A little 'fantasy' this week, with a large DBF game. First however, this 'Great Flyer' for DBF (Airboat for HotT) that Murray has just completed for his 'Ratmen' army. The figures are old GW figures, the airboat itself is scratch built... good old fashioned modelling skills
The spiders were largely horde. That is how I'd field them in HotT. However a horde army if very problematic in DBF. They don't com e back, they are 'unwieldy' and so take an extra movement 'PIP to move, and do count towards losses (in DBA Hordes don't count towards losses). If I conbtinue to use them as Hopardes I will need to rethink how to use them. Maybe:
- four commands so four pip dice; and/or
- concentrate the powerful elements (behemoths etc) all in one command with a minimum of hordes, and/or
- hold back with the rest of the hordes
I may also change the hordes to 'beast packs'.. might better reflect their capabilities. It's a fascinating challenge.
Do hordes have any redeeming features Robin?
ReplyDeleteIn HOTT at least they came back.
Ben .. really just that they are cheap, although I may be missing something. That said, I chose hordes because I felt it matched the 'flavour' of the army. None of us locally choose our fantasy armies with a 'win' mentality, it's all about the stories. The more I think about it, with DBF, 'beast packs' may well be a better way of thinking about them
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