So this is potentially really interesting, and it is possible to win while getting completely tabled by killing an enemy model in each of turns 1-3 and not losing any yourselves. So it isn’t as straight forward as killing your opponents models, you have to kill more than your opponent for three turns out of four. The army largely works as it did, but better. They had a straightforward but effective playstyle, and it works well in the new edition. Nurgle Warrior sof Chaos – Credit: Richyp The Units No Punch –The closest thing you have to an Elite Threat is the Serpent Caller combo. No single model in this warband has the “Threat Factor” of a First Fang, Blissful One or Luminate.

Five treasure tokens are placed on the map, at pre-determined positions. The deployment is completely equal between the players, and sets up one treasure token safely being grabbed by each side in turn one, but for the other three to get fought over. With five treasure tokens up for grabs, there’s potentially a lot of models getting slowed down and unable to fly or disengage, and fast models, particularly ones that can fly, are great for hunting down treasure carriers and either killing them or pinning them in combat when they can’t disengage.Heart of Ghur gave a solid start to the new edition, with 3D terrain and plenty of it, two new warbands (covered in this review) and updated matched play rules including guidance on running events. This article is mainly pitched at people who want to dive into matched play, but it’s also applicable to the “Warcry curious” who don’t want to go to events. The Bigger They Are…–Splintered Fang warriors excel at combatting warbands who make use of durable units. Their cheapest ability lets them count as always having a higher strength than the enemy’s toughness. Poisonous cultists who worship Chaos in the aspect of an ancient coiling serpent known as Nagendra. These denizens of the deep jungles in Ghyran view all snakes as sacred to some extent, and use the gifts of these “Coiling Ones” to enhance their lethality. The Pit Veteran with Dual Weapons is an alternative build option for one of the Pit Veterans with Shield.

At it’s core it’s still a double action, alternate activation game where you divide your warband into three drops – dagger, shield and hammer (though these now have to be equal numbers of models to avoid people putting almost everything in one drop) and put them around different deployment zones. This means that you start with your force split up, and you’ll need to think about what goes in which drop and how that affects your ability to complete the objectives.

The armor panels were highlighted along the lines where it connects to the silver trim with first Wild Rider Red, then very carefully with Fire Dragon Bright. The warband’s ability to damage the enemy is very tethered to Crits on most units. However, should your Crits pop off they will end the game. This “all-in” playstyle summarizes the Splintered Fang to a T, they want all of their fighters fighting from Turn 1, and they want to stay fighting in as many activations as possible. All the metals were highlighted with Stormhost Silver, with a bit of thinned down Skrag Brown in a few of the recesses for a rust effect. On top of that, they have access to the Double ability Shield Ram, which gives them a chance to do either 1 damage or damage equal to the value of the Double to an adjacent enemy fighter after a move action. In scenarios that revolve around killing the enemy warband/leader, you’re in your element. In objective-based scenarios you are still better off deploying as aggressively as possible. This will disrupt the enemy ability to do the same, which you cannot afford.