeentch, – Flamers of Tzeentch, – Horrors of Tzeentch, – Burning Charoit of Tzeentch, – some characters as well.
As we can see summoning horde of Tzeentch is even easier than those of Blood God.
c) Hedonites of Slaanesh – deamons of Slaanesh: – at start – Keeper of Secrets and Shalaxi Helbane – both can be used as Greater Deamon of Slaanesh, – Deamonettes of Slaanesh, – Seekers of Slaanesh which looks like Mounted Deamonettes of old, – Seeker Chariot of Slaanesh, – some models which looks like good addition to Chaos Warriors. – some characters as well.
For me not many, but deamonettes could fit well in Cult of Slaanesh from 6th edition Storm of Chaos.
d) Maggotkin of Nurgle – deamons of Nurgle: – at start – Great Unclean One, – Nurglings – small and happy deamons of disease, – Plagueabearers of Nurgle, – Beast of Nurgle, – some characters as well.
It seems all, maybe I missed something for those Chaos power.
e) Skaven army seems to be well covered in Age of Sigmar: – at start named and by many favourite character Thanquol and his rat ogre Boneripper, – Doomwheel – one of those funny stuff you don’t like to come near your cavalry units, – Hell Pit Abomination – effect of Skaven most advanced technology, – Warp Lighting Cannon – another rare unit avaible to Skavens in the GW offer, – Screaming Bell, – Stormvermin – some better infantry unit avaible to the Skaven horde, – Gutter Runners, – Weapon teams – including Ratling Gun, Warpfire Thrower or Warp-Grinder, – Night Runners – another skirmishing infantry, – Plague Censer Bearers, – Rat Ogors, Giant Rats and Packmaster – Rat Ogors – old Rat Ogres, – Clanrats – core unit of many Skaven armies. – Plague Monks, – Warplock Jezzails of clan Skryre, – Verminlord avaible as four different models, – some characters as well.
As I realized that I started writing it some months ago and due lack of time I wasn’t able to publish it I publish it now as part I.
Everyone should remember – that Age of Sigmar uses round bases and WFB uses square bases. In case of getting army books – eBay, Allegro or other internet shop, maybe someone sell it. Of course everything is also in .pdf – I prefer paper books.
Today, in that sad day from the morning we played a very friendly game on 1526 points with Sambor Skavens – it was a test of some interesting works of Skaven engineers. I took Empire (belowed Middenheim – City of the White Wolf and Bergsburg – city of goddess of mercy Shallya) and Kislev (stanitsa – Wrotizla), as I have them magnetized and was able to put box with them easily to the bag.
We played on 1526 points as our friends living in Prague organize event with such points limit.
Some of deployed troops. They come ot us – „quick, quick” – heard from the opposite site.Winged Lancers of Wrotizla.I’m not proud of that white unit.. Empire mortar.I think I painted them when lovely Armenia was attacked.A trap for brave Gospodars and Ungols.Brave Knights Panther from Middenheim and Bergsburg pistoliers charged.Stubborn do not help on fear and outnumber.Fire, reload, fire, reload – Hochland handgunners and great cannon repelled clanrats., Hat by shit, Empire knights flee.Kislev cavalry changing position.Unpainted fight worse, joke – I losed this unit in one turn of combat.Led by young captain Heinrich Knights Panther left the field of battle in shit..Hans, give me one more pound of gunpowder (they killed Skaven general on strange engine).Kislevites escaped.That boyar… Empire cannon hit him by accident, no politics.
Summary of our struggle: – thank you Sambor for great game again, – thanks for Bolter for place we play, – still learning this army.
Summary of 24.02.2022: – I just wish peace beetwen Russia and Ukraine, as most of ordinary people wants to live in it, I wish international friendships which are priceless as any other. We managed to find great people in Prague, but as Pole living in Wrocław, PL I wish to have friends everywhere – Germans, Russians, Ukrainians, French, British, Americans etc. – hobby is shortest way to find interesting people. You meet person, you have a chance to knew different cultere, traditions, cuisine etc. – to be sure I’m right side and I can say, that I enjoy meeting people of different nations – in my life I found friends in other nations, especially Russians, Moldovians but also Spanish, Dutch, Belgians, Denmark, Germans, Bialorussians, Ukrainians. Found Czechs and British (or Archibald found me). We are all the same as a people.
As I love Russians, I also meet many great Ukrainians – I wish peace for both nations. Life is too short, to be victim of war.
Last Saturday as WROHammer we organised Warhammer Fantasy Battle 7th edition event in Bolter.pl, Wrocław, Poland. From my perspective first time with help of friends I organized event related to hobby I’m playing around 25 years – I’ve been organizer of after work beers only. With Marian we wanted to organize WROHammer two years ago, but pandemy destroyed our plans at least not forever. I returned to our plans after Archie wrote me message after seeing my post on – Warhammer Fantasy Battle 7th edition. Generally I wrote something, that why not meet and play with people from neighbour country? With example that Wrocław is not far away to Berlin or Prague. To make event even greater, I started looking for sponsors and place.
I want to thank sponsors for great prizes and to our host which was Bolter – we thanks for many great tables with beautiful scenery and also for many help from Piotr! I want to thank to Alessandro – for best eye in case of checking army lists, to Marian – for patience in case of adding new sponsors to our diploma, to Remo for help in things I never did and for everyone who attend our event – we played in group of British, Czechs, Italian and Poles. It was great to meet you all on our event!
Our sponsors and our patron – prince Henryk Pobożny.I know that I will buy something from them soon, those models are Oldhammer.I tried to do some photos during our first game with Archie.My second game with Paweł.Before British, Czech and Polish after party.
We had good time on Friday, where our friends from Czech Republic and friend from Gdynia arrived – we just went for some beers and food in Wrocławska restaurant – which is close to Rynek. On Saturday we played all day, then we went for some after party to Cafe Artzat also close to Rynek. WROHammer 4th edition will happen in the future, yet at the end I was tired a little – still it was worth of it. There are a lot of photos from Marian here.
Today we played with Maciej smaller game on 1300 points per side, he took his Empire and I took Bretonnians. We played our game on 7th edition.
Bretonnians started praying, so Empire decides to take initiative during turn one.Knights of the Blazing Sun charged Knights of the Realm.Warrior Priest issued challenge, so it was answered by Bretonnian lady.Knights of Bretonnia pursued Knights of the Blazing Sun.Empire Knights rallied, while mounted squires charged archers.This time Knights of the Realm charged. Pegasus knight tried to advance toward archers.Empire infantry turned.Some evil spell was cast on pegasus, meanwhile squires were routed by archers.Grail Knights meet they end – jet before one of them took with them warrior priest of Sigmar.The end – Bretonnian Knights of the Realm came back to the field after pursuing off the board last Empire knight.
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