Kings of War up-sized

The weekend saw my first game of Kings of War using anything other than 2000 point armies. Pete and I decided to increase the size a bit and see how it played. We went for 6000 points, based on what we thought we could do with the Undead we had on hand. I matched it with Kingdoms of Men, keeping the list fairly light on for magic items in an effort to keep things simple and to get more models on the table. In the end it turned out that 6000 was pretty close to the limit of what the Undead could muster, and so the list wound up a bit more character-heavy and loaded with magic items than my list. This may have contributed to how the game went - who knows?

Kingdoms of Men

• Horde of Knights (Maccwar’s Potion of the Caterpillar)
• Horde of Knights (Brew of Strength)
• Horde of Knights
• Horde of Knights
• Horde of Pole-Arms Block
• Horde of Pole-Arms Block
• Horde of Pole-Arms Block
• Horde of Shield Wall
• Horde of Pike Block
• Horde of Foot Guard (2 handed weapons)
• Horde of Foot Guard (2 handed weapons)
• Horde of Arquebusiers (Brew of Keen-eyeness)
• Horde of Arquebusiers (Jar of the Four Winds)
• Regiment of Pole-Arms Block
• Regiment of Pole-Arms Block
• Regiment of Pole-Arms Block
• Troop of Mounted Scouts (Pistols)
• Troop of Mounted Scouts (Pistols)
• Troop of Mounted Scouts (Carbines)
• Troop of Crossbowmen
• Troop of Crossbowmen
• Cannon
• Cannon
• Cannon
• Siege Artillery
• Siege Artillery
• Siege Artillery
• Beast of War (Light Ballista)
• General on Winged Beast (Medallion of Life)
• General on Winged Beast (Ensorcelled Armour)
• Hero on Pegasus (Diadem of Dragon-kind)
• Army Standard Bearer on Horse
• Wizard on Horse (Bane Chant)
• Wizard on Horse (Bane Chant)
• Wizard (Heal, Bane Chant)
• Wizard (Heal, Bane Chant)
• General on Horse
• General on Horse
• Army Standard Bearer

Undead

• Vampire on Dragon (Ensorcelled Armour)
• Vampire Lord (Wings of Honeymaize)
• Vampire Lord (Blade of Slashing)
• Vampire on Pegasus (The Fog)
• Liche King (Bane Chant, Lightning Bolt, Amulet of the Fire-heart)
• Liche King (Bane Chant, Lightning Bolt, Mreb's Grimoire)
• Necromancer (Bane Chant)
• Necromancer (Bane Chant)
• Revenant King
• Revenant King
• King on Winged Wyrm (Medallion of Life)
• Lykanis
• Legion of Zombies (Undead Rats/Dogs, Brew of Sharpness)
• Legion of Zombies (Undead Rats/Dogs, Crystal Pendant of Retribution)
• Horde of Revenants (Undead Rats/Dogs, Brew of Strength)
• Horde of Revenants (Undead Rats/Dogs, Blessing of the Gods)
• Horde of Skeletons (Undead Rats/Dogs)
• Horde of Skeletons (Undead Rats/Dogs)
• Horde of Werewolves (Dwarvern Ale)
• Horde of Ghouls
• Horde of Ghouls
• Regiment of Revenant Cavalry (Potion of the Caterpillar)
• Regiment of Revenant Cavalry
• Regiment of Revenant Cavalry
• Regiment of Skeletons (Undead Rats/Dogs)
• Regiment of Wraiths
• Regiment of Wraiths
• Regiment of Wraiths
• Regiment of Ghouls
• Troop of Soul Reaver Cavalry (Chant of Hate)
• Troop of Ghouls
• Troop of Ghouls

I'm not going to bother with a proper battle report here. I'll just include some photos and describe what happened in the captions.

A view down the table. We went for a simple 12x4 playing surface as the consensus was that playing on a deeper table wouldn't achieve much for this first try. Might mix thing sup a bit next time.

Over 900,000

At some point today the hit counter on the blog ticked over the 900,000 mark. It seems there is a steady trickle of traffic through here even when I'm struggling a bit for motivation and not posting much. Rest assured that this won't last forever, though. Over the weekend I plan to try my first larger game of Kings of War (6000 points) to see how the game handles at a slightly larger scale. I expect it will go very smoothly. And then on Sunday I'll be going to a small KoW tournament that's being run nearby. Just a chance to get a few more games in against some different people. I'll take photos on both days, so stay tuned.

Thanks to everyone who's been dropping by!

Motivation is for chumps

We're nearly halfway through October now, and this means we're also nearly halfway through the latest iteration of Duelling Paintbrushes. So what have I done? Almost nothing.

Why? I have no motivation.

Hobby motivation is a strange and fickle beast. It can't always be predicted, and it can't necessarily be manufactured out of nothing.