Still Here, Still Gaming

Numbers have been low in recent weeks, with a stubborn core of 3 gamers carrying on regular gaming at the club. This is disappointing to say the least, however those that have carried on attending are having loads of fun and the game of choice is still Warhammer.

Hey Steve! and I are still duking it out and last Wednesday saw a 5000 point game take place. An alliance of Men and Dwarves fought the Elves which ran quite close until the final turn. The Emperor Karl Franz turned up but failed to make any impact and Korhil was swiftly dispatched by a Dwarf Lord who was then butchered by an Elf Prince on a Griffon. Hey Steve! was pleasantly surprised by the lack of dragons but this meant that the Elf army had more a lot more bodies. The Elf army played to frustrate with a central force of Spears stubbornly refusing to yield ground while Dragon Knights and White Lions broke through and flanked the Dwarves. A large unit of Silver Helms (yes, real life, actual Silver Helms! Not ones proxying as Dragon Princes) charged a unit of Inner Circle Knights and drove them from the field in an epic clash of cavalry.

This game was good fun for both sides and having such large battles allows gamers to take more interesting choices that are not usually viable to take. In 2000 point battles, choices are more limited as players have to make decisions on what special choices to take and often sacrifice the enjoyment of the models for game winning ability. Throw in Lord level characters and expanded magical capabilities and players can easily spend a quarter of their points allowance on characters. It would be interesting to play a game of 1,999 points to restrict the number of characters and special and rare choices. This should allow for fewer magic items and more bodies in the game. I will suggest this some time to Hey Steve! and see what it is like.

Looking to the future of the club, we had two new gamers down last week (well one was someone who hasn't been down in a very long time) and they too played Warhammer. It will be nice to play something other than Dwarves for once (and I'm sure Hey Steve! will echo that sentiment with regards to High Elves). I have just bought a grass mat that I will use to create some Blood Bowl pitches so I hope to run a small league at the club over the next couple of months. Stay tuned folks.