My friend Tom is currently putting together a small
Bretonnia army. Bretonnia is, as has been previously mentioned, my
absolute favourite army in the whole of Warhammer. It's the army I
keep coming back to and, as such, we've decided to have a game where
I bring out my new, improved (and not yet entirely built) Bretonnia
army against his Empire so he can see how they work in practice.
He plays a very black powder heavy Nuln army so I'm
going to get shot to hell and back before I reach him. The logical
solution would be to take loads of Peasant Archers and a couple of
Field Trebuchets. I'm taking one of each but, to be frank, he wants
to see how knights work so I'm just taking lots of knights: four full
lances and a five man unit of Grail Knights. Also, the whole issue of
not being corrupted into relying on the coward's weapon that kills
from afar.
We've made a few gentleman's agreements as pertains to
the “classic” Bretonnia army book. Agreement the first: modern
command costs, ten points each for champions, musicians and standard
bearers. Agreement the second: back then Battle Standard Bearers
couldn't take additional mundane equipment, now they can so my BSB
gets a shield. Agreement the third: the rule is ambiguous so we're
saying a Damsel in the middle of a lance can use the unit's arc of
sight. That said, here's the “educative” list:
Lords
Bretonnian
Lord with the Knight's Vow and the Virtue of Purity armed with lance
and shield, wearing heavy armour and riding a barded Bretonnian
warhorse. 160 points
Heroes
Paladin
with the Knight's Vow and the Virtue of Duty, armed with hand weapon
and shield, riding a barded Bretonnian warhorse, Battle Standard
Bearer with the War Banner. 141 points
Damsel
of the Lady, Level 2 Wizard using the Lore of Beasts. 105 points
Damsel
of the Lady, Level 1 Wizard using the Lore of Life riding a
Bretonnian warhorse. 80 points
Paladin
with the Knight's Vow and the Virtue of Empathy armed with hand
weapon and shield. 72 points
Core
8
Knights Errant, armed with lances and shields, wearing heavy armour
and riding barded Bretonnian warhorses, full command. 180 points
8
Knights of the Realm armed with lances and shields, wearing heavy
armour and riding barded Bretonnian warhorses, full command. 212
points
8
Knights of the Realm armed with lances and shields, wearing heavy
armour and riding barded Bretonnian warhorses, full command. 212
points
20
Men-At-Arms armed with hand weapons, halberds and shields wearing
light armour, full command. 130 points
16
Peasant Archers armed with hand weapons, bows and defensive stakes,
full command. 126 points
Special
9
Questing Knights armed with great weapons and shields, wearing heavy
armour and riding barded Bretonnian warhorses, full command. 272
points
Rare
5
Grail Knights armed with lances and shields, wearing heavy armour and
riding barded Bretonnian warhorses, full command. 210 points
Field
Trebuchet with 4 crew including Master Craftsman. 100 points
2,000
points
If
he can get the Empire miniatures together for 2,400 points then I'll
expand with this, just for the hell of it:
Heroes
Damsel
on foot will gain the Channelling Staff. +15 points
Core
Knights
Errant will gain the Errantry Banner. +20 points
20
Men-At-Arms armed with hand weapons, halberds and shields wearing
light armour, full command. 130 points
Special
Questing Knights will gain the Banner of Chalons. +10
points
Grail Reliquae with 6 Battle Pilgrims and 12 additional
Battle Pilgrims. 226 points
2,401 points
I would very much hope to get a charge against his
Handgunners or one of his nastier war machine with the Questing
Knights kitted out with the “you can't declare a stand and shoot
reacion” banner. Also, having not been able to purchase some of the
more exotic units until now this will be my first chance to road test
the Grail Reliquae and Grail Knights, which will be fun for me.
There are some things I have to build and the amount of
paint on this army will be laughable even for me but I am so very
much looking forward to playing my signature army again.
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