Wednesday 15 July 2015

Planning an educative Warhammer game


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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