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Yesterday saw the first mission of our "A Corner of Mantica" campaign. And it was a glorious battle with a suprising outcome! Captain Erundas and his men faced the Vanguard of Biggit Crunchem for the first time, and it was a battle to be remembered! Let me repost the prequel to the first mission from the campaign which you can find here to get you up to speed: Vanguard Game 1: Supply Grab (Vanguard Scenario 1) Erundas and his Vanguard have landed and scatter to begin to scout the area. As luck would have it, Biggit Crunchem’s troops are currently roaming the lands in search for valuables the elves might have hidden. By chance 2 small detachments crash together just as the Goblins have finally found some valuables to loot! Biggit Crunchems guts WERE right! Indeed those tricky elves had hidden some of their belongings! And now they even had the audacity to try to defend their belongings! On the elven side Erundas is surprised to make contact with the Goblins ...

The first mission will be the first mission in the Vanguard rule-book: "Supply Grab" In this scenario, we score at the end of the game for 3 objectives. Because we only score in the end of the game, scouts are not that important. And because I am sure my elf-opponent will again bring his "Archers of Death" I will not bring my Grunt Spitters.  My estimation is that I will be heads on with my opponent battling it out for those 3 crucial points, where not much maneuvering will be done and sheer Battlepower will be key. I also estimate he will only have around 6-8 models because the elven models are quite expensive. Therefore I decided upon the following list:  Vanguard for: First Mission Supply Grab Biggit + Hvy Wpn + Rare Mount 48 Troll 34 Wiz + Lucky Charm 30 Luggit 10  Luggit 10  Luggit 10 Luggit+Mount 15 Luggit+Mount 15 Rabble+Spear  9 Maw-beast 19 ----------------------------------- 200 The idea is to h...

After our prequel battle, I finalized my company roster and supply wagon for the campaign. I tried to keep flexible and also to have a bit of backup in case some of my units get wounded.  The final list I decided upon was: 1 Biggit 2 Trolls 2 Wiz 6 Luggits 5 Spitter 4 Rabble 1 Banggit 2 Mawbeasts -------- 1x Rabble Spear 3x Potion of Haste 1x Battle Potion 1x Rare Mount (Biggit) 1x Heavy Weapon (Biggit) 1x Blade of Slashing (Troll) 1x Lucky Charm (Wiz) 1x Rare Healing Herbs (Wiz) 2x Common Mount (Luggits) 1x Long Bow (Bangit) The second troll and the wiz are both backup in case my main ones get maimed. I thought hard if I should get a third mawbeast, but fielding 3 mawbeats in one mission would limit my other choices too much anyway, so I went with only 2. Plus, I am not yet sure if they are really useful. I am right now more leaning towards using Luggits on Common Mounts. They are only 15 points in comparison to 19 points and do not use a "support...

It is finaly time to play my campaign! My opponent is a teacher and now has some more spare time in summer. We agreed to play the campaign, me of course leading the goblins. (Actually I also would have enjoyed the elves, but he is an Elf fan). We agreed to make one test match prior to starting the campaign in order to get a feel what troops we should get for our campaign roster. I clashed with him two times before and to my suprise he beat me both times. One fight was Undead (me) vs. Forces of Nature (him), I think. The second game I do not remember, but I know he played elves again. So this time I was determined to play better! We met yesterday after I had prepared my standard goblin list that I use against the abyssals. He played more or less with the same list like last time when he faced my undead (which he crushed). My list (old goblin rules!): * 4 Spitters * 4 Luggit * 1 Troll with Rare Blade of Slashing * 1 Wiz with Lucky Charm and healing bandages * 1 Biggit with...

Today i thought I would share my most enjoyed Vanguard troupe! Meet Biggit Crunchem and his men! I "invented" Crunchem when I made my Kings of War Campaign that I also posted about . Here you find the models I prepared ready for a 400 pts campaign play. You have to remember that the list I created was before Mantic released their new Goblin Vanguard Models . Find Biggit Crunchem - the Commander of the lot - in the middle to the right on his trusted Mawbeast "Fang". He is flanked by the two Wiz (I still call them Shamans) in his Vanguard: Whirrda is the older of the two shamans.  The other one does not have a name, he is just there for replacement purposes. In the back you will find the (River) Troll Bangga. He delivers most of the Ooomph! in this Vanguard and usually comes with a Heavy Weapon.  Those are the named models so far! I usually field the Biggit, the Shaman, 3-4 Spitters, ~4 Luggits and one Rabble. The Spitters are just too sweet to ignore, because in...

Last week I gave my demo game. When I gave the intro of the Rules to my opponent, I showed him the models I brought along: My trusted Goblins, the Abyssals and the Dwarfs. I told him my intend to play the Dwarfs, because its not the best list but I still wanted to give them a spin again. But to my surprise he wanted to play the Dwarfs, despite my warnings that they would probably lose! So I instead went with the Abyssals. I went for a different Abyssals build this time: I used the Succubi! I went for the Hellequin Blood-Masque as my Commander, a Despoiler - this time my mantic model because it is easier to transport - one Succubus Lurker, 2 Succubi, one Gargoyle, one Abyssal Guard and 2 Lower Abyssals. For shooting flexibility I took 2 Flamebearers. The idea behind the list was that the Succubi should stay close to the heavy-hitters to give the opponent the -1 penalty. This should make the nearly-unstoppable Hellequin Blood Masque as well as the Despoiler totally unstoppab...

Today I prepared for a sample-match of Kings of War Vanguard tomorrow that I have been asked to do. When Mantic first announced about their Pathfinder program I thought pretty hard if I should volunteer, because I am a big fan of Kings of War and Kings of War Vanguard. So far, I decided not to though. That is mainly because I enjoy playing in my own flat or in my mates flats/houses, and I am not such a big fan of playing with people I do not know so well. Tomorrow, I will try out what it means to be a Pathfinder anyway! I thought quite a bit about what Factions to bring. Finally I decided to bring my trusted Goblins as well as a modified Abyssals list with the lovely succubi. Additionally, I decided I wanted to give my rusted dwarf models a spin. After all, last time I played them was back with the Alpha Rules for Vanguard! I decided for the "old" rules found in the rulebook and took a list that felt "balanced" for me. See the family picture: That led me t...