Poll: Going forward, which wargames will you play?

In this era of plentiful miniature wargames, it would be interesting to see what we're all planning to play.

For me, hopefully a bit of Fantasy 8th, Age of Sigmar and I plan to give Kings of War a go too.

How about you?

I'll still play 8th if I have somebody to play in the club.

Crazy enough all the long beards at the LGS have picked up AoS with a lot of gusto. I haven't had a chance to play a game yet, I've been sidelined for a while with an infant, but from reading the forum they seem to be having a great time with it and trying to write their own comp. I put up 8th, AoS and KoW.

I'm uninterested in AoS but I'm not swearing it off entirely. I'll keep an eye on future releases see if they can make it interesting.

Right now I'm playing mostly X-wing, but I'm reading the 2nd ed KoW and I'm keen to try that out.

So i dabble in a lot of games

40k - Tau & Imperial Knights
8th WFB - Ogre Kingdoms
Blood Bowl - Dwarf
Batman - Watchmen
Bolt Action - Finnish
Flames of War - Soviet
Dropzone Commander - Shaltari
X wing - Empire

I have  The Halo: Fleet Battles preordered and backed Wild West Exodus kickstarter

The games I'm interested in or want to get started playing are the following.

40K - Imperial Guard | Militarum Tempestus | Orkz & maybe more someday.
WFB - Ogre Kingdoms | However, I'm also looking towards making Chaos Dwarf/Dwarf plus O&G forces in the future.
Warmahordes - Retribution of Scyrah Nyrro themed army
Dreadball - Brokkr | Judwan & hopefully more.
Deadzone - On the fence aout this one but if I did commit I would go for Forgefathers.

This list might change in the future with additions & subtractions but it gives you a pretty good idea of what I'm interested in.

WarmaHordes.  You never have to worry about your entire faction will become obsolete.

I completely agree with you on that note Torg. Waramhordes is pretty much a safe wargame to get into and the best part is you only need one army to play both games. So no need to have 2 separate armies for your sci-fi and fantasy needs. Well, steampunk in this case but you get the point.

I'll be playing Doctor Who miniatures wargame. rules are free! models are from blacktree design and are cheap! roughly 25 euros will buy an army! I also have the original Harlequin doctor Who invasion earth rules so I can also use them!!

A Docter Who miniature wargame? Never expected that to be a reality. Hope you enjoy it Lord Elpus.

I'm one of those "rage quit fanboy" types with the recent Fantasy debacle, so I'm not really having much to do with it at the moment.

That said, I'm planning on reading the Kings of War rule set, and am dabbling with a little known rule set called "Hobgoblin".

I'm also heavily into Infinity, Batman the Miniature Game, Necromunda, 40k and Dredd(!), all of which are amazing

JJ

I'm going to stick with 8th edition and Malifaux.  I have no real interest in AoS.  I've seen a couple of battle reports for it, and thus far have not been impressed.

It just seems.....simple.  Too simple.  There is no longer any strategy.  "Hey, I move my thing here.  I roll some dice, your stuff dies."  "Oh yeah?  Well I roll some dice, and now your stuff dies."

I might try KoW. 


One of the many nice things about playing other games is that you no longer have to care about what idiocy is occurring at GW.  Starting Malifaux was a nice little buffer between me and GW stupidity.

A Docter Who miniature wargame? Never expected that to be a reality. Hope you enjoy it Lord Elpus.

Yeah!! about 40Euros will buy you a complete army!! (hey, I'm living in Norway so I have to use the European site!)
Rules from:
http://www.drwhominiatures.co.uk/

they have good links for miniatures and rules expansions etc there too! Their ruleset is completely free along with expansions etc, quite lively FB page.

Minis from:
 http://www.drwhominiatures.co.uk/

Some folk don't like Black Tree Design, however all I can say is that I've never had delays or problems with them in anyway and I've been dealing with them since  about 1997.

I also have the old Harlequin miniatures Doctor Who Invasion Earth rule set too, so if anyone PM's me with an email address I'll send them a copy, not a great scan, but readable and uselable.

One of the many nice things about playing other games is that you no longer have to care about what idiocy is occurring at GW.  Starting Malifaux was a nice little buffer between me and GW stupidity.

This perfectly sums up how I feel about moving away from GW and their products. I'll keep an ambivalent eye on new stuff coming out, but I just have lost so much love for them recently.

I forgot about Malifaux. I've just got into it myself - dabbling with Dreamer and Kin crews atm.

JJ

Wow, thanks for the info and links Lord Elpus. While I may or may not get into this game, the fact you went out of your way to provide me with these details is very appreciated. Here is a gnoblar for going above the call of duty.

Thank you!!!

Oh wow, your online?!? Well in that case your welcome. Keep up the good work and I hope you make many fond memories from playing that game.

Oh I think I will!! already have had fun blowing up Daleks!! Well if we can't share info and things, well it'd be a pretty sad place! Just glad to help out!

Ya your right about that. Forums are made to encourage this type of interaction between members. I hope to see more of you and your work in the future.

P.S. Why not start a gnoblog about your adventures with the Docter? I'm sure some people on here would like or follow even if it's just to see about getting into the game themselves.

Starwars x-wing, infinity, warma-hordes... are on my list.

Oh and a variation of blood bowl... stunty 7s.

I have never heard of Stunty 7's, care to elaborate?

JJ

Wow, never thought of using gnoblars in Blood Bowl. This will certainly be a unique team. Perhaps you can chronicle their Blood Bowl matches and post them on here for the rest of the Stronghold to see?

Stunty league uses pure stunty teams like hobbits, skinks, goblins, nurglings etc... blood bowl 7's is a "rugby" variation with teams around 12 miniatures. There are two lines of scrimmage and the board is about 2 inches smaller (all around)

I played my gnoblars in a regular season never won a game but it was the most fun I or my opponents ever had. By game 4 I figured out how to get consecutive touchdowns. With gnoblars you need to understand you will have many die and you will lose. Once you "understand" that is when you start to not lose really badly. In my last game against chaos beastmen I killed one beast and injured 3 more. This allowed me to get my first and last point for the season.

It was the last as the group I was in had a tourney they went to, then I moved.

I will add to my list: Seriously considering converting up an ANZAC Allies DUST tactics force

That sounds interesting knify. It seems unfair that gnoblars just lose. Every team should be able to win some how. However, I may have misinterpreted your post so please clarify if that is the case.

Sounds amazing!

I'd love a link to the rules if any are about on the Web?
JJ

That sounds interesting knify. It seems unfair that gnoblars just lose. Every team should be able to win some how. However, I may have misinterpreted your post so please clarify if that is the case.

The stunty teams are great against each other, its not that the just lose... its that I just lose lol.

Sounds amazing!

I'd love a link to the rules if any are about on the Web?
JJ

http://www.thenaf.net/blood-bowl/variants/ for the variants (7s is there)

https://fumbbl.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=23428 for stunty and the leeg!

All we did was replace the rosters to have stunty work in blood bowls 7s

From those sites you should be able to download pretty much everything to play free.

There are updated team rosters for the different games (either stunty, regular or 7s) amongst the different rule sets.

Happy converting!

I found with gnoblers you want to have bullies. If you could have more they would be very op. I use my guys with shields to represent them.

Thanks for the links knify. Also, thank you for clarifying about why you lost alot. I'm, sure that now you have gotten a hand on it you'll end up doing better next season.

Thanks for the links knify. Also, thank you for clarifying about why you lost alot. I'm, sure that now you have gotten a hand on it you'll end up doing better next season.

Lol I almost feel that in a regular season (not stunty) the gnoblar team should be able to play with a team size of 20-30. To account for deaths. I also feel they they should have more bombs or traps.

That certainly would help them alot. They are goblins so some of their options should match the normal goblin blood bowl team's weaponry and setup.

I chose other.

The big reason for that is because lately I have had zero time for myself since my daughter's birth. And although I'm super excited and happy for having her in my life, it has really since then shut me down from any playtime.

ALSO, I just got transferred to a different store, and they have me on a set schedule... NICE!

Except that the set days off that I have are the two days that all the GW stores are closed... NOT NICE... lol

So, I put other, because other than clinging to what little Warhammer time I have left, I cannot afford to start any other gaming system (and I have a dutiful and loving wife who keeps me in check, otherwise we'd be broke with more plastic toys around the house lol...), but I don't want to say "none" yet because I'll still try to cling to my Warhammer, and the hopes of a follow-up edition that actually uses the traditional rules that I love so very very much 

(I actually haven't even posted in the forums for so long because my damn computer is starting to die the death of a thousand "papercuts" ie viruses...)

I will continue to play 8th, actually. There is a forum dedicated to adding (not changing) to 8th edition with new army lists and campaign info. If you are interested go to eefl.freeforums.net

Playing Ogors in AoS
Space Wolves in 40k

Trying to decide a Warmahordes faction for a non-GW game

Well, which of the factions are you leaning towards? What type of gameplay do you want your army to be? I might be able to help you choose a faction or you could go here and read up on the factions, models and tactics yourself.

http://battlecollege.wikispaces.com

By the way Bigmacdaddy, I think that Bretonnia army book F.A.Q. that your forum is putting up is going to be interesting to use. It just might update this army that GW seems to want to boot into the warp. If you can keep me posted on its completion.

There are so many systems out there.

For me - Warhammer - that's the game I fell in love with but also playing a lot of Batman miniatures and played Guild Ball for the first time the other day and really liked that.

I also really liked Deadzone but like Bloodbowl, great game but nobody to play against.

There are so many systems out there.

For me - Warhammer - that's the game I fell in love with but also playing a lot of Batman miniatures and played Guild Ball for the first time the other day and really liked that.

I also really liked Deadzone but like Bloodbowl, great game but nobody to play against.

What Batman crew you running?

JJ

By the way Bigmacdaddy, I think that Bretonnia army book F.A.Q. that your forum is putting up is going to be interesting to use. It just might update this army that GW seems to want to boot into the warp. If you can keep me posted on its completion.

The book is coming along, and several people have playtested it a fair bit. If you get the chance, play a game and add your thoughts. Kevinc really wants make it well.

I just picked up Wrath of Kings. Played two games with my son, and I must say that the game impresses me. Great minis, great interaction both within a faction and between enemy models. It feels epic even with a small amount of minis on the table.

@Bigmacdaddy: I will try to get a test game in when I have the chance. College is starting soon but it is my last semester before I graduate so thats good.

I also should check out this Wrath of Kings you were talking about. How is it familiar to Warhammer and what are its differences?

I would say that the similarity with Warhammer is minimal. You have several factions vying for control of a empire. The overall feel is medium fantasy to me. There is magic, but it is much more augmentative vs. direct damaging. When you roll to attack you look at the target's stat card to see what the result is. Most special abilities alter the target card. I would say its closest comparators are Warmahordes and Malifaux, but it is its own game.

Sounds like fun macdaddy. What faction have you chosen to play as? I'm looking at the game right now and wondering which house is the right one for me. Is there any info you can give to me that will help me make a decision?

I'm very much new to it. I know that Gortisi is fast and reasonably ferocious. Hadross has an ability called resonate that can buffs a lot of their models. I like Teknes, because I love the idea of basically genetic manipulation. (I'm a Biology teacher). Nasier has a cool as the and hit hard, and Shael Han I know little about because I am just getting into it.

It would be terrifying if those pigmen actually existed. Pigs will eat anything as long as they can put their mouths around it. They can eat every part of the human body except for the skull because it is too big for their maw. I wouldn't be surprised if the people of Teknes have some unsolved cases of missing people, who in reality got eaten by one union workers. They have pig dna in them, so if they are starving and the only possible food source around is another human being guess who is going to be dinner? No wonder they need union bosses to keep them in line.

And that's just one faction. I'm sure each faction has some downside to their lifestyle/way of thinking but the using of genetic manipulation of pig dna seems like a bad idea. Just like the werewolves and vampires of Goritsi are not going to noom-noom any of humans they live with.

Don't get me wrong, I'm keen on the game but like both Warhammer universes this reality is a dangerous world to live in.

Without danger it would be a very boring wargame "I just rolled a six on my sit around and watch the game roll. Awesome, that means I get extra snacks" "Man, that cool, I rolled overactive bladder and I had to go to the bathroom"

So i just played my first game of Bolt Action, having recently finished painting up my Finnish. I played 500 points versus the Germans. I got to say the game is very fun and the tactical level is very enjoyable. But the Rulebook without an Index is a nightmare, i spent so much time trying to find the rules let alone understand them and apply them to the game

That sounds like a huge problem Minigiant. Have there been any complaints from other gamers about this? It seems to be a massive chink in Bolt Action's armor that could bring them down.